The Hutton Surname

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Greetings,

I have been helping out my friend, Donald Alan Hutton, with his Scottish genealogical research and was curious if members of the rabble may have any additional information in regards to the Hutton surname in Scotland. Some of you may actually have the surname of Hutton and could have useful information for my friend.

What we do know is that his paternal line came from Strathclyde, with many members of his family settling in Glasgow and emigrating to America during the early 19th-century, settling in Monroe, Ohio. According to George F. Black's, Surnames of Scotland:

"The name is commonly found in Dunblane and the 'de Hotons' were an old family in Cumberland. Symon de Hoton was juror on an inquest held before the sheriff of Lanark in 1263. John Hudton was the abbot of Cupar in 1460. Thomas Huttoun was retoured heir in lands in the parish of Kellis in 1621, Patrick Huttoune was burgess of Dundee in 1649, and Christian Huittoun was retoured heir of Hendrie Huitoune, portioner of Newbiggings, her brother, in 1654. James Hutton, considered by some as the father of modern Geology, and was also a physician, a chemist, and an experimental farmer, was born in Edinburgh in 1726, and died in 1797. In Holyrood park there is an area known as Hutton's Section named in his honour."

There is a registered (in 2004 by Colin Hutton) Hutton tartan that is unrestricted and is actually quite smart:

http://www.tartansauthority.com/tart...27/hutton-name

There is a Hutton crest and motto (Si Deus Quis Contra, "If God's with us, who shall be against us?"), which more than likely must have been granted by the Lord Lyon King of Arms to an individual Hutton at some point in time. Further research has concluded that the Huttons are indeed an "armigerous clan," however, this only means that certain individuals, or a individual petitioned the Lyon Court for armorial bearings and was ultimately granted them. After consulting my own personal reference library of Scottish genealogical books and other publications of similar importance, I have not seen the Hutton surname connected to any particular Highland clan or larger, Lowland family via an associated name (sept) list, which I fully realise that in some instances, can be rather arbitrary and superfluous anyways.



Any help/additional information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Kindest regards,