Is There A Border Reiver Surname In Your Family Tree
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Were your ancestors Border reivers? Do you have a Border Reiver family tree? Have you got a Border Reiver surname?
Are you a special Border Reiver family? Trace your family history and find out the origin of your name. Check the genealogy of your family tree to see if you are a Border Reiver. If you can find your family name on the map below then your ancestors were probably Reiver's, one of the clans that roamed the border country between England and Scotland between the 13th and 17th centuries.
This special group of people represent a unique clan ancestry quite different from the often more familiar Scottish clan names such as MacDonald and Campbell. In fact the Reiver's claim to place name before nationality. An Armstrong before England or Scotland a Graham before any country, and Elliot before a nation. Why not join the Reivers on Facebook I'm A Border Reiver Did you know that James Macdonald Fraser author of the Reiver book The Steel Bonnets also authored the famous Flashman novels? Border Reiver man at arms image credit Living History Visit this site for more amazing Border Reiver images.
The Steel Bonnets:
The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers
Contents at a Glance
Border Reiver Poll
Table of Contents
Was General Custer From A Border Reiver Family
the mystery of George Armstrong Custer's geneaology
General George Custer of the famous last stand at the Battle of the Little Big Horn had the middle name of Armstrong. This is one of the most famous Border Reiver clan names.
Custer's family history is not clear. There are suggestions that his family were Hessian and fought on the side of the British during the war of Independence. The name Custer being an Americanised version of Kuster. How he came to carry the name Armstrong suggests a very clear Anglo-Scottish family link however and it is claimed that he was named after George Armstrong a minister known to the family. His mother Marie Ward married Israel Kirkpatrick and it is known that the Kirkpatricks were associated with the Reiver clans.
My Great Grandmother was a Kirkpatrick by maiden name and she married a Graham. My grandma was known as Minnie Kirkpatrick until she married a Johnston.
Border Reiver Song
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
Find Your Family Name. Are You A Border Reiver?
Border Reiver Families
My close family are all Johnston's (with 'T' and without and 'E'), who hail from Carlisle and spookily my ex-wife was a Carruthers, although we met in Nottinghamshire. The Matriarch of my paternal family line, my great grandmother was called Mother Graham or as it was pronounced in Cumbrian - Graim...like Fair with an 'm'
Just look at the list and you will see names that have a familiar ring:
Bobby Charlton - England 1966 World Cup Hero
Bobby Robson - England Soccer Team Manager
Del Boy Trotter - Only Fools and Horses
Walter Scott - Author
Captain Scott - Explorer
Robert Maxwell - Media Tycoon
Billy Elliot - Dancer
Jamie Oliver - Celebrity Chef
Neil Armstrong - First Man on the Moon
Jackie Milburn - English Footballer
Billy Graham - Evangelist
Ross Turnbull - Middelsborough goal keeper (thanks Witt at Blogcatalog)
Richard Nixon - US President
David Nixon - UK magician and entertainer
Ken Dodd - UK entertainer
can you think of any more?
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong visits Langholm Dumfrieshire in the heart of Armstrong territory
Langholm Dumfrieshire Is Over The Moon
Langholm home of the Armstrong clan made Neil Armstrong a freeman in 1972.
Dumfries is just over the border from Carlisle and I remember it for its cooling towers. There was extensive news coverage
A proud clan their website is Clan Armstrong Trust
Armstrong DNA
test your origin
Pele Tower
Protecting The Debateable Lands
The Border regions were also known as The Debateble Lands In order to protect themselves the locals constructed fortresses known as Pele Towers They are sometimes known as Peel Towers and can be found all across the Border region down into North Yorkshire. Here are some more pictures of Pele Towers
image is Gilnockie Tower home of Johnnie Armstrong please visit X Marks The Scot
Border Reiver Link List
Check the origins of names, and historical roots
- Border Reivers
- This site has been developed by its creator to give an idea about the world of the Border Reiver. Readers not aware of the term, Border Reiver applies to inhabitants of the English-Scottish border between the c13th and the early c17th century.
- Border Reiver DNA
- Check your ancestry here
- Border Reivers.co.uk
- Reiver resource
- The Reiver Trail
- Use our interactive map to view and plan your trip. Explore the Borders Are you a Border Reiver? Armstrong, Beattie, Bell, Crosier, Douglas, Elliot, Graham, Hepburn, Irvine, Jardine, Johnstone, Kerr.
