Lucius M. Cuthbert was born August 17, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Rev. James and Julia Elizabeth (Turpin) Cuthbert. He was descended from a long line of distinguished ancestors, the first of whom there is definite record being George Cuthbert of Castlehill, Inverness, Scotland. The family name was originally George, which, with the patronymic, became MacGeorge. Cuthbert (635-687), Bishop of Hexham, and later Bishop of Lindisfarne, and afterwards honored as Saint, was of this family. On account of his personal merit and excellence he acquired the name of Cuthbert; Cuth, in the Albanick or Erse language, signifying "skill" and Bert, meaning "Illustrious." The family thus acquired the name of Cuthbert from the surname of the bishop. The family went to Inverness from the kingdom of Northumbria, in the north of England, about the year 700 A. D. On account of the services they rendered in the consolidation of the Albanicks and Picts into the Scottish nation, the lands of Drakies, Muckovy and Castle Hill, Inverness, were granted them for military service in vassalage or fee, as a royal holding from the king, with a fortified castle. George Cuthbert, the paternal ancestor mentioned above, commanded the royal forces of the Town of Inverness at the Battle of Harlow, A. D. 1411, against the rebellious Donald, Lord of the Isles. As a recognition of this meritorious service King James II of Scotland granted to him "a fess gules in a field d'or" as an addition to the former armorial bearing of the family and for a crest a hand in a gauntlet and for a motto, "Nec minus fortiter," with two wild horses for supporters. The second in the ancestral line was John Cuthbert of Castlehill, 1458, and following him came William Cuthbert, also of Castlehill, 1478, to whom a charter was granted by King James III, July 23, 1478, of all the lands of Auld Castle Hill. The next in the line is George Cuthbert, 1548, the great-grandson of William. The fifth is John Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, 1592; a charter uniting all the lands of the family of Castlehill into a free Barony in favor of John Cuthbert was granted August 19, 1592, by James VI of Scotland, including the right of sitting in the Assembly of the States of the Kingdom. Next came William Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, 1624, who married Janet MacKenzie, and following him John Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, 1625, who married Mary, daughter of George Cuth bert of Drakies, and who received a charter from King Charles I of England dated August 1, 1625. In the order of descent the next was George Cuthbert, also Baron of Castlehill, who married Magdalen Fraser, daughter of Sir James Fraser of Brae. After him came John Cuthbert, who married Jean Hay, only child of Right Reverend H. Hay, last Episcopal bishop of Moray, Scotland. There were four children born to this union — George, Lachian, Alexander and James, the latter being the paternal ancestor. James Cuthbert was born in 1716 and died in 1794. He came from Scotland to the American colonies in 1737, landing at Charleston, South Carolina, on October 20th. He resided at Edisto island, then at Beaufort, South Carolina. His first marriage was with Mrs. Patience Hamilton of Edisto, of which there was no issue, and his second union was with Mary Hazzard (1718-1794), daughter of Col. William Hazzard and widow of Edward Wigg of Beaufort. Of the three children born to the latter wife — John Alexander, Jean Hay and James Hazzard Cuthbert — the last-named was the great-grandfather of Lucius M. Cuthbert.
Lucius M. Cuthbert was born August 17, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Rev. James and Julia Elizabeth (Turpin) Cuthbert. He was descended from a long line of distinguished ancestors, the first of whom there is definite record being George Cuthbert of Castlehill, Inverness, Scotland. The family name was originally George, which, with the patronymic, became MacGeorge. Cuthbert (635-687), Bishop of Hexham, and later Bishop of Lindisfarne, and afterwards honored as Saint, was of this family. On account of his personal merit and excellence he acquired the name of Cuthbert; Cuth, in the Albanick or Erse language, signifying "skill" and Bert, meaning "Illustrious." The family thus acquired the name of Cuthbert from the surname of the bishop. The family went to Inverness from the kingdom of Northumbria, in the north of England, about the year 700 A. D. On account of the services they rendered in the consolidation of the Albanicks and Picts into the Scottish nation, the lands of Drakies, Muckovy and Castle Hill, Inverness, were granted them for military service in vassalage or fee, as a royal holding from the king, with a fortified castle. George Cuthbert, the paternal ancestor mentioned above, commanded the royal forces of the Town of Inverness at the Battle of Harlow, A. D. 1411, against the rebellious Donald, Lord of the Isles. As a recognition of this meritorious service King James II of Scotland granted to him "a fess gules in a field d'or" as an addition to the former armorial bearing of the family and for a crest a hand in a gauntlet and for a motto, "Nec minus fortiter," with two wild horses for supporters. The second in the ancestral line was John Cuthbert of Castlehill, 1458, and following him came William Cuthbert, also of Castlehill, 1478, to whom a charter was granted by King James III, July 23, 1478, of all the lands of Auld Castle Hill. The next in the line is George Cuthbert, 1548, the great-grandson of William. The fifth is John Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, 1592; a charter uniting all the lands of the family of Castlehill into a free Barony in favor of John Cuthbert was granted August 19, 1592, by James VI of Scotland, including the right of sitting in the Assembly of the States of the Kingdom. Next came William Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, 1624, who married Janet MacKenzie, and following him John Cuthbert, Baron of Castlehill, 1625, who married Mary, daughter of George Cuth bert of Drakies, and who received a charter from King Charles I of England dated August 1, 1625. In the order of descent the next was George Cuthbert, also Baron of Castlehill, who married Magdalen Fraser, daughter of Sir James Fraser of Brae. After him came John Cuthbert, who married Jean Hay, only child of Right Reverend H. Hay, last Episcopal bishop of Moray, Scotland. There were four children born to this union — George, Lachian, Alexander and James, the latter being the paternal ancestor. James Cuthbert was born in 1716 and died in 1794. He came from Scotland to the American colonies in 1737, landing at Charleston, South Carolina, on October 20th. He resided at Edisto island, then at Beaufort, South Carolina. His first marriage was with Mrs. Patience Hamilton of Edisto, of which there was no issue, and his second union was with Mary Hazzard (1718-1794), daughter of Col. William Hazzard and widow of Edward Wigg of Beaufort. Of the three children born to the latter wife — John Alexander, Jean Hay and James Hazzard Cuthbert — the last-named was the great-grandfather of Lucius M. Cuthbert.
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