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The ancient past
Clan MacNaughton
electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macnach
includes “MacCall” as a sept of theirs.
tommcknight.com/family/mcknight
[MacKnight is a sept of MacNaughton]
The family name McKnight is believed to be descended originally from the Strathclyde Britons. This ancient, founding race of the north were a mixture Gaelic/Celts whose original territories ranged from Lancashire in the south, northward to the south bank of the River Clyde in Scotland. They were divided into three sub-kingdoms, the Selgovians south of the Clyde, the Novantii in Galloway in south west Scotland, and the Rhiged to the south in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire.
See also Carlisle.
Seel also MacDonald.