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Where did the Scottish Leslie family come from? What is the Scottish Leslie family crest and coat of arms? When did the Leslie family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Leslie family history?
Today's generation of the Leslie family inherits a name that was first used by the Scottish tribe known as the Picts. The first family to use the name Leslie lived in the barony of Leslie in the county of Aberdeen. The surname Leslie belongs to the category of habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Repeated and inaccurate translation of Scottish names from Gaelic to English and back resulted in a wide variety of spelling variations with single names. Leslie has appeared Leslie, Lesley, Lessely, Lessley, Lesslie and others.First found in Aberdeenshire, where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated on the lands of Leslie, and it is said that they were descended from Bartholomew Leslyn, son of Walter de Leslyn, a Flemish knight who attended Queen Margaret when she arrived to marry King Malcolm of Scotland in 1067. Legend states that the wife of King Malcolm III was thrown from her horse while crossing a river and nearly drowned, but Leslyn, gripping the horses bridle, saved her. She frequently cautioned him to 'grip fast' and afterwards commanded that he retain those words as his family motto. He later married the sister of Malcolm Ceanmore, and so was appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle and made Lord Leslie. Malcolm Leslie of Garioch in Aberdeenshire, son of Bartolf, received a feudal charter confirming his lands from a grant made to his name-father, Lord Leslie. Malcolm's grandson, Sir Andrew de Lesly, was one of the signatories of the 1320 'Arbroath Declaration of Independence' to the Pope, which affirmed Scotland's sovereignty and included the words: "as long as one hundred Scotsmen still live they would never submit to English rule."
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Leslie research. Another 364 words(26 lines of text) covering the years 1340, 1411, 1527, 1562, 1580, 1600, 1641, 1661, 1680, 1682, 1711, and 1850 are included under the topic Early Leslie History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
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Our PDF Extended History includes the Life In Ireland!
Some of the Leslie family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 130 words(9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Leslie. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Many Scottish families suffered enormous hardships and were compelled to leave their country of birth. They traveled to Ireland and Australia, but mostly to the colonies of North America, where many found the freedom and opportunity they sought. It was not without a fight, though, as many were forced to stand up and defend their freedom in the American War of Independence. The ancestors of these Scots abroad have rediscovered their heritage in the last century through the Clan societies and other organizations that have sprung up across North America. Immigration and passenger ship lists show some important early immigrants bearing the name Leslie:
Leslie Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- John Leslie settled in the Barbadoes in 1678 with his son
- Margaret Leslie settled in New Jersey in 1685
- Andrew Leslie, who landed in New Jersey in 1685
- Margaret Leslie, who arrived in New Jersey in 1685
Leslie Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Robert Leslie, who landed in America in 1745
- George Leslie, who landed in New York in 1784
Leslie Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Saml Leslie, aged 22, arrived in Charleston, SC in 1803
- Willm Leslie, aged 20, arrived in Charleston, SC in 1803
- James Leslie, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1808
- Alexander, Leslie Jr., who arrived in America in 1809
- William Leslie, who landed in America in 1812
Leslie Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- D B Leslie, who arrived in Mississippi in 1904
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We offer a large range of products for you to enjoy with your Coat of Arms. From the coffee cup in the kitchen to the frame in the living room.
- Frank Leslie (1821-1880), American (English born) engraver and publisher
- Joan Leslie (b. 1925), American actress
- Fred Weldon Leslie (b. 1951), American scientist, NASA payload specialist on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission
- Lisa Leslie (b. 1972), American basketball player
- Bethel Leslie (1929-1999), American theatre, film, and television actress and a screenwriter
- Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859), English painter and writer
- Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (1827-1882), English (Irish born) economist
- Desmond Arthur Peter Leslie (1921-2001), British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician
- Sir Shane John Randolph Leslie (1885-1971), Irish man of letters
- Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie CMM, MSC, MSM, CD (b. 1957), Chief of the Land Staff and Commander Land Forces Command of the Canadian Forces
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- Early Leslies in York County, South Carolina by Marion Emerson Murphy.
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The crest of your clan chief, encircled within the traditional strap and buckle bearing the chief's motto. Scottish clansmen would traditionally wear a badge depicting the crest of their chief, in order to show their loyalty to the clan. These items have been carefully researched using the most recognized historical sources. Images have been computer drawn according to heraldic standards.
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A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system... More
Septs of the Distinguished Name Leslie
Lesely, Lesley, Leslie, Lessely, Lessley, Lesslie and more.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Catholic Directory For Scotland. Glasgow: Burns Publications. Print.
- Scots Kith and Kin And Illustrated Map Revised 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: Clan House/Albyn. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry Including American Families with British Ancestry 2 Volumes. London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Warner, Philip Warner. Famous Scottish Battles. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1996. Print. (ISBN 0-76070-004-4).
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
- Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
- Moncrieffe, Sir Ian of That Ilk and David Hicks. The Highland Clans The Dynastic Origins, Cheifs and Background of the Clans. New York: C.N. Potter, 1968. Print.
- Hinde, Thomas Ed. The Domesday Book England's Heritage Then and Now. Surrey: Colour Library Books, 1995. Print. (ISBN 1-85833-440-3).
- Urquhart, Blair Edition. Tartans The New Compact Study Guide and Identifier. Secauccus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1994. Print. (ISBN 0-7858-0050-6).
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The Leslie Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Leslie Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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