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	<title>Comments on: First Links &#8212; 8.3.12</title>
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		<title>By: Michael PS</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael PS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When hyphen boy meets hyphen girl

In Scotland, hyphenated surnames are used, when someone inherits land (or arms) from both parents, especially, which keeps things within reasonable limits.  When a younger son marries an heiress, he and their children take her name and arms, especially where the family name and the name of the lands is the same.  Thus, &quot;Moncrieffe of that ilk&quot; means the branch of the Moncreiffe who still own the lands of Moncreiffe. [&quot;ilk&quot; = &quot;the same&quot; or &quot;likewise]

My own name is &quot;Paterson-Seymour of Boyd&quot; and I am always known locally simply as Boyd.  Were I a tenant farmer, it would be &quot;Paterson-Seymour at Boyd&quot; and people would call me Boyd just the same.]]></description>
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<p>In Scotland, hyphenated surnames are used, when someone inherits land (or arms) from both parents, especially, which keeps things within reasonable limits.  When a younger son marries an heiress, he and their children take her name and arms, especially where the family name and the name of the lands is the same.  Thus, &#8220;Moncrieffe of that ilk&#8221; means the branch of the Moncreiffe who still own the lands of Moncreiffe. ["ilk" = "the same" or "likewise]</p>
<p>My own name is &#8220;Paterson-Seymour of Boyd&#8221; and I am always known locally simply as Boyd.  Were I a tenant farmer, it would be &#8220;Paterson-Seymour at Boyd&#8221; and people would call me Boyd just the same.</p>
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