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LARGE PAPER EDITION

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE

The Rev. ALEXANDER MACRAE, M.A. (Author)

II I S T 0 R Y

CLAN MACRAE

WITH GENEALOGIES

THE REV. ALEXANDER MACRAE, MA.

IXi; W ALL: n E ORG E S 0 D T
1910.

Fifty Copies of this Volume have been
printed on large paper, of which this is
No.

3

1219034

PREFACE TO THE LARGE PAPER EDITION.

The delay which for various unavoidable reasons
has occurred in the publication of the large paper edition
of this book has afforded an opportunity for making
considerable additions to it, as it first appeared. These
additions are the work mainly of my fellow-clansman and
namesake Mr Alexander Macrae, M.A., Bushey, Hertford-
shire, a gentleman who adds ripe scholarship and high
literary attainments to an intimate knowledge of the
Gaelic language and of the people of Kintail among whom
his youth was passed.

In the preface to the original edition. I dealt at some
length with the rival claims of the Inverinate, Conchra,
and Torlysich families to contain the senior lineal repre-
sentation of Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, whom I
there described as the founder of the Clan. This question
was gone into with great fulness during the hearing of the
"Macrae Chieftainship" case in the Court of the Lord
Lyon King of Arms in 1908-9 ; but it still remains un-
settled, while it is claimed on behalf of the Claim Ian
Charrich branch, not without valid reason, that they are
an older family than Fionnla Dubh's, and that their
progenitor, Ian Carrach, and not Fionnla Dubh, was the
real founder of the Clan Macrae of Kintail. The decision
of the Lord Lyon did not upset the statement contained
in the opening paragraph of the first chapter of the book,
(a paragraph which was first written as far back as 1893,

Preface to the Large Paper Edition.

and that after long and careful inquiry), to the effect that
the Macraes were under the Chieftainship of the Barons
Mackenzie of Kintail, as the evidence submitted to the
Court did not show that the Macraes ever acknowledged
any other Chief.

But although the Lord Lyon's judgment left the
question of Chieftainship as it was before, yet the great
interest, called forth by this famous case, has brought a
" fierce light " to beat upon the history of the Clan, with
the result that additional information about its past
history is being slowly but surely gleaned from various
sources, and it is hoped that, at no distant date, it maybe
found possible to bring out a thoroughly revised and re-
arranged issue of this book with further additions, and,
possibly, corrections also. The number of inquiries con-
stantly received, and the fact that there have been many
more applications for the large paper edition, than could
be supplied, would seem to show that there will soon be
room for another issue.

A. M.

Wandsworth Common, London.
19th November, 1910.

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0. Matlieson, Sir Kenneth, Bart., of Lochalsh (2 copies).

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21. Macrae. John, 22 West Nile Street. Glasgow,

22. Macrae, Miss F., High'and Orphan ige, Inverness.
2:>. Macrae, J. M., Chattanooga, Tennessee. U.S.A.

24. Macrae, H. ft., Esq., of Chines. 14 Gloucester Place. Edinburgh

25. Macrae, Colonel I!.. C.S.I., Nairn.

26. Macrae, Wm. S., 700 Cherry Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. U.S.A.

27. Macrae, Malcolm. Lochluichart, Ross-shire.

28. Macrae. C. C, 93 Onslow Gardens, London, S.W.

.")". Macrae, Hugh. Investment Trust Company, Wilmington, North

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41. Macrae. Alex.. M.A.. Busliey. Herts (2 copies).

42. Maciae. G. W., 700 Cherry Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.

43. Macrae, D. J. Borpukhuni Tea Estate. Sooted P.O.. Assam. India.

44. Maciae. Farquhar, Reno. Nevada.

47. Macrae. A. W., Calicut, India (3 copies).

45. Macrae, Miss Jane. Box 208, Glencoe. Ontario. Canada.

4-1. Macrae. Finlay. 902 Ninth Avenue, Helena. Montana, U.S.A.
56. Signet bibrary, Edinburgh (John Minto. Librarian), per <i. P.
Jolinstoii. Bookseller.-. S3(icorgc Street. Edinburgh.

CONTENTS.

Page

History of Clan Macrae - i to 425

Addendum I. to Do. - - 426

Addendum II. to Do. - - 429

Errata Do. - 430

Index Do. - - 431

Errata to Notes and Additions - - - 512

Index to Notes and Additions - 5I3"5I4

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Rev. Alexander Macrae, M.A. (The Author)

Facing Title Page.
Macrae Coat-of-Arms - - - Page 1.

Ruins of Ellandonan Castle - - - 33

Facsimile Page of Fernaig MS. - - 90

Sir Colin George Macrae (Inverinate) - - 121
Major John MacRae-Gilstrap of Ballimore (Con-

chra) .... 158

Colonel Roderick Macrae (Torlysich) - - 207

McCrea Coat of-Arms ... - 259

Kilduich Churchyard .... 330

Facsimile of Signatures to Bond of Friendship - 342

Colonel J. A. Stewart-Mackenzie of Seaforth - 373

Map of Macrae Country - - 430

Alexander Macrae, M.A. (Clan Ian Charrich) - 470

PREFACE.

The preparation of this History has been prompted
by a desire to put on record, before it is too late,
the fast diminishing oral and traditional information
with which it is still possible, in some degree, to
supplement such meagre written records of the Clan
Macrae as we happen to possess, and, though it
probably contains little which can be of interest to
the general reader, yet my purpose will be fulfilled,
and my labour amply rewarded, if it proves of
interest to the members and connections of the
Clan itself.

The work of collecting information was first
begun as a recreation during a brief visit to Kintail
in August, 1890, when I had the good fortune to
make the acquaintance of an excellent folk-lorist
and genealogist, the late Mr Alexander Macmillan,
Dornie, from whom I received much of the traditional
and oral information recorded in this book. By
1893, I had succeeded in collecting sufficient matter
for a series of " Notes on the Clan Macrae," which
appeared in TJie North Star at intervals between
July, 1893, and June, 1896, when the writing of
this volume was commenced.

VI. THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

The difficulty of the work was greatly increased
by the fact that it was possible to carry it on, only
at long intervals during occasional periods of free-
dom from the labours of an exceptionally busy life.
Another great disadvantage was the fact that a
large part of the information received from the
Country of the Macraes had to be collected by
correspondence. I am, therefore, well aware that,
though the greatest care has been taken to obtain
correct information, and to verify every statement,
yet there are undoubtedly many blemishes and
defects in the book which might have been avoided
if the work had been of a more continuous nature,
and if it had been possible for me to have direct oral
communication, more freely, with the genealogists
and folk-lorists of the Macrae Country.

The genealogical portion of the book, up to page
224, is based mainly upon the MS. History of the
Clan, written by the Rev. John Macrae, of Ding-
wall, about two hundred years ago, including the
additions made to it by various transcribers down to
about the year 1820. In the case of several families
the genealogy is continued down to the present time,
from family Bibles, family letters, registers, and
other sources of information, and where there are
continuations from oral sources great care has been
taken in selecting the names and particulars to be
included, and much matter has been left out because
it could not be sufficiently authenticated and con-
firmed to warrant its jDublication. The result is that
a great many families are incomplete, but there are
very few genealogies of which this cannot be said.

In any case, omissions are a less evil than mistakes,
and my endeavour throughout the book has been,
as far as possible, to be correct in my information,
however meagre it might be.

The Roman numerals up to page 234 represent
in every case the number of generations from Fionnla
Dubli Mac Gillechriosd, the reputed founder of the
Clan Macrae of Kintail, and it is hoped that the
genealogical portions of the book are otherwise
arranged clearly enough to be easily followed.

A controversy has recently arisen as to which
family contains the lineal representation of Fionnla
Dubh Mac Gillechriosd. Such controversies are far
from uncommon in old families, even when for many
generations they have possessed estates and titles to
which the lineal succession has always been recox*ded
with greater care than was ever clone in the case of
any family of the Macraes. The lineal succession of
Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd is usually held to
be in the Inverinate family, and that is the opinion
of the Kintail genealogists whom I have had the
opportunity of consulting.

At the same time, the lineal representation of
the founder of the Clan is claimed by two other
families. The Macraes of Conchra claim, on the
strength of family traditions and old family letters,
that the founder of their branch of the Clan, the
Rev. John Macrae of Dingwall (page 142), and not
Alexander of Inverinate (page 69), was the eldest
son of the Rev. Farcpihar Macrae of Kintail.

The Torlysich family, again, claim that their
progenitor, Farquhar (page 186), was the eldest son

Vlll. THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

of Christopher (iv.), Constable of Elian donan (page
24), and that the reason why John of Killin refused
to give Farquhar the post of Constable (page 28)
was, that the appointment of the eldest son to a
post formerly held by his father might lead the Mac-
raes to regard the office of Constable as hereditary
in their own family, and that they might thus
become inconveniently powerful for the Mackenzie
family, which at that time was small and compar-
atively unimportant.

In all the copies of the Rev. John Macrae's his-
tory that I have seen, Duncan, the first of the family
who settled at Inverinate (page 30), is stated to have
been older than his brother Farquhar, and Alexander ■
of Inverinate is stated to have Been the eldest son
of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae of Kintail ; ar.d as the
Rev. John Macrae's MS. history formed the chief
written authority at my disposal, I have felt justified
in continuing the genealogy of the Inverinate family
as the direct lineal representatives of Fionnla Dubh
Mac Gillechriosd.

It might seem hardly worth while recording
some of the lists of names given, without dates or
any other particulars, in the genealogical portions of
the book, but no such list has been given without
satisfactory reasons for believing it to be correct, as
far as it goes. Some of those lists will probably be
recognised, as their own families, by readers in the
Colonies and also in the United States, where the
descendants of Macrae emigrants from Kintail are
both numerous and prosperous, and the interest
taken by some of them in the preparation of this

book shows that they have not yet lost the traditions
of their Clan or forgotten the home of their fathers.

It is hoped the Appendices will add somewhat
to the interest of the book. Very much more might
have been written about Kintail did space permit,
and for the same reason the collection of poetry is
much smaller than was originally intended. The
Royal descents in Appendix F are given on the
authority of Burke's genealogical publications, and
various Mackenzie genealogies. It has not been
found possible to identity all the place names in
Appendices II and M, probably because of the way
they are spelled, but though the spelling of the
original documents has been in almost every case
retained, most of the names will be easily recognised.

It is needless to say that this book could not have
been written without the help of many generous
friends, some of whom are no longer within reach of
this expression of my gratitude — among them Sir
William Alexander Mackinnon, K.C.B., Captain
Archibald Macra Chisholm, Mr Alexander Mackenzie,
the Clan Historian, and Mr Alexander Matheson,
shipowner, Dornie, one of the best read and most
intelligent of Highland seannachies, whose acquaint-
ance it was my misfortune not to have made until only
a few weeks before his death, which occurred on the
14th of October, 1897. In addition to the help
acknowledged from time to time throughout the book,
I am specially indebted to Mrs Mackenzie of Abbots-
ford Park, Edinburgh (now of Portobello), for much
information and help, and for many interesting recol-
lections of more than one Kintail family ; to Mrs

X. THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Alister MacLellan (of Ardintoul) ; to Mrs Farquhar
Finlayson, Rothesay ; to Major John MacRae-Gilstrap
of Ballimore, who was one of the first to take an
interest in this work, and who, in addition to old
family papers, placed also at my disposal a large
quantity of material collected at his own expense in
the Register House, Edinburgh ; to Sir James Dixon
Mackenzie of Findon, Bart., for the use of old and
interesting documents in his possession ; to Mr
William Mackay of Craigmonie, Inverness, for much
help, given on many occasions, with a readiness and
kindness, which to me will always form a pleasant
recollection ; to Mr Horatio Ross Macrae of Clunes
for the fac-simile of signatures to theMacrae-Campbell
Bond of Friendship, as well as for the use of docu-
ments bearing on the history of the Inverinate
family; to the Rev. Donald Macrae, B.D., minister
of Lairg, for much help and many valuable sug-
gestions; to Professor Donald Mackinnon, M.A.,
Edinburgh, for information about the Fernaig MS.,
and for valuable suggestions about the extracts from
it in Appendix J ; to Mr Charles Fraser-Mackintosh,
LL.D., of Drummond, for the Kintail Rent Roll of
1756 in Appendix H ; to Mr John H. Dixon of
Inveran for Appendix K ; to Mr P. J. Anderson,
librarian of Aberdeen University, for Appendix L ;
to Mr Alexander Macbain, M.A., Inverness, for the
fac-simile page of the Fernaig MS.; to Mr Farquhar
Macrae, Dornie ; to Dr Donald Macrae, Beckenham ;
to Major Frederick Bradford McCrea, London ; to
Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Carteret Carey of Castle
Carey, Guernsey ; to Mr Farquhar Matheson, Dornie,

who prepared the map, which is interesting as
recording some old Kintail place-names now no
longer in use ; to my brother, Mr John Macrae,
for help in the transcription of old documents ; to
my mother for help in the translations given in
Appendix J ; and to the publisher, Mr A. M. Ross,
and his foreman, Mr John Gray, not only for putting
up with inconveniences and delays caused by the
fact that, in almost every case, the proofs were sent
for revision to some members of the families whose
histories are here recorded, but more especially for
the never-failing courtesy and kindness which have
made the passing of the book through the press a
work of interest and pleasure.

ALEXANDER MACRAE.

Wandsworth Common, London,
15th March, 1S99.

JJlarrae.

(Conchra.)

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THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

CHAPTER I.

Country of the Macraes. — Meaning and Probable Origin of the
Name. — Its First Appearance as a Surname. — Traditional
Origin of the Clan Macrae. — Macraes in the Districts of
Chines and Glenurquhart. — Migration to Kintail. — Campbells
of Craignish said to be of Macrae Origin. — The Connection
of. the Macraes with the House of Kintail. — Also with the
House of Gairloch. — The Macraes were Episcopalians and
Jacobites. — Macraes in the Seaforth Regiments. — The Rev.
John Macrae's MS. History of the Clan.

The Macraes were a small but important clan in the
district of Kintail, in the south-west of the county
of Ross, where they are said to have settled in the
fourteenth century, under the chieftainship of the
Barons Mackenzie of Kintail.

According to the most competent authorities,
the name Macrae or Macrath, as it is written in
Gaelic, means " son of Grace or Luck," ] and, so far
as at present known, it occurs first in The Annals of
the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, under

1 Macbain's Gaelic Dictionary.

2 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

the year of our Lord 448, a certain " Macraith ] the
Wise " being mentioned in that year as a member of
the household of St Patrick. "We meet with it
occasionally in Ireland from that date onwards, and
in the eleventh and twelfth centuries it was fre-
quently used in that country as the personal name
of lords, poets, and more especially ecclesiastics.
The name first appears in Scotland at a some-
y what later date. In a Gaelic manuscript of the
eleventh century, called The Prophecy of Saint
Berchan, we find the term Macrath applied to one of
the successors of Kenneth Macalpin, — King Gregory
who reigned at Scone during the last quarter of the j
ninth century, and was one of the greatest of the
early Scottish Kings. This seems to be the first
instance of the name Macrae or Macrath in Scotland.
Gregory the Macrath was not only prosperous in
worldly affairs and in his wars against his enemies,
but was also a sincere supporter and benefactor of
the Scottish Church, which he delivered from the
oppression of the Picts, and favoured with his
support and protection.2 Considering the meaning
of the name, and the connection in which it first
appears both in Ireland and in Scotland, it is not
unreasonable to suppose that it may have been first
given as a distinguishing personal name to men who
were supposed to be endowed with more than an
ordinary measure of sanctity and grace. The name
Macrae had thus in all probability an ecclesiastical
origin.

l Raith in Macraith is the old genitive form of Rath.
* Appendix B,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 3

In a genealogy of the Mackenzies contained in
The Black Book of Clanranald, we find it stated
that Gilleoin of the Aird, from whom the old Earls
Gillanders of Ross and the Mackenzies of Kintail are
traced, was the son of Macrath (McRrath).1 Supposing
the genealogy to be correct, this Macrath would have
lived not earlier than the tenth century. By that
time Christianity was fairly established in the High-
lands of Scotland, and as the name Gilleoin means
the servant of St John, it is not at all unlikely that
Macrath also may have been so named from some
family connection with the early Church in the
Highlands.2

The name Macrae (McRaa) occurs also in The Dean
of Lismore's Book under circumstances which might
well have entitled the bearer of it to be called, if
not a son of grace, at all events a son of luck.3

In those times there were no family or hereditary
surnames in this country. Family surnames ap-
pear in England about the twelfth century, but it
was not until much later that they became common
in the Highlands of Scotland. For instance, the sur-
name Mackenzie, which is a comparatively old one,
arose in the early part of the fourteenth century.
The use of Macrae as a surname is probably of an
earlier date than the surname Mackenzie, and that

l Reliquiae Celticae, Vol. II., page 300.
2 In "a Gaelic MS. of 1450, containing genealogies of several Highland
families, and published with an English translation in The Transactions of the
Iona Club, an ancestor of the Macleans is also mentioued a« Gilleoin, son of
Macrath (Gilleain uic Icrait). This helps to confirm the tradition mentioned
below, that the Macraes, Mackenzies, and Macleans were of the same ancestry,
but it is not easy to make anything satisfactory out of those old genealogies.
3 Appendix B,

4 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

it grew in the first instance out of a personal name
is evident from the fact that in Gaelic the Macraes
are always spoken of as " Clann Mhicrath," that is
the " descendants of Macrath."

So far as at present known, the name Macrae is
first mentioned as a surname in the year 1386, in an
agreement made, at Inverness, between the Bishop
of Moray and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan,
better known as the Wolf of Badenoch, with regard
to some land in Rothiemurclms, in Inverness-shire,
which was formerly occupied by a certain Cristinus
M'Crath (Christopher Macrae), who was then dead.1
From that date onwards the name is frequently met
with as a surname in various parts of Scotland, not
only in the Highlands, but also in Ayrshire and in
the south of Perthshire.

Tradition relates that the Macraes came originally
from Ireland, and were of common ancestry with the
Mackenzies and the Macleans, and it is said that a
company of them fought at the battle of Largs in
1263, under the leadership of Colin Fitzgerald, the
reputed progenitor of the Mackenzies of Kintail.
The Fitzgerald origin of the Mackenzies is now
discredited by Scotch historians ; but, whatever
their origin may have been, it is extremely probable
that the Macraes were in some way connected with
the same stock, as a strong friendship and alliance
existed between the two clans from early traditional
times, and continued without intermission so long as
the Mackenzies held the ancestral lands of Kintail.
The Macraes who settled in Kintail are said to have

IRcrjislrum Episcoputus Moraricnsis (Bannatyne Club), page 196.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 0

lived originally at Clunes, on the Lordship of Lovat,
near the southern shore of the Beauly Firth, where
the site on which stood the house of their chief is
still pointed out.1 So far as the date to which these
traditions refer can be fixed, this would be about the
middle of the thirteenth century. It is also said
that the name was known in Glenurquhart" in the
twelfth century, which is an earlier date than can
well be assigned to any traditions that have come
down to us with regard to the settlement at Clunes,
but there appear to be no existing traditions con-
necting the origin of the Macraes of Kintail with
the district of Glenurqnhart. There are, however,
many traditions connecting them with the district
of Clunes, and explaining the cause of the migration
to Kintail.3

According to the Rev. John Macrae, the most ■
probable cause of the migration of the Macraes to
Kintail, or, at all events, of that branch of them
which afterwards became the most important, was
that, though they do not appear to have been very
numerous, they were becoming too crowded in the
old home at Clunes. At the same time Lovat's own
kindred and friends were becoming so numerous
that the country could not accommodate them all,

IThe site of Macrae's house (Larach tigh Mhicrath) is on the southern
slope of the Hill of Clunes, and is marked by a number of large BtoneS, which

are supposed to have formed the foundations of the house. Tradition says
that the house was originally built in the course of one night by supernatural
agencies, and the place has always been regarded as a favourite haunt of the
fairies.

2 Mackay's Urquhart and Gleumoriston, p. 12 ; and also the Rev. John
Macrae's Account of the Origin of the Macraes, Appendix A.

3 See chapter on legends and traditions of the clan, and Appendix A.

6 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

and this was an additional reason for the Macraes
to move to other places, as favourable opportunities
arose. Three of the sons of Macrae of Clunes are
said to have left home in this way, but the old man
himself remained in Clunes all his days, enjoying
the esteem and confidence of the Lords of Lovat,
four of whom were fostered in his house. Of these
three brothers, one settled at Brahan, near Dingwall/
where there was a piece of land in the time of the
Bev. John Macrae, called Cnoc Mhicrath (Macrae's
Hill), and the well which supplied Brahan Castle
with water at that time was called Tobair Mhicrath
(Macrae's Well). The descendants of this man were
then to be found in Strathgarve, Strathbran,
Strathconon, A.rdmeanach, and one of them, John
Macrae, was at that time a merchant at Inverness.

Another son went to Argyleshire, where he
married the heiress of Craignish. His successors after-
wards adopted the name Campbell, and maintained a
friendly intercourse with the Macraes of Kintail for
many generations. A contract of friendship, drawn
up between the Campbells of Craignish and the
Macraes of Kintail about two hundred years ago,
has been kept in the family of Macrae of Inverinate
ever since, and is now in the possession of Horatio
Ross Macrae, Esq. of Clunes.1

Another of the sons of Macrae of Clunes is said
to have gone to Kintail. This was probably during
the first half of the fourteenth century, before the
family of Mackenzie was very firmly established
there. He might have been attracted to Kintail,

^Appendix C.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 7

perhaps by family connections, but quite as likely
by the fact that, as the Chief of Kintail was still
struggling to establish his family there, the circum-
stances of the country might afford opportunities of
distinction and advancement for a man of enterprise.
It is a singular fact that each of the first five Barons
of Kintail had only one lawful son to succeed him.
Mackenzie being thus without any male kindred of
his own blood, earnestly urged Macrae to remain
with him in Kintail. Mackenzie's proposals were
/ accepted, and Macrae settled in Kintail, where he
married one Macbeolan or Gillanders, a kinswoman
of the Earls of Ross, by whom Kintail was held
before it came into the possession of the Mackenzies.
As the Macraes and Mackenzies were said to be of
common ancestry, the Baron of Kintail expected
loyal and faithful support from his newly arrived
kinsman, and he was not disappointed. The Macraes
were ever foremost in the cause of the chiefs of
Kintail, and by their prowess in battle, their in-
dustry in the arts of peace, and in many instances
by their scholarly culture and refinement, they were
mainly instrumental in raising the Barony of Kintail,
afterwards the Earldom of Seaforth, to the important
position it occupies in the annals of Scottish history.
There do not appear to have been any Macraes
settled in Kintail as landholders before this, but it
is more than probable that several of them had
already been in the service of Mackenzie. It is said
that Ellandonan Castle was garrisoned by Macraes
and Maclennans during the latter part of the
thirteenth century, when it was first taken possession

H THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE,.

of by Kenneth, the founder of the House of Kintail.1
The newly arrived Macrae of Clunes, however, took
precedence of the others, and he and his family
gradually assumed a position of great importance in
the affairs of Kintail. So loyal were the Macraes
in the service of Kintail that they became known as
Mackenzie's "shirt of mail." This term was generally
applied to the chosen body who attended a chief in
war and fought around him. It would thus appear
that the bodyguard of the Barons of Kintail was
usually composed of Macraes. But in addition to
the important services they rendered as mere
retainers of the House of Kintail, the Macraes were
for many generations Chamberlains of Kintail, Con-
stables of Ellandonan Castle, and sometimes Vicars
of Kintail, so that the leading members of the Clan
may be said to have taken, from time to time, a
much more prominent part in the affairs of Kintail
than the Barons themselves did. This continued to
be the case until Kintail passed out of the possession
of the Mackenzies in the early part of the present
century.

It was always the privilege of the Macraes to
bear the dead bodies of the Barons of Kintail to
burial. At the funeral, in 1862, of the Honourable
Mrs Stewart Mackenzie, daughter and representa-
tive of the last Lord Seaforth, the coffin was
borne out of Brahan Castle by Macraes only. 2 The
scene was not without a pathetic and historic

lAppendix E.
2 On this occasion the coffin was first lifted by Donald John Macrae of
Inversheil, Donald Macrae of Achnagart, Peter Macrae of Morvich, and
Ewen Macrae of Leachachan.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. a

interest. This lady was the last of Seaforth's race,
who was a Mackenzie by birth, and it is a remark-
able fact that at the funeral, in 1881, of her son,
Colonel Keith William Stewart Mackenzie, in whose
case the name Mackenzie was only an adopted
one, the Macraes, although they claimed their old
privilege, did not muster a sufficient number to
bear the coffin, and the vacant places had to be
supplied by the Brahan tenantry. With the funeral
of Mrs Stewart Mackenzie, then, may be said to
have ended for ever the intimate and loyal con-
nection which existed for five centuries between
the Macraes and the house of Kintail and Seaforth.

But the loyal and valiant support which the
Macraes gave the Mackenzies was not limited to
the house of Kintail. They were mainly instru-
mental also in establishing the family of Gairloch.
About 1480 Allan Macleod, laird of Gairloch, with
his two young sons, was barbarously murdered by
his own two brothers. His wife was a daughter
of Alexander Ionraic (Alexander the Just), sixth
Baron of Kintail, who died about 1490, and sister
of Hector Roy Mackenzie, a younger son, who
became progenitor of the lairds of Gairloch. Hector
Roy took up the cause of his sister, and obtained
from the King a commission of fire and sword for
the destruction of the Macleods of Gairloch. In
this task, which proved by no means easy, Hector
received his main support from the Macraes, one
of whom had meanwhile encountered the two
murderers and killed them both single-handed in
fair fight at a spot in Gairloch, which is still pointed

10 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

out.1 In 1494 Hector Roy received a grant of
Gairloch by charter from the Crown, but it was
not until the time of his grandson, John Roy
(1566-1628) that the Macleods were finally ex-
pelled, and the supremacy of the Mackenzies fully
established.

It was in Gairloch that the Mackenzies obtained
their first important footing outside of Kintail. At
that time they were only a small clan, and the
struggle which led to the conquest of Gairloch
taxed all their strength, and was both fierce and
prolonged. Hence the great number of legends and
traditions connected with it. After the conquest of
Gairloch their power and influence rapidly increased,
and the other lands which they afterwards held
in the counties of Ross and Cromarty came into
their possession by easier and more peaceful means.
Consequently there are no such stirring traditions
in connection with the acquisition of those other
lands as we find in the case of Gairloch, but
wherever the Mackenzies settled some Macraes
accompanied them, and some of the descendants
of these Macraes are still to be found on all the
old Mackenzie estates. It is in Gairloch, however,
next to Kintail and Lochalsh, that we find the
best and most interesting Macrae traditions and
legends, and it may be mentioned that one of the
Gairloch Macraes, called Domhnull Odhar2 (Sallow
Donald), who was a contemporary of John Roy, is
represented as the crest of the Gairloch coat-of-arms.
The Macraes were also very renowned archers, and

1 J. H. Dixon's Gairloch, p. 26. 2 Appendix K.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 11

the scene and range of some of their famous shots
are still pointed out, both in Gairloch and Kintail.1

During the long period of religious and civil
warfare which preceded and followed the Revolu-
tion of 1688, the Macraes supported the Episcopal
Church and the House of Stuart, and as a result
they suffered much, not only in property, but also
in life and limb. In the Rising of 1715 a great
many of them* fell at the battle af Sheriffmuir,
and tradition relates, as a proof of the loss they
then sustained, that in the parish of Kintail alone
fifty-eight women were made widows on that fatal
day. In 1745, notwithstanding the fact that Seaforth2
remained loyal to the House of Hanover, a number
of young and resolute Macraes left Kintail to join
the army of Prince Charles, and it is said that
many more would have followed if they had not
been restrained by force. Of those who went no
one ever again returned, and thus ended for ever
their connection as a Clan with the fortunes of
the ancient Scottish House of Stuart.

During the closing decades of the last century,
when the Highland regiments were raised, the
Macraes entered loyally and readily into the mili-
tary service of their country. Two regiments (in
all four battalions) of Highlanders were raised on

1 Appendix K.
2 William, 5th Earl of Seaforth, having joined the Rising of 1715, his
estates were forfeited, and his title passed under attainder. The estates were
bought from the Crown in 1741 for the bene6t of his son, Kenneth, who was
known by the courtesy title of Lord Fortrose, which was the subordinate title
of the Earls of Seaforth. Lord Fortroso was the " Seaforth " of the time of
Prince Charles, but, notwithstanding his well-known Jacobite sympathies, he
considered it more prudent to remain loyal to the House of Hanover.

12 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

the Seaforth estates between 1778 and 1804,1 and
the Macraes were numerous in both. Many of them
served also as officers, and frequently with distinction,
in other Highland regiments, and during the Indian
wars of that period, and the great European wars
which followed the French Revolution, the Macraes,
like so many of the other Highland Clans, added their
full share of lustre to the honour of British Arms.

The chief written authority for the early history
of the Macraes is the MS. genealogy of the Clan,
which was written towards the close of the seven-
teenth century by the last Episcopalian minister
of Dingwall, the Rev. John Macrae, who died in
1704. The original MS., which appears to be now
lost, is believed, without any apparent evidence,
however, to have been at one time in the posses-
sion of the late Dr W. F. Skene. A copy of
it, with additions, was made by Farquhar Mac-
rae of Inverinate in 1786. This transcript copy
appears to have been taken to India by Farquhar's
son, Surgeon John Macrae, where a copy of it,
which is now in the possession of Captain John
MacRae Gilstrap of Ballimore, was made by Colonel
Sir John Macra of Ardintoul about 1816. Several
copies of Sir John's transcript appear to have been
made from time to time in Kintail and Lochalsh,
and are still occasionally met with. A copy of it
was printed at Camden, South Carolina, in 1874 ;
and another copy, which belonged to the late Miss
Flora Macra of Ardintoul, was published in The
Scottish Highlander- in 1887. The additions made

1 Appendix D.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAX MACRAE. 13

by Farquhar of Inverinate appear to have been
limited to his own family, and there is some reason
to believe that the valuable additions now found in
some copies of this MS., with regard to other
families, were made by one of the Ardintoul family.
At all events, Archibald of Ardintoul says, in a
letter written in 1817 to his son, Sir John, then
in India, that he will endeavour to add to the
genealogy down to his own day. The oldest copy
now known to exist is in the possession of Horatio
Ross Macrae, Esq. of Chines, and bears on the fly-
leaf of it the date 1760, but this is probably the
transcript which was made by Farquhar of Inver-
inate, and which, though said to have been finished
only in 1786, may have been commenced much
earlier. It is certainly not the original copy. The
style of the MS., though somewhat quaint, is clear
and forcible, showing considerable literary power
and a perfect mastery of the English language, and
there is about it a sobriety of tone which gives an
impression that the writer was thoroughly ac-
quainted with his facts, and that his statements
may be accepted with confidence.

14 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

CHAPTER II.

I. Fiormla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd. — His Family. — II. Christopher
and His Family. — Donnacha Mor na Tuagh.— Battles of Park,
Bealach Glasleathaid, and Druim a Chait. — III. Finlay —
Supports John of Killin against Hector Roy. — Finlay's son
made Constable of Ellandonan Castle. — Ian Mor nan Cas. —

• Miles, son of Finlay, killed at Kinlochewe. — IV. Christopher,
Constable of Ellandonan. — His Family. — Alister Dubh Chis-
holm. — The Macraes of Strathglass. — V. Duncan Mac Gille-
chriosd.— Donald Gorm Macdonald of Sleat besieges Ellandonan
Castle, and is killed. — Duncan goes to the Lovat Country. — •
Returns to Kintail and Settles at Inverinate. — Duncan's
Family. — General Monk in Kintail.

I. FIONNLA DUBH MAC GILLECHRIOSD.

According to the Rev. John Macrae, the founder of
the Clan Macrae of Kintail was Fionnla Dubh Mac
Gillechriosd (Black Finlay, the son of Christopher), ^
who was removed by two or three generations from
the man who came from Clunes. Finlay Dubh was
a contemporary of Murdo Mackenzie, fifth chief of
Kintail, who died in 1416, leaving an only child to
succeed him. This child's name was Alexander, and
is known as Alister Ionraic (Alexander the Upright).
Alexander being a minor at the time of his father's
death, was sent as a ward of the King to the High

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 15

School in Perth, probably after the Parliament which
was held at Inverness by James I. in 1427. During
his absence at school, the Constable of Ellandonan
Castle, whose name was Macaulay, appears to have
been left in charge of affairs, but through the
misconduct and oppression of certain illegitimate
relatives of the young chief, serious troubles arose
in Kintail. The Constable's position becoming now
somewhat difficult, he became anxious for the return
of his young master, and as he was himself unable
to leave his post he proposed Finlay Dubh as the
most suitable person to go to Perth to bring the
young chief home, " who was then there with the
rest of the King's ward children." This choice was
approved by the people. Finlay accordingly went
to Perth, and prevailed upon Alexander to escape
from school without the consent or knowledge of the
master. To avoid pursuit they went to Macdougal
of Lorn instead of going straight home. Macdougal
received them kindly, and Alexander made the
acquaintance of his daughter, and afterwards married
her. In due time they arrived in Kintail, and by
Finlay's counsel and help, the oppressors of the
people were soon brought under subjection, and
order established throughout Mackenzie's land. The
good counsel and judicious guidance of Finlay Dubh
was not lost upon Alexander, who became a good,
just, and prosperous ruler, and greatly increased the
power and the influence of the House of Kintail.
Finlay Dubh had two sons—

1. Christopher, of whom below.

2. John, who was educated at Beauly Priory,

16 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

took holy orders, and became priest of Kintail,1 in
Sutherlandshire. He married, as priests in the
Highlands often did in those days, and had a
daughter Margaret, who was lady-in-waiting to
the Countess of Sutherland, and who appears to
have married John Gordon of Drummoy, son of
Adam Gordon, Dean of Caithness, son of Alexander,
1st Earl of Huntly.2 From this marriage descended
the Gordons of Embo, and for that reason we are
told that " there was of old great friendship and
correspondence betwixt the Gordons of Sutherland,
come of this family, and the Macraes of Kintail."

II. CHKLSTOPHER, eldest son of Finlay Dubh,
of whom very little is known, had four sons —

1. Finlay, of whom below.

2. Donald, whose descendants lived at Fortrose,
where one of them, Alexander Macrae, was a well-
known writer whose name appears frequently in
legal documents from 1629 to 1673.

3. Duncan, who was the most noted of Chris-
topher's sons, is known in the traditions of Kintail
as Donnacha Mor na Tuagh (Big Duncan of the
Battle-axe). He was a man of great valour and
personal strength, and many legends have been
preserved of the brave deeds he performed in the

1 Kintail was the old name of a district iu the north- west of Sutherland-
shire, which was divided, about the middle of the last century, into the
parishes of Tongue and Durness. The name Kintail — Gaelic, CintaiUe, or
Ceanntaile — is said to mean the head of the two seas — a description which
applies to the Sutherland Kintail as well as to the Ross-shire one.

2 Reference is made at some length to this Margaret in The Earls of
Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon, who speaks of her in the highest terms.
The Rev. John Macrae's account of the marriage does not agree with Sir
Robert's in every point, but there is no doubt that Margaret was related
to the Macraes of Kintail.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 17

contests of the Mackenzies and the Macraes with
their common enemies. He greatly distinguished
himself with his battle-axe at the Battle of Park,
which was fought at StrathpefFer between the Mac-
donalds and the Mackenzies shortly before the death
of Alexander Ionraic, which took place in 1488. J
The circumstances which led to this famous fight
were the following : — Coinneach a Bhlair (Kenneth
of the Battle), the son and heir of Alexander Ionraic,
had married Margaret, daughter of John Macdonald
of Islay, who laid claim to the lordship of the Isles
and the earldom of Ross. One Christmas eve
Kenneth was insulted by Alexander Macdonald of
Lochalsh, the nephew and heir of John of Islay.
In revenge for the insult Kenneth sent his wife
back to her father. The lady, who was blind of
one eye, was sent away mounted on a one-eyed
horse, attended by a one-eyed servant, and followed
by a one-eyed dog. John of Islay and Alexander
of Lochalsh, roused to fury by this outrageous
insult, mustered all their followers, to the number
of more than fifteen hundred warriors, and set out
on an expedition to punish the Mackenzies. The
Macdonalds, plundering and destroying as they
went, directed their march to Kinellan, in Strath-
peffer, where the Baron of Kintail was then residing.
They arrived at Contin one Sunday morning and
burned the church, together with the priest and a

1 The exact date of the Battle of Park does not appear to be known, the
official records relating to the Highlands at this time being exceedingly
meagre. Sir Robert Gordon, in his History of the Earls of Sutherland, a booh
written about the close of the sixteenth century, says it was fought shortly
after 1476.

18 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

large congregation of aged men, women, and
children, who were worshipping in it at the time.

Meantime, on the approach of the enemy, Kenneth
and his two brothers, Duncan and Hector Roy,
sent their aged father for safety to the Raven's
Rock, a prominent and precipitous hill overhanging
the Dingwall and Skye Railway between Strathpeflfer
and Garve. They then led their followers, who
numbered only six hundred men, against the Mac-
donalds, and the battle was fought on the moor
which is still known as Blar-na-Pairc, a well-known
spot about a mile west of the Strathpeffer wells.
The Mackenzies were led by Kenneth himself, and
Alexander of Lochalsh seems to have acted as leader
of the Macdonalds, while their chief warrior was
Lachlan Maclean of Lochbuy, called Lachlan Mac
Thearlaich (Lachlan, son of Charles). Duncan Mor,
who was one of the personal attendants of Kenneth,
thinking that he had been somewhat slighted in the
arrangements made for the battle, showed unmistak-
able signs of sulkiness. He was persuaded, however,
by Hector Roy to take up a battle-axe and join in
the fight. With his battle-axe he did so much havoc
that the Macdonalds began to give way before him.
Lachlan Mac Thearlaich, seeing this, put himself in
Duncan's way in order to check his murderous career.
The two champions met in deadly combat. Lachlan
being a powerful man, clad in mail and well trained
in the use of arms, seemed at first to be having the
best of the fight, but, iu an unguarded moment, he
exposed himself to his opponent's battle-axe, which
at one deadly stroke severed his head from his body.

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The superior strategy of Kenneth was already telling
severely against the much larger army of the enemy,
and the Macdonalds, seeing their champion killed,
gave up the struggle as lost, and fled. Duncan Mor
took a foremost part in the pursuit, which was con-
tinued on the following day as far as Strathconon,
until most of the Macdonalds were either slain or
taken prisoners. Both John of Islay and his nephew,
Alexander of Lochalsh, were among the prisoners,
but within six months they were both magnanimously
released. This victory, to which Duncan Mor had
so greatly contributed, "put Kenneth in great respect
throughout the North," and he was afterwards
knighted by James IV. " for being highly instru-
mental in reducing his tierce countrymen to the
blessings of a civilised life."

Duncan Mor afterwards took a very prominent
and active part in the great feud between Hector
Roy and the Macleods of Gairloch. We are told
that " Duncan, with his son Dougal, who was a
strong, prudent, and courageous man, with ten or
twelve other Kintail men, were always, upon the
least notice, ready to go and assist Hector whenever,
wherever, and in whatever he had to do, for which
cause there was a friendly correspondence between
the family of Gairloch and the Macraes of Kintail."
The greatest defeat that Hector Hoy inflicted on the
Macleods was at the battle of Bealach Glasleathaid
near Kintail. Both Duncan and his son Dougal took
part in this fight, in the course of which Dougal was
attacked by four men at once. On being informed
that his son was in great danger, Duncan calmly

20 THE HISTORY Otf THE CLAN* MACRAfi.

replied, "Leave him alone, if he is my son there is no
fear of him," and so it turned out, for Dougal killed
the four Macleods without receiving any serious hurt
himself. At the battle of Druim a Chait1 (the
Cat's Back), which was fought on a subsequent
occasion at the place so called on the west side
of Knockfarrel, in Strathpeffer, between the Mac-
kenzies under Hector Roy, and the Munros, Ding-
walls, and Maccullochs, under Sir William Munro of
Foulis, Duncan once more distinguished himself
and largely contributed to the defeat of the Munros
and their allies, which was so complete that few of
them escaped alive. " It is said of this Duncan that
he was in many conflicts and combats, and always
came off victorious, but never without a wound.
He was a facetious and yet a bloody man."

Duncan Mor na Tuagh is sometimes spoken of
as Mackenzie's ploughman, but it is not at all likely
that a member of what appears at this time to have
been the leading family in Kintail next to the Baron
himself should occupy such a position. The Gaelic
term Scallag, which in this case has been translated
ploughman, formerly meant any servant or retainer.
In the MS. history of the Mackenzies, which was
written by Rev. John Macrae, author of the Macrae
Genealogy, it is stated that Duncan Mor happened
accidentally to be present the day of the Battle
of Park, on some other business, and that he was the

IThis battle is sometimes called the Battle of Tobair-nan-Ceann (the well
of heads). It is said that Hector and his men, being armed with battle-axes
and two-edged swords, did so much execution among their enemies that no fewer
than nineteen heads rolled down into a well in a hollow below a spot where
they overtook a party of the enemy during the pursuit— hence the name
Tobair-nan-Ceann.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 21

principal officer of Kintail. Comparing the various
traditional and MS. accounts of this remarkable
man. perhaps the most natural conclusion to arrive
at is that at this time he may have been young and
untried ; that he first gave proof of his valour
and prowess at the Battle of Park, and that he
afterwards became either the factor of Kintail or
perhaps the principal officer of the Baron's fighting
men. It is not at all unlikely that Duncan Mor
began his career as a page or personal servant,
that is as the sccdlag of Mackenzie, probably of Sir
Kenneth a Bhlair, but whatever the commencement
of his career may have been, it is quite certain that
a man around whose memory so many legends and
traditions of a heroic kind have gathered must have
been, in spite of possible eccentricities, an important
and leading man among his own countrymen.1

The male succession of Duncan Mor na Tuagh
failed in the person of Duncan Boy Macrae, who
died at Conchraig of Tollie in 1G79.
4. Maurice, married and left issue.

"/ III. FIN LAY, eldest son of Christopher, was
the contemporary and chief counsellor of John of
Killin, ninth Baron of Kintail, who fought at
Flodden in 1513, and at Pinkie in 1547. John of
Killin was a minor at the time of the death of his
father, Sir Kenneth a Bhlair, in 1491. He was still
a minor when, in consequence of the death of his
eldest brother, Kenneth Og (Kenneth the younger),

in 1497, he became Baron of Kintail. Kenneth Og

1 Fur a more detailed account of the exploits of Duncan Mor na Tuagh,
see chapter on legends and traditions of the clan.

22 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

was the only child of Kenneth a Bhlair's first wife,
Lady Margaret Macdonald, of whom her husband
disposed in the ignominious manner already de-
scribed. A few days after sending Lady Margaret
away, Kenneth, at the head of a large body of his
followers, went to Lord Lovat to demand his
daughter, Agnes Fraser, in marriage. Lord Lovat,
having no friendly feeling towards the Macdonalds
at that time, delivered his daughter over to Kenneth,
and they lived together ever after as husband and
wife. John of Killin was the first issue of this
irregular marriage, and although the marriage is
said to have been legitimised by the Pope, Hector
Roy declared his nephew, John of Killin, illegitimate,
and seized the estates for himself. Hector being a
well known and a very popular man, appears to have
received all but the unanimous support of the people
of Kintail, and one of the Claim Ian Charrich Mac-
raes, called Malcolm, was made Constable of Ellan-
donan Castle. Finlay, however, took up the cause
of John of Killin, between whose supporters and
those of Hector IW there arose a feud which lasted
for some years.

In course of time, however, John of Killin,
young as he was, proved quite a match for his uncle,
Hector Roy, whom he surprised one night at
Fairburn, by a clever stratagem, and took prisoner.
It was agreed between them that night that Hector
should hold the estates until John attained the
age of twenty-one, after which Hector promised to
restore the estates, and to acknowledge John ever
afterwards as his chief. John's supporters insisted

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 23

that Ellandonan Castle, being the principal residence
of the family, should be given up to him at <>nce.
As Malcolm Mac Ian Charrich refused, however, to
surrender the Castle, John's supporters laid siege to
it. and had Malcolm's cattle brought down to the
seaside and there slaughtered to feed the besiegers.
Malcolm, however, would not surrender without
Hector's consent, and even when this was obtained,
Malcolm still refused to surrender until compensated
for the loss of his cattle. Hector eventually per-
suaded Malcolm to yield,- whereupon John of Killin
dismissed him from the Constableship, to which he
appointed Finlay's son, Christopher. It is said that
the Claim Ian Charrich family of Macraes did not
afterwards assume much importance in Kintail.
Finlay is said to have had four sons.

1. Christopher, of whom below.

2. John, called Ian Mor nan Cas (Big John of
the feet), a name which he is said to have received
under the following circumstances : Roderick,1
brother of John of Killin, being charged with man-
slaughter, King James V. ordered him to be given
up to justice. John of Killin accordingly set out
with a party of men to apprehend him in Kintail,
but Roderick, being a very powerful man, " and un-
willing to be brought as a prisoner, while the party
were struggling to bring him, and could not, this
John took him by the feet, and so got him down,
when each man having a leg, an arm, or some other
hold of him, they carried him along until he con-
sented to walk on his feet with them to the presence

l Thig Roderick waa progenitor of the Mackenzie*, Achilty, Fairburn. &c.

24 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

of his injured brother." John Mor nan Cas left
sons, and his descendants appear to have settled in
Lochcarron and Kishorn, where several of them are
said to have been living in 1786.

3. Gilpatrick is also sai:l to have left issue.

4. Miles or Maolmuire. was killed at Kinloch-
ewe shortly before 1539 by the followers of Donald
Gorm Macdonald, of Sleat. Part of a monument
erected on the spot where Miles was killed is said
to have been standing about 1700. Miles left
numerous issue, some of whom appear to have lived
in Gairloch, and others in Tain.

IV. CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Finlay,
was appointed Constable of Ellandonan Castle,
as already stated, probably about 1511. Very little
is known about him except that he held the office
with trustworthiness and success, until shortly
before Donald Gorm's invasion of Kintail in 1539.
His sons were —

1. Christopher, called Christopher Beg (Little
Christopher), whose male succession terminated in
1685.

2. Duncan, of whom below.

3. Farquhar, progenitor of the Torlysich
family, of whom hereafter. The descendants of this
Farquhar were called the Black Macraes, as dis-
tinguished from the descendants of his brother
Duncan, who were called the Fair Macraes.

4. Finlay, called Finlay Dubh. He married
Isabel, daughter of Sir Dougal Mackenzie, Priest
of Kintail, who is spoken of as a very beautiful
woman, but of doubtful character. Finlay lived

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 125

at iryugan, near Ardintoul. While his brother
Duncan, who married Sir Dougal's widow, was
living in Strathglass, as mentioned below, Finlay
went to see him, and his wife went along with him
to see her mother. During this visit Finlay's wife
made the acquaintance of a man called Alister
Dubh, a son of Chisholm of Comer. Alister Dubh
afterwards followed her to Kintail, and, taking
advantage one day of Finlay's absence from home,
eloped with her to Strathglass. She had a
young boy called Christopher, whom she took with
her. °This Christopher settled in Strathglass, where
he became a man of importance and means, and
from him the Macraes of Strathglass were
descended. Finlay, believing that his wife had
encouraged Alister Dubh's plot, did not attempt to
bring her back, and disowned her henceforth.

