May 12 563 Community of Iona founded by Colum Cille (St Columba) from Ireland.

  1. COLUMBA Missionary – (521–597). St. Columba was born in Ireland and founded monasteries there before leaving in 563. At age 42, he arrived in Argyle and located an island known as “I” (Latinized into “Iona”). Map below has Iona off of the Hebrides, and Firth of Lorne.

Conal, king of the Christian Scots of Argyle, presented the island to Columba for his monastery. St. Columba, with 12 disciples, created a great school of Christian education, then converted Brude, leader of the Northern Picts. Christianity spread due to St. Columba’s 34 years of devoted service.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/early_scotland/columba_founds_a_monastery_on_iona/

Columba founds a monastery on Iona – 565 AD . The Gaelic kings of Dál Riata gave Columba land to found a monastery. For the next two centuries Iona was to be one of the most famous centers of Christian learning in the Celtic world. Video: A history of Scotland: The Last of the Free.

Some theories of ancestry.

 

1240 Isabella de Clare, of Gloucester and Hertford (2 November 1226 – 10 July 1264) married to Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (claimant to throne during the Great Cause), she becomes ancestress to all the royal Scots line from 1306 to present day. Her son is Sir Robert VI de Brus (July 1243 – soon bef. 4 March 1304[1]), 6th Lord of Annandale (dominus vallis Anandie), jure uxoris Earl of Carrick (1271–1292), Lord of Hartness, Writtle and Hatfield Broad Oak (Wretele et Hatfeud Regis). Wikipedia.

1567 Queen Mary Stewart forgives Bothwell, pardons and honors, Duke of Orkney. (TG32-123)

1539 John Cochrane of that ilk, who was served and returned heir to his father, 12th May 1539. He married Mary, daughter of Lindfay of Dunrod, an ancient family in Refrewfhire, and died anno 1557, leaving iffue a son,

William Cochrane of that ilk, who succeeded him, and got charters under the great seal from Mary, of the lands and barony of Cochrane, and feveral others, inter 1558 et 1560. He was a man of great sagacity, economy, and prudence, and greatly adorned and beautified the ancient feat of the family of Cochrane with large plantations and buildings. He married Margaret, daughter of the Sir Robert Montgomery of Skelmorly, in the shire of Ayr, by Mary his wife, daughter of the lord Robert Semple, by whom he had three daughters. Whether the two eldest (whose names are not come to our knowledge) had any succession we cannot pretend to determine, but he was succeeded by Elizabeth, his third daughter, as will be shown hereafter. William having no appearance of any male iffue, made a resignation and entail of his whole estate, in favors of his daughter, Elizabeth, and the heirs-male of her body, whom failing, to several others particularly specified in the deed of entail, which is dated, anno 1593, any person so succeeding being obligated to carry the name and arms of Cochrane, etc.

1669 Earl of Dundonald, by patent to the heirs-male of his body, dated 12th of May 1669.   See Dundonald Castle north of Ayr. Also on the map are Kyle, Elderslie, River Clyde, Glasgow, Avondale, Strathaven.

Sir William Cochrane of Cowdon acquired the lordfhip of Paifley, which became one of the chief feats of the family, and where he afterwards lived in great splendor and magnificence; 2nd though it is alledged by the bifhop of Guthrie,

Guthrie that he was one of the Scotch lords who voted for the delivering up of the king to the English, yet it appears he continued fteady with his loyalty, for which the commonwealth of England impofed no lefs a fine upon him than five thoufand pounds Sterling, anno 1654. And as none had contributed more heartily and fiercely to bring about a reftoration than lord Cochrane, fo it was no fooner accomplifhed than he was made one of the lords of the privy council to his majefty, anno 1660, and got charters, under the great feal, William demino Cochrane de Paifley et Dundonald, of feveral lands and baronies, inter 1660 et 1668. He was alfo conftitued one fo the commiffioners of his majefty’s treafory and exchequer, and having difcharged his tlory in every ftation of life to the fatisfaction of the king and the nation. [Original type used ‘f’ for ‘s’.]

Dundonald’s arms.

1706 Battle of Ramillies in the War of Spanish Succession. Flanders. Royal Scots, Cameronians, Royal Scots Fusiliers. in French service, the Scots wore red coats.   British regiments; 6th Regiment of Horse; later the 6th Dragoon Guards, then the 3rd Carabineers and now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. The Royal Regiment; now the Royal Scots. the Royal Scots Greys and now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Royal Scots Fusiliers. 26th Foot, the Cameronians; later the Scottish Rifles, disbanded in 1968. The Royal Scots Greys under Lord John Hay took part in the overthrow of the Gens D’Armes by Auverqueque’s cavalry. Several Scots regiments in the Dutch service, distinguished themselves in the battle.

The Battle of Ramilles:  picture by Jan van Huchtenburg in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. http://www.britishbattles.com/spanish-succession/battle-ramillies.htm

1804 Pitt returns as prime minister in Parliament. Tytler’s Scotland Britannica.

1809 Battle of the Douro. The Coldstream Guards
3rd Guards, now the Scots Guards.

1849 David Eccles, born 12 May 1849, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland, came to Utah with his family in 1863. Eccles died 12 March 1912. He cut and hauled logs for railroads, mines, sawmills, and stores, focusing on railroad construction activity.

1854 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. George Heriot and James Watt. On 12 May 1854, the statue of James Watt that today stands outside the entrance of Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh Campus was unveiled outside the School of Arts.

1856 Arrived in Iowa City, are Emigrants from Ship, Enoch Train sailed from England, through Boston, Daniel D. McArthur captain of Emigrants from Ship the Curling arrive in June. Wikipedia.

Cranstoun Motto: THOU SHALT WANT ERE I WANT. Chief: David Cranston of that Ilk and Corehouse

Crest: A crane Proper dormant holding a stone in her claw

1907 Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) born. 4 Oscars , 2 British academy of Film and television arts, 1 Emmy. Hepburn clan.

Hepburn as Mary Stuart in John Ford’s Mary of Scotland (1936).

 

2016 Utah is ranked 2nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Americans#Scottish_Americans_by_state ).   How are the Scots in Utah doing?

Utah, where more than two-thirds of the residents are Mormons who eschew alcohol, ranked lowest for drunken-driving incidents, according to the study based on statistics from the FBI, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Kids Count Data Center and DrivingLaws.org.   2016 April 28 CarInsuranceComparison.com’s rankings http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/28/survey-northern-states-worst-drunken-driving/83537526/

The final rankings, which determines which determines the worst state per category. Sources Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, KIDS COUNT Data Center, and DrivingLaws.org. Like bowling, higher score is best. 51 of 51.

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