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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    I knew that Pinkerton was a recognized "sept" of Campbell. I'm just wondering if the name itself originated in Scotland or was maybe brought there during the Norman conquest. The more I research it, the more I believe it to be Scottish, but I could be mistaken.

    Many surnames were brought to Scotland with the Normans.

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    I got the following from:

    members.aol.com/esarrett/pink/pink001.htm

    The PINKERTON name is Norman in origin, being derived from the
    name of a little place in the "Department of Orne" called Pont Chardon
    (Thistle Bridge). Some early PINKERTON's have been recorded from
    Scotland, of the old barony of PINKERTON near Dunbar, East Lothian.
    NICOL de PYNKERTONE of Haddingtonshire, Scotland, rendered homage
    in the year 1296.
    (See Source: Bain, II pg. 210 ..prs)

    His seal shows a mastiff barking, a rose above, S' Nicolai de Princriton
    (ibid., pg. 544. ..prs)

    PATRICK de PENKERTON had protection for a year in England
    in the year 1396 (ibid., IV, 484.)

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    [URL="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pinkerton/meaning.htm"]http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pinkerton/meaning.htm[/URL

    More detail at this site.

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    Thanks!

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