If the tale is true and a Douglas of the Black clan escaped to Ireland and changed his name to Kilgore, You will probably not find any evidence. For if he left a trail,there would be a story of the King of England dragging him back for execution. Charles R. (Bob) Shaw 2425 Sherwin dr. Twinsburg Ohio 44087 330 425 8819 fax 330 963 6858 Engineered Special Products Inc. Product Engineer Adsco Line Products Inc. superchief87@roadrunner.com superchief87@yahoo.com www.engineeredspecialproducts.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:12 AM Subject: Re: [KILGORE] Kilgore > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: gkilgour1 > Surnames: Kilgour/Kilgore > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kilgore/1607.2185.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > You are right...There is no proof of any connection between Kilgour and > Douglas, except for the fact that King james V was held in custody by the > Black Douglas's at Falkland castle until 1528, when he was sprung from > captivity mysteriously. this was at the sametime as Dominus Thomas > Kilgour was the chaplain at St. Mary's Church in that same Falkland > Castle. > > On the other hand, there is proof that the early Kilgours (in late 1400s > and early 1500s) were witnesses to Charters issued in the name of James > IV. > > There is evidence that George the First, Third Lord Seton, had a bastard > son called James, who had a grandson Thomas, who was a priest in Falkland, > at about the right dates. > > Remeber, all Kilgours come from the same root, and the association with > the name is historic...i.e. Falkland's ancient name was Kilgour, as was > the ancient church on the same site. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KILGORE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >