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MacAlpines surname changes
Clan MacAlpine website: http://www.macalpineclan.com/sys-tmpl/door/
Link to information on King Kenneth MacAlpin: http://members.aol.com/skyelander/alpin.html
Some Variant Spellings: Albain, Albanach, Albin,
Ailpein, Allphin, Alpin, Alpine, Alpyn, Alpynsone, Calpin, Calpine, Culpen,
Elphin, Galpin, Galpine, Gilpin, Halpin, Halpine, MacAilpein, MacAlipine,
MacAlpan, MacAlpane, MacAlpeine, MacAlpeinne, MacAlpen, MacAlphine,
MacAlpin, MacAlpie, MacAlpin, MacAlpy, MacAlpye, MacAlpyn, MacAlpyne,
MacApline, MacCalpin, MacCalpine, MacCapie, MacCappie, MacCappin,
MacCappine, MacCappy, MacCapy, MacCarpin, MacColpin, MacColpine, MacCoplan,
MacCoplin, MacCoppin, MacCoppine, MacCorpin, MacCorpine, Mackalpe,
MacKalpin, Makalpe, Makcalpy, Makcalpyn, Malcalpyn, M’Alpen, M’Alpin, M’Alpine,
M’Alpyn, McAlpain, McAlpan, McAlpane, McAlpe, McAlpen, McAlphin,
McAlphine, McAlpie, McAlpien, McAlpil, McAlpin, McAlpine, McAlpion,
McAlpon, McAlpy, McAlpyn, M’Calpin, M’Calppin, M’Calpy, M’Calpyne,
M’Cappe, M’Cavpy, McCalpie, McCalpin, McCalpy, McCapen, McCawpyn,
McCulpen, McKelpin, M’Kalpie, MkKalpy. In an email from a Friend:
Also I just saw on the webpage connection to the MacAlpin website
that "Gilpin" was a variant spelling. That does make
sense, because the Boar was/is an ancient emblem of the McAlpin clan and
Kings since before the union of Scots & Picts by King Kenneth
MacAlpin.
If any English Herald were to see the "Boar", the first
visual response would be the connection to the MacAlpine lineage.
The MacAlpine's were most certainly Scots. The MacAlpine's were
the first line of the Kings of Scotlands. There would not be any
connection to the Norman's. I suggest you compare DNA with some
MacAlpine's to see if there is any connecition.
(From the same person). I also think it's important to note the nick name of Richard "The Rider". The term "Rider" would mean that he was active in border forays between Scottish & English Borderers. Only a few of the clans of Scotland are known as "Riding Clans", the Scotts being one of the "Riding Clans". I highly suggest you read "Steele Bonnets" by George McDonald-Frazier. It will give you an excellent idea of what it was like to live there. And that's why it's makes sense to call people that live there "Borderers" because their politics & loyalties could not always be linked to the side of the border they lived on, or even with the their own kings. That in some sense, Borderers were a small collection of English & Scottish who had to fend for themselves through governmental support & indefference at different times.
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