May 2 373 Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria Teacher of the Faith.

664 eclipse of the sun. Bede also describes this outbreak, calling it the year of the eclipse and the pestilence. The Chronicle of Holyrood, in Edinburgh describes the [black death] in the year 664. “There broke out a sudden pestilence, which first devastated the southern districts of Britain, and then laid hold upon the province of the Northumbrians….and killed a large number of the inhabitants. This plague was equally destructive in the island of Ireland.” A local tradition in Glenlyon, Perthshire, says that St. Adamnan, (they call him St. Eonan) was a missionary there when a plague broke out over Scotland. At Fortingall it was so virulent that only one person survived. PLAGUE! by Gordon Johnson, Wick, Caithness, Scotland.

‘Repent, repent ye, Hear the words of that God who made you, by the voice of pestilence.’ Jesus Christ in Doctrine and Covenants section 43. To see the eclipsed sun, requires a cloudless sky during the event. No rain at least for that afternoon. The eclipse occurs when the moons shadow passes over the surface of the earth, while the moon is between earth and sun.

At the top of the Map, the Glen Lyon is on the north shore of the River Lyon which flows west to east into the River Tay which flows down to the City of Perth into the Firth of Tay.

1091 sometime in May. Malcolm, King of Scots, invaded England to claim possessions of right. Malcolm went to Wear. William Rufus (William 2nd of England) came with a Superior force, and Malcolm retreated with plunder and captives. (Malcolm is the ancestor of Joseph Smith, all the Scots royalty, and most of the English royal line.) Tytler’s Britannica.

1316 Edward Bruce crowned king of Ireland. Tytler’s Britannica.

1355 Euphemia de Ross married 2 May 1355 four children Robert II the Steward.

1530 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd was the son of Alexander, 3rd Lord Boyd. Robert Boyd is first mentioned in connection with a feud with the Montgomeries, in which Patrick Montgomerie of Irvine was slain in December 1523. This appears to have been in revenge for the murder of James, 2nd Lord Boyd, in 1484, and the feud continued more or less until 2 May 1530, when Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton, proposed a settlement. The parties agreed in Glasgow that Boyd should accept 2,000 merks for the killing of James, and should marry his son and heir to one of the Earl’s “oos” [house].

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Hugh Montgomery (1460-1545) 1st  Earl Eglinton, 3rd  Baron Montgomerie, Laird of Ardrossan 1484, Justice General of Northern Scotland 1526, and Council of Regency 1536, ancestor of Grizel Miller (nee Cochrane)

1559 John Knox arrives in Scotland, Edinburgh. (YYMA 8) unsettled by sporadic violence, riots, ribald ballads. preached first at Dundee and afterwards at St. Johnstoun, with great success. About this time the queen put some preachers to the horn, prohibiting all upon pain of rebellion to comfort, relieve, or assist them; which enraged the multitude to that degree, that they would be restrained, neither by the preachers nor magistrates, from pulling down the images and other monuments of idolatry in St. Johnstoun: which being told to the queen, it so enraged her, that she vowed to destroy man, woman and child, in that town, and burn it to the ground. To execute this threat, she caused her French army to march towards the place, but being informed that multitudes from the neighboring country were assembling in the town for the defense of its inhabitants, her impetuosity was checked, and she resolved to use stratagem where force could not avail her; accordingly she sent the earls of Argyle and Moray, to learn what was their design in such commotions, Biographia Scoticana by Howie p. 78.

Map with Dundee to the East, Knox traveled down the course of Gowrie to Perth and the church. During the later medieval period the town of Perth was also called St John’s Toun or Saint Johnstoun by its inhabitants in reference to the main church dedicated to St John the Baptist. This name Johnstoun is preserved (with a different spelling) by the Perth football team, St. Johnstone Football Club, founded 1884. The map also shows Strathmore district, which name is preserved by a concert hall in North Bethesda Maryland. On the west is Methven, the estate for Margaret Tudor’s 3rd husband Henry Stewart, made Lord Methven by his step son, James 5th by 1525. Henry was the brother of Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree.

