Excerpt from Genealogy of the Robertson, Small and Related Families: Hamilton, Livingston, McNaughton, Mc@donald, Mc@dougall, Beveridge, Lourie, StewartI was surprised, and I presume that many of my relatives will be surprised, at the number of lines in our ancestryr running back to kings - seven on the Robertson side and six on the Small side. The last few pages of the work will show this in a condensed form, and through the body of the work can be found references to the authorities I have examined, and anyone who will take the trouble to consult these authorities can find the proof of every statement I have made.I would like to have given more biographical sketches of the relatives in this country. I have asked for them but, through modesty, I presume, they have not been sent. I have, however, included as many biographical sketches as I could get.It would be a pleasure to me to believe that some member of each family, with this collection of records as a basis, would care fully record and preserve the records of their family to be handed down and kept up through succeeding generations, so that the knowledge of their ancestry may not be lost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.