MacBeth Modern

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  • Mill: Str
  • Weight: 11 oz.
  • Clan Motto: Conjunctio Vertuti Fortuna ("Fortune is allied to Bravery")
  • Known Septs Include: BEATON, BEATTIE, BEATTY, BELTON, BETHUNE, LEITCH, MACBHEATH, MCBETH
  • Notes:

    One of the exceptions among the "Mac's," the name means not the son of any person named "Beth," but rather "Son of Life,"  "Lively One," or a man of religion. "Beth" was taken from the gaelic word "Beathan" meaning "life."

     

    This tartan dates to 1856