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THOM(P)SON IS NOT MacTavish

 

     “Names ending in ‘-son’ or beginning with ‘Mac-‘ reflect an old practice whereby people were designated not by surnames,  but by patronymics (personal name based on the father’s given name). Thus Robert’s son John was John Robertson, his son might be Andrew Johnson, his son Peter Anderson (for Andrew) and so on.” “To assume that there is ‘necessarily any kinship among ‘Robertsons’ is to be carried beyond rational thinking.”  The same applies to the Thom(p)sons.

    If you think your surname might be Scottish, I suggest you consult ‘The Surnames of Scotland by Dr. George F. Black’.  This is one of the ‘bibles’ for the genealogist;”

* MACCOMBIE – Maccombe, Maccomie, Maccomie. G. MacComaidh, a contracted form of MacThomaidh, ‘son of Tommie or Tommy.’ In Perthshire frequently Englished Thomson. The ‘b’ was introduced into the name about the end of the eighteenth century. MacComy was a common surname in Breadalbane 250 or more years ago. In the “Roll of Clans,” 1587, the Maccomies appear as “Clan M’Thomas in Glensche.”

* MACLEHOSE – From G. Mac Gille Thamhas, ‘son of the gillie of Tammas,’ the Scots form of Thomas.

* MacTavish – From G. Mac Tamhis, a form of MacThamhais, ‘son of Tammas,’ the low-land Scots form of Thomas.

* MacThom – G. MacThom, ‘son of Tom,’ a diminutive of Thomas.

* MacThomas – G. Mac Tomais, ‘son of Thomas,’

* Tais – A surname rec in mar 1600. prob varient of Taws.

* Tamson – “Son of Tam,” Scots form of Thom-(as).

* Taweson – Tawesson. An Englishing of MacTavish.

* Taws, Tawse – A phonetic spelling of Gaelic Tamhas,  ‘Thomas.’

* Thom – A diminutive of Thomas,

* Thomas – A common Anglo-Norman personal name. It is from the Syriac teoma, Heb. Todm, ‘Twin,’ rendered by Greek Didymus in St. John, XI:16. In Gaelic it assumes the