- The Borderers
- The website for The Borderers - a living history society dedicated to researching the history and way of life of the Border Reivers
- Border Reivers - The Strategy Board Game
- A strategy board game of conquest.
- Border Reivers Wargames - Border Reiver Show
- Board game based on The Border Reivers
- Border Reivers Cycle Trail | Historic Northern England Cycle Route
- They were notorious murderers, thieves and ne'er-do-wells who plundered the lawless border lands of England and Scotland with impunity for than 300 years. For them life was hard, violent, and usually short- ended by the cold steel of a sword, or more commonly by a hangman's noose.
- The Border Reivers Trail in Cumbria
- The Border Reivers Trail lists many sites in Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway,
and Northumbria, that are of historical importance, and which are accessible to visitors. - About the Border Reivers
- reivers cycle route - the most comprehensive guide to this fantastic route on the internet
- The Border Reivers
- An informal site with information on the Border Reivers.
- NewsLink - - Newcastle University
- Border Reiver families sought by academics
- Border Reivers Map: genealogy map: Border Art - Our genealogy clan maps of Scotland and Ireland and Irish and Scottish clan crest merchandise will help you discover the lands of your ancestors and the origins of your clan or family name.
- Border Reivers Map: Border Art - Our genealogy clan maps of Scotland and Ireland and Irish and Scottish clan crest merchandise will help you discover the lands of your ancestors and the origins of your clan or family name.
- BBC - Cumbria - History - The Border Reivers
- For over 150 years the border lands of England and Scotland were held in the grip of the some of history's most ruthless clans - the Border Reivers
- Border Reivers - Book and Maps
- Tullie House
- Scottish Poetry Selection - Wha Daur Meddle Wi' Me?
- Scottish Poetry Selection - Wha Daur Meddle Wi' Me?
- Johnnie Armstrong's Grave, Teviothead, Scotland
- Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was an infamous reiver who was a thorn in the side of the Scottish King James V.
- Johnnie Armstrong
- Johnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was among the most notorious
of Reivers from the vipers nest that was the valley of Liddesdale. Rich beyond
his means due to his success as a raider, Johnie was among those hanged by James
V. - Border Reivers Northumberland border history
- Listof SURNAMES The Borderland.Battles,Castles.
- Reiver Families and Cursing Stone: Does this Medieval Curse mean Trouble for Carlisle?
- The Cursing Stone is carved with a medieval curse. Carlisle residents blame it for floods, fires, unemployment, disease and the relegation of the local soccer team.
- The Cursing Stone
- It is an ancient curse brought up to date, and residents in Carlisle claim it has brought them disasters from disease to the relegation of the local soccer team.
- Carlisle Cursing Stone
- Carlisle Cursing Stone
- The Border reivers, both English and Scottish, and the story of Kinmont Willie
- The Border reivers, both English and Scottish, and the story of Kinmont Willie
- The Debatable Lands - Romans and Border Reivers
- The Border Reivers For the families who lived along the England-Scotland
border life was hard with constant warring between the two countries.The armies who continually passed by harassed the local population demanding food without payment and destroying everything. - DNA and Genealogy
- About Sheep Stealers and Horse Thieves
- Hillbrae.com Reiver Section
- An excellent resource about the Border Reivers by James Bell
- The Harden Society
- A great site with lots of useful information
- Border Names
- Background to clan names
- Armstrong Clan Association
- ARMSTRONG CLAN ASSOCIATIONThe Clan was revived by Ted and Judy Armstrong on the night of the First Moon Landing on 20/21 July 1969 with the objectives of purchasing Gilnockie and Mangerton Towers and to restore the most suitable for use as a focus for Clan members from all over the world.
- Armstrong Clan Society
- Seek friendship and unity among Armstrongs and associated families.
- Alistair Moffat Official Homepage
- The Homepage of Alistair Moffat, Author & Director of Borders and Lennoxlove Book Festivals. Border Reiver expert.
Border Reiver Books on Amazon
Find out more about the Border Reivers
Border Reiver Blogs
- Femme Fatale: What makes the Little Black Dress so iconic?
- Children will love learning while they play, whilst adults will enjoy exciting experiences such as 'The Border Reivers'. Take a walk down our roman replica street, climb our life size section of Hadrian's Wall, crawl through a mock mine tunnel, ...
- Borders firm makes its mark on Iron Lady
- BORDERS cinema-goers enjoying the new smash-hit biopic about former prime minister Margaret Thatcher can be forgiven for thinking they are seeing things if they notice a model of the reiver figure from Galashiels war memorial on the Iron Lady's ...
