----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nichol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 2:10 AM Subject: [NICHOL] Clan history > The below has been inserted into my notes on the Clan MacNicol. I am > soliciting comments and reactions as this appears to be either a > deviation from or an elaboration of the Clan MacNicol history found on > the web. Please feel free to share this with others who may be > interested. > > >From Irish Pedigrees by John O'Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., > Baltimore, Maryland: > Vol I, pages 281-295: A partial Nicholson/Nicolson genealogy beginning > with Niocholl, brother of Teige, is listed. It does not display dates, > but appears to extend back several hundred years, 1146 specifically > mentioned. To encourage discussion and perhaps the publishing of an > authoritative source on our roots, I quote from the footnotes on page > 281-ff: "History of the Scottish Clans ... states that [MacNicol] Clan > was of Norwegian origin. No doubt the Clan, from time to time, may have > made several marriage alliances with Danish and Norwegian families; but > the Clan MacNicol was of Irish extraction! Gregall MacNicol, who is No. > 113 on this pedigree, acquired historic notability by his opposition to > and defeat of the Danes and Norwegians; a fact, which in itself, would > go to prove that the Clan MacNicol is not of Danish or Norwegian > descent." To add to the discussion, other passages states that the > Clan's badge is a sprig of oak. The notes are credited to William > Nicolson, of Millaquin Refinery, Bundaberg, Quennsland. > > For researchers, pedigrees are annotated for Neil of Portree, ca. 1600, > William in America, ca. 1650, Jonathan of Plymouth, England, ca. 1740, > Joseph of London, ca. 1750, Thomas of Gloucestershire, England, ca. > 1770, Benjamin of Plymonth, ca. 1780, Rev. William of Coleford, ca. > 1805, Rev. Alexander of Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1800, Neil of > Philadelphia, ca. 1790, Leotain of San Francisco, ca. 1750, Robert of > County Down, ca. 1793, George of Aberdeen, ca. 1765, Angus of Skye, ca. > 1760, Donald of Cape of Good Hope, ca. 1760, Alexander of Australia, ca. > 1740, Robert of County Down and of New York, ca. ?, with many spouses > and children identified. > Vol. II, pages 761-767: This writing, credited to Patrick William > Nicolson of Laird's Hill, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England and of > Millaquin Refinery, Bundaberg, Queensland, provides a concise history of > Clan activities about 700-1,000 years ago-up to the "period the > Nicolsons gradually sink into comparative oblivion." > > > ==== NICHOL Mailing List ==== > Why not visit the NICHOL Web Site > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mylists/Nicholls/ > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >