First found in Northumberland, where they were lords of the manor and seated from very ancient times.

Many of the Boernician-Scottish families who crossed the Atlantic settled along the eastern seaboard in communities that would become the backbone of the emerging nations of the United States and Canada. In the War of Independence, American families that remained loyal to the Crown moved north into Canada and became known as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestral culture of all of these proud Scottish families remains alive in North America in the 20th century through clan societies and highland games. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the name Law or a variant listed above: Mary Law who, whol settled in Virginia in 1643; John Law settled in Annapolis Md. in 1719; Andrew Law settled in Maryland in 1774; George Law settled in Charles Town S.C. in 1763.

Motto Translated: A mind which respects alike the laws of mutual justice and of God.

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