ScotlandThe first people to use the name Claghirn were a family of Strathclyde- Britons who lived in the Scottish/English Borderlands. The name comes from when someone lived in Cleghorn, Lanarkshire.
The surname Claghirn was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow. Cleghorn in a small village north-east of the town of Lanark and is the ancient home to the family.
"The home of the Cleghorns is in the West of Scotland, but a group of families of the name flourished in the parish of Cramond for several generations, and Robert Cleghorn, farmer, at Saughton, near Edinburgh, was a friend of Robert Burns." [1]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Claghirn research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 154 and 1541 are included under the topic Early Claghirn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Surnames that evolved in Scotland in the Middle Ages often appear under many spelling variations. These are due to the practice of spelling according to sound in the era before dictionaries had standardized the English language. Claghirn has appeared as Claghorn, Cleghorn, Claghorne, Cleghorne, Gleghorn and many more.
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The North American colonies beckoned, with their ample land and opportunity as their freedom from the persecution suffered by so many Clan families back home. Many Scots even fought against England in the American War of Independence to gain this freedom. Recently, clan societies have allowed the ancestors of these brave Scottish settlers to rediscover their familial roots. Among them: James Claghorn who settled in New England in 1652; Robert Cleghorn settled in New England in 1771.
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