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In Ardua Nitor (I endeavour in difficulties)
Halkerston, originally Hawkerton, is a Lowland surname taken from lands in the Mearns held by the king's falconer, who had charge of the king's hawks; the Council of Scottish Clans & Associations gives the family's lands as Rathillet in Fife. A John Halkerston is named as the architect of Trinity College Kirk in Edinburgh, and the north porch of St John's Kirk in Perth is still recorded as Halkerston tower. The name was later corrupted to Hackston, borne by the Covenanter David Hackston of Rathillet. No chief or commander is listed for the name.
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The motto of Clan Halkerston is In Ardua Nitor (I endeavour in difficulties). It appears on the Clan Halkerston crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Halkerston productsJohn Halkerston is named as architect of Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh[6]
St John's Kirk, Perth, gains the north porch recorded as Halkerston tower[3][2]
David Hackston of Rathillet, the name corrupted from Halkerston, is executed in Edinburgh[8][7]
The Scots law writer Peter Halkerston publishes his treatise on the Holyroodhouse sanctuary[9]
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In Ardua Nitor, Latin for 'I endeavour in difficulties'.
No. Neither COSCA nor the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists a chief or commander for Halkerston.
From lands in the Mearns held by the king's falconer, whose office of keeping the king's hawks gave the estate and then the family its name. COSCA gives the family's lands as Rathillet in Fife.
The north porch of St John's Kirk, Perth, built in the late 15th century and named, probably, after the architect John Halkerston, who worked there in the 1460s.
The names are the same: Electric Scotland's Scottish Nation calls Hackston 'a surname corrupted from Halkerston', the Dictionary of National Biography heads his life 'Hackston or Halkerstone', and COSCA lists Hackston as a Halkerston spelling. David Hackston of Rathillet was executed in Edinburgh on 30 July 1680.
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