History of the Fife Pitcairns

BRANCH I.
ARMS OF PITCAIRN OF INNERNETHY.
Argent, three lozenges, within a Bordure Gules.
Crest.
A Star, surrounded with clouds.
Motto.
Spes Lucis ^Eternse.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE PITCAIRNS OF INNERNETHY.
This branch of the Pitcairn family was descended from
John de Pitcarne, who in 1250 had the lands of
Innernethy given to him by Sir Hugh de Abernethie
(see charter in the account of the Pitcairns of Pitcairn
and Forthar).
Alexander Pitcarne of that Ilk, eighth laird of Pitcarne
and Innernethie, had two sons — George Pitcarne of Pitcarne
and Airdree, of that Ilk, who succeeded his father in the
lands of Pitcarne ; and James, his second son, to whom
he gave the lands of Innernethy, and who was the ancestor
of the Pitcairns of Innernethy.