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A Chief for Clan Ewen? David Neal Ewing, Chancellor (+1 505.764.8704, Davidewing93 at Gmail Dot Com) 6 Ewing Family Journal Vol. 17, No. 1 (February 2011) A Chief for Clan Ewen? David Neal Ewing, Chancellor (+1 505.764.8704, DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com) There has been no official chief of Clan Ewen1 for many generations. The last formally acknowledged chief of Clan Ewen of Otter, Swene McEwen, died in 1493. Thor Ewing has made a plausible case that the chiefship was reestablished something less than a hundred years later when William Ewing of Ladytoun was granted arms by Mary Queen of Scots, and led his clansmen in her forces at the Battle of Langside in 1568 against the Earl of Lennox, who had been their feudal lord.2 The details of the genealogy of the descendants of William Ewing of Ladytoun are not known, but at least two American Ewing families have traditions that they were descended from Ewings who had coats of arms very similar to those granted to William Ewing of Ladytoun. Many of you will have received a message that Thor Ewing sent January 17th to our Google Group's EFA discussion list3 announcing that the Lord Lyon in Scotland is organizing a Family Convention4 to determine whether the chiefship of Clan Ewen should now be reestablished and perhaps to appoint a chief. Thor has set up a separate Google Group discussion list to facilitate the discussion of this issue.5 Some of you have followed the discussion on the new list, which has become spirited and is beginning to get lengthy. I had thought to publish the whole discussion thread in this issue, but it has become too long for that. Instead, I have selected a few messages that speak about the main points of contention.6 John McEwen is the current Chairman of the Clan Ewen Society. Thor Ewing is a member of both the EFA and the Clan Ewen Society, of which he is webmaster. And of course I am David Neal Ewing, Chancellor of the EFA. You may also be interested to read my posting on the implications of the Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project on these questions, which is reprinted in this issue of the Journal as a Y-DNA Article (see page 15). 1 'Ewen' is just one of many ways to write in English the Celtic name that is usually transcribed as Eoghain. The prefix Mac- or Mc- signifies 'son of' so, for example, the members of Clan Donald are often named McDonald. When our ancestors began speaking Scots and other dialects of English, many of them dropped the prefix, and the root name came to be spelled in dozens of ways – mainly as Ewin, Ewen, Ewan and Ewing, or any of these with a terminal 's' added, but also many others. For a partial list of these, see www.clanewen.org/variants. The spelling Ewing may have developed because of a regional difference in pronunciation, but I am inclined to think rather that the 'g' was added because Anglo-Saxon patronymics end in –ing. If you want to read more about these matters, have a look in the Reading Room of our web site at: www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org/documents/Document_BritishSurnames.html. 2 www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org/documents/Ewing_Thor/Ewing_Thor_WhoWere.html and www.clanewen.org/histories. 3 Anyone may post a message to our EFA list by sending EMail to EwingFamilyAssociation at googlegroups dot com. If you would like to join the EMail list and receive messages of this kind, send a request for an invitation to Martin Ewing at M.Ewing at snet dot net. 4 You can read the Lord Lyon’s Guidance as regards the holding of a Derbhfine or Family Convention at www.lyon- court.com/lordlyon/656.html. 5 If you would like to subscribe to this Clan Ewen list, send an email to clanewen+subscribe at googlegroups dot com. 6 You can read all of the messages that have been posted to this list at http://groups.google.com/group/clanewen?hl=en&pli=1. Vol. 17, No. 1 (February 2011) Ewing Family Journal 7 Please also refer to my Chancellor’s Message in this issue (page 49), where I ask whether the EFA should take a position on this and whether we should send a delegation to the Family Convention in Scotland to participate in the proceedings. Time is of the essence, so please post any thoughts you may have about this on the EFA discussion list. Please be clear that there are two lists – the EFA discussion list (http://groups.google.com/group/EwingFamilyAssociation) is the proper place to discuss whether the EFA should take a position and what this should be, and the Clan Ewen discussion list (http://groups.google.com/group/ClanEwen) is the proper place to discuss your ideas about whether a chief should be chosen and how. January 17, 2011 – From Thor Ewing (Thor at HistoricalArts dot co dot uk) Currently, Clan Ewen is classed as an 'armigerous clan' - that is, as a clan without a chief. The Lord Lyon is now organizing a Family Convention at which prominent clansfolk will have the opportunity to discuss the issue of Chiefship in Clan Ewen. This could lead to the appointment of a new clan chief; if a decision on a new chief is reached, it will stand for all future generations. Obviously, it's impossible for everyone to meet in the flesh to discuss this question, but nonetheless many clansfolk have their own views, and this forum is the place to make them heard. So, would our clan be better off with a chief or not? Modern MacEwens, MacEwans, McEwens, McEwans, McEwings, Ewens, Ewans, Ewings and other variants of the name probably originate in at least three separate historical clans. What is more, there are two separate armigerous traditions within these families, one associated with the surname 'Ewing' and another with surnames beginning with the prefix 'Mac-' or 'Mc-' (and it's possible that one tradition is linked with Clan Ewen of Otter, and the other with a separate MacEwen clan). So, should there be more than one chief? If so, should the new chiefships reflect: - the different clan origins of the modern names? - the different modern surnames? - the different armigerous traditions of the clan? And of course, if we are to have a chief or chiefs, how do we decide who it's to be? Don't put your answers on a postcard. Post them at http://groups.google.com/group/ClanEwen. January 18, 2011 – From John McEwen (JRHMcEwen at btinternet dot com) Thank you to Thor for setting up this group. As Chairman of the Clan Ewen Society I should first of all point out that the Society decided, as long ago as 1995, that the Clan should seek to elect a Chief. That was when the Chiefship fund etc was set up, not to discuss the matter further but to put in motion the mechanism which would lead to our Clan joining those Clans represented at the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. There had indeed been talk of our finding a Chief since at least the 1950s but when it came to our notice, in 1994, that the MacLachlans were advertising for members of their society, and implying that the McEwens could join as we were merely a sept of the MacLachlans, and we were powerless to prevent this untruth being disseminated – because we had no Chief – the then Chairman of the Society, Lt. Col. Alan Ewing, began to make the strenuous efforts required for the election of a new Chief. 8 Ewing Family Journal Vol. 17, No. 1 (February 2011) Those efforts are now, at last, bearing fruit in the form of this Family Convention which the Lord Lyon is currently working out how to organise. The purpose of this convention is to make the first moves toward electing a Chief. The Lord Lyon is the final arbiter, the provider of legitimacy. We are indeed a 'scattered Clan'; the Chiefly line is indeed lost; we do perhaps have many and various historical origins. These are all considerations, one might well argue, which stand in support of our quest for a Chief. No one will deny that Clan Ewen is an important Clan and, if the Clan system has meaning (surely it does), then our Clan should have a voice and the best way, the only way, to be a Clan which is able to make a contribution to the general good and to look after all those who feel they belong to it, is to be a clan with a Chief. The Clans are a vital presence in the life of modern Scotland and the Scottish diaspora; and they are set to be yet more vital in the future. Our Clan must play its part. Despite our possibly various origins, we do seem to have a distinct identity, with far more than our share of, for example, musicians, doctors, historians, politicians. (All four of those professions might be thought to derive from our traditional role as bards.) We are distinct, we cannot help it, and our unique voice should be heard in such an increasingly important forum as The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Of course, the past is important and the Clan Society will never lose sight of its task to facilitate investigations into Clan Ewen ancestry etc, but it must be remembered that ... THE PRESENT IS THE PAST OF THE FUTURE! This is our opportunity to provide future McEwens, Ewings, Ewens, Qns etc with a landmark in history. This could be the year when this ancient, diverse, scattered, vast Clan comes together, bonds, puts aside any differences, unites and gives a sense of belonging and legitimate pride to any Clansfolk who want them, whether in Winnipeg, Wyoming or New South Wales, now, in the 22nd century or in the centuries to come.
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