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The Omish surname is derived from the Gaelic "Mac Tómais," meaning "son of Thomas." 1
The surname Omish was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where the history of this particular Clan actually begins with another larger clan from which the MacThomases are derived, the Clan MacKintosh. 1
The clan's progenitor was Adam M'Intosh, son of William, of Garvamore, son of the seventh chief of the Clan MacKintosh and held a family seat at Garvamore in Badenoch about the 13th century. The name most frequently became M'Thomas (son of Thomas) but was often spelt M'Thomis, M'Homie, M'Omie, M'Comie and others. The Thoms variant was first listed as Patrick Hunter Thoms, son of George Thomas. From this spelling the Thowmis, Thowms and Thownis spellings were derived.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Omish research. Another 188 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1537, 1587, 1590, 1597, 1678 and 1681 are included under the topic Early Omish History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: MacThomas, MacComas, MacComie, McColm, Thoms and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Omish 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: William McThomas settled in Philadelphia in 1828.