Bain Memorial Window With Music On History Visit To Episcopal Church Stirling Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the Bain memorial stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Stirling, Stirlingshire, Britain, United Kingdom. In affectionate memory of Edwin Bain and his daughter Frances and her daughter Agnes, this window is placed by the widow and mother of the deceased in 1878. The surname Bain was first found in Aberdeen, part of the modern Grampian region, where one of the first times the name arose was a Bean who was a magistrate circa 1210. It is known, however, that the MacBains moved to Inverness shire, as sod bearers to the Chiefs of the great Clan Chattan, a powerful confederation of early Clans. The name literally means " son of the fair lad, " and was frequently translated to MacBean. Despite their name, the Bain family were not part of the Scottish Clan MacBean or McBain. They were in fact a branch or sept of the Clan Mackay, another Highland Scottish clan. The progenitor of this family was John Bain Mackay, otherwise known as John Bàn, Bàn is Gaelic for fair as in fair haired. John was the son of Neil Neilson Mackay who was in turn a grandson of Donald Mackay, died 1370, chief of Clan Mackay. John Bain Mackay dropped his surname and used his middle name of Bain as a surname instead. This may have been due to a feud within the Clan Mackay involving his father Neil Neilson Mackay that had resulted in the Battle of Drumnacoub in 1427 or 1433. Due to this conflict John Bain not only dropped the surname of Mackay but moved from his homeland in the west of the county of Sutherland to the neighbouring county of Caithness. Spelling variations of the name Bain include Bean, Beane, Beyn, Bayn, Bene, Bane, Baine, Beine, Bayne, Beyne, Been, Beaine, MacBain, MacBean, MacVain, MacBean, MacVan and many more 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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