5. John.

6. Donald.

V. DUNCAN, second son of Christopher IV.,
was called Donnacha Mac Gillechriosd. He was in
his own day a prominent man in the affairs of
Kintail, and gained great renown for himself by
killing Donald Gorm Macdonald, of Sleat, at the
siege of Ellandonan Castle, in 1539.1 The circum-
stances which led to that event were the following :
Some time before this, Donald Gorm, having
devastated the lands of Macleod of Dunvegan, who

1 There seems to be some doubt as to the date of this siege. 1539 is the
date usually given, but 1537 is also mentioned. As the feud aj>|>ears to have
continued for some time, and as Donald Gorm made more than one raid into
Kintail, it is possible that 1537 may have been the date of the first rai.l, and
1539 the date of the one which resulted in his death,

26 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

was an ally of John of Killin, passed over to the
mainland, laid waste the district of Kinlochewe, and
killed, among others, Miles, son of Finlay Macrae,
as already mentioned. John of Killin, naturally
exasperated by this unprovoked invasion of his
own territory, as well as by the raid against his
friend and ally, Macleod of Dunvegan, sent his son
Kenneth to Sleat with a large body of followers to
retaliate on the Macdonalds. Thereupon Donald
Gorm invaded Kintail with a strong party, carried
off a great deal of booty, and aggravated matters
further still by killing Sir Dougal Mackenzie,1
Priest of Kintail, who was then living at Achyuran,
in Glensheil. It would appear that both parties
made more than one raid into each other's terri-
tories, and that the feud continued for some time.
At all events, on a subsequent occasion, Donald
Gorm, hearing that Ellandonan Castle was but very
weakly garrisoned, made a sudden raid upon it with
a number of birlins or galleys, full of his
followers, in the hope of being able to take it
by surprise. The Constable of the Castle at this
time was John Dubh Matheson, of Fernaig, who
had married Sir Dougal Mackenzie's widow,

1 Sir Dougal Mackenzie appears to have been a member of the House of
Kintail. A certain Sir ] >migal Mackenzie is said to have been one of the
Commissioners sent to the Pope in 1491 to procure the legitimisation of
Kenneth a Bhlair's marriage with Agnes Fraser of Lovat. It is not impossible
that this may have been the man who was killed by Donald Gorm nearly
fifty years afterwards, even though he left a young and marriageable widow.
The Sir Dougal who went to Rome is said to have been made a " Knight to
the boot of Pope Clement VIII." The title Sir, however, a-s formerly applied
to the Clergy, did not imply any superiority of rank. It simply meant that
the bearer of it had taken only the degree of Bachelor of Arts, whereas the
title Mr indicated the higher degree of Master of Arts.

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and hail recently been appointed to the Constable-
ship in succession to Christopher Macrae. The
rumour that reached Donald Gorm with regard to
the unprotected state of Ellandonan was only too
true, for John Dubh and the watchman were the
only two in the Castle. The advance of the
boats was noticed by the watchman, who gave
the alarm; but there was no time to gather
men from the mainland before the enemy arrived.
It so happened, however, that Duncan Mac Gille-
chriosd was passing by on his way from Lochalsh,
and, hearing the cry of alarm, he made for
the. Castle with all speed. He arrived there before
the enemy, and thirsting for revenge against the
Macdonalds for having lately killed his uncle Miles
at Kinlochewe, he took his stand at the postern
gate of the tower and killed several of the crew of
the first galley as they were landing. As the
enemy crowded upon him in increasing numbers,
he made his way into the tower, and barricad-
ing the gate behind him, joined the Constable and
the watchman in defending the Castle.

Donald Gorm immediately began a furious
battering of the gate, but the dauntless three had
so strongly secured it with iron bars on the inside,
and they harassed the besiegers so much by throw-
ing stones among them from within, that he was
obliged to withdraw his men. Both sides now
began to use their bows and arrows. The Mac-
donalds, who were suffering heavily themselves,
aimed at the embrasures, and in this way they
unfortunately succeeded in killing the Constable.

-J 8 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Duncan was now left alone with the watchman and
his last arrow to defend the fort. This arrow he
resolved to save until a favourable opportunity
occurred for making effective use of it. The oppor-
tunity soon arrived, for at this stage Donald
Gorm had the masts of some of his galleys taken
down for the purpose of trying to make a
breach in the wall or to mount it, and as he
moved round the Castle to discover the weakest and
most suitable point of attack, Duncan, thinking the
opportunity a favourable one, took aim with his last
arrow, and struck him on the foot. The arrow was
a barbed one, and in pulling it out of the wound an
artery was severed. Every possible effort was
made to stop the bleeding, but without avail. The
wounded chief was then conveyed by his men some
distance away from the Castle to a reef, which
is still called Larach Ugh Mhic DhomhnuiU, or the
site of Macdonald's house, where he died.

For this service against the Macdonalds, James
V. gave John of Killin considerable additions of
land in the county of Ross, and the Macraes were
thus once more instrumental in increasing the
substance and the honours of the House of Kin-
tail.

Duncan now thought, with some reason, that he
had a good claim to succeed John Dubh Matheson
as Constable of EUandonan, but John of Killin
thought him too rash and passionate for the post.
He then put in a claim for his brother Farquhar,
but, to avoid quarrels and bitterness between
the Macraes and the Maclennans, who were also

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claimants for the post, it was decided to give it to
John MacMhurchaidh Dhuihh (John, the son of
Black Murdoch), priest of Kintail. Duncan was
so much offended at the treatment he received
in return for the excellent service he had rendered
that he left Kintail in disgust, and went to the
country of Lord Lovat, by whom he was kindly and
hospitably received. Lord Lovat gave him the
lands of Culigeran, in Strathglass, but Duncan
killed so many deer in the neighbouring forest of
Ben Vachart that Lovat was soon obliged to move
him some miles away to a place called Crochel,
where he lived for several years. While living at
Crochel the Baron of Kintail paid him several visits,
and frequently invited him to return to Kintail.
Duncan, who had all along retained an affection for
his native place, at last decided to accept Kintail's
offers.1 Lord Lovat, however, being anxious to
retain him, offered him for a small feu-duty the
lands of Clunes which Duncan's predecessors formerly
held. Duncan agreed to this proposal, and Lord
Lovat being about to proceed to the south, promised
him to have the necessary legal documents drawn
up there before his return. When Lovat departed

1 The year I'i'iT was probably the date of Duncan's return to Kintail. It
was not until after the siege of Ellamlonan Castle in 1539 that Duncan left
Kintail. and the first Lord Lovat, who died after that date, was Hugh, who
was killed at the battle of Blar-na-leine near Loch Lochy in 1544. The news
of his tragic end in such a famous ljattle could hardly have circulated as a
rumour that he died at Braemar. Hugh's successor, Alexander, the fifth Lord
Lovat, died at Aigas Island, in the Beauly River, in 15;i7. For some months
previous to his death he had been travelling for his health, and it is ipjite
possible that rumours of his death may have circulated during his travels, and
may have influenced Duncan's decision to remain in Kintail.

30 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

for the south, Duncan went to Kintail to inform
his friends of the offer he had received and his
intention of accepting it ; but while on this visit
a rumour reached him that Lord Lovat had died
at Braemar, and doubting whether Lovat's successor
would be willing to confirm the agreement, he
finally resolved to return to Kintail, where he
received the quarter land of Inverinate and Doris-
duan. At Inverinate, a romantic spot on the
north shore of Loch Duich, he lived for the rest
of his days, as did also his descendants after him for
more than two centuries. Duncan married the
widow of John Dubh Matheson, Constable of Ellan-
donan. She was a daughter of Duncan Ban of
Glenmoriston, and was first married to Sir Dougal
Mackenzie, as already stated. By her Duncan had
two sons and a daughter, who was carried away
from her father's sheiling in Affric, by John Macin-
taggart from Strathglass, who married her, and
by whom he had several sons and daughters.
Duncan lived to a good old age. His sons were —

( 1 ). Christopher, of whom below.

(2). John, who was " a resolute and warlike
man," and took a very active part in the great feud
which raged at this time between the Macdonalds of
Glengarry and the Mackenzies of Kintail. It is
said that " few parties were sent out on desperate
attempts to infest or annoy the enemy but John
was commander, and he seldom or never returned
without bloodshed. He might be called an Hazael
for speed of foot." His brother Christopher used
\,o tell him that his cruelty and bloodshed would

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 31

bring judgment upon himself or upon his family ;
and it is stated that, although he had three sons
who lived to old age, their progeny were of no great
consequence. His sons were —

a. Christopher.

b. Duncan, who was also a warrior like his
father, was an old man in 1654, when General
Monk visited Kintail. It is said that, some time
before this, Duncan consulted a local seer as to the
manner in which he should end his days, and was
informed that he would die by the sword. This
appeared so improbable in the case of an old warrior
who had taken part in so many blood}' frays, and
invariably escaped unhurt, that the question was
referred to " Coinneach Odhar,"1 the Brahan Seer,
who confirmed the first seer's prediction. Duncan,
however, gave the matter no credit, but one day,
while Monk and his army were in Kintail, the old
man left his house in Glensheil, and went up
among the hills, where he was met by some soldiers
who were wandering about in search of plunder,
and who spoke roughly to him in English, which he

1 Kenneth Mackenzie, better known as Coinneach Odhar (Dun Kenneth),
or the Brahan Seer, was one of those prophets of former times whose mystic
utterances have so frequently puzzled and startled people by their literal
fulfilment. He is said to have been born in Lews about the commencement of
the seventeenth century, and to have subsecpuently moved to the neighbour-
hood of Brahan, where he worked on a farm as a common labourer. Having
brought upon himself, by certain unguarded utterances, the resentment of
Lady Seaforth, he was by her orders apprehended, brought to trial as a
wizard, and sentenced by the ecclesiastical authority to lie burnt to death at
Fortrose. This is said to have happened while he was still a young man.
(For an interesting collection of the prophecies ascribed to him by the
traditions of Ross-shite, see The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer, by Alexander
Mackenzie, Inverness.)

32 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

did not understand. Unable to brook such an
insult the old man drew his sword, but was
immediately overpowered and killed by the soldiers.
This, we are told, was all the bloodshed committed
by General Monk and his soldiers in Kintail.
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CHAPTER III.

VI. Christopher. — Constable of Ellandonan Castle. — Origin of Fend
between Kintail and Glengarry. — Kenneth, Lord Kintail,
obtains Crown Charter for Glengarry's Possessions in Loch-
carron and Lochalsh. — Christopher and his Family contributed
to Kiutail's success. — Christopher an enterprising Cattle
Dealer. — His Convivial Habits. — His Friendship with Sir
Donald Macdonald of Sleat. — Christopher's Marriage and
Family. — Duncan called Donnacha Mac Gillechriosd. — One of
the Biggest Men in the Highlands. — Ian Mor a Chasteil. —
Duncan and a Companion take part in the Fight of Leac na
Falla, in Skye. — Angus Og of Glengarry invades Lochcarron.
— Lady Mackenzie and the Kintail Men prepare to intercept
Angus Og on his return. — Fight at the Cailleach Rock. — Death
of Angus Og. — His Burial at Kilduich. — Duncan robbed at
Elycht Fair. — The Rev. John, son of Christopher VI. — Tutor
or Governor to Colin, Earl Seaforth. — Other Descendants of
Christopher VI. — The Rev. Finlay Macrae of Lochalsh. — ■
Jacobite and Episcopalian. — Supports Rising of 1715. — De-
prived of his Living. — His Marriage. — His Descendants. —
Maurice, son of Christopher VI. — Christopher Og. — Domhnul
na Smurich, and Donald Beg.

VI. CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Duncan V., was
for some time Constable of Ellandonan Castle. He
is said to have been "prudent and solid in counsel
and advice, bold, forward and daring when need
required, yet remarkably merciful during the bloody
wars 'twixt Mackenzie and Glengarry." The circum-
stances which led to the great feud between Kintail

c

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and Glengarry1 appear to have been somewhat as
follows : — Donald Macdonald, who was Chief of
Glengarry about 1580, when the feud broke out,
inherited parts of Lochalsh, Lochcarron, and Loch-
broom from his grandmother, Margaret, one of the
sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Donald Macdonald of
Lochalsh, while Mackenzie of Kintail acquired the
portion of the other co-heiress, by purchase, in 1554.
With the territories of two such rival clans as the
Mackenzies and the Macdonalds, not only closely
adjoining, but in some instances mixed up together,
as those territories now were, trouble was bound to
arise. Men were constantly coming and going
between Lochcarron and Glengarry, and it appears
that in passing through Mackenzie's territories they
frequently committed acts of violence against the
people. In such circumstances it was not difficult
to find an excuse for a quarrel, and an incident soon
occurred which brought matters to a crisis. One of
Glengarry's men, having found it necessary for some
reason to leave his old home, settled, with his family
and cattle, in Glenaffric. Being a great hunter, he
frequently resorted to the neighbouring deer forest
of Glasletter, which then belonged to Mackenzie of
Gairloch. One day, while hunting there, accom-
panied by a servant, he was surprised by Gairloch's
forester, who called upon him to surrender. The
forester was a Macrae called Fionnla Dubh Mac Ian
Mhic Dhomh'uill Mhoir, or Fionla Dubh nam Fiadh

IFor an exhaustive account of this feud, see Mackenzie's History of the
Mackenzies, new edition, chapters on Colin Cam and Kenneth, first Lorc\
Kintail,

219094

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 35

(Black Finlay of the Deer),1 and he also was accom-
panied by a gillie or servant. The hunter refused to
surrender, whereupon Finlay Dubh and his companion
killed both the hunter and his servant, and buried
them under a bank. As soon as the murdered men
were missed, suspicion fell upon the forester and his
gillie, both of whom were brought to trial by Mac-
kenzie of Kintail, but nothing could be proved
against them. Shortly afterwards, however, the
bodies of the murdered men were found by their
friends, and, very little doubt being now left as to
who were the perpetrators of the dark deed, a party
of the Macdonalds set out to take vengeance.
Arriving at Glenstrathfarrar, which then belonged
to Mackenzie of Reclcastle, they plundered the place
and killed a brother of Finlay Dubh, the forester,
called Duncan Mac Ian Mhic Dbomh'uill Mhoir,
whom they found ploughing in his own field. When
tidings of this outrage reached Roderick Mor, who
was then the Laird of Redeastle, and who had old
grievances of a similar kind against the Macdonalds,
he resolved at whatever cost, and in spite of the
advice of more cautious friends, to take up the
quarrel. Such, then, was the commencement of this
feud, which lasted, with little intermission, for more
than a quarter of a century, and which ended in
favour of Mackenzie, who obtained a Crown charter
for Glengarry's possessions in Lochcarron and Loch-
alsh in 1607, and the superiority of all his other
possessions. To this result, which added still further

1 For the Kintail tradition of Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh and his exploits on
this occasion, see chapter on the legends and traditions of the clan.

36 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

to the power and influence of the House of Kintail,
Christopher and his family greatly contributed, and
we read that Kenneth, Lord Kintail, " did always
ask his advice in any matter of consequence he had
to do in the Highlands."

Not only was Christopher a bold and stout
warrior, he was likewise an enterprising man of
business. He was the first man in that part of
the country whc sent cattle to the markets of the
South. For that purpose he bought cattle yearly
from the neighbouring estates, and made so much
money in his cattle-dealing that " if he was as
frugal in keeping as he was industrious in acquiring,
he had proven a very rich man in his own country."
But he appears to have been a man of decidedly
convivial habits, and to have spent his money very
freelv, for when he went to Inverness, or to Fortrose,
which was then a very important place and much
frequented, " the first thing he did was to call his
landlord the vintner, and with him pitched upon
and agreed for the hogshead of wine that pleased
him best, resolving to drink it all with his acquaint-
ances before he left the town." He was on very
friendly terms with Sir Donald Macdonald of Sleat,
commonly called Donald Gorm Mor, grandson of
Donald Gorm, who was killed by Christopher's father
at the siege of Ellandonan Castle in 1539. This
Sir Donald was married to a sister of Kenneth, Lord
Kintail, and being on one occasion in the South,
along with his lady, he was detained there much
longer than he expected, with the result that he
ran short of money. There were no banking trans-

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 37

actions in those clays, and the credit of Highland
Chiefs, at all event in the South, was not always
good. In consequence of all this, Sir Donald was
obliged to go home for more money in order to
enahle his lady to travel in a manner suitable to
her rank, and meantime she remained behind in
Perth, to await the return of her husband. It so
happened, however, that Christopher was at this
time in the South with cattle, and hearing that
Lady Macdonald, the sister of his own Chief, was
in Perth, he went to pay her his respects. On
learning the cause of her delay, he told her that he
had with him money and men enough to meet all
expenses, and to escort her safely and suitably to
her home, if she would do him the honour of
accepting his services. Christopher's offer was
gladly accepted, and starting immediately for the
North, they arrived at Sleat the next day after Sir
Donald himself. Sir Donald, who was greatly sur-
prised and much delighted, persuaded Christopher
to remain with him for some days, with the result
that a fast friendship was established between the
two families, notwithstanding the fact that on one
occasion during the visit, while the cups were
circulating far too freely, Christopher made an ill-
timed reference to the death of Donald Gorm, and
so greatly roused the resentment of some of the
Macdonalds who were present, that they would
probably have killed him but for the interference
and protection of his host. Christopher was after-
wards greatly ashamed of what he said, and Sir
Donald and he continued to be very fast friends.

38 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Christopher married a daughter of the Rev. Mur-
doch Murchison,1 Priest of Kintail, and Constable of
Ellandonan Castle, who died in 1618, and by her
he had seven sons, all of whom were prosperously
settled before the death of their father.

1. Duncan, called Uonnacha Mac Gillechriosd,
is said to have been one of the biggest and strongest
men in the Highlands. " He was equal in height
and bulk of body" to John Grant, the contemporary
Laird of Glenmoriston, commonly called Ian Mor a
Chasteil (Big John of the Castle).2 We are told
that Duncan could pass through the doorway of the
Church at Kintail only by turning sideways, and it
appears, from what the clan historian relates of
him, that he was no less remarkable for his prowess
and force of character than for his bodily size.
" He was a stout, forward, and bloody man, and
delighted much in arms."

The following incident, which is related of
Duncan, not only shows the pleasure which he
himself found in fighting, but the light-heartediiess
and delight with which the Highlanders of those
days joined in any affray, whether they were con-
cerned in the quarrel or not. On a certain occasion
Duncan and another Kintail man, called Ian Og
Mac Fhionnla Dhuibh (Young John, the son of
Black Finlay), Avere in the Isle of Skye buying
horses. On their way home, by the Coolin Hills,
they observed bands of Macleods and Macdonalds,

l See Footnote, page 56.
2 For an interesting account of Ian Mor a Chasteil, who was Laird of
Glenmoriston from 1581 to 1637, see Mackay's Urquhart and Glenmoriston —
page 125.

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between whom there was a feud at the time,
gathering together and making preparations for
battle. Neither Duncan nor John was in any way
concerned in the quarrel, but Duncan thought
that such an opportunity of exercising themselves
in the art of war was too good to be thrown away,
and he easily persuaded his companion to join in
the fight. In order to avoid every appearance
of injustice or partiality they resolved to take
sides. John joined the Macleods, because his
mother was of that clan, while Duncan joined
the Macdonalds, and was no doubt very glad to
do so because of the friendship which had been
established between his father and their Chief.
Duncan had the support of a powerful servant,
who managed to get possession of a pass across
a rough stream for which both parties were con-
tending. This position he held against the Mac-
leods until the Macdonalds came up in full force,
with the result that the Macleods were defeated
with great slaughter. Tradition relates that this
was a very fierce and deadly struggle, and a
large flag-stone, which was covered with blood
at the close of the fight, is still pointed out and
known as Leac na falla1 (the flag-stone of blood).
As soon as the victory was decided, Duncan,
who received the hearty thanks of the Macdonalds,
went in search of his companion, John Og, and,
when he found him, they resumed and continued
their homeward journey as if nothing had hap-

1 The fight at Leac ua falla has been powerfully depicted ou canvas
by the well-known Highland artist, Mr Lockhart Bogle.

40 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

pened. Both had the good fortune to escape
without hurt or wound. Such were the stern
amusements in which our bold Highland forefathers
took most delight.

In his youth Duncan took a prominent part in
the great Glengarry feud. On one occasion, during
the temporary absence of Kenneth, Lord Kintail,
in Mull, Angus Og, son and heir of Macdonald of
Glengarry, and one of the bravest and most daring
of all his warriors, made a raid on Lochcarron in
November, about 1602, and put to death as many
of Kintail' s supporters — men, women, and children
— as he could lay hold of, seized the cattle and
drove them to Slumbay on the north coast of
Lochcarron, where his followers had left their boats.
Meantime news of the raid reached Kintail, and a
number of men immediately set out for Lochcarron,
but before they arrived Angus Og had already put
out to sea, and was beyond reach even of their
arrows. The Kintail men now returned to Ellan-
donan, but a few of the swiftest runners among
them took the shortest cut to Inverinate, where
they launched a newly-built twelve-oared galley
belonging to Duncan's father, and proceeded with
all speed to Ellandonan, their plan being, if possible,
to intercept Angus Og before he could pass through
Kylerea. At Ellandonan they found Kintaii's lady
superintending preparations for the expedition.
The galley was quickly manned by eighteen of the
best and the bravest men available, besides the
rowers, and placed under the command of Duncan.
They had also a small boat to attend on them, and

THE HISTORY OF TOE CLAN MACRAE. 41

on board the galley they had two small brass
cannons and some ammunition, which the lady served
out with her own hands, and before they started
she gave them an eloquent exhortation to play their
part bravely, and to maintain the honour of their
clan and their absent Chief like good and true men.
She then mounted the Castle wall and watched
them as they sailed away under cover of the fast
gathering shades of the winter night.

They had not gone far when they met a boat
coming to tell them that the Macdonalds were at
Kyleakin, apparently waiting for the turn of the
tide to help them through Kylerea, where the tidal
current is usually so strong that a boat can make
little headway against it. Shortly afterwards there
passed by the Kintail men, without observing them,
a small boat which they concluded to have been
sent on by the Macdonalds to see whether Kylerea
was clear. They allowed this boat to pass un-
challenged lest any alarm should be raised. It was
a calm moonlight night, with a covering of snow on
the ground, which added to the light and made it
easy to sail about even in narrow waters. The
Kintail men, therefore, decided to direct their course
at once towards the fleet of the Macdonalds, and
having filled their row-locks with seaweed to pre-
vent the pulsing noise of their oars, they steered
towards Kyleakin. As they approached the Cail-
leach Rock, which lies off the coast of Skye, and not
far from the Lochalsh end of Kylerea, they observed
the first of Macdouald's galleys drawing near. They
soon discovered that this was Angus Og's great

42 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

thirty-two oared galley, sailing some distance ahead
of the rest of his fleet with " his best men and
gentlemen " on board. Upon observing the Kintail
galley, which was quickly approaching him, Angus
challenged it two or three times, but the only answer
he received was a broadside from the brass cannon,
which, breaking some of the oars, disabled his galley
and threw it on the Cailleach Rock. His men, think-
ing they were driven ashore, crowded on to the rock.
When they discovered their mistake, and found a
stretch of water lying between them and the main-
land, they became completely confused and fell easy
victims to their assailants. Some of them at-
tempted to escape by swimming, but they no sooner
reached the shore than they were dispatched by
men whom Duncan landed by the little boat for
that purpose. Angus had about sixty men on
board his galley, every one of whom was either
killed or drowned. He himself was taken on board
the Kintail boat alive, but was mortally wounded in
the head and in the body, and died before the
morning. The remainder of his fleet, to the number
of about twenty galleys, hearing the sudden uproar
and firing at the Cailleach Rock, turned back in
confusion, and landing on the coast of Skye they
made their way to Sleat, and thence crossed to the
Mainland. " At this skirmish or little sea fight,"
says the Rev. John Macrae in his history of the
Mackenzies, " not one drop of blood was shed of the
Kintail men's, except of one called John Gauld Mac
Fhionnla Dhuibh (John the Stranger, son of Black
Finlay), whose dirk, being sli}3pery with blood, ran

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 43

through his fist and cut his four ringers. Certainly
their skill and dexterity in that expedition and
their unexpected victory and success ought not to
be ascribed to them, but to God, whose vengeance
justly followed those persons for their bloody
murders of men, women, and children, and who can
make any instrument prove powerful and effectual
to bring His own purpose to pass."

Meantime Lady Mackenzie was anxiously wait-
ing at Ellandonan for the result of the expedition.
She heard the tiring of the cannon in the night, and
from this she concluded that an engagement had
taken place. At daybreak she saw her protectors
returning, leading Angus Og's great galley along with
them. She rushed down to the shore to salute them,
and when she inquired if everything had gone well
with them, Duncan replied, " Yes, madam, and we
have brought you, without the loss of a single man,
a new guest whom we hope is welcome to you."
On looking into the galley she at once recognised
the body of Angus Og of Glengarry, and immedi-
ately gave orders that it should be properly attended
to. On the following day Angus Og was buried in
a manner suitable to his rank at Kilduich, in the
same grave as some of Lady Mackenzie's own
children. The common tradition in Kintail used
to be that he was buried in the doorway of the
church at Kilduich, but in a MS. history of the
Mackenzies, written about the middle of the seven-
teenth century,1 and which may be regarded as

l This MS., which is frequently quoted in Mackenzie's History of the

Mackenzies as the " Ancient MS.," together with llev. John Macrae's History

44 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

conclusive on this point, the writer tells us that
to say he was buried in the church door is a
" malicious lie," because he himself had seen " the
head raised out of the same grave and returned
again, wherein there were too small cuts, noways
deep."

Duncan, like his father, appears to have engaged
in cattle dealing, and from the record of a meeting
of the Privy Council held in Edinburgh on the
11th December, 1600, it appears that at the Fair
of Elcyht (Alyth?), on the 1st of November, 1599,
he was robbed by a certain Oliver Ogilvy and
others of twenty-six cows and four hundred silver
marks. Duncan died without male issue, but left
several daughters.

2. The Eev. Farquhar, second son of Chris-
topher, will be mentioned hereafter.

3. The Rev. John, third son of Christopher
VI., was "a man of an able and strong body, a
sharp and sagacious mind, and somewhat more
curious in his learning than his elder brother, Mr
Farcpihar." Mr John was governor or tutor to
Colin Mackenzie, first Earl of Seaforth, at the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh, and appears to have gained
a great influence over his pupil, whose " early and
unexpected death (in 1633) did so dispirit him that
he afterwards lived in the Highlands more obscurely
than was expected of him." He also studied medicine,
and left behind him a great reputation among his

of the Mackenzie.?, which is known as the Ardintoul MS., form the chief
authorities for this account of the death of Angus Og.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 45

own countrymen for his skill as a physician. He
was married to a daughter of Dugald Matheson of
Balmacarra, and lived to a great age. He left
three sons — Christopher, Donald, and Duncan. The
following extract, from the Rev. John Macrae's
history, is interesting as showing what an expen-
sive luxury tohacco was in the days of Mr John : —
" I remember that after Mr John's death, when his
friends were examining his papers, there was among
them a letter directed to him at Edinburgh from
Alexander Mackenzie, the first of the family of
Kilcoy, and son of Colin Cam, XI. of Kintail,
telling he had received the pound of tobacco sent
him, and blaming Mr John for not sending him
more of it, as he got it so cheap as twenty pounds
Scots the pound," that is £1 13s 4d sterling. It
need hardly be added that this sum meant much
more then than it does now.

4. FlNLAY, fourth son of Christopher VI., and
VII. from Finlay Dubh Mac Gille Chriosd, is said
to have been a handsome man, and of good ability
according to the education he received. He was
frugal and industrious, and left considerable means
to his children. He did not live long, but left
four sons, the eldest of whom was

(viii.) Donald, called Domhnull Dubh. He is
spoken of as an able, strong man, of good sense,
and well to live. He had five sons and three
daughters —

(1.) Christopher, "a well-humoured, free-hearted
gentleman," died young and without issue.

(2.) Donald, mentioned below,

46 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(3.) FlNLAY.

(4.) Duncan.

(5.) Farquhar.

(6.) A daughter, who married Alexander Macrae
of Achyark, son of Alexander of Inverinate.

(7.) Margaret, who married Farquhar, son of
Alexander of Inverinate.

(8.) A daughter, who married Alexander, brother-
german of Murdoch Mackenzie of Fairburn.

(ix.) Donald, son of Donald Dubh, was called
Donald Og (Donald the Younger). He is said to
have been well known in the North, and in many-
parts of the South, for an "affable, generous gentle-
man." He was endowed with great natural parts
and ready wit, and though he got little education,
he was Chamberlain of Kintail for several years,
and discharged the duties of the post with exact-
ness and success. He married, first, Anne, daughter
of Alexander Macrae of Inverinate, who died within
a year of her marriage, without issue. He married,
secondly, Isabel, daughter of John Grant of Corri-
mony, by whom he had several sons and daughters,
though the names of only three are recorded —

(1.) Alexander, for whom he made liberal pro-
visions.

(2.) The Rev. Finlay, mentioned below.

(3.) The Rev. Duncan, who was a youth of great
promise, and an eloquent preacher. He was edu-
cated at Aberdeen, and was tutor in the family of
Mackenzie of Findon, where he died in November,
1690. He was buried in Dingwall.

(x.) The Rev. Finlay, second son of Donald Og,

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was educated at St Leonard's College, St Andrews,
and obtained his degree on the 24th July, 1679.
He officiated for a time in the Island of Cumbray,
in the Firth of Clyde, which he left at the time
of the Revolution in 1G88. He was afterwards
presented to the parish of Lochalsh by Frances,
Countess of Seaforth, in 1G95. Being a strong
Jacobite and Episcopalian, he refused to conform
to Presbytery, or to take the prescribed oaths, and
was consequently looked upon as an intruder by
the Presbyterians. In 1715 he strongly urged his
parishioners to take up arms on behalf of the House
of Stuart, under William, Earl of Seaforth, and it
was, no doubt, to some extent owing to his influ-
ence that so many of the men of Lochalsh joined
in that rising. His sympathy with the House of
Stuart cost him his parish, of which he was de-
prived on the 21st September, 1716. The Rev. ,
Finlay is said to have been "a great philosopher
and divine, a clear preacher, of ministerial and
dignified appearance, and much given to hospitality
and charity." He married Margaret, daughter of
Duncan Macrae of Inverinate, with issue, and died
not later than 1728, as his son, John, was served
heir on the 15th October of that year. So far as
it can now be traced, the succession of the Rev.
Finlay is as follows —

(1.) John, mentioned below.
(2.) Hector, who was tacksman of Ardelve, and
was alive in 1761, as he is said to have been tutor
or guardian to the family of John Macrae of
Conchra, who died in that year.

48 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(3.) Donald, called Donald Bane, married Bar-
bara Macrae, widow of John, son of the Rev.
Donald Macrae of Kintail, with issue —

(a.) Finlay, called Finlay Fadoch, a well-known
schoolmaster in Fadoch, and afterwards in Ardelve,
about the close of the last and beginning of the
present century. He afterwards went, when a
very old man, to America. He married a daughter
of John Macrae (Ian Mac Mhurachaidh), the Kin-
tail poet, and had issue — («1) Duncan, born 1803 ;
(«2) Anne, who married Duncan Macrae, Drudaig,
and went to America ; («3) Barbara, who married
Kenneth Mackenzie, Lochcarron, with issue — Ken-
neth, Malcolm, and Thomas.

(b.) Jane, who married Murdoch Macrae, who
had a son, Malcolm, who married Janet Macrae
and had a son, John, now living at Dornie, and a
daughter, Isabella, married to Roderick Matheson at
Totaig Ferry.

(4.) Marion, daughter of the Rev. Finlay, married
John Matheson, and had, with other issue, a son,

(a.) Alexander, who was for some years tenant of
Reraig, in Lochalsh, and afterwards merchant and
schoolmaster at Dornie. He married Catherine
Matheson of the Bennetsfield family, and had with
other issue —

(al.) John, who married Isabella, daughter of
Donald Macrae, and had a large family, of whom
are Alexander Matheson, shipowner, and Betsie
Matheson, shopkeeper, both living at Dornie.

(a2.) Farquhar, who married Isabella, daughter
of Kenneth Mackenzie, Kishorn, of the Applecross

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family, and had a large family, one of whom is
Kenneth Matheson, merchant, Salen, in Argyllshire,
who is married, with issue. Another is the well-
known Dr Farquhar Matheson, of London. After
studying at the Universities of Glasgow and Aber-
deen, and graduating in medicine, Dr Farquhar
Matheson went as a young man to London, where
he has risen to eminence in his profession, and is
particularly recognised as an experienced and skil-
ful specialist in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.
He is one of the surgeons to the Royal Ear and
Throat Hospital, London. For many years he has
been one of the best known and most influential
Highlanders in London, and is at the present time
(1896) President of the Gaelic Society of London,
Joint Secretary of the Highland Society, Governor
and Surgeon to the Royal Scottish Hospital, a
Justice of the Peace for the County of London, and
a Fellow of several learned and scientific Societies.
Dr Matheson is married and has issue, two daugh-
ters, Isabel and Barbara, and a son, Farquhar, at
present a student of Cambridge University.

(a3). Margaret married Farquhar Matheson, and
had, with other issue, a daughter, Margaret, who
married Duncan Matheson, innkeeper, Dornie, and
had issue : — Donald, now living in Glasgow, married
Christina Macpherson, with issue ; Farquhar, now
living at Dornie, married Jane Macrae (Auchtertyre
family) ; Mary married Andrew Ross ; Margaret
married Farquhar Macrae now living at Inversheil.1

1 This statement of the descendants of Marion, daughter of the Rev.
Finlay Macrae, is taken from a full and interesting account of her descendants,
given to the author by the above-mentioned Miss Betsie Matheson of Dornie,
in August, 1896.

50 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(5). Isabel, who married Duncan, son of Alex-
ander Macrae of Conchra, with issue.

(xi). John, eldest son of the Rev. Finlay, was
served heir on the 15th October, 1728. Tradition
says he was one of the best swordsmen of his
time in the Highlands,1 and he appears to have been
a man of mark in his own country. He had a son —

(1). Alexander, who married, as his first wife,
Isabella Macrae, and had issue,

(a). Hector married Anne Macrae, with issue ;
Alexander, now a blacksmith at Bundalloch, married
with issue; and John, who died about 1890, leaving
issue.

(b). Isabella.

Alexander, son of John, son of the Rev. Finlay,
married, as his second wife, Kate Macrae, and had
issue.

(c). Duncan, who married Flora, daughter of John
Macrae by his wife, Catherine, daughter of John
Og, son of the Rev. Donald Macrae of Kintail, and
by her had issue— (cl) John, married with issue, in
America ; (c2) Alexander, who died unmarried ;
(c3) Donald, now living at Fadoch, married a
daughter of the late Alexander Macrae, commonly
known as Alister Mor na Pait (Big Alexander of
Patt), and has issue : — Duncan, Helen, Alexander,
John, now living in London, and by whom this
statement of the descendants of his grandfather,
Duncan, was given to the author in November, 1896.
Catherine, Duncan, Farquhar, James, Donald,
Flora ; (c4) Anne, married with issue, in America ;

1 See chapter on legends and traditions of the clan.

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(c5) Isabella ; (c6) Flora ; (c7) Helen, married in
Strathglass ; (c8) Catherine, married Donald Mac-
donald, with issue —

(d). John; (e). Farquhar, married with issue, and
went to America ; ( f). Mary ; (g). Catherine ; (h).
Rebecca.

5. Maurice, fifth son of Christopher VI., is
said to have been a strong and industrious man,
who loved Kintail better than any other place.
He had advantageous oilers from Earl Colin to go
to Kinlochewe ; but he would not go, and the Earl,
appreciating his devotion to his native place, gave
him his choice of a tack in it. He was a man of
means, and gave money to the Laird of Chisholm,
for which he and his successors had grazing in Glen
Affric till the principal was paid. Maurice was
drowned in Strathglass on his way home from
Inverness, and was buried in Kintail. He left
issue.

G. Christopher, sixth son of Christopher VI.,
was called Christopher Og. He left sons and
daughters.

7. Donald, seventh son of Christopher VI., was
called Domhnull na Smurich,1 or Domhnull Beg.
He was of short stature, " but so remarkable for
strength and nimbleness that few would venture
to compete with him, since all that did were worsted
in such exercises as required strength and dexterity.
He was a great drover, lived well but not long, and
left no male issue."

1 Smurich, genitive of smuracli, which means dross or dust.

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CHAPTER IV.

VII. Rev. Farquliar Macrae. — Birth. — Education. — Scholarship. —
Chosen to be one of the Regents of Edinburgh University. —
Appointment opposed by Lord Kintail. — Headmaster of Fort-
rose Grammar School. — Admitted to Holy Orders. — Appointed
Vicar of Gairloch. — Ironworks in Gairloch. — Sir George Hay
aud Mr Farquhar. — Sir George appointed High Chancellor
of Scotland, and created Earl of Kinnoull. — His subsequent
Career and Death. — His Offers to Mr Farquhar. — Mr Farquhar
persuaded by the "Tutor of Kintail " to decline them. — Mr
Farquhar visits Lews. — Death of Lord Kintail. — Mr Farquhar
appointed Vicar of Kintail and Constable of Ellandonan
Castle. — Earl Colin's periodical visits to Kintail. — Wadsets to
Mr Farquhar and his Sons. — Earl Kenneth receives his Early
Education from Mr Farquhar. — Complaints made to the
Bishop of Mr Farquhar's worldliness. — Preaches before the
Bishop. — Complaints dismissed. — Leaves Ellandonan Castle.—
General Monk's Visit to Kintail. — The Rev. Donald Macrae
appointed to Kintail as Assistant to his Father. — Social cir-
cumstances of Kintail in Mr Farquhar's time. — His Marriage
and Family. — His Death.

VII.— THE REV. FARQUHAR MACRAE, second
son of Christopher (VI.), was born at Ellandonan
Castle in 1580. He was a delicate child, but grew
up to be a man of good physique and great bodily
strength. His father, perceiving that he possessed
good ability and a talent for learning, sent him to
school at Perth, where he remained for four or five
years, and became very proficient in Latin. Some

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of his exercises and discourses in that language are
mentioned as being still preserved in the year 1704.
From Perth he proceeded to the University of
Edinburgh, where he studied under James Reid,
one of the Regents or Professors of the University,
and soon surpassed all his fellow students in the .
study both . of classics and of philosophy. His '
repute for learning and scholarship was so great at
the University that he was unanimously chosen in
1603 to succeed James ' Reid as Regent, but
Kenneth, Lord Kintail,' who was in Edinburgh at
the time, earnestly opposed the appointment, as he
was anxious to secure Mr Farquhar's services for his
own people in the Highlands. Mr Farquhar himself
was not anxious to accept the appointment either,
as his great desire was to become a preacher of the
Gospel, and ..with' a view to that calling he had.
already studied divinity at the University. He
therefore fell in readily with Lord Kintail's pro-
posal, and about. this time left the University to fill-
the post of headmaster of the Fort rose Grammar
School, which then enjoyed a great reputation in the
North, and where he remained for about fifteen
months. He appears to have passed his " trials " or
examinations for the Church while he was at Fort-
rose, and having been admitted to Holy Orders he
very soon acquired celebrity as a " sound, learned,
eloquent, and grave preacher."

About this time some ironworks1 were commenced
at Letterewe, on Loch Maree, in the parish of Gair-

l For an interesting account of the historic ironworks, not only in
Gairloch but in other parts of the Highlands, see J. M. Dixon's Qairloch, (.age
75, &c. -■--.-.

54 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

loch, by Sir George Hay, who afterwards figured
prominently in Scottish history as the Earl of Kin-
noull and High Chancellor of Scotland. Sir George
introduced a colony of Englishmen to carry on the .
works. It therefore became necessary to provide
for that parish a clergyman who could preach well
in English, and Bishop David Lindesay, who then
held the diocese of Ross, selected the young Mr
Farquhar as the most suitable man at his disposal.
He was accordingly appointed Vicar of Gairloch in
1608, and continued to hold that office until 1618.
We read, however, that another Vicar, the Rev.
Farquhar Mackenzie, was admitted to the parish of
Gairloch about the year 1614. The probability is
that the two clergymen shared the work of the
extensive parish between them, and that the Rev.
Farquhar Macrae restricted his ministrations to the
English-speaking ironworkers, and to the part of
the parish which lies to the north of Loch Maree,
and which was then regarded as part of the parish
of Lochbroom. Mr Farquhar's ministrations gave
great satisfaction, not only to the native people of
Gairloch, but also to the ironworkers, and more
especially to Sir George Hay himself, who found
great pleasure in his society, and became much
attached to him. Sir George was a learned lawyer
and a man of science, and probably did not find the
contemporary Laird of Gairloch — John Roy Mac-
kenzie1— such congenial company as the scholarly
and cultured Vicar. John Roy does not appear to

l John Roy Mackenzie was Laird of Gairloch from 1566 to 1628. He was
a warrior of renown, anrl among his bravest followers were some of the
Macraes of Kiutail. See chapter on the legends and traditions of the ckui.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 55

Lave been a very loyal supporter of the Church, for
in 1612 we find Mr Farquhar raising an action,
against him for payment of the teiuds or tithes.
The action went on for several years, and was won
by Mr Farquhar, who, in 1616, let the tithes of
Gairloch to Alexander Mackenzie, Fiar of Gairloch,
for the yearly sum of £80 Scots.1 Mr Farquhar
lived at Ardlair, which is only about four miles from
Letterewe,2 where Sir George lived, and as there
were probably very few men of scholarly and scien-
tific tastes in Gairloch in those days, Sir George and
Mr Farquhar were, no doubt, a good deal in one
another's company. There is a large and prominent
rock of a peculiar shape at Ardlair called the
" Minister's stone," which is still pointed out as one
of the places where Mr Farquhar used to preach,
both in Gaelic and in English.3

About 1616 Sir George Hay left Letterewe for
the south, in 1622 he was appointed High Chancel-
lor of Scotland, and was afterwards created Earl of
Kinuoull. His subsequent career was one of great
distinction and usefulness until his death in 1634,
at the age of sixty-two. So much was Sir George
attached to Mr Farquhar, that when he was leaving
Letterewe he strongly urged him to leave Gairloch
and seek a wider field for his talents in the south.
Sir George offered him a choice of several parishes
which were in his own patronage. He also promised

1 Mackenzie's History of the Maekenzies, New Edition, pages 415-416.

2 Both Ardlair and Letterewe are situated on the Nurth-East Coast of
Loch Maree.

3 There iR an illustration of this stone in Mr .1. H. Dixon's hook on Gair-
loch (page 81), which also contains several interesting and appreciative
references to Mr Farquhar. . .

56 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

him a yearly pension, and undertook to get him
ecclesiastical promotion. Mr Farquhar decided to
accept this liberal offer, and to accompany Sir George
to the south, and considering his own ability and the
great influence of his patron, it is quite possible that
if he had done so his career in the Church would
have been a very successful and distinguished one.
But Colin, Lord Kintail, or more probably his uncle
Roderick, the celebrated " Tutor of Kintail " — for
Colin was then a minor — interposed, as Lord Kenneth
had done in Edinburgh, being resolved at whatever
cost to retain Mr Farquhar's services for his own
people, and promising him the vicarage of Kintail
in succession to the occupying incumbent, the Rev.
Murdoch Murchison, Mr Farquhar's uncle,1 who
at this time must have been well advanced in years.
Mr Farquhar once more sacrificed bright and
promising prospects out of a sense of loyalty to the
House of Kintail, and remained in Gairloch.

It was during Mr Farquhar's incumbency of Gair-
loch that Kenneth, Lord Kintail, finally brought the
island of Lews under his rule. In 1610 his lordship

1 It would appear from Fasti Ecclesue ScoticaruB that Mr Farquhar
succeeded his grandfather as Constable of Ellandonan and Vicar of Kintail,
as it is there stated that Christopher Macrae, that is Mr Farquhar's father,
married a daughter of Murdoch Murchison, Constable of Ellandonan and
Vicar of Kintail, Mr Farquhar's predecessor, who would thus be also his
grandfather; but according to the Rev. John Macrae, Mr Farquhar succeeded
his uncle in the Vicarage of Kintail. There are three men of the name
Murchison mentioned in connection witli Kintail during this period : — (1)
John Murchison, called John Mac Mhurchaidh Dhuibh (John, the son of Black
Murdoch), Priest of Kintail, who was made Constable of Ellandonan, in
succession to John Dubh Matheson, who was killed by Donald Gorm in 1539 ;
(2) John Murchison, who was Reader of Kintail from 1574 to 1614 (the
Reader was a man appointed to read the Scriptures and the new Protestant
Service Book of this period) ; (3) Murdoch Murchison, who was Yicar of

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 57

visited the island, and with a view to revive the
religious life of the people, which was then at a very
low ebb, he took Mr Farquhar along with him. The
state of matters in Lews may be imagined from the
fact that for forty years previous to Mr Farquhar's
visit no one appears to have been baptised or married
in the island. The people had practically lapsed into .
heathenism, but Mr Farquhar's visit worked a change
and his mission proved thoroughly successful. Large
numbers of the people were baptised,1 some of them
being fifty years of age, and many men and women
were mairied who had already lived together for
years. The success of this mission went far to re-
concile the inhabitants of Lews to Lord Kintail's
rule, to which they all the more cheerfully and
readily submitted upon his promising that he would
provide for the permanent settling among them of
such another man as Mr Farquhar. Having suc-
ceeded in establishing good order and contentment
in the island, no doubt largely by the aid of Mr
Farquhar, who appears to have remained there for
some time, his lordship, who was seized by sudden
illness, returned to Fortrose, where he died shortly

Lochalsh from 1582 to 1614, when he became Vicar of Kintail, until his death
in 1618. These men were undoubtedly members of the same family, but it is
not clear what their relationship was to one another. From an examination of
the dates it would seem probable that the last two were brothers, and the sons
of the first. In that case, if Murdoch was Mi- Far juhir's uncle, as he almost
certainly was. Mr Farquhar's mother would be a daughter, not of the Rev.
Murdoch Murchison, as stated on page 38 of this book, but of John Murchison,
Priest of Kintail, who was made Constable of Ellandonan in 1539.

1 According to one of the traditions of Kintail, the number that came to
be baptised by Mr Fanjuhar was so great that, being unable to take them
individually, he was obliged to sprinkle the water at random on the crowd with
a heather besom.

58 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

afterwards, in 1611, and was succeeded by his son
Colin, who was subsequently created first Earl of
Seaforth.

