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The surname Kentour was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat in their territories in the town of Kintore. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kentour research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1407 and 1745 are included under the topic Early Kentour History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Kintore, Kyntore, Kentore, Kyntour, Kentour and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Kentour Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..