Ann Mathie Gravestone Kinfauns Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the Ann Mathie gravestone in the Churchyard cemetery on ancestry visit to Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland. Ann died in 1741. She was married to William Crichton, a Blacksmith, whose symbols are shown on the headstone. The Mathie surname is recorded in over two hundred and fifty different spellings ranging from Mathieu of France to Macieiczyk of Poland. From medieval times it has been recorded in every part of Christendom. Its popularity throughout Europe first as a baptismal name and then later as a surname dates from the 11th century when Crusaders, otherwise known as the " Knights Templar ", returning from one of their many expeditions to the Holy Land.

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