In 1618 the vicarage of Kintail became vacant
by the death of the Rev. Murdoch Murchison, who
was also Constable of Ellandonan Castle, and Mr
Farquhar was appointed to fill both offices. The
deed by which those appointments were conferred
upon him was drawn up at Fortrose in that year.1
At Ellandonan Castle he lived for many years in
" an opulent and flourishing condition, much given
to hospitality and charity." Colin, Earl of Seaforth,
lived most of his time at Fortrose, but made period-
ical visits to Ellandonan in " great state and very
magnificently," Referring to these visits, the Rev.
John Macrae, of Dingwall, grandson of Mr Farquhar,
gays — " I have heard my grandfather say that Earl
Colin never came to his house with less than three
and sometimes with five hundred men. The Con-
stable (of Ellandonan) was bound to furnish them
victuals for the first two meals, till my lord's officers
were acquainted to bring in his own customs."
When Earl Colin visited his West Coast estates the
lairds and gentlemen of the neighbourhood and of
the Isles, including Maclean, Clanranald, Raasay,
and Mackinnon, used to come to pay him their
respects at Ellandonan Castle, where they feasted in
great state, and consumed "the wine and other
liquors" that were brought from Fortrose in the
Earl's train. When these lairds and gentlemen left
the castle Earl Colin called together all the principal

1 The Rev. John Macrae's history of the Macraes,

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men of Kintail, Lochalsh, and Lochcarron, who went
with him to the forest of Monar, where they had a
great hunt, and from Monar he used to return to
Fortrose.

Earl Colin died at Fortrose in 1633, and was
succeeded by his brother, Earl George, who con-
firmed Mr Farquhar in his various appointments
and offices, and renewed his wadset rights to the
lands of Uornie, Inig, Aryugan, Drambuie, and other
places in Kintail. Not only did Mr Farquhar secure
these rights during his own lifetime, but on payment
of a certain sum of money to the Earl he received
an extension of them for some years in favour of his
son, the Rev. John Macrae, of Dingwall, while the
wadset rights of Inverinate, Dorisduan, and Let-
terimmer, which appear to have been already in the
family for some generations, were confirmed in favour
of his son Alexander on payment of a sum of six
thousand merks Scots.

When Earl George's son and heir, Kenneth, who
was born at Brahan Castle in 1G35, was about six
years of age his father placed him under the care of
Mr Farquhar of Ellandonan, where the sons of
neighbouring gentlemen were brought to keep him
company. Here the young heir remained for several
years without suffering any disadvantage, for we
read that under the wholesome rather than delicate
diet prescribed by Mr Farquhar, he began to have
a " healthy complexion," and grew up so strong that
he was able to endure much labour and fatigue,
and so great in stature that he became known as
Coiuneach Mor— big Kenneth, He also became SO

60 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

thoroughly acquainted with the language and cir-
cumstances of the people, that he was considered,
in his own time, to he the best chief in the High-
lands and Islands of Scotland. Nor was his book
learning neglected, for when he was taken from
Ellandonan to be placed in a public school, he gave
every evidence, not only of ability, but of good
training also. He entered King's College, Aberdeen,
in 1651, but the troubles of the Civil War prevented
him from finishing his course, which, as far as it
went, did full credit to Mr Farquhar's tuition.

But the influence and prosperity of Mr Farquhar
excited the envy and jealousy of some of his neigh-
bours, who made complaint to Patrick Lindesay,
Bishop of Ross, that he was becoming too worldly
and was neglecting his ministerial duties. Upon re-
ceiving these complaints the Bishop called upon Mr
Farquhar to preach before the next provincial
Assembly of the Diocese or Synod. The Bishop him-
self preached on the first day from the text, " Ye are
the salt of the earth." It was Mr Farquhar's turn
to preach the second day, and he had unfortunately
chosen the same text as the Bishop. Mr Farquhar
told some of his brother clergymen of this fact, and
it eventually came to the ears of the Bishop, who
sent for Mr Farquhar and told him on no account to
change his text. Mr Farquhar acquitted himself on
this occasion with such eloquence and ability that it
was " a question among his hearers whether the High-
land salt or Lowland salt savoured best," and the
Bishop himself was so impressed with the sermon
that he not only dismissed the complaints as ground-

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61

less but received Mr Farquhar into special favour.
This must have occurred comparatively early in Mr
Farquhar's incumbency of Kintail, as Bishop Patrick
Lindesay's rule of the Diocese of Ross terminated in
1633 and it was probably some time before that
date , as we are told that he was " held in esteem by
the Bishop ever after "-a phrase which would seem
to imply that the Bishop's personal acquaintance
with him extended over several years. Bishop
Patrick Lindesay was succeeded by Bishop John
Maxwell, who invited Mr Farquhar on more occasions
than one to preach before him. His brother clergy-
men were always greatly pleased with his perform-
ances in the pulpit, and on one occasion when the
Bishop himself was asked for his opinion, he declared
Mr Farquhar to be " a man of great gifts, but un-
fortunately lost in the Highlands, and pity it were
his lot had been there." Had Mr Farquhar chosen
to carry his services to the more tempting fields ot
work afforded by the large towns of the South, no
doubt his career might have been very much greater
and more distinguished from a worldly point of view,
but the memories which he left behind him in Gair-
loch, and more especially in Lochalsh and Kintail,
where his name is still remembered with affection
and pride, clearly proves that his talents were not
lost even in the Highlands, and that his work among
the people bore rich fruit.

In 1651, Mr Farquhar left Ellandonan Castle

after a residence of thirty-three years, under cir-
cumstances described as follows by the Rev. John
Macrae in his history of the Mackenzie* :-Aiter

G2 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

the defeat of the supporters of King Charles II. at
Dunbar, on the 3rd September, 1650, and while Earl
George was absent in Holland, we find his son,
Kenneth, then a lad of about sixteen, raising men in
Kintail for the Royalist service. He was accom-
panied by his two uncles, Thomas Mackenzie of
Pluscardine and Simon Mackenzie of Lochslin,1
Roderick Mackenzie of Dochmaluag, and others.
For some reason or other, not explained, Mr
Farquhar incurred the displeasure of Lochslin, who
was acting as leader, and who would not march off
with the men until Mr Farquhar was removed from
Ellandonan Castle. Mr Farquhar, however, "refused
to go without violence, lest his going voluntarily
might be interpreted as an abdication of his right,
a yielding to the reason pretended against him, and
when all the gentlemen of my lord's friends there
refused to put hands on him, and the young laird
(Kenneth), his foster, refused to lay his commands
on them to remove him, Young Tarbat,2 being vexed
for delaying the march of the men for the King's
service, and Lochslin himself, led him to the gates
of the Castle, and then Mr Farquhar told them he
would go without further trouble to them, for he
was well pleased to be rid of the Island, because it
was a bad habitation for a man of his age and
corpulency." It is said, also, that he found it too

1 Simon Mackenzie of Lochslin was the father of Sir George Mackenzie
of Rosehaugh, Lord-Advocate of Scotland, a well-known historian and lawyer,
and who, in consequence of his severe administration of the law against the
Covenanters, has sometimes been called the " Bloody Mackenzie."

2 Young Tarbat was George Mackenzie, afterwards first Earl of Cromartie,
and at this time about twenty years of age.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 63

cold for his old age, which is not unlikely, consider-
ing the exposed nature of the site on which the
castle stood, nor is it unlikely either that the duties
of Constable were hecoming too heavy for a man
of his advanced years. The question of Mr
Farquhar's expulsion from Ellandonan Castle came
before the Preshytery of Dingwall on the 5th July,
1651,1 when a letter was read from Mr Farquhar,
who excused himself from attending, " being unable
to travel so far" ; while Simon of Lochslin excused
his absence from the same meeting on the ground
that he was employed in the " present expedition "
—that is the expedition which ended in the defeat
of the Royalist Army at Worcester on the 3rd
September, 1651. The collapse of the Royalist
party at Worcester led to fresh ecclesiastical
developments in the Presbytery of Dingwall, and
this case does not appear to have come under
consideration again. On leaving the castle Mr
Farquhar took up his residence at a sheltered spot
in the neighbourhood, called Inchchruter, " where
he lived very plentifully for eleven years, some
of his grandchildren, after his wife's death,
alternately ruling his house, to which there was
a great resort of all sorts of people, he being very
generous, charitable, and free-hearted." When
General Monk's army visited Kintail in 1654,2 they
took away three hundred and sixty of Mr Far-
quhar's cattle, for winch his friends strongly urged
him to put in a claim for compensation when King

1 Inverness and Dingwall Presbytery Records, edited by William Mackay.

2 For an account of General Monk's visit to Kintail, see Appendix E.

64 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

Charles II. was restored in 1660, but the old man
refused to do so, being so loyal to the House of
Stuart that he considered the successful restoration
of the King sufficient compensation for any loss he
might have suffered in the Royalist cause.

In 1656 Mr Farquhar, who was then seventy-six
years of age, is described as " being now aged and
infirm, and so unable to do duty as formerly, or as is
necessary to embrace or exercise the office and
function of the ministry at the said kirk (of Kintail)
as their lawful and actual minister." Accordingly
the Presbytery of Dingwall, at a meeting held on
the 14th February in that year,1 granted an Act of
Transportation to Kintail on behalf of Mr Donald
Macrae of Urray (Mr Farquhar's son), who had
received a call from the congregation of Kintail with
the consent of Mr Farquhar himself and the
approval of the Earl of Seaforth. Mr Donald was
admitted to Kintail as fellow-labourer and " con-
junct" minister with his father, on the 20th July
following, by the Rev. Alexander Mackenzie of
Lochcarron. A lengthy document, drawn up on the
24th June by the Presbytery, after "long and
mature deliberation," and setting forth in great
detail the conditions of this "conjunct ministrie,"
is preserved in the Records of the Presbytery of
Dingwall. Notwithstanding the care with which
this document was drawn up, difficulties arose
between the father and the son with regard to the
possession of the vicarage, and the matter was
discussed, privately, by Mr Donald's request, at a

1 Inverness and Dingwall Presbytery Records, edited by William Mackay.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 65

meeting of the Presbytery of Dingwall, held on the
29th of December, 1G57, when Mr Donald promised
to abide by the decision of the Presbytery. The
Presbytery gave its decision in favour of Mr Far-
qnhar, who appears to have spent the remainder of
his days in peace.

It is so frequently the custom to speak only of
what was wild and unsettled in the Highlands of
two or three centuries ago that, to anyone interested
in the social history of that part of the country, it
must be very pleasant to contemplate the life-long
work of such a man as Mr Farquhar in a parish so
Highland and so outlying as Kintail; but there were
many such men in those days — men whose scholarly
and cultured refinement was a source of sweetness
and light to the community among whom their lot
was cast ; and though the memory of many of them
may have passed away in the great social changes
which theHighlandshave been undergoing for the last
century and a half, yet they were the salt of the earth
to their own generation, ami the silent and hidden
influence of their lives and their labours may still lie
seen in the politeness and culture which is some-
times to be found even in the humble cottage of the
Highland crofter. In the days of Mr Farquhar,
Kintail was well peopled, and, being the ancestral
home of one of the most powerful noblemen in Scot-
land, it was a place of considerable importance.
The principal men of the district came into very
frequent personal contact with the Fail himself,
with the natural result that they also became
keenly interested in the great religious and political

66 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

movements with which the Chiefs of Kintail were
in various ways so intimately associated. Conse-
quently we find among the people of Kintail, in a
very marked degree, the high political and religious
tension which so frequently marks a period of civil
and revolutionary warfare. Perhaps in no other
district of the Highlands was the religious and
political feeling of the people more pronounced
at this time than in Kintail and the neigh-
bourhood. This fact is lully borne out by the
tone of the Female/ Manuscript, which is a
collection of Kintail poems of this period, and to
which reference is made elsewhere in this book.
Such, then, were the circumstances of the Highland
community of which Mr Farquhar was for nearly
half-a-century the central figure, and the chief guide
not only in spiritual things, but in things temporal
as well. Though the sphere of his work and
activity was limited to a remote Highland parish,
his long life was thus a very eventful and anxious
one, and covered one of the most stirring periods of
Scottish history. It was during his University
career that James VI. succeeded to the throne of
England, and the Royal House of Scotland rose to
the zenith of its ill-starred greatness. Then, in the
course of time there came the Covenanter movement
and the Civil War, which ended in the execution of
Charles I. and the exile of his family. Mr Farquhar
himself was a staunch Royalist and an Episcopalian,
so that he belonged to the losing cause of what, so
far as Scotland as a whole was concerned, was
only the minority ; but though the army of the

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enemy overran his country and plundered his
property, he held stoutly to his principles like a good
man and true. Those principles were doomed in
course of time to b2 all but totally renounced
and rejected by the people of the Highlands, and
this is not the place to discuss whether in doing so
thev did rightly or wrongly, hut the steadfastness
with which Mr Farquhar and his family supported
the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Scottish
Royal Family must call forth the admiration of all
who appreciate what is loyal and true in human
nature. He lived for two years after the restoration
of King Charles II., and thus had the satisfaction
in his old age of seeing the Royal House of Stuart
enjoying a fitful return of power and popularity, and
then he died before the true character of the re-
stored King had time to become generally apparent.
And so his end was peace. He died in the midst
of a prosperous grown-up family, regretted and
mourned by all his countrymen, and leaving behind
him memories of goodness and worth which the
lapse of more than two centuries have not effaced.

Mr Farquhar married on the 1st December, 1611,
Christina, eldest daughter of Macculloch of Park,
Strathpeffer, and by her, who died before him, he
had eight sons and two daughters, viz.:— Alexander,
John, "Donald, Miles, Murdoch, John, Christopher,
Thomas, Isabel, and Helen. He died in January,
1662, at the age of eighty-two, and was buried
with his ancestors at Kilduich, in Kintail.

Christopher and Thomas died apparently with-
out issue, as their nephew, Finlay, son of John, is

68 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

mentioned as their heir on the 28th July, 1696.1
The other sons of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae will
be mentioned hereafter.

Isabel, eldest daughter of Mr Farquhar, married
Malcolm Macrae, son of Ian Og Mac Fhionla ldruibh,
"a pretty, young gentleman, bred at school and
college," who was killed at the hattle of Auldearn
in 1645. After his death, she married William, son
of the Rev. John Mackenzie, of the Dochmaluag
family.

Helen, second daughter of Mr Farquhar, married
John, younger son of John Bayne of Knockbain.

1 Register of Retourp.

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CHAPTER V.

VII. Alexander of Inverinate. — Chamberlain of Kin tail. — His
Marriages and Family.— Rev. John Maorae, last Episcopalian
Minister of Dingwall.— Difficulties Connected with the Appoint-
ment of his Successor.— Author of Histories of the Mackenzies
and of the Macraes. — His Marriage and Family.— Rev. Alex-
ander Macrae founds a Roman Catholic Mission in Kintail.—
Alexander Macrae, merchant, Bristol, leaves Money for the
Education of Boys of the name Macrae.— Other Descendants
of the Rev. John Macrae of Dingwall.— The Rev. Donald Mac-
rae, last Episcopalian Minister of Kintail.— He supports the
Jacobite Cause.— Battles of SherifFmuir and Glenshiel.— Kintail
Church Destroyed by the Crew of a Mau-of-War.— Episcopal-
ianism in Kintail.— The Rev. Donald Macrae's Marriage and
Descendants.— Farquhar of Morvich and his Family.— Ian Mac
Mhurachidh, the Kintail Poet.— Murdoch, sou of Alexander
of Inverinate.— His Tragic End.— The Ulenlic Hunt.— Tradi-
tions and Poems connected therewith.

VIII. ALEXANDER, son of the Rev. Farquhar
VII. , is commonly known as Alexander of Inver-
inate. His father procured for him a wadset of the
lands of Inverinate, Dorisduan, and Letterinimmer,
for the sum of six thousand marks, and he is men-
tioned in the Valuation Roll of the County of Ross
in 1644, as possessed of lands in the parish of Kintail
of the yearly value of £2G6 13s 4d Scots. He was
Chamberlain of Kintail under Kenneth Mor, third
Earl of Seaforth, who, as already stated, received

70 THE HISTORY OF THE OLAN MACRAE.

his early education at Ellandonan Castle, from Alex-
ander's father, and by whom Alexander himself was
much esteemed. It is stated in the Rev. John Mac-
rae's History of the Mackenzies, that when General
Middleton and Lord Balcarres were in the High-
lands raising an army to support Charles II. against
Cromwell, probably about 1651, they paid a visit to
Seaforth, who welcomed Balcarres in a special man-
ner, and sent Alexander of Inverinate to bring Lady
Balcarres, who was a daughter of Colin, first Earl
of Seaforth, to Kiutail, which, " with some hazard
and difficulty, Alexander performed," bringing the
lady safe to Ellandonan Castle, where she lived for
some time with her husband. Alexander married,
as his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Murdoch y
Mackenzie, second laird of Redcastle, by whom he
had two sons, Duncan and John, and two daughters,^
Catherine (or Christina) and Mary. He married, as
his second wife, Mary, daughter of Alexander Mac-
kenzie, fourth laird of Dochmaluag, by whom he had
seven sons, Alexander, Donald, ( 'hristopher, Far-
quhar, Murdoch, Allan, and Hugh, and at least two
daughters, Isabel and Margaret. The descent of
both his wives can be traced to the Royal Houses of
Stuart and Plantagenet.1

1. Duncan, eldest son of Alexander by his first
wife, Margaret Mackenzie of Redcastle, will be men-
tioned hereafter.

2. The Rev. John, second son of Alexander by
his first wife, was educated at Aberdeen University,
and was laureated, that is, took his degree, on the

1 See Royal Pedigrees. Appendix F.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. i 1

12th July, 1660. When the first school was opened

in Dingwall he was appointed master of it, Tins
was before the 21st July, 1663, as he is mentioned
on that date as schoolmaster of Dingwall and < Hexk

to the Session. He was ordained in 1667 to the parish
of Kilmorack, arid was translated in 1C.74 to the
parish of Dingwall, where he lived and laboured for
thirty years, and of which he was the last Episco-
palian minister. He is mentioned in various docu-
ments of the period as Treasurer of Ross. He is
said to have been a great favourite in the family of
the Earl of Seaforth, who gave him a wadset of the
lands of Dornie, Dronaig, Aryugan, &c, in Kintail,
for the sum of seven thousand live hundred marks.
His influence in Dingwall and the neighbourhood
appears to have been very great, and so loyal wae
the feeling of the people, both to his memory and t<
the Church to which he belonged, that on his deatl
they so persistently opposed the introduction 0
Presbyterianism among them, that, in spit
repeated attempts, it was found impossible to settle
a Presbyterian minister in Dingwall until L716,
twenty-eight years after the Revolution, and this
settlement was made not by patronage or by a
"call" from the people, but by the Presbytery
acting under warrant from the Privy Council.1

i From the record of a meeting of the Privy Council of Scotland, on
the 25th April, 1704, ami under the heading "The Agent for the Mrk agauiBl
Macrae, and other," we le*™ something of .he fin* attempt, made tomtn *~
Preshvterianism into the Royal burgh of Dingwall alter the death ot h Bev
John Macrae The Rev. William Stewart of Kiltearn, having been delegal ed 1 ■>

to Dingwall accordingly, on Sunday, the 16th January. FWhog U» a-,,, t f
affair., t„ hi. arrival rather threatening, he decided toappeal to the magnate.

of

72 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

The Rev. John Macrae was the author of an
important History of the Mackenzies, to which fre-
quent reference is made in this hook. The clan
historian, Alexander Mackenzie, frequently refers to
it also, in his History of the Mackenzies, as the
Ardintoul MS. He was also the author of a His-
tory and Genealogy of the Macraes, which has
already been described in the first chapter of this
book.

The Rev*. John married, before the 21st July,
1673, Janet Bayne, of Knockbain. There is a
sasine of that date to Mr John Macrae, Treasurer of
Ross, and Janet Bayne, his spouse. By her he had
issue as below. He died in January, t704.

a. Alexander, eldest son of the Rev. John, was
educated for the Church, but, as the Episcopal
Church was proscribed in Scotland after the Revolu-
tion of 1 f>88, he threw in his lot with the Roman
Catholics rather than become a Presbyterian. For
many years he discharged the duties of a Roman
Catholic priest between Brahan and Strathglass,

for protection. The magistrates?, however, could not be found, and meantime
the ringleaders of the mob surrounded the house in which the minister was,
and made the outer door fast with nails. The minister then made a strong
appeal to the people from the window of the house, and eventually succeeded,
by the help of Sir Robert Munro of Foulis and others from Kiltearn, in
regainiug his liberty and effecting an entrance into the church. But when
the " worship was begun and almost finished," there arrived a company of
armed men from the country, among whom the chief ringleaders were John
Macrae vie Alister Oig, Hugh Macrae, father (it ought to be brother) to the
said deceased Mr John Macrae, late incumbent at Dingwall ; Kenneth Macrae,

brother german to Farquhar Macrae rf Inverinate ; and Macrae, son to

Christopher, brother german to the said deceased Mr John Macrae, all in the
parish of Kintail. These men having entered the church "upon pretence
that they were coming to attend the worship," the said John Macrae vie
Alister went up to the door of the pulpit and " presented a pistol to the

THE HISTOltY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 73

and was probably the last who said mass in Brahan
Castle. He was the first Macrae who became a
Roman Catholic after the Reformation, and was the
founder of the mission which that Church still
carries on in Kintail. His first converts were Ins
own cousins, Alexander Macra of Ardintoul and
John Og, son of the Rev. Donald Macrae, last Epis-
copalian minister of Kintail, and another man called
Ian Buidhe Mac Dhonnachaidh (Yellow John, the
son of Duncan). In his old age he retired to the
Scotch Roman Catholic College at Douai, in France,
and there died. The Kintail Mission was well sup-
ported by the Macraes, and was afterwards carried
on by the Rev. John Farquharson, a celebrated
priest of Strathglass, the Rev. Norman Macleod, and
others.

b. John, who married Margaret, daughter of the
Rev. Roderick Mackenzie, minister and Laird of
Avoch. He is also said to have married, as her
second husband, Anne, daughter of Alexander
Mackenzie, third Laird of Applecross, who survived

minister, threatening to kill him until stopped by the hearers, whereupon the
rest of the armed men approached nearer, and scrambling over the seats to
the pulpit with menacing countenances and arms in their hands, they com-
manded Mr Stewart to come down and begone, which constrained him to
retire." The disturbance continued as he passed out. through the churchyard,
until at last li the minister, timling himself like to faint through the violence
he had suffered, prayed some gentlemen, his friends, to carry him off any way,
which was done." Nor did Sir Robert Munro and his friends escape without,
blows, and " further, these rabblers cried loudly and frequently King Willie is
now dead and their King is alive." The ringleaders were summoned by the
Privy Council, but failed to compear, whereupon they were declared rebels,
and their goods and gear forfeited to the Crown. Various other unsuccessful
attempts were made to introduce Presbyterianism iuto Dingwall, and though
the Rev. Daniel Bayne was appointed to the living in 1708, it was not until
1716 that he was able to enter upon possession of it.

74 THE HISTORY OF THE OLAN MACRAE.

him, and afterwards married, as her third husband,
Colin Mackenzie of Inverness.1

61. Alexander, who was served heir to his
grandfather, the Rev. John Macrae, minister of
Dingwall and Treasurer of Ross, on the 24th of
June, 1741. Having afterwards recovered from
Seaforth the money for certain wadsets which he
held in Kintail, and sold some property which
he held about Dingwall, he went into business in
Bristol, where he became a prosperous and wealthy
merchant, and died without issue in April, 1781.
He left a sum of fifty thousand marks2 to the
King's College, Aberdeen, for educating boys of the
name Macrae who could be traced in the male
line from his great-grandfather, Alexander of In-
verinate, " in preference to all others."3 Several
students of the name Macrae held this bursary in
past times.

62. Margaret, who married John Matheson,
Durinish.4

t>3. Mary, married to James, son of Alexander
Matheson of Bennetsfield,4 and had, with other issue,
Catherine, who married Alexander Matheson, some

1 Only the first marriage is mentioned iu the MS. history of the Macraes,
but both are mentioned in Sir James Dixon Mackenzie's Genealogical Tables of
the Mackenzies. The probability is that he was twice married, and that his
family was by the first wife.

" Fifty thousand merks Scots mortified by the late Alexander Macrae, of
Dornie, and left under the management of the King's College of Aberdeen, for
educating the children of the nearest descendants from Alexander Macrae, sou
of Mr Farquhar Macrae, the first Protestant minister in the parish of Kintail.
— Old Statistical Account.

3 Appendix L.

4 For the descendants of this marriage, see Mackenzie's History of the
MaUiesons.

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75

time schoolmaster, Dornie, who has been already
mentioned on page 48.

c. Christopher, baptised at Dingwall in Novem-
ber, 1G82.

d. Roderick, baptised at Dingwall, 18th August,
1692, and mentioned, in 1763, as the deceased Mr
Roderick Macrae in the will of his nephew, Alex-
ander Macrae, some time of Bristol. He married a
daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, Chamberlain of

\ Ferintosh, and had issue —
d\. John.

d2. Duncan, who went to Maryland in America,
was a lieutenant in the "Provincials" during the
American War of Independence, and was killed in
the expedition under General Forbes against Fort
Ducpiesne in 1757.

r/3. Helen, married to Thomas Maclean, a
schoolmaster at Old.
</4. Janet.

e. Mary, who married Roderick Dingwall of"
Ussie. There is a sasine on disposition by Roderick
Dingwall of Ussie in favour of Mary Macrae, relict
of the said Roderick, in liferent of the lands of
Wester Ussie and Bogachro, &c, in the parish, of
Fodderty, 6th January, 1745. They had issue,
at least one son, called John.

/ Janet, baptised at Dingwall, 8th October,
1693, married John Tuach of Logereit.

A daughter of the Rev. John Macrae, last

Episcopalian minister of Dingwall, was married to

John O, son of John Mackenzie, second laud of

Applecross, and had issue.1 This John ( >g was one

i Sir James Dixon Mackenzie's Genealogical Table* of the Mackenzie*,

/<> the history of the clan MACRAE.

of the famous " Four Johns of Scotland" who were
killed at Sheriftmuir in 1715.

3. Alexander, eldest son of Alexander of Inver-
inate by his second wife, Mary Mackenzie of Doch-
maluag, was called Alister Og, and lived at Achyark,
in Kintail. He married a daughter of Donald, son
of Finlay, son of Christopher VI., and had issue —

a. John, who was a well educated man and was
one of the Seaforth Captains at Sheriffmuir. He
was probably the John Macrae vie Alister (Jig who
took part as ringleader in the riot at Dingwall
church in 1704, which has been already referred to.
He married and had a son John, who had a daughter
Isabel, who married William Morrison, farmer of
Baloagie, on the Fairburn estate.

4. The Rev. Donald, second son of Alexander
of Inverinate by his second wife, Mary Mackenzie
of Dochmaluag, and IX. in descent from Finlay
Dubh Macgillechriosd, was for some time school- -
master at Fortrose, and became Vicar of Kintail in i
1681. He was an ardent Jacobite and Episcopalian,
and at the revolution of 1688 he refused to conform

to Presbytery, so that Kintail remained Episco-
palian for at least another quarter of a century. His
name is mentioned in a list of " Episcopal Ministers
who enjoy Churches or Benefices in Scotland" in
March, 1710, and of whom it is said ; " Some of them
pray for the Pretender ; others do not refuse to pray
for the Queen (Anne), and some pray only for then-
sovereign without naming anybody, but it is gen-
erally thought they mean the Pretender."1 The

i The Case of Mr GreenahieUls— printed in 1710.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 77

Rev. Donald and his family took a prominent part

in the Rebellion of 1715, and be bad two sons and
a son-indaw killed at Sheriffmuir. He appears also
to have been involved in the attempt which was
made to revive the cause of the Stuarts in Kintail
in 1719, and which ended in the defeat of the Jaco-
bite party at the battle of Glenshiel, on the LOth of
June in that year, for we read that bis church was
destroved by the crew of one of the ships of war
that sailed into Loch Duich at that time.1 He died
shortly afterwards, and with him ended the Epis-
copal Church in Kintail. The Episcopal form of
worship in the Highlands at this time differed very
little, if any, from the Presbyterian form, as there
appears to have been no prayer book used, so that
the Rev. .Donald would conduct bis services after
the abolition of Episcopacy and the establishment of
Presbvterianism exactly as he did before. This no
doubt explains to a great extent the apparent readi-
ness with which the common people of those times
seem to have passed from the one form of worship to
the other. The leading men of Kintail. however, were
not to be satisfied with the mere outward appear-
ance of things. Many of them looked at the under-
lying principles of their religion as well. The heavy
loss sustained at Sheriffinuir, and the treatment to
which they had so recently been subjected at the
time of the Battle of (llensheil, had produced among
them a particular dislike of the Whig party, with
which Presbyterianism was so closely associated, and
rather than conform to Presbyterianism, after the

78 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

death of the Rev. Donald Macrae, many of them
joined the Roman Catholic Missionwhich had recently
been established among them by the Rev. Alexander
Macrae already mentioned. The Rev. Donald Mac-
rae married Catherine Grant1 of Glenmoriston, by
whom he had issue.

(l). Alexander, mentioned below.

(2). Mr John, who married a daughter of the
Laird of Chisholm, but left no issue. The Mr pre-
fixed to his name suggests that he was a University
graduate. He appears to have been well educated,
and was tutor to Norman Macleod of Macleod, with
whom he is said to have travelled abroad, and who
settled on him and his heirs the sum of " 1000
pounds Scots per bond." Mr John died in 1741,
leaving this sum to his youngest brother, John Og.

(.3). Duncan married and left issue.

(4). Colin; (5). Christopher, both killed at
Sheriffmuir.

(6). John Og, who, on the death of his father,
and the final suppression of Episcopacy in Kintail,
became a Roman Catholic, and was the fourth to
join the mission referred to above. He died young,

. !The tradition in Kiutail is that this Catherine Grant was a daughter of
John Grant, Laird of Glenmoriston, 1703-1736, commonly called Ian a'
Chragaim, by his second wife, Janet, daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of
Lochiel. Janet died in 1759, aged SO years. This places her birth in 1679, so
that in 1715, the year of the Battle of Sheriffmuir, she was 36 years of age.
Now, the Rev. Donald Macrae had two sons and a son-in-law killed at Sheriff-
muir. These, according to the Kintail tradition, would be the grandchildren
of Janet Cameron, who, at the time of their death, was only 36 years of age.
The son-in-law (John of Conchra), who was killed at Sheriffmuir, left two
children ; this would make Janet Cameron a great grandmother at the age of
36, and, therefore, if the Rev. Donald was married only once, the probability
s that Catherine Grant was a sister, and not a daughter, of Ian a' Chragain.

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and was attended by Father Farquharson of Strath-
glass on his death-bed. He married Barbara Mac-
rae, daughter of Farquhar, son of Christopher, son
of Alexander of Inverinate, and by her had issue —

(a). Isabella, who married Alexander Macrae
of Achtertyre, of whom hereafter.

(b). Helen, who married Duncan Macrae, Fa-
doch, also mentioned hereafter.

(c). Catherine, who married John Macrae, a
descendant of John Breac, son of the Rev. Farquhar
Macrae.

((/). Christina, married with issue.

John Og's widow afterwards married Donald, son
of the Rev. Finlay Macrae of Lochalsh, with issue.

(7). Mary.

(8). Isabella, who married, first, John Macrae
of Conchra, who was killed at Sheriffmuir, and of
whom hereafter. She is said to have married,
secondly, Alexander Mackenzie of Applecross, son
of John, who was killed at Sheriffmuir, and thirdly,
George Mackenzie of Fairburn.

(9). Katherine married Donald Macrae of Tor-
lysich.

On the other hand, it is stated in an old Genealogical Tree of the Macraes,
that the Rev. Donald had a daughter, Mary, by " his first marriage with
Chishohu's daughter." In that case, it may be possible that he was twice
married, and that his second marriage was with Catherine, daughter of Ian a'
Chrwjuin. The disparity of their years, however, would be very great, and
they might have had one child, John Og, mentioned below. This explanation
may be regarded as not altogether improbable, as the tradition is certainly an
old one, and was related to the writer in a \ery circumstantial manner by one
of John Og's descendants, a man whose information he has invariably found
reliable. Janet Cameron must have married at a very early age, and some of
her descendants must have done so also, because we read that there were
great-great-grandchildren at her funeral.

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(10). Christina married Donald Macrae of
Morvich, son of Farquhar, son of Alexander of
Tnverinate.

(x.) Alexander, eldest son of the Rev. Donald
Macrae, appears to have lived at lluroch in Kin-
tail. He married Florence, daughter of Ewen Mac-
kenzie VU. of Hilton, by whom he had two sons —

(1). Farquhar

(2). John, who married a daughter of Chishohn
of Muckarach. His circumstances becoming reduced,
he, along with many others from Kintail, emigrated
to North Carolina in 1774, where he died, shortly
after his arrival, from the bite of a snake, which he
received while clearing some ground for a plantation.
He left one son there, called John.

Alexander had three daughters.

(xi.) Farquhar, eldest son of Alexander, by
Florence Mackenzie of Hilton, married, first, the
widow of John Macrae of Achyark, by whom he had
one daughter. He married, secondly, Margaret (or
Mary), daughter of Duncan Macrae of Balnain, by
whom he had three sons.

(l). Christopher, a sergeant in the regiment
which was raised by Lord Seaforth in 1778 (the
78th, afterwards the 72nd). He served abroad, and
died in India. He was the author of several Gaelic
songs, which used to be very popular, and may still
be heard in Lochalsh and Kintail.

(2). Colin married with issue — Alexander and
four daughters.

(3). Alexander was tacksman of Inchcro, in
Kintail. He married Mary, daughter of Duncan

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Macrae, Fadooh, who was descended from Miles, son
of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae, with issue-

(a). Christopher, who, along with his brother,
was for some time tacksman of Inchcro. He was
married, but died, without issue, in or near Dingwall
about I860.

(/>). Duncan, who died, unmarried, in New Zea-
land about 1882.

(c). A daughter, who married John Macrae,
Dornie. who was commonly called Ian Dubb Nan
Dorn (Black John of the Fists), so called from the
extraordinary strength he possessed in his hands.

5. Christopher, third son of Alexander of
Inverinate and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag,
is mentioned hereafter.

6. Farquhar, fourth son of Alexander of Inver-
inate and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag, lived at
Morvich. He married with issue, one of whom —

a. Murdoch, who is mentioned as taking a pro-
minent part in the skirmish at Ath nam Muileach
(the ford of the men of Mull), in GlenafFric, on the
2nd October, 1721, when Donald Murchison of
Auchtertvre. with about three hundred followers,
met and repulsed William Ross of Easter Fearn,
near Tain, who was proceeding to Kintail under the
escort of a company of soldiers to collect rents on
the Seaforth Estates on behalf of the Forfeited
Estates Commissioners.1 Murdoch married Mary,
daughter of Farquhar X., and left with other issue-
John, the celebrated Kintail poet, commonly
called Ian Mac Mhurachaidh, whose Gaelic songs are
i Appendix E.

8 IS THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

still well known in Kintail and Lochalsh. These
songs are of very high poetical merit, and this,
together with the strong and effective local colour-
ing they possess, helps to account for the deep
and lasting impression which the poet made on
his countrymen, and the prominent place which
his name occupies among the traditions of Kintail.
The poems deal chiefly with the pursuits and de-
lights of such a country life as he himself led among
his native glens and mountains, many of which he
has invested with associations which must continue
classic and sacred to his countrymen so long as any
of them are left in Kintail to speak the Gaelic
tongue. Ahout 1770 a great many of the people
of Kintail emigrated to America, and the poet
resolved to seek his fortune there also. His friends
endeavoured to persuade him to remain at home,
but nothing could shake his resolution. It is said
he was so greatly esteemed in the Highlands that,
when his intention to leave the country became
known, several neighbouring lairds offered him valu-
able lands on their estates if he would only remain
in the country. But the spirit of adventure was
then abroad in Kintail, and, notwithstanding the
prospects held out to him at home, the poet was
as much as anyone under its influence. There are
various traditions as to the motives which induced
him to leave the country, but the chief motive was
undoubtedly the adventurous desire to seek fortune
in a new field beyond the Atlantic, as so many of
his countrymen did at this time. On the day of his
departure, many of his friends accompanied him to

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the heights of Auchtertyre in Lochalsh, and the spot

is still' pointed out where he took his farewell of
them. But things went hard with him in America.
When the War of Independence broke out, he cast
in his lot with the Loyalists, whose cause soon
became the losing one, and, after sharing in the
hardships and defeat of the British armies, he at
last perished a fugitive among the primeval woods.
During the time of his adversity in America, he
composed several songs, which were brought back
to Kintail, and in which he expresses with much
beauty and pathos the yearning of his soul to return
to the scenes and the friends of happier days.1 He
married before he left Kintail. It is doubtful who
his wife was, but the tradition in Kintail is that she
was Christina Macrae, daughter of Alexander Hoy
of the Torlysich family.'- He had three sons,
Charles, Murdoch, and Donald. He also had
a daughter whom he left behind him a child in
Kintail, and who afterwards married Finlay Mac-
rae, who was schoolmaster at Fadoch, in Kintail,
a grandson of the Rev. Finlay Macrae, with
issue, as already mentioned.

b. Farquhar, called Farquhar Og (Farquhar the
younger), had, with other issue, a son called Donald
Ban, who had a son Murdoch, who had a son, the
Rev. Donald Macrae, who was born in 1802,

1 Appendix J.

a In Sir J. D. Mackenzie's genealogical tables of the Mackenzie.?, it is
stated that about this time Winifred Mackenzie, of the Doehmaluag family
by her father and the Fairburn family by her mother, married John Macrae,
a poet of Kintail. At all events, the poet lived on terms of the closest
friendship with the Fairburn family.

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ordained a minister of the Free Church by the
Presbytery of Lews in 1844, and died at Cross, in
Lews, on the 15th November, 1876, with issue, six
children".

c Alexander is mentioned as taking part in the
affair of Atli nam Muileach. He appears to have
had a son John, who is also mentioned in connection
with the same affair.

d. Anne, married Alexander Mac Gillechriosd
Macrae, in Strathglass, and had issue — Christopher ;
Isabel, who married as his second wife Alexander
Macra of Ardintoul ; Margaret, who married Dun-
can MacAlister Mac Gillechriosd, and had a son a
priest.

7. Murdoch, fifth son of Alexander of Inver-
inate and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag, came to an
ultimely and tragic end. He was out hunting in
Glenlic one day in the early winter, and, according
to tradition, found a man stealing his goats. Hav-
ing captured the thief, Murdoch was leading him
along, but as they were passing the brink of a
precipice called the Carraig (Rock), the prisoner suc-
ceeded in pushing Murdoch over the rock, at the foot
of which his body was found after a search of fifteen
davs. The death of Murdoch was such a myster-
ious affair that there arose a belief in Kintail that
the dark deed was the work of an evil spirit,
and the spot where the body was found was
long believed to be haunted, but it is said that, many
years afterwards, an old man in Strathglass con-
fessed on Ids deathbed that he was the murderer,
and gave a full account of the event. Another

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version of the same tradition says that the goat-
stealer was accompanied by his little grandson, who

was a witness of the murder, and who afterwards
went to America, where he lived to a very advanced
age, and related the circumstances of the murder on
his deathbed. The Glenlic hunt and the death of
Murdoch occupy a very prominent place in the tradi-
tions of Kintail.1 Several elegies composed on the
occasion have been preserved, and some of them are
of a very high order. The traditions with regard to
those elegies are somewhat vague, and it is not
easy to arrive at definite facts, but some of them
are believed to have been composed by John Mac-
donald, Ian Lorn,2 the Lochaber Bard, who was the
contemporary of the sons of Alexander of Inverinate.
It is said that Ian Lom's life being at one time in
danger in his own country, he fled for refuge to Kin-
tail, where he was living with the Inverinate family
at the time of Murdoch's death, and that on each of
the fifteen days during which the search lasted, he
composed an elegy. Another tradition says that
some of the elegies were composed by Murdoch's
brother, Duncan. In any case, the fragments that
have been preserved are of great merit, and not un-
worthy even of such poets as Ian Lorn and Donnacha
nam Pios. One of the elegies contains a verse in
which all Murdoch's brothers are mentioned, except

1 See chapter on legends and traditions of the clan.

2 John Macdonald, or Ian Lorn (Hare John), was a celebrated Gaelic poet
of the family of Keppoeh. He was a personal friend and a devoted supporter of
the Earl of Montrose. One of his chief productions is a descriptive poem on
the victory gained by Montrose over the Earl of Argyll at Inverlochy, in 1645.
Ian Lorn died at a very advanced age about 1710.

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Alexander, who may possibly have died before :
'S tuirseaoh do sheachd braithrean graidh,
Am parson ge hard a leugh,
Thug e, ge tuigseach a cheaird,
Aona bharr-tuirs air each gu leir.
Bho thus dhiubh Donnachadh nam Pios.
Gillecriosda, 's an dithis de'n chleir,
Fearachar agus Ailean Donu,
Uisdean a bha trom 'n ad dheigh.1

The parson mentioned in the first of these verses
was undoubtedly Murdoch's brother — the Rev.
Donald of Kintail, who, from the reference here made
to him, seems to have written an elegy on this
occasion, but the manner in which Donnacha nam
Pibs is mentioned would seem to imply that he
himself was not the author, at all events of the
poem from which these verses are quoted.

Murdoch left a young widow, and at least two
sons, who grew up and married with issue.

8. Allan, sixth son of Alexander of Inverinate
and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag, left no male
issue.

9. Hugh, seventh son of Alexander of Inverinate
and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag, will be men-
tioned hereafter.

10. Christina, daughter of Alexander of Inver-
inate by his first wife, Margaret Mackenzie of Red-
castle, married Alexander Matheson of Achtaytoralan,
in Lochalsh, an ancestor of the Ardross family.

1 Sad are thy seven beloved brothers,— the parson though profound is his
learning, — though his office is one of giving comfort, yet he surpassed the
others in his grief.

First among them is Duncan of the silver cups, then Christopher and the
two clergymen, Farquhar, Allan of the auburn hair, and Hugh, who was sa.d
after thee.

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CHAPTER VI.

IX. Duncan, called Donnachadh nam Pios.— His Character and
Attainments.— Traditions about Him.— The Silver Herring.—
The Oak Trees at Inverinatc— Duncan as a Poet. — The
Fernaig Manuscript. — A Valuable Contribution to Gaelic
Literature.— Eeligion and Politics of the Poems contained in
it. — Professor Mackinnon's Estimate of Donnachadh nam Pios
and his Work.— His Tragic End.— His Marriage and Family.—
X. Farquhar.— His Marriage and Family.— XI. Duncan.— His
Marriage and Family.

IX. DUNCAN, eldest son of Alexander of Inver-
inate (VIII.), by his first wife, Margaret Mackenzie
of Redcastle, was commonly known as Donnachadh
nam Pios, which means Duncan of the silver cups,
a name said to have been given to him probably be-
cause of the magnificence of his table service. He
was a man of high character, a poet, and a skilful
mechanician, and many anecdotes and traditions
illustrative of his attainments are still related about
him in Kintail and Lochalsh. It is said that when
he was a student in Edinburgh he assisted in
forming a plan for bringing the water into that
citv- There is a tradition that on one occasion a
strange ship had her mast broken in passing through
Kyle Kea. The captain, unable to proceed any
further, was advised to appeal to Duncan for help.

88 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Duncan took the matter in hand himself, and spliced
the broken mast so skilfully that the joining could
hardly be seen, and in return for this service the
grateful captain gave him a silver herring, which
remained for a long time an heirloom in the family,
and which was commonly believed by the people of
Kintail to possess the magic power of attracting
herring into Loch Duich. It is also said that the
oak trees at Inverinate were reared by him from
acorns that he brought from France. There is
reason, however, to believe that Duncan's trees have
been cut down, and that the present trees are not
so old as his time.

It is, however, as a poet that Duncan achieved
his greatest distinction. Fragments of poetry
ascribed to him still survive orally among the people
of Kintail, and Professor Mackinnon of Edinburgh
University, has proved1 beyond any reasonable
doubt that he was the compiler of the Ferndig
Manuscript and the author of many, if not of most,
of the poems contained in it. This manuscript,
which has recently been printed'2 consists of two
small volumes of paper in pasteboard covers, about
eight inches long and three broad. The two
volumes together consist of one hundred and
twenty-eight pages, of which about one hundred
and five are closely and neatly written upon in
the handwriting of the period. It contains about

1 Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XI.

2 Reliquue Celticte, left by the late Rev. Alexander Cameron, LL.D.,
edited l>y Alexander Macbain, M.A.. and the Rev. John Kennedy, and pub-
lished by the Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing
Company. Limited, Inverness, 1894.

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89

tour thousand two hundred lines. It was com-
menced in the year 1(588. and the latest date
mentioned in it is the year 1G93. The spelling
is phonetic and very difficult, if not quite un-
readable, for one who is accustomed only to the
modern Gaelic spelling. In addition to poems by
Duncan himself, the manuscript contains poems also
by writers who can easily he identified as his
relatives and kinsmen, such as his great-grand-/^
father, Macculloch of Park ; his father-in-law, Mac-
leod of Raasay; his brother, the Rev. Donald
Macrae of Entail. There are poems also by Bishop
Carswell of the Isles ; Alexander Munro, teacher,
Strathnaver, and others. The history of the
manuscript from the time of the writer until the
present century is unknown. In the year 1807, it
was in the possession of Mr Matheson of Fernaig,
father of the late Sir Alexander Matheson of
Ardross. Hence the name by which it is now
known. We afterwards find it in the possession of
Dr Mackintosh Mackay, on whose death, in 1873,
it was handed over to Dr W. F. Skene. It is
now in the keeping of Mr Alexander Macbain, of
Inverness.

The Fernaig Manuscript is a valuable contribu-
tion to Gaelic literature, and next to the Dean of
Lismore's book it is said to be the most important
document we possess for the study of older Gaelic.
But it possesses more than mere philological value.
Its poetry, which is mainly religious and political,
affords an agreeable glimpse of the religion and the
politics of the remote Highlands at the time of the

90 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Revolution. In Politics the authors of these poems
are Jacobites, in Religion they are ardent Episco-
palians, and they evidently had a clear, intelligent,
and comprehensive grasp of the great questions of
the day, not simply as those questions affected their
own local interests, but as they affected the
kingdom as a whole. Though the poems deal with
the state of the country in unsettled times of
warfare and revolution, they nevertheless breathe,
even against political and religious opponents, a
spirit of kindly toleration which must afford, at
all events to patriotic Highlanders, a pleasing
contrast with the narrow bigotry and religious
intolerance which formed so striking a feature of
this period in the south of Scotland.

" He (Donnachadh nam Pi5s) was undoubtedly,"
says Professor Mackinnon, " a remarkable man and
a character pleasant to contemplate. I have no
reason to doubt that there were many like-minded
Highland gentlemen living in those days — cultured,
liberal, and pious men ; but undoubtedly Duncan
Macrae, the engineer and mechanician, the ardent
ecclesiastic, the keen though liberal-minded
politician, the religious poet, and collector of the
literature of his countrymen, is as different from the
popular conception of a Highland Chief of the
Revolution as can well be conceived. We have
it on the testimony of Lord Macaulay that Sir
Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was not only a great
warrior, not only eminently wise in council, eloquent
in debate, but also a patron of literature. It is a
high character to attain in that rude age, and from

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so severe a judge of Highlanders as Lord Macaulay
undoubtedly was. Duncan Macrae did not possess
the great gifts, mental and physical, of Eoghan
Dubh-.1 With kindly exaggeration the English
historian calls Lochiel the Ulysses of the Highlands.
By no figure of speech would we be justified in
claiming such a high sounding title as this for
Donnachadh nam Pios. And yet, the Highland
chief who, among the distractions of Civil War and
in the scanty intervals of leisure wrested from a
useful, honoured, and industrious life, sat down
to compose Gaelic verse and to collect the poems
composed by his countrymen and neighbours, is
highly deserving of our affection and admiration.
Such a man was Duncan Macrae.

