Kirkpatrick Family Line

Kirkpatrick Family Line

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Grandy's 4x Great-Grandmother:

My 6x Great-Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 7x Great-Grandmother:

Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (1735 - 1812)

Elizabeth McFarland

Birthdate: ca. 1735

Birthplace: Wales

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Date of Marriage: bet. 1752-1760

Place of Marriage: Cumberland, Province of Pennsylvania

Death: ca. 1812 in Ohio

Parents:

John McCune Kirkpatrick

1703-1757

Jane McFarland

1707-1772

Family

Spouse:

Research Notes

Unable to locate any matching records using Family Search. Bittner-246 16:58, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Sources

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 June 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Kirkpatrick McFarland (1735–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54794727, ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067) Unknown.

References:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MMY3-3HC/elizabeth-kirkpatrick-1738-1792

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kirkpatrick-473

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54794727/elizabeth-mcfarland

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Grandy's 5x Great-Grandfather:

My 7x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 8x Great-Grandfather:

Burial: Old Carlisle Graveyard, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Occupation: Tax Collector

Family

Spouse:

Jane McFarland

1707-1772

Jane Kirkpatrick

Birthdate: 1707

Birthplace: Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania

Denomination: (probably) Congregationalist

Date of Marriage: ca. 1725

Place of Marriage: Newton, Luzerne County, Province of Pennsylvania

Death: 1772 in Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Henry McFarland and Jennett Genot

See: McFarland Family Line

Children:

1. James Kirkpatrick 1728–1781

2. Moses Kirkpatrick 1731–1824

3. John Kirkpatrick 1732–1759

4. Jane Kirkpatrick 1733–

5. Mary Kirkpatrick 1737–1762

6. Elizabeth Kirkpatrick 1735-1812

7. Moses Kirkpatrick 1738–

8. Joseph Kirkpatrick 1740–1819

9. William Kirkpatrick 1746–

10. Benjamin Kirkpatrick 1747–1826

11. Robert Kirkpatrick 1748–1809

12. George Kirkpatrick 1749–

About John McCune Kirkpatrick

Apparently he married his son-in-law's half sister.

John Kirkpatrick was born in Ulster, Ireland in 1703. He immigrated to the American colony of Pennsylvania in 1720 at the age of 17 and before the greatest influx of immigrants from Ireland. He met and married Jane McFarland in 1726 with whom he had nine children. According to written reports John Kirkpatrick and one of his sons; several other men including John Cessna were killed by Indians attacking them in their fields about 7 miles from Shippensburg, PA. According to Parkinson's Memories of Carlisle's Old Graveyard John Kirkpatrick is buried in the second oldest grave located "between the south fence and the next oldest stone". The stone in graveyard is hard to read and the decipered inscription "John Kirkpatrick who departed this life the 27th day of April 1759". Might the difference in dates be due to difficulty reading the stone? Find A Grave does not have this grave recorded in the old Carlisle graveyard.

John Kirkpatrick was killed harvesting John Cessna's field.

8/5/2017

This will tell you just how close John Kirpatrick's family was with the Cessnas.

John Cessna was born in Ulster (Northern) Ireland ca 1699. Came to America 1718?

John Kirkpatrick was born in Ulster Ireland 1703. Came to America 1720.

Both John Cessna and John Kirkpatrick are living in Christiana Hundred, Newcastle County, DE in 1738.

John Cessna married and had his first child, John, Jan 26, 1726. His wife died soon after.

John Kirkpatrick married ca 1728, and had his first child, James. His wife died soon after.

John Cessna remarried to Agnes? and had second son, William, born in 1741.

John Kirkpatrick remarried to Jane McFarland and had a second son, Moses, born in 1738.

John Kirkpatrick’s father, William, was a trustee of the Central and First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE. John Kirkpatrick was one of the first trustees of Middle Spring Presbyterian Church a few miles north of Shippensburg.

John Kirkpatrick died by Indians while harvesting the field of John Cessna near Shippensburg on 18 July 1757. John, Joseph & Jonathan Cessna were kidnapped at that time.

Jonathan Cessna married Mary Friend and moved to Bedford. Joseph Kirkpatrick (son of John) married Eleanor Friend and moved to Friend’s Cove.

In 1780, Five Friend Sisters, one Friend Brother, their spouses and kids, and a couple of other in-laws all moved down river to Louisville, just as that city was being plotted out and sold.

