In Stonehaven, Scotland, we are finding out lots of information about our Barclay ancestors. This is a photo of the house on the Urie estate, occupied by our Barclays in the 1600's and 1700's. This house is not the original built by the Barclays, but is built on the same site and we think must have some of the original on it somewhere. It is currently being restored, but work has stopped due to lack of funds. More on all this later when we get photos sorted out and stuff. We tromped all around this estate. Had to park on the outside and walk through. Working on uploading some photos to Picasa album but too late tonight. Tomorrow we head to Aberdeen and then a very roundabout route to end up in Pitochry. We're going to check out the Towie Barclays on the way. Distantly related somehow.
But we know for sure that our Thomas Barclay who went to America in the 1700's is the son of David Barclay of Cheapside who founded Barclay's Bank.
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