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Lawson Family Crest

MacLaren / Lawson Scottish Tartan

Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland . Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. Tartan is often called plaid in North America, but in Scotland, a plaid is a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder as a kilt accessory, or a plain ordinary blanket such as one would have on a bed. Tartan is made with alternating bands of coloured (pre-dyed) threads woven as both warp and weft at right angles to each other. The weft is woven in a simple twill , two over—two under the warp, advancing one thread at each pass. This forms visible diagonal lines where different colours cross, which give the appearance of new colours blended from the original ones. The resulting blocks of colour repeat vertically and horizontally in a distinctive pattern of squares and lines known as a sett. (Wikipedia)

A treasure trove of family history!

Lawson Family Heritage Program Below is an excerpt from the Lawson Family Heritage Program website's front page (an excellent resource!): Welcome!   We are the descendants of William Lawson of Montrose, Scotland.  "Lawson" is one of the Septs of the Clan MacLaren.   "Septs were families that a clan could regard as loyal, either families related to the clan by blood, or families that obtained protection from the clan.  In the times of the Scottish Clans the spelling of the name and the inclusion or exclusion of the Mac or Mc was the preference of the individual. Sometimes a serious family dispute would lead to an individual changing the spelling to show this, or a change might be made to show allegiance to another branch of the clan, or to avoid a persecution. This created the blood related septs." Motto: Creag an Tuirc - (The Boar's Rock) It is possible that there are two quite separate origins of this name, one arising in Perths