Jonathan died August 8th while fighting with Daniel Boone at Battle Piqua. Three of his brother-in-laws (including Joseph Kirkpatrick) were along for that fight.

http://www.houseofcessna.com/blog/john-kirkpatrick-was-killed-harvesting-john-cessnas-field

References:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHVB-YZP/john-mccune-kirkpatrick-1703-1757

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Kirkpatrick/6000000120983986108

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/i/Ann-K-Brinlee-OK/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0666.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75484441/john-kirkpatrick

http://www.halcyondays.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I67479&tree=Tree1

http://www.davidleas.com/leas%20family%20genealogy/9281.htm

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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:

My 8x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:

Alexander James Kirkpatrick (1670 - 1758)

Alexander Kirkpatrick

Also known as: "William Alexander Kirkpatrick"

Birthdate: ca. 1675

Birthplace: Watties Neach, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Death: June 3, 1758 in Mine Brook, Somerset County, Province of New Jersey

About Alexander James Kirkpatrick

The following was quoted from "American Kirkpatrick Family" and an unpublished pamphlet entitled "The Kirkpatrick's" written by Captain Day Jewell, U.S.A. (Ret.) and now deceased.

"The tradition of the descendants of James Kirkpatrick, who settled on lands granted by the Governor of North Carolina to him, that lay along Turkey Creek, a branch of Broad River and situate in now what is York and Chester Counties, SC, are that this is a Scottish family that moved to Northern Ireland, in a 'neck-saving' operation. One Robert Kirkpatrick, a descendant of the Barony of Kirkmichael, was hung in 1746, for his part in the rebellion of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' in 1745. They came to America around the middle of the 1700's."

"......the traditions of this family is that they went to Northern Ireland after the Bonnie Prince was captured and it is told that the move was in fear of reprisal for participation by members of the Kirkpatrick family in support of Prince Charles Edward."

Alexander Kirkpatrick, the one in question, had six children I know of but it is also said there were seven sons who came to America. Five sons went with him to Ireland, and the five later moved to the colonies, they were Alexander and Andrew who came in 1736 and settled in New Jersey. And later Thomas, John, and James is said to have settled near Reading, Pennsylvania. One daughter, Isabella, remained in Scotland. She was married to William Douglas.

Two sons, Alexander and Andrew Kirkpatrick, came to the colonies together. Their story is recounted in an article titled "Kirkpatrick Family of Somerset Co" in the "Somerset County Historical Quarterly" vol III (1994). They came over with their wives and children in a particularly bad crossing where they ran out of food. The families landed in New Castle, DE starving and broke and ended up going to New Jersey on foot.

The three other sons came over later (together or separately I don't know for sure) and also settled in the northeast. James Kirkpatrick apparently only has one or two references from an early date up there. I don't know that anyone that anyone has definitively proven that he is the same James as appears later in the Carolina's.

The Kirkpatrick Coat of Arms are stated to be: 'Ar. a Sattier and chief az.; the last charger with 3 cushions or Crest, a hand holding a dagger in pale-distilling drops of blood. Motto: "I make sure" Seat, Closeburn's, Dumfries.

The dagger depicts the one Roger Kirkpatrick used to kill the Comyn, and the motto from his statement to The Bruce before he entered the church "I mak siccar"

Family legend as related by D.M. Kirkpatrick says seven brothers, of whom he only names five, came to America. On the royal connections he relates "This family intermarried with the De Brus Family, holders of Earldoms, including Ammandale. One of the lords of Closeburn married Euphemia, daughter of Robert De Brus and the Aunt of Robert the Bruce and one of the first to come out in support of Robert's claim to the throne. The story goes on to The Bruce, Roger Kirkpatrick, John Comyn, Regent of Scotland (and another claimant to the throne) and a bloody knife (which now appears on the Kirkpatrick Coat of Arms). And of course Robert Kirkpatrick was hanged in 1746 for participation in the rebellion of "Bonnie Prince Charlie".

However, this is no record of James Kirkpatrick being in Reading, Pennsylvannia very long and in early 1750's he appears in SC. This family has no traditional date of going to the Carolina's, but the Gaston's and Gillham families, with whom they were closely associated both indicate going there in 1751-2.

The family seat was given alternately as the Barony of Kirkmichael, Watties Neach in co Dumfries and Nithsdale.

Alan Smith stated that George Kirkpatrick was the father (not Alexander). William Kirkpatrick was the father of George Kirkpatrick of Koch in Kirkmichael, Scotland. He emigrated to America and died 9 June 1686.

