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MacElatyn Surname Definition:
MACELATYN: John Makelatyn or Maklatyne had a safe conduct to travel into England in 1424 (Bain, IV, 961,964). Prof. Watson says this name appears to represent Mac Gille Etoin, 'son of Etain's servant.' Etain is the saint from whom Kirkmaiden in Wigtownshire derives its name.
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MACELATYN: John Makelatyn or Maklatyne had a safe conduct to travel into England in 1424 (Bain, IV, 961,964). Prof. Watson says this name appears to represent Mac Gille Etoin, 'son of Etain's servant.' Etain is the saint from whom Kirkmaiden in Wigtownshire derives its name. M'Etain for Mo-Etain, the virgin of Tuam Noa, was Latinized Medana (Watson I, p. 163).
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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