Historical Families Of Dumfriesshire

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"With the Bruces and Baliols, the Graemes or Grahames, Carliles, and Corries, seem at this date to have been the chief landowners in Dumfriesshire.  The Grahames and Carliles claimed direct descent--the first from King Grime, and the last from Malcolm II of Scotland; and with their kindred, the Kirkpatricks, were on good terms apparently with the Norman immigrants, as their names are frequently found together on inquisitions, or as witnesses to the same deeds."

Researchers Refute The MacGregor Connection

The Norman family of Heris, descended from the Count de Vendome, came to England with the Conqueror, and followed David I to Scotland where Robert de Heris is called Dominus de Nithdale in a charter of 1323.  As Herries of Terregeles they played a prominent part in Scottish history, and finally merged into the Maxwells.