Name

Alexander KIRKPATRICK

Birth

1670 Nithsdale, , , Scotland

Found record of Alexander Kirkpatrick born 1670 in Scotland (birth records CD # 17 - extracted from Lineage Linkage database CD # 100)

Emmigration

1745 Alexander and his 5 sons migrated to Northern Ireland

Death

3 JUN 1758 Lower Mt Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 October 2020), memorial page for Alexander Kirkpatrick (1697–3 Jun 1758), Find a Grave Memorial no. 12604206, citing Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Kat (contributor 19409629) Find A Grave: Memorial #12604206.

Ancestry Family Trees.

Alan Smith, (dated 10/19/1996): address: box 66108, Scotts Valley, CA 95067-6108.

Elizabeth De Kirkpatrick (born Dumfries), 1680 - 1775

Elizabeth De Kirkpatrick (born Dumfries) was born in month 1680, at birth place.

Elizabeth married Alexander Kirkpatrick in 1711, at age 30 at marriage place, New Jersey.

Alexander was born in 1645, in United States.

They had 16 children: Mae Anderson (born Kirkpatrick), Hugh and 14 other children.

Elizabeth passed away in month 1775, at age 95 at death place, Pennsylvania.

References:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/M1NQ-6H6/alexander-james-kirkpatrick-1670-1758

https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-Kirkpatrick/6000000003017900638

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kirkpatrick-44

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12604206/alexander-kirkpatrick

https://gw.geneanet.org/rpawly?lang=en&pz=bernita+jo&nz=sturm&p=alexander&n=kirkpatrick&oc=8

http://www.davidleas.com/leas%20family%20genealogy/26584.htm

http://rylandsfamily.com/CRyS-o/g18/p17420.htm#i17420

https://www.myheritage.com/names/elizabeth_dumfries

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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:

My 8x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:

George Alexander Kirkpatrick (1650 - 1738)

George Kirkpatrick

Also known as: "George Kirkpatrick of Knock", "Major"

Birthdate: 1650

Birthplace: Wallace's House, Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (or, Knock, Kirkmichael Parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland)

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Grandy's 7x Great-Grandfather:

My 9x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

William Kirkpatrick of Conheath, last Lord of Kirkmichael (1620 - 1688)

William Kirkpatrick

Also Known As: "William Thomas Kirkpatrick", "Last Lord of Kirkmichael", "William "Thomas" Kirkpatrick of Conheath", " Sir William Kirkpatrick"

Birthdate: ca. 1620

Birthplace: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Death: June 9, 1688 in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland

Burial: Garvald (Garrel) Graveyard, Dumfries, Scotland

Parents:

Sir Alexander Kirkpatrick Lord of Kirkmichael and Conheath

1585-1631

Lady Margaret Charteris, of Amisfield

1580-

Family

Spouse:

Margaret Chatris Cairnes, of Orcharton and Galloway

1632-1686

Margaret Charteris Cairnes

Margaret Kirkpatrick

Also Known As: "Margaret Cairnes"

Birthdate: 1632

Birthplace: Auchencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Date of Marriage: [unknown]

Place of Marriage: (probably) Scotland

Death: March 30, 1686 in Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Cairnes, "The Younger" of Orchardton (1502–1558) and Janet Kennedy (1505-1566)

Children:

1. William Kirkpatrick 1645–1686

2. George Alexander Kirkpatrick 1650–1738

3. Winifred Kirkpatrick 1652–1680

4. Alexander Kirkpatrick 1670–1758

5. Roseanne Anne Kirkpatrick 1672–1709

About William Thomas Kirkpatrick of Conheath, last Lord of Kirkmichael

Father KIRKPATRICK Sir Alexander, ,Lord of Kirkmichael and Conheath, d. Yes, date unknown

Mother KIRKPATRICK Margaret, ,daughter of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, d. Yes, date unknown

Children

1. KIRKPATRICK Major. George, ,of Knock, b. 1671, d. 24 Jun 1738, Dumfries, Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location

