I am posting the above names bearing in mind the closeness of Dunbartonshire with the Borders. In the main they are Glaswegian, Cumbernauld and I have heard some were in Ayr, as well as in Ireland. I have a paternal tree dating back to mid 1700s in which these names appear. CHESTER was my paternal name and I have anticipated a time when I might find they were English, by the place of that name. However, it appears that at one time, ca 1100, Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumbria, & Carlisle were Scottish. http://www.aboutscotland.com/hadrian/chesters.html and this medieval site confirms the possibility. http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/malcolmiv.html Throughout his reign the pious and frail Malcolm was consistently out-thought and outmanoeuvred by Henry II, who was crowned King of England in 1154, much to the dismay of many Scottish nobles. In 1149 Henry had promised David I he would uphold Scotland's claim to much of northern England. But in 1157 Henry summoned Malcolm to meet him at Chester. There they signed the Treaty of Chester under which Malcolm relinquished Scottish claims to Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumbria, and Carlisle. In return he was granted the Earldom of Huntingdon: arguably his by rights anyway in succession to his father. If anyone has interests in the above names I would be pleased to hear from you. Janet