[Ancestor] Nesbit

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1 M Thomas Nesbit ¹

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Arms-Argent, three boars' heads erased sable.
Crest-A board passant sable.
Motto-I byde it.

The surname Nisbit (sometimes varied to Nesbit) is local, derived from the lands of Nisbit in the shire of Berwick, which were of an ancient denomination, for in the donation of King Edgar (about A. D. 1097) to the monks of Dumferline, he gives, among other tracts, the land of Nisbit, where the Castle of Nisbit stood, "memorable for the fatal overthow the English gave to the flower of the youth of the Lothians."
The family is descended from Philip de Nesbyth in the time of David I, of Scotland, (died May, 1153), who is a witness to David's deed to the religious at Caldingham. The "Villa de Nisbet," with its chapel, is granted in the next reign to the monks of Durham. Philip de Nisbet, with James and John Nisbet, is mentioned in the Bond of Submission given by the barons of Scotland to King Edward I, of England, in 1296. King Robert Bruce grants to Adam Nisbet of that Ilk the lands of Knocklies, for one soldier's service. Adam Nisbet of that Ilk was succeeded by Philip Nisbet, mentioned in a charter of George de Dunbar, Earl of March, 1373. Philip was succeeded by his son Adam, designated as of West Nisbet in a charter of these lands in 1420, East Nisbet being conveyed by the female side of marriage to a Chimside. His grandson and successor, Nisbet de Coden, that is, of that Ilk, is so designated in a charter which he received from King James IV of the land of Brighamshiels, to himself and wife Helen Rutherford, in the year 1506. His successor was Alexander Nisbet, of that Ilk. George Nisbet, son of Alexander, received from John Nisbet, of Dalziel, half of the barony of Dalziel in 1513 by charter. He gives a charter in the year 1551. He was grandfather of Philip Nisbet, who married a Haldane, of Gleneagles. Sir Alexander Nisbet, their son, lived in England, and from him are descended Thomas and Philip Nisbet, eminent merchants of London. The third son, Thomas Nisbet, married Agnes Purvis, and had Philip Nisbet, of Ladykirk, eminent for learning. Sir Alexander demolished the castle of Nisbet, and built the house of Nisbet, and was conspicuous for his "bright parts," and for his loyalty to King Charles I, and was sheriff of Berwickshire during his reign. He married Katharine, only daughter of Swinton, of that Ilk. There were several good families branched from the house of Nisbet, now either extinct or represented by the Nisbets, magistrates, and eminent merchants of Glasgow. The most eminent Nisbet families now standing are Nisbet of Dean, Nisbet of Craigintinnie, and Nisbet of Dirleton, all descended from three sons of Harry Nisbet, of Edinburgh, Merchant, and he from Nisbet of that Ilk. Nisbet of Dean, descended from the oldest son, James, bore on a silver shield a red chevron between three boars' heads erased sable; and the motto "I byde it." Nisbet of Craigintinnie, descended from the second son, William, carries the same, but charges the chevron with three cinquefoils argent. Nisbet, of Dirleton, carries argent or a chevron gules, betwixt three boars' heads erased sable, as many cinquefoils of the first, with the motto Discite justitian. The armorial beatings blazoned herewith are those recorded by Burke for Nesbit, that Ilk, County Berwick. Several Nisbets, Covenanters, suffered martyrdom under Charles II. John Nisbet, of the parish of Loudoun, suffered at Kilmarnock, November 30, 1683. James Nisbet, of the same parish, suffered at Glasgow, June 5, 1684. Captain John Nisbet, of Hardhill, brother of James, died on the scaffold in Edinburgh on December 4, 1685; and John Nisbet, son of James, was executed April 14, 1683. James Nisbet, brother of the last-mentioned martyr, came to this country and settled first in Perth Amboy, then in Woodbridge, and finally in Newark, New Jersey, and his descendants removed to Pennsylvania. The line traced below, however, seems to have come from a branch which settled in Ireland. John Nesbit was in Raphoe, County Donegal, Province of Ulster, in 1657. ²

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 84.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 85.