Scotland
EnglandThe surname MacTurk was first found in Dumfriesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris), a Southern area, bordering on England that today forms part of the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area, where they held a family seat on the English/Scottish border.
After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient but turbulent no-man's land where the persecuted took haven. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'.
A Galwegian surname, in Gaelic MocTuirc means 'son of Tore, ' from tore, a boar. [1]
The first record of the name was John Makturk in Mekle Ariewland in the barony of Mochrum, in record in 1538. Almost one hundred years later, Bessie Makturck was married in "Edinbergh" in 1621 and few years later, John Makterke, servitor of George Stewart of Robertoun was listed in 1624. [2]
Captain MacTurk is a fictional character in Sir Walter Scott's 19th century novel Saint Ronan's Well published in 1823 and Mr. MacTurk appears in the novel Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: McTurk, McTork, McTurie, McTuire, McTurck and others.
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