The Clan Smith
- Tartan: Smith
- Badge: A belted and buckled a winged sword with wings horizontal, between
wings a heart aflame, the flame vertical.
- Crest: A St. Andrews cross wheat stalks left and bight red crescents. Points upright top and
bottom between arms of the cross.
- Motto: Luceo Non Uro (I shine not burn)
For more than four hundred years (until 1745), the family of Smith were
settled as kindly tenants and later lairds in the parish of Strathblane at
Craigend, north and somewhat east of Glasgow. They took their name from their
occupation as the Smiths and Armorers to the barony of Mugdock. According to
A map of old Scotland, there was a castle Mugdock to the north and west of
Glasgow. On the family crest there were two shocks of wheat showing we were
Lairds of the land and two crescents showing we made two crusades to the holy
Land.
The succession of the spelling of the name is as follows:
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1159 Ferro (Smith), Robert | 1225 Faber (Smith) Adam
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1250 Faber Dekarel, William | 1274 Smith, William
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1398 Smyth, Alan & patrick | 1450 Smyith ?
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1500 Smythe ? | 1550 Smyith, John
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1600 Smyithe ? | 1620 Smythe, Alexander
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1660 Smeayth ? | 1700 Smith and so it remains
to this day.
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The date 1745 is important because that is when the Smiths left Scotland and came to America. In 1140 the Smiths became Lairds which they received from the Barons of castle Mugdock in Strathblane, Stirlingshire.
Smith can be traced back through MacPherson to Clan Chattan. We also have septs through the Burness of Ayrshire with Stewart, Smith, Graham, Ramsey, and Appin Stewart.
Special thanks to Art Smith for providing information and images for this page.
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