- Prop Ed Kalman extends Glasgow Warriors contract
- The 29-year-old, who made his Scotland debut as a substitute in Sunday's defeat by Wales, joined the Warriors in 2007 from the disbanded Border Reivers. "There's a fantastic environment at the Warriors, a really positive team spirit and willingness to ...
- Volunteers needed for restoration scheme above Moffat
- Borders Forest Trust took ownership of 1580 acres of land at Corehead Farm, which includes the Border Reiver's heritage site and adjoining hills above Moffat, in July 2009 after an 18-month public campaign to raise £700000. The trust plans to protect ...
Exploring Border Reivers History
by Philip Nixon
Exploring Border Reivers History
Amazon synopsis:
The Border Country has always been a wild area, both in landscape and in history. It has seen many years of war and turmoil, but is an area of great beauty and has the capacity to imprint its unique charisma on every visitor. It is a fascinating and romantic area and yet the stories of its bloody history can still chill the soul. About 400 years ago, it was a desperate and dangerous place - this was the long-disputed Border Region separating the continually warring kingdoms of England and Scotland - a land of few law-abiding people and a land where no man dare venture unarmed. This was a place where life was lived under the constant threat of violence, an unsettling, windswept land where every home was a fortress and almost every family at feud - this was a time of constant raid and reprisal when killing, burning, looting, theft, robbery and blackmail were an accepted way of life for the great Border Families such as the Armstrongs, the Nixons, the Milburns, the Kerrs, the Dodds, the Robsons, the Grahams and the Elliots...They are remembered today as the Border Reivers!
Tough and rugged, these hard men were merciless racketeers and plunderers who held little sacred except their pledged word. If you have a reiver name, or suspect your ancestors were just a load of villains up to no good, then this well researched and lavishly illustrated new book could just confirm your worst fears!
Armstrong Family History
Deadlock and Deliverance, The Rescue of Kinmont Willie
Deadlock and Deliverance a book about famous Reiver Kinmont Willie Armstrong.
The author Tom Moss has kindly visited this lens. I recommend that readers might pick up a copy of his book.
The Cursing Stone
The 1525 curse placed on the Reivers by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Gavin Dunbar.
And you thought not buying pegs off a gyspy would get you into trouble!!
"I curse their head and all the hairs of their head; I curse their face, their brain (innermost thoughts), their mouth, their nose, their tongue, their teeth, their forehead, their shoulders, their breast, their heart, their stomach, their back, their womb, their arms, their leggs, their hands, their feet, and every part of their body, from the top of their head to the soles of their feet, before and behind, within and without."
"I curse them going and I curse them riding; I curse them standing and I curse them sitting; I curse them eating and I curse them drinking; I curse them rising, and I curse them lying; I curse them at home, I curse them away from home; I curse them within the house, I curse them outside of the house; I curse their wives, their children, and their servants who participate in their deeds. I (bring ill wishes upon) their crops, their cattle, their wool, their sheep, their horses, their swine, their geese, their hens, and all their livestock. I (bring ill wishes upon) their halls, their chambers, their kitchens, their stanchions, their barns, their cowsheds, their barnyards, their cabbage patches, their plows, their harrows, and the goods and houses that are necessary for their sustenance and welfare."
"May all the malevolent wishes and curses ever known, since the beginning of the world, to this hour, light on them. May the malediction of God, that fell upon Lucifer and all his fellows, that cast them from the high Heaven to the deep hell, light upon them."
"May the fire and the sword that stopped Adam from the gates of Paradise, stop them from the glory of Heaven, until they forebear, and make amends."
"May the evil that fell upon cursed Cain, when he slew his brother Abel, needlessly, fall on them for the needless slaughter that they commit daily."
"May the malediction that fell upon all the world, man and beast, and all that ever took life, when all were drowned by the flood of Noah, except Noah and his ark, fall upon them and drown them, man and beast, and make this realm free of them, for their wicked sins."
"May the thunder and lightning which rained down upon Sodom and Gomorra and all the lands surrounding them, and burned them for their vile sins, rain down upon them and burn them for their open sins. May the evil and confusion that fell on the Gigantis for their opression and pride in building the Tower of Babylon, confound them and all their works, for their open callous disregard and opression."
"May all the plagues that fell upon Pharoah and his people of Egypt, their lands, crops and cattle, fall upon them, their equipment, their places, their lands, their crops and livestock."
"May the waters of the Tweed and other waters which they use, drown them, as the Red Sea drowned King Pharoah and the people of Egypt, preserving God's people of Israel."
