Old Photograph Collynie Farm Scotland


Old photograph of Collynie farm near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. William Duthie of Collynie was the founder of Collynie, a famous Aberdeenshire cattle breeding establishment. He became one of the greatest breeders of this type of cattle in the world.

Early examples of the Duthie surname recordings in a number of spellings including Dovey, Duffy, Duthy, Dowie, Dowey, and Duthie, include John Mc John Dowy of Boespick and Thomas McAllester Dowie of Dalquhalliche, Scotland, who in 1613 were fined for trying to re-establish the outlawed Clan Macgregor. Other recordings include John Duffy who is given as living in Chaplains Choise, Virginia, America, on February 16th 1623, making him one the very first settlers in New England, and Alexander Duthie who was a sugar planter in Jamaica in 1769. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Marjory Duthe, which was dated 1492, in Holme, Orkney Islands, during the reign of King James 1V of Scotland



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