2. KIRKPATRICK James, ,of Cullompton, Devon,England, b. Abt 1673, d. Yes, date unknown

3. KIRKPATRICK Robert, ,in Craigshields,of Over and Nether Glenkiln, b. 1678, d. 6 Oct 1746, Edinburgh, Scotland.

William Thomas Kirkpatrick The old parish of Kirkmichael included the old Parish of Garrel or Garvald which were united about 1674 in spite of the vigorous protestations of the parishioners of Garrel. However, Garrel had been without a minister for several years. Some adjustments to the boundaries were made between the 1791 account and that of 1834, the eastern part of the old Parish of Garrel being transferred to Lochmaben. With the recent conjoining with Tinwald and Torthorwald, the southern boundaries are taken care of by these two. Much of the north of the old parish is now afforested, and marches upon Kirkpatrick Juxta, the west on Closeburn, and the east with Johnstone and Lochmaben.Ref:The Church of Scotland congregation of Kirkmichael, Tinwald and Torthorwald

CHRONICLES OF THE KIRKPATRICK FAMILY BY ALEXANDER de LAPERE KIRKPATRICK ------------------------------------------------------------ Transcribed from a copy provided by the US Library of Congress Edited and transcribed by John P. Kirkpatrick For the same purpose cited by Alexander de LaPere Kirkpatrick, Genealogical Research Transcription Copyright  2001 John P. Kirkpatrick Note: Spelling and language conventions used at the time are preserved. The first 9 pages of the book) - JP Kirkpatrick Genealogy

jpkirkpatrick.com/files/DeLapereChronicles-Intro.pdf

When Robert the Bruce was waging battle to maintain his rights to the Scottish throne, he appeared in Dumfries and met Red Comyn. An agrument ensued and Robert stabbed him. His comrade, Kirkpatrick, is said to have also stabbed this enemy. A Papal bull exonorates the Kirkpatricks of this deed and attributes the killing to Robert. Near the end of the 18th Century, William, son of William Kirkpatrick of Conheath, became a wine merchant and married Donna Francesca, daughter of Baron de Girvegnee and one of their daughters married the Emperor Napoleon III. The marriage with a Kirkpatrick was being considered in aristocratic circles a mesalliance. Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe of Hoddam was consulted and produced a family tree showing a root in kings. This was shown to King Ferdinand VII who then approved the marriage. Source: article entitled "What's in Your Name?" from unknown publication, by Charles Guarino and Albert Seddon..

WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, of Kirkmichael, eldest son, who inherited his father1s estate

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Some records have the father of George ,Robert and James listed as "Thomas Kirkpatrick of Knock",including those produced to prove the ancient lineages of the Spanish branch , but I will follow the record of Mr James Campbell Gracie Jnr,,of Dumfries, who, in 1860 ,cleared the overgrown family grave in Garrel Kirkyard and made notes regarding the inscription.(Garrel or Garvald is an ancient parish in Dumfriesshire.The parish was annexed c1674,partly to Johnstone ,but mainly to Kirkmichael)

(Mr Gracie's wife is sometimes recorded as a niece of William Kirkpatrick of Conheath,and Mary Wilson ,of Kelton, at other times he himself is described as a grandson of a Miss Kirkpatrick,of Kirkmichael , or Kelton.He was a well known and much respected antiquarian and genealogist of his time.)

The grave was in good preservation and the inscription read as follows "Here lies the corps(sic) of William Kirkpatrick who departed this life 9th June 1686.His eldest son George of Knock,who departed this life 1738 aged 67 years". Also engraved was the family Coat of Arms carved in high relief.

Robert of Glenkiln was also buried in Garrel Churchyard,close by his father and brother.

A third son ,James, is said to have married in England(there are scant records for James , but Maj.Gen Charles Kirkpatrick includes records in his family history that list him as a son of "Thomas of Knock"(pg 185) and brother of "Robert of Glenkiln". Alexander deLaPere Kirkpatrick recorded that Robert and George were sons of William Kirkpatrick of Conheath and Kirkmichael, but does not mention a James at all. I include him here also, after receiving records from Don Enrique Kirkpatrick-Mendaro of Spain, stating James was a son of "Thomas of Knock" also.(Which begs the question -"Was William of Conheath and Thomas of Knock one and the same person or were they perhaps brothers, or father and son"?)

When William,the last Lord of Kirkmichael, , died in 1686,the remainder of estate was sold to the Charteris family of Amisfield, (who had previously purchased a large portion of the Barony in 1622 and also received the Kirkmichael title at that time), the proceeds divided amongst his sons,including George Kirkpatrick of Knock and Robert Kirkpatrick of Glenkiln. These sons in turn began their own family branches, both fairing differently.

