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Letter from Mary Semple, Mounthill Larne, Ireland, to Martha Young on November 27, 1924 in possession of the University of Alabama Library. NOTE: Gilbert Lamont Mary Young In 1646 in Scotland, Clan Lamont (pronounced Lamb-it) found itself under siege by Clan Campbell in their two castles, Toward and Ascog. Sir James Lamont, clan chief (university educated in Glasgow) signed a peace treaty that guaranteed the Lamonts safe passage from the castles. But when the castle gates were thrown open to admit the Campbells, a massacre ensued. Numbers differ on how many Lamonts died that day, but researchers believe as many as 350 Lamont men died and uncounted women and children. Three dozen Lamont clan leaders were hanged in a tree in the old churchyard that to this day is called Gallows Hill for that event. John Lamont, son of Gilbert Lamont … was one of the 36 men hanged, along with his brother Duncan. … John’s wife was Mary Young from the Clan Young of Auldbar … Mary Young Lamont fled with her four sons across the 39 miles of ocean from Scotland to a town called Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Those who survived the massacre or were somehow able to get away from the Campbells sought any safe haven they could find. It was common practice by these refugees to change their surnames when they reached safety, fearing that the Campbells would search them down. Mary Young Lamont’s four sons changed their names. John, the oldest, took the name Sitlington … the two middle sons took the names White and Green. The youngest son, Andrew, took his mother’s maiden name of Young for his new surname. It is assumed that all four boys were young children because if they had been teens or older, they would have been fighting with their father and not left behind with their mother. Image Gallery
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