Fleckie

[kr236rk]

Hello,

I saw several threads at this forum discussing the Scottish surname Fleckie. One said:

"From ... searches in Scotland, there were two baps of an Andrew Affleck... Andrew bap 22.7.1760, father John and mother Helen Young, Hownam, Roxburgh (from the Fleckie gypsies)"

https://www.talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13617

I was curious to know how the Fleckie name had come to be associated with gypsies, I cannot trace the post's author.

Help appreciated, & thank you for adding me to the group!

KR

[Falkyrn]

If you do an online search for Fleckie Gypsies there are several entries which claim that Fleckie is one of the common names used by Gypsies from the Borders area - Some of the links refer to this Book Scottish Gypsies under the Stewarts published in 1894 (although there is only one mention of a Fleckie - page 8 )
https://electricscotland.com/history/gi ... psies2.pdf

There is also the Gypsy Surname Index at http://www.geocities.ws/avonvalleycolle ... yIndex.pdf

[kr236rk]

Thank you

I have a named individual called variously Affleck / Fleckie, from Yetholm, which was a Lowland gypsy location, but I cannot find out anything about them.

John AFFLECK (Fleckie)
Birth ABT 1730 • Hownam Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death Roxburghshire, Scotland

married Helen (Nellie) YOUNG.

His father was Robert Fleckie (Affleck)
Birth 07 NOV 1697 • YETHOLM, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death Roxburghshire, Scotland

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/ ... 3660/facts