Scotland
Broughs of Scotland
The ancestors of the Broughs of Scotland extend back in time several hundred years. In the book, The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, by George F. Black, New York Public Library, 1946, page 106 (FHL British Reference Book: 941, D4b), the following information is given about the Broughs of Scotland:
"Brough: 1) An old surname in Orkney, derived from either Overbrough or Netherbrough in Harray. Thomas Burgh, witness in Harray, in 1530 may be the Thomas Burcht, witness at the Kirk of Harray in 1557. William Bruche was juror in Harray in 1601. 2) An old surname in Perthshire, may be from Brough in Yorkshire. Robert Burch, a frater de Cupro, 1500. John Brugh is recorded in South Kinkell in 1598, Gilbert Brugh in Lethendie in 1683, and Malcolm Brough was a tenant in Glenfender, Athol, in 1705. The surname also occurs as Bruch in the Dumblane Commissariot Record, and is also in the Edinburgh Marriage Register after 1665. Brucht 1506. Brught 1575."
The Coat of Arms of at least one of the "Brough" families of "Scotland" is listed in the book The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, which was first published in London in 1842 and later in 1884 (page 180). Burke describes this "Brough" family of "Scotland" as having arms that consisted of: "Az. a fesse betw. three fleurs-de-lis or. Crest--A buffalo's head sa", which interpreted means a blue ("AZ") field on a shield that contains two horizontal lines ("a fesse") drawn across the field between three lilies ("fleur-de-lis") which are gold ("or") in color (and which lilies have three leaves instead of five), and the crest is a black ("sa") buffalo's head. Also, Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, published in 1905 (Plate 44, #1), states that the "Brough" arms of "Scotland" contained a crest having "a buffalo's head sa".
A picture of the "Brough Tartan" (Ancient Colours) can be found on ScotWeb Tartan Mill website.
The descendants of several Brough families of Scotland are listed below.
Broughs of Orkney, Scotland
During the 1600's and 1700's a number of "Brough" or "Brugh" families resided in Orkney, Scotland. The Brough Family Organization (BFO) maintains a database entitled the Broughs of Orkney, Scotland, 1600's and 1700's which lists dozens of individuals related to these "Brough" or "Brugh" families of Orkney, Scotland.
Broughs of Scotland, New Zealand and Australia
Alexander Brough, b.abt.1675, of Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland; married: abt. 1675, of Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland
George Brough, chr.1713, Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Eupham Dewer, abt.1754, of Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland
Gilbert Brough, chr.1755, Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Janet Michison, abt.1784, of Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland
Peter Brough, chr.1790, Lethendy And Kinloch, Perthshire, Scotland, a "Farmer"; "Drowned" in river; married: Mary Williamson, 1817, Lethendy And Kinloch, Perthshire, Scotland
Peter Brough, chr.1831, Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland, a "Miller", "Farmer" and "Watercolor painter"; Married: Christina Grant, 1860, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. Peter Brough and Christina Grant sailed from England to New Zealand in 1863-1864
Alexander Brough, b.1871, Porangahau, North Island, New Zealand; married: Harriet Emily Jones, 1894, Porangahau, North Island, New Zealand
Alexander Leonard Brough, b.1902, Napier, North Island, New Zealand; married: Susan Falls Smith, 1929, New Zealand
Descendant: Peter Brough, b.1960, Napier New Zealand; has lived for 30 years in Perth, Australia. See related information and photos below:
Broughs of Fife and Perthshire, Scotland
William Burghe, b.abt.1635, of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland; married: Janet Rithardsone, abt.1660, of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
David Burghe, chr.1661, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland; married abt.1678, of Perthshire, Scotland
Robert Burgh, chr.1699, Forgendenny, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Janet Johnston, 1724, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
William Brough, b.1732, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Mary McCash, 1762, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
John Brough, b. 1767, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Grizal Robertson, 1783, Scone Perthshire, Scotland
Robert Brough, chr.1784, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Helen Campsie, 1812, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
Robert MacLaggan Brough, b.1821, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Janet Cannon Henderson, 1849, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
James Brough, b.1855, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; married: Mary Jane Morrison, 1905, Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
James Brough, b.1906, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland; married: Beatrice Ann Ramsay, 1931, Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland; had two sons.
See this website for more information on this Brough ancestry: http://www.broughfamily.info
Broughs of Perthshire, Scotland, and New York, USA
John Brugh, b.abt.1598, of South Kinkell, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland; married: abt.1619, of South Kinkell, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
David Brugh, b.abt.1620, of Trinity Gask, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Jeane Grahame, abt.1641, of Trinity Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
Robert Brough, b.abt.1642, of Trinity Gask, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Margaret Even, abt.1662, of Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
William Brough, b.1663, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Elizabeth Foot, 1691, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
William Brough, b.1696, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Helen Mailer, abt.1722, of Auchterarder, Perthsire, Scotland
James Brough, b.abt.1731, of Rhynd, Perthshire, Scotland;' married: Margaret Imbrie, 1756, Rhynd, Perthshire, Scotland
John Brough, b.1761, Rhynd, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Christian Davison, 1795, Rhynd, Perthshire, Scotland
Peter Brough, b.1815, Craigend, Rhynd, Perthshire, Scotland, a "Farmer"; married: abt.1844, Catherine McGreggor, Morristown, St. L., New York
James Brough, b.abt.1853, Morristown, St. Lawrence, New York, a "Farmer"; married: abt.1873, Margaret Rayette, of Oswegatchie Town, St. L., New York
Louis Brough, b.1886, Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, "Farmhand" & "Cattle Driver"; married: 1912: Georgiana Ward, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York
Robert D. Brough, b.1919, of Morristown, St. Lawrence, New York; married: Carolyn Gotti; had one daughter and three sons.
