Judy, I apologize for having missed your message when you posted it. I visit Naesmyth.com. I am very interested in comparing our family lines descending from Sir Michael Naesmyth, and especially I would like to know, if you know, under what circumstance(s) the spelling of your name changed. My own line underwent a change before leaving Scotland, to Naismyth, if my research is correct, and after arriving in the New World, the name is found spelled Nasmith, Nessmith, and my own line NeSmith. If the legend of the origin of the family name is true, that Alexander III granted land to one of his men, dubbing him "Nae Smith," saying the man was valiant in battle but not a blacksmith, as he had pretended, then the name could not go back many generations past Sir Michael. I have not been able to pin down the date. The name "Robert" has come down my family line, but I don't know in whose honor. Also, as to your your phrase, "Robert did Armorial work for King Andrew year unknown." I know of no King Andrew of Scotland, but if that King could have been King Alexander, then the Armorial work you speak of might have been the occasion of Alexander's creating the first "NaeSmith." If you did mean King Alexander, that is exciting because this is the first clue I have had as to the name of King Alexander's Naesmyth.

I hope this reaches you and that we can exchange information.

Helen Dearing