In a message dated 5/18/2011 1:08:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bernardmorgan@hotmail.com writes: What was the original surname of the original Lamont? I read of a charter calling him called Lawemundu Mac Greghere (after his grandfather). I read to that Mac Greghere was confused by some with Mac Gregor. Which makes me wonder about reference to Mac Gregors in Cowall area. Then I find authors saying that the Lamonts original named MacFhearchar or MacErachar. Which make me wonder about the M'Gilligowie proximity to the Farquharsons (the MacFeachair). There's an entire section on that in Memorials of Argyllshire, p. 193. There are two versions of an Act of Parliament in 1292 which is where the references occur. In one the names are written as McGreghaire, as in Lawemund Mc Greghaire. The old Clan McGregor writers therefore assumed this man was a McGregor. But in another version we find the same name as Lowemandum McEregher. Here we're back to the MacFeachar/McErewar confusion. The author states these are MacFeachars, not McGregors. John