New Spalding Club > Records of Invercauld MDXLVII - MDCCCXXVIII [1547- 1828]

4 RECORDS OF INVERCAULD.
E. Supplies this further information regarding Shaw of Rothie-
murcus : He and his people " being dispossed (by the strong hand)
of Rothiemurcus by Cumin, Lord Strathbogie and Badenoch, Shaw fell
in to Be the King's Cup-bearer ; and to this day carries 3 carved cups
neglecting the Paternal Coat of Arms. When Rothiemurcus was killed
he left behind him one son. His relict married Baron Farquhanen in
Athole, whose sons when come of age assisted the Representatives of the
Rothiemurcus Family with a considerable number of men against the
Cuminins — killed [Cumin] himself and most part of his retinue between
Rothiemurcus and Strathbogie in a place since called, Laggan li
Cuininkh, or the Cummins' grave. Cummin was then a Rebel against
King Robert Bruce ; therefore the successors of said Shaw carry on their
Arms the bloody hand and dagger. This Shaw, again in possession of
Rothiemurchus, was the nth man /«c/«j«r leneally descended from the
Great McDuff."
I.— FAROUHAR.
A. "Farquiiar, son of Shaw of Rothiemurchus, whose progenitor
had been very active in defeating and expelling the Cummings, the
constant enemies of King Robert Bruce, from Strathbogie, which
appears by the honourable addition obtained to their armorial bearings,
lived in the reign of King Robert H. (1370- 1390) and King Robert III.
(1390- 1 406) and was settled in the Braes of Mar where he had con-
siderable possessions. He married a daughter of Patrick Duncanson or
Robertson, ist of the Family, of Lude, by whom he had a son — 1371."
C. We have here a longer account of this ancestor.
" F'erquhard, (the 2nd of the seven sons of John Shaw alias John
with the Bucktooth) coming over to Mar possessed himself of the
Braes thereof and was made Baillie and Chamberlain of Mar about the
time that the Earldom was annexed to the Crown at the death of Alex.
Stewart (1435) who married Elizabeth (Isabella) Douglas. This Far-
quhard married Margaret (Daughter to Patrick Duncanson of Lude
who was the first man of that Family and brother to Robt. Duncanson
of Strewan of whom are descended the Robertsons) by whom he had
three sons, Donald, John and Findlay ; Patrick and James are said also
to be his sons, or at least his brethren. Of Patrick is descended the
Patersons in the North ; and of James, who was called Don or Doun
from his Brown Hair, are descended the Dons, Downies, and the Cowins.
Ferquhard having given several proofs of his Valour and Courage had,
according to the general practice of the Highlands, his name transmitted
as a Surname to his Posterity, so that the sons were called Farquharson.