Altogether, the Fernaig Manuscript appears to
me to be an important contribution to our stock
of Gaelic literature ; the political and religious
intelligence, the devout and tolerant spirit, the
strong sense and literary power displayed by the
various writers in rude and turbulent times, are
creditable to our people, while the enlightened
compiler is a Highland Chief of whom not only the
Macraes, hut all his countrymen, may well be
proud." 2

But Duncan was not merely a mechanician and
a poet, he was also a practical man of the world,
and prospered in his affairs. His end, however, was

1 Eoghau Dubh (Black Ewen) is the name by which Sir Ewen Cameron of
Lochiel was usually known in Gaelic.

2 Professor Mackiunou, on the Fernaig Manuscript in the Transactions of
the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XI.

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tragic. Having gone on one occasion to the " Low
Country " to negotiate the purchase of the lands
of Affric from The Chisholm, he was returning home
accompanied bv a single attendant, who possessed
the fatal and involuntary power of causing anyone
whom he might happen to see in the act of fording
a river to be drowned.1 The homeward journey was
accomplished by Duncan and his servant without
accident or mishap, until they reached Dorisduan in
the Heights of Kintail. Here it was necessary to
cross the River Conag, which happened to be in
flood. The servant forded the river in safety, and
then threw himself on his face on the ground lest he
might chance to see his master in the water. Hav-
ing remained in that attitude long enough, as he
thought, for his master to gain the bank, he turned
round and caught sight of his master, who was
still struggling in the water, and who immediately
lost his footing in the stream. Duncan succeeded,
however, in recovering himself, and in getting
sufficiently near the bank to seize hold of the
branch of a tree, but the unfortunate servant,
losing all presence of mind in his anxiety, still felt

1 This fatal power was called, at all events in some parts of the Highlands,
" Or na h'aoine " (the charm of the fast or of Friday), and was believed to be
possessed by some men in Kintail within very recent times. A man well
known to the author was, on one occasion about forty years ago, returning
home from church, with his wife, on a wet afternoon, in Strathcouon. They
were accompanied by a shepherd from Kintail, and on the way they had to
ford a stream which was in high flood. When they reached the stream the
shepherd plunged in, waded to the other side, and then stood still on the
opposite bank, with his back to the stream, until the other man and his wife,
who had great difficulty in crossing, came up to him. The man, struck by the
strange behaviour of the shepherd, said to him—" You were going to allow
my wife and myself to get drowned without offering to help us." " Perhaps,"

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constrained to look at his master, who vainly
struggled for some time to gain the bank, but finally
lost his hold and was drowned. By this accident
the family is said to have lost " much property,"1 as
Duncan had valuable papers on his person at the
time, and among them the title deeds of Affric.
Many local traditions have grown round the death
of Donnachadh nam Pios, and the sad and tragic
event has been commemorated both by elegies and
pibrochs. The exact date of Duncan's death is not
known, but it was some time between 1693 and
1704.

Duncan married Janet, daughter of Alexander
Macleod, fifth laird of Raasay, and sister of John,
sixth laird, commonly called Ian Garbh. Ian Garbh,
who was drowned off the north coast of Skye while
returning from a visit to the Lews, left no issue,
and so the succession to the estates of Raasay came
to Janet and her sister, Giles, who were served heirs
in 1688. But Janet and her sister, being anxious
to maintain the dignity of their own clan, resigned
or sold their rights in 1692 to their cousin, Alex-
ander Macleod, who succeeded as the seventh chief

replied the shepherd, " it is a good thing for you and your wife that I did not
offer to help you." The shepherd believed that he possessed the same fatal
power as the servant who accompanied Donnachadh nam Pios, and that if he
saw the man and his wife in the stream they would both be drowned.

1 Though there seems to be no documentary evidence of this loss, yet
Duncan undoubtedly held lands in the Chisholm country. There is a sasine on
charter of apprising under the Great Seal in favour of Duncan Macrae of
Inverinate, of the lands of Meikle Comer. Comerroy, aud others, in the parish
of Kilmorack and shire of Inverness. At Edinburgh, 10th July, 1674, and
sasine on 12th September, 1674. in presence of Christopher Macrae, in Beolak,
in Kintail, and others. Alexander Macrae, in Achachaik 'Achyark ?), as Sheriff
and Bailie in that part, gives sa-ine.

94 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

of the family. It is said that the words of the
satirical ditty known in the west of Ross-shire as
Cailleach Liath Rasaidh (the grey haired old woman
of Raasay) were composed, on hearing of this trans-
action, by a Kintail wit, who was probably zealous
for the dignity of the Inverinate family, and had
perhaps hoped that Raasay might come into their
possession. Janet herself appears to have possessed
poetic talent, and is said to have composed an elegy
on the death of her husband. By her Duncan had
issue —

1. Farquhar, mentioned below.

2. Kenneth, who was one of the ringleaders of
the riot at Dingwall Church in 1704, which has been
already referred to. He married and left issue.

3. John married and left issue. There is a John
Macrae of Inverinate mentioned as taking a pro-
minent part in the affair of Ath nam Muileach,
and this Avas probably the man.

4. Margaret, who married the Rev. Finlay
Macrae of Lochalsh, with issue, as already men-
tioned.

5. Another daughter, whose name is not recorded.
X. FARQUHAR, eldest son of Duncan IX.,

about whom very little is known, married, in 1694,
Anne, daughter of Simon Mackenzie, first laird of
Torridon, and died in 1711, with issue —

1. Duncan, mentioned below.

2. Christopher, who married and had issue,
at least one son, Farquhar, called Ferachar Ban
(Fair Farquhar) of Fadoch. He married Mary, a
sister of Archibald Macra of Ardintoul. This Mary

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died shortly before the 6th June, 1823, after a
married life of sixty-two years. Her husband was
alive at the time of her death, but he was com-
pletely blind and almost deaf with age. He died
before 1826. They left issue — Hector ; Duncan;
Alexander, who appears to have been educated at
at Aberdeen, and to have graduated M.A. in 1803 ;
John ; and several daughters, one of whom, Isabel,
was married to a Duncan Macrae, who was dead
in 1826.

3. John, who is said to have been a man of
great physical strength, and of whom it is related
"that on one occasion, at Loch Hourn, he carried away
from a boat, across the beach, a large barrel of salt
under each arm, one of which a man of ordinary
strength could, with difficulty, lift from the ground.1
John is witness to a sasine by his brother, Duncan
Macrae of Inverinate, to Florence Mackenzie, his
spouse, at Coul, 10th August, 1725.

4. Janet, married Christopher Macrae, at Dru-
daig, a descendant of the Rev. Donald, son of the
Rev. Farquhar Macrae VII.

l The following extract from a letter written in Kintail in 1826 refers to
this incident, and is worth quoting as an instance of the usual tendency to
magnify the '; good old days " : "I have heard my father remark that the
people of his native country are much degenerated in strength, as many
anecdotes, still well known, will show. One trial of strength he often spoke of
as heiug particularly well authenticated. John Macrae, uncle to Farquh»r
Macrae, late Fadoch, was at Loch Hourn with Simon Murchison, brother of
Alexander of Auchtertyre, when they observed a man carrying up salt from
the seaside to the beach, a barrel at a time. ' Do you see,' says Macrae, ' that
man is boasting.' He then went and took up a barrel under his arm. ' Will
you,- .-ays he, ' help me to take up this other to my haunch ?' Simon did so
with very great difficulty, and Macrae swaggered away with both up to the
beach. This was related to my father by the above Simon Murchison."

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5. Mary, who married Murdoch, son of Far-

quhar Macrae of Morvich, and had, with other

issue, John, the Kintail poet, already mentioned.

6. Anne, who married Duncan Macrae, son of

Donald, in Glensheil.

XT. DUNCAN, eldest son of Farquhar X., was
served heir on the 19th March, 1725. He married
Florence, daughter of Charles Mackenzie of Cullen
(Kilcoy family), by his wife, Florence, daughter of
John Mackenzie, second laird of Applecross, and
died in 1726, leaving issue —

1. Farquhar, mentioned below.

2. Anne, who married Captain Home and
resided with him in France. Mrs Home is said
to have been the first to bring tea to Kintail. The
caddy in, which the tea was brought is now in the
possession of Mrs Mackenzie, of Abbotsford Park,
Edinburgh, the great-granddaughter of Mrs Home's
brother, Farquhar of Inverinate.

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CHAPTER VII.

XII. Farquhar, Last of Invcrinatc. — His Marriages and Family. —
Alexander. — Captain Duncan Macrae and his Descend; its. —
Colonel Kenneth Macrae. — Jean married the Rev. John
Macqueen of Applecross. — Her Descendants. — Dr John
Macrae and his Descendants. — Dr Farquhar Macrae. —
Represents Colin Fitzgerald in Benjamin West's Painting
in Brahan Castle. — Killed in a Duel. — Madeline Married
the Rev. John Macrae of Gleusheil. — Her Descendants.—
Anne married Lachlan Mackinnon of Corriechatachan. — Her
Descendants.— Florence married Captain Kenneth Mackenzie
of Kerrisdale.— Her Descendants.— XIII. Colin.— His Marriage
and Family. — XIV. John Anthony.— His Marriage and Family.
— XV. Colin George. — His Marriage and Family.

XII. FARQUHAR, son of Duncan XL, was the
last of the family who held Inverinate and acted as
Chamberlain of Kintail. Like so many more of his
Clan, he was an ardent Jacobite, and narrowly
escaped trouble in 1745. Considering all that tin-
people of Kintail had suffered at the hands of the
supporters of the House of Hanover, both in 1715
and again in 1719, it is no matter for surprise that
in 1745 they once more showed signs of strong
Jacobite sympathies. It is said that, notwith-
standing Seaforth's loyalty to the House of
Hanover at that time, the army of the Prince was
joined by a number of Macraes, not one of whom

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ever again returned to Kintail, and that Farquhar,
who was then a very young man, was so strongly
suspected of Jacobite sympathies that he was placed
for some time under arrest. There is a tradition
that on one occasion he was mistaken by a party of
the King's soldiers for the Prince himself, who had
recently passed a day or two in Kintail in the course
of his wanderings after the battle of Culloden, and
that they took him to Fort-William, where his
mother succeeded in satisfying the authorities as to
his identity, and so secured his release. Farquhar
made some additions to the Rev. John Macrae's
Manuscript History of the Clan, but those additions
appear to have been limited to the merest outline of
his own family. He married first, on the 22nd
April, 1755, Mary, daughter of Alexander Mac-
kenzie, eighth laird of Dochmaluag, on whose death
he married, as his second wife, Elizabeth, widow of
Richard Ord, of Inverness, and daughter of John
Mackenzie, son of Alexander, seventh laird of
Dochmaluag, by whom he had no issue. He died
at Inverness in December, 1789, and was buried in
Kintail. By his first wife, Farquhar left numerous
issue —

1. Alexander, born 10th May, 1756, and died
unmarried in Demerara.

2. Duncan, born 8th June, 1757. He received
an Ensign's Commission in the 78th Highlanders,
which was raised by Lord Seaforth in 1793, and
served with that regiment in India. He was
promoted Captain in 1797, and retired on half- pay
in 1805, He was connected at various times with

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other regiments than the 78th. He died about
1825. Captain Duncan is said to have heen a man
of very handsome personal appearance, a good
Highlander, and a generous man. He married first,
on the 4th August, 1784, Janet, daughter of Alex-
ander Murchison of Tarradale. He married, as his
second wife, Christina, daughter of the Rev. William
Bethune of Kilmuir, Skye. By his first wife he had
issue — ■

a. Kenneth, horn 19th May, 1785. He was
educated at King's College, Aberdeen, and went
to London in 1803 "to be placed in a mercantile
house." He was afterwards a planter in Demerara.

6. Mary, born 20th August, 1786, died in infancy.

c. Alexander, born 28th August, 1787. He was
educated at Aberdeen, and was afterwards a planter
in Demerara, where he was resident for half a
century. He is the author of a "Manual of
Plantership in British Guiana," which was published
in 1856. Alexander married and left three daughters
— Christina, Mary, and Flora — but no male issue.
He died at Southampton in 1860 from the effects
of an accident he met with on the homeward
voyage from Demerara.

d. Mary and Margaret, born 1st February,
1789, died in infancy.

Captain Duncan had issue also by his second
wife, as follows —

e. John

f. Duncan, who entered Aberdeen University
in 1820, and attended for four sessions, but did not
graduate. He died unmarried in Demerara.

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g. Mary, who was born at Inverinate, and married
Lieutenant John Robertson Macdonald of Rodel, in
Hams, with issue, one daughter, Jane, unmarried.

h. Jessie, who married Hector Mackinnon of the
Island of Egg, with issue : —

hi. Duncan, died in Australia.

h2. Lachlan also died in Australia.

/i3. Jessie, who married a Mr Crawford.

hi. Flora, who married a Mr Morrison, with
issue.

h5. Alexandrina, who married a Mr Finlayson.

i. Flora, who, on 2nd February, 1826, married
Alexander Macdonald of Vallay, North Uist, with
issue —

il. Alexander Ewen, in Australia, married, with
issue.

i2. William John, a Senator of Vancouver
Island, married, with issue — Flora ; Edith ; Chris-
tina ; Reginald, in the Royal Artillery ; William, in
the Royal Navy ; Douglas.

i'3. Duncan Alexander Macrae, in Australia.

ii. Colin Hector, in Australia, married, with
issue.

i5. Duncan, in Australia.

i6. Christina Mary, married the Rev. John
William Tolmie, of Contin, with issue: — (l) John,
married Alexandrina, daughter of Donald Macrae,
Luskintyre, in Harris, son of the Rev. Finlay
Macrae; (2) the Rev. Alexander Macdonald Cornfute
of Southend, Kintyre ; (3) Margaret, married the
Rev. Archibald Macdonald of Kiltarlity, joint author
of the History of Clan Donald, with issue, Marion

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Margaret Hope ; Christina Mary ; Flora Amy Mac-
ruari ; (4) Mary Macrae ; (5) Flora, married Charles
Hoffman Weatherall, M.RC.V.S., in India, with
issue ; (6) Hugh Macaskill, in New Zealand ; (7)
Gregory, in New Zealand ; (8) Williamina Alex-
andria.

i7. Harriet Margaret married Alexander Allan
Gregory, of Inverness, with issue: — (1) Alexander,
married Miss Stewart (of Murdostoun, Lanarkshire),
with issue ; (2) Margaret Maclean, married Francis
Foster, with issue ; (3) Harriett, married William
Lindsay Stewart (of Murdostoun) ; (4) Catherine
Christina, married Charles William Dyson Perrins,
Esq. of Davenham, Worcestershire, and of Ardross
Castle, with issue; (5) William; (6) Neil; (7)
Mary ; (8) John, in the Royal Navy ; (9) Reginald.
i8. Mary Isabella married the Rev. Kenneth
Alexander Mackenzie, LL.D., of Kingussie, with
issue : — John, died young ; Mary Flora, married
Walter Frederick Rodolph De Watteville, M.B., &c,
of Edinburgh University ; Elizabeth.

3. Kenneth, born 16th July, 1758. He re-
ceived a Commission in the old 78th, afterwards the
72nd Highlanders, which was raised by the Earl of
Seaforth in 1778. He afterwards served in the
76th Foot, in which regiment he was promoted
Major in 1795, and Lieutenant-Colonel in
1804. He served with his regiment in India with
much distinction. In one of his dispatches from
India, dated 26th December, 1804, and giving an
account of the capture of Deig, General Lake says :
— " I myself feel under the greatest obligation to

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Lieutenant-Colonel Macrae, to whose conduct on
this occasion I attribute the ultimate success of the
attack" (on Deig, on the 23rd December, 1804).
Colonel Kenneth also took a prominent part in the
siege and capture of Bhurtpore in the following
year. Among the casualties at the siege at Bhurt-
pore, there was a Lieutenant D. Macrae of the 76th
killed, and a Lieutenant J. Macrae of the same
regiment wounded, on the 21st January, 1805.
Colonel Kenneth Macrae was afterwards Paymaster-
General of Jamaica, where he died about 1814. He
married a Miss Mackay in Jamaica, but left no issue.

4. Jean, born 23rd August, 1759. She married,
in 1781, the Rev. John Macqueen, of Applecross,
and died in 1847. She was called in Kintail " The
Sunbeam of Tullochard " because of her beauty.
She left issue —

a. Donald, a planter in Demerara.

b. John, a Major in the Army ; married a
daughter of Judge Bliss, of New Brunswick, and
left a son, John, a Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade,
and other issue.

c. George, a Captain in the Rifle Brigade.

d. Archibald, who was Clerk of Arraigns in
Demerara, and died unmarried.

e. Dr Kenneth, H.E.I.C.S., married, but left no
surviving issue.

f. Farquhar, a Captain in the Indian Navy,
married and left issue.

g. Mary ; h, Jane ; i, Jessie ; k, Beatrice.

5. John, born 3rd November, 1760, was a Doctor
of Medicine, H.E.I.C.S. (Calcutta and Chittagong).

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He married the daughter of a Colonel Erskine, with
issue —

a. John, also a Doctor of Medicine, H.E.I.C.S.,
married and left one daughter. He died at Monghyr,
in India, early in 1864.

b. Farquhar, who was a Lieutenant in the Indian
Army, served in the first Burmese War, 1824-6,
and died in 1847.

c. Ellen married Mr Lee Warner, without issue.

d. Dora married James Fraser of Achnagaim, in
Inverness-shire, with issue —

d\. Dora, who married "Robert Reid, brewer,
London, without issue.

d2. Jane, who married Eyre Lambert, without
issue.

dZ. Helen, who married, first, Huntly George
Gordon Duff of Muirtown, with issue:— (1) Emily
Dora, who died young ; (2) Georgina Huntly, who
married Francis Darwin of Elston, Notts, and of
Muirtown, Inverness, without issue. Helen mar-
ried, secondly, Charles Middleton of Middleton
Lodge, Ilkley, Yorkshire, with issue; (3) Charles
Marmaduke ; (4) Reginald Charles ; (5) Lionel
George ; (6) Mary Hilda.

e. Georgina, who married, 3rd March, 1831,
Edmund Currie of Pickford, Sussex, with issue-
el. The Very Rev. Edward Reid Currie, D.D.,
Dean and Vicar of Battle, in Sussex, married, first,
Geraldine Dowdeswell, only child of Richard Tyrrell,
Esq., with issue; Edward George. He married,
secondly, Frances Emma, only daughter of the Rev.
William Frederick Hotham.

104 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

e2. Georgina married Sir Augustus Rivers
Thompson, K.C.S.I.. Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.

c3. Eliza Fredrica married George William
Moultrie, of the Bank of Bengal.

ei. Mary Catherine.

c5. Dora married Nathaniel Stewart Alexander,
Bengal Civil Service.

6. Charles, born 26th June, 1762, died young.

7. Farquhar, born 30th March, 1764. He was
a Doctor of Medicine, and was appointed Medical
Officer to Lord Macartney's Embassy to China in
1792-4. He was afterwards killed in a duel with a
Major Blair in Demerara in 1802. He left no issue.
He is said to have been " handsome and comely in
personal appearance, and strong in proportion."
His portrait is represented as Colin Fitzgerald,
the reputed founder of the House of Seaforth in
Benjamin West's celebrated deer hunt painting in
Brahan Castle. There is an interesting tradition
with regard to the manner in which Farquhar came
to be chosen as the model for Colin Fitzgerald. It
is said that the artist accidentally saw him one day
in Hyde Park, and, being struck by his appearance,
asked him if he would sit as a model for the founder
of the House of Seaforth, which he readily consented
to do. Farquhar was not only a native of the
ancestral country of the Seaforths, but was also
closely related to that family, and it is a remarkable
fact that he should have struck the artist, to whom
he is said to have been a perfect stranger, as a
suitable representative for the hero of the painting.

8. Madeline, born 2nd October, 1765. She

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married, on the 27th June, 1782, the Rev. John
Macrae, M.A., minister of Glensheil, and died on the
21st January, 1837. The Rev. John Macrae, who
was a native of the neighbourhood of Dingwall, was
educated at Aberdeen. He was ordained to the
parish of Glensheil in 1777, and died there in 1823,
aged seventy-five years. By him Madeline had
issue —

a. Alexander, born in 1783, died young.

b. Mary, born in 1785, married in 1814, Donald
Munro (of the family of Lealty, in Ross-shire), and
died in 1844, leaving issue —

b\. Madeline, who married the Rev. Alexander
Fraser Russell, M.A., Free Church minister of Kil-
modan, in Argvlesh ire, with issue: — (l) Sir James
Alexander Russell, M.D., L.L.D.. &c, Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, 1891-94. He married Marianne Rae,
daughter of James Wilson, Esq., of Edinburgh, and
niece of Professor Wilson (Christopher North), with-
out issue; (2) The Rev. John Munro Russell, M.A.,
B.D., minister of the Scottish Church, Cape Town.
He married Nancy Eliza, daughter of the Rev.
Robert Elder, D.D., Free Church minister of Rothe-
say, with issue — Alexander Fraser ; Robert Elder ;
Madeline Mary; Ian Robson ; (3) Donald George, a
tea planter in India, died in Edinburgh in 1897 ;
(4) William John, M.B., died at Wandsworth in
1883 ; (5) Duncan Kenneth Campbell, a Civil
Engineer ; (G) Tindal Mackenzie, died young ; (7)
Alexander Fraser, M.A., M.B., &c, Army Medical
Department, married Laura Charlotte, daughter of
Colonel Frederick Prescott Forteath of Newton,

106 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Elginshire, with issue— James Forteath, Margaret
Marianne ; (8) Mary Florence Beatrice, died young.
b2. Isabella, now (1897) residing at Abbotsford
Park, Edinburgh, married John Mackenzie, Leguan,
British Guiana, with issue: — (1) Gilbert Proby,
Surgeon - Major Indian Medical Service, married
Jane Scott, and died in 1890, leaving issue — John,
Indian Staff Corps ; Thomas Rennie Scott ; George
Kenneth ; Isabella; Emma; Gilbert Proby; (2) Donald
George, Captain, Indian Staff Corps, married Mary
Ruth, daughter of Captain G. M. Prior, R.A., and
died in India in 1885, leaving issue — Isabella
Florence Ruth; Ethel Lucy; (3) Charles Tindal
Grant, died young.

b3. John died unmarried in Australia.

64. Anne married Allan Cameron, with issue.

65. Christina Flora married George Ross in
Demerara, with issue.

66. Donald married Maggie Muir, with issue.

c. Isabella, born 1786, married John Campbell,
farmer, Duntulm, in Skye, and died in 1849, leaving
numerous issue.

d. Florence, born 1788, married Duncan Macrae
of the Torlysich family, and died in 1865, with
issue, one son, Francis Humberston, who married
in Tasmania, and left issue, two sons and one
daughter.

e. Beatrice, born 1790, married the Rev. Alex-
ander Campbell, minister of Croy, and died in 1877,
with issue —

el. Rev. Patrick Campbell, minister of Kil-
learnan, in Ross-shire, died unmarried.

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c2. Madeline married James M'Inroy, with issue.

t>3. Jane married the Rev. James M. Allardyce,
D.D., minister of Bowden, in Roxburghshire, with
issue, one son, who died young.

e4. Duncan died in Calcutta.

e5. Charlotte married Captain Hamilton,
H.E.I.C.S., with issue, one son, Dr Archibald
Hamilton.

e6. Rev. Colin A. Campbell, minister of Lyne,
Peeblesshire.

f. Duncan, born 1796, died in Florida.

g. Christina, born 1798, married Lieutenant
Farquhar Macrae of the 78th Highlanders, Torly-
sich family, of whom hereafter.

h. Rev. John Macrae, born 21st November,
1799. He succeeded his father as minister of
Glensheil in 1823, became minister of Glenelg in
1840, and died on the 7th July, 1875. He married
in 1826 Jamesina Fraser, daughter of Norman
Macleod of Ellanriach, Glenelg, and by her, who
died in 1852, he had issue —

hi. John Kenneth, who was Deputy-Commis-
sioner at Rangoon, and married Elizabeth Dunbar,
with issue ; John Dunbar ; Norman Farquhar ;
Hugh ; Madeline ; Catherine ; Florence.

h2. Norman James, an Indian missionary, mar-
ried Jessie, daughter of Dr John Junor, Peebles,
without issue.

hZ. Alexa married Hugh Bogle, Esq., of Glasgow,
with issue : — (1) Margaret Kennedy married Frank
Crossman ; (2) Madeline Macrae married Harry
Calthorpe, with issue ; (3) Gilbert married Alice

108 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Galloway, with issue ; (4) John Stewart Douglas ;
(5) William Lockhart, a distinguished artist, whose
paintings of Highland subjects are well known at
the annual exhibitions of the Royal Academy. He
is married to Margaret, daughter of Peter Maclean
of Dunvegan, Skye ; (6) Rosalind De Vere ; (7)
Mary Innes married George Kynoch ; (8) Norman
Archibald died in Burmah in 1894.

hi. Madeline Charlotte married the Rev. Colin
A. Campbell, minister of Lyne,. Peeblesshire, without
issue.

h5. Forbes. /i6. Catherine Christina Sibella.

^. Kenneth, born in 1802, died unmarried in
Florida.

9. Anne, born 21st March, 1768, married in
1794 Lachlan Mackinnon, Esq. of Corriechatachan,
in Skye, who died in 1828, aged 56 years, leaving
issue — ■

a. Lachlan, who married, first, Catherine,
daughter of Duncan Macdougall of Ardentrive, by
whom he had issue, five daughters, one of whom
married Archibald Roberts Young, of the Bengal
Civil Service, with issue. He married, secondly,
Charlotte, daughter of General Sir John Hope,
without surviving issue.

6. Anne, who in 1815 married the Rev. John
Mackinnon, minister of Strath, in Skye, with
issue —

61. The Rev. Donald Mackinnon, D.D., also
minister of Strath. He married, first, Flora,
daughter of Dr Farquhar Mackinnon of Kyle, in
Skye, and secondly, Emma Flora, daughter of

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Colonel William Macleod, of the Madras Army,
and by her had issue — John William Macleod ;
Lachlan Kenneth Scobie ; Donald ; Charles John ;
Archibald ; Godfrey William Went worth ; Emma
Flora ; Annie Emily.

b'2. Lachlan, of Melbourne, in Australia, and of
Elfordleigh, in Devonshire, who was one of the
original founders of The Melbourne Argus. He
married, first, Jane, daughter of Robert Mont-
gomery, of Belfast, and secondly, Emily, daughter
of Lieutenant Bundock, R.N.

bZ. John Murray Macgregor of Ostaig House,
Skye, who married Christina, widow of Archibald
Smith, Esq.

64. Charles Farquhar, of Melbourne, Australia,
died unmarried.

bb. Surgeon-General Sir William Alexander
Mackinnon, K.C.B., LL.D., &c, Knight of the
Legion of Honour in France, &c, who was born in
1830, and educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow
Universities. He joined the army in 1853, and
was appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the Forty-
Second Highlanders. He served with that regi-
ment during the Crimean War, being present at
Alma, Balaclava, Kertch, and Sebastopol, for which
he received the medal with three clasps ; was
appointed Knight Commander of the Legion of
Honour ; and received the Turkish medal. He
afterwards served on the personal staff of Lord
Clyde in the Indian Mutiny in 1857, taking part
in the campaigns of Rohilcund and Oude, and in the
actions of Bareilly and others. He served in New

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Zealand from 1862 to 1866 as Surgeon of the Fifty-
Seventh Regiment ; was appointed Sanitary Officer
and Field-Surgeon to the New Zealand forces, and
was present at various engagements. For these
services he received the Companionship of the
Bath. He was Assistant-Professor of Clinical and
Military Surgery at the Army Medical Hospital
from 1867 to 1873. In 1874, he was appointed
principal Medical Officer in the Ashantee War, and
was promoted to be Deputy-Surgeon-General. He
was principal Medical Officer also at Aldershot and
Colchester, and in China, Malta, and Gibraltar, and
is Honorary Surgeon to the Queen. In 1889, he
attained the highest rank in his profession, being
appointed in that year Director-General of the
Army Medical Department. In 1891, he was
created a Knight Commander of the Bath, and
finally, after forty-three years of service, retired
from the army on the 7th May, 1896. His career
has thus been one of great distinction. Lord Clyde,
General Sir Duncan A. Cameron, and others have
borne the strongest testimony to his fearless and
efficient devotion to duty on active service ; and on
the 3rd July, 1894, the Secretary for War declared
in Parliament that " there could be no more efficient
or just chief of the Army Medical Department than
Sir William Mackinnon." 1

66. Colin Macrae married Anne, daughter of
Robert Saunders Webb, Esq., with issue.

67. Godfrey Bosville, of Melbourne, Australia,

1 A portrait and biographical sketch of Sir William Mackinnon appeared in
tlie Celtic Monthly for August, 1896,

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Ill

married Maggie, daughter of Charles Macdonald,
Esq. of Ord, Skye, with issue -.—John ; Annie ;
Mary Anne ; Charles Macdonald ; William ; Neilly.

68. Ann Susan, died young.

69. Mary Jane, died young.

610. Catherine Charlotte, died in 1890.

611. Louisa Houptoun, married John Henry
Stonehouse Lydiard, son of Admiral Lydiard, K.N.,
with issue, and is now living in Melbourne.

612. Flora Downie, now of Duisdale House,

Skye.

c. Mary, married Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan
Mackenzie, with issue :— George and Lachlan, both
in the Indian Service.

d. Charles, married Henrietta, daughter of Cap-
tain Studd, H.E.I.C.S., with issue—

dl. Victoria, married Major-General Colin Mac-
kenzie, of the Indian Army, with issue :— (1) Colin
John, Major 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs). He served in the Egyptian
Campaign, the Burmese Campaign, the Black Moun-
tain Expedition, and the Hunga Nagar Campaign
in Cashmere. (2) Charles Alexander ; (3) Ronald
Pearson, M.D.; (4) Mary Charlotte ; (5) Henrietta
Studd; (6) Victor Herbert, of the British East
Africa Company, died in 1892 ; (7) Kenneth
Lascelles; (8) Frederick William, R.N.; (9) Henry
Studd ; (10) Morna ; (11) Annie Stuart.

d-2. Anne, married General John Stewart, of the
Indian Army.

c/3. Flora Jane, married Dr Clarke, of the Indian
Army, with issue,

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cU. Harriet, married Colonel Prinsep, of the
Indian Army, with issue.

d5. Jessie, married Captain Poynter, with issue.

d6. Mary, married Captain Murray, with issue.

dl . Susan Margaret, married, in 1877, Algernon
St Maur, fifteenth Duke of Somerset.

d%. Henrietta, married a Mr Sargent, with issue.

e. Farquhar, Lieutenant H.E.I.C.S., died at the
Cape of Good Hope in 1825.

f. Flora, died unmarried.

g. Margaret, married Captain D. Macdonald, of
the 42nd Highlanders, with issue : —

gl. Farquhar; g'2 Archibald; g3 Lachlan ; </4
Christina.

gb. Catherine, married, first, Donald Keid, Esq.,
and secondly, General Macleod.

g6. Ann Mary, married M. H. Court, Esq., of
Castlemans, Berks.

h. Alexander Kenneth, married, first, Flora,
daughter of the Rev. Alexander Downie, D.D., of
Lochalsh, with issue —

hi. Alister, died in India in 1860.

h2. Annabella, married Admiral Rutherford,
R.N.

Alexander Kenneth married, secondly, Barbara,
daughter of Captain Daniel Reid, R.N., with issue —

%3. Flora Downie. h4. Catherine.

h5. Annie Flora, married Robert Currie,
H.E.I.C.S., with issue.

hG. Charlotte.

hi. Lachlan Charles, of The Melbourne Argus,
mamed, as his second wife, Emily Grace Bundock .

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Mackinnon, adopted daughter of his cousin, Lachlan
Mackinnon, of Elfordleigh, with issue.
h8. Daniel, died unmarried.

/;9. Charles, married Constance, daughter of
Colonel Wright, with issue.
hlO. Thomas Mackenzie.

i. Kenneth, a Doctor H.E.I.C.S., married Jessie,
daughter of Captain Kenneth Mackenzie, of Kerris-
dale, with issue —

i\. Catherine Mary, married Robert Scott
Moncrieff, with issue:— (1) Jessie Margaret, married
George Scott Moncrieff, Sheriff of Inverness, with
issue— Colin ; John. (2) Charlotte, married Charles
Watson, grandson of the Rev. Thomas Chalmers,
D.D., with issue ; (3) Susan ; (4) Mary Catherine,
married Wellington Ray, M.A., with issue ; (5)
Robert Lawrence, in Buenos Ayres, married
Victoria Troutbeck ; (6) Kenneth, an electrical
engineer in India; (7) William Elmslie, Indian
Medical Service ; (8) Catherine, B.A., of London
University ; (9) David.

»2. Flora Anne, married Major John Ross, of
Tilliscorthy, Aberdeenshire, with issue :— (1) John,
British Consul, Fiji Islands ; (2) Alexander, British
Consul at Beira; (3) Helen, married W. J. Bundock
Mackinnon; (4) Jessie ; (5) Charles; (6) Robert.

iB. Jessie, married Dr A. Halliday Douglas,
Edinburgh, with issue:— (1) Kenneth Mackinnon,
M.D., married Florence Amy Leslie, with issue-
Jessie Margery; Kenneth; Archibald. (2) Rev.
Andrew Halliday Douglas, M.A., Presbyterian
minister, Cambridge, married Isabel Lumsden Love,

114 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

with issiie, Margaret Isabel Mackinnon ; (3) Charles
Mackinnon, D.Sc, Lecturer, Edinburgh University,
married Anne Tod.

i4. Charles Kenneth, Colonel in the Indian Army,
married Miss Broadfoot.

ib. Kenneth Hector, died unmarried.

j. Jessie, married Hugh Macaskill, of Mornish.

k. Johanna, married the Rev. James Morrison,
of Kintail, with issue —

kl. Rev. Roderick Morrison, born 1839, also
minister of Kintail, who died at Kintail Manse 11th
June, 1897.

1'2. Annie, married William Dick, Esq.

k3. Jane.

/. Susannah, and Jane (twins), died unmarried.

10. Hector, born September, 1722, died young.

11. Florence married Captain Kenneth Mac-
kenzie of Kerrisdale, in Gairloch, younger son of
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, third baronet of Gairloch,
with issue —

a. Alexander, a Captain in the 58th Regiment,
married Ellen, daughter of William Beibly, M.D.,
President of the College of Physicians, Edinburgh,
with issue —

«1. Kenneth, a planter in Bengal.

«2. William, Deputy Postmaster-General in
India — retired.

«3. Julius, an engineer in Birmingham, married,
with issue.

a4. Frank, a planter in India, married, with
issue.

b. Hector died unmarried in Java.

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c\ Farquhar went to Victoria, where he married
and left issue :— Hector ; John; Violet; Mary; Flora.

(/. Jean married William H. Garrett, of the
Indian Civil Service, with issue —

dl. Edward. (12. William.

dS. Eleanor, married, first, Dr Calder, H.E.I.C.S.,
with issue : — (l) William, died without issue ; (2) Ed-
ward, Captain, Mercantile Service, married, with issue.

Eleanor married, secondly, Gershom Gourlay,
Esq., of the firm of Gourlay Brothers, engineers,
Dundee, with issue; (3) Henry, of the firm of
Gourlay Brothers ; (4) Jane, died young- ; (5)
Miriam, died young ; (6) Frederick, a civil engineer,
married Agnes, daughter of the Venerable Arch-
deacon John Edward Herring, with issue; (7)
Florence, died young; (8) Charles, of the firm of
Gourlay Brothers, married Fanny Gordon ; (9)
Morris, died young; (10) Margaret, married J.
Campbell Penney, with issue; (11) Kenneth Mac-
kenzie married Grace, daughter of D. M. Watson
of Greystone, with issue ; (12) Frank, a Doctor of
Medicine.

di. Flora died young, f/5. Emily.

c/6. Elizabeth married James Bell, Esq., Dundee,
with issue :— (1) James, merchant in Dundee, mar-
ried, with issue; (2) Morris, a civil engineer,
married, with issue ; (3) Grace married, with issue ;
(4) Jane married, with issue; (5) Thomas; (G)
William ; (7) Son.

e. Mary married, first, Dr Macleod, Dingwall,
without issue, and secondly, Murdo Mackenzie,
Calcutta, also without issue.

116 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

f. Christian Henderson married John Mackenzie,
solicitor, Tain, a son of George Mackenzie, third of
Pitlundie, with issue : — George ; Kenneth.

g. Jessie married Dr Kenneth Mackinnon, of the
Corriechatachan family, H.E.I.C.S., Calcutta.

12. Colin, of whom next.

XIII. COLIN, youngest son of Farquhar Macrae
of Inverinate and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag,
was born on the 14th March, 1776. He was a
merchant and planter in Demerara, where he rose to
a position of importance and prominence. He was
Colonel Commandant of the Colonial Militia, a
member of the Colonial Legislation, and one of the
negotiators of the cession of Demerara to England
after the Peace of 1814. He married Charlotte
Gertrude, daughter of John Cornelius Vandenheuvel,1
Esq., of Demerara, who was for some time Governor
of that Colony when it belonged to the Dutch, and
by her had issue, as below. Colin died in Edin-
burgh on the 25th October, 1854.

1. Charlotte married Captain Edward Brook
Vass, with issue — Charlotte Gertrude ; Catherine
Murat ; Maria Cornelia.

1 The Vandenheuvel family came originally from Germany, which they
were obliged to quit at the time of the Reformation in consequence of their
adhesion to the Protestant cause. This they did, however, with the permis-
sion of the Emperor Charles V., and settled for a time in Brabant. Shortly
afterwards the head of the family rendered an important military service to
the Emperor, for which he received a patent of nobility, the addition of a
sword to his eoat-of-arms, and a medal which was recently, and is probably
still, in the possession of his descendants. One of his sons eventually returned
to Germany, and, having made profession of the Koman Catholic religion, he
obtained possession of the old family estates. The eldest son, however,
remained in the Netherlands, and from him was descended in a direct line the
.-aid .John Cornelius Vandenheuvel. of Demerara.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 117

2. Farquhar, drowned in 1838 off Cape Hatteras,
in America, while trying to rescue another man.

3. Maria Cornelia married Dr James Sewell,
son of Chief Justice Sewell, of Quebec, with issue —
James; Justine; Colin; Edward; Hope; Horace.

4. John Anthony, who succeeded as representa-
tive of the Inverinate family, and of whom hereafter.

5. Colin Wilson married Louisa Elliott, without
issue.

G. Justine Henriette married, 26th December,
1833, Horatio Ross, Esq. of Rossie, Forfarshire, and
Wyvis, Ross-shire, Captain in the 14th Light
Dragoons, and some time M.P. for Aberdeen and
the Montrose Burghs. She died at Southsea in
1894, leaving issue —

a. Horatio Senftenberg John, Esq., of the Indian
Civil Service, married Caroline Latour St George,
daughter of Sir Theophilus St George, Bart., with
issue.

b. Hercules Grey, Esq., of the Indian Civil
Service, who distinguished himself during the
Indian Mutiny, married, with issue.

c. Colin George, Esq., sometime of Wyvis, and
later of Gruinards, Ross-shire, married, with issue.

d. Edward Charles Russell, who was winner of
the Queen's prize at the first Wimbledon Meeting
in 1860, Chairman of the Board of Lunacy, &c,
married Margaret Seymour Osborne, with issue.

e. The Rev. Robert Peel, a clergyman of the
Church of England, some time Rector of Drayton
Bassett, in Staffordshire, married, with issue.

7. Alexander Charles, M.D., formerly In-

118 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

spector-General of* Hospitals, Army Medical Depart-
ment, married Charlotte Eeid, with issue —

a Fanny Catherine Ousley married on the 26th
April, 1866, Robert George, son of Sir Frederick
Larkins Currie, Bart., and died on the 17th
September, 1870, leaving issue, a son and two
(laughters.

h. Charles Colin, born 1843, M.A. University
College, Oxford, barrister-at-law in London, and of
Oakhurst, Oxted, Surrey, formerly Secretary of the
Legislative Council of Bengal, married Cecilia,
daughter of Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P., with issue —
Charles Alexander ; Frank Laing.

c, Louisa.

8. Isaac Vandenheuvel, born 12th June, 1819,
a clergyman of the Church of England, and now
(1897) Vicar of "Brassington, in Derbyshire. He
married Elizabeth Johnson, with issue —

a. Christina Elizabeth married, 6th September,
1894, John Eaton Fearn, with issue — Francis;
Russel Colin.

b Colin John.

9. Robert Campbell married, 25th October,
1853, Jane Eliza, eldest daughter of Vice- Admiral
Mark John Currie, and died 11th February, 1896,
with issue —

a. Farquhar Campbell.

/;. Mark Reginald married Nancy Dill, with issue.

C Junita Gertrude married Harry William Antill,
with issue.

(/. Justine Alice married William Mathias Lan-
caster,

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i\ Harold John married Maggie von Broda;

f, Colin Tisdall.

g. Horace Duncan died unmarried in 1885.
h, Marshall.

i. Hilda married William Arthur Warwick Her-
ring, with issue.

j. Marv Edith married Peter Felix Mackenzie-
Richards, with issue.

10. Margaret Elizabeth married John Ken-
nedy, Esq. of Underwood, Ayrshire, and died in
1893, leaving issue —

a. John, D.L. for County of Ayr, W.S., and a
Parliamentary solicitor, Westminster, married and
has issue.

h. Neil James, B.A., LL.B. and advocate in
Edinburgh, married, 10th September, 1805, Eleonora
Agnes, only surviving child of Robert William
Cochran Patrick, Esq. of Woodside and Ladyland, in
the County of Ayr, some time M.P. for North Ayr-
shire, on whose death, in 1897, Mrs Kennedy having
succeeded to the estates, Mr Neil J. Kennedy
assumed the name of Cochran Patrick.

c. Charlotte Maria died unmarried, 1896.

d. Justine Henriette married, 1884, Alan John
Colquhoun, C.B., son of John Colquhoun, author of
" The Moor and the Loch," a nephew of the late Sir
James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart. He was formerly
Captain in "The Black Watch," and is now (1897)
Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the Duke of Edin-
burgh's Own Edinburgh Artillery Militia, and has
issue.

e. Elizabeth Theodora Mary married John

120 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

William M'Kerrell Brown, of the Bank of* Scot-
land, Dunfermline.

f. Adelaide Emily Jane.

XIV. JOHN ANTHONY, LL.D., Esquire of
Wellbank, Forfarshire, J. P., and a Writer to the
Signet in Edinburgh, second son of Colin XIII.,
was born on the 1st February, 1812. Mr Macrae
raised the first Volunteer Company in Scotland in
1859, and, at his death, was Major of the Queen's
R. V Brigade. He married Joanna Isabella Maclean,
daughter of John Maclean of Dumfries estate, in
the Island of Carriacou, West Indies, and died on
the 23rd May, 1868, leaving issue—

1. John Anthony, born 23rd November, 1842;
died 5th March, 1852.

2. Colin George, of whom below.

3. Horatio Ross, Esquire of Clunes,1 Inverness-
shire, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Inverness, a writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, and
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Queen's Rifle Volunteer
Brigade. He married Letitia May, daughter of Sir
William Maxwell of Cardoness, Bart., with issue —
Alexander William Urquhart, born 18th April,
1885.

4. Jessidora married in 1884, Sir William
Francis Maxwell of Cardoness, Bart., Kirkcudbright-
shire, with issue —

William Francis John, born 7th July, 1885;
Joanna Mary ; Dorothea Letitia May.

iMr Macrae's estate of Clunes is situated in tin- district which, according
to tradition, was the original home from which the Macraes migrated to
Kin tail.— See Chapter I,

Sir COLIN GEORGE MACRAE (Inverinate)

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XV. COLIN GEORGE, eldest surviving son of
John Anthony XIV., is now the lineal representative
of the Macraes of Inverinate, and is fifteenth in
descent from Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, the
founder of the Clan Macrae of Kintail. He was
horn 30th November, 1844, is a writer to the Signet
in Edinburgh and a Justice of the Peace for the
City of Edinburgh and for the County of Forfar.
He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at
the University of Edinburgh, where he had a dis-
tinguished career and graduated Master of Arts.
As a student, he was for two years President of the
University Conservative Club, and since his entry
upon public life has taken a prominent part in the
affairs of his native city. At the present time
(1897) he is Chairman of the School Board of Edin-
burgh, a position which he has occupied for the past
seven years with conspicuous success and with the
cordial support of his fellow-citizens.1 He is also a
loyal member and supporter of the Church of Scot-
land, in connection with which he has done much
active and valuable work, having sat in the General
Assembly almost continuously for twenty years.
His interest in the Highlands, and more especially
in young Highlanders coming to Edinburgh, has
always been great, and has frequently been shown
in a kindly and practical manner.2 Mr Macrae

1. . . He is a man who, as an educationist, has done much sterling and
unselfish wort for the city, and his opinions must command respect even from
those who disagree with him. . . . It is undeniable that the Edinburgh

Board has done admirable public work, and never more than in the time of
Mr Macrae himself. . . . — The Scotsman, 19th February, 1897.

2 A portrait and biographical sketch of Mr Colin George Macrae appeared
ill The Celtic Monthly for November, 1896,

122 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

married, 23rd June, 1877, Flora Maitland, daughter
of John Colquhoun, Esq., author of the well-known
work entitled " The Moor and the Loch," and has
issue —

1. John Anthony, horn 19th May, 1883.

2. Frances Maitland Dorothea.

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CHAPTER VIII.

Christopher, son of Alexander of Tnverinate. — Tacksman of
Aryngan.— His Marriage and Descendants.— Mat hesons of
LochTlsh and the Rev. Dr Kennedy of Dingwall Descended
from him.— Other Descendants of Christopher.— John, son of
Christopher.— His Marriage and Descendants.

IX. CHRISTOPHER, son of Alexander of Inverinate
and Mary Mackenzie of Dochmaluag, and ninth in
descent from Fionnla Du Mac Gillechriosd, was
tacksman of Aryugan, in Kintail, and was commonly
known as " Gillecriosd Mor a Chroidh " (Big Chris-
topher of the Cattle). He was alive on the 15th
August, 1723, as his signature appears on a bond <>f
caution' drawn up on that date for the protection
of their rights by the wadsetters on the estates of
Macdonald°of Sleat, which the ;' Forfeited Estates
Commissioners " were then proposing to sell. It is
uncertain who his wife was, hut it is said that he
was twice married, and that his first wife was of the
Murchisons of Auchtertyre, and that his second wife
was a Chisholm. He left a large family, all of whom
are said to have married and to have left issue.
Many of his descendants are still living in Kintail
and Lochalsh.

