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History of the Clan Muir One of Scotland's oldest and most historic Clans
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A.D.‑FERGUS MOR, FROM IRELAND, INVADES SCOTLAND DEFEATS THE ROMANS AND
BECOMES THE FIRST KING OF DALRIADA, ONE OF THE 4 PRINCEDOMS THAT EVENTUALLY FORM
INTO SCOTLAND. 1071‑WILLIAM
THE CONQUEROR INVADES SCOTLAND 1072‑KING
MALCOLM OF SCOTLAND CAPITULATES TO WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 1200's: CHIEF FAMILY OF THE NAME=MURES OF ROWALLAN, AYRSHIRE
1200'S,
A MUIR HEIRESSES LANDS IN FIFE PASS TO THE LESLIES THROUGH
A MARRIAGE TO A LESLIE CHIEF.
1214‑1249‑
IN THE REIGN OF KING ALEXANDER II, DAVID DE MORE WITNESSED A CHARTER IN AYRSHIRE
1291‑DE LA MORE, SURNAME FOUND IN AREA OF CONYNGHAM THOMAS DE LA MORE WAS EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF DERVORGUILLA (DEVORGILLA), MOTHER OF KING JOHN BALLIOL
1296‑KING
EDWARD I OF ENGLAND CONQUERS SCOTLAND RAGMAN'S ROLL OF SCOTTISH NOBLES: SEVERAL
OF THE NAME (MUIR) RENDER HOMAGES 1) DOVENAL LE FIZ
MICHEL MORE DE LEVENACHES 2)
ADAM DE LA MORE OF COUNTY AYR 3) REGINALD (RENAUD) DEL MORE OF COUNTY AYR 4)
GILCRIST MORE OF AYRSHIRE 5) REYNAUD MOR OF CRAGG' OF LANARKSHIRE 6) SYMON DE LA
MOORE OF THANGARSTONE (THANKERTON)
1296‑ADAM
DE LA MORE AND WILLIAM DE LA MORE WERE JURORS ON THE LANDS OF LADY ELENA LA
ZUCHE IN CONYNGHAM. SIR ARCHIBALD MUIR FOUGHT AT THE
SIEGE OF BERWICK AND WAS KILLED WHEN THE TOWN WAS SACKED BY EDWARD I'S ARMY AND
BALLIOL'S ARMY ROUTED. HIS SON AND SUCCESSOR, SIR WILLIAM MUIR WAS KNIGHTED BY
DAVID II. AROUND 1357, HE SENT ONE OF HIS SONS AS HOSTAGE TO
ENGLAND
FOR THE RANSOM OF THE KING.
GILCRIST
MUIR INCURRED THE WRATH OF SIR WALTER CUMYN. DURING THE BATTLE OF LARGS, GILCRIST
LEAD THE OFFENSIVE THAT DROVE THE VIKINGS BACK TO THE SEA. ALEXANDER III
KNIGHTED GILCRIST FOR HIS BRAVERY AND GRANTED HIM THE LANDS OF ROWALLAN CASTLE
NEAR
KILMARNOCK IN AYRSHIRE.
GILCRIST LATER MARRIED CUMYN'S DAUGHTER , HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, ELIZABETH MURE OF ROWALLAN, MARRIES
THE FUTURE KING ROBERT II IN 1346.
1300‑1599
1306‑ROBERT
THE BRUCE CROWNED AT SCONE.
1314‑BATTLE
OF BANNOCKBURN:SCOTS UNDER ROBERT THE BRUCE DEFEAT ENGLISH. 1315
- 1321 - ADE MORE HELD LANDS OF BELTONE IN BERWICKSHIRE
1317‑1400's‑NAME
OF MUIR/MOORE SPREADS WIDELY IN AREA WHERE THE NORSE LANGUAGE WAS STILL SPOKEN,
PREDOMINANTLY IN THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLAND. 1317‑ROBERTUS
MORE BECAME A BURGESS OF ABERDEEN. 1328‑ENGLISH
RECOGNIZE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE. 1328‑1329‑SIR
ADAM MORE (KNIGHT) WITNESSED CHARTERS BY ROBERT THE BRUCE. 1329‑ROBERT
THE BRUCE DIES. HIS SON BECOMES KING DAVID II OF SCOTLAND. SIR WILLIAM MUIR
KNIGHTED BY DAVID II. AROUND 1357, SIR WILLIAM SENDS ONE OF HIS SONS AS HOSTAGE
TO ENGLAND FOR THE RANSOM OF THE RING.
