ScotlandScottish history reveals Clegghirn was first used as a surname by the Strathclyde-Briton people. It was a name for someone who lived in Cleghorn, Lanarkshire.
The surname Clegghirn 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 Clegghirn research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 154 and 1541 are included under the topic Early Clegghirn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
It is only in the last few hundred years that rules have developed and the process of spelling according to sound has been abandoned. Scottish names from before that time tend to appear under many different spelling variations. Clegghirn has been spelled Claghorn, Cleghorn, Claghorne, Cleghorne, Gleghorn and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Clegghirn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Unwelcome in their beloved homeland, many Scots sailed for the colonies of North America. There, they found land and freedom, and even the opportunity to make a new nation in the American War of Independence. These Scottish settlers played essential roles in the founding of the United States, and the shaping of contemporary North America. Among them: James Claghorn who settled in New England in 1652; Robert Cleghorn settled in New England in 1771.
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