1568 Sunday. Little Douglas steals keys of prison for George Douglas from half brother, Sir William Douglas, the Laid of Lochleven, (TG32-129) owner of the castle where Mary was imprisoned. Locks castle and throws keys in lake. Mary escapes.

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1584 RUTHVEN, WILLIAM, died. 4th Lord Ruthven and 1st Earl of Gowrie (1541?–1584), Provost and Lieutenant of Perth, Lord High Treasurer, confession was nevertheless used as the main evidence against him at his trial, and, being convicted of high treason, he was beheaded at Stirling on 2 May 1584, and his lands were forfeited. In addition to the accusation of treason, Gowrie was charged with witchcraft; but he repelled the accusation as a malicious slander, and it was not persisted in. Scotland held 5 main witch hunts over a 150 year period. Conviction obtained by Promise of Pardon (if ye confess, you’ll be set free – Ha, Ha, gullible, naive) with threats of torture (you’re going to suffer needlessly, since you will be tortured until you say what the prosecutor requires). Gowrie was married to Dorothea Stewart, granddaughter of Henry Stewart, second lord Methven. [James 6th‘s supporters] denied Dorothea was the daughter of the second Lord Methven by his first wife, Margaret Tudor, widow of James IV, claiming her under Methven’s second wife, Lady Jane Stewart, who, as a widow, afterwards married Gowrie’s father, Patrick, 3rd lord Ruthven. Dorothea, born in the 1540s, could not have been a daughter of Margaret Tudor, inasmuch as Margaret was too auld. Lord Methven had by Margaret Tudor, a son, the master of Methven, killed at Pinkie in 1547, as noted by Bishop Lindsay’s history of Scotland written about 1565 for Mary Stewart. The Master of Methven was (half) uncle to Mary Stewart Queen, so Master’s death in battle was of royal notice. Dorothea was the Master’s daughter (mother unknown), and therefore a granddaughter of Margaret Tudor, and heir to the English throne. At the time of the events 1547, Henry 8th of England had several heirs, a son and daughters, which were expected to continue the Tudor line, but did not happen. However the Tudor Methven Stewart line was in competition with the Tudor Lennox Stewart line for the English prize. In 1600, James 6th, after achieving the murder of his cousin Gowrie, ordered all records in Scotland to blot out the RUTHVEN name, much less references to Gowrie. James 6th, now the 1st of England, continued this blotting out order in 1603 in England, when James also became the English King. That is supported by evidence, of Drummond, Earl, and responses of preachers [Robert Bruce, William Row] closest to the events, and owes its existence to the fact that it affords a plausible explanation of the so-called ‘Gowrie Conspiracy’ of 1600 [see under Ruthven, Alexander, master of, and Ruthven, John, third Earl of Gowrie], inasmuch as on this supposition the young Earl of Gowrie (William’s son) would have had a rival title with James Stewart (6th) to the throne of England. Consistent with the rival, Dorothea and her children were for a time treated with great severity. Not only was Dorothea left completely destitute, but when during the progress of the king [James 6th] to the parliament in August (1584) Dorothea appeared to ask mercy for herself and children, she was forcibly repelled at the instance of Arran, and fell down in the street in a swoon (Calderwood, History, iv. 197). After the fall of Arran in 1586 the forfeited lands and dignities (of Gowrie) were, however, restored. At his death Gowrie was indebted to the amount of 48,063 L., being the amount advanced to him on the security of his lands for the defrayment of public expenses while he held the office of treasurer. The persons concerned in the raid of Ruthven, assembled an army at Stirling and took the castle, from thence they sent a supplication to the king to redress their grievances. In the mean time, the earl of Gowrie, lingering about Dundee was apprehended and committed to prison, which discouraged the party at Stirling very much, so that they fled in the night, and got to Berwick; the captain of the castle and three others were hanged; Gowrie was likewise executed on the 2nd of May 1584. Biographia Scoticana: OR, A

 BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE 

LIVES, CHARACTERS, and MEMORABLE
 TRANSACTIONS of the most eminent 

SCOTS WORTHIES, Noblemen, Gentlemen, Ministers, and others: From Mr. Patrick Hamilton, who was born about the year of our Lord 1503, and suffered martyrdom at St. Andrews, Feb. 1527, to Mr. James Renwick, who was executed in the Grass-market of Edinburgh Feb. 17, 1688. together with a succinct Account of the Lives of other seven eminent Divines, and Sir Robert Hamilton of Preston, who died about, or shortly after the Revolution. as also, An Appendix, containing a short historical Hint of the wicked Lives and miserable Deaths of some of the most remarkable apostates and bloody persecutors in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution. Collected from historical Records, Biographical Accounts, and other authenticated Writings:—The whole including a Period of near Two Hundred Years. By John Howie – 178181.

1631 John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT (2 May 1631 – 6 May 1703) was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after crown went to William 3rd and Mary 2nd in 1689. He succeeded as 2nd Earl of Atholl on his father’s demise John Murray, 1st Earl of Atholl (cr.1629), in June 1642 and as 3rd (or 5th) Earl of Tullibardine after the death of his first cousin the 2nd Earl in 1670.The 1st Earl’s wife was Jane, daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy. In 1660, Murray became a privy councilor, obtained a charter of the hereditary office of sheriff of Fife and in 1663 was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session. Murray became the first captain-general of the Royal Company of Archers in 1670. In 1672 he became Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland and on 14 January 1673 became an Extraordinary Lord of Session. Created Marquess of Atholl and Viscount Glenalmond on 7 February 1676. His grandson, Lord George Murray became a famed general of the Jacobites and was responsible for their success in the 1745 uprising. On 5 May 1659, Lord Atholl married Lady Amelia Ann Sophia Stanley (1633-22 February 1702/1703), daughter of the James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Tremoille. They had twelve children, but four died young:

John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (24 February 1660–14 November 1724), eldest son and heir, married (1) Lady Katherine Douglas-Hamilton, (2) Lady Mary Ross.

Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (24 February 1661 – 19 April 1710), married Catherine Watts.

Lord James Murray (8 May 1663 – 30 December 1719), married Anne Murray of Glenmuir.

William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne (1664-3 February 1726), married Margaret Nairne. Their daughter Margaret Murray (d. 28 May 1773) married in 1712 William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan. (ancestor of Hugh Grant actor)

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Lady Charlotte Murray (1663–1735), married Thomas Cooper. No issue.

Lady Amelia Murray (1666–1743), married 1. Hugh Fraser, 9th Lord Lovat; 2. Simon Fraser of Beaufort.

Lady Jane Murray (1666-1670), died young.

Sir Mungo Murray, Bt. (1668–1700), married Rachel Beaverich 2-25-1695, Fife, Scotland; Killed in Panama 1700 (Darien colony), fighting the Spanish.

Panama COROZAL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL with graves of 5,424 Veterans, perhaps 40% are Scots ancestry.

  • Son, David b.1698 m. Margaret Donald; Children: David 1724, Jane 1727, Jane m. Gen. Frederick Watts of American Revolution.

Lord Edward Murray (1669–1743), married Katherine Skene.

The Marquess, through Margaret Murray Drummond Viscountess Strathallan, is an ancestor of actor Hugh Grant. The Drummonds Strathallan descent from the Ruthvens and Drummonds of Perth, ancestors of Zoe Elizabeth Nielsen.

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1719 – Princess Clementina Sobieski (bride of Chevalier de St George) arrived at (75-58)Bologna.

1838 Joseph Smith Jr. wrote ‘At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate. *** But by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.’

John Mack born 6 Mar 1653 Inverness Scotland married in 1681 in Salisbury Massachusetts Bay Colony to Sarah Bagley, had Ebenezer, had Solomon, had Lucy Smith (nee Mack) had Joseph Smith Junior (1806-1844). Clans Mack, Mackenzie of Inverness, Hamilton, Huntley,

1847 May 2 John Allan, christened. Obituary February 21, 1922. Well-known local architect whose work was typically regarded as whimsical. Allan was born in 1847 in Carnock, a Fife village west of Dunfermline, which is roughly twenty miles from Stirling. Allan first gained attention with his inventive work on the Wolf’s Craig Building at 42 Port Street in Stirling in 1898. This was the first building in Scotland to use a steel frame; and even more impressive— at least to the general public—this building housed its own generator and was the first in the burgh to have electricity. 10**Allan also garnered international attention at the 1913 Glasgow International Exhibition for his innovative housing designs for working people. John Allan’s Albany Crescent was erected on the bend of Back O’Hill Road and Upper Bridge Street in Stirling. Albany Crescent was actually two buildings separated by a narrow alley. The building hugged the bend of the road and curved partially around the corner of Back O’Hill Road and onto Upper Bridge Street.   It’s motto was “What E’er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part.’. 1896 As the architect, Allan was responsible for placing in the building’s facade the stone that captured David O. McKay’s interest. [David McKay from Caithness Scotland reared a son, David O. McKay who became president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ .] The stone that riveted David O. McKay’s curiosity was twenty seven inches long, six wide, and thirty-five inches high. All of the edges had a 1.75 inch beveled border. It is likely made from local limestone which was so plentiful that Sterling Castle is actually constructed of limestone.

The second Other “homespun precatory appeals” were included on other Allan buildings Allan.22++For example, the optimistic injunction “LET JUSTICE TRUTH HONOR AND RESPECT. FOR OTHERS RIGHTS BE WROUGHT INTO EVERY PART OF OUR EMPIRE” was carved on the tablet in Allan’s 1900 building in Doune. In 1902, Allan inscribed: “HONOR. PRINCIPLE” and “DO YER DUTY” Albany Crescent building of the axe-wielding lion had the motto: “We arise in sundry wyse,” Journal Mormon History 33_3_2007 {matt_richardson@byu.edu}

Mackay Crest: A dexter arm erect couped at the elbow the hand grasping a dagger also erect all Proper. Motto: MANU FORTI. 
[from Latin: “With a strong hand”].Badge: great bulrush or broom Chief: Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay

1929 Bulldog Drummond. All Talking released. Fictional Scots hero.

1980 The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) filmed a train ride to the village of Strathallan in Scotland.

Poster.

1999 All nationalists in Scotland today. BRIDGE OF ALLAN, Scotland (AP) — In genteel but emphatic tones, Jean Buchanan tells the nationalist candidate campaigning in this idyllic village for a seat in Scotland’s new Parliament just why she opposes independence from Britain.

“We’ve nothing to gain from being a separate unit. And I’m a little perturbed about the anti-English feeling around Scotland today,” Buchanan tells George Reid, who is running with the independence-seeking Scottish National Party in Thursday’s election. “I don’t think it is healthy.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/694588/All-nationalists-in-Scotland-today.html?pg=all

2012 Humor. Gordon visiting a cemetery, noticed a tombstone carving, “Here lies a lawyer ane an honest man.” “Who’d ever think” Gordon wondered, “there’d be enough room fer twa bodies in that wan wee grave?”

http://www.humorsphere.com/humor/scottish_jokes.htm

2013 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?

United Health Foundation America’s health rankings Smoking Percent of adult population Utah #1 LOWEST p. 116 2013.

http://assets.americashealthrankings.org/app/uploads/annualreport2013-r.pdf

 

 

2017 Hi I’m Katie Ritschard – People.

I grew up in Colorado and I am serving in the Scotland Ireland mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am 19 years old and I grew up in the church. I am currently serving a full time mission of 18 months. I am serving in Scotland and Ireland.

 

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