"May the earth open, split and cleave, and swallow them straight to hell, as it swallowed cursed Dathan and Abiron, who disobeyed Moses and the command of God."
"May the wild fire that reduced Thore and his followers to two-hundred-fifty in number, and others from 14,000 to 7,000 at anys, usurping against Moses and Aaron, servants of God, suddenly burn and consume them daily, for opposing the commands of God and Holy Church."
"May the malediction that suddenly fell upon fair Absolom, riding through the wood against his father, King David, when the branches of a tree knocked him from his horse and hanged him by the hair, fall upon these untrue Scotsmen and hang them the same way, that all the world may see."
"May the malediction that fell upon Nebuchadnezzar's lieutenant, Olifernus, making war and savagery upon true christian men; the malediction that fell upon Judas, Pilate, Herod, and the Jews that crucified Our Lord; and all the plagues and troubles that fell on the city of Jerusalem therefore, and upon Simon Magus for his treachery, bloody Nero, Ditius Magcensius, Olibrius, Julianus Apostita and the rest of the cruel tyrants who slew and murdered Christ's holy servants, fall upon them for their cruel tyranny and murder of Christian people."
"And may all the vengeance that ever was taken since the world began, for open sins, and all the plagues and pestilence that ever fell on man or beast, fall on them for their openly evil ways, senseless slaughter and shedding of innocent blood."
"I sever and part them from the church of God, and deliver them immediately to the devil of hell, as the Apostle Paul delivered Corinth. I bar the entrance of all places they come to, for divine service and ministration of the sacraments of holy church, except the sacrament of infant baptism, only; and I forbid all churchmen to hear their confession or to absolve them of their sins, until they are first humbled / subjugated by this curse."
"I forbid all christian men or women to have any company with them, eating, drinking, speaking, praying, lying, going, standing, or in any other deed-doing, under the pain of deadly sin."
"I discharge all bonds, acts, contracts, oaths, made to them by any persons, out of loyalty, kindness, or personal duty, so long as they sustain this cursing, by which no man will be bound to them, and this will be binding on all men."
"I take from them, and cast down all the good deeds that ever they did, or shall do, until they rise from this cursing."
"I declare them excluded from all matins, masses, evening prayers, funerals or other prayers, on book or bead (rosary); of all pigrimages and alms deeds done, or to be done in holy church or be christian people, while this curse is in effect."
"And, finally, I condemn them perpetually to the deep pit of hell, there to remain with Lucifer and all his fellows, and their bodies to the gallows of Burrow moor, first to be hanged, then ripped and torn by dogs, swine, and other wild beasts, abominable to all the world. And their candle (light of their life) goes from your sight, as may their souls go from the face of God, and their good reputation from the world, until they forebear their open sins, aforesaid, and rise from this terrible cursing and make satisfaction and penance."
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Border History on Amazon
The historical context of The Reivers
The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Evoking the times of the Border Reivers
Resource from David Hill Radcliffe
Both of these resources provide extensive explanations of unusual words and poetic construction.
Historical Battlefields
The Battle of Sollomoss or Solway Moss
800 Reivers defeated 18,000 Scots. Read the full story and more at Electric Scotland
and here Battle of Solway Moss
More Reiver history can read here in article by Julia Hickey image credit J.Hickey.
Border Mires
The sanctuary of The Moss Troopers
image credit The Guardian
The borders has an area known as The Border Mires a 12,000 year old wet land in what is present day Northumberland.
The Border Reivers hid from the law in these bogs and mires and consequently got the name the Moss Troopers
Border History
Expert Reiver Articles by Thomas William Ross
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byThe Reivers At Flodden Field
9 September 1513
The Reivers fought at Flodden Field as light cavalry.
The murder of a Reiver Robert Kerr was given as the excuse for James IV of Scotland to invade England. Reiver families actually fought on both sides in what ended up as a catastrophic defeat for the Scots and the death for James and 27 noblemen.
The Reivers
The Reivers is one of the so called Child Ballads
O who will up an' ride wi' me:
Come a' ye reivers bold!
Then let us off to Cumberland
To herry byre an' fold.
We winna leave a horn or hoof
On a' the English side,
Then come, my bonny reivers,
Come, let us mount an' ride.
The moon that shines o'er Carter Fell,
She'll light us on our way,
We'll ride doun by the Liddel,
An' we'll drive an English prey.
The English wives 'll greet an' mane,
It's lang they'll rue the day,
When we rade doun by Copsiehowm
An' drove their kye away.
We'll cross the sands o' Solway,
An' we'll race the foaming tide,
Then come, my bonny reivers,
Gin ye wi' me wad ride.
We'll chase the lowing cattle,
I' the moonlight saft an' pale,
E'er the cock craws i' the mornin'
We'll be hame t' Liddesdale.
Th'll maybe be a tuilzie,
Gin we meet the English loons,
An' horses rinnin' riderless,
An' sair an' bluidy wouns.
An' dole an' mickle sorrow,
Wi' mony a Southren maid,
When we ride o'er the Border
An' gang for a bit raid.
Then come, my lads, get out your nags,
An' see ye hae your spears,
Then let us off to Cumberland
To drive the English steers
We wanna leave a horn or hoof
On a' the English side
Then come, my bonny reivers,
Come, let us mount and ride.
OK So Your Clan Name is Scottish
If you can't find your name in the Border Reivers information above, then the chances are is that your clan name is Scottish.
Check this lens out Scottish Clans
Tim Keith says "Scottish clans (from Scottish Gaelic clann, "children"), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world.
Genealogy UK
general UK genealogy links
- UK Genealogy Interests Directory
- A website that allows you to link up with other genealogists whose research shares your surnames.
- Genuki
- The genealogical information service for the UK and Ireland
- UK Geneaology and Heraldry
- Whilst a string south west focus some use for Border Reivers too
- Family History UK
- Reserach resource
UK Genealogy
Can you find your Border Reiver name here?
The Story of the Anglo Scottish Border Reivers
I was introduced to the Border Reivers by my uncle in Carlisle who recommended this book. My Grandma lived in the district of Morton in Carlisle just opposite the Border Reiver pub. I found this book a great introduction to the subject and you will find links to other good books here too such as Exploring Border Reiver History by Philip Nixon.
Are You A Reiver?
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sousababy
Jan 31, 2012 @ 7:11 pm | delete
- Wow, this is very interesting . . and I am sure many folks will enjoy figuring out if they are indeed a Reiver. (Don't think I am, ohhh well). Great lens!
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JoshK47
Jan 18, 2012 @ 10:18 am | delete
- How fascinating! I need to do some research now. Blessed by a SquidAngel!
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Marjorie Nixon
Nov 17, 2011 @ 8:56 pm | delete
- Great site, but now I think I descended from thieves - on both sides of my family tree!. My name is Nixon, and all our family came from Carlisle, Brampton, in England and some from Dumfries Scotland. One Grandpa Nixon married an Armstrong, and a Fetherstonehaugh married a Nixon, and there's Ridley's and Grahams in the mix too. They all left town between 1760 and 1840 and came to the US.
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wcjohnston
Nov 5, 2011 @ 10:36 am | delete
- Thanks for letting me know about your lens. I will show my children and perhaps instil some interest in our history. Although I have told them we are from a Revier family (and until my father, we had a chequered past) there has been little I could show them.
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Gordon Collingwood
Sep 20, 2011 @ 9:52 am | delete
- I'm descended from the Middle March English Reiver family Collingwood. Interesting site!
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ourmarket
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- I am not a Reiver I do genealogy on Shrewsbury, Lesher and Purvis. Just wanted to say your lens is very well written and interesting.
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puerdycat
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- Didn't mention that I've been to that wonderful Scotland Border country. Also knew a great story-telling Scot-Canadian, an oil-man from the old days no less.
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puerdycat
Aug 29, 2011 @ 6:12 pm | delete
- G-r-reat Lens. My ancestors are from a border region too, the makings of great history, eh! 'Course mine's toward the other end of Europe, Burgenland-borderland and lens. This is great timing for me for getting in tune for the Scotch-Irish Festival outside of Rocky Mountain National Park in a few weeks.
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MiddleSister
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- I thought we might have some of these names, but, no. Nice lens. You make some really info packed lenses. Nice.
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grifith
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- Liked, Very Good Lens
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pawpaw911
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- Have traced my family back to England (1600s), but haven't found a Reiver. Very interesting.
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Jul 10, 2011 @ 10:46 am | delete
- I have Scottish ancestry but could not see the family name of Howatson on the map. This is a very interesting lense. I was not familar with the Border Reivers. This is fascinating. Thank you for sharing and educating.
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MaxReily
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- Apparently not--I don't recognize any of our family names here. Fascinating lens!
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WordCustard
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- What a fascinating resource on an unusual and interesting topic.
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slotowngal
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- The Border Reivers was totally new to me! Great lens, and angel blessed.
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