1346‑ELIZABETH
MURE OF ROWALLAN, DAUGHTER OF SIR ADAM MURE AND JOANNA (JANET) DANZIELSTOUR,
MARRIES ROBERT THE BRUCE'S GRANDSON, AND FUTURE KING, ROBERT II. ROBERT IS THE
SON OF ROBERT THE BRUCE'S DAUGHTER, MARJORIE BRUCE, AND WALTER STEWART, THE HIGH
STEWARD OF SCOTLAND, A HEREDITARY TITLE. FROM THIS UNION COMES THE STUART
KINGS/QUEENS OF SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND AND, THROUGH THE MARRIAGE OF ELIZABETH'S
AND ROBERT'S DAUGHTER, JEAN (JOANNA), TO SIR JOHN LYON, THANE OF GLAMIS (1372 by
ROBERT II), ARE DESCENDED THE EARLS OF STRATHMORE AND KINGHORNE AND THE QUEEN
MOTHER, ELIZABETH, AND HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
1369‑ADAM
OF MURE WAS A JUROR ON AN INQUEST IN KIRKWALL.
1376‑MARRIAGE
OF ELIZABETH OF ROWALLAN AND ROBERT STEWART'S DAUGHTER, JEAN (JOANNA) TO JOHN
LYON, CREATED THANE OF GLAMIS BY ROBERT II, FROM WHOM ARE DESCENDED THE EARLS OF
STRATHMORE AND KINGHORNE AND, ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER, AND HER MAJESTY,
QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
1458‑JOHANNES
MUIR HELD A TENEMENT IN GLASGOW.
1460‑JOHN
MUIR OF ENEROTHYLL RECORDED AS A WITNESS IN AYR.
1469‑1470‑JOHN
MUIR (MUIR) WAS VICAR GENERAL OF THE PREDICANT ORDER IN SCOTLAND (Friars Ayr) 1526‑PATRICK
MUIR OF CLONCARD, FOLLOWER OF THE EARL OF CASSILIS, WAS RESPITED FOR MURDER. 1541‑MATHOW
MYRRE WAS FORSPEAKER (ADVOCATE) FOR JOHN MYRRE. 1543‑MUNGO
MUIR SUPPORTED HIS RELATIVE, THE REGENT ARRAN, DURING THE MINORITY RULE OF MARY,
QUEEN OF SCOTS, AND FOUGHT FOR HIM AT GLASCOW IN 1543. HE CARRIED OUT
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CASTLE OF ROWALLAN BEFORE BEING KILLED AT THE
BATTLE OF PINKIE IN 1547. 1547‑FAMILY
EMBRACED THE NEW REFORMED RELIGION AND BECAME OPPONENTS OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. 1600
- 1900 1600's‑PERSECUTED
AS COVENANTERS
1638‑SCOTS
RALLY AROUND NATIONAL COVENANT. SIR WILLIAM MURE OF ROWALLAN, COVENANTER, &
SONS AND * DAUGHTERS.
1662‑YOUNGEST
SON OF SIR WILLIAM MUIR CREATED BARONET OF NOVA SCOTIA.
1700‑LAST
ACKNOWLEDGED LAIRD OF THE CLAN DIES WITHOUT A MALE HEIR, LEAVING CLAN WITHOUT A
LEADER. CLAN FRAGMENTS AND SEEKS THE PROTECTION OF BY LARGER CLANS BY BEING
ABSORBED AS A SEPT. MUIRS IMMIGRATE
TO AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA.
1746‑BATTLE
OF CULLODEN.
1760‑ISOBELL
MOOR OF CARLETON (KIRKCUDBRIGHT) RECORDED.
