Henderson comes from the Gaelic MacEanruig, closest English pronunciation would be MacKendrick, and means "Son of Henry," as you've already heard. According to research I've done, the name can be traced to eleventh century Scotland. The Henderson clan was a sept of the MacIan clan who were themselves a sept of Clan MacDonald. There are three distinct Scot lines of Hendersons, the largest of which was from the Glencoe region in the highlands. The Swedish variation is still Scot in origin, these are migrants whose names were modified to fit their new home and culture. Hendersons were present at the battle of Stirling, the Battle of Falkirk and of course the Jacobite rebellions. Hendersons were pipers for Clan MacIan and clan MacDonald. (The names MacHenry, Henrison, Henryson, Harryson, Mackendrick, among others, are closely related.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wyatt Henderson" <john.henderson@ps.net> To: <HENDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:49 AM Subject: [HENDERSON] Henderson Origins > Posted on: Henderson Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Henderson/11219 > > Surname: Henderson > ------------------------- > > The best short explanation of where Henderson comes from is on the web > page http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Clans/Henderson/Origin_Hen derson/Henderson_Name.html > > There are also Hendersens (with an "e") from the Scandinavian countries, > but I come from the Scots so I do not know anything of the Scandinavian > Hendersens. > > john.henderson@ps.net > > > ==== HENDERSON Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >