It’s rare that you see a nickname appearing in Ancestry.com. So when we saw 12th Great Grandfather Alexander irvine listed as Alexander “Little Breeches” irvine, we had to find out more.
The ‘Scots Slaves’
11th Great Grand-uncle James Elliott Paterson – a Scot – may have been the son of the Bishop of Ross but that didn’t stop him ending up as an indentured servant to English colonists in the New World.
The Scottish Archbishop
Tenth-great grandfather John Paterson was the last Protestant Archbishop of Glasgow – and there were mixed reviews about him
Lay on MacDuff
We’re descended – a long way back – from the Earls of Fife, of the clan MacDuff. The most famous MacDuff appeared in Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ – though he may not have existed at all.