Scottish arms : being a collection of armorial bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, reproduced in facsimile from contemporary manuscripts, with heraldic and genealogical notes, Volume 2, By Robert Riddle Stodart. [2]
Ogstoun – The surname is taken from lands in Morayshire. Symon de Hogeston entered into an agreement with Andrew Bishop of Moray, c. 1230 ; John de Ogiston was steward to Walter de Moravia 1240 ; Alexander de Ogeston, in 1296, swore fealty to Edward I.
In 1473 Alexander Ogstoun of that Ilk sold Ogstoun to John Innes of that Ilk ; his son and heir, John of Crag, was sheriff of Aberdeenshire ; Walter, son of John, took the designation of that Ilk, and died 1489, leaving two daughters coheirs – Elizabeth, married Sir Adam Hepburn, master of the king’s stables, and Janet, (?) married George Halyburton of Gask.