1. Duncan. He is witness to a sasine on the
19th March, 1700, and was killed at the Battle of
Sheriffnmir in 1715. He is said to have married

124 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Margaret, daughter of John Mackenzie of Loch-
broom, and left issue, as below, so far as it has been
found possible to trace them —

a. John, who had a son.

«1. Duncan, who married Janet, daughter of
Christopher, son of Finlay, son of John Breac. son
of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae, and had (l) John,
who had issue — John ; Donald ; Farquhar ; Ken-
neth ; Christopher. (2) A son called Christopher
Tailor ; (3) Isabella ; (4) Christina.

«2. John, who had issue — John, Christopher,
Alexander, Duncan.

«3. Anne, who married Christopher, at Druidaig.

«4. Christina, who married Ian Mac Callum.

6. Alexander, called Alister Ruadh (Red Alex-
ander), who had issue —

61. John, called the Red Smith, who had sons —

(1) Alexander, who was a blacksmith at Ardelve ;

(2) Finlay.

62. Finlay, who went to America.

2. Alexander had a son Duncan, who had a
son Christopher, a priest, and other issue.

3. Donald, who had a son Duncan, who had a
son John, who had a son Alexander, admitted to the
Grammar School, Aberdeen, with a Macra bursary
in 1806, entered the University in 1809, and
graduated M.A. in 1813.

4. Christopher, mentioned as taking part in i
the affair of Ath nam Muileach on the 2nd October,
1721.

5. Murdoch, also present at the affair of Ath
nam Muileach,

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6 Farquhar, who was also present at the affair
of Ath nam Mnileach, married, it is said, a Macdonald
of Sleat, and had a daughter, Barhara, who married,
first, John Og, son of the Rev. Donald Macrae of
Kintail, with issue, and secondly Donald, son of the
Rev. Finlay Macrae of Lochalsh, also with issue.

7. John, mentioned helow.

8. Finlay.

9. Mary married, in 1695, Farquhar Matheson
of Fernaig, and had, with other issue—

a. John, who, in 1728, married, as his second
wife, Margaret Mackenzie of Pitlundie, and died in
1760, leaving issue— Alexander, who, about 1763,
married Catherine Matheson, and died in 1804,
leaving issue- John, who, in 1804, married Mar-
garet, daughter of Captain Donald Matheson oi
Shiness, and died in 1826, leaving, with other
issue— Sir Alexander Matheson, Bart, of Lochalsh,
who married, as his second wife, Lavinia Mary,
daughter of Thomas Stapleton of Carlton, York-
shire, and died in 1886, leaving, with other issue-
Sir Kenneth James Matheson, Bart, of Lochalsh.

b. Donald, who married Margaret, daughter ot
Roderick Mackenzie, Sanachan, of the Applecross
family, and had a daughter-Mary, who married
Donald Kennedy of Kishorn, by whom she had,
with other issue— the Rev. John Kennedy of Red-
castle, one of whose sons was the Rev. John
Kennedy, D.D., who was Free Church minister of
Dingwall' from 1844 until his death in 1884, and
occupied throughout his whole career a foremost
place among the greatest preachers of Scotland.

12G THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

10. Marian married John Macrae, a descendant
of Miles, son of the Rev. Farquhar.

11. Anne.

12. Christina.

13. Catherine married Colin Mackenzie, ninth
laird of Hilton. There is a sasine by Colin Mac-
kenzie of Hilton1 in favour of Catherine Macrae, his
spouse, in liferent of his pecklands of Easter
Casichan in the parish of Contin and shire of Ross,
on the 26th August, 1749. Catherine left issue —

a. John, who died before his father.

h. Alexander, tenth of Hilton.

c. A daughter who married, as his first wife,
John Macdonell, twelfth of Glengarry, and had,
with other issue — Alexander, who carried on the
representation of that family.

14. Janet. 15. Isabel.

16. Margaret, who married Finlay Macrae,
Strathglass.

X. JOHN,2 son of Christopher of Aryugan,
called Ian Ban, was educated at Aberdeen, and is
mentioned in some copies of the MS. history of the
Clan as " Mr John, graduate in Aberdeen." He is
said to have married Annabella, daughter of Duncan
Macrae, tutor of Conchra, by his wife Isabel,
daughter of the Rev. Finlay Macrae, with issue —

1 The property of this family, which was formerly known as Hilton, was
situated in Strathbran, and is now traversed by the Dingwall and Skye
llailway between the stations of Aclmault and Aclmasheen.

2 The succession of Christopher of Aryugan is continued here in his son
John only for convenience of arrangement, and not because John's descendants
are the oldest lineal representatives of Christopher.

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1. FlNEAY, who lived at Aehmore. and married
Isabella Macrae, daughter of Farquhar Mac Ian of
the Torlysich family, with other issue-
rs Alexander.

6. John, who married Kate, daughter of Duncan
Macrae, and had, together with several daughters,
the following issue —

61. Christopher, who married Mary, daughter
of Christopher Macrae, Carr, with issue— (l) Alex-
ander; (2) John, married Isabella, daughter of
Duncan Maclennan, Sallachy, with issue -Mary ;
Jemima ; Christopher ; Ewen ; Mary Anne ; Duncan ;
(3) Christopher ; (4) Janet ; (5) Isabella ; (6) Mary.
b-2. Finlay. 63. Alexander.

64. Duncan, who was for many years a farmer
atKirkton, Lochalsh, and is now (1897) living at
Ihuinish, Lochalsh. He married Jessie, daughter
of Alexander Maclennan by his wife Mary, daughter
of Alexander Macrae, Achtertyre, and by her, who
died 11th April, 1882, aged sixty-seven, had issue—
(1) Mary, who married John Maclennan, Strathglass,
with issue— Duncan ; John ; Donald Ewen ; Jessie ;
Annie ; Catherine ; Mary ; Mary Anne ; Margaret ;
Lexy ; (2) Catherine, who married Captain William
Mackenzie of the Merchant Service, with issue
William; (3) Mary Anne, who died unmarried on
the 19th January, 1893.

65. Annabella, married Duncan Macrae, with
jssue_(l) John, married Mary, daughter of Thomas
Macrae, with issue; (2) Finlay married Annabella
Macdonald, with issue ; (3) Duncan; (4) Annabella
married, with issue.

128 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

2. Duncan married and had issue — at least one
son —

«. John, who married, and had, with other issue —

ol. Duncan, who married Grace, daughter of
Colin Mackenzie, Kishorn, and died at Dingwall on
the 19th December, 1895, aged seventy-nine, leaving
issue : — (1) Donald, in America, married Jessie
Kennedy, with issue ; (2) Marjory married Andrew
Robertson, with issue ; (3) Catherine married John
Murchison, builder, Dingwall.

a2. Alexander, in Kishorn, married a daughter
of Duncan Mackenzie of Lochcarron, and sister of
the Rev. Murdoch Mackenzie of the Free Church,
Inverness, with issue : — (l) Duncan, living at Kyle-
akin ; (2) Murdoch, a minister of the Free Church
of Scotland. Alexander has also three daughters.

aZ. Murdoch, living at Strome Ferry, married,
without issue.

3. Farquhar married Mary Macrae, with issue —
a. Duncan married Christina Mackenzie, and

died in 1864, with issue —

al. Alexander, a schoolmaster in Lochcarron,
married, first, Mary Mackenzie, without surviving
issue. He married, secondly, Catherine, daughter
of John Macpherson, and died in 1892. By his
second wife he had issue : — (l) John, a doctor,
married Sarah Wilson, and died at Gateshead-on-
Tyne in 1889, leaving issue— Ethel ; Charles; (2)
Alexander married Agnes Reid ; (3) Farquhar,
Lieutenant, Army Ordnance Department, married
Martha Bessie Rafuse, with issue — Albert Edward ;
William Farquhar ; Catherine Macpherson ; James

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Norman; (4) the Rev. James Duncan, minister of
Contin, married Catherine, daughter of Peter
Robertson, with issue — Catherine Macpherson ;
James Peter Robertson ; (5) Mary Elizabeth mar-
ried John Macleod, with issue.

a'2. Farquhar, married Mary Macrae and died in
1894.

«3. John was holder of the Macra bursary at the
Grammar School, Aberdeen, in 1831, and afterwards
entered the shipbuilding business and was drowned
at the launching of the Daphne, on the Clyde, on
the 3rd July, 1883. He married Margaret Gillies,
with issue — (1) Alexander, a joiner in Glasgow,
married, with issue ; (2) Mary, married, with issue.

«4. Donald, married Margaret Macrae, with
issue — Colin ; John ; Farquhar.

«5. Kenneth, married Flora Macmillan, with
issue — Donald; John; Helen; Jane; Christina Anne.

«G. Margaret, married Lachlan Matheson, with
issue.

«7. Helen, married Christopher Macrae, with
issue.

r<8. Christina, married John Macrae, with issue.

h. John, married, first, a Macdonald, with issue
— (bl) Kenneth, who went to Australia ; (&2) Mary ;
(63) Jane; (64) Anne, married John Gait, Elgin.

John married, secondly, Catherine Mackenzie
and died in 18G7. By his second marriage he had
a son.

65. The Rev. Farquhar Macrae, who is now a
Presbyterian minister in Manitoba, and is married,
with issue —

130 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

c. Christopher married in 1839, Mary Finlayson,
who died on the 17th August, 1897, aged ninety-
two. He died in 1872, aged eighty-one years,
leaving issue —

c\. Alexander, born 15th October, 1843. He
married, in 1872, Catherine Maclean, and is now
living in New Zealand, with issue — John; Catherine;
Mary ; Alexandrina ; Margaret.

c2. Farquhar, born 12th November, 1845, and is
now living at Dornie. He is a good genealogist,
and is well versed in the legends and traditions of
the Macrae country. He married, first, Mary
Maclennan, and secondly Margaret, daughter of
Duncan Matheson, Dornie.

c3. John, born on the 27th June, 1848, married
18th May, 1877, Williamina Macdonald, with issue
— Farquhar ; Mary Finlayson ; Catherine Finlay-
son, died in infancy ; Christopher ; Ninian Finlay-
son ; Alexander ; Catherine Finlayson ; Jessie
Isabella Anne Finlayson ; Malcolm John Duncan
Finlayson.

c4. Duncan, born 18th January, 1851, married,
in 1883, Catherine Finlayson, with issue — Far-
quhar; Alexander; Mary; Christopher; Catherine;
Donald Roderick ; Anne.

d. The Rev. Farquhar Macrae, born at Camus-
lunie on the 25th November, 1805. He received
his early education from a well-known Kintail
schoolmaster, Finlay Macrae, commonly called
Finlay Fadoch. In 1816 he was admitted to a
Macra bursary at Aberdeen Grammar School, where
he had for his teacher the celebrated classical

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 131

scholar and Gaelic poet, Ewen Maclauchlan. He
entered the University in 1819, and after a disting-
uished career, graduated M.A. in 1823. He studied
Divinity from 1823 to 1827. From 1825 to 1833
he was schoolmaster of Lochcarron, and was licensed
by the Presbytery of Lochcarron in 1829. In 1833
he was ordained to the charge of South Uist, where
he remained for eight years, and in 1841 became
minister of Braemar. At the Disruption of the
Church of Scotland in 1843 he cast in liis lot with
the Free Church, and in 1849 became minister of
the Free Church in Knockbain, in succession to his
well-known fellow-clansman, the Rev. John Macrae.
Here he lived and laboured, trusted and respected
by his people until his death, which occurred at
Nairn on the 20th December, 1882. He was a man
of much culture and sound scholarship, and an able
and eloquent preacher, equally good both in Gaelic
and in English. The Rev. Farquhar married Anne
Murray and had issue, one surviving son — Francis
Farquhar.

e. Christina married Roderick Mackenzie at
Camusluinie, with issue.

f. Isabel married Thomas Macrae at Camusluinie,
with issue.

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CHAPTER IX.

IX. Hugh, son of Alexander of Inverinate. — X. Alexander of
Ardintoul. — Was at the Battles of Sheriffmuir and Glensheil.
Traditions about Him. — IX. Archibald of Ardintoul. — His
Marriage and Descendants. — Colonel Sir John Macra. — Alex-
ander of Hushinish. — His Marriage and Family.

IX. HUGH, the youngest son of Alexander of
Inverinate by his second wife, Mary Mackenzie
of Dochmaloaig. He is mentioned as one of the
leaders of the disturbance in connection with the
vacancy at Dingwall church in 1704, * and took part
in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He was wounded
in the battle of Sheriffmuir, and his name appears on
a list of "Gentlemen Prisoners" taken to Stirling
on the following day. It is said that he was
removed from Stirling to Perth, where he remained
in hospital until he was sufficiently recovered from
his wound to be able to accomplish the homeward
journey. Hugh was living at Sallachy in 1721.
He married Margaret Macleod of Swordlan, in
Glenelg, and by her had issue —

1. Alexander.

2. John, went to America 1774.

3. Roderick, went to America 1774.

4. Duncan.

l See note page 71.

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5. Barbara, married Farquhar, son of Alex-
ander, with issue.

6. Mary, married G. Macculloch.

X. ALEXANDER, eldest sen of Hugh, was

appointed local factor of Kintail, and lived at
Aryugan or Ardintoul. He was one of the first
to join the Roman Catholic Mission, which has
already been referred to. As a young man lie
fought on the Jacohite side, both at Slier iffmuir
and at Glensheil, and is mentioned as taking
part in the affair of Ath nam Muileach in
1721. After the battle of Glensheil, he was for
three days among the hills without any food except
one drink of milk. It is said that on one occasion
when " Colonel Alexander Mackenzie, the next
Protestant heir to the Seaforth estates, had come to
the country with a view to take up the rents, but
finding that the people would not come into his
views nor pay him the rents they judged belonged
to Lord Seaforth, he went up from Ardelve to
Kintail with a large boat well manned, that he
might arrest some of the people and send them to
Fort-William. Alexander was up in Kintail at the
time, and observing a fellow carrying his own father
on his back to put him into the boat, his indignation
was roused. 'You silly, dastardly rascal,' said
Alexander, 'is it putting your own father in you
are,' and he set the old man at liberty. The
Colonel was in the stern of the boat and came up to
him. They grappled, and Alexander getting hold
of his thumbs, held him there until he yielded."' and

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left the people alone. Alexander married, first, a
daughter of Fraser of Guisachan (or Culhokie), and
by her had a daughter, who married John Macrae,
Strathglass. On one occasion Alexander sustained
such heavy losses through a severe winter that he
became somewhat straitened in his circumstances,
and it is said that his wife, who was unwilling to
share the lot of a poor man, took advantage of a
temporary absence of her husband from home, to
pack up her effects and leave him. Circumstances,
however, turned out more favourable for Alexander
than his wife anticipated, and the tide of his
prosperity soon turned. His wife hearing of this,
decided to join him once more, and returned to his
sheiling at Glasletter, but he refused to receive her.
On her death, which occurred shortly afterwards, he
married, as his second wife, Isabel, daughter of
Alexander Macgilchrist (Macrae) of Strathglass, by
his wife, Anne, daughter of Farcpihar Macrae of
Morvich, and by her had issue —

1. Archibald.

2. Alexander.

3. Farquhar, who went to America.

4. John, a doctor. He went as surgeon of an
emigrant ship to America about 1817. The vessel
was wrecked on the return voyage off Prince Ed-
ward Island, but no lives were lost. In 1821 Dr
John himself left for Canada, along with "Alex-
ander, a brother of Mr Macrae, Dornie," and several
others from Lochalsh and Kintail, and he is men-
tioned as being at Glengarry in Canada in 1826.

5. Anne married John Macrae of Conchra.

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6. Margaret married Donald Macrae, Torly-

sich.

7. Mary married Farquhar Macrae, Fadoch.
She died in 1823, leaving issue.

XI. ARCHIBALD, eldest son of Alexander by
his second wife, Isabel Macrae, was bom in 1744.
He was educated in the house of Archibald Chis-
hobn of Fasnakyle, probably by a priest, to whose
instructions he did no small credit. He was a
devout Catholic, a man of sound judgment and
high character, " a courtly old gentleman, shrewd,
practical, but warm-hearted and unobtrusively re-
ligious ; able, too, to face difficulties, the common
lot of all mortals, with the clear conscience and
stout heart of a strong and upright man." For
fully half-a-century he occupied a foremost place
in the affairs of the Seaforth estates, of which he
was for many years chamberlain. He was created
a free Burgess and Guild Brother of the Burgh of
Dingwall on the 16th October, 1789. Archibald
married on the 9th September, 1783, Janet, daughter
of John Macleod, the tenth chief of Raasay. John
Macleod was one of the Highland chiefs who enter-
tained Dr Samuel Johnson in the course of his
celebrated tour in the Hebrides in 1773. Writing
of his host on that occasion, Dr Johnson says :—
" The family of Eaasay consists of the laird, the
lady, three sons, and ten daughters. For the sons
there is a tutor in the house, and the lady is said
to be very skilful and diligent in the education
of her girls. More gentleness of manners, or a
more pleasing appearance of domestic society is not

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found ill the most polished countries."1 Archibald
died about 1830, leaving issue —

1. Flora, born 9th September, 1783, died un-
married in 1852.

2. Colonel Sir John Macra, K.C.H, who was
born on the 14th February, 1786. He obtained an
Ensign's commission in the 79th Highlanders in
1805, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
in the same year. His subsecpient promotions were
as follows: — Captain, 1812; Major, 1818; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, 1821; Colonel, 1837. He was
created a Knight of the Order of Hanover (K.C.H.)
in 1827. His military career was both disting-
uished and eventful. He was present at the siege
and surrender of Copenhagen in 1807, and went to
Sweden with the army under Sir John Moore in
1808. Later on in the same year he accompanied
the British force which was sent to Portugal, and
was present in all the operations of that campaign,
including the retreat of Sir John Moore and the
battle of Corunna, on the 16th January, 1809.
From Spain he accompanied his regiment in the
Walcheren expedition, and was present at the siege
and capture of Flushing in August the same year.
At Walcheren he suffered from the fever which
caused so much havoc among the British troops,
and from the effects of which he never completely
recovered. The following year, however, he was in

IThe China tea service used by the Kaasay family at the time of Dr
Johnson's visit is now in the possession of Captain John MaeRae-Gilstrap of
Balliinore, Tigh-na-bruaich, Argyllshire, great grandson of the above-men-

tk'tiixl Janet Macleod.

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137

the Peninsula, and served with his regiment
throughout the campaigns of 1811 and 1812, being
present at all the operations in which his regiment
took part, including the battles of Fuentes D'Onoro,
on the 5th May, 1811, and Salamanca, on the 22nd
July, 1812, the siege of Burgos in September and
October, 1812, and many smaller engagements. In
1813 he joined the staff of the Marquis of Hastings,
then Lord Moira, who in that year was appointed
Governor-General of India, and who was married to
Sir John's cousin, Flora Campbell, daughter of the
fifth Earl of Loudon, by his wife Flora, daughter of
John Macleod, tenth chief of Raasay. The Marquis
of Hastings was one of the ablest and most success-
ful of our Indian statesmen, and his rule, which
extended from 1813 to 1823, was a period of great
importance in the history of that country. In
1814 and 1815, after some severe fighting, he
succeeded in subduing the Goorkhas, who had
established a power of considerable strength m
Nepaul. But the circumstances and events to which
Lord Hastings owes his great celebrity as an Indian
ruler and statesman arose in another quarter. The
centre of India was at this time occupied by the
great Princes of the Mahratta nation, who, although
partly subdued, were still powerful, and evidently
preparing to make an effort to recover their former
greatness. Besides these restless and active enemies
there existed also a formidable body of freebooters
called the Pindarees, who had established them-
selves along the south of the Viridhya .Mountains.
During the Goorkha War the Pindarees, secretly

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supported by the Mahrattas, crossed the British
frontiers and plundered and destroyed more than
three hundred villages. Lord Hastings resolved
to put an end to these robbers, and having
obtained permission to proceed against them on a
great scale, he collected forces from all parts of
India, and brought into the field the "grand army,"
with which, after a war of two years' duration —
1817-18 — the Pindarees and the Mahrattas were
completely conquered. Other native powers were
subdued at the same time, and Lord Hastings had
thus the honour of being the first to render British
authority absolutely supreme in India. In all these
operations Sir John Macra, who held the post of
Military Secretary to the Governor-General, took
an important part. He was in the field throughout
the war against the Goorkhas in 1814 and 1815,
and was with the grand army in 1817 and 1818.
At the end of 1818 he was sent home with de-
spatches announcing the successful termination of
the war, and returning immediately to India, he
continued to serve under the Marquis of Hastings,
who was now in a position to rule in peace and
to effect wise and useful changes for the good of
the people of India. The importance of Lord Hast-
ings' measures, which have been fully justified by
time, was not then appreciated by the Directors
of the East India Company, and this, together
with failing health, for he was now an old man,
induced him to leave India in 1823. In the follow-
ing year he was appointed Governor of Malta, where
Sir John, after a short visit home, joined him once

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more in the capacity of Military Secretary, until
the death of the Marquis, which took place in 1825.
Sir John retired in May, 1826, after a most dis-
tinguished career of more than twenty years, which
were nearly all passed in active service. After his
retirement he lived chiefly at Ardintoul and Eaasay,
where he is still remembered by old people as a
man of frank and generous disposition and a genuine
Highlander. He was an excellent performer on the
bagpipes. He was also an amateur maker of hag-
pipes, and it is said that some of those which he
made are still to be found in the West Highlands.
He died on the 9th August, 1847, and was buried
in Kintail. A plain iron cross, which has been
placed by his nephew, Captain A. M. Chisholm, on
the wall of the old ruined church of Kilduich, marks
the place of his last rest.

3. Alexander was born on the 3rd of May,
1787. He obtained an Ensign's commission in the
75th Highlanders in 1806. He joined that regi-
ment the following year and served with it for
some time. He was for many years tacksman of
Hushinish in Harris, and was a Justice of the
Peace and a Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of
Inverness. He was a good Catholic, and was well
known in the West Highlands as a liberal and
large-hearted man. He was " pre-eminently a man
without guile,'* and it was said of him at the time
of his death, that the poor on the West Coast
lost in him "a friend who always kept his heart
open to their wants, and assisted them without
ostentation." As an amateur musician he

140 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

unusual taste and cultivation, and was an excellent
violinist. He had also a keen appreciation of the
national music and poetry of the Highlands, and
was himself an excellent type of the old Highland
gentleman, dignified, cultured, generous almost to
a fault, and in full and kindly sympathy with all that
was hest and nohlest in the character and traditions
of his countrymen. He died on the 25th January,
1874, and was buried at Kilduich. He married
Margaret, daughter of Farquhar Macrae, and by
her, who died at Strathpeffer on the 10th July,
1896, and was buried at Kilduich, had issue —

a. Janet Macleod.

b. Isabella Christian married Alister Macdonald-
Maclellan of Portree. Ceylon.

c. Archibald Alexander.
(/. John.

e. Marion Flora.

4. Isabella was born on the 6th April, 1789,
and married, in 1808, Major Colin Macrae (75th
Highlanders), Conchra family, with issue.

5. Jane was born on the 8th April, 1791, and
married, at the end of 1816, or beginning of 1817,
Donald Macrae of Achtertyre, with issue.

6. Christina, born 11th January, 1793, died
unmarried.

7. Mary, who was born in June, 1794, married
in 1821, Dr Stewart Chisholm, of the Royal
Artillery, who was at the battle of Waterloo, and
attained the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of
Army Hospitals. He died at Inverness in 1862,
leaving issue —

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a. Archibald Macra, born 6th July, L824, late
Captain 42nd Royal Highlanders, now of Glassburn.
He is a J.P. for the counties of Ross and Inverness.
He married, 14th October, 1853, Maria Frances,
only daughter of William Dominic Lynch, and
granddaughter of the late Lewis Farquharson limes
of Balmoral and Ballogie,1 without issue.

b. Loudon, who served in the 43rd Regiment
H.E.I.C.S., and was killed in the Burmese War in
1853.

c. Mary Stewart, who married Philip Skene,
Esquire of Skene, and died at Inverness on the 4th
January, 1895, aged 72 years, without issue.

d. Jessie Macleod married Charles O. Rolland of
Ste. Marie Monnoir, near Montreal in Canada, with
issue.

8. James, born 30th October, 179G, was an
Army Surgeon, and died, unmarried, in India, in
1832.

9. Anne, born 1st October, 1798, married
Captain Valentine Chishohn, with issue, Join: and
Jessie.

1 A biographical sketch, with a portrait, "1' Captain Chisholm, appeare.l
in the Celtic Monthly for February, 1893.

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CHAPTER X.

VIII. The Rev. John Macrae of Dingwall.— Birth and Education.
— Appointment to the Living of Dingwall. — He Supports the
Episcopal Party. — Mr Thomas Hogg and Mr John Mac-
killican. — Ecclesiastical Affairs in Dingwall after the Restora-
tion of Charles II. — Mr John's Marriages and Family. — The
Macraes of Balnain and their Descendants. — IX. Alexander
Macrae of Conchra. — His Marriage and Family. — X. John of
Conchra. — One of the "Four Johns of Scotland." — Killed at
Sheriffmuir. — His Marriage and Family. — XI. John of Conchra.
— His Marriage and Family. — XII. Major Colin of Conchra. —
His Marriage and Descendants.

VIII. JOHN, son of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae of
Kintail, was born at Ardlair on the 13th March,
1614. He received his early education at Fortrose
Grammar School, and thence proceeded to St
Andrews, where he studied under Mr Mungo
Murray, and became one of the most distinguished
students of the University. We read that he had
for his "antagonist" at St Andrews the Duke of
Lauderdale, who afterwards played so prominent a
part in public affairs during the reign of Charles II.
Upon completing his course, and taking the degree
of M.A. at St Andrews, he went to Aberdeen, where
he studied Divinity for three years under Dr Robert
Barrow, and became " a great divine and profound
schoolman." In 1638, when the Presbyterians
gained the ascendancy in the Church of Scotland

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and deposed the clergy who would not subscribe
the National Covenant,1 Mr John wished to leave
the country, but was prevented by his father, who
kept him with himself in Kintail. He had several
offers of a living at this time, hut refused to accept
any because of the necessity of signing the National
Covenant, an act which would mean the abjuration
of Episcopacy. In 1G40 the severity of the Presby-
terian measures was somewhat relaxed, and George, ,
Earl of Seaforth, presented Mr John to the living of IS
Dingwall, from which the previous incumbent had
been ejected for refusing to acknowledge the Acts of
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
which met in Glasgow in 1638. Mr John entered
into possession of the living of Dingwall without
subscribing the Covenant, and continued a staunch
Episcopalian until his death. His learning and
force of character soon brought him to the front,
and he became the leader of his own party in the
Presbytery, so that there was frequent and sharp
contention between himself and the Presbyterian
party. In 1G54 the noted Covenanter, Mr Thomas
Hogg, became minister of Kiltearn, and three years
later his almost equally noted friend, Mr John
Mackillican, became minister of Fodderty. To Mr
John and his followers these two men and their

l In 1638 the Presbyterians of Scotland drew up and signed The National
Covenant, by which they bound themselves to defend their religion and then-
freedom of conscience with their lives. Hence the tern, Cav, nanU r. In 1643
this term received a further meaning in consequence of an alliance entered
into by the Covenanters and the English Parliament, called The Soli mn League
ami Covenant, by which both parties pledged themselves to mutual defence
against the king.

144 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

views on Church government were specially objec-
tionable, and the strife between the opposing parties
soon became very bitter. In 1658 Hogg's party
appear to have been in the majority. He himself
was Moderator of the Presbytery, while his friend
Mackillican was Clerk, and they took their
revenge on their opponents by recording against
them in the minutes several entries which show
much personal animosity and very little of that
spirit of Christian charity which is sometimes
claimed in Eoss-shire for Mr Hogg and his party.
In these entries they record Mr John's "needless
strife, his great miscarriage deserving censure,
his litigiousness, needless contention and intract-
ableness, his stubbornness and wilfulness, his
wearying tediousness, his misapplication of scrip-
ture, and his pertinacity and loquaciousness."1
Matters had come to such a pass that some of the
brethren were forced to declare that the meetings of
Presbytery were " bitterness to them," and to wish
the Presbytery to be dissolved and annexed to other
Presbyteries. It was probably as a result of this
quarrel that there was no meeting of the Presbytery
from April, 1658, to May, 1663. The restoration of
Charles II. led to the establishment of Episcopacy
once more. One result of the change was the
deposition of Hogg and Mackillican, and when the
Presbytery met again in 16632 the objectionable

1 Inverness and Dingwall Presbytery Records, edited by William Mackay.

2 The clergy still continued to meet as a Presbytery after the Restoration
of Charles II. and the re-establishment of Episcopacy, but it appears that
their acts, in order to have any force, had to receive the sanction of the Bishop.

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minutes recorded against Mr John were deleted and
marked on their margin as "shameless lying" and
" the spirit of lieing and malice." Mr John's party
was now in the ascendant, and as far as ecclesi-
astical matters were concerned the remainder of his
days were passed in peace. It is said of him that
"he was more fit for the chair" of a Professor "than
for the pulpit," and that " he gave such evidence of
his learning as the place wherein and the society he
was among would allow, and of his piety and vigil-
ance such as they could desire or expect from any,"
while his public life was creditably free from that
religious intolerance which formed so marked a
feature of the age in which he lived. He appears
also to have been a man who prospered in his
worldly affairs. He held the wadset rights of
Dornie, Aryugan, Inig, and other places in Kintail
for some years in succession to his father, and there
is a sasine in his favour, on the 18th April, 1672, of
three Oxgates of the town and lands of Craigskorrie
and several others, including the quarterlands of
Balnain in the parishes of Contin, Fodderty, and
Urray. Mr John married, first, Agnes, daughter
of Colin Mackenzie, first laird of Kincraig, and,
secondly, Florence Innes,1 heiress of Balnain. He
died in 1673, and was buried in Dingwall. His
tombstone was to be seen in Dingwall Churchyard
until very recently, but a search made in 1897
failed to discover any trace of it. By his first wife
he had issue —

After the death of Mr John, Florence Innes married, as her second

husband, Colin Mackenzie, uncle of Murdneh Mackenzie of Fairl>urn.

146 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

1. Alexander, mentioned hereafter.

2. Duncan, who was some time Bailie of Ding-
wall. He was attorney for his father in the above-
mentioned sasine on the 18th April, 1672. He
appears to have been the father of Harry Macrae,
Bailie of Dingwall, who is mentioned in 1697, and
also subsequently, as lawful son of the late Duncan
Macrae. Bailie Harry Macrae is frequently men-
tioned in the Burgh Records of Dingwall. He is
said to have left no male issue.

3. Catherine married Donald Ross of Knock-
artie. By the marriage contract, dated 25th March,
1672, " the said Donald Ross disposed to the said
Catherine Macrae in liferent the lands of Culrichics,
in the parish of Kilmuir and shire of Ross." There
is a " renunciation by Catherine Macrae, with con-
sent of Donald Ross, late of Knockartie, and now of
Rosskeen, her spouse, in favour of the Laird of Bal-
nagown, of her liferent right by contract of marriage
of the lands of Tormore, Gartie, and Knockartie,
&c. At Apidale, 26th February, 1699."

4. Isabel, married Lachlan Mackhmon of Corrie-
chatachan, with issue. There is a tombstone to her
memory in the old Church of Kilchrist, in the parish
of Strath, Skye, bearing the date 1740.

Mr John is said to have had another daughter
by his first wife, who married Mr George Tuach.

By his second wife, Florence Lines, Mr John had
issue —

5. John, of whom below.

6. James, who succeeded, in right of his mother,
to the estate of Balnain, his elder brother John

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being for some reason passed by. There is a sasine
on the llth June, 1673, on disposition by his father,
dated at Fortrose, loth August, 1672, to James and
the "heirs male to be gotten of his body, whom
failing, to return to any other son to be gotten
betwixt the said Mr John Macrae and his said
spouse (Florence Innes), and the heirs to be gotten
of that child's body : whom failing, to John Macrae,
eldest lawful son procreated between the said Mr
John Macrae and his said spouse, his heirs male and
assignees whomsoever, of the Quarterland of Balnain,
m the parish of Urray and shire of Boss." James
married Isabel, third daughter of Alexander Mac-
kenzie of Ballone. Contract dated 29th June, 1697.
He is mentioned in 1703 as having been invited to
the funeral of Hugh Munro of Teaninich, which took
place on the 23rd September of that year. He left

no issue. .

On the death of James, the estate ot Balnain
passed to a Murdoch Macrae, who, in the manuscript
history of the Clan, is said to have been a brother oj
James. On the other hand, it is stated in the above-
mentioned contract of marriage between James and
Isabel Mackenzie, dated 29th June, 1697, that
James was the "only lawful son now on lite pro-
created between the late Mr John Macrae, minister
of Dingwall, and Florence Innes, his second spouse
Again, in Mr John's disposition of the lands of
Balnain, in favour of his son James, dated lath
August, 1672 (that is to say, a few months before Mr
John's, death), only two sons by Florence Innes are
mentioned, viz., John and James, and James at that

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time was, or very nearly was, of age, as he was
infefted in the lands of Balnain the following June,
so that in all probability Mr John had only two
sons by his second wife, Florence Innes. Taking
these documentary evidences into consideration, and
comparing them with the traditions of Kintail,
which are very clear on this point, the proba-
bility is that the Murdoch who is said to have
succeeded to Balnain was a son of John, the eldest
son of Mr John and Florence Innes.

(x.) Murdoch, who was probably tenth in
descent from Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, " find-
ing the lands of Balnain much encumbered, was
tampering about the disposal of them to Seaforth
when he died." Murdoch is said to have married
Mary, daughter of Donald Mac Fhionnla Mhic Gille-
chriosd, by whom he had issue —

(1). Duncan, who disposed of the estate of Bal-
nain to Seaforth "for a verbal promise of a free
liferent tack of Fadoch, in Kintail, which he held
rent free only for five years, though he lived about
forty years thereafter. Thus the estate of Balnain
fell into the family of Seaforth for little money."
He appears to be thf> Duncan Macrae of Fadoch
who is mentioned in the Valuation Roll of the
Seaforth estates in 1756. Duncan married and left
a large family — ■

(a). John.

(b). Donald, who had sons : — (6l) Donald,
whose descendants are still living in Kintail ; (62)
Farquhar, who is mentioned in a genealogical tree
of about 1820 as " Dr Downie's herd."

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149

(c). Farquhar.

(d). Mary or Margaret, who married Farquhar,
son of Alexander, son of the Rev. Donald Macrae.

(e). Isabel, who married Alexander Macrae,
called Alister Buidh, in Fadoch, a descendant of
Miles, son of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae, of whom
hereafter.

(2). Farquhar.
(3). Donald, of whom next.
(4). Christopher. ^

(xi.) Donald, son of Murdoch of Balnain, was
called Donald Ban. He is said to have married
Mary, daughter of Alexander Macrae, with issue—
(1). John married, with issue.
(2). Christopher married, with issue.
(3). Finlay, of whom next,
(xn.) Finlay, who was called Fionnla Buidh
(yellow-haired Finlay), was a farmer at Coilrie
about 1760, and was married, with issue—
(1). Donald, of whom below.
(2). Christopher.

(3). Alexander, who married and left issue—
(a). Donald, who lived at Bundalloch, married
and left issue, at least one son— Donald, also at
Bundalloch, who married Christina, daughter of
Duncan Macrae, Camusluinie, with issue.
(b). Finlay, went to America.
(c). Duncan, who lived at Carndu, near Dornie,
and married Christina, daughter of Murdoch Macrae.
4. Malcolm, who left issue —
(a) Donald, who had (al) Kenneth, who lived
at Sallachy ; («2) John, who went to America.

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(b). John died unmarried.

(xiii.) Donald, son of Finlay, was called Donald
Ban. He married Christina, daughter of Angus
Macmillan, at Killelan, and hy her, who died in
1836, had issue as helow. Donald died at Sallachy
in 1840, and was buried at Killelan.

(1). Donald, called Domhnull Ruadh (Red-haired
Donald), married, with issue, and went to Canada.

(2). Duncan, a farmer at Sallachy. He gave
evidence before Lord Napier's Crofter Commission
at Balmacara in 1 883, and died at the advanced age
of ninety-four in 1890. He married Margaret
Macrae, with issue — (6l) Alexander; (b2) Donald;
(63) John ; (bi) Christina ; (65) Anne ; (66)
Margaret.

(3). Finlay.

(4). Angus, born at Coilrie. He was for many
years tacksman of Achnault, and subsequently
leased the farms of Newhall Mains and Kinbeachie,
in the Black Isle. He married Isabel, daughter of
Donald Mackenzie, Lochcarron, who died at Kin-
beachie on the 17th April, 1892, aged seventy-five
years, and was buried ,at Cullicudden, by whom he
had issue as below. Angus died at Kinbeachie on
the 8th August, 1877, aged seventy-two years, and
was buried at Cullicudden.

(a). Murdoch, who by purchase acquired the
estate of Kinbeachie in 1897.

(b). Christina, married John Macniell, and died
in Australia in 1891, without issue.

(c). Helen, married Roderick Tolmie, and died
in Queensland in 1890, with issue — (cl) Isabella-;

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(c2) James ; (c8) Christina ; (c4) Mary ; (c5) Ella ;
(c6) Sarah; (tf) Agnes; (08) Maggie; (c9) Roderick.
((/). Margaret, married on the 7th February,
18G8, John Macdonald, Invergordon, with issue—
(dl) Donald Alexander ; (d2) Isahella Christina
Mackenzie Macrae ; (</3) Margaret Jane, married a
Mr Graham, and died at Belize, British Honduras,
27th February, 1895, aged twenty -three years; (<U)
Angus, died young ; (d5) Hannah ; (dG) John Evan ;
(d7) Duncan Donald ; (d8) Grace Maclennan, died
in infancy; (dO) Joseph; (dlO) Helen, died in
infancy ; {dll) Murdoch Evan Macrae.

(e). Donald, married Jeannie Hooper without
issue, and died in New Zealand.

(/). The Rev. Duncan Mackenzie, M.A., minister
of the Free Church, Lochearnhead, married, 27th
August, 1890, Jeanie Cooper, only daughter of
Andrew Watters, Esq. of Inchterf, Glenample, Perth-
shire, with issue— (/l) Jean Cooper McWhannell ;
(/2) Angus ; (/3) Andrew Thomas Watters ; (/4)
Duncan Mackenzie.
(g). Sarah.

(h). Evan Mackenzie, now of Brahan Mains.

(i). Jane, married, first, John Macdonald, of Ach-

nacloich, Nairnshire, without issue. She married,

secondly, the Rev. Duncan Finlayson, Free Church,

Kinlochbervie, Sutherlandshire, with issue— Isabel

Mary.

(5). Christina married Donald Macrae, and
went to Canada about 1849.

(6.) Mary married Ewen Maclennan, and went
to Australia.

152 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

IX. ALEXANDER, eldest son of the Rev. John
of Dingwall and his first wife, Agnes Mackenzie of
Kincraig, received a wadset, dated 13th and 24th
January and 26th February, 1677, of the lands of Con-
chra and Ardachy, in the parish of Lochalsh, which
was held by his family for some generations. There is
a sasine on the 6th March, 1683, in favour of Alex-
ander, eldest son and heir, "served and retoui>:d"
to the late Mr John Macrae, minister of Dingwall,
of a portion of the lands of Easter Rarichies, in the
parish of Nigg. There is also a sasine by Alex-
ander, on the 14th April, 1699, in favour of Hugh
Baillie, writer in Fortrose, and John Tuach, writer
in Dingwall, of the towns and lands of Little Kin-
dease, in the parish of Nigg. He appears to have
been a man of considerable means, and is said to
have been " a sensible, good countryman," and to
have lived to an advanced age. He married Flor-
ence Mackinnon of Corrichatachan, by whom he had
at least two sons —

1. Johx, who succeeded him.

2. DUNCAN, commonly called the " Tutor of
Conchra," because he acted as guardian to the
children of his brother John, who was killed at
Sheriffmuir. In this capacity his name appears
frequently in connection with the proceedings of the
Forfeited Estates Commissioners in Lochalsh and
Kintail, after the Rebellion of 1715. Duncan
married Isabel, daughter of the Rev. Finlay Macrae
of Lochalsh, with issue —

a. Farquhar.

b. Alexander.

THE HISTOfcY Of THE CLAN MACRAE.

153

c. Isabel, said to have married Duncan, son of
the Rev. Donald Macrae of Kintail.

d. Annabel, e. Mary.

f. Janet, who married Alexander Matheson, at
Sal'lachy, where he died in 1793, leaving a son,
Roderick, who was farmer of Immer, in Lochcarron,
and wrote a manuscript history of the Mathesons.
He married and left issue.

X. JOHN, eldest son of Alexander, succeeded to
the wadset rights of Conchra, and is commonly
known as " John of Conchra." He took a pro-
minent part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and was
Captain in one of Seaforth's regiments on that occa-
sion. He was one of the famous " Four Johns of
Scotland " l who so greatly distinguished themselves
at the battle of Sheriffmuir, where he fell along
with many of his clansmen. The memory of John
of Conchra still enters largely into the traditions of
Lochalsh and Kintail, and many anecdotes about
his strength and prowess are preserved in that
country. It is said that on the march to Perth,
where the Highlanders assembled in 1715, a horse
carrying provisions fell into a hole. The men who
were near at the time endeavoured to lift it out,^
but all their efforts were in vain until the arrival of
John of Conchra, who succeeded in pulling the horse
out by himself. This incident made him known at
once to the Highlanders as one of the strongest men

i The " Four Johns of Scotland," Ceithcr lanan na h' Alba, were so called
l,v Highlanders from their valour at the battle of Sheriffmuir. They were
John Macrae of Conchra, John Murchison of Auchtertyre, John Mackenae of
Applecross, and John Mackenzie of Hilton. All of them were officers in bea-
forth's regiments, and fell in the battle.

154 THE HISTORY Otf THE CLAN MACRAE.

among them, and a man of whom great deeds would
be expected in the day of battle. The Highlanders,
however, were but poorly supplied with firearms,
and while discussing the expectations formed about
him, with Alexander of Ardintoul, John of Conchra
remarked — " If it was to measure manly strength of
arm that we were going to meet the Whig rabble I
should meet them with good courage, but I fear the
little bullets." 1 It is said that on the day of the
battle the herdsmen of Conchra saw an apparition
of their master walking about among the cattle, and
that when they went home and told his wife about
it, she at once concluded that he was slain. The
fate of the " Four Johns of Scotland" is lamented in
a Gaelic elegy by Kenneth Macrae of Ardelve, who
was an old man when the battle of Sheriffmuir was
fought, and who makes the following reference to
John of Conchra : —

G'un thuit an t' oganach anns an t' sreup,
An t' Ian o Chonchra 's bu mhor am beud,
An curaidh laidir le neart a ghairdean,
A cur nan aghannan dinbh gu feur.
Be sud Ian Chonchra a bha gun sgath,
Be 'n duine marbhteach e anns a' bhlar,
Ri sgoltadh cheann fhad's a mhair a lann da
'S bha fir gun chaint ami as deigh a laimh.2

1 Old letter from Kintail.

2 And there fell in the combat the young hero, John of Conchra, and
great was that loss ; the strong warrior who by the strength of his arm laid
heaps of them down on the grass. Such was John of Conchra, the dauntless,
a deadly man was he in the fight, cleaving skulls as long as his blade lasted,
and belnud him lay men made speechless by the work of his hand.

See also Appendix J.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAK MACRAE.

155

The dirk worn by John of Conchra at Sheriff-
mulr has been preserved by his descendants. It
was taken to America about 1770 by one of his
grandsons, in whose family it remained until 1894,
when it came into the possession of Duncan Macrae,
Esq. of Karnes Castle. John of Conchra married, as
her first husband, Isabel, daughter of the Rev.
Donald Macrae of Kmtail, by his wife Catherine
Grant of Glenmoriston, with issue.

1. Alexander, who died young and unmarried.
His name is frequently mentioned in connection
with the proceedings of the Forfeited Estates Com-
missioners on the Seaforth estates, after the Rebel-
lion of 1715. He is mentioned as a minor under
the guardianship of his uncle, Duncan, Tutor of
Conchra, on the 29th July, 1728, and probably lived
for some years after.

2. John, of whom next.

XI. JOHN is said to have been an active,
industrious man who prospered in his affairs. There
is, under date 12th April, 1754, a renunciation by
him in favour of Kenneth, Lord Fortrose, of the
town and lands of Conchra, Croyard, &c, in which
he is described as John Macrae of Conchra, eldest
son and heir of the late John Macrae of Conchra,
and grandson and heir of the late Alexander Mac-
rae of Conchra, eldest lawful son of the late Mr
John Macrae, Minister at Dingwall. He married'

l There is some confusion in the Mackenzie Genealogies with regard to
this marriage, and also with regard to the marriage of James Macrae o,
Balnaiu with another Isabel Mackenzie of Ballone (page 147). See btr J. U.
Mackenzie*' Genealogical Tables, sheet 10, and Mackenzie's History of the
Mackenzies, pages 575-6.

156 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACftAE.

Isabel, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, third of
Ballone, and died in 1761, with issue : —

1. John, described in an old " Tree " as last of
Conchra, a Captain in the 80th Regiment, was killed
on the 8th February, 1804, on board the Admiral
Applin, in the Bay of Bengal, by the French, while
returning as a passenger to India to join his regi-
ment. His son, James, who was with him at the
time, was taken prisoner to Mauritius, along with
the ship. Captain John married Anne, sister of
Archibald Macra of Ardintoul, who, on the death of
her husband, received two pensions, one from the
Government and another from the East India
Company. By her Captain John left issue : —

a. James, Captain in the 11th Devon Regiment,
was drowned off the Lizard on the 21st February,
1811, while on his way to the Peninsular War.

6. Florence, married Captain James Grant, with
issue : — 61. Patrick James, Major 7th Fusiliers, mar-
ried Sarah Graham ; 62. Anne, married Allan Ord,
with issue : — Thomas, Captain 2nd Dragoon Guards,
died 1870 ; Jane ; Patrick ; Catherine.

2. Duncan, born at Conchra, 26th April, 1754,
and died 27th November, 1824. He married, first,
in 1785, Sarah Powell, with issue : —

«. Flora, born 1786.

6. Powell, born 1788.

He married, secondly, in 1789, Mary Chesnut,
with issue : — a. Isabella Scota, who married John
Macrae of Conchra ; 6. Margaret ; c. Harriet ;
d. Flora ; e. Duncan ; / Sarah ; g. Mary ; h. Sarah ;
?'. John.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 157

3. Colin, of whom below.

4. Florence, married Murdoch Matheson, with
issue : —

a. Alexander, who settled in Charleston, U.S.A.,
about 1830, and married a daughter of Captain Bate,
w;th issue : — Murdoch ; Alexander ; John ; Flora.

