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Whillans records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"WHILLANS, WHTLLENS, WHEELANS, WHELLANS, WHILLIS. Surnames current in Roxburghshire, and derived from the old lands of Quheillands (1642), Wherland or Whilland (1653), or Quheilland (1661) in the lordship of Liddisdaill. Thomas and William Querland mentioned in 1505 are referred to in the following year as Thomas and William Ouerlance (Peebles, p. 33, 41). James Quhillans appears in Coldingham, 1622 (Laing, 1902), and Robert Whillas was notary there, 1675 (ibid., 2747). Thomas Whillas was juror on a retour of special service in Duns, Berwickshire, in 1672 (Home, 194). John Whillas in Upsetlington, 1663, and five more of the name are recorded in Lauder Commissariot Record. Robert Whillas, merchant in Duns, 1688 (Edin. App.). Recorded in Lauder, Berwickshire, 1940 (WScot.). (2) The Argyllshire bearers of this surname are of Irish origin, an offshoot of the MacWhellans or MacQuhillans of the Route (a corruption of the name Dalriada) in Antrim. In Irish the name is MacUidhilin or MacUidhlin, apparently a corruption of MacLlewellen, in 1627 spelled McVuellen. The family is believed to have been of Welsh origin and settled in Antrim soon after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The greater part of their lands were forcibly taken from them by the Macdonnells towards the close of the sixteenth century, completely destroying their power and reducing them to a subordinate position. This probably led some of the name to seek a new home on the opposite shore of Argyllshire. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Whillans Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Whillans Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Whillans family tree.
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Miscellaneous Whillans Databases
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