See this website for more information on this Brough ancestry: http://barb4262.tribalpages.com/
William Burghe, b.abt.1635, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland; married Janet Rithardsone in abt.1660, Fife, Scotland
David Burghe, chr.1661, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland; married abt. 1678 in Perthshire, Scotland
Robert Burgh, chr.1699, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland; married Janet Johnston, 1724, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
William Brough, chr.1732, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; married Mary McCash, 1762, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
John Brough, b.1767, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; married Grizal Robertson, 1783, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
Robert Brough, chr.1784, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; married Helen Campsie, 1812, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
James Brough, b.1823, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland; married Margaret Anderson, 1846, Kettins, Angus, Scotland
James Brough, b.1847, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland; married: Janet Aitken, 1874, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
David A. Brough, b.1881, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; married: Berdie E. McGuire, 1913, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
David Atkins Brough, b.1914, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Died in 1942 in World War II. "USS Brough" warship was named after David Atkins Brough.
Brough Victims of Scotland's Witch Trials of the 1600's
In the 1600's, Scotland put to death hundreds of alleged "witches", including the following three Brugh's--or Brough's--who were executed during the Crook of Devon Witch Trials of the 1600's:
John Brughe (1586-1643) of Crook of Devon, Perthshire; killed in Culross, Fife.
Janet Brugh (1612-1662) of Crook of Devon, Perthshire, killed in Crook of Devon, Perthshire.
Agnes Brugh (1615-1662) of Crook of Devon, Perthshire, killed in Crook of Devon, Perthshire.
Genealogies of the above three individuals are listed within the "Genealogies" section of the BFO website.
Today a memorial maze--called The Witches Maze--has been constructed in the village of Crook of Devon, Perthshire, Scotland, to commemorate 11 innocent people who met their doom at the Crook of Devon Witch Trials in 1662. (The construction of The Witches Maze took place in 2003.)
Tullibole Castle near the village of Crook of Devon was once the home of William Halliday who with his son John and 3 others presided over a court that was responsible for one of the worst cases of witchcraft persecution that Scotland has ever seen. In 1662 the court sat 5 times resulting in the Doom of 11 persons. Those who survived the trial were taken to a small mound near the current village hall and strangled by the common Hangman and their bodies thrown on a fire.
The Accused "Witches" of the Crook of Devon Witch Trials of the 1600's:
Agnes Murrie, Trial 1 (3 April 1662):
On the first of these trials Agnes Murrie, Bessie Henderson, and Isabella Rutherford were condemned, and strangled and burnt on the following day.
Bessie Henderson, Trial 1 (3 April 1662):
On the first of these trials Agnes Murrie, Bessie Henderson, and Isabella Rutherford were condemned, and strangled and burnt on the following day.
Isabella Rutherford Trial 1 (3 April 1662):
On the first of these trials Agnes Murrie, Bessie Henderson, and Isabella Rutherford were condemned, and strangled and burnt on the following day.
Agnes Pittendriech, Trial 2 (23 April 1662):
Only one escaped, which she owed to being pregnant at the time of her trial, and being respited under an obligation to come up again for trial when required. As there is no record of any ulterior proceedings being taken against her, it is to be hoped that her respite resulted in their ultimate withdrawal.
Margaret Hoggan Trial 2 (23 April 1662):
In the case of Margaret Hoggan no conviction or sentence against her is recorded, although the evidence against her was equally strong as against the other panels ; .but in the dittay against her she is described as a woman of threescore and nineteen years, and she may have been either spared on account of her old age, or she may have died in the excitement and terror in the course of her trial. She is referred to as deceased at the next diet of Court, which took place two months afterwards.
Robert Wilson, Trial 2 (23 April 1662):
On the second trial Robert Wilson, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Janet Paton, and Agnes Brugh were found guilty and sentenced to be burnt on the following day.
Bessie Neil, Trial 2 (23 April 1662):
On the second trial Robert Wilson, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Janet Paton, and Agnes Brugh were found guilty and sentenced to be burnt on the following day.
Margaret Lister, Trial 2 (23 April 1662):
On the second trial Robert Wilson, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Janet Paton, and Agnes Brugh were found guilty and sentenced to be burnt on the following day.
Janet Paton, Trial 2 (23 April 1662):
On the second trial Robert Wilson, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Janet Paton, and Agnes Brugh were found guilty and sentenced to be burnt on the following day.
Agnes Brugh, Trail 2 (23 April 1662):
On the second trial Robert Wilson, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Janet Paton, and Agnes Brugh were found guilty and sentenced to be burnt on the following day.
Margaret Hoggan Trial 3 (5 May 1662):
At the third diet, Margaret Hoggan and Janet Paton were brought to trial. There is no conviction against Margaret Hoggan; but Janet Paton was sentenced and strangled and burnt the same day.
Janet Paton, Trial 3 (5 May 1662):
At the third diet, Margaret Hoggan and Janet Paton were brought to trial. As before stated, there is no conviction against Margaret Hoggan; but Janet Paton was sentenced and strangled and burnt the same day.
Janet Brugh, Trial 4 (21 July 1662):
Janet Brugh and Christian Grieve. The former was convicted and executed the same day,
Christian Grieve, Trial 4 (21 July 1662) and 5 (8 October 1662):
Christian Grieve was put to her trial in July, 1662, and although the evidence against her appears to have been strong, the "hail assize in one voice declare that they will not convict her in no point of witchcraft, nor clenze her in no point," and yet within a period of three months the same jury, under the same presiding judge, and apparently without any additional evidence, convicted her, and she was strangled and burnt on the fifth day thereafter.