There is an old saying:
"The double L and single T
Descend from Minto and Woolflee.
The double T and single L
Mark the old race in Stobs that dwell,
The single L and single T
The Eliots of St Germains be,
But double T and double L
Who they are, nobody can tell."
Mine have a more recent spelling of Elliott but further back in time it is Elliot. I have found a possible brother of my earliest ancestor on an Elliot Y DNA site-this Elliot lived at the same time, in the same parish and had the same occupation that was to feature in my Elliot line for the next 150 years. He came from Scotland and had a Scottish Y haplogroup.
Speaking to a history buff and old Elliot ally, an Armstrong, he told me that when King James I decided to get rid of the Reivers, many left for Ireland, but others stayed and were made to have miserable lives or they moved to where the money was, as did most people. He told me that many were Chapmen, people who sold textiles, and many would have gone to areas where textiles were well known, including Nottingham with it's lace industry!! Another alternative would have been sheep farmers who would move their flocks from the Borders, to Carlisle, then south.
Interesting stuff!
