moravias

Updated: November 5, 2024

Of this third line of De Moravias or Morays, two distinct branches settled north of the Oykel. First, we have Hugo Freskyn, son, it is said, but, as we shall see, really grandson, of the original Freskyn and son of Freskyn's elder or eldest son William.

James Gray - Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time: or, The Jarls and The Freskyns

William, son of Freskyn, held those lands in West Lothian and Moray probably until near the end of the twelfth century; and this William, son of Freskyn, had at least three sons, Hugo Freskyn, the ancestor of the de Moravias, or Murrays, of Sutherland, William of Petty, and Andrew, parson of Duffus, who appears in a writ as a son of Freskyn, and as a brother of Hugo Freskyn of Sutherland.

James Gray - Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time: or, The Jarls and The Freskyns