XII. CQL1N, son of John of Conchra and Isa-
bella Mackenzie of Ballone, was Major in the 75th
(Abercromby's) Highlanders. He served in India,
and came home in command of the regiment in 180G.
He married, in 1808, Isabella (who died in 1827),
daughter of Archibald Macra of Ardintoul, by his
wife Janet, daughter of John Macleod, tenth Baron
of Raasay, with issue as below. Major Colin died
at Banff on the 10th March, 1821, and by his own
dying request was buried with his forefathers in
Kintail. His father-in-law, Archibald Macra of
Ardintoul, and his brother-in-law, Donald Macrae of
Auchtertyre, went to Banff to arrange the funeral.
The men of Lochalsh and Kintail went as far as
Cluanie to meet the hearse, and bore the coffin for
the rest of the way on their shoulders.1

1. John went to South Carolina about 1828.
He married his cousin, Isabella Scota, daughter of
Duncan Macrae and his wife, Mary Chesnut, and
died without issue.

2. Archibald lived at Bruiach, in Inverness-
shire, married Fanny Taylor of Aiding Grange,
Durham, and died at Kemerton Priory, in Gloucester-
shire, with issue, Mary and Flora, both of whom
died young.

l Letter from KiuUil, 1821,

158 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

3. James died young at Banff, and was buried
there.

4. Colin went to South Carolina about 1850,
and lived with his brother John until the death of
the latter, when he succeeded as lineal representative
of the Conchra family, and thirteenth in descent
from Fionnla Dubh MacGillechriosd, the founder of
the Clan Macrae of Kintail. He lives at Camden,
in South Carolina, and is unmarried.

5. Duncan, born 8th October, 1816. He served
in the H.E.I. C.S., and married, November, 1852,
Grace, daughter of Donald Stewart, representative
of the Stewarts of Overblairich (cadet of the
Stewarts of Garth), with issue as below. Mr Macrae
resides at Kames Castle, Rothesay, and is a J. P.
and D.L. for the County of Bute.

a. Stewart, married December, 1891, Ethel
Evelyn, eldest daughter of Martin Ridley Smith, of
Hayes Common, Kent, and his wife, Emily,
daughter of Henry Stuart of Montford, Bute, with
issue: — a\. Kenneth Stewart; <z2. John Nigel;
a3. Grace Emily.

b. Sophia Fredrica Christina Hastings, married
13th November, 1879, R. P. Henry-Batten-Pooll, of
Road Manor, Somersetshire, and Timsbury, Wilt-
shire, with issue : — b\. Robert Duncan, died 12th
August, 1894; b=l. Walter Stewart; b3. Mary
Margaret ; b-i. John Alexander ; bo. Arthur Hugh.

c. John MacRae-Gilstrap, of Ballimore, Argyle-
shire, Captain Forty-Second Royal Highlanders,
The Black Watch, served in 1884 and 1885 in
Egypt, the Soudan, and the Nile Expedition, was

Major JOHN MacRAE-GILSTRAP, of Baltimore,
(Conchra)

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159

present at all the engagements in which his
regiment took part, and was mentioned in dis-
patches. Captain MacRae-Gilstrap1 married on the
4th March, 1889, Isabella Mary, daughter of the
late George Gilstrap of Newark-on-Trent, and niece
of the late Sir William Gilstrap, Bart, of Fornham
Park, Suffolk, under whose will he assumed, 9th
January, 1897, by Royal Licence, the additional
surname and arms of Gilstrap, and has issue :—
el. Margaret Helen ; c2. Janet Isabel ; c3. Ella
Mary ; ci. Elizabeth Barbara Katherine ; c5. Flora
Sybil ; e6. John Duncan George.

d. Anna Helena.

e. Isabella.

/ Colin William, Lieutenant in the Forty-
Second Highlanders, The Black Watch. Lieutenant
Colin, who is an accomplished performer on the
bagpipes, is possessor of the " fedan dubh" or Black
Chanter of Kintail.2 This chanter, which was one
of the heirlooms of the "High Chiefs" of Kintail,
was given by the last Earl of Seaforth to the late
Colonel Sir John Macra of Ardintoul. By him it
was given to his nephew, Captain Archibald Macra
Chisholm of Glassburn, late of the Forty-Second
Royal Highlanders, The Black Watch, who, in
1895, gave it to Lieutenant Colin.

6. Francis died young.

7. Jessie died young at Banff, and was buried
there.

1 A portrait and biofrraphical sketch of Captain MacRae-Gilstrap, and also
a portrait of Mrs MacRae-Gilstrap, appeared in the Celtic Monthly for July, lh96,

2 Appendix I,

160 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

CHAPTER XL

VII [. The Rev. Donald Macrae, son of the Rev. Farquhar. — Vicar
of Urray. — Chaplain to Seaforth's Regiment. — Commissioner to
the General Assembly. — Vicar of Kintail. — His Marriage and
Descendants. — The Drudaig Family.

VIII. REV. DONALD, son of the Rev. Farquhar
Macrae of Kintail, became Vicar of Urray in 1649.
He was chaplain to the regiment contributed by
Seaforth to the expedition which ended in the
defeat of the Royalist troops at Worcester on the
3rd September, 1651, but does not appear to have
accompanied it to England, as he was chosen
Commissioner to the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland in that year, and was present,
after his return from the Assembly, at a meeting of
the Dingwall Presbytery at Contin on the 19th
August in that year, when the brethren expressed
their satisfaction with the manner in which he had
performed his duties as their Commissioner. In
1656 he was translated to Kintail as fellow labourer
and "conjunct" minister with his father, under
circumstances which have already been referred to
in some detail.1 On the death of his father in 1662
Mr Donald became sole Vicar of Kintail until his
own death, which occurred about 1681. Mr Donald

1 See page 64,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 161

married Isabel, daughter of Murdoch Mackenzie,
fifth of Hilton, and by her had issue—

1. Alexander, of whom below.

2. John, who left one son, Kenneth, who married
and had two sons. After the death of their lather
these two sons went to North Carolina in 1774 with
their mother, who had married a second husband.

3. Colin married and left, together with
daughters —

a. Kenneth.

h. Alexander was tacksman of Achantighard,
where his widow was living in 1756. He married
Janet, daughter of Donald Macrae, and had issue —

61. Christopher, who was for some time tacks-
man of Leachachan. He afterwards lived at Kyle-
akin. He married Janet, daughter of Donald
Macrae, Dornie. with issue:— (1) Christopher; (2)
Alexander, died in Demerara, leaving issue; (3)
Colin, died in Demerara ; (4) Donald ; (5) James ;
(6) Christina, who married Christopher Macrae,
Kyleakin; (7) Janet,1 who, on the 13th March,
1838, married Malcolm Macrae, Dornie, and died on
the 25th October, 1893, leaving issue— Jean, died
young; Jessie; Barbara, married Thomas Pa ton,
Glasgow ; Christopher, died in America ; Jane ;
Murdoch, died young : Christina; Isabella, married
Roderick Matheson, Totaig; John, now living at
Dornie; Christina; Mary Anne.

62. Mary, married Murdoch Macrae.

63. Christina, married Fionnla ( )g Mor of Corrie-
dhomhain.

162 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

64. Anne, married Duncan Maci^ae.
4. Mary, married John Matheson of Bennets-
field, with issue.

IX. ALEXANDER, son of the Rev. Donald,
was settled by his father in the lands of Drudaig,
where his descendants lived for some generations.
He is said to have married a daughter of Fraser of
Belladrum, and had issue —

1. Christopher, of whom below.

2. Donald, who married Anne Matheson of
Fernaig, with issue —

a. Donald, who had at least four sons — Alex-
ander ; Donald ; Christopher ; Duncan.

6. Duncan, who was living at Achantighard
in 1756. He married Isabel, daughter of Maurice
Macrae, with issue —

61. Donald, who had at least four sons — Chris-
topher ; Duncan ; Allan ; John.

62. Farquhar.

63. Alexander, who was in the Seventy-Eighth
Highlanders.

64. Christopher, also in the Seventy - Eighth
Highlanders, was killed in India on the 29 th Nov-
ember, 1803.1

X. CHRISTOPHER, son of Alexander, is men-
tioned in an old letter, as having been at the Battle

1 The following extract is from a letter written by a cousin of Christopher
at Bombay, and refers to his death :— " You will no doubt be sorry for poor
Christopher's fate, who was killed in battle on the 29th November, 1803. You
heard, I daresay, of his marriage. He left a promising young daughter, with a
pretty good fortune of £600 sterling. His fate was unexpected, so that he left
his affairs unsettled. His wife is now married to another man in the military
service, and has the gu;nili;ui^lii]> <>i the child."

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 163

of Sherirt'muir. He is described as " a tall, slender
man, but very spirited." He was one of the first
adherents of Presbyterianisni in Kintail, and was
one of the first and firmest supporters of the Rev,
John Bethune, who was appointed first Presbyterian
minister of the newly-formed parish of Glenshiel
in 1727. Christopher married Janet, daughter of
Farquhar Macrae of Inverinate, and died in 1765,
leaving issue —

1. Christopher, of whom below.

2. Margaret married Farquhar Macrae.

3. Florence married Christopher Macrae at Dal),
son of Finlav, son of John Breac, with issue.

4. Anne married Duncan, son of Maurice Macrae
of Achyuran, with issue.

XI. CHRISTOPHER, son of Christopher, was
tacksman of Drudaig and Glenundalan.1 He married
Anne, daughter of John Macrae, son of Duncan,
and died young, leaving issue —

1. Donald, who lived at Drudaig, and after-
wards went to America. He married Margaret,
daughter of Farquhar Macrae, Fadoch.

2. Duncan married Christina Macrae, with issue
at least three sons — John ; Christopher ; Alexander.

3. Christopher married Margaret, daughter of
Alexander Macrae of Auchtertyre, and went to
Canada about 1816, where he died, leaving issue —

a. Donald, married Mary Macgregor about 1841,
and died at Woodside, Manitoba, on the 18th, July,
1886, leaving a large family, one of whom is called
Duncan, by whom the information here given about

1 Glenundalan is in Glensbeil, above Shcil House,

164 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

the family of Christopher and Margaret Macrae was
communicated to the author in 1896.

b. Alexander, who went to France as a young
man and was never again heard of.

c. Margaret, married Kenneth Macgregor, and
died at Ashfield, Ontario, leaving issue — two sons
and two daughters.

d. Isabella, married Donald Macgregor, and died
also at Ashfield, Ontario, leaving a large family.

e. Duncan, married and had a large family. He
died about 1891, and was the last survivor of the
family.

/ Annie, married John Macrae, with issue.
g. John, died in Indiana about 1866, leaving a
large family.

4. Alexander, married Flora Macrae, with
issue —

a. Duncan, b. Donald.

c. Alexander, who was living in 1887 with his
son, a chemist in Edinburgh.

5. Anne, married Donald Macrae at Achnagart,
and had, with other issue, the Rev. John Macrae of
Knockbain, of whom hereafter.

6. Margaret.

7. Mary.

8. Janet.

9. Isabel.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 1G5

CHAPTER XII.

VIII. Miles, son of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae— Receives a joint
wadset of Catnusluinic— His Marriage and Descendants.— The
Cannislumie Family.— VI II. Murdoch, son of the Rev. Farquhar
Macrae. — His Descendants.

VIII. MILES or MAOLMOIRE, son of the Rev. P
Farquhar Macrae of Kintail, received, about 1646, a
joint wadset with his brothers Murdoch and John
Breac, of Camusluinie, which the family held until
1751, when the wadset was redeemed. He married,
it is said, a Murchison, and left issue, at least one
son.

IX. DONALD, who is said to have been "an
active and spirited man." He married and left
issue, at least one son.

X. JOHN, who married Marian, daughter of
Christopher Macrae of Aryugan, by whom he had
issue —

1. Alexander, of whom below.

2. Farquhar, who had two sons, Donald and
Farquhar.

3. Duncan died unmarried.

XL ALEXANDER, son of the above-mentioned
John, was called Alister Buidh. He married, lust,
Isabel, daughter of Duncan Macrae of Balnain, by
whom he had issue —

1G6 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

1. Duncan, of whom below.

2. John, called Ian Ruadh (Red-haired John),
married Isabella Macrae, with issue —

a. Donald, who married, first, Christina Mac-
lennan, by whom he had a son.

«1. Duncan, who went to New Zealand. He
married Isabella, daughter of Farquhar Maclennan,
Camusluinie, with numerous issue.

Donald married, secondly, Christina, daughter
of Christopher Macrae, Carr, and died in 1883,
leaving issue.

«2 John, a farmer at Ardelve, married Mary
Macrae, with issue — Jessie; Donald; Isabel; Chris-
tina ; Alexander ; Duncan ; John.

«3. Christopher died at Ardelve in 1887.

«4. Alexander, a farmer at Ardelve, married
16th December, 1886, Zeller, daughter of Donald
Macrae, Auchtertyre family, with issue — Farquhar ;
Frederick ; Donald ; Margaret ; Duncan.

b. Farquhar died unmarried at Ardelve in 1887.
Alexander, called Alister Buidh , married, secondly,

Mary, daughter of Alexander Macrae, Camusluinie,
with issue —

3. Farquhar, called Ferachar Ban. He was a
Sergeant in the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders, served
in India, and afterwards lived as a Pensioner at
Dornie. He married Anne, daughter of Murdoch
Murchison, with issue —

«. Alexander, a Roman Catholic Priest, was for
some time at Beauly, and was afterwards drowned
at Cape Breton.

b. Janet ; c, Mary.

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1G7

XII. DUNCAN, eldest son of Mister Buidh, is
spoken of as "an industrious and religious man."

He lived at Fadoch, and afterwards at Ardelve.
He married Helen, daughter of John Og, son of
the Rev. Donald Macrae of Kintail, with issue.

1. Mary, born 14th September, 1774, married
Alexander Macrae, Inchcro, with issue.

2. Alexander, who went to Canada in 18-21.
He married Anne, daughter of John Mackenzie,
by his wife, Christina, daughter of Alexander
Macrae, Auchtertyre, and had, with other issue—

a. Duncan.

h. John Alexander, an American Railway Con-
tractor, now living at Niagara Falls. He married,
first, Agnes Anne Ross, who died on the 22nd August,
1891, and was buried at St Catherine's Cemetery,
Ontario. She left one son, William. John Alex-
ander married, secondly, Julia Perham.
c. Christopher.

3 John, called Ian Ban, horn at Ardelve 30th
January, 1777, died 14th August, 1848, and was
buried at Kilduich. He married Isabel, daughter
of Alexander Macpherson, Gairloch, and by her, who
died on the 6th March, 1861, had issue—

a. Duncan, died unmarried 8th May, 188G, aged
seventy-two years.

b. Anne, died unmarried 18th July, 1858, aged
forty-one years.

c. Kate, died unmarried 10th February, 1883,
aged sixty-two years.

d. Hannah, died unmarried.
c. Margaret, died unmarried.

168 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

d. Alexander, for many years Postmaster at
Strome Ferry, died unmarried on the 25th June,
1896, aged seventy-one years.

VIII. MURDOCH, son of the Rev. Farquhar
Macrae of Kintail, had a joint wadset with his
brothers, Miles and John Breac, of Camusluinie.
He married and had issue, at least one son.

IX. DONALD, who married and left issue, at
least one son.

X. MURDOCH, who married Giles or Julia,
daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, merchant, Ding-
wall, by whom he had issue two sons, as mentioned
below, and four daughters, of whom nothing appears
to be known.

1. Donald, who married Anne, daughter of
Alexander Mackenzie of Lent ran, second son of
Simon Mackenzie, first laird of Torridon. Donald
died at an advanced age about 1790, and had issue —

a. Murdoch, who emigrated to North Carolina
in or about 1773. He was engaged on the Loyalist
side in the American War of Independence, and
" was killed in the engagement 'twixt the Loyalists
and the Americans at More's Bridge in that country
in February, 1776."

b. John, who was a planter in Jamaica.

c. Colin, who was a printer in London.

d. Alexander, who was a merchant in New York.

e. Abigail ; f, Giles or Julia ; g, Florence.
These three daughters were married, h, Janet.

2. Alexander, who married a Maclean, niece of
the Rev. John Maclean, first Presbyterian Minister

THE HISTORY OF THK CLAN MACRAE. 169

of Kintail, by whom lie is said to have had issue, one
son and four daughters.

It has been found impossible, so far, to trace the
descendants of Murdoch, son of the Rev. Farquhar
Macrae, any further.

170 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

CHAPTER XIII.

VIII. John Breac, sou of the Rev. Farquhar. — Foster Brother of
Kenneth, third Earl of Seaforth. — Under Factor or Chamber-
lain of Kintail. — His Marriage and Descendants. — The Auchter-
tyre Family.— Finlay, son of John Breac. — Killed at the
Battle of Glensheil. — His Marriage and Desceadants. — The
Carr Family.

VIII. JOHN, probably the youngest son of the Rev.
Farquhar Macrae of Kintail, was called Ian Breac.
He was tacksman of Achyaragan in Kintail, and is
spoken of as "an active and successful farmer, who
left means behind him." He also had a joint
wadset of Camusluinie with his brothers Miles and
Murdoch, for which his father gave ten thousand
marks to George, second Earl of Seaforth. With
regard to this wadset the clan historian says that
" whether the other two paid off John or not, his
successors got none of the money when the wadset
was redeemed in 1751." In addition to being an
" active and successful " farmer, John Breac was
under factor or chamberlain of Kintail under
Kenneth Mor, third Earl of Seaforth, who, it will be
remembered, was brought up as a boy and received
his early education in the family of the Rev.
Farquhar Macrae.1 John Breac was Kenneth Mor's

1 See page 59.

the history of the clan Macrae. u i

foster brother, and there is some reason to believe
that the reputation which Kenneth had of being the
best chief in the Highlands of Scotland was in some
measure due to the influence of his foster brother,
to whose strong sense of justice and kindly con-
sideration for the rights and the feelings of the
people the traditions of Kintail and Lochalsh still
testify. It is said that about the year 1G70, while
there" was a rearrangement of farms and a revision
of leases being made on the Seaforth estate of
Kintail, John Breac was ill of a fever and unable to
take any part in the proceedings. On hearing,
however, that a certain Kenneth Mackay ofSallachy
was to be removed against his own wish from a
farm which his family had held for several genera-
tions, John Breac, ill as he was, got out of bed,
wrapped himself well up in a blanket and set out
across the hills of Attadale in pursuit of Seaforth,
who had, only that day, left Kintail for Brahan.
John Breac overtook him at Camalt Inn, Attadale,
and refused to part with him until he promised to
let Mackay remain in undisturbed possession of his
ancestral home. It is said that this Mackay's
descendants are still living at Sallachy. From all
accounts John Breac was a man of weight and
influence among his countrymen, and his death was
lamented in an elegy, of which a few fragments
have been orally preserved in Lochalsh and Kintail
to the present day.1

John Breac was married, but it is uncertain who
his wife was. He had at least three children, and

172 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

his eldest son, Duncan, was born before his marriage.
One tradition says that the mother of this Duncan
was a daughter of Munro of Foulis, who was living
at the time with Lady Seaforth at Ellandonan
Castle. Another tradition, which can be traced
back among Duncan's descendants for more than a
hundred years, and which, for other reasons also,
appears to be a more authentic one, says that Dun-
can's mother was a daughter of Mackenzie of Hilton,
and that she afterwards became John Breac's wife.
This tradition is to a certain extent supported by the
Manuscript History of the Clan, in which it is stated
that John Breac " had a son by his wife before mar-
riage," but does not say who his wife was. In any
case it was Finlay, the second son, who was served
heir to John Breac, who died before the 28th of
July, 1696, that being the date of the service. John
Breac left at least the following issue —

1. Duncan, of whom below.

2. Finlay, of whom hereafter.

3. Catherine, who married Murdoch Matheson,
and had a son John, who had a son Kenneth, who
married a daughter of Roderick Mackenzie of Rissel,
Lochcarron, and had a son John, who died without
issue at Kishorn in 1849, aged seventy-two years.

IX. DUNCAN, son of John Breac, is mentioned
on an old genealogical tree as " Mr Duncan," and
was probably educated for the Church. There is a
tradition that he occupied some post of importance1
on the Seaforth estate of Kintail. He lived at
Coilrie, was married, and left issue —

6 a man hoUHug an office of trust

HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

173

1. Alexander, of whom below.

2. Murdoch, who had issue —

a. Alexander, mentioned as a Schoolmaster in
Easter Boss.

b. John.

3. Donald, married and had issue —

a. John, who had a son called John Hoy Qg,
who had two sons, viz., Thomas, who was drowned,
and John, who had two sons, John and Thomas, who
resided at Dornie in the hrst half of the present
century.

h. Alexander, c. Duncan Hoy.

4. Beatrice, who married Donald Macrae, and
had a son Alexander, who had a son Alexander Og,
who lived at Dornie.

X. ALEXANDER, son of Duncan, married and

had issue —

1. Donald, of whom next,

2. Duncan, married with issue.

3. Mary.

4. Catherine, married with issue.

5. Rebecca, married with issue.

XL DONALD, son of Alexander, was called
Domhnull Mhic Alister. Having quarrelled for some
reason with Seaforth, he left Kintail and went to
Rannoch, in Perthshire. After a brief and appar-
ently not very satisfactory sojourn in that part of
the country he returned home, and afterwards took
a grazing farm on Bein na Caillich. in Skye, where
he" lived for some time. He was drowned while
crossing Kylerea Ferry during a storm, and his body
was never found. He married Flora, daughter of

174 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Kenneth Mackenzie, Culdrein, Attadale (Dochma-
luag family), by bis wife Flora Mackenzie, whose
father was Roderick, son of John, second laird of
Applecross, and whose mother was Isabel, daughter
of Kenneth Mackenzie, sixth laird of Gairloch. By
her he had issue —

1. Alexander, of whom below.

2. Duncan, who married, and had issue.

a. Flora, who, on the 17th March, 1788, married
John Macrae, Sallachy , with issue — Duncan ; Donald ;
Isabel.

b. Isabel, who married Malcolm Macrae, with
issue —

b\. Duncan, who went to America, married, and
had issue.

h2. John, who died young.

63. Margaret, hi. Kate.

65. Flora, who married George Fiulayson at
Avernish, with issue — Duncan ; Kenneth, now living
at Avernish ; John.

XII. ALEXANDER, eldest son of Donald, was
called Alister Donn (Brown Alexander). He was
co-tacksman of Auchtertyre, with the famous Coll
Macdonell, fourth of Barisdale,1 and was in his own
day one of the leading men of the parish. He had a
house built for himself at Auchtertyre, which is said
to have been the first " white house" in the parish
of Lochalsh, except the Minister's Manse. He mar-
ried Isabel,2 daughter of John Og, son of the Rev.

1 For several references to Coll of Barisdale, se« Antiquarian Notes (Second
Series) by Charles Fraser Mackintosh, LL.D.

2 See page 79,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAX MACRAE. 1/0

Donald, sou of Alexander of Invevinate, and by her
had issue as below. He lived to a very advanced
age, and was the oldest man in the parish for several
years before his death, which occurred in June, 1832.
He was buried at Kirkton, Lochalsh.

1. Duncan, of whom below.

2. Donald, born at Auchtertyre in 1775. He
was a planter at Demerara, and afterwards tacks-
man of Auchtertyre, and factor for Macleod of
Raasay and Matheson of Attadale. He married,
about the end of 1816 or the commencement of
1817, Jane, daughter of Archibald Macra of Ardin-
toul, by whom he had issue as below. He died
on the 15th November, 1843, and was buried at
Kirkton.

a. John, a Doctor of Medicine, was surgeon in
the East India Company's service, and died un-
married at Cawnpore on the 21st January, 1857.

b. James died unmarried.

c. Archibald died unmarried.

d. Jessy, who, in 1849, married John Stewart of
Ensay (of the Stewarts of Garth), and died on the
26th of October, 1860, leaving issue—

d\. Jane Macrae.

c/2. William, a Captain in the 91st Highlanders.

r/3. Isabella Christian married, in 1882, Gordon
Fraser, and has issue.

d±. Mary died in 1891.

c/5. Donald Alexander married, in 1894, Isabella
Marv Anderson, with issue — Mary.

d6. Jessy Chisholm married, in 1888, Thomas
Scott,

176 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

d7. Archibald died in childhood.

3. Alexander, who died while studying
medicine at Aberdeen on the 14th June, 1810, aged
twenty-two years, and was buried at Kirkton.

4. John, died unmarried, and was buried at
Kirkton.

5. Farquhar went to Canada about 1833, and
was for some time a schoolmaster there. He is
spoken of as " an excellent teacher and a most
loveable man."1 After a few years spent in Canada
he returned to Lochalsh, and died unmarried on the
4th October, 1839. He was buried at Kirkton.

6. Christina married John Mackenzie, Auch-
more, and had, with other issue, Anne, who married
Alexander Macrae in America, a descendant of
Miles, son of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae of Kintail,
with issue as already mentioned.2

7. Mary married Alexander Maclennan, and
had, with other issue, a daughter Jessie, who
married Duncan Macrae, farmer, Kirkton, with issue
as already mentioned.3

8. Margaret married Christopher Macrae
(Drudaig family), went to America, and had issue
as already mentioned.4

9. Barbara married Malcolm Ross, a native of
Easter Ross. He was a road contractor, and made,
among other roads, the one leading from Strome
Ferry to Lochalsh. Barbara and her husband
subsequently went to America. She died on the
11th February, 1870, and her husband died on the

1 Letter from one of his old pupils.

2 Page 167. 3 Page 127. * Page 163,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 177

22nd April, 1877, botli at a very advanced age.
They left issue —

a. John, who was born at Auchmore, in Loch-
alsh, before his parents emigrated. He is a railway
contractor in America.

b. Catherine died at the age of twenty-one, on
the 9th May, 184G, and was buried at Russelton
Flats, Quebec.

c. Alexander, married with issue.

d. Isabella.

e. Christina, married with issue.

f. Donald Walter married Susan Macdonald.
He died on the 26th December, 1877, and was
buried at St Catherine's Cemetery, Ontario.

g. Agnes Anne married John Alexander Macrae
of Niagara Falls, with issue, and died on the 22nd
August, 1891,1 as already mentioned.

10. Flora died unmarried.

XIII. DUNCAN, eldest son of Alexander of
Auchtertyre, was for some time a Sergeant in the
Seventy-Eighth Highlanders. He was a farmer at
Auchmore, and afterwards lived at Auchtertyre,
where he died at a very advanced age on the 13th
February, I860, being for some time before his
death the oldest man in the parish. He was buried
at Kirkton. He married Christina, daughter of
Murdoch Mackenzie, farmer at Braintra,2 and by
her, who died on the 10th of October, 1874, aged

1 Seepage 167.

2 The family to which this Murdoch Mackenzie belonged lived at Braintra
for many generations, and is said to have beeu descended from Sir Dougal

Mackenzie, Priest of Kiutail, who was killed by Donald Gorui Macdonald of
Sleat in 1539.— See page 26.

178 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

ninety years, and was buried at Kirkton, he had
issue —

1. Donald, born at Auchmore on the 15th of
January, 1808. He lived at Avernish, where he
died on the 3rd of April, 1888, and was buried at
Kirkton. He married, on the 23rd of January, 1845,
Margaret, daughter of Murdoch Matheson, and by
her, who died on the 22nd of April, 1893, aged
seventy-two years, had issue —

a. Margaret, born on the 12th of November,
1845, married on the 31st July, 1873, Ewen Mathe-
son, at Plockton, with issue —

al. Annabella Mary ; a2, Margaret Mary ; «3,
Farquhar ; ai, Frederick Donald ; «5, Hectorina.

b. Donald, born on the 22nd of January, 1847,
a Sergeant of Police in Glasgow, married on the 5th
of April, 1870, Janet, daughter of Thomas Mac-
lennan, with issue — ■

b\. Margaret, born on the 27th of March, 187L
married on the 15th October, 1896, Colin Campbell,-
in Glasgow, with issue.

b2. Jessie, born on the 22nd of April, 1873.

63. Jane, born on the 14th of September, 1876.

64. Catherine, born on the 18th of October,
1880.

65. Frederick Donald, born on the 4th of April,
1883.

. c. Murdoch, born on the 25th of May, 1849,
died unmarried in Minnesota, in the United States,
in 1872.

d. Catherine, born on the 10th of October, 1851.

e. Frederick George, born on the 7th of Decern-

The htstory of the clan macrae. 179

ber, 1853 ; a Captain in the Merchant Service,
drowned at sea in 1882.

/.' John Alexander, born on the 11th of March,
185G.

g. Farquhar, born on the 17th of October, 1858.

h. Zeller, born on the 26th of October, 1860,
married Alexander Macrae, at Ardelve, with issue as
already mentioned.1

2. Margaret, married on the 25th of April,
1844, John Matheson, and died on the "2nd of
January, 1846, without surviving issue.

3. John, born at Auchmore in March, 1814.
He lived for many years at Aultdearg in Kinloch-
luichart,2 and afterwards moved to Easter Ross.
He died at Bridgend of Alness, in the parish of
Rosskeen, on the 15th of April, 1865, and was buried
at Kirkton, in Lochalsh. He married, on the 10th
April, 1851, Flora,3 born 13th September, 1825,
daughter of Alexander Gillanders, some time tacks-
man of Immer and Attadale in Lochcarron, and left
issue —

a. Rev. Alexander, born on the 23rd of April.
1852, a clergyman of the Church of England, now
(1898) Assistant Master of Emanuel School, Wands-
worth Common, and Curate of St Helen's Church,
Bishopsgate, in the City of London. He is the
author of this book.

b. Margaret, born on the 12th October, 1853.

c. Duncan, born on the 29th of July, 1855, and

1 Page 166.

2 Kinlochluichart is a quoad sacra pariah situated near the centre of the
county of Ross, and traversed by the Dingwall and Skye Railway.

3 Appendix F.

180 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

now in America, married on the 19th July, 1887,
Mary Anne, daughter of Roderick Macdonald,
Dingwall, and by her, who died the following year
at Toronto, Canada, had issue, one son, Roderick
John, born on the 15th of March, 1888.

d. Annie, born on the 14th of June, 1857,
married, on the 3rd of December, 1886, Ivan Ingrain
Mavor, of Newcastle-on-Tyne (son of the Rev. James
Mavor, M.A., Glasgow) who was shortly afterwards
killed in an accident at Birkenhead, and by whom
she had issue, one son, Ivan, born on the 12th of
September, 1887.

e. Jeannie, born on the 20th of August, 1859,
married, on the 12th of August, 189G, Farquhar
Matheson, Dornie.

/ Farquhar, born on the 20th of October, 1862,
M.B. and CM., of Aberdeen University, now living
at Alness.

g. John, born on the 31st of October, 1865.

IX. FINLAY, son of John Breac, son of the
Rev. Farquhar Macrae. He was served heir to his
father in July, 1696.1

Finlay is said to have " lived in plentiful circum-
stances at Dullig," and was killed in the battle of
Glensheil in 1719, fighting on the Jacobite side.
" During the retreat he loitered behind to have a shot
at two troopers who were following up close behind.

1 Finlaus M'Oa in Aehgargan haercs Joannis M'Cra nuper in Aehgargan,
filii legitimi quoudom Magistri Farquhardi M'Cra aliquando Ministri verbi Dei
apud ecclesiara de Kintaill \ta,tria.—Reijisttr of Rdours, 28th July, 1696.

Under the same date Finlay is entered as heir to his uncles Christopher
and Thomas, legitimate sons of Mr Farquhar Macrae, formerly Minister of
Kintail.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 181

He killed one of the troopers, but the other killed
him."1 It is uncertain who his wife was, but she is
mentioned on an old genealogical tree as Janet
Nighean Lachlain Mhic Thearlich (daughter of Lach-
lan, the son of Charles), and by her he had issue—

1. Farquhar, of whom hereafter.

2. Christopher, who lived at Dall, and is men-
tioned as "a religious, honest man." He married
Florence, daughter of Christopher Macrae, Drudaig,
with issue —

a. John, called Ian Ban, a carpenter or builder.
He married Catherine, daughter of John Og, son
of the Rev. Donald Macrae, with issue—

ol. Christopher, who had sons— (1) Farquhar,
who had a son, Alexander ; (2) Donald ; (3) John.

a-2. Flora, who married Duncan Macrae,2 a de-
scendant of the Rev. Finlay Macrae, Lochalsh.

b. Janet, who is said to have married Duncan,
grandson of Christopher of Aryugan.3

c. Flora, married Alexander Macrae, of the Mer-
chant Service. He was called the Captain Dubh
(the Black Captain).

d. Anne, is said to have married " Farquhar of
the Smith family."

3. Flora, married Neil Mackinnon of Kyleakin,
and had issue at least a son —

a. John, who married a Miss Macdonald, and
had a son —

ol. Dr Farquhar Mackinnon of Kyleakin, who
married and had issue— ( I ) John, who lived at
Kyleakin. (2) The Rev. Neil Mackinnon of C'reich,

1 Okl letter from Kiutail. "- Page 50. 3 Page 124.

182 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

who married Elizabeth Flora Anne, daughter of
James Thomas Macdonald of Balranald, with issue —
Farquhar ; Catherine, married James Ross, Polio,
Kilmuir, Easter Ross, with issue ; James Thomas ;
Jane ; Jemima ; Christina. (3) Margaret.

4. Isabel, married, first, Kenneth Macleod of
Arnisdale, Glenelg, commonly called Kenneth
Mac Alister, with issue. She1 married, secondly,
Neil Mackinnion of Borreraig, one of the Corri-
chatachan family. From this marriage were de-
scended the Mackinnons of Strath.

X. FARQUHAR,2 son of Finlay, married, first,
a daughter of Duncan Macrae of Aryugan,3 who was
killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, and had issue —

1. Finlay, called Fionnla Ban, lived at Bun-
da] loch ; married, and had issue.

2. Donald, who went to America in 1774.

3. Duncan, who also went to America in 1774.
Farquhar married, secondly, a daughter of

Alister Mor Mac Ian Mhic Dhonnachidh, and had
issue.

4. Christopher, of whom below.

5. Isabel, who married Christopher Macrae,
Achyark, with issue, —

a. Farquhar, who lived at Ardelve and married
Anne, daughter of John, son of Alister Ruadh
Macrae, already mentioned,4 and had issue —

1 There is some reason to believe that this, and not the daughter of the
Rev. John Macrae of Dingwall, is the Isabel whose name is mentioned on the
tombstone referred to on page 146.

2 The succession of Finlay is continued here in his sou Farquhar only for
convenience of arrangement. It is not maintained that he was the eldest son.

3 Page 123. * Page 124.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

183

«1. Duncan, now living at Ardelve, by whom
this statement of the descendants of his grand-
parents, Christopher and Isabel Macrae, was given
to the author in 1890. Duncan gave evidence
before Lord Napier's Crofter Commission in 1883.
He married Mary, daughter of Duncan Macrae,
with issue:— Anne; Anne; Duncan, who died at
Dorniein 1883; Kate; Farquhar ; Maggie.

a'2. John.

«3. Farquhar, married Janet Macrae, with issue :
—Anne; Janet; Maggie; Isabel; Mary; Alex-
ander.

ai. Christopher, married Kate Macrae, with
iSSUe :— -Anne ; Duncan ; Margaret married Hector
Macdonald ; Farquhar ; Christina ; Catherine ; Mary.

b. Farquhar.

c. Duncan, who was a soldier and served in
India.

d. Alexander.

e. John, who was for many years a school-
master at Sleat, and a well-known Gaelic scholar,
folklorist, and genealogist. He married Catherine
Macrae of the Torlysich family, and had issue-
el. John; e2, Christopher;

e3. The Rev. Godfrey, Minister of Cross, in the
Island of Lews ;

t'4. Isabel ; e5, Annabel ; c6, Christina ; c7, Flora.

/ Finlay, married a Miss Finlayson, with issue :
—Mary ; Christopher ; Roderick ; Kenneth ; Far-
quhar ; Duncan ; Annabel ; Isabel.

6. Christina, married Duncan Macdonald, at
Carr, with issue.

184 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

7. Mary, married Farquhar Maclennan, a native
of Kintail, and had issue at least one son.

a. Roderick, called Ruaridh Mor (Big Roderick),
who lived in Glenurquhart, and died in 1884. He
married Mary Grant, and had, with other issue —

«1. Alexander, who lived in Kingussie, where he
died in 1892. He married Helen, daughter of
Duncan Macrae,1 with issue ; (1) The Rev. Duncan,
M.A. of Edinburgh, Free Church, Laggan, married,
in 1893, Isabella, daughter of Donald Macpherson,
Factor of the Island of Eigg, by his wife, Mary,
daughter of Farquhar Macrae of Camusfunaiy, with
issue, Norman; (2) Mary, died young; (3) Rod-
erick, M.A. of Aberdeen, now Headmaster of the
Public School, Kingussie, married Flora, eldest
daughter of the Rev. Neil Dewar, Free Church,
Kingussie ; (4) John ; (5) Jane ; (6) Helen ; (7)
Kenneth, M.A. of Aberdeen ; (8) Mary Anne ; (9)
Alexander.

XL CHRISTOPHER, son of Farquhar, was a
farmer at Can*. He married Isabel Macrae, with
issue —

1. William, lived at Carr. He married Anna-

ISome time during the last century two brothers of the name Macrae
migrated from Kintail to Badenoch, where their descendents, who were men
of good position, were known as Na Talich (the Kintail Men). From one of
these brothers is descended the Rev. Alexander Macrae, Minister of the
Scottish Church, Crown Court, London. From the other brother were
descended, in. the second or third generation— (1) the above-mentioned Duncan,
who, in addition to his daughter, Helen, had two sons : (a) John, S.S.C.,
Procurator-Fiscal of Kirkwall, who died a comparatively young man, in 1890,
leaving a widow and family, one of whom, Robert, is in the Indian Civil
Service ; aDd (6) Kenneth, now living in London. (2) Kenneth, who had a son.
John, a Doctor of Medicine, for many years Medical Officer of the Parish of
Laggan, and now living with his family in Edinburgh.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 185

bel, daughter of Murdoch Macrae, Achnagart, and
died in July, 1879, leaving issue —

a. Alexander, went to South America ; b, Mary ;

c, Donald ;

d. Isabel, married Murdoch Macrae at Camns-
lunie, with issue — William ; Elizabeth ; Alexander ;
Donald ;

e. Christopher ;

/ Murdoch, now living at Seabank, in Gaitloch.

2. Christopher, a farmer at Carr, died in 1895.
He left a son, Alexander.

3. FlNLAY, a farmer a Carr. He married Mary,
daughter of Donald Macrae, with issue — a, Mary ;
b, Kenneth ; c, Christopher ; d, Isabel ; e, Jessie ;
f, Donald.

4. Christina, married Donald Macrae at Ar-
delve, as already mentioned.1

5. Catherine, married Farquhar Macrae, Camus-
funary, with issue, of whom hereafter.

6. Janet, married Donald Macrae, Inverness,
without issue.

7. Mary, married Christopher Macrae, Durinish,
with issue — a, Alexander ; b, John ; c, Christopher ;

d, Mary ; e, Isabel ; /, Janet.

186 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

CHAPTER XIV.

V. Farquhar, son of Constable Christopher Macrae of Ellandonan
Castle. — Progenitor of the Black Macraes. — Fearachar Mac Ian
Oig. — The Rev. Donald Macrae of Lochalsh. — Tradition about
Ancestry of Governor James Macrae of Madras. — Domhnull Og.
— High-handed proceedings of Garrison placed in Ellandonan by
the Parliament after the Execution of Charles I. — Fight
between the Garrison and the Kintail men. — Domhnull Og's
Descendants. — Donnacha Mor Mac Alister killed at Sheriff-
muir. — Maurice of Achyuran. — His Marriage and Descendants.
— The Rev. John Macrae of Knockbain. — Eonachan Dubh
and his Descendants. — Domhnull Mac Alister, Progenitor of
the Torlysich Family. — Killed at Sheriftmuir. — His Marriage
and Descendants.

V. FARQUHAR, son of Christopher,1 who was
fourth in descent from Fionnla Dubh Mac Gille-
chriosd, and was Constable of Ellandonan Castle in
the time of John of Killiu, ninth Baron of Kintail,
was progenitor of the branch of the clan which was
known as Clan 'ic Rath Dhubh (the Black Macraes).
He married and had issue —

1. Donald, of whom below.

2. Maurice, who left issue.

3. Christopher, whose descendants appear to
have been well known in Kintail about the end of
the seventeenth century, and of whom the Rev.

l Page 24,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 187

John Macrae of Dingwall says, in his manuscript
history of the clan, that others in Kintail could give
a more satisfactory account than he could.

VI. DONALD, eldest son of Farquhar, married
a daughter of Alexander Bain of Inchvanie, and by
her had five sons, who are spoken of as " all hold,
pretty, forward men."

1. Alexander, mentioned as "an understanding
active man." For some time he was " principal
officer " or Chamberlain of Kintail, " a desirable
and lucrative post." It is said that Sir Kenneth
Mackenzie, first Baronet of Coul, was fostered and
brought up in his house, and that this led to " a
friendship 'twixt the family of Coul and the
Macras." Alexander left no lawful son, but he had
two illegitimate sons — John, who lived and died at
Leault in Kintail, leaving numerous issue ; and
Murdoch, who lived and died with Sir Kenneth
Mackenzie at Coul.

2. John, called Ian Og, married, and had issue —

a. Alexander, who had issue :

«1. John, who had a son, John, who lived at
Coul.

«2. Duncan, who had several sons, one of whom,
John, was a gunsmith in Kintail.

aZ. Alexander, who left issue.

b. Duncan, who was killed in the Battle of
Auldearn in 1645, leaving issue, one son, Chris-
topher, who was for some time principal officer of
Kintail, and left issue.

c Farquhar, called Fearachar Mac Ian Oig,
whose name figures prominently in the traditions of

188 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Kintail. It is said that on one occasion, while
Farquhar was out hunting, the ground officer or
bailiff of Kintail entered his house, and seized some
of his chattels in payment of certain dues, which the
bailiff was endeavouring to levy on his own account,
and which Farquhar strenuously opposed. When he
returned home his wife tauntingly informed him of
what had happened, and he, giving way to the
impulse of the moment, immediately set out in pursuit
of the bailiff, whom he soon overtook and killed.
For this deed of blood he was obliged to flee the
country, but he soon returned, and for seven years
concealed himself among the hills of Kintail. At the
end of that time he made peace with the bailiff's
friends, and paid them a ransom. He was now able
once more to appear in public among his friends and
his countrymen, who welcomed him back with great
delight. The chief of Kintail, perhaps Colin, first
Earl of Seaforth, refused, however, to allow Farquhar
to come into his presence, but during a rebellion in
the Lews, of which there were more than one at this
time, Farquhar joined the expedition sent there,
unrecognised, and, being a man of great valour, he
conducted himself in a manner which led to a com-
plete reconciliation between himself and his chief.
Farquhar possessed considerable poetic talent, and is
said to have composed several songs during his exile.1
Whatever truth there may or may not be in this
tradition of Farquhar's exile, we know that during
the chieftainship of Colin, first Earl of Seaforth, who
lived in far greater state than any of his predecessors,

1 Appendix J,

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189

the people of Kintail suffered greatly from the
excessive rents which were then levied upon them,
and as Farquhar Mac Ian Oig is specially mentioned
as one of those who suffered from the exorbitant
raising of rent, it is quite possible he may have been
a leader of resistance and opposition to the exactions
of the chief and his officials, and may have been
obliged in consequence to spend part of his life as an
outlaw. The Rev. John Macrae of Dingwall, in his
Manuscript History of the. Mackenzies, explains, as
an instance of the "grievous imposition" of Earl
Colin's time, how the yearly rent of the tack of land
called Muchd in Letterfearn, which was held by
Farquhar Mac Ian ( >ig, was in a short time raised
from sixty merks Scots to two hundred and eighty.
It appears that while this process of rent-raising was
gointr on, Farquhar left Muchd and moved to
Achyark. At all events tradition says it was at
Achyark he was living when the bailiff seized his
property. In the poem ascribed to Farquhar, as
mentioned above, he calls his wife Nighean
Dhonnachidh (Duncan's daughter), and by her he
had, with other issue, a son.

cl. The Rev. Donald of Lochalsh, who was
educated at Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. in
1G53. He was minister of Lochalsh before the 11th
August, 16G3, and was still there on the 12th April,
1G88. He is said to have lived until 1710. He
married Annabel, daughter of William Mackenzie of
Shieldaig, and by her had issue:— Mr John; Donald;
Duncan ; Farquhar ; Maurice ; and Christopher.

d. John, called Ian Duhh Mac Ian Oig, who

190 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

went to Greenock, and was, according to a Kintail
tradition,1 the grandfather of Governor James Mac-
rae of Madras, of whom hereafter.

3. Donald, mentioned below.

4. Duncan, left a daughter but no male issue.
" He was a pretty man and lived to a great age."

5. Finlay, left issue, and his descendants were
numerous in Kintail and Lochalsh.

VII. DONALD, son of Donald VI., had five
sons, " all pretty men, who outlived their father.'"2

1. John, was " bred a scholar," but does not ap-
pear to have profited much by his learning, as he
became one of Earl Colin's menial servants. He had
a son called John, who married and had issue.

2. Christopher, mentioned below.

3. Duncan, who was eighth in descent from
Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, married and had
issue at least three sons — John, who is described as
"a great natural orator," and was accidentally killed
in Strathconon in 1698 ; Ronald ; and

(IX.) Farquhar,3 who left a son.
(X.) Christopher, who is said to have married
a Maclennan, with issue —

1 Tradition communicated to the author by Mr Alexander Matheson,
shipowner, Dornie, in 1897.

2 It is interesting to note how frequently the Clan historian refers to the
good looks and handsome personal appearance of the different members of this
branch of the Clan, who were his own contemporaries, and with whom he was
perhaps personally acquainted This is a characteristic which some members
of this branch of the Macraes are said to have retained until the present time.

3 The Rev. John Macrae's account of this family terminates with Farquhar
(IX.) The continuation of the genealogy here given was communicated in
outline to the author in August, 1896, by Councillor Alexander Macrae,
Inverinate.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE, 1 9 I

(1). Farquhar, of whom below.

(2). Christina, who married Donald Macrae,
a fanner at Inverinate, and had, with other
issue —

(a). Duncan, commonly called Donnacha Seal-
gair (Duncan the Hunter), who married and had
issue.

(h). Alexander, who was Quarter-Master Ser-
geant in the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders. He
served with his regiment in India, and took part in
the Battle of Assaye on the 2?,rd of September, 1803,
and several other engagements. He was also present
at the capture of Java in 1811, and retired from
active service in 1815, "after twenty-five years
of faithful, zealous, and gallant good conduct,"1 On
the occasion of his retirement he was presented by
his regiment with a valuable gold watch, in recogni-
tion "of his long and faithful services to his good
King and country." Sergeant Macrae afterwards
lived at Kirkton, Lochalsh, where he died at the age
of eighty-four, on the 16th of June, 1855, and was
buried in Kirkton Churchyard. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie,2 fifth laird
of Cleanwaters, by whom he had issue—

i Letter from Lieuteuant-Colonel D. Forbes, Commanding 1st Battalion
78th Highlanders, dated Java, 1st March, 1815.

2 Cleanwaters was formerly the name of a small estate on the south side
of Dingwall. The above-mentioned Alexander was a sou of Alexander, fourth
of Cleanwaters, son of Charles, son of John, son of Colin, second laird of
Kilcoy, son of Alexander, first laird of Kilcoy, younger son of Colin, eleventh
baron of Kintail, son of Kenneth, tenth baron of Kintail, by his wife the Lady
Elizabeth Stewart of Athole, for whose descent from the Royal families ot
England and Scotland see Appendix F. For some account of the Maokenz.es
of Cleanwaters see Mackenzie's History of the Mackenzies, new edit.on, page M.

