I've seen someone claim that the first surname used was McErachar. I'm not sure how Ferchar/Fearchar becomes Erachar though. Then Laumnon (Ladhman/Lagman) was used for one generation and then changed to Lawmanson or Lawmonson until around 1480 or so. Then there was a period of using patrynomics until eventually Lamont prevailed. Having said that, there are still Lamonds around. There's a Downie, possibly a McIlduie in earlier days in the Clam Lamont DNA site, plus a good few Downie or variants on a rapidly growing site of its own. It may be informative to compare Downies with Farquharsons. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Morgan Sent: 18 May 2011 19:08 To: dna-r1b1c7 Subject: [R-M222] MacFeachair 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). R1b1c7 Research and Links: http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message