In 1902 Michael Forbes Tweedie published his book
“The History of the Tweedie, or Tweedy, family; a record of Scottish lowland life & character”. (I am fortunate to have inherited two copies ) In addition to the history of the Lowland family it included various pedigrees of the Tweedie/Tweedy name. Some were cadet branches of the “chiefly” line and others with no proven link. One of my on/off projects is to update the various pedigrees as far as possible from a variety of sources. The results so far can be seen at
www.tweedy.org.uk.
It is generally accepted that the family Tweedie of Drummelzier is/was the senior line with a number of cadet families. The status of which is summarized below:
1 Tweedie of Drummelzier (1325) – line “lost”around the 1660s.
1.1 Tweedie of Oliver (1489) – expired in the male line 1837.
1.1.1 Tweedie of Quarter (1692) - still extant but senior male heir not clear. The male representation of Tweedie of Oliver was passed over in 1837.
1.1.1.1 Tweedie of Rawlinson (1826) - still extant but senior male heir not clear.
1.1.2 Tweedie-Stodart of Oliver (1837) – George Stodart inherited the Oliver estate from his uncle. Expired in the male line.
I would be most interest to hear if anyone here links into any of the above families or any of the pedigrees listed in the book. Somewhere out there is someone who is the Chief of the Name and Arms of Tweedie.
