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Clan Nicolson
Clan Nicolson is a Scottish clan.
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Origins of the name Nicolson
Scottish clans are family groups and thus Nicolson is a surname. The majority of the Nicolson and Nicholson (not to be confused as they are to different septs in there own right) Clans claim descent from MacNicol and thus MacLeod and thus Leod. Leod was a son of Olaf, King of Man and Northern Isles. Leod was the first chief and gave the patronymic McLeod or MacLeod meaning "sons of Leod".
However, some believe that the name Nicolson derives from the Norse Christian name Olsen and 'Nic', which means "daughter of" in Gaelic. Still others believe that it could be an adaption of Nicolassen, Haakon, the last Norse king to attempt an invasion of Scotland, sent a war party to Scotland under Anders Nicolassen and tradition says that he settled in Scotland after the Viking defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263 and the Treaty of Perth in 1266. The Nicolson clan chief of that line is said to have died in 1340, leaving no sons.
Tartan
Crest
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Motto
Generositate ("by Generosity")
Plant badge
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Pipe music
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Septs of Clan Nicolson
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History
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Clan Nicolson today
External links
- The Clan Nicolson Genealogy 's "Clan Nicolson Genealogy", by James L. Nicolson, Society of the Nicolson Clan
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