Macfarlane Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1713 people with the Macfarlane surname? In that year Macfarlane was ranked number 2020 for popularity in the UK. |
"The son of Pharlan. The family are descended from Gilchrist, brother of Maldowan, third Earl of Lennox. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Macfarlane records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"MACFARLAN, MACFARLANE, MACFARLAND, MACFABLIN, MACPARLAN, MACPAHLAND, MACPARLANE, MACPABLIN, MACPHARLATN. 0 Gaelic MacPharlain, 'son of Parian,' from O.Irish Partholon (see BARTHOLOMEW). Malcolm Mcpharlane was one of the witnesses to a charter by Ywar Cambell of Strachur to Duncan, earl of Leuenax c. 1385 (HP., rv, p. 18), and in 1395 Duncan filius Malcolm Makfarlane had a charter from Duncan, earl of Levenax (Leucnax, p. 64). Andrew M'Farlane of Aracher was admitted burgess freeman of Glasgow gratis in 1577 (Burgesses). "The ancestor of the Macfarlanes of Kirkton was George Macfarlane of Markinch, second son to Andrew Macfarlane of that Ilk, in the reign of King James v. George having sold the foirsaid lands of Markinch, went afterwards and settled in the north Highlands amongst his namesakes the Macfarlunes, promiscuously called in the Irish [i.e. Gaelic] language, M'Allans, Allanach, or Clan Allan i.e. the posterity of Allan, because of their descent from Allan Macfarlane, younger son to one of the lairds of Macfarlane, who settled in Strathdonn, Aberdeenshire, several centuries ago. From him are descended the families of Auchorrachan, Balnengown, Lismurdie, &c., as also several others in Braemar and Strathspey" (Nimmo, History of Stirlingshire, 3. ed., 1880, p. 100). Robert Macfarlane (1815-1883), bom in Rutherglen, was for seventeen years editor of the Scientific American. Makfarland and Makferlande 1546, M' 'Farleu 1603, Mcfarling 1668, M'Farling 1663, Makferlan 1529, McKfarlen 1728, McFerlane 1812, MacPharheline 1610. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Macfarlane Family History
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Miscellaneous Macfarlane Databases
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