1770‑A
LINE OF MUIR WITH A COMMON DESCENT FROM c. 1770 IS LINKED TO CLAN GRANT. OTHERS
LINKED WITH LESLIE FROM A MARRIAGE IN 13th CENTURY. ALSO ABSORBED BY GORDONS,
CAMPELLS, DONALDS, SINCLAIRS, AND STEWARTS. 1794‑THOMAS
MUIR OF HUNTERSHILL, ADVOCATE AND REFORMER, WAS TRANSPORTED TO AUSTRALIA BY
LEGAL SYSTEM CONCERNED THAT HIS SUPPORT FOR
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION MIGHT TAKE ROOT.
1809‑SIR
JOHN MUIR, MILITARY COMMANDER, FOUGHT AGAINST NAPOLEON AND FELL AT THE BATTLE OF
CORUNNA IN SPAIN , 18 0 9 .
1830‑1906‑ALEXANDER
MUIR, BORN IN LESMAHAGOW, IMMIGRATES TO CANADA AS A CHILD. WRITES SONG,
"THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER."
1838‑1914‑JOHN MUIR BORN AT DUNBAR,1838, IMMIGRATES WITH PARENTS TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 184 9, AND LIVES NEAR PORTAGE WISCONSIN. ATTENDS UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, BUT DOES NOT GRADUATE, 1860‑1863. PUBLISHES "THOUSAND MILE WALK TO THE GULF," 1867. GOES TO YOSEMITE VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA, EXPLORES, STUDIES AREA FOR 6 YEARS, 1868. BECOMES NATURALIST, EXPLORER, WRITER OF MANY BOOKS AND JOURNALS, AND FIRST ADVOCATE OF FOREST CONSERVATION IN THE U.S.A.. RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF SIERRA CLUB. 1999
- 2001 CLAN MUIR RESURGENCE BEGINS CLAN MUIR SOCIETY FORMED BY KURT MOORE.
KURT MOORE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SOCIETY, HAZEL (MOORE) RAE ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT OF SOCIETY , BRENT MOORE ELECTED TREASURER OF SOCIETY. ANDREW MOORE OF AYRSHIRE ELECTED CHIEF OF THE HOUSE OF MUIR BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CLAN GUARDIANS OF THE CLAN MUIR APPOINTED BY CHIEF ANDREW: KURT MOORE, ANDREW NEIL MOORE, HAZEL MOORE RAE, CHERYL MOORE BIGHAME CONVENERS FOR THE CLAN MUIR APPOINTED BY ANDREW MOORE: IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: BRENT MOORE, ROBERT MORE, ROGER MOORE, ASHLYNN MOORE, JOHN MOORE, SENIOR,
JANN MUIR RAVENHAWK, CAROL MUIR FAUSTER, JOHN PAETH, ASHLYNN MOORE, BRANDY
MOORE, JOHN l. MUIR, SHELBY SMITH, AMANDA ROWLANDS, HEATHER ROWLANDS,
KIMBERLY MOORE, JAMES H. MOORE, JENNIFER SILVERTREE, JULIA SAUER
OTHER NOTABLES OF THE NAME
OHN MUIR WHO HELD THE FIRST CHAIR OF SANSKRIT AT
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, HIS BROTHER, SIR WILLIAM MUIR, ARABIC SCHOLAR AND EXPERT ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF ISLAM, AUTHOR OF A BIOGRAPHY ON MOHAMMED.
SIR THOMAS MUIR MATHEMATICIAN AND SCHOLAR AT UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
EDWIN MUIR, POET AND TRANSLATOR.
SIR JOHN MUIR ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ABLE AND POPULAR GENERALS.
JAMES MOORE, FICTION WRITER, PUBLISHED FIVE BOOKS ON SCIENCE FICTION AND HORROR.
BRANDY MOORE, POET, FIRST PUBLISHED AT AGE 15,
JAY LENO (VIA HIS MOTHER) COMEDIAN AND HOST OF THE TONIGHT SHOW,
JOHN C. MUIR, ROBERT MUIR, JAMES MUIR, WILLIAM MUIR, AND JOSEPH MUIR FIVE BROTHERS IN THREE BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE WHO SERVED DURING WWII, KOREAN WAR, AND VIET NAM WAR, ALL WELL DECORATED (INCLUDING THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL, AND, IN PEACE TIME, FORMOSAN WINGS.
ELLISON
MOORE FOUGHT IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR, AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR
MEDAL. Brent Moore and Heather Rolands, are both currently fighting in the Global War Against Terrorism |