The first is the Fraser Clan. George F. Black describes the McKemie connection in The Surnames of Scotland, page 529:
Mackimmie, Mackimmey, Macimmie. G. MacShimidh, 'son of Simon' (Simmie), of old Mack Himy. Lord of Lovat, chief of the Frasers, was so styled patronymically by the Gaels. Fraser narrating the birth of Simon Fraser (1570) says of the name Simon: "A name pretty rare in Scotland, south or north, although kindly to this family, being the first name it had, and hence the Lord Lovat is called M'Khimy". The patronymic is probably derived from the Simon Fraser killed at Halidon Hill in 1333…"
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