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         Clan Septs and Dependents

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Clan MacMillan
Baxter, Bell, Blue, Brown, Millikin/Mullikin, MacBaxter, MacNamell.

Clan Motto: Miseris succurrere disco - "I learn to succour the distressed".
Badge: A hand brandishing a double-handed sword.

The variety of surnames within a Scottish clan do not represent separate and definable sub-clans but instead reflect the vagaries of transition of the Gaels into the English naming system as well as marriages, migrations and occupations.  The main family itself
may have developed a variety of surnames.   The preferred modern usage is to avoid the use of the term "sept" and to simply describe these names as what thay are - surnames of the family and of allied or dependent families.  It is preferable to speak of "The names and families of Clan X" rather to call a name "a sept of Clan X".  "Sept" is actually a term
borrowed from Irish culture in the nineteenth century to explain the use of a variety of surnames by members of a single clan.  Where Scots would say "MacGregor and his clan" and Irish historian might say "O'Neill and his sept". 

Note that while we have done our best to trace
names associated with clans this list is not exhaustive and about the best
source that we can find that can give a clue to clan associations is actually
a book on tartan.  "Tartan for Me!" by Philip D. Smith (Expanded Sixth
Edition) published by Heritage Books, Inc (ISBN:0-7884-0137-8) gives an
exhaustive list of tartans that are associated with surnames.  By reading
this book it may well give you a clue as to what clan your name is associated
with. You may well find this book in your local library.  We also feature
the book in our book shopping mall and although it is marked as back ordered
they may still be able to locate a copy for you.