Associated Clans And Tartans
HARDIE
TOUT HARDI
FARQUARSON MACKINTOSH
THE CLANS
The Hardies are official member's or (septs) of the clan's Farquharson, and MacIintosh and therefore are entitled to proudly wear the tartans of these clan's.
The
connection to the clan's would have been through marriage to a clan member or
tenancy on their land’s.
On the lead up to a battle a clan would present an army of clansmen in
which it would be said that, there were 500 "Farquharsons"
gathered, but this would not mean that all 500 were of the surname Farquharson,
but only that there were 500 representing the Farquharsons of which most
were tenant's of their land and being tenants were usually bound to turn out
for battle if called upon by there laird's.
In turn for this the tenant's were granted the laird's protection.
It has also been known for some tenants although not blood related to
take on the name of their laird or clan chief.
THE TARTANS
The fact that we are members of the clans Farquharson and MacIntosh does not mean that we are only entitled to wear their tartans. Many clan septs now have their own tartans and in fact today there are more sept tartans than clan ones. While clan septs have their own tartans, they still wear their associated clan crest badges on their tartan to show their affiliation with their clan. A Hardie wearing his own tartan would wear a Farquharson or MacIntosh clan badge to represent our associated clan.
The Hardie tartan you can see above is the first official recorded Hardie tartan, recorded with the Scottish Tartans Authority and the Scottish Tartans World Register. The top Hardie tartan is taken from a photograph of the material but does not portray the actual quality. In 1985 my brother showed me a book in a store which showed the name Hardie, with a motto, clan history and a tartan of red and yellow check on a white background, but the fact that it has not been officially recorded and registered means that it must be a fake and to this day I am still trying to find that book, so if anyone out there has came across this book I would be grateful if you could email me with the name of the book.
Crest
This crest which seems to show the
McHardy ancient tartan in the background is not a recorded scottish clan crest
and may be an unofficial design manufactured for
commercial use as it can be found on fridge magnet's and key ring's.
Coat Of Arms
The
two coat of arms you see here are also found commercially on key ring's and the
one on the far left can be found on the family surname scroll's as the oldest
known Hardie coat of arms. Again these coat of arms can not be found in the
"scottish coat of arms" register.
It must be pointed out that a family coat of arms only represents that individual family and does not represent all familys of that surname.