Tour Scotland 4K travel video of the graveyard and Parish Church in Guthrie on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Angus. The present church was built in 1826 to a Telford design. The church was built using much of the stonework from the original medieval church. The church is surrounded by an old curved graveyard. The Guthrie surname derives from the Scottish place name of Guthrie, a barony known as the lands of Guthrie in Angus in North East Scotland. The root of the name is a Gaelic word meaning " windy place " or " arrows in the wind " The Guthrie place name gave rise to the Guthrie clan. The Guthries of Guthrie received their estates by a charter from King David II sometime in the middle of the 14th century. The clan Guthrie came to prominence in 1461 when Sir David Guthrie of Guthrie, Armour Bearer to the King, was appointed Lord Treasurer of Scotland. He obtained a warrant to build Guthrie castle near Forfar in Angus, which remains standing to this day. The Laird of Guthrie was sent to France in 1299 to invite William Wallace to return to Scotland. The mission was successful and Guthrie landed with Wallace at Montrose, Angus. The early charters of the Guthrie family have since been lost but it seems certain that they obtained the Barony of Guthrie from King David II of Scotland. In August 1442, Alexander Guthrie of Guthrie witnessed a charter by Alexander Seton, lord of Gordon to Lord Keith. He acquired the lands of Kincaldrum near Forfar in 1446 and became Baillie of Forfar. Sir David Guthrie of Guthrie was armour bearer to the king, captain of the guard and was appointed Lord Treasurer of Scotland in 1461. He also obtained a charter under the great seal to build Guthrie Castle in 1468 and in 1473 was appointed Lord Chief Justice of Scotland. David greatly increased the Guthrie estates and founded a collegiate church at Guthrie which was confirmed in a Papal bull of 1479. David's son, Sir Alexander Guthrie, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. In 1567 the Guthries signed a bond upholding the authority of the infant King James VI of Scotland against that of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots. Around the same time the Clan Guthrie were feuding with their neighbours, the Clan Gardyne. Alexander Guthrie had been assassinated at Inverpeffer and the Guthries retaliated. The feud lasted until 1618, when the Guthries were saved from their actions by a royal pardon. In the early seventeenth century the estate passed through cousins until 1636 when John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray became the eleventh chief of Clan Guthrie. Guthrie had been ordained at Perth and had become minister of St Giles in Edinburgh in 1621. He took up residence at Spynie Palace in 1623 and was consecrated Bishop of Moray. During the Scottish Civil War he was forced to surrender his castle to the forces of Colonel Monroe, retiring to his own estates in Guthrie. His third son, Andrew, fought for James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose but was captured at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
Enterprising Scots and Scots Irish, including Guthries emigrated to America in the 18th century. James Guthrie went to America with his wife in 1730 and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania. His father was a Covenanter who had escaped persecution by fleeing to Ireland. Another James Guthrie came and his wife Elizabeth in the 1760s and they later settled in North Carolina. He too was descended from a Covenanter. Family legend has it that two of their sons were married to two sisters and they travelled on horseback over the mountains to settle in Tennessee. Robert and Bridget Guthrie arrived sometime in the 1740s. After a brief period in Philadelphia, this couple lived in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Robert was a carpenter and cabinetmaker, the organizer of the Carpenters' Guild of Carlisle, trades that were followed by his descendants. 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.
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