192 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(hi.) Alexander, who married Jane Macdonald,
and died in Australia, leaving issue.

(b2.) Donald, who died at Inverness in 1891, un-
married.

(63.) Jessie married Robert Forbes, with issue.

(64.) David, in Australia.

(65.) Christina married Alexander Macintosh,
with issue — (l) John died unmarried in Dingwall in
1896 ; (2) Elizabeth married Thomas Nicol, a well-
known citizen and Magistrate of Dingwall, and has
issue ; (3) Margaret married John Macrae, a soli-
citor and Magistrate of Dingwall, with issue ; (4)
Annie ; (5) Alexander ; (6) Mary ; (7) Donald, who
was in the Seaforth Highlanders, and was killed in
India ; (8) Robert ; (9) Charles ; (10) David.

(66.) Charles, a supervisor of Inland Revenue,
died at Rothesay on the 16th of September, 1885,
aged fifty-four years, and was buried in Rothesay
Cemetery. He was twice married. By his first
wife he left a daughter, and by his second wife two
sons and five daughters.

(XL) Farquhar lived at Inchcro. He married
Margaret (?), sister of Alexander Macrae of the
Merchant Service, commonly called the Captain
Dubh (the Black Captain), and by her had
issue —

(XII.) Christopher, who lived at Fadoch,
married Isabella Macrae. He was drowned in one
of the rivers of Kintail, and left issue.

(1). Duncan, who died at Glenose, in Skye, on
the 19th August, 1877, aged seventy-two years.
He married Margaret Maclennan, with issue —

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(a). Alexander in Australia.

(6). Christopher, also in Australia.

(c). Jessie Hannah.

(2). Alexander, who married Flora, daughter
of Duncan Macrae (the above-mentioned Donnacha
Sealgair), and had issue —

(a). Alexander, living at Inverinate, and now
the County Councillor for the Parish of Kintail. He
married Anne Maclennan, and has issue : — Mary ;
Alexander ; Donald ; Farquhar ; Duncan ; Flora.

(b). Donald married Mary Anne Macrae, with
issue : — Anne ; Farquhar ; Duncan ; Alexander ;
Duncan ; Alexander ; Flora.

(c). Isabella.

(3). John died in Australia in 1888, married
with issue.

(4). James, who was commonly known as Seumas
Ban (James the Fair). He was the author of several
Gaelic songs1 which are well known in Lochalsh and
Kintail. He lived for many years at Ardroil, in
Lews, where he was the neighbour and friend of the
Rev. John Macrae, some time of Carloway, Lews,
and formerly of Knockbain. James died at New
Kelso, Lochcarron, on the 16th January, 1888, aged
seventy-five years, and was buried in Lochcarron
Churchyard. He married Flora, daughter of
Duncan Mackenzie, by his wife Christina, daughter
of John Macrae,2 and by her, who died at Hemel

1 Appendix J.

2 This John Macrae, commonly known as Ian Mac a Gobha— John the Son
of the Smith— was the man who brought Ian Mac Mhurachaidh's poems and
songs from America (page 83). He died at Carndu, Dornic, in 1839, aged
ninety-three years. See also Appendix J.

194 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on the 18th of March,
1895, and was buried in Lochcarron, had issue —

(a). John, who is also a Gaelic poet1 of consider-
able talent, now living at Timsgarry in Lews. He
married Elizabeth Fraser, with issue — John Fraser ;
Duncan ; James ; Isabel Anne ; Alexander.

(b). Isabella manned Kenneth Murchison, Loch-
carron, with issue — Margaret ; Roderick Impey ;
James Alexander ; Flora ; Christina ; Isabella ;
Finlay ; Kenneth ; Barbara.

(c). Flora.

(d). Christina, whose name was included in the
Women's Roll of Honour for the Victorian Era in
the Earl's Court Exhibition of 1897, for having been
the means of saving the crew of a Danish ship — the
Grana — which was wrecked on the coast of Lews on
the 21st of October, 1896. For her conduct on that
occasion the Danish Government presented her,
through the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, with a
marble clock, bearing a suitable inscription.2 Chris-
tina is married to Donald Mackay, Mangersta, Lews,
and has issue — Flora Helen ; Andrina ; John ;
Jemima ; Farquhar Alexander.

(e). Barbara.

(f). Farquhar, a graduate of Aberdeen Univer-
sity, now a Medical Practitioner in London.

(g). Alexander Mackenzie, now a student at the
Presbyterian College, London.

4. Donald, called Dahitar or Dyer, so called

1 Appendix J.

2 An account of the heroic conduct of Mrs Mackay on this occasion, together
with a portrait of herself, appeared in The Strand Magazine, December, 1897.

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because he was taught the trade of dyeing, though
he never followed it. He left sons and daughters.

5. Donald, who was eighth in descent from
Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, being the second
member of the family who bore this name, was called
Donald Og. He greatly distinguished himself in a
skirmish which took place in 1650 between the men
of Kintail and a garrison which had been placed in
Ellandonan Castle by the Scottish Parliament after
the execution of Charles I., with whose cause George
Earl of Seaforth, after much wavering, finally cast in
his lot. The garrison treated the people with great
insolence, and among other things, as the autumn
drew to a close, they insisted that the people should
furnish them with a sufficient store of fuel for the
winter. Accordingly, a party of soldiers, under a
certain John Campbell and a Sergeant of the name
Blythman, proceeded to the residence of the Cham-
berlain at Inverinate in order to enforce their
commands. The soldiers were met by a small party
of ten men, probably a deputation appointed to
remonstrate against this new imposition. The re-
monstrance soon gave place to high words, and the
officer in command ordered the soldiers to fire. This
the soldiers did, but without doing the men any
injury. The Kintail men, however, had old scores to
settle, especially against John Campbell, who, it
seems, had on a former occasion attacked and
wounded some people at Little Inverinate, so they
immediately drew their swords, fell upon the soldiers,
killed several of them, including John Campbell and
Sergeant Blythman, and put the rest to flight.

196 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Donald Og, who was evidently the leader of the
Kintail men, singled out Campbell for attack, and with
one fierce stroke of his sword, "cut off his head, neck,
right arm, and shoulder from the rest of his body."
The place where this occurred was long known as
Campbell's Croft. Sergeant Blythmanwaskilled while
attempting to cross a stream of water between Little
Inverinate and Meikle Inverinate, at a spot which
was afterwards called Blythman's Ford. Thus the
ten Kintail men, without losing any of their own
number, fought against the thirty soldiers, and put
them to flight. After this the garrison made no
further demand for fuel, nor did they make any
effort to avenge their defeat. On the contrary,
they felt so uneasy and so much afraid of the men of
Kintail that shortly afterwards they left the country,
and no further notice was ever taken of the matter.
Donald Og left issue,1 Duncan, and

(ix.) Alexander, who had a son.

(x.) Duncan, called Donnacha Breac, who had
a son.

(xi.) John, who had a son.

(xii.) John, who had a son.

(xiii.) Kenneth, who had a son.

(xiv.) Alexander, who lived in Lochcarron,
and married Anne Macrae, with issue.

(l). Alexander, who married, and had issue.

(2). Donald, who married Helen, daughter of

1 The succession of Donald Og, as here given, was communicated to the
author in 1897, in Kintail, by two independent genealogists, whose statements
were in entire agreement, and were further confirmed by some family notes
in the possession of the Rev. Donald Macrae of Lairg.

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Joseph Riddoch of Skeith,near Cullen.and afterwards
of Fowlwood, Grange, and died in 1889, leaving issue.
(a). Joseph Riddoch, born on the 4th of July,
1855, and died on the 27th of August, 1874.

(b). Anne, married Hugh Stewart, who died in
1889, leaving issue— Jane ; John ; Nelly, who died in
childhood.

(c). The Rev. Donald, horn on the 10th of January,
1864, M.A. of St Andrews, B.D. of Aberdeen,
Minister of the Parish of Lairg in Sutherlandshire,
to which he was ordained in 1890. He married on
the 15th of .January, 1891, Anne, daughter of "William
Stephen of Culrain House, and has issue : —

(cl). Donald Alastair, born on the 26th ot
October, 1891.

(c2). Ronald Stephen Bruce, born on the 15th
March, 1893.

(c3). Colin Frederick, born on the 19th of Feb-
ruary, 1895.

(c4). Charles Eric, born on the 16th of February,
1897.

(d). Alexander, born on the 18th September,
1866, married Marie Don, and is now living in East
Liverpool, Ohio, in the United States.

(e). Helen.

(3). Kenneth, in Kansas in the United States,
married, with issue.

(4). Flora married John Macdonald, in Skye,
with issue.

VIII. CHRISTOPHER, son of Donald VII., is
said to have been " a prudent and facetious man."
He married and left a son.

198 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

IX. ALEXANDER, who lived about the time
of the Revolution of 1688. He married Margaret,
daughter of Alexander Macdouald, of the Glengarry
family, by whom he had six sons, " all pretty men."

1. Donald, who was killed at the Battle of
Sheriffmuir, and of whom hereafter.

2. Duncan, who was called Donnachadh Mor or
Donnachadh Mac Alister. He was noted for his
prowess and strength, and was killed at the Battle
of Sheriffmuir. It is said that as the Kintail men
were passing through Glensheil, under the leader-
ship of Duncan, to join the Jacobite Rising which
ended in that battle, they came upon six men who
were struggling to place a large stone in a wall they
were building. Duncan told the men to stand
aside, and, seizing hold of the stone, lifted it up
and placed it in the desired position, and at the
same time expressed a fervent hope that the Mac-
raes would never be without a man who could lift
that stone as he had done. This stone is still
pointed out at Achnagart. Duncan's sword was
picked up on Sheriffmuir after the battle, and was
exhibited for many years in The Tower of London as
" the great Highlander's sword." There are men
still alive who remember seeing this sword in The
Tower. It is not there now, however, and what has
become of it is no longer known, though the proba-
bility is that it may have been lost in the fire by
which The Tower Armoury was destroyed in 1841.
In the time of William Earl of Seaforth, Duncan
was Captain of the Freiceadan or Guard, whose duty
it was to protect the marches of the Seaforth estates

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from the plundering raids of the Lochaber cattle-
lifters, and many are the traditions of his adventures
and feats of arms against the Fir Chaola (the thin
or lean men), as the Lochaber marauders were
usually called in Kintail.1 Duncan was also a poet,
but it has been found impossible so far to recover
any more than the merest fragments of his produc-
tions.'2 He was married, and left issue.

3. Maurice, son of Alexander, was tenth in
descent from Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd. He
lived at Achyuran, in Glensheil, and is said to have
married Christina, daughter of Alexander Macrae,
Camusluinie, with issue at least two sons, Alexander
and Duncan.

(xi.) Alexander, son of Maurice, was called
Alister Ruadh (red-haired Alexander), and was
ground officer of Kintail. It is said that while at
school at Fortrose he married a Margaret Fraser of
Belladrum, by whom he had one daughter, who
married Duncan Macrae, Achnashellach. Alexander
married, secondly, a daughter of John Macrae,
Inversheil, with issue : —

(1). Donald, called Domhnull Ruadh, who was
a farmer at Achnagart, and in 1794 moved to Ard-
elve, in Lochalsh, where he lived for nineteen years.
In 1813 he moved to Morvich, in Kintail, where he
died the same year. He married Anne, daughter of
Christopher Macrae of Drudaig,3 and by her had a
large family, of whom at least four sons reached
manhood, and there was a daughter alive and

1 See chapter on the legends and traditions of the clan.
2 Appendix J. 3 Page 164.

200 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

unmarried in 1830. The four sons had the farm of
Immer, in Lochcarron, between them for some time,
and they were there as late as 1823.

(«). Alexander is mentioned as the eldest of
Donald Roy's sons in a letter written by himself to
the Honourable Miss Mackenzie of Seaforth, on the
22nd May, 1830. He married Isabella Crichton,
who was descended from a Covenanting family, and
had issue : — Marion, Donald, William Crichton,
Alexander, John, Farquhar.

(b). Christopher married and left a son, Donald,
who is now living at Bundalloch, in Kintail, and is
married with issue.

(c). Farquhar.

(d). The Rev. John, some time of Knockbain,
and better known in the Highlands as Macrath Mor
a Chnuicbhain (the great Macrae of Knockbain),
said to have been the youngest of the sons, was
born either at Achnagart or at Ardelve in May,
1794. In his youth he was noted not only for
physical strength but also for his mental capacity
and intelligence, and numerous anecdotes about his
great personal strength and courage are still floating
about the Highlands. While living at Immer with
his brothers he made the acquaintance of the Rev.
Lachlan Mackenzie, of Lochcarron, who is said to
have formed a high opinion both of his character
and of his abilities. After leaving Immer he
received a share in the farm of Ratagan, on the
south side of Lochduich, and while there he acted
for some time as superintendent of the workmen
who were engaged on the construction of the road

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 201

leading from Kintail across Mam Ratagan to
Glenelg and Kyle Rhea. He afterwards held an
appointment as teacher in a school at Arnisdale, in
Glenelg, where he hecame a centre of much influence
for good. Upon deciding to enter the Church lie
succeeded in obtaining a bursary for Mathematics at
Aberdeen University. In this subject he took a
high position during his course, but failed to make
a good appearance in Latin and Greek, having
commenced the study of those languages too late in
life to be able to acquire the familiarity which is
necessary for a complete mastery of their construc-
tion and idiom. He was, however, a very proficient
student of Hebrew. On completing his college
course and obtaining licence, he acted for some time
as assistant to the Rev. James Russell, of Gairloch.
He became minister of Cross, in Lews, in 1833.
Here he continued until 1839, when he became
minister of the parish of Knockbain, in the Black
Isle.1 The great controversy which led to the
Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843 was
then at its height, and Mr Macrae soon became one
of the ablest and most energetic of the leaders of
the popular party in the Highlands. In 1843 he
cast in his lot with the Free Church, and remained
at Knockbain for some years longer. In 1847, the
death of his intimate friend, the Rev. Alexander
Stewart, of Cromarty, made him wish for a change
of locality, and in 1849 he accepted the Gaelic
Church at Greenock, where he continued until town

l The Black Isle is the peninsula lying between the Beauly and Cromarty
Firths, on the north-east coast of Scotland.

202 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

life and labour began to tell so much on his health
that he found it necessary to move to a quieter
scene. Accordingly in 1857 he moved to the parish
of Lochs in Lews, and then in 1866 to Carloway,
also in Lews. Here he remained until 1871, when
he retired from active duty, generously declining to
accept the retiring allowance to which he was
entitled from the Church. He died at Greenock on
the 9th October, 1876, leaving behind him a
memory and a name which Gaelic-speaking High-
landers will not readily allow to perish. Mr
Macrae's powers as a preacher were undoubtedly of
the very highest order, and his influence among the
people and his brother clergy was very great. It
was said of him at the time of his death that no
minister in the Highlands during the last two
hundred years had made so great an impression on
so large a number of people. One writer says that
Mr Macrae, " who was of fine personal appearance,
was the type of a genuine Kintail man, well propor-
tioned, beautifully shaped head and shoulders,
herculean limbs, and deep chest, an excellent' voice,
and an impressive manner. The effects he produced
upon his hearers were such as no preacher of the
time except Dr Chalmers was known to produce.
In Gaelic his powers came fully out, yet in English
he often thrilled his hearers as he did when he
spoke in his native tongue. His preaching was
characterised by richness of thought, beauty and
simplicity of illustration. He was a large-hearted
man, sound in doctrine, liberal in sentiment, and
esteemed by all." Another writer says that "His.

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appearance as he presented himself before a congre-
gation at once arrested attention, it suggested to his
hearers the thought that this was a messenger
from God."- The Rev. John Macrae married
Penelope, daughter of Captain Mackenzie of Bayhle
in Lews, and by her, who died on the 9th December,
1859, aged fifty-four years, he had four sons and
two daughters.

(<l\). John went to Australia, married.

(d2). Donald went to New Zealand.

(dS). Jane married the Rev. Donald Macmaster
of Kildalton, in Islay, with issue :— John ; Donald ;
Mary; Hugh; iEneas; Alexander; Ebenezer ; Jane.

(di). Ebenezer, in New Zealand, married, with
a large family.

(</5). Annie married the Rev. Alexander Mac-
rae of Clachan, in Kintyre, with issue : — John ;
Alexander ; Ebenezer James ; Duncan Graham.

(d6). Alexander Stewart.

(2). Farquhar, married Finguela, daughter of
Duncan Macrae of the Torlysich family, with issue —

(a). Donald, married Catherine Maclennan, with
issue —

(al). Donald.

(a2). Murdoch,1 now living at Cairngorm, in
Kintail, married Margaret Finlayson, with issue-
Donald ; John ; Alexander ; Murdoch ; Farquhar ;
Duncan.

1 Mr Murdoch Macrae's name came into considerable prominence through-
out the Highlands during the crofter agitation about 1884, in connection with
proceedings instituted against him for damage alleged to have been done by a
pet lamb belonging to him, in the deer forest of Kintail, then leased by a
wealthy American, the late Mr W. L. Winans.

204 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(a3). Farquhar, now living at Sallachy, married
Anne Mackay.

(«4). Isabella.

(b). John married, and had issue.

(c). Alexander, killed in Egypt.

(d). Farquhar married Catherine Maclennan, and
had issue.

(dl). Alexander, who died at Strome Mor,
Lochcarron, on the 28th August, 1895, aged 80
years. He is the author of a treatise on " Deer
Stalking," published by Blackwood & Sons, Edin-
burgh. He married Anne, daughter of Duncan
Macrae of Leachachan, with issue — Catherine ;
Mary ; Christina, married Alexander Macrae, in
New Zealand ; Duncan, at Strome Mor, Lochcarron ;
the Rev. Farquhar, M.A., minister of the parish of
Glenorchy, in Argyllshire; Donald, in New Zealand;
Flora, married Joseph Ramsay, in Glasgow ; Alex-
ander, in Western Australia ; Kate Anne ; Ewen.

(d2). Flora, married Duncan Maclennan, with
issue —

(d3). Catherine ; (d<±). Farquhar.

(3). Christina (?), who, according to the traditions
of Kintail, married Ian Mac Mhurachaidh, the poet.1

(4). Anne, who married Donald Macrae, of the
Torlysich family, and had issue — a son, Maurice, and
daughters.

(xi.) Duncan, son of Maurice, son of Alex-
ander IX., married Anne,2 daughter of Christopher
Macrae of Drudaig by his wife Janet, daughter
of Farquhar Macrae of Inverinate, son of Duncan

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THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 205

of Inverinate, son of Alexander of Inverinate by his
first wife, Margaret Mackenzie of Redcastle,1 and by
her had issue at least one son —

(1). Duncan, called Donnachadh Og. He lived
at Carr, and married Anne, daughter of Duncan
Maclennan, Inchcro, and by her had issue—

(a). Donald lived at Fernaig, and died 2nd
December, 1858. He married Janet, daughter of
Alexander Macrae of Morvich, and by her, who died
on the 20th of May, 1897, aged seventy-eight years,
had issue —

(al). Peter, late of Morvich.
(a2). Catherine, married Dr Cameron.
(«3). Mary, married Roderick Macrae.
(c*4). Anne, married Duncan Maclennan of Ach-
ederson, in Strathconon.

(«5). Jessie, married Dr Duncan Macintyre, of
Fort- William. She died in Edinburgh on the 30th
of January, 1898.

(«6). Duncan Alexander, late of Fernaig and
Monar, married Barbara Mitchell, with issue —

(b). Farquhar, who was tacksman of Camus-
funary, in Skye, married Catherine, daughter of
Christopher Macrae, Carr, with issue—

(bl). Alexander, married Madeline, daughter of
Captain Farquhar Macrae of Inversheil, with issue, a
son, Farquhar, who is married, with issue ; and three
daughters.

(b2). Duncan, died in America.

(b3). Ewen, now at Fernaig, in Lochalsh.

(64). John, also at Fernaig.

206 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(b5). Thomas, in Leith.

(66). Donald, in Australia.

(b7). Mary, married Donald Macpherson, Eig,
with issue — (l) John ; (2) Catherine, married the
Rev. John Smyth Carroll, M.A., Glasgow ; (3)
Isabella, married the Rev. Duncan Maclennan, M.A.,
Laggan1; (4) Mary, married David Boyd, Aberdeen ;
(5) Farquharina, married John Macrae, Portree.

(b8). Jane, married Mr Mackintosh, with issue.

(69). Anne, (b 10). Catherine.

(c). Ewen, died at Fernaig.

(cl). Duncan, was a farmer at Leachachan. He
married Mary, daughter of Donald Maclennan, Con-
chra, and died on the 15th of January, 1862, aged
sixty-four years, leaving issue —

(fZl). Christina, married Alexander Macrae. Ach-
lorachan, in Strathconon.

(d2). Ewen, now at Borlum, near Fort-Augustus.

(d3). Anne, married Alexander Macrae, with
issue.

(di). Isabella, married Robert Blair, with issue.

(do). Lachlan, in Inverness, married, with issue.

(d6). Christina.

(d7). The Rev. Duncan, now minister of the
parish of Glensheil.

(<i8). Donald, a doctor, died in Bristol in 1889.

(e). John, was tacksman of Braintra, in Lochalsh,
where he died on the 1st of May, 1874, aged seventy-
three years. He married Flora, daughter of
Roderick Finlayson, Achmore, and by her, who died
on the 6th of May, 1867, aged forty-five years, had
issue —

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(el). Anne, married Murdoch Matheson, of the
Hudson Bay Company, with issue, Flora Catherine ;
Joan Alexandrina Mary.

(e2). Duncan, J.P., of Ardiutoul.

(e3). Roderick, M.D. of the University of Edin-
burgh, Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian
Medical Service. He served in the Afghan War in
1878-1880, at the close of which he received a
special staff appointment " for excellent services in
the field," and now holds the important appointment
of Chief Medical Officer of the District of Dacca,
under the Bengal Government.1

(e4). Ewen, in New Zealand, married in 1891,
Mary Eleanor Fantham, with issue — Flora Mary ;
Annie Ethel Frances ; Robert Cunningham Bruce.

(e5). Donald John, in Assam, married, 12th
October, 1894, Catherine Isabella Gibbs, Daisy Bank,
Portobello.

(c6). John Farquhar, M.B. and CM., Brighton,
married, in 1886, Edith Lily Johns.

4. Christopher, son of Alexander IX., and
tenth in descent from Fionnla Dubh Mac Gille-
chriosd, was called Gillecriosd Glas (Pale Chris-
topher). He married and left issue —

(xi.) Donald, who is said to have married
Marion (?), a sister of the poet Ian Mac Mhurachidh,
and had a son.

(xn.) John, called Ian Dubh na Doiraig (Black
John of Doiraig). He married Catherine Macrae,
and had with other issue —

'A biographical sketch, with a portrait of Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel
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208 THE HISTORY OF- THE CLAN MACRAE.

(l). Donald, who was a farmer in Glengarry,
where he died in 1860.

(2). Alexander, who was a soldier in the Seventy-
Eighth Highlanders.

(3). Duncan, of whom next.

(xiii). Duncan,1 called Donnacha Ban Brocair
(Fair Duncan the Foxhunter), lived for many years
at Tulloch, near Dingwall, and was afterwards a
farmer at Kernsary, near Poolewe, where he died in
November, 1851. He married Margaret, daughter
of John Macrae, farmer and miller in Lochbroom, by
his wife Catherine, daughter of Alexander Macvinish
of Achilty, in the parish of Contin, and by her, who
died in Dingwall in 1859, aged fifty-three years,
had issue —

(1). Catherine, born in 1827, married Charles
Macleod, a Free Church missionary, with issue, two
daughters.

(2). Isabella, born in 1829. She married Dun-
can Mackenzie, and died in 1891, leaving issue, two
sons and three daughters.

(3). Duncan, born in 1832, now of Strathgarve,
Dalveen, Queensland. He married on the 21st of
September, 1869, Charlotte Jane, daughter of
Loudon Hastings Macleod, with issue2 —

(«). Margaret Jane.

(b). Addie Sophia.

(c). Loudon Hastings Duncan, born on the 1st
of August, 1876.

1 The descent of this Duncan from the above-mentioned Christopher, sou of
Alexander IX., was communicated to the author iu August, 1897, by Mr Alex-
ander Matheson, shipowner, Dornie.

2 A biographical sketch, with a portrait of Mr Duncan Macrae, appeared.
in the Celtic Monthly for May, 1897.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 209

(4). Alexander, born in 1834, now of Brixham,
Devonshire, married in 1871, Anne Lorrimer, who
died on the 5th of December, 1 897, aged sixty-seven
years, without issue.

(5). Farquhar, born in 1836, now of Killiemore,
in the Island of Mull. He married, in 1870, Maggie,
daughter of Donald Macdougall of Port Ellen and
Tyndrum, in the Island of Islay, and by her, who
died in 1887, aged forty-two years,- had issue — (a).
Duncan ; (b). Kate Cameron ; (c). Grace Maclennan.

(6). John, born in 1838, was for some time a
farmer at Ardlair, on the shores of Loch Maree;
He went to Queensland in 1873, and was killed
there by a horse in 1880. He married and left
issue — («). Duncan ; (b). Ian ; (c). Grace.

(7). Colin, born in 1843, married, in 1880, a
Miss Young, and died in 1892 without issue.

5. Farquhar, son of Alexander IX., was severely
wounded at the battle of Sheriftmuir, and brought
home by his nephew, John, who is mentioned below.
Next day as this John was going over the field of
battle he found his father and his uncle Duncan
among the slain, and his uncle Farquhar lying
wounded with a fractured leg. John tried to catch
one of the stray horses that were wandering over the
field in order to carry his wounded uncle away, but
without success. It is said that the wounded man
succeeded, however, by hailing one of the horses in
English, to draw it near enough to seize it by the
bridle, which he held until his nephew came up to him.
But the horse, on hearing the beating of drums in
the distance, became very restive, and the young man

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210 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

had great difficulty in managing it. He succeeded,
however, at last in getting his uncle mounted. They
then set out on the homeward journey, and never
halted until they reached Fort- William, where Far-
quhar remained for three months, until his wound
was quite healed.- He then returned to Kintail,
taking the horse along with him. The horse was
carefully kept until it became weak with age and at
last died through sinking accidentally in a bog.
The iron shoes it wore at Sheriffmuir were kept for
many years in the Torlysich family as an heirloom,
and were last in the possession of the late Alexander
Macrae of Morvich.

6. John, who was known as Eonachan Dubh
(Black little John), is said to have been the youngest
of the sons of Alexander IX. He was tenth in descent
from Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd. He is said to
have been a man of short stature, but of great
strength, and there are traditions still preserved
of his deeds of daring and prowess against the Loch-
aber marauders, with whom, in his time, the men of
Kintail had many a stout contest.1 John married,
and had issue at least one son.

(xi.) Christopher, who lived at Malagan, in the
Heights of Kintail, and in whose house Prince
Charles passed a night, or part of a night, during
his wanderings in that part of the country about the
end of July, 1746. He is said to have married
Anne/ daughter of Christopher Macrae of Aryugan,
and had issue at least one son —

1 See chapter on the legends and traditions of the clan.
-1 Page 126,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 211

(xii.) Alexander, who married Anne Macrae,
Camusluinie, and had issue.

(1). Murdoch, of whom helow.

(2). Christopher, who married Janet Macrae,
with issue.

(a). Isabel married Alexander Macrae at Reraig,
in Lochalsh, and had issue.

(«l). Christopher died in Canada, married, with
issue.

(a2). Malcolm died in Canada.

(«3). Christina married Alexander Finlayson,
Lochcarron.

(a4). Duncan, who was ground officer of Loch-
alsh, and died in 1866, aged fifty years.

(«5). Mary, married James Macrae, Kirkton,
Lochalsh, without issue.

(a6). Hugh, in the Inland Revenue, died at
Kirkton, Lochalsh, in 1891. He was married, hut
left no issue.

(«7). Agnes, married Murdo Finlayson, of Kyle
Inn, Lochalsh, with issue : — Catherine, who married
Alexander Maclennan, of whom hereafter.

(a8). Roderick, married Mary, daughter of
Donald Macrae, Fernaig,1 with issue, and died in
1893.

(ad). Flora married Alexander Mackenzie, Oban.

(a 10). Alexander died young.

(b). Annabella married Kenneth Maclennan,
Sallacliy.

(c). Alexander, who died at Reraig, Lochalsh,
and left a son.

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212 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(cl). John, living in Paisley, and married with
issue, a son, Alexander, and several daughters.

(3). Alexander, married and had issue at least
one son.

«. John, who married Isabella, daughter of
Farquhar Macrae of Torlysich, and had, with other
issue —

a\. Christopher, who lived in Glensheil, married
and had issue.

a2. Alexander, who was a farmer in Glenmoris-
ton from 1844 to 1868, when he removed to another
farm in Badenoch, which he occupied until 1884.
He married Anne, daughter of Duncan Macrae, Atta-
dale, and died in Edinburgh, leaving issue — (l)
John, living at Islip, New York, by whom this
information about his own family was communicated
to the author in 1898. (2) Duncan, living in North
Wales, married with issue, a son, James Alexander.

(3) Jane, married Colin Maclennan, Islip, New York.

(4) Catherine, married William Russell, New York,
(xnr.) Murdoch, lived at Sheil House, and died

at Achnagart on the 17th of December, 1846, aged
eighty-six years. He married Annabella, daughter
of the Rev. Donald Mackintosh, of Gairloch, by his
wife Catherine, daughter of William Mackenzie,
fourth laird of Gruinard,1 and by her, who died on
the 15th of April, 1861, aged seventy-eight years,
had issue —

(l). Catherine, died young.

(2). Alexander, died in Montgomery County,
in Ohio, about 1856. He was married and left issue.

1 Mackenzie's History of the Mackenzie*, new edition, page 61S,

THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE. 2l3

(3). Anne, married Donald Macrae, a merchant
in Jeantown, Lochcarron.

(4). Donald, of whom next.

(5). Annabella, married William Macrae, Carr,
with issue.1

(6). Alexandria, died unmarried on the 31st
of January, 1860, aged forty-two years.

(7). Isabella, died at Seabank, Gairloch, on the
2nd of November, 1896.

(8). Christopher, a wool broker in Liverpool,
died on the 15th of January, 1856, aged thirty-five
years.

(9). Christina, married John Mackenzie, Ard-
roil, Lews.

(xiv.) Donald, was for some time tacksman of
Achnagart, and afterwards became proprietor of the
estate of Kirksheaf, near Tain. He was a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Ross. He married
Anne Magdalen Gordon, only daughter of Thomas
Stewart, J. P., of Culbo, and died in 1884, with issue
one son.

(xv.) Christopher Alexander of Kirksheaf,
born in 1864, Captain in the 3rd Battalion Seaforth
Highlanders. He died at Dover, while on the way
to Algiers, on the 20th of December, 1894, and was
buried in the St Duthus Cemetery, Tain. He
married, in 1888, Helena Margarette, third daughter
of the late Edward Griffith Richards, J. P., of Lang-
ford House, Somerset, with issue —

(1). Donald Christopher, born on the 3rd of
March, 1889.

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214 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(2). Kenneth Matheson, born on the 11th of
September, 1890.

(3). Eleanor Marjorie, born on the 2nd of
August, 1893.

X. DONALD, son of Alexander IX., and his
wife, Margaret Macdonald, was the first of this
family who lived at Torlysich. He married
Rebecca (?), daughter of John Macrae, a former
occupier of the lands of Torlysich, called Ian Mac
Ian,1 and was killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
By his wife Donald had issue —

1. Donald, of whom below.

2. John, who as a young man was at the Battle
of Sheriffmuir, and brought his wounded uncle,
Farquhar, home, as already mentioned. John was
afterwards tacksman of Inversheil, and lived to a
very advanced age, his descendants to the fourth
generation being at his funeral in Kilduich. He
married Anne Macrae, and had issue at least four
sons —

a. Alexander, who married Marion, probably a
sister of Ian Mac Mhurachaidh the poet, and lived
at Achyuran. He had a son.

«1. Duncan, who had two sons, Duncan and
Farquhar.

b. Donald, called Domhnull Buidh (yellow-haired
Donald), who married and had issue : —

1 Ian Mac Ian of Torlysich was the Chief of the Claun Ian Charrich Mac-
raes (see pages 22-23). He is said to have been killed in a fight between the
Kintail men and the Lochaber cattle lifters, at a place called Carndhottuin,
between Glenrnoriston and Glengarry. His body was brought back to Kintail
for burial, and Donald married his daughter and took possession of Torlysich.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 215

bl, John, who married Isahella, daughter of
Farquhar Macrae of Shell Inn, and went to Canada.

b'2. Donald, who married and went with Ins
family to Australia.

b3. Duncan.

c. Christopher, was a fanner at Achnagart, and
married a daughter of John, son of Duncan Macrae
of Glenelchaig, with issue at least three sons : —

cl. Farquhar, and c2, John, who hoth went with
their families to Canada,

c3. Alexander, who was for some time a farmer
at Achnagart, and married a daughter of Donald
Macrae, Inchcro, with issue : — (l), Christopher ; (2),
Alexander ; (3), Donald ; (4), Catherine, who married
John Maclennan, with issue — Alexander, tacksman
of Linassie, in Kintail, of whom hereafter; (5), Mary,
who married John Macrae (Ian ftuadh) of the
Torlysich family ; and (G) Isabella, who married his
brother Allan. Both Mary and Isabella went to
Australia with large families.

d. Farquhar married and had issue —
d\. Donald, a soldier.

d2. Malcolm, who was sheriff-officer for Kintail.

3. Duncan lived in Glensheil. He married, first,
a Macrae, without surviving issue.

He married, secondly, Annabella, daughter of
Donald Matheson of Craig, Lochalsh, by whom he
had issue —

a. Donald, who married Anne, daughter of Alex-
ander, son of Maurice of Achyuran,1 and by her had
issue, a son Maurice and several daughters.

216 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Duncan married, thirdly, a daughter of Chris-
topher Macrae, by whom he had, with other issue —
b, Christopher ; c, Alexander ; d, John, a soldier,
who served in India, and obtained a pension. He
married and left issue.

XL DONALD, son of Donald X., succeeded his
father in Torlysich, and had Glenquaich in joint
wadsett with some cousins from Glengarry. He
married Katherine,1 daughter of the Rev. Donald
Macrae of Kintail, with issue —

1. Farquhar, of whom below.

2. Duncan married and left issue.

3. John married Abigail Macrae, Camusluinie,
with issue —

a. John married Mary, daughter of Donald Mac-
lennan, with issue —

«1. Christopher died in the West Indies.

a2. Donald, who lived for several years at A.ver-
nish, Lochalsh. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Donald Macrae, and died at Carnoch, in the Heights
of Kintail, on the 22nd of March, 1892, aged eighty-
five years, leaving issue : — (1) Mary married Donald
Mackenzie, with issue, and died on the 5th of July,
1878 ; (2) John, in Wales, married Lilla Andrews;

(3) Donald, at Killelan, married Janet Maclennan ;

(4) Farquhar, in New Zealand ; (5) Christopher, at
Carnoch ; (6) Anne married, on the 6th of January,
1898, John Macrae, of Dornie, son of Malcolm and
Janet Macrae.2

«3. Farquhar went to Australia.

1 Page 79. 2 Page 161.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 217

a4. Catherine married John Macrae,1 school-
master at Sleat, in Skye, with issue.

«5. Helen, married Malcolm Macrae, and went
to Australia in 1852 with her husband and family.
She died there shortly after their arrival, and her
husband died in 1872. They left, with other issue,
a son Duncan, now a farmer at Donnybrook, in
Victoria.

b. Donald, married Hannah, daughter of John
Macrae, with issue —

61. John, who married Isabel, daughter of
Roderick Matheson, with issue.

62. Farquhar.

bS. Donald, a gamekeeper at Cailleach, in Skve,
married Catherine Munro, with issue.

c. Alexander, married Anne, daughter of John
Macrae, with issue.

cl. John, went to Australia.

c2. Donald, lived at Inversheil. He married
Catherine, daughter of John Macrae, Durinish, with
issue.

c3. Farquhar, went to Australia.

c4. Catherine, went to Australia.

d. Christopher, died without issue.

John and Abigail Macrae had two other sons in
the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders. He had also some
daughters.

4. Margaret, married Duncan, son of Alex-
ander, son of Farquhar.

5. Helen, married Kenneth Maclennan, in
Morvich.

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218 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

XII. Farquhar, son of Donald XL, succeeded
his father at Torlysich. He married "Helen Grant,
of Dundreggan, in Glenmoriston, whose mother was
a daughter of Colonel Grant of Shewglie, whose wife
was a daughter of John Grant, commonly called Ian
a Chragain,1 by his second wife, Janet, daughter of
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel," 2 and by her had
issue —

1. Duncan, called Donnacha Mor, succeeded to
Torlysich, and was extensively engaged in cattle
dealing. When Seaforth sold the south side of Glen -
sheil to Mr David Dick, Duncan left the old family
home at Torlysich, about 1820, but got the farm of
Achnagart, which still formed part -of the Seaforth
property. He married Florence,3 daughter of the;
Rev. John Macrae, of Glensheil. with issue one son,
Francis Humberston, who married in Tasmania, and
left issue, now the lineal representatives of the old
Torlysich family.

2. Donald, tacksman of Cluanie, in the Heights
of Kintail. He married Margaret, daughter of Alex-
ander Macra of Ardintoul, with issue —

a. Alexander, some time tacksman of Glenquaich,
died unmarried in Australia.

b. Hannah married Donald Macdonald, Loch-
aber.

c. Isabella married Donald Stewart of Luskin-
tyre, in Harris, with issue —

' 1 For an interesting account of Ian a Chragain, who was Laird of Glen-
moriston from 1703 to 1736, see Mackay's "Urquhart and Glenmoriston."

2 Letter. 3 page 106.

THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE. 219

cl. John, now of Ensay, married Jessy Macrae
of Auchtertyre, with issue as" already mentioned.1

<?2. Donald died unmarried.

c3. William died unmarried.

c4. Robert died unmarried.

c5. Alexander married Anne, daughter of Cap-
tain Mackenzie.

c6. Grace married Duncan Macrae of Karnes
Castle, with issue as already mentioned. '

c7. Mary married, first, the Rev. Robert Mac-
kintosh of Kirkmichael, and, secondly, Robert
Anderson of Lochdhu, with issue.

c8. Helen Grant married, in 1846, William Hill
Brancker of Athline, in the Island of Lews. She
died in October, 1897, and left with other issue,
William Stewart, barrister-at-law, of the Inner
Temple.

c9. Richmond Margaret married John Mac-
dougall of Lunga, with issue : — Stewart, now of
Lunga, late Major in the Ninety-Third Highlanders,
and married with issue.

clO. Hannah married Captain Ronald Mac-
donald (Aberarder family) of the Ninety-Second
Highlanders.

d. Janet married Duncan Macrae of Linassie,
who went with his family to Canada.

Donald of Cluanie had also a natural son, John,
who was a Sergeant in the Seventy-Eighth High-
landers, and was killed after greatly distinguishing
himself at the battle of El Hamet, in Egypt, in
1807. Sergeant John Macrae is mentioned by

l Page 175. STagelf.S.

220 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

General David Stewart of Garth in his Sketches
of the Highlanders.1

3. Alexander, tacksman of Morvich, married
Jessie Cameron of Clunes, in Lochaber, who died
on the 12th of March, 1858, aged eighty-two years.
Alexander died on the 27th of January, 1852, aged
ninety-two years, and by his wife left issue —

a. Janet married Donald Macrae, Fernaig, with
issue as already mentioned,2 and died at a very
advanced age on the 20th of May, 1897.

b. Helen, married Ewen Maclennan of Killelan,
with issue —

61. Alexander, in Canada.

62. Anne Charlotte, married Alexander Mac-
lennan,8 tacksman of Linassie, with issue — Ewen
Donald ; Percy Cameron ; Katie Christina ; John.

Alexander of Morvich had also two natural sons
— (l) Alexander, who was for many years a farmer

lln Volume II., page 317, General Stewart, in speaking of the battle of
El Haniet, says :— Sergeant John Macrae, a young man about twenty-two
years of age, but of great size and strength of arm, showed that the broad-
sword, in a firm hand, is as good a weapon in close fighting as the bayonet.
. . . . Macrae killed six men, cutting them down with his broadsword (of
the kind usually worn by sergeants of Highland corps), when at last he made
a dash out of the ranks on a Turk, whom he cut down ; but as he was return-
ing to the square he was killed by a blow from behind, his head being nearly
split in two by the stroke of a sabre. Lieutenant Christopher Macrae, whom
I have already mentioned as having brought eighteen men of his own name to
the regiment as part of his quota of recruits for an ensigncy, was killed in this
affair, with six of his followers and namesakes, besides the Sergeant. On the
passage to Lisbon in October, 1805, the same sergeant came to me one evening,
crying like a child, and complaining that the ship's cook had called him Eng-
lish names, which he did not understand, and thrown some fat in his face.
Thus, a lad who in 1805 was so soft and childish, displayed in 1807 a courage
and vigour worthy a hero of Ossian.

2 See page 205, where her age is erroneously stated to have been seventy-
eight — she was much older. 3 Page 215.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 221

at Achlorachan, in Strathconon. He married, first,
Maria Margaret, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie
of Langwell and Corrie, in Lochbroom, with issue, a
son, Kenneth Farquhar, late of Achlorachan, and
now living in the State of Oregon, in America, and
a daughter, Alice, who married Murdoch Mackenzie
of Glenbeg, Kishorn. He married, secondly, Chis-
tina, daughter of Duncan Macrae, Leachachan.1
(2) Duncan, who married and had issue.

4. John, called Ian Ruadh, was for some time
tacksman of Dalcataig, in Glenmoriston. He married
Mary, daughter of Allan Grant of Dundreggan, and
sister of Captain Grant of Reraig, Lochalsh, with
issue —

a. John, married Mary Macrae of Achnagart,
with issue, and went to Australia.

b. Allan, married Isabella Macrae of Achnagart,
with issue, and went to Australia.

c. Duncan, died unmarried.

d. Angus, died unmarried.

e. Jessie, married Duncan Macrae of Shell House,
and went as a widow to Australia with her three
sons — Duncan; Christopher, who died on the voyage;
Alexander.

f. Donald, who died at Inversheil in 1896, at a
very advanced age, and whose portrait was painted
some years before his death by Mr William Lock-
hart Bogle.

5. Christopher, was a Lieutenant in the Second
Battalion of the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders, which
was raised in 1804, and joined by many young men

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from Kintail. Coming back to the district as a
recruiting officer, Christopher brought twenty-two
recruits to his battalion, and, in recognition of his
services, obtained an Ensign's Commission for his
brother Farquhar. The departure of these men
was commemorated in a pibroch called Lochduich.
Lieutenant Christopher was killed, along with seven
other Macraes, as already, mentioned, at the battle
of El Hamet, in Egypt, in 1807.

6. Farquhar joined the Seventy-Eighth High-
landers at a very early age, and obtained an Ensign's
Commission, as stated above, shortly after the rais-
ing of the Second Battalion. He was promoted
Lieutenant in 1808. He was present at the battle
of Maida, in Italy, in 1806, and at El Hamet the
following year. He served also in India and in
Java, and was with the portion of his regiment
which was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal while
sailing from Java to Calcutta in November, 1816,
and had to remain neai'ly five weeks on the Island of
Preparis, where they suffered great hardships before
they were finally rescued.1 He retired about 1825.
On returning home he lived first at Cluanie, and
afterwards became tacksman of Inversheil. He
married, on the 12th of January, 1826, Christina,
daughter of the Rev. John Macrae of Glensheil,2 and
died -on the 18th of November, 1858, aged about
seventy-two years, leaving issue as below. His -wife
died in Bute on the 4th of August, 1887, and was
buried at Kilduich.

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a. Donald John, born on the 18th of April, 1830,
who was tacksman of Inversheil and Cluanie, and
who, according to the obituary notices of him which
appeared at the time of his death, was one of the
best known and most highly esteemed farmers in
the North of Scotland. He married Margaret,
daughter of Archibald Wallace, Esq. of Conrick, in
Dumfriesshire, and died on the 14th of June, 1877,
leaving issue —

a\. Margaret Wallace.

a'2. Farquhar, in India.

«3. Christian Isabella Stewart married, in 1894,
R. D. Tipping, in India, with issue — Richard Percy
Macrae.

a4. Archibald Wallace.

«5. Fanny.

«6. Donald John.

a7. William Alexander Mackinnon.

«8. Agnes Wallace.

b. Helen Elizabeth Grant, born 13th of March,
1828, married Farquhar Finlayson, of Rothesay, with
issue — Christina Madeline; Duncan; Mary Catherine.

c. Madeline, born 18th of April, 1832, married
Alexander Macrae, as already mentioned.1

7. Isabella, married John Macrae, as already
mentioned.2

8. Janet, married John, son of Duncan Macrae,
farmer, Conchra, with issue at least one daughter,
Mary, who married a Mr Fraser, with issue.

9. Catherine, married Alexander Maclennan
Culagan, Lochcarron, with issue —

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a. John, died in Trinidad. He was married and
left issue, a son and a daughter.

b. Farquhar, lived in Lochcarron, where he died
in 1869, aged fifty-eight years. He married Janet,
daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, Morvich, by his
wife, Anne Macrae, and left issue —

b\. Alexander, now living at Craig House, Loch-
carron. He married Catherine, daughter of Mur-
doch Finlayson, as already mentioned,1 and has
issue — Farquhar, now a Medical Student at the
University of Aberdeen ; Agnes ; John ; Murdo
Roderick Finlayson ; Duncan Lachlan.

62. Hannah, married James Macleod in Australia.

b3. John, died in Australia in 1869.

hi. Lachlan, in Queensland.

b5. Kenneth, at Monar.

?>6. Annie, married to Joseph Williams in Here-
ford. b7. Catherine.

c. Christopher, died in Australia, was married,
and left issue.

d. Duncan, died in Australia, unmarried.

e. Lachlan, living at Clunes, Victoria, in Aus-
tralia, is married, and has a large family.

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CHAPTER XV.

Finlay, son of Christopher of Aryugan. — Settled in Lochcarron.
— Fionula nan Gobhar. — His Family.— Donald Macrae of
Achintee. — Ruling Elder of the Parish of Lochcarron. — His
Marriage and Descendants.

X. FINLAY,1 son of Christopher of Aryugan,
and tenth in descent from Fionnla Dubh Mac
Gillechriosd, left Kintail and settled in the neigh-
bourhood of New Kelso, in Lochcarron, and there is
no reasonable doubt that this was the Finlay Macrae
known in Lochcarron as Fionnla nan Gobhar (Finlay
of the goats), who lived at a place called Frassail,
near New Kelso, during the first half of the eighteenth
century, and was a man of means. This identity is
further confirmed by the traditions of Fionnla nan
Gobhar's descendants, who claim Christopher of
Aryugan as their ancestor. Fionnla nan Gobhar
married, and left issue at least two sons —

1. Duncan, of whom next.

2. Finlay, who married, and had issue at least
one son, Duncan, who married Rebecca Macaulay,
and had a daughter, Mary.

XL DUNCAN, son of Finlay, married, and had
issue —

1. Donald, of whom next.

226 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

2. Christopher, who emigrated to North Caro-
lina about the end of the last century, and was living
there in 1810. He married, and had issue at least
one son and several daughters.

