Basically, if your surname is on a Clan list of seps, for $20 you can join. Pretty simple! If you've never been to a "Clan Games Event", I highly recommend. They have an annual event in Green Cove Springs, Florida, in February. I've attended the past four years. Lots of fun. http://neflgames.com/ I believe that the majority of Pate descendants are of English descent; however, a few did come from the land up north. Could they have been run out of Scotland by the English Pates? I really enjoy the website, ScotClans, the tab "What's My Clan" offers a Surname Search feature. I've enjoyed searching all my Great Great Generation surnames, five out of eight can be associated with a Clan. If you search "Pate" (Pate is short for "Patrick"), you find that it's a sep of Clan "MacLabhruinn" or "MacLaren". The Clan History from this site starts with: "The name of the clan MacLaren is known in Gaelic as "Clann mhic Labhrainn". The origins of the clan are shadowy and remain speculative, although one traditional account claims descent from Lorn, son of Erc, who landed in Argyll in A.D. 503." If you're interested in this clan, recommend visiting their website: Clan MacLaren Society of North America, LTD. http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/ J. Randall Lawson, President, 20205 Maple Leaf Court, Montgomery Village, Maryland 20879-1137 [email protected]

Since my McDuffie is Scottish, I've really enjoyed learning about the Scots ( I also have Irish - and they are interesting too). They also have Highland Games at Stone Mountain, Atlanta, GA. Biggest event I think is Highland Games on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. I've seen the Games from Stone Mountain on TV, and two years ago had planned the Attend Grandfather Mountain ( and Pate gathering in Yorktown), but health problems prevented. Wish I'd known about all this back in my 'younger' traveling days! Pate also includes meaning of ' bald'. I have more information on that somewhere I'll look up. But today I'm off to find Jim Lasseter !! Johnette Pate McDuffie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Robinson Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 4:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PATE] Scotland, Clans, and the Pates Basically, if your surname is on a Clan list of seps, for $20 you can join. Pretty simple! If you've never been to a "Clan Games Event", I highly recommend. They have an annual event in Green Cove Springs, Florida, in February. I've attended the past four years. Lots of fun. http://neflgames.com/ I believe that the majority of Pate descendants are of English descent; however, a few did come from the land up north. Could they have been run out of Scotland by the English Pates? I really enjoy the website, ScotClans, the tab "What's My Clan" offers a Surname Search feature. I've enjoyed searching all my Great Great Generation surnames, five out of eight can be associated with a Clan. If you search "Pate" (Pate is short for "Patrick"), you find that it's a sep of Clan "MacLabhruinn" or "MacLaren". The Clan History from this site starts with: "The name of the clan MacLaren is known in Gaelic as "Clann mhic Labhrainn". The origins of the clan are shadowy and remain speculative, although one traditional account claims descent from Lorn, son of Erc, who landed in Argyll in A.D. 503." If you're interested in this clan, recommend visiting their website: Clan MacLaren Society of North America, LTD. http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/ J. Randall Lawson, President, 20205 Maple Leaf Court, Montgomery Village, Maryland 20879-1137 [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2916 - Release Date: 06/03/10 18:25:00

My Pate`s came from around Edinburgh Scotland ,namely George born 1760 married 1792 St, Cuthberts Edinburgh . Son George born 1791 Linlithgow Bo`ness and his son George born 1811 at Ratho and was a shoemaker . His sons John and George came to Australia c1860 . Thankyou John for the info about the Pate name . Laurie Thompson From: John Robinson I believe that the majority of Pate descendants are of English descent; however, a few did come from the land up north. Could they have been run out of Scotland by the English Pates? I really enjoy the website, ScotClans, the tab "What's My Clan" offers a Surname Search feature. I've enjoyed searching all my Great Great Generation surnames, five out of eight can be associated with a Clan. If you search "Pate" (Pate is short for "Patrick"), you find that it's a sep of Clan "MacLabhruinn" or "MacLaren". The Clan History from this site starts with: "The name of the clan MacLaren is known in Gaelic as "Clann mhic Labhrainn". The origins of the clan are shadowy and remain speculative, although one traditional account claims descent from Lorn, son of Erc, who landed in Argyll in A.D. 503." If you're interested in this clan, recommend visiting their website: Clan MacLaren Society of North America, LTD. http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/ J. Randall Lawson, President, 20205 Maple Leaf Court, Montgomery Village, Maryland 20879-1137 [email protected]