Excerpt from The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Vol. 4: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Genealogy, History, and Biography; Official Organ of the New Hampshire Genealogical Society; January 1907 October 1907
The forbears of the Traill and Spence families have been long established in the Orkneys, a group of islands in the North Sea off the coast of the extreme northern point of Scotland. Anderson, in Genealogy and Surnames, (Edinburgh, 1885), asserts that the name Traill was originally Tyrrell. Fordun"s Scottish Chronicle, a reputable authority, says the Bishop of St. Andrews, Scotland, A. D. 1885-1406, spelled his name Walterus Treyl. A nephew of the Bishop, Sir Thomas Treyl, was victor in a tournament at Berwick, in the reign of Robert III, 1390-1406. Robert Keith"s Catalogue of Scottish Bishops, (Edinburgh 1824), declares Bishop Treyl to have belonged to the house of Blebo, Fifeshire. Sir James Balfour"s Ms., (London 1724), says the Bishop purchased the lands of Blebo and transmitted them to his posterity. Alexander Trail, of Blebo, nourished A. D. 1564-1583; after whom occur three John Trails, in succession, to 1622. In 1567, this entry is made in the family history, "About this time, two of the younger sons of the house of Blebo went to the Orkneys." The family, seated in Fifeshire, commonly write the name, Treil; while their kinsmen in the Orkneys invariably write, Traill. Alexander der Traill, of Blebo, was a subscriber to the bond in defence of King James VI, in 1567.
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