Mac Hattie or Mac Hatty belongs to Clan Chattan and may wear the Clan Chattan tartan. There are variations in the spelling as with many surnames; i.e Mac Hatton, Mac Hattan and Mac Hat. In some cases the 'Mac' was dropped and the surname simply became HATTIE. HATTY, HATTON, HATTAN, etc. There was a William de Hatun who witnessed a charter by Matthew, bishop of Aberdeen, about 1171-99 according to Black's "Surnames of Scotland." This might indicate Norman origin. The Motto for Clan Chattan is; "Touch not the cat but (without) a glove." Clan Chattan is a federation of clans going back to 1291, composed traditionally of 17 clans among whom were the Macphersons, MacPhails, Cattanachs, Mackintoshes, Farquharsons, Shaws, Toshachs and smaller clans which joined for protection such as the Clerks, Davidsons, MacLeans, MacQueens and Smiths. The tartan is primarily red. This information from Alexander Fulton's, "Scotland and her Tartans." Merv. >Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:02:22 +1000 >From: "John Macpherson" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCOTS~GEN] Machattie >Can anyone advise the clan to which those named Machattie >would belong? >John L Macpherson