. Moffatana bulletin . t from Moffat. In 120A. D. the Romans built a defensivewall thirty miles south east of Mof-fat : in the year 139 A. D. they built| another forty miles to the northwest*.: both walls were to keep back the wild; tribes of the Highlands. Constan-tius. the father of Constantiue theGreat, defeated the wild tribes be- tween these two walls A. D. 305. (There is a Moffat coat of arms sailto have been given to a Moffat byConstantiue the Great). In A. , when the Romans evacuatedBritain after notice to the inhabit-ants, there were Roman sold-iers guarding the southern w
. Moffatana bulletin . t from Moffat. In 120A. D. the Romans built a defensivewall thirty miles south east of Mof-fat : in the year 139 A. D. they built| another forty miles to the northwest*.: both walls were to keep back the wild; tribes of the Highlands. Constan-tius. the father of Constantiue theGreat, defeated the wild tribes be- tween these two walls A. D. 305. (There is a Moffat coat of arms sailto have been given to a Moffat byConstantiue the Great). In A. , when the Romans evacuatedBritain after notice to the inhabit-ants, there were Roman sold-iers guarding the southern then many hostile armies havepassed up and down through Annan-dale. The authentic history of thetown Moffat begins 1100-1200 and iswrapped up with the history of theBruces, Normans; the story starts—■David I, king of Scotland, marriedJudith, niece of William the Con-queror; their daughter Isobel marriedRobert de Brus, Lord of with the Bruces the Moffats roseand fell. Who knows the Clan yell?. -: f ■ --•* ■ - 1 : Hi&hSTREET. PROM S. 5 I MOFFATANA BULLETIN Published by GEORGE WEST Editor and Historian in Chief. TheClan Moffat in America. (A Geuealogy in Preparation.! Lawrence, - - Kansas, U. S. A. It is planned that this Bulletin bereceived in the family of each Moffat01 Moffat descendant, entirely with-out cost to them and without thoughtof obligation. It will be supported,in part, while its issues continue, byfree will donations from those whorealize the importance of the work inprogress and who understand thecostliness in money and in time oflabor of this character. Your editor has to report, afterthirteen months of honest work, thatthe Clan Directory now contains 3,-300 Moffat breadwinners and headsof families, making a living- popula-tion of some little and are confident that the Clan roll, Iwhen written up with all living- Mof-ifats now in the Archives, will showac least 10,000 when children are in-cluded. The roll ca
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