Corstophine History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Scotland

Etymology of Corstophine

The distinguished family Corstophine claims decent from Corstorphine, a village and parish originally in Midlothian, but now in the county of Edinburgh. 1

"This place, of which the name is of uncertain origin, appears to have been, from a very early period, the property and residence of families of distinction, of whom David le Mareschall held possession of it in the reign of Alexander II." 2

The original castle was of unknown origin, but we do know "in 1446, the castle of Corstorphine was destroyed, and the lands laid waste, by Chancellor Crichton and his military vassals, in retaliation of a similar outrage on his castle of Brankstoun, by Sir John Forrester and Sir William Douglas. In 1572, the castle was garrisoned by the Earl of Mar, regent of the kingdom, with a view to prevent the sending of supplies to the castle of Edinburgh, at that time held for Mary, Queen of Scots, by William Kirkaldy of Grange." 2

Early Origins of the Corstophine family

Early History of the Corstophine family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Corstophine research. Another 165 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1567, 1583, 1589, 1590, 1598, 1608, 1624, 1660, 1745, 1767 and 1811 are included under the topic Early Corstophine History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Corstophine Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Corstophine, Carstarphen, Carstophine, Carstophene, Carstrphen, Corstophen and many more.

Early Notables of the Corstophine family

• the Corstophine family of Midlothian

Migration of the Corstophine family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Corstorphen and his sons John and James, who all arrived in Virginia in 1746; and George Corstorphine, who came to Barbados between the years 1806-1834..