The Sommerville Family
 

The Sommervilles are first recorded in Roxburghshire near Kelso.

There is evidence that the settled in the village of Linton about 1177.

There is a dedication stain glass window in the church there to Sir John Somerville who slayed a local 'serpent'.

The main line of the family then moved to Carnwath in Lanarkshire, but retained lands in Peebleshire and Roxburghshire.

 Lord Hugh Somerville was Warden of the West march in the early 1400's.

Further information will be added as it becomes available.

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