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    Let’s not forget that the Empire was won due to the work of Scots merchants just as much as redcoated soldiers.....

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    and that many of the Jacobite men, joined the Red coats after the rebellions. Where better to hide, get fed and find employment as your clan leader was no longer in charge... that way many also settled round the world..

    Meanwhile in Sweden the top ten surnames now, all finish with Son or SSon. A Robinson would not have been out of Place in Sweden or any other Scandanavian country. However the name maybe an Anglisiation of one of the other Son names.
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