Gaelic Name: Obar Neithich

Crest: A raven Sable, beaked and membered, Gules

Motto: Salus Per Christum (Salvation through Christ)

Origin of Tartan: There is no Abernethy Tartan so they wear Leslie

Origin of Name: From a town in Strathern, Scotland, on the river Tay; derived from Aber, marshy ground, and nethy, in the Gaelic, dangerous. Nith or Nithy, is also the name of a river in the south of Scotland, and the name may have been taken from a town at or near its mouth – Abernithy.

Badge: A raven Sable, beaked and membered, Gules

Lands: Abernethy, Perth and Kinross

Historic Seat: Lands of Saltoun – The family held these lands from early 1300s up to its sale in 1643. The Abernethys were also made Lords Saltoun in 1445, but the title passed to the Frasers.

Abernethy Associated Names Abernethy is a sept of Clan Leslie so can wear the Leslie tartans and the crest.