XII. DONALD lived at Achintee in Lochcarron,
He is said to have been a man of " great piety and
much force of character," and was ruling elder of the
parish of Lochcarron under the ministry of the well-
known Mr Lachlan Mackenzie. He married Mary,
daughter of his cousin, Duncan Macrae, who is
mentioned above, and by her had issue as below.
He died on the 3rd of January, 1821, aged eighty
years, and was buried in Lochcarron.

1 Duncan, who died unmarried in 1804.

2. The Kev. Finlay, born in 1792. He was
educated at King's College, Aberdeen, graduated
Master of Arts in 1812, and became minister of
North Uist in 1818. "Amid the bitterness and
strife engendered by the veto controversy he was
accused of maintaining erroneous opinions in a sermon
preached at the opening of the Synod (of Glenelg).
The case came before the General Assembly (of the
Church of Scotland) in 1841, who referred it to a
committee, who reported on the 31st of May, unani-
mously, that unsoundness of doctrine was not
chargeable."1 He was not only acquitted of the
charge of heresy, but was also complimented by the
Assembly on the general ability of the sermon. He
continued minister of North Uist until his death on
the 15th of May, 1858. He married on the 16th of
July, 1824, Isabella Maria (born 1800, . died in

1 Fasti Ecclesise Scoticanse.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 227

Edinburgh 1882), daughter of Colonel Alexander
Macdonald of Lynedale, Skye, and Balranald, North
Uist, and by her had issue —

a. Donald, born at Baleloch, in North Uist, in
August, 1825. He married in March, 1851, Anna-
bella, daughter of Captain David Miller, Royal
Marines, of Pow, Perthshire, and died in 1893,
leaving issue —

al. David Miller, born in 1851, and died un-
married in 1893.

«2. Annabella Douglas, born in 1853.

aS. Isabella Maria, born in 1855, died in childhood.

ai. John Miller, born in 1857, died, unmarried,
in 1882.

«5. Elizabeth Anne, born in November, 1859,
married, in 1887, Charles Gordon Mackay, M.B.,
Lochcarron, with issue.

«6. Alexandrina Cornfute, born in November,
1859, married, in 1887, John Tolmie,1 of H.M.
Register House, Edinburgh.

a7. Isabella, born in 18G1, died in infancy.

a8. Finlay Alexander, born in 1863, of the firm
of Jackson, Gourlay, Taylor, & Macrae, Chartered
Accountants, London and Glasgow. He married, in
1886, his cousin, Mildred Augusta, daughter of
Surgeon-Major Alexander Macrae, of whom below,
with issue — (1) Florence Annabella, born in 1887;
(2) Rita Mildred, born in 1888 ; (3) Dorothy Mary,
born in 1890 ; (4) John Finlay Noel, born in 1891 ;
(5) Nina Elizabeth, born in 1893.

«9. Mary Jane Harris, born in 1865.

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228 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

alO. Caroline Isabella Craigdaillie, born in 1867,
married Percy Maclean Rogers, London, with issue.

all. Somerled James, born in 1870, died un-
married, in 1893.

6. Alexander, born at Baleloch, in North Uist,
in 1828, a Doctor of Medicine. He was surgeon
in the Army, first in the Ninety-Third Highlanders,
and afterwards in the Ninth Lancers, with which
regiment he served in the Indian Mutiny. He was
afterwards promoted Surgeon-Major of the Ninety-
Seventh Regiment, and died in London on his return
from India, in May, 1862. He married, in 1851,
Florence, daughter of Dr William Henry Maclean
of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, with issue —

61. Lachlan, born in 1858, married, with issue.

62. Mildred Augusta, born in 1859, married her
cousin, Finlay Alexander, as mentioned above.

63. Eva Florence Impey, born in 1862, married,
in 1894, Thomas Southwood Bush, Bath.

c. Duncan, born at Vallay, in North Uist, in 1829,
went to Australia, was married, and died in 1866,
leaving issue, two sons, Duncan and Finlay.

d. John Alexander, born at Vallay, in 1832. He
succeeded his father as minister of North Uist, and
died unmarried in 1896.

e. James Andrew, born at Vallay in 1834, Major
in the Inverness Highland Light Infantry, died
unmarried in 1873.

f. Jane Ann Elizabeth, born at Vallay in 1838,
married Captain Edward William Hawes, R.N., who
served in the Crimean War and died in December,
1874, and by whom she had issue : — Isabella Georgina

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 229

Emily; Mary Margaret; Elizabeth Alexandria Mac-
donald.

(j. Godfrey Alexander, born at Vallay in 1840,
a Doctor of Medicine, died unmarried in Edinburgh
in 1884.

3. Christopher, who in his youth was a great
favourite of the Rev. Lachlan Mackenzie, succeeded
to his father's farm, and in 1842 became tacksman
of Glenmore, in Kishorn, where he lived for many
years. He was extensively engaged in cattle dealing,
and was the first man who sold cattle on the present
site of the Muir of Ord Market. He married
Margaret, daughter of John Gillanders, of Kishorn,
and by her had issue as below. Christopher died
on the 5th of October, 1875, aged over eighty years.
His wife died on the 26th of July in the same year,
aged seventy-five, and both were buried in Lochcarron.

a. Mary, married John Maclennan, and succeeded
to her father's farm at Achintee. She has issue —

«1. Duncan, married with issue.
«2. Anne, married Alexander Maclennan, with
issue.

«3. John, died while studying at the University.

«4. Christopher.

«5. Christina, married, with issue.

b. Flora, married Alexander Mackenzie, with
numerous issue, one of whom is the Rev.. Colm
Mackenzie, of the Free Church, St Ninians, Stirling.

C. Margaret, married Kenneth Macdonald, factor
for Lord Dunmore, in Harris. She died on the 22nd
October, 1863, without issue.

d. Rebecca, died unmarried in Liverpool.

230 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

e. Donald, a Doctor of Medicine, of The Firs,
Beckenham, Kent, and a Justice of the Peace for the
county of Inverness. He married on the 2nd of
June, 1874, Harriet Parker Garth, daughter of
Arthur Michel, Esq., of Eaton Square, London,
with issue, one daughter.

Emily Elizabeth Mary, married, on the 15th of
September, 1897, Edward Oliver Kirlew, B.A., of
Christ Church, Oxford.

f. Jane, married William Coghill, of the Royal
Engineers, without surviving issue.

g. John, died in ^New Zealand on the 12th of
July, 1895.

h. Kate ; i. Isabella.

4. John, a farmer at Achintee, married Kate
Maciver, and died in 1835, leaving issue —

a. Donald, born in 1826, succeeded to his father's
farm. " He was a religious and a highly respected
man." He married in 1850 Margery, daughter of
Donald Macdonald, Lochcarron, by whom he had
issue as below. He died in 1887.

«1. John, died young.

«2. Mary, born in 1852, married, in 1877, John
Mackenzie, Lochalsh.

a3. Donald, born in 1854, was a schoolmaster
at Dunblane, and died in 1879.

a4. John, born on the 25th of June, 1856,
ordained minister of the Free Church at Aberfeldy
in 1884. He married on the 20th of April, 1887,
Catherine Campbell Mackerchar, with issue, Donald,
bom on the 16th of September, 1888.

05. Margaret, born in 1858, died in 1867.

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a6. Catherine, born in 1861, married, in 1882,
to Murdoch Mackenzie, Auchnashellach, Lochcarron.

a7. Isabella, born in 18G5, married, in 1894, to
John Stewart, Slumbay, Lochcarron.

«8. Alexander, born in June, 1867, a minister of
the Free Presbyterian Church at Karnes, in Argyll-
shire.

«9. William, born in 1869, succeeded to his
father's farm at Achintee.

«10. Margaret Isabella, born in October, 1873.

b. Alexander, born in 1828, went to Australia in
1852, settled near Ballarat, and died in 1890. He
was married, and left a large family.

c. Mary, born in 1830, died young.

5. The Rev. Donald, born on the 12th of
January, 1801. He was educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, and graduated Master of Arts in 1823.
He became minister of Poolewe, in Ross-shire, in
1830. At the Disruption of the Church of Scotland
in 1843, he cast in his lot with the Free Church, and
was followed by his entire congregation. In 1845
he became minister of the Free Church at Kihnory
in Arran, where he continued until his death on the
6th of August, 1868. He married on the 2nd of
August, 1834, Jessie, daughter of the Rev. James
Russell, M.A., of Gairloch, and by her had issue —

a. Mary Johanna, married the Rev. John Stewart,
for many years Free Church minister of Pitlochry,
who died in 1882, and by whom she had issue —

«1. Jessie Russell.

a2. Alexander, in South Africa.

«3. Donald Macrae, a Presbyterian minister in
Melbourne.

232 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

«4. Margaret, married James Arthur Thompson,
Lecturer in Biology in Edinburgh University.
a5. William, in the United States.
a6. Ella ; «7. Douglas ; «8. Ian.

b. Donald, a medical practitioner in the city of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.A., was for three years
Mayor of that city. He married Charlotte Angelica,
daughter of Joseph Bouchette, Surveyor-General of
Canada, with issue, one son, Donald, who is also a
medical practitioner, in partnership with his father,
and is married, with issue.

c. Isabella, died young in 1855.

d. Jessie Russell, married the Rev. John Teed
Maclean, minister of the Free Gaelic Church, Govan,
Glasgow. She died in 1888, leaving issue.

e. James Russell, a farmer near Council Bluffs,
U.S.A., married, with issue.

f. Rev. John Farquhar, sometime minister of the
Free Church , Cockpen, near Edinburgh , and afterwards
of the Free Church, St Andrews. He is now minister
of the Toorak Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, one
of the most important Presbyterian Churches in
Australia. He married Bertha, daughter of Thomas
Livingstone Learnmouth, of Park Hall, Polmont,
with issue — Frederick ; Norman ; Ethel ; Muriel ;
Marjory Bertha.

g. Rev. Duncan, now minister of the Presby-
terian Church, Wood Green, London. He married
Alice, daughter of Alfred Hawkins, solicitor, London,
with issue — Irene, died in childhood ; Russell Dun-
can ; Winifred Alice ; Kathleen Doris.

h. Finlay Alexander, now living at Wood Green,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACTIAE. 233

London, married Myra, daughter of the Rev. Colin
Campbell, minister of the parish of Lamlash, in
Arran.

6. Axxe, married George Mackenzie, with issue.

7. Jessie, married Finlay Matheson, a Senator
of Canada, with issue.

8. Rebecca, married Kenneth Macleod, with
issue.

9. Mary, married in 1806, Christopher Mac-
donald, Lonellan, Kintail, with issue —

a. Kate, married, first, in 1826, Alexander Mac-
rae, shipowner, Dornie, with issue.

ol. Donald, born in 1827, died in Australia.

«2. Margaret Catherine, married in 1859, Alex-
ander Bremner, of the Inland Revenue, now in
Dunblane, with issue, three sons, one of whom is Dr
A. M. Bremner, Alyth, Perthshire.

Kate, married, secondly, in 1841, John Murdoch,
of the Inland Revenue, with issue —

«3. John; «4. Mary; «5. Christopher; «G. Caro-
line.

b. Duncan, born in 1809, died in 1831.

c. Mary, married Roderick Mackenzie, shipowner,
Shieldaig, with issue —

cl. Isabella, married Duncan Macrae, Dornie,
with issue.

c2. Mary, married Christopher Macdonald, New
Zealand, with issue.

c3. Anne.

c4. Christopher, merchant, Shieldaig.

c5. Margaret, married Roderick Macrae, Loch-
carron.

234 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

d. Christina, married, in 1 84 1 , Charles Mackenzie,
Lonellan, with issue —

dl. Alexander Colin, born in 1842, schoolmaster,
Maryburgh, near Dingwall, Major, First Volunteer
Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, and a Justice of
the Peace for Ross and Cromarty.

d'2. Christopher Duncan, born 1843, now in
business in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, married, in
1870, Margaret Sclanders, daughter of John Mac-
millan, Glasgow, with issue.

d3. Annabella, married, in 1875, John Bell, at
Bishop Auckland, Durham, with issue.

d4. Mary, died in 1894; d5. Margaret.

e. Finlay of Drudaig, a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Ross, married, in 1860, Jessie Mar-
garet, daughter of Lieutenant John Macdonald,
North Uist, and died in 1892, leaving issue —

el. John Christopher, a planter in India.

e2. Johanna Matheson.

eS. Alexina Flora, married Dr Robert Moodie, of
Stirling, with issue.

e4. Mary Catherine, married James Gerrard, of
Coorg, in India.

e5. Jemima Margaret.

e6. Duncan Alexander, died young.

e7. James Andrew, died young.

/ Alexander, born in 1820, drowned in 1834.

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235

CHAPTER XVI.

Governor James Macrae of Madras.— Tradition about his Ancestry.
—His Humble Birth.— Boyhood.— Goes to Sea.— Mission to
Sumatra. — Governor of Madras. — Return to Scotland. — His
Death.— His Heirs.— Their Marriages and Descendants.

There have been very few men who had a more
romantic or a more successful and honourable career
than Governor James Macrae of Madras, who, though
by birth a native of the County of Ayr, is sometimes
claimed as a descendant of the Macraes of Kintail.
There is a Kintail tradition to the effect- that some
time during. the first half of the seventeenth century a
certain John Macrae, known in Kintail as Ian Dubh
Mac Ian Oig1 (Black John, son of John the younger),
migrated to the south and settled for some time at
Greenock, that either he or one of his sons after-
wards moved farther south to the town of Ayr or
its neighbourhood, and that he. was the grandfather
of Governor James Macrae of Madras. At the same
time, the name Macrae or M'Cra appears more than
once in connection with Ayr2 many generations
before the time to which this tradition refers, and it
is quite possible that, notwithstanding the Kintail

1 Pages 189-190.

J In the Register of the Great Seal, 25th August, 1534, mention is ma<lc
of Thomas M'Cra, Sergeant or Constable of the Sheriff of Ayr, but the name
occurtj iu Ayr as far back as 1477.

23 6 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

tradition, Governor Macrae may have belonged to
an old Ayrshire family of that name. But, on the
other hand, it may be mentioned that, besides this
Kintail tradition, there are traditions ■ also among
other families of the name to the effect that they
are descended from certain Macraes who left Kin-
tail and settled in the south-west of Scotland about
the middle of the seventeenth century.

Of Governor Macrae's ancestry, however, nothing
beyond the Kintail tradition appears to be known.
He was born in the neighbourhood of Ayr about the
year 1677. His parents were in poor circumstances,
and at an early age James was employed in herding
eattle. He lost his father while still very young,
and his mother then moved to a small thatched
cottage in one of the suburbs of Ayr. Here she
earned her living as a washerwoman, while her son
added to the earnings by serving as an errand boy
in the town. By some means or other he contrived
to acquire an education — perhaps through the kind-
ness of a fiddler of the town of Ayr called Hugh
Macguire, and about 1692 went to sea. It is
generally supposed that he was not heard of again
in Ayr until he returned home after an absence of
about forty years. In 1720 he is mentioned as
Captain Macrae, then serving under the Honourable
East India Company, and conducting a special
mission to the English settlement on the West
Coast of Sumatra. So successfully did he fulfil the
object of that mission, and deal with certain com-
mercial abuses which prevailed there at the time,

1 These traditions are again referred to in Chapters XX., XXI.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 237

that he was appointed Deputy-Governor of Fort St
David, with reversion of the Governorship of Fort-
George. He was afterwards appointed Governor of
the Presidency of Madras, and assumed charge of
office on the 15th of January, 1725. His rule is said
to have been stern and arbitrary, but highly accept-
able to the Company, as he reformed many abuses,
reduced expenditure, and greatly increased the Com-
pany's revenues. The first Protestant Mission was
inaugurated at Madras during his rule in 1726, and
in the following year a general survey of the town
and suburbs was made under his direction. He
is said to have been emphatically a commercial
Governor, effecting fiscal reforms on all hands, cor-
recting various abuses and greatly developing and
increasing the commerce of the Presidency, while
many improvements of various kinds were carried
out as the result of his intelligent and energetic
policy. The old records of Madras reveal many
facts most creditable to the rule of Governor James
Macrae, who thus occupies a high and honourable
place in the long list of eminent statesmen who have
made our Indian Empire what it is. He resigned
the Governorship on the 14th of May, 1730, and on
the 21st of January, 1731, set sail for Scotland.

On his return to Scotland he found himself a perfect
stranger, but a diligent search led to the discover}' of
some relatives or friends, whom he treated with great
kindness, and among whom he made a liberal distri-
bution of his wealth. He bought several estates in
the West of Scotland, and fixed his own residence
at Orangefield, in Ayrshire. He was admitted a

238 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

burgess of Ayr on the 1st of August, 1733, and in
1735 he presented Glasgow with a bronze' statue of
William III. He died on the 21st of July, 1744,
and was buried in Monktoun Churchyard, where he
is commemorated by a monument which was erected
in 1750. ' Governor Macrae died unmarried, and the
exact degree of l-elationship between himself and the
family which he adopted appears to be somewhat
doubtful. They Were the grandchildren of Hugh
Macguire, to whose kindness, as already mentioned,
Governor Macrae is said to have been indebted for
such education as he received in his childhood, and
they are also mentioned as his sister's children. It
is quite possible that a son of Hugh Macguire, also
called Hugh, may have married Governor Macrae's
sister. In that case, then, both descriptions might
be correct.1

On obtaining some information about her,
Governor Macrae is said to have written to his
sister, Mrs Hugh Macguire, at Ayr, enclosing a
large sum of money, and offering to provide for
herself and family. The surprise of Mrs Mac-
guire and her husband, who is said to have
been a poor man, earning his living partly as
a carpenter and partly as a fiddler, was, of course,
unbounded, and "they are said to have given
way to their delight by indulging in a luxury

* The writer of the article on Governor Macrae in the Dictionary of
National Biography speaks of the family he adopted simply as the grand-
children of his old benefactor, Hugh Macguire, but in J. Talboys Wheeler's
Madras in the Olden Time (a work to which the author is indebted for most of
the information contained in this chapter) they are mentioned as the children
of Governor Macrae's sister, Mrs Hugh Macguire.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 239

which will serve to illustrate both their ideas of
happiness, and the state of poverty in which they
had been living. They procured a loaf of sugar and
a bottle of brandy, and scooping out a hole in the
sugar loaf they poured in the brandy, and supped
up"the sweetened spirit with spoons until the excess
of their felicity compelled them to close their eyes
in peaceful slumber." * Governor Macrae made liberal
provisions for the Macguire family, as follows : —

1. The eldest daughter married Mr Charles Dal-
rymple, Sheriff-Clerk of Ayr, and received the estate
of Orangefield.

2. Margaret married Mr James Erskine, who
received the estate of Alva, and was afterwards
elevated to the bench under the title of Lord Alva.

3. Elizabeth married William Cunningham,
thirteenth Earl of Glencairn, in August, 1744, and
died at Coats, near Edinburgh, on the 24th of June,
1801, leaving issue —

a. William, Lord Kilmaurs, died unmarried in
1768.

b. James, fourteenth Earl of Glencairn, died
unmarried on the 30th of January, 1791. This was
the Earl of Glencairn so frequently referred to in
the works of Robert Burns, and on whose death the
poet wrote his well-known " Lament for James, Earl
of Glencairn."

c. John, fifteenth and last Earl of Glencairn,
born in 1750, was an officer in the 14th Dragoons,
but afterwards took orders in the Church of Eng-
land. He married, in 1785, Lady Isabella Erskine,

1 J, Talboys Wheeler's Madras in the Olden Time,

240 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

second daughter of the tenth Earl of Buchan, and
widow of William Leslie Hamilton. He died with-
out issue on the 24th of September, 1796, when the
title became extinct.

d. Harriet married Sir Alexander Don, Bart,
of Newton-Don, Boxburgh, and had a son — Sir
Alexander Don, Bart., who succeeded to the barony
of Ochiltree on the death of his grandmother, the
Countess of Glencairn, in 1801.

4. The fourth daughter married James Macrae,
of whom next.

JAMES MACBAE, who married the fourth
daughter of Hugh Macguire, received the barony of
Houston, in Benfrewshire. He appears to have been
a young gentleman of doubtful origin, said to have
been the nephew of Governor Macrae, but supposed
to have been his natural son.1 He was a Captain in
the A.rmy, and on the 4th of April, 1758, was served
heir general to Hugh Macguire of Drumdow,
who is there mentioned as his father, and who died
in 1753. Captain Macrae died on the 16th of
October, 1760, leaving issue, at least, one son —

JAMES, of Houston, and afterwards of Holmains,
in Dumfriesshire, was also a Captain in the Army.
In consequence of an insult which Captain Macrae
received, or thought he had received, one night at
the theatre door in Edinburgh, from one of the

1 This account of James Macrae is from J. Talboys Wheeler's Madras in
the Olden Time, but the writer of the article iu the Dictionary of National
Biography says that he was the son of Hugh Macguire (in which case he was
probably the nephew of Governor Macrae), and that he adopted the name
Macrae as one of Governor Macrae's heirs. This would seem to be borne out by
his service of heirship, and in that case he could not, of course, have married a
daughter of Hugh Macguire, as stated by J. Talboys Wheeler.

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servants of Sir George Ramsay, Bart, of Bamff, in
Perthshire, a quarrel arose between Sir George and
himself. The quarrel led to a duel between them
on Musselburgh Links, in which Sir George Ramsay
was killed, in 1790. After this Captain Macrae ap-
pears to have lived abroad. He married, about
1787, Maria Cecilia, daughter of Judge Le Maistre,
of the Supreme Court of Judicature in India, and
by her, who died in 1806, had issue as below. Cap-
tain Macrae died in France on the 10th of January,
1820.

1. James Charles, Esq. of Holmains, J. P. and
D.L., was born on the 2nd of January, 1791. He
married on the 26th of June, 1820, Margaret Eliza-
beth, daughter of Sir Alexander Grierson, Bart.
Mr Macrae sold Holmains, and went to live at
Reading, where he died about 1876. He appears
to have been the last representative in the male line
of this family.

2. Marie Le Maistre married J. P. Davis, Esq.,
of London.

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CHAPTER XVII.

A Romance of Sheriffmuir.— The Rev. James Macrae of Sauchie-
burn. — The Rev. David Macrae of Oban, and afterwards of
Glasgow. — The Rev. David Macrae of Gourock, and afterwards
of Dundee.

Among the Macraes who fought at the battle of
Sheriffmuir, a certain young man, covered with
wounds and apparently dead, with his sword still
in his grasp, was found on the field after the battle.
On its being discovered that life was still in him, he
was taken to a neighbouring farm house, where he
was kindly cared for until his wounds were healed.
Instead of returning home he settled in the neigh-
bourhood and married the farmer's daughter. By
her he had at least one son,

DUNCAN, who joined the Highland army in
1745 on its way south under Prince Charlie. Dun-
can married and had at least one son,

JAMES, who became a carpenter in the Perth-
shire Highlands, married and had issue, at least one
son,

JAMES, who was trained for the ministry of the
Established Church, but, owing to his objections to
the Confession of Faith, left and became an Inde-
pendent minister at Sauchieburn, in the parish of
Fettercairn, in 1775. During the latter part of the

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century he made considerable stir in the Scottish
ecclesiastical world as a vigorous and able champion
of religious freedom and equality. He was in many
respects considerably in advance of his times. His
preaching is said to have been evangelical and full
of power, and people flocked to his church from all
the adjacent parishes. After a long and honourable
course of labour he was forced by the increasing
infirmities of old age to resign his pastorate, and
shortly afterwards died at Laurencekirk in 1813.
He had married Jean Low of Fettercairn in 1777,
by whom he had a large family, one of whom was

DAVID, born on the 14th of October, 1796. He
was educated at Aberdeen University, and gradu-
ated M.A. in 1820. For some time he was teacher
of Mathematics in one of the schools of Aberdeen,
where he had as one of his pupils the late Professor
John Stuart Blackie of Edinburgh University. He
joined the Presbyterian (Secession) Church in Aber-
deen ; was trained for the ministry of that denomina-
tion, and on the Gth of March, 1827, was ordained
minister of the Secession (now United Presbyterian)
Church at Lathones, in Fife. Here he laboured for
eleven years, when he accepted a call from the
congregation of the United Presbyterian Church at
Oban, and was inducted there on the 25th of April,
1838. At Oban Mr Macrae engaged in many im-
portant labours, and the energy and ability with
which he set himself to work among the people
during the famine which visited the Highlands in
1845-47, had the effect not only of providing for the
poor during a time of great trial and destitution,

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but also of creating habits of industry and independ-
ence among them. The memory of his good works
is warmly cherished by the people of that district,
and many anecdotes of the earnestness and saintli-
ness of his life may still be heard among them. Mr
Macrae continued at Oban until 1852, when, at
the urgent solicitation of the United Presbyterian
Presbytery of Glasgow, he transferred the scene of
his labours to that city. He commenced his work
in Main Street, Gorbals, where he built up a large
and flourishing church, and laboured with much
success until 1873, when he moved along with his
congregation to a new church in Elgin Street. The
jubilee of his ministry was celebrated in Glasgow
amid many signs of respect, gratitude, and devotion
by his congregation and numerous friends in April,
1876. He died on the 19th of July, 1881, and
was buried at Craigton, Glasgow. He had married
on the 15th of April, 1828, Margaret, daughter of
Gilbert Falconer, of Aberdeen, and sister of Forbes
Falconer, the distinguished Orientalist, and Professor
of Oriential Languages in King's College, London,
and by her (who died on the 29th of November,
1874, aged seventy-four years) had issue as below —
1. James Gilbert, born at the Manse of Lathones
in 1833; was at Umballa, in India, at the time of
the Mutiny. He married, but without issue, and
died in London on the 22nd of September, 1886.

2. Jane Falconer, born at the Manse of Lathones
in 1835. At a pic-nic party on the Island of Ker-
rara, in Argyllshire, on the 30th of July, 1875, she
slipped down a steep place, ruptured a blood vessel,

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and died on the hillside. A cross was erected to
mark the spot where she expired.

3. Rev. David, who is now one of the hest known
and ablest of the ministers of Scotland, was born at
the Manse of Lathones on the 9th of August, 1837,
and taken to Oban when he was only seven months
old. At Oban he spent his boyhood, and received
the rudiments of a liberal education, which was
afterwards continued at the Universities of Glasgow
and Edinburgh. In 1859 he was lamed for life by
a fall on Arthur Seat. A serious illness followed,
but he was able to resume his studies the following
year. While going through the Theological course
of the United Presbyterian Hall in Edinburgh,
he travelled abroad between the Sessions, and to
those early travels he no doubt owes in some degree
the sympathetic and enlightened knowledge of men
and things which has formed so marked a feature
both of his public life and of his writings. He was
ordained minister of th.e United Presbyterian Church
at Gourock, in Renfrewshire, on the 9th of April,
1872. He very soon came into prominence as a
leading man in his own denomination, and in 1873
he commenced a movement which resulted in a
reform of the United Presbyterian Theological Hall.
In 1876 he commenced another movement for the
Revision of the Confession of Faith, which led to
the adoption of what is now known in Scotland as
the Declaratory Act, first by his own denomination,
afterwards by the Presbyterian Church of England,
and more recently by the Free Chui-ch of Scotland.
For going further still, and demanding a right to set

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aside the dogma of eternal punishment, Mr Macrae
was expelled from the United Presbyterian Church,
at a special meeting of its Supreme Court in Edin-
burgh, in May, 1879. In the meantime he had been
called to Dundee as successor to the Rev. George
Gilfillan, who died in 1878, and, on being expelled
from his own denomination, the call was renewed,
Gilfillan's congregation declaring itself ready to leave
the denomination with him. The call was accepted,
and Mr Macrae commenced his ministry in Dundee
in October, 1879, when the Rev. Baldwin Brown,
Chairman of the Congregational Union of England
and Wales, travelled specially from London to
preach the induction sermon. In Dundee Mr
Macrae organised a large congregation of more
than thirteen hundred members, built the Gilfillan
Memorial Church, and laboured there for eighteen
years. From this ministry he retired in November,
1897, and is now living in Glasgow. When leaving
Dundee, he was presented with a remarkable testi-
monial by his congregation, and with a public address
from the citizens, which was presented to him in the
Town Hall by the Lord Provost. In 1880, and sub-
sequently, he took a leading part in the movement
for the maintenance of Scotland's National Rights, in-
cluding the petition addressed to the Queen in 1897,
and signed by over one hundred thousand Scottish
people of all ranks and classes, protesting against
"the violation of the Treaty of Union in the un-
warrantable substitution of the terms 'England' and
'English' for 'Britain' and 'British,' even in official
utterance and in treaties with foreign powers." Mr

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Macrae is the author of numerous books and pamph-
lets, including The Americans at Home, originally
published in two volumes by Edmonston & Douglas,
Edinburgh, giving the results of his observations
during a long tour in America, from Canada to the
Gulf States, at the close of the war, and when the
coloured people had newly emerged from slavery,
— and recording also his interviews with Longfellow,
Emerson, Lowell, Henry Ward Beecher, General
Grant, Confederate General Lee, and other noted
soldiers both of the North and South. This book,
which was most favourably reviewed by the press,
both at home and in America, has passed through
several additions, and has been translated into
French and Italian. Amongst his other works are
George Harrington ; Dunvarlich ; Diogenes among
the D.D.'s, a book of ecclesiastical burlescmes, be-
ginning with the " Trial of Norman Macleod for the
murder of Moses Law ; " Quaint Sayings of Children ;
Voices of the Poets ; Reminiscenes of George Gil-
fillcm; Lectures on Robert Burns; New Parables;
&c. Mr Macrae married, on the 23rd of February,
1875, Williamina Burton Craig, without issue.

4. Margaret Forbes, born in Oban in 1839, a
lady of " rare gifts and far-reaching sympathies."
She was intimately associated in after years with her
brother, David, in his work, and died suddenly of
heart disease at Maryland House, Glasgow, on the
20th of October, 1881.

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CHAPTER XVIII.

The Macraes of Wilmington. — Connection with the Macraes of
Kintail. — Kuari Donn. — His Descendants. — General William
Macrae.

About the year 1770, a certain Roderick Macrae
emigrated from Kintail to America, and landed at
Wilmington, in North Carolina. He was only one
of many who left Kintail for America at that time,
but he was a man of importance among them, and
his descendants have since occupied a prominent
and honourable place in the affairs of his adopted
country. What his exact connection with the main
stock of the Clan may have been is not fully known,1
but he was closely related to the Rev. Donald
Macrae,2 the last Episcopalian Minister of Kintail.
He may have been a son of Alexander, eldest son of
the Rev. Donald, or he may have been a son of Hugh,3
youngest brother of the Rev. Donald. At all events,
Hugh is said to have had a son, Roderick, who went
to America about 1770 or 1774, and he is the only
Roderick Macrae of whom there appears to be any

1 An American account of the Macraes of Wilmington says that they are
descended from a certain Rev. Alexander Macrae of Kintail, who had two Bons
killed at Culloden. This, of course, is incorrect, and is clearly a mistake for
the Rev. Donald Macrae who had two sons killed at Sheriffmuir.
2 Page 76. 3 Page 132.

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record as having gone from Kintail to America about
that time. The Roderick who landed at Wilmington,
and of whom below, is said to have been accompanied
by a brother and two sisters, viz. : —

Philip (or Finlay), who is said to have served
as a Lieutenant in the Army of Prince Charles
in 1745, and who cherished such a hatred of
the English, in consequence of the atrocities of
the Duke of Cumberland, that he would never speak
the English language, but spoke only Gaelic as long
as he lived.

Mary, who married a Macrae (?) with issue, and
settled in Moore County.

Catherine, who married Donald Macrae, who
settled with his family in Georgia, where their
descendants still live.

RODEPJCK,calledRuariDonn(BrownRoderick),
landed at Wilmington, about 1770, as mentioned
above. Thence he proceeded to Chatham County,
and lived for a time at Pocket Creek. Soon after-
wards he moved to Crane's Creek, in the same
County, and eventually settled at Little Rockfish, a
few miles south of Fayetteville, in Cumberland
County, North Carolina. Roderick married, first,
Catherine Burke, apparently a widow, and by her
had issue —

1. Colin, of whom below.

2. John, settled at or near Augusta, in Georgia.
He married, and left issue.

Roderick married, secondly, Christina Murchison,
with issue.

3. John, who was for a number of years teller of

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the Commercial Bank of Wilmington, and died un-
married in 1863.

COLIN, son of Roderick, was a farmer at Little
Rockfish, where all his family were born. He was a
man of sound sense and good education, was for
many years a prominent Magistrate of his County,
and " was esteemed by all who knew him as an in-
dependent, upright, and honest man." He married
Christian, daughter of Duncan Black, and sister of
John Black, some time Sheriff of Cumberland County,
by whom he had issue as below. He died at a very
advanced age on the 8th of July, 1865 —

1. Alexander, of whom below.

2. Archibald, born on the 17th of January,
1798.

3. Isabella, born on the 9th of January, 1800.

4. Donald, born on the 19th of January, 1802.

5. Anne, born on the 26th of January, 1804.

6. John, born on the 26th of July, 1806, died
in 1883.

7. Catherine, born on the 6th of July, 1808.

8. Roderick, born on the 11th of October, 1810,
died in 1882.

ALEXANDER, son of Colin, was born at Little
Rockfish, North Carolina, on the 26th of March,
1796. When he was about eighteen years of age he
moved to Wilmington, where he engaged in various
pursuits. He was for many years president of the
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company, and
being a man of great energy and much public spirit
was connected with most of the affairs of Wilmington
during his long, useful, and honourable life. He

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volunteered as a private in the war of 1812-14, was
soon made Sergeant, and was about to be promoted
to a lieutenancy when the war ended. When the
War of Secession broke out in 18G1, although
he was then sixty-five years of age, he was
called upon because of his popularity and influence
to raise a company to aid in the defence of
Wilmington. So ready was the response to his
appeal for recruits that instead of a company he
raised a whole battalion, which became known as
" Macrae's Battalion of Heavy Artillery," and which
served under him with much distinction throughout
the war. He died at Wilmington on the 27th of
April, 1868.

Alexander married first, on the 30th of April,
1818, Amelia Ann, daughter of John Martin. She
died on the 24th of August, 1831, leaving issue —

1. John Colin, born at Wilmington, on the 10th
of March, 1819, was a Colonel in the Confederate
Army, and died unmarried on the 9th of February,
1878.

2. Archibald, born at Smith ville, on the 21st of
September, 1820, was a Lieutenant in the United
States Navy, and died on the 17th of November, 1855.

3. Alexander, born at Wilmington, on the 1st
of March, 1823, and died on the 18th of December,
1881. He married Elizabeth Chambers, with issue —

a. Caroline Amelia.

I). Elizabeth, married J. Fairfax Payne, with issue.

4. Donald, born at Wilmington on the 14th of
October, 1825, and died on the 15th of September,
1892. He married, first, Mary Savage, with issue —

252 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

a. Mary Savage, born on the 11th of December,
1851, and died on the 10th of May, 1896.

He married, secondly, Julia Norton, with issue —

b. Norton, died in childhood.

c. Agues, born on the 20th of November, 1859,
married Walter Linton Parsley, with issue —

cl. Julia, born on the 2nd of March, 1882.

c2. Anna, born on the 14th of January, 1886.

c3. Mary, born on the 25th of March, 1890, died
in infancy.

c4. Walter Linton, born on the 12th of January,
1892, died on the 8th of December, 1897.

c5. Donald Macrae, born on the 5th of October,
1895.

d. Donald, born on the 3rd of May, 1861, now
living at Wilmington, and by whom most of this
information about the Macraes of Wilmington was
communicated to the author in 1898.

e. Julia, born on the 15th of December, 1862,
died in infancy.

/ Hugh, born on the 30th of March, 1865, now
living in Wilmington. He married Rena Nelson,
with issue —

/l. Dorothy, born on the 26th of December, 1891.

f'l. Nelson, born on the 5th of June, 1893.

fi. Agnes, born on the 7th of October, 1897.

5. Henry, born at Wilmington on the 8th of
May, 1829. He was a Major in the Confederate
Army, and died on the 22nd of April, 1863. He
was married and left issue — Alice ; Mary.

Alexander married, secondly, on the 15th of
March, 1832, Anna Jane, daughter of John Martin

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(his first wife's father) and his wife, Zilpah Mac-
Clammy, and by her, who died on the 17th of
October, 1842, aged thirty-five years, had issue —

6. Robert Burns, born at Wilmington on the
15th of December, 1832. He was a Major in the
Confederate Army, and died on the 28th of Decem-
ber, 1864. He was married, but left no issue.

7. William, born at Wilmington on the 9th of
September, 1834. He was a Brigadier-General in the
Confederate Army, and one of its most distinguished
soldiers. At an early age he displayed great apti-
tude for mathematics and mechanics, and, having
received an excellent education, he took up the
profession of Civil Engineer. In this capacity he
was employed for some time in surveying lines for
projected railways in North and South Carolina, and
also in Florida. On the outbreak of the war between
North and South, in 1861, he volunteered as a pri-
vate, but was soon elected Captain of a company of
the Fifteenth North Carolina Regiment, which was
placed at first in General Cobb's Brigade, and trans-
ferred the following year to General Cook's Brigade.
Macrae was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1862,
Colonel in 1863, and Brigadier-General in August,
1864. His brigade consisted of five North Carolina
regiments, and had already become famous in the
war. Macrae never left it from the day he took over
the command of it until the fighting ceased, with the
surrender of General Lee, at Appomattox on the 9th
of April, 1865. Under his command it attained the
very highest degree of discipline and efficiency, and
so unbounded was the confidence of the men hi their

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leader, that they considered no foe too numerous to
be attacked, nor any position too strong to be
assailed, if the order came from General William
Macrae. He fought in almost all the great battles
of the war, and was repeatedly complimented by
General Lee in general orders for personal valour
and able handling of his troops. At the battle of
Malvern Hill, he led into action a regiment three
hundred strong, and came out with only thirty-five.
At the battle of Fredericksburg, he was posted on a
hill under terrific fire, but held the ground though
he lost nearly half his men. He was in the great
battles of the Wilderness in May, 1863. At the battle
of Ream's Station, on the 25th of August, 1864, he-
captured nine pieces of artillery and more men than
he had in his own command. In April, 1865, when
General Lee, with the remnants of his brave army, was
attempting to make his way from Petersburg to the
mountains, Macrae's Brigade covered the retreat
near Farmville, and, while advancing towards Appo-
mattox, where preparations for surrender were
already being made, he attacked and drove off a
Northern force which had fallen on the waggon
trains. This is said to have been the last fight in
Virginia, and his brigade was the last of the Con-
federate troops to stack arms and surrender. General
Macrae was undoubtedly a soldier of the highest
order, and a born leader of men, possessing in an
eminent degree the power of imparting his own
courage and enthusiasm to others. Though indif-
ferent to danger himself, he was most careful of the
jives of the soldiers who fought under him and were

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always ready to follow him with implicit trust. He
was a stern disciplinarian, yet not one murmur was
ever heard in his brigade against the most stringent
orders issued by him. " It was said of his company,
when he was Captain, that it was the best company
in the regiment. It was said of his brigade, when
he was Brigadier-General, that it was the best
brigade in the division. It was truthfully said of
Macrae that the higher he rose the more magnificent
his character appeared." 1

After the close of the war General Macrae filled
some important appointments as superintendent of
railways. In these positions he displayed the
highest order of ability, both as an engineer and
as an organiser of men, and was widely known
and universally respected as a man of humane and
generous disposition, and wide and enlightened
sympathies. He died unmarried at Augusta, Georgia,
on the 11th of February, 1882, and was buried at
Wilmington.2

8. Marion, born on the 30th of November, 1835,
died in childhood.

9. Roderick, born on the 13th of September, 1838.

10. Walter Gwyn, born on the 27th of January,
1841, Captain in the Confederate Army.

Alexander married, as his third wife, Mary
Herring, without issue, and as his fourth wife,
Caroline A. Price, also without issue.

1 Memorial Address on General William Macrae, delivered at Raleigh,
North Carolina, by the Honourable B. H. Bunu.

2 The above sketch of the career of General William Macrae is compiled
mainly from a " Memorial Address " delivered at Wilmington, North Carolina,
on the 10th of May, 1890, by the Honourable Charles M. Stedmau, and from.
Uie Rev. David Macrae's book on "The Americans at Home,"

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CHAPTER XIX.

Ian Mac Fhionnla Mhic Ian Bhuidhe. — A Sheriffinuir Warrior. — ■
His Descendants.

Among the Kintail warriors who fought at Sheriff-
muir, and around whose names have gathered tradi-
tions of that fatal day, was a certain John Macrae,
known as Ian Mac Fhionnla Mhic Ian Bhuidhe
(John, son of Finlay, son of Yellow John). In the
course of the fight, he received no fewer than seven
sword cuts on his head, and was left for dead on
the field. But during the night he revived, and
resolved to make an effort, under cover of the dark-
ness, to commence the homeward journey. Having
had the misfortune to lose his shoes in the battle, he
began to search for another pair with which to equip
himself for the journey, and while thus engaged, came
across Duncan Mor Mac Alister,1 who was lying near
him mortally wounded, and suffering from intense
thirst. John recognised him by his voice, and having
no other means of fetching water, he took one of
Duncan's shoes and brought him a drink in it.
Before Duncan expired he gave John an account of
how he received his wounds, and this account is

1 Page 198,

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still preserved in the traditions of the Clan.1
John recovered from his own wounds, and made
his way back to Kintail, where he lived to a
very advanced age. He was a great hunter, and
possessed a famous gun called An Nighean Alainn
(the beautiful daughter), which he always carried
with him, even in his old age, wherever he went.
On one occasion, as he was passing down the hills,
probably about Scatwell, on his way to Brahan
Castle, he observed a magnificent stag, which he shot
and carried on his shoulders all the way to Brahan
as a present to Seaforth. John was married, and
had issue at least one son,

DONALD, who was a soldier, and was killed in
battle in the Netherlands, probably at Fontenoy, in
1745. He was married, and left one son,

DUNCAN, who married, and left also an only son,

JOHN, who was twice married. By his first wife
he had a large family, all of whom went to Canada
and settled in the district of London. By his second
mai'riage also he had a family, the eldest of whom was

ALEXANDER, who lived at Dornie, and went
to Australia in 1852. He married in 1842 Christina,
daughter of Donald Macmillan (a connection of the
Torlysich familv), and his wife, Helen, daughter of
Alexander, son of Farquhar Macrae, a younger son of
the Inverinate family,2 and by her had issue —

1 See chapter on legends and traditions of the clan.

2 A comparison of dates leads to the conclusion that Alexander, the grand-
father of the above-mentioned Christina, who married in 1842, could hardly
have been Alexander, son of Farquhar of Morvich, mentioned on page 84 as
having been present at the affair of Ath nan Muileach in 1721. He might
possibly have been a grandson of Farquhar of Morvich, that is to say, a son of
Farquhar Og (page 83), son of Farquhar of Morvich, younger son of Alexander
of Inverinate.

258 THE HISTOEY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

1. John, living in Victoria, Australia, married,
with issue, four sons and one daughter.

2. Donald, living at Gelantipy, near Melbourne,
and by whom the information contained in this
chapter was communicated to the author in 1898.
He is married to Agnes, daughter of Hector Armour
of Stewarton, Ayrshire, without issue.

3. John (the younger), living in Victoria.

4. Duncan, living in Victoria.

5. Alexander, living in Victoria.

6. Helen, married Angus Gillies, in Victoria,
with issue.

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CHAPTER XX.

The McCreas of Guernsey.— Descended from the Macraes of Kin-
tail— Connection with Ulster.— Emigrated to America.— Jane
McCrea, "The Bride of Fort Edward."— Major Robert McCrea
in the American War of Independence.— Governor of Chester
Castle. — Connection with Guernsey. — His Marriages and
Descendants.

The McCreas of Guernsey are descended from the
Macraes of Kintail, and their connection with the
main branch of that Clan, though now lost, was
known so recently as sixty or seventy years ago.1
This connection is borne out, not only by the tradi-
tions of the family, but also by their personal
appearance and features, which, in many instances,
are strikingly typical of the Macraes of Kintail.
The family tradition is that in the time of the
Covenanters a certain Macrae of Kintail, who had
adopted Puritanic principles, left his own country,
where those principles were held in great disfavour,
and eventually made his way to Ireland and settled
among the Puritans of Ulster. It may be pointed out

lMra Carey, who was born in 1819, and of whom mention is made here-
after, a daughter ot Major Robert McCrea of Guernsey, was shown her own
name on a family tree while on a visit as a young girl to the country house of a
gentleman uf the name Macrae in Scotland. Mrs Carey died in 1878, and
there does not appear at present to be any possibility of ascertaining who that
gentleman was,

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that this tradition is not at all without an appearance
of probability, for, although no trace of Puritanism ap-
pears in Kintail until well into the eighteenth century,
yet the Macraes of Kintail were closely associated
with Dingwall during the whole of the Covenanter
period, and as they were deeply interested in the
political and religious movements of the time, it is
not at all unlikely that some of them might come
under the religious influence of the neighbouring
family of Munro of Fowlis, who were among the most
active supporters of the Covenanter movement in the
Highlands, and to whom the chief Macrae families
of the time were closely related.1 The adoption of
Puritanic principles would, of course, be extremely
distasteful not only to the Macrae vicars of Dingwall,
but also to the leading Macrae families of Kintail,
who were such ardent Episcopalians. A Macrae
holding such principles could hardly feel comfortable
among his own people, and would not unnaturally
seek a new home among people to whom his views
would be more acceptable than they were to his own
countrymen. Whether it was the man, who left the
Highlands, himself, or one of his descendants that
afterwards went to America, is uncertain, but it was
probably one of his descendants. At all events,
some members of the family remained behind in
Ulster, where their descendants are still living.
There is a tradition among the McCreas of Guern-
sey that one of their ancestors took part in the
defence of Londonderry during the famous siege

1 Appendix F. — Alexander Macrae of Inverinate married as his second wife
a granddaughter of Hector Munro of Fowlis, who died in 1603,

TEE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 261

of 1689, but this ancestor may have been on the
female side, as there is a further tradition of some
family connection with the Kev. George Walker,1
who organised the defence of Londonderry on that
occasion, and was afterwards killed at the Battle
of the Boyne, in 1690, shortly after being nominated
to the Bishopric of Derry by King William III.
From Ulster a certain William McCrea2 emigrated
to America, and from him the Guernsey family trace
their descent as below. The McCreas of Guernsey
are a family of soldiers, and have served with much
distinction in every war we have been engaged in
during the present century. There is perhaps no
other family in the United Kingdom that has held a
greater number of commissions in the Army and Navy
during the reign of Queen Victoria than the descend-
ants of Major Robert McCrea of Guernsey.

WILLIAM McCREA went to America about
1710 or 1715, and was an elder in White Clay
Creek Church, near Newark, Delaware. His watch
and seal were in the possession of his descendants in
America in 1831. He married a Miss Creