Highland clan, chiefly originating from the Western Isles. The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (officially known by their Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. They form part of the Hebrides, separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the stormy stretch of water known as the Minch and the Little Minch. A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. ... The Western Isles are an archipelago in Scotland. ...
Branches On
Branches on Ness and Pabbay. Nesss original clay model. ... There is more than one island named Pabbay in the Outer Hebrides. ...
Heriditary Judges
Hereditary judges over within the lands of the clan Macleod. McLeod or MacLeod is a Scottish surname. ...
Possible Orgins
It is said to have originated from Eric the Black, King of the Isle of Man, an island located in the Irish Sea at the geographical centre of the British Isles. Although it is not part of the United Kingdom, it is a Crown dependency. Eric the Black is said to have shipwrecked on Lewis Island, and to have had a son named Mauris there, from whom came the Morrisons. According to http://www.kloks.clara.co.uk/MORRISON.html "A long time ago abound 1214 a Norse ship sank in a heavy storm off the Scottish island of Lewis. On board the fated ship that night was Lauon, a young and beautiful Scottish noblewoman with her newly born son Gillemorrie. Her husband Olaf the Black commanded the ship but was unable to save the vessel and they and the crew were flung into the icy waters. Luck or perhaps fate floated a piece of driftwood to them which the three clung to and were miraculously swept to the rocky shore of Lewis, alive. When Lauon had married Olay in 1214 and bore him a son, Gillemorrie, the church declared their relationship as incestuous, since Lauon was a cousin of Olafs first wife. Bishop Reginald of the islands further nullified their marriage and rendered their son illegitimate. Life has a funny way of payback as when Gillemorrie became an adult he fell in love and married the last heiress of the Clan Igaa. She as her right owned and lived at Pabbay Castle on the nearby island of Harris. It was from this marriage that the Clan of Morrison thus sprang and how driftwood became their badge."
McLeod or MacLeod is a Scottish surname. ... Morrison may refer to: // Companies Wm Morrison (Morrisons) - a chain of supermarkets in the UK. People Jim Morrison, singer of The Doors Toni Morrison, African-American author, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 Van Morrison, singer Robert Morrison, 19th century British Christianity missionary to China Philip Morrison, MIT professor and...
ClanMorrison (Gaelic: Clann MacGhille Mhuire or na Moireasdanaich) is a Scottish clan of the Highlands.
In the 17th century, Ay Mac Hormaid of ClanMorrison married the daughter of the Bishop of Caithness, a powerful Clan MacKay family, her dowry being the whole of Durness across the sea on the northwestern mainland.
The Morrisons of Aberdeenshire derive their name from the "Son of Maurice", believed to be a Norman lord given title to lands there by the Norman rulers of England to help control the border country and thus are not a highland clan but rather a lowland family.
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