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Clan Macnachtan was founded to promote and foster the Clan Spirit and to provide a focal point for, and a means of expressing Clan sentiment and keeping Clan members in touch with one another in all parts of the World.
To encourage and promote the study and preservation of the history, folklore, literature, music, treasure, and traditions of the Clan MACNACHTAN, and such other subjects as may be of common interest to the members.
Motto
I Hope in God
Plant
Trailing Azalea Proper
Bird
Curlew
Tartan
MacNaughton
The basis of the clan is a family, a principal family together with its offshoots and branches, which are sometimes referred to as Septs. .
In Scotland, a clan came to mean a group of families occupying a definite locality--a particular glen, for example, or an island. These families shared, or claimed to share, their descent from a common ancestor. The head of the group was the living "Representer" of this ancestor and as such he was chief of the clan. To him the clansmen owed loyalty and respect. They accepted his jurisdiction over their daily affairs and responded to his summons in time of battle. The chief, in turn, was the patriarch, the head and leader of the clan. In return for their personal devotion to him, he had an obligation to protect his followers and to give help to any of them who were in distress.
See MacNachtan Sept Names page to search for family names.