Shepherd Sheep And Scottish Border Collie Dogs On Visit To Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of a Shepherd, Sheep and Scottish Border Collie sheepdogs on ancestry. genealogy, family history visit to the Highlands. The Border Collie is a working and herding dog breed developed in the Anglo Scottish border region for herding livestock, especially sheep. It was specifically bred for intelligence and obedience. The Scottish English border region in ancient Scotland, home to the tribes known as the Boernicians was the locale of the ancestors of the Shepherd surname. Shepherd is a name for a shepherd, one who guarded sheep. In Scotland, the surname was often Latinized as pastor in early charters. In this latter case, the Biblical reference to paschal lamb, the Lamb of God or Agnus Dei should be understood. The surname Shepherd was first found in Peebles, where William and Walter Shepherd, recorded in the Latin form Pastor, were cited in legal documents in the year 1262. One hundred years later we find a branch of the family in Morayshire, where Henricus Scyphard held land in Elgin in 1363. Shepherd has been spelled Shepherd, Sheppard, Shepphard, Sheepheard, Sheepherd, Shippert, Shepard, Shephard and many more. There are also the English patriomics such as Sheppardson, Shepperdson, and Shepherdson. In Germany the name exists as Schaefer, Shafer, Shaffer, and Shaver. It also exists as Berger in France, Pecora in Italy, and Vasquez or Velez in Spain. People with the surname Shepherd and other spelling variations were among the waves of immigrants to England's American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. Among these was Edward Shepard who settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, America, in 1630; Thomas Shepard in Boston in 1635; Mathew Shepherd in Barbados in 1660; John Shepperd in Virginia in 1638; Thomas Shepherd to Maryland in 1724; Jacob Shepherd to Boston in 1766; John Sheppard to Pennsylvania in 1773; and William Shepherd to Maryland in 1774. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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