William's sons lands at Knock, and Glenkiln, were a portion of the larger Kirkmichael and Pleulands estate,and were retained by them. (Research):Gerald Talbot Clindening ,in "The House of Glendonwyn" wrote that a sister of Robert Kirkpatrick of Glenkiln, (Anne or Roseanne Kirkpatrick) married a William Glendinning,and that William and his family were forced to flee to Ireland in 1746(the very year Robert Kirkpatrick of Glenkiln was beheaded) ,and several of their sons soon left for America.

I can find no records to validate this claim, and this marriage is not mentioned in "Closeburn Kirkpatricks", by Maj.Gen Charles Kirkpatrick, but there is mention of a family relationship in Alexander de LaPere Kirkpatricks "Chronicles of the Kirkpatrick Family" ,which details the will of Alexander Kirkpatrick (1714-1791) in which he bequeaths funds to the children of Alex.Clendinin,Elizabeth and William.(Alexander Kirkpatrick's sister Anne (Mrs Jordan)was a Miss Clendinin's grandmother).

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Thomas-Kirkpatrick-of-Conheath-Last-Lord-of-Kirkmichael/6000000013154526547

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK8D-2HD

https://gw.geneanet.org/ekfannin?lang=en&p=william&n=kirkpatrick&oc=1

https://www.seibelfamily.net/kirkpatrick-genealogy.html

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kirkpatrick-640

https://gw.geneanet.org/rpawly?lang=en&pz=bernita+jo&nz=sturm&p=sir+william&n=kirkpatrick

http://www.davidleas.com/leas%20family%20genealogy/26588.htm

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Grandy's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

Sir Alexander Kirkpatrick Lord of Kirkmichael and Conheath (1585 - 1631)

Alexander Kirkpatrick

Also Known As: "Sir Alexander Kirkpatrick", "Lord of Kirkmichael and Conheath", "Lord of Kirkmichael & Conheath", "Lord of Kirkmichael and of Conheath"

Birthdate: bet. 1580-1585

Birthplace: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Death: March 2, 1622 in Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Parents:

Sir Alexander Kirkpatrick

-1686

Margaret Somerville

1553-

Family

Spouse:

Lady Margaret Cairnes, of Orcharton and Galloway

1580-

Lady Margaret Kirkpatrick, of Orcharton and Galloway

Also known as: "Margaret Charkin"

Birthdate: before circa 1565

Birthplace: Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death: after 1575

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Charteris, 9th of Amsfield and Janet Douglas

Children:

1. William Kirkpatrick, of Conheath, last of Kirkmichael d. 9 Jun 1686

2. John Kirkpatrick

3. Hugh Kirkpatrick

4. Alexander Kirkpatrick

About Sir Alexander Kirkpatrick Lord of Kirkmichael and Conheath

Note: The dates are all over the place. Very difficult to find any consistencies in births / deaths.

http://genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com/archives/getperson.php?p...

Knt. of Kirkmichael,

http://genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com/archives/getperson.php?p...

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Alexander-Kirkpatrick-Lord-of-Kirkmichael-and-Conheath/6000000013154532399

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQ2Z-KVZ

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I67682&tree=CC

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kirkpatrick-589

https://gw.geneanet.org/ekfannin?lang=en&p=alexander&n=kirkpatrick&oc=3

https://www.seibelfamily.net/kirkpatrick-genealogy.html

https://gw.geneanet.org/rpawly?lang=en&pz=bernita+jo&nz=sturm&p=sir+alexander&n=kirkpatrick

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Note: Cannot go any further - not enough facts.

Grandy's 9x Great-Grandfather:

My 11x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

Sir Alexander Kirkpatrick ( - 1686)

Alexander Kirkpatrick, of Kirkmichael and Conheath

Parents:

Sir William Kirkpatrick, Lord of Kirkmichael and Conheath

1505-

Lady Margaret Cairnes

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Grandy's 10x Great-Grandfather:

My 12x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

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Clan Kirkpatrick

Clan Kirkpatrick Tartans

Kirkpatrick Tartan (Modern) Kirkpatrick Tartan (Ancient)

The Kirkpatrick Motto

The book Elvin’s Family mottoes tells the following interesting story about the origins of this motto: Bruce, while yet engaged in the struggle which ended in his obtaining the throne of Scotland, chanced to meet the Red Comyn, a zealous partisan of the English, in the cloisters of the Greylriars’ Church at Dumfries. High words ensued between them, and at length Bruce in his passion felled Comyn to the ground with his dagger. As he was rushing hastily out of the sacred edifice he was met by Kirkpatrick, one of the staunchest of his adherents, who, seeing his agitation, asked him what was the matter; “I doubt,” replied Bruce, “that I have slain the Red Comyn.” “ Doubtest thou?” rejoined the other, “ I will make sicker and immediately entering the church, dispatched the wounded man. So little disgrace was supposed to attach to the deed, that Kirkpatrick’s descendants adopted his words for their motto.”

