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The ancient past
Clan Campbell
MacKerlie, an official sept:
This name derives from the Gaelic MacThearlaich, ‘Son of Charles’; as such it has been used on occasion by a number of totally unrelated persons. MacKerlie and MacKerlich are other forms of the name.
In this case, the name derives from a Charles Campbell, living at the beginning of the 16th century.
While his origin as a Campbell of Craignish is beyond doubt there are conflicting versions of his exact identity. One version says that Charles Campbell was an illegitimate son of Dougall Campbell of Craignish who died in 1527. His by-name was Tearlach Eranich ‘Irish Charles’ — so-called from his having served in Ireland as a soldier under Archibald Campbell of Danna.
Another makes him son of Archibald Campbell of Craignish. Charles was known from his size as Tearlach Mor and lived on the property of Corranmore in Craignish. Unfortunately, he had a furious temper and having killed Gillies of Glenmore in a scuffle and wounded his cousin, he was ‘obliged to retire’ to Perthshire where he and his family settled in Glenlyon. But his temper again got the better of him and after another unfortunate fight, he again was forced to remove, this time to Rannoch where he took the name of MacVrachater (‘Son of the maltster’). Here he married again and sired another family.
Charles’ descendent was Sir James Campbell of Inverneill, Hereditary Usher of the White Rod for Scotland, Member of Parliament for Stirling. In 1795 the heads of five related families signed a document declaring him to be the Chief of Clan Tearlach. They were representatives of the Clan M’Kater Campbells in Breadalbane, the Clan Tearlach Campbells in Breadalbane, the MacVrachater Campbells in Breadalbane and Glenlyon, the Clan Ich Kellegherne in Breadalbane and the Clan Haister Campbells in Rannoch.
This claim was accepted by Lyon in 1875 when arms were matriculated by Campbell of Inverneill. He was given the single galley supporter of Craignish with a shield displaying the gyronny of eight, or and sable, with a border azure.
His case is extremely unusual if not unique since he has actually been recognised by Lyon as a Chief albeit of a Clan within a Clan. The late Chief of Clan Tearlach was the famous folklorist and historian John Lorne Campbell of Canna whose younger brother was Colin Campbell, who by family arrangement took the designation of Campbell of Inverneill, younger, and who was a noted expert on Heraldry.
(72) (Campbell, ‘The Origins of the Campbells of Inverneill,’ Scottish Genealogist XXXV No. 2, 63-72. Innes of Learney, Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland, 34-35.)
electricscotland.com/webclans/m/maccarley
MacCarley
Mc is an abbreviation of the prefix Mac, which means ‘son of.’ According to “The Surnames of Scotland” by George F. Black, PhD, McCarley is an anglicized form of MacCarlich, which means ‘son of Charles.’ It is no wonder that the McCarleys have spelled their name so many ways in America. They were just following a pattern began in Scotland where it has been documented as MacThearlaich, MaKarlich, McKearly, McCarlie, McCarlyct, McCarliche, McKerlich, and McTarlichare as well as others. McKerley, MacKerlie, and Macerlich were a common surname in Breadalbane about 2 or 3 hundred years ago.
There are several indications that McCarlich’s were of the Campbell Clan. “Archibald M’Kerlich in Finlarg was a vassal of Campbell of Glenurquhay in 1638.” ”M’Cairlich and Charlieson… appear to have been Campbells originally, and in Argyllshire they appear under the old name of M’Kerliche.”
Refers to Kerlich as a sept of Campbell of Argyll.
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Since this site is out to sell stuff, take it with a grain of salt. Sept names include:
Carlach, Carlack, Carlake, Carlech, Carleck, Carles, Carley, Carlich, Carlick, Carlitch, Carlock, Carlox, Carly, Carlyck, Carlyke, Cawel, Cawell, Curlie, Curly, Kerlich, Kerlie, Tarlach, Tarlack, Tarlake, Tarlech, Tarleck, Tarlich, Tarlick, Tarlitch, Tarlock, Tarlox, Tarlych, Tarlyck, Tarlyke, Therlycht
rampantscotland.com/clans/campbell
An overview of the Campbells.