 Vass (sept)

The Vass family (sometimes spelt Vaus, Wass or Waus) were a minor noble Scottish family, but also recognised septs of the Clan Ross and Clan Munro, both Scottish clans of Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.The names Vass and Wass were originally de Vallibus or Vaux and were derived from John Vaux or de Vallibus who was a Norman settler and who witnessed a charter in Kincardine, Sutherland by Alexander III of Scotland in 1252.