Motto: I Mak Sicker

Motto Translation: I Make Sure

Early Origins of the Kirkpatrick Family

The surname Kirkpatrick was first found in Dumfriesshire at Closeburn, a civil parish. The surname was derived from a chapel on a farm in the parish that was once dedicated to Saint Patrick. About 1 km east of Closeburn lies Closeburn Castle, a tower house that was the family seat of the Kirkpatrick family until 1783. The first record of the name is of a Sir Roger de Kirkpatrick (born c. 1280), 3rd cousin and associate of Robert the Bruce, 1st cousin of Sir William Wallace who attested a charter by one of the Bruces in the 14th century.

This surname is of local origin meaning “of Kirkpatrick”, parishes in counties Dumfries and Kirkcudbright, Scotland, meaning the church dedicated to St. Patrick. The name also present in the north Ireland and is the result of Gaelic influence. It derives from the Middle English kirk (German kirch, Norse kirkja), which means church.

The Kirkpatrick surname is derived from one of various place names in Scotland. These place names come from the Old Norse "kirkja" which became "kirk" and means "church." Several churches were dedicated to St. Patrick, and then the place names followed from the church names.

Early marriages involving this last name include Thomas Kirkpatrick to Mary Turner in London in 1687, Agnes Kirkpatrick to David Cockburn at St. George’s Chapel in 1747, and Guthrie Kirkpatrick to Mary Green at St. George’s Hanover Square in 1803.

The family and surname is discussed at length in Bernard Burke’s Peerage and Knights. It begins with mentioning Sir James Alexander Kirkpatrick, the 10th Baronet, of Closeburn who served in World War II and succeeded his uncle in 1937, and married Ellen Elliott and had two children: Ivone Elliott (1942) and Robin Alexander (1944). The lineage traces back to Ivone Kirkpatrikc, who lived during the time of King David I, and was a wirness to a charter of Robert Brus (the first Lord of Annaldale). His wife was Euphremia. His grandson was Ivone Kirkpatrick, who obtained charter of lands of Closeburne from King Alexander II in 1232 AD. He married Lady Euphemia, the daughter of Robert the Bruce, and was succeeded by his son Adam Kirkpatrick. Adam was the father of Stephen Kirkpatrick, Lord of Closeburne, recorded in 1278 AD as “” Stephanus, Dominus ViUae de Closeburne, filius et heres Domini Ade de Kirkpatrick.” He had two sons: Roger and Duncan. The elder son, Robert, was appointed by Edward I in 1304 AD as the Justiciary of Galloway. He had two sons: Thomas and Roger. The latter son Roger took the castles of Durisdeer and Caerlaverock from the English in 1355, and was murdered in his bed by Sir James Lindsay in 1357. He left behind two sons: Winfred and Yvone. Yvone had a son named Stephen. Sir Roger was succeeded by his elder son, Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, who was granted the lands of Redburg by King Robert Bruce in 1319. He had two daguhters: Elizabeth who married John Carlyle and Margaret who married John Hensone. Winfred Kirkpatrick was one of the hostages for ransom of David II, King of Scots. He had two sons: Thomas and Roger, the later who carried on the line. The lineage is discussed for another two pages in the book.

Clan Kirkpatrick is an armigerous clan from the Scottish Lowlands that is recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon. The name may have been interchangeable with Kilpatrick at one time in history. The clan’s motto is I Mak Sikkar, meaning “I make sure”.

Inn 1526, a feud arose with the Clan Charteris, which is discussed in Pitcairn’s Criminal Trials of Scotland. John Charteris of Amisfield, along with his brother sons, were charged with the murder of Roger Kilpatrick, son of Alexander Kilpatrick in March 1526.

Kirkpatrick Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Kilpatrick, Gilpatrick, Patrick, Kirkpatrick and others.

Kirkpatrick Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

https://coadb.com/surnames/kirkpatrick-arms.html

Clan Kirkpatrick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Kirkpatrick

HISTORY of the KIRKPATRICKS and the KILPATRICKS

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~kirkkilclansna/genealogy/History.html