All, I am researching the Angus-originated family of Glenday. I have asked several people for general Glenday family information, but received no replies. Perhaps not much information is known? My small amount of research to date shows the following. I hope you find it useful, and if you have additional - or different - information, I would very much like to hear it! Thanks, Duncan Glenday ============================================== AGE The earliest record of the name was in 1569, when a William Glendy (note the spelling) obtained a decree against the earl of Crawfurd. SOURCE OF NAME The name originally derived from a valley (i.e. a Scottish glen, or a Gaelic gleann) called the "Glen of Dye", sometimes spelled the "Glen of Dee" or "Glendee", in what used to be called County Angus. As was common in medieval times, the residents took the name of the place they lived or owned land. There is still a strong representation of the Glendei and Glenday family names in Angus today. There is also a place called "Glenday" in Angus, Scotland. ( My parents were there many years ago - I am still trying to find it on a map.) FAMILY GEOGRAPHY Glendee is in County Angus. Branches of Glenday seem to have grown in Forfar (the county seat of Angus), Dundee (my branch of the family), Airlie and Kirriemuir. In the 17th century some of the Glendays settled in Northern Ireland and Norther England, and several spelling variants of the name emerged. Two separate branches of the family emmigrated to South Africa in the late-1800s, but like so many other anglo saxons living in South Africa, many of them are now emmigrating from that country and settling in America or Australia. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Glendays settled in Australia, America, Canada and New Zealand. A John Glendy (note the spelling) came to Baltimore in 1799, a James Glenday came to Missouri in 1829, and Peter (Patrick?) Glenday lived temporarily in Missouri around 1817. CLAN Glenday is a sept of the clan Graham of Montrose. This is information that has been passed down through many generations of my family. Seems there was a Peter Glenday (or Glendy?) in the house of the Earl of Montrose. I have searched for official confirmation, and the closest I have come is confirmation that "Glenny" is a sept of this clan. I will keep searching. TARTAN Because of the 'sept' relationship we have with clan Graham, the Glendays wear the tartan of Graham of Montrose. OTHER SPELLINGS Glendye, Glendee, Glendy, Glendei, Glendey, Glenny, Glandee, etc. HERALDRY ETC. The family crest and the motto seem to have evolved, and there are an ancient and a modern version : Ancient (Reference : Burke's general armory) : Blazon of arms : Argent, a cross between 4 bees, sable, crest lion issuant, gules I.e. a white badge, a black cross, and a bee in each quadrant The crest (i.e. on top of the shield) has a red lion, issuant. (A charge represented as issuing from another charge. When an animal is represented as issuant only the upper half is depicted.) White : peace and sincerity - white was sometimes shown as silver Cross : faith Bees : industry Black : constancy Red : courage Motto : PRO REGE ET GREGE : (For king and people) The modern version is a joining of 2 blazons of arms, and consequently, a very complex design. (Reference : Heraldic Promotions, Surrey, England) Blazon of arms : Per pale, dexter, fesse gules, 3 bees, sable on argent 2 and 1, and sinister 3 stars, 1 azure on or, 1 or on azure chevron, under arms and 1 bee sable and 2 wings dexter or, sinister azure. Also described as : Argent a fesse gules, 3 bees, sable impaling: chevron or and azure in chief 2 stars azure in base 1 star or under arms, and 1 bee sable and 2 wings dexter or, sinister azure. Per pale : Split into halves - because this was a joining of the ancient Glenday arms, (described above) and another family's arms. Not sure which family this was. Impaled By : Also means split in 2 halves Dexter : means right hand side - as you HOLD the shield. I.e. the left side as you view it. So imagine the shield split in half longitudinally, with the left side decorated with a modified version of the ancient Glenday arms, (described above) as follows : Silver background, divided by a red bar, with 2 black bees side-by- side in the top half, and one in the bottom half. As with the ancient shield, the silver background was often shown as white. Sinister : means left hand side - as you HOLD the shield. I.e. the right side as you view it. So the right half of the shield is decorated as follows : Divided horizontally by a chevron (a peaked line - like this: / \ ). The top half is gold (often shown as yellow), with 2 blue stars, side- by-side. The bottom half is blue, with 1 gold star (often shown as yellow) On top of the shield (I.e. the crest) is the helmet portion of a suit of armor . This is called "arms", and denotes scottish peerage. Above this is another black bee, and a gold wing on the left (as you view it), and a black wing on the right (as you view it). Motto : ALTE PETE (Alte = high, Pete = seek, go, strive; rough translation therefore is Reach High) Hope you find this useful, Duncan Glenday