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official version of Clan Henderson as recorded by the Standing Council of
Scottish Clans:
There are three origins of this name from opposite ends of the kingdom. The
Hendersons in the Borders seem simply to be the 'sons of Henry', and the
name is often found in the variant of Henryson. They were not a significant
power in the Borders, although they were still classed as a riding clan,
William Henderson was chamberlain of Lochmaben Castle around 1374. He
received from the king of England a pension when he was driven from his
lands in the lordship of Lochmaben, and is believed to have died around
1395. From Dumfriesshire the family spread across into Liddesdale, but
the), do not appear in the list of border clans named by Parliament in 1594
in its attempts to suppress the border reivers.
From the Dumfriesshire family descended James Henderson, who became Lord
Advocate around 1494 and was later appointed to the Bench. He acquired the
lands of Fordell in Fife and there erected a fine fortified mansion.
Fordell was to become the designation of the Lowland chiefs, and it is from
this family that the present chief descends. The castle is no longer in
Henderson hands, but it was restored this century by the former Solicitor
General for Scotland, Sir Nicholas Fairborn, QC. After the Hendersons left
Fordell Castle at the end of the nineteenth century, many fine family
portraits found their way into the collection of the National Portrait
Gallery of Scotland.
Perhaps the Most prominent of the Hendersons of Fordell was Alexander
Henderson, who was born around 1583. He was educated at the University of
St Andrews where he became a Master of Arts and, sometime before 1611, a
Professor of Philosophy. He later became minister of the parish of
Leuchars. He was violently opposed to Charles I's attempts to reform the
Church of Scotland, and especially to the introduction of the new prayer
book in 1637. He traveled to Edinburgh to present a petition to the Privy
Council, denouncing the new prayer book and stating that it had not received
the sanction of either the General Assembly of the Church or of Parliament.
Henderson, along with Johnston of Warriston, drafted the National Covenant,
which was first sworn and subscribed in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh
in February 1638. Thousands of persons of all classes clamored to
subscribe. When the General Assembly met in Glasgow in 1638 they
unanimously elected Henderson as mod-erator. He was in the forefront of
church affairs and therefore of politics throughout the troubled reign of
Charles I, and was also responsible for drafting the Solemn League
and Covenant in 1643. When the king’s men- surren dered himself to the
protection of the Scottish
army in 1646, it was for Henderson that he sent to discuss a reconciliation
with his disaffected subjects. Henderson met the king in an attempt to
persuade him to accede to the Church's demands. He failed, and the attempt
damaged his own health to such an extent that he died in August 1646. He is
buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, the scene of his great-est triumph and site
of a monument to his memory.
Thomas Henderson of Dundee, who began his career as a lawyer, became one of
Scotland's greatest astronomers in the nine-teenth century, and was
appointed the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
The Hendersons in the north of the country lived in Glencoe, and took the
English version of their name from the Gaelic Maceanruig, claiming descent
from a semi- legendary Pictish prince, Eanruig Mor MacRigh Neachtain, or
'big Henry son of King Neachtain'. Neachtain is said to have reigned
from 700 to 724 and to have built the Pictish stronghold of Abernethy, It is
not known when the sons of Henry first came to Glencoe, but it appears that
their individual identity was lost when the last of their chiefs, Dugall
Maceanruig, produced an heiress who, accord to tradition, had a son, Ian
Fraoch, by her lover, Angus Og of Islay. His son, called lain Abrach, took
as his patronymic MacIain, which was thereafter to designate the Macdonald
chiefs of Glencoe. The Hendersons were not forgotten, however, and they
traditionally formed the chiefs bodyguard. When the house of Maclain of
Glencoe was attacked by government troops in 1692 in what was later to be
termed the Massacre of Glencoe, the chiefs piper and personal attendant, big
Henderson of the chanters, a man almost 6 feet, 7 inches in height and of
prodigious strength, was among those killed.
