Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the Parish Church and Graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Kinglassie, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The land upon which the first church was built was confirmed to Dunfermline Abbey by Robert, Bishop of St Andrews, born 1126, died 1156. The original church was possibly constructed in the twelfth century but has undergone several phases of alteration since then. The original church was a narrow rectangular building which was altered after the Reformation, when the chancel was converted into a burial aisle by the Aytouns of Inchairdine. The surname Aytoun was first found in the county of Berwickshire. the surname was shown with the spellings Aiton, Ayton, Aytoun and others. The family of Aytoun are descended from Gilbert de Vesci, an Anglo Norman knight who settled at Ayton soon after the Norman Conquest, and took his name from his lands. Members of the family were settled in Fife from at least the 14th century, but a continuous descent is only known from the time of Andrew Aytoun, died 1513, a loyal servant of King James IV who was Chamberlain and Captain of the Royal Castle of Stirling and Sheriff Depute of Fife by 1495. He was killed at the battle of Flodden in 1513, leaving three sons who founded three families. John Aytoun, the eldest son, who predeceased his father, was ancestor of the Aytouns of Dunmure in Fife, and that ilk; Robert Aytoun, born 1516, died 1539, the second son, was the ancestor of the Aytouns of Inchdairnie; and Andrew Aytoun founded the Aytouns of Kinnaldie in Fife. 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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