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MacCrach Surname Definition:

MACCRACH: Nisbet (Heraldry, I, p. 98) gives their arms but no particulars: "Argent, a fesse between three mullets in chief, and a lion rampant in base, gules." Mart. McCraich in Alderickinair, 1684 (Parish, p. 24); Agnes M'Craich in Kissokkin, 1684 (Kirkcudbright); and Robert M'Craich in parish of Fossoway, 1742 (Dunblane).

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MacCrach Surname Meaning

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MACCRACH: Nisbet (Heraldry, I, p. 98) gives their arms but no particulars: "Argent, a fesse between three mullets in chief, and a lion rampant in base, gules." Mart. McCraich in Alderickinair, 1684 (Parish, p. 24); Agnes M'Craich in Kissokkin, 1684 (Kirkcudbright); and Robert M'Craich in parish of Fossoway, 1742 (Dunblane). Perhaps same as Maccreight, one of the many "Mac" names common in Galloway before 1700. Thomas M'Creigh in Milltnird, 1686 (Kirkcudbright).

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

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