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FRASER, Possible Common Ancestor 1
- Born: About 1090
- Marriage (1): Unknown
User ID: K635.
General Notes:
This man is not intended to be represented here as the biological father of those listed as his sons, but to indicate that there is a distinct possibility that the first Frasers in Scotland had familial ties.
Research Notes:
ORIGINS
"That the Frasers were not descended from any of the Celtic tribes of Scotland, nor from any of the Saxon or Danish immigrants, but were of French or Norman extraction, is evident from their having been constantly designated by their surname at a period when patronymics only were used by Celts, Saxons, and Anglo-Danes or Scoto-Danes, and surnames were not universal even among the Normans ; and it is worthy of observation that it was borne by them as a surname proper, and not as a territorial surname or personal appellation, the prefixes 'de' or 'le' being never used. The name appears in ancient records under the various forms of Fraser, Freser, Fresel, Frasel, Freshell, Frisel, Frysel, and Freysel, - sometimes with the letter 'l ' doubled, or a final 'e' added."
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"The earliest appearance of the name, as yet discovered in Scottish charters or documents, occurs in 1160, some years after the last of the above two events, and, indeed, six years after the accession of King Henry II. to the throne of England ; but, on the other hand, the member of the race then mentioned was a tenant-in-chief of the King of Scotland, while others of the name appear as vassals of the Earls of Dunbar in 1166 ; and it is certainly more probable that the Radulph Fraser of 1188-90, or his father, was a cadet of the race already settled in Scotland, who attached himself to the young Prince Henry on the occasion of his visit to King David, than that all of the name in Scotland should have emigrated from Anjou about that time, and leaving the fealty of their own sovereign, should have become the subjects of a neighbouring monarch."
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"From the foregoing observations it is apparent that no decision can, with certainty, be arrived at, as to whether the Fresels or Frasers entered Britain with the Conqueror, or at a later date ; and, indeed, it is possible that various members of the race may have emigrated from Anjou at different times between 1066 and 1149.
It is also doubtful whether, at a more remote epoch, they were of Northman or Danish descent, or whether they derived their origin from a Frankish source."
from Frasers of Phiilorth 1
Possible married.
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