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Hectorson Surname Definition:

HECTORSON: 'Son of Hector,' which see. Ronald Hectorson was bailie of Alexander, bishop of Moray in 1535 (OPS., II, p. 716). John Hectorsoune of Garioch was forfeited in 1547 (ibid., p. 406). Angus Hectorson (in Myllarie) was subject to the jurisdiction of the earl of Caithness in 1565 (RPC.

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HECTORSON: 'Son of Hector,' which see. Ronald Hectorson was bailie of Alexander, bishop of Moray in 1535 (OPS., II, p. 716). John Hectorsoune of Garioch was forfeited in 1547 (ibid., p. 406). Angus Hectorson (in Myllarie) was subject to the jurisdiction of the earl of Caithness in 1565 (RPC., I, p. 424), and William Hectoursone in Langwall had a remission in 1567 (SCM., IV, p. 155).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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