In the far north the name Henderson arises again, but from a quite different
source. Hendry, one of the younger sons of a fifteenth-century chief of
Clan Gunn, hereditary crowners, or coroners, of Caithness, formed his own
gilfine, or sept, which took his name. There is no obvious connection
between the Caithness Hendersons or Mackendricks with either the Glencoe or
Borders families.
The present chief, who established his rights before the Lyon Court, is a
physician and lives in Australia.
Stephen001
Stephen Clif Brown
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dissertation,in favor of a group of American Scots.
Not theft -encyclopedias were designed for research and reference.
While teaching at a university I used many types of references to support my
teaching.
Surely, during your college days you conducted research. Citing a reference
is not plagiarism either. Did you forget Harris, a name that translates to
Henry, Henryson and Henderson.
Le durachdan
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Eanruig Mor Mac Righ Neachtain, 8th century Pict prince, legendary founder of
Clann Eanruig.
Alexander Henderson (1583-1646), Scottish presbyterian leader and Covenanter.
Algo D. Henderson (18??-19??), President of Antioch College.
Alistair D. Henderson, Younger of Fordell (1947-), Australian Clan Henderson
Chieftain.
Archibald Henderson (1768-1822), US Representative from North Carolina.
Archibald Henderson (17??-18??), Commandant of US Marine Corps.
Archibald Henderson (1877-1963), American mathematician and biographer.
Arthur Henderson (1863-1935), British Labour Party leader and winner of 1934
Nobel Peace Prize.
Bennett H. Henderson (1784-18??), US Representative from Tennessee.
Charles Henderson (1860-1937), Governor of Alabama.
Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954), US Senator from Nevada.
Charles Michael Henderson (1937-), 3rd Baron Faringdon.
Charles Richmond Henderson (1848-1915), American Baptist cleric and
sociologist.
Claude A. Henderson (19??-), American Clan Henderson Chieftain.
Daniel McIntyre Henderson (1851-1906), Scottish/American poet and bookman.
Daniel McIntyre Henderson (1880-1955), American historian, novelist, and poet.
David Henderson (1853-1908), Scottish/American journalist.
Sir David Henderson (1862-1921), British lieutenant-general.
David Bremner Henderson (1840-1906), Scottish/American Speaker of US House of
Representatives.
David English Henderson (1832-1887), American artist.
David N. Henderson (19??-), US Representative from North Carolina.
David Willis Wilson Henderson (1903-1968), British microbiologist.
Sir Denys Hartley Henderson (1932-), British business executive.
Derek Scott Henderson (1929-), South African Principal of Rhodes University.
Donald Ainslie Henderson (1928-), American epidemiologist and smallpox
eradicator.
Douglas John Henderson (1949-), British Member of Parliament.
Douglas Mackay Henderson (1927-), Her Majesty's Botanist in Scotland.
Ebenezer Henderson the elder (1784-1858), Scottish missionary to Iceland and
northern Europe.
Ebenezer Henderson the younger (1809-1879), Scottish astronomer and horologist.
Ernest Flagg Henderson (1861-1928), American historian and author.
Florence Henderson Bernstein (1934-), American actress and singer.
George Gerald Henderson (1862-1942), Scottish chemist.
George Kennedy Buchanan Henderson (1921-), Scottish Bishop of Argyle and the
Isles.
Hamish Henderson (1919-), Scottish folklorist, composer, and poet.
Hubert Douglas Henderson (1890-1952), British economist.
Issac Henderson (1850-1909), American publisher and author.
James Henderson (14??-15??), Scottish Lord Advocate.
James Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952), African-American jazz orchestrator.
James Henry Dickey Henderson (1810-1885), US Representative from Oregon.
James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858), first Governor of Texas and US Senator.
Dame Joan Henderson Kelleher (1915-), British Director of Women's Royal Army
Corp.
John Henderson (1747-1785), British actor.
John Henderson (1780-1867), Scottish religious philanthropist.
John Henderson (1795-1857), US Senator from Mississippi.
John Henderson (1804-1862), Scottish architect.
John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913), US Senator from Missouri.
John E. Henderson (19??-), US Representative from Ohio.
Sir John Nicholas Henderson (1919-), British diplomat and HM Ambassador to USA.
John Steele Henderson (1846-1916), US Representative from North Carolina.
John William Philp Henderson of Fordell (19??-), Chief of the Name and Arms of
Henderson.
Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), US Representative from Pennsylvania.
Joseph Henderson (1832-1908), Scottish painter.
Lawrence Joseph Henderson (1878-1942), American biochemist.
Leonard Henderson (1772-1833), Chief Justice of North Carolina Supreme Court.
Lyle Russell Cedric 'Skitch' Henderson (1918-), American pianist and conductor.
Sir Neville Meyrick Henderson (1882-1942), British diplomat and HM Ambassador
to Germany.
Patrick David Henderson (1927-), British economist.
Paul Henderson (1884-1951), American airmail pioneer.
Peter Henderson (1822-1890), Scottish/American horticulturist.
Peter Gordon Henderson (1922-), Baron Henderson of Brompton.
Sir Reginald Guy Hannam Henderson (1881-1939), British admiral.
Richard Henderson (1735-1785), American frontier colonizer.
Richard Henderson (1945-), Scottish molecular biologist.
Rickey Henley Henderson (1958-), African/American baseball player.
Robert W. Henderson (1888-1985), British/American sports historian.
Samuel Henderson (1764-1841), British/American US Representative from
Pennsylvania.
Samuel Henderson (18??-18??), first Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sara Henderson (1936-), Australian Businesswoman of 1991.
Thelton Eugene Henderson (1933-), Chief Judge US District Court San Francisco.
Thomas Henderson (1743-1824), US Representative from New Jersey.
Thomas Henderson (1798-1844), Scottish astronomer who measured parallax of
Alpha Centauri.
Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911), US Representative from Illinois.
Vivian Wilson Henderson (1923-1976), African-American President of Clark
College.
William Henderson (13??-1395), Scottish Chamberlain of Lochmaben Castle.
William J. Henderson (1950-) US Postmaster General.
William James Henderson (1855-1937), American music critic.
William L. Henderson (19??-), Chief Justice of Maryland Supreme Court.
Sir William MacGregor Henderson (1913-), Scottish veterinary surgeon.
Yandell Henderson (1873-1944), American physiologist and toxicologist.
John Strathearn Hendrie (1857-1923), Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.
Ian Hendry (1931-), British actor.
Stephen Hendry (1969-), Scottish World Snooker Champion.
Edward Henryson (1510-1590), Scottish judge.
Robert Henryson (1425-1506), Scottish Renaissance poet.
Sir Thomas Henryson (15??-1638), Lord Chesters, Scottish judge.
Asahel Clark Kendrick (1809-1895), American classicist.
Emma Eleonora Kendrick (1788-1871), British painter.
Georgia Avery Kendrick (1848-1922), American Principal of Vassar College.
John Kendrick (1740-1794), American Revolutionary privateersman, navigator, and
trader.
John Benjamin Kendrick (1857-1933), Governor of Wyoming and US Senator.
Pearl Luella Kendrick (1890-1980), American biologist who developed DPT
vaccine.
W. Freeland Kendrick (1874-1953), Mayor of Philadelphia.
Frances Patrick Kenrick (1796-1863),.Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore.
John Kenrick (1788-1877), British classicist and historian.
Peter Richard Kenrick (1806-1896),.Roman Catholic Archbishop of Saint Louis.
William Kenrick (1789-1872), American.
Alexander Mackendrick (1912-), American cinema director.
Donald Franchot McHenry (1936-), African-American diplomat and US Ambassador to
UN.
Henry Davis McHenry (1826-1890), US Representative from Kentucky.
James McHenry (1753-1816), Scots-Irish/American US Secretary of War.
James McHenry (1785-1845), Scots-Irish/American physician, poet, and novelist.
John Geiser McHenry (1868-1912), US Representative from Pennsylvania.
John Harden McHenry (1797-1871), US Representative from Kentucky.
William McKendree (1757-1835), first American-born bishop of Methodist Church.
Stephen