Origin Displayed: Scottish-Alt
Origins Available: Scottish-Alt, Scottish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Ogilvy, Ogilvie and others.First found in Angus, where Gilbert, son of Gillebride, 1st Earl of Angus , obtained a charter of the lands of Purin, Ogguluin and Kynmethan, in Angus between 1172 and 1177.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Ogilby settled in the Barbados in 1678, with his wife and children; John Ogilvie settled in Potomac Maryland in 1747; Patrick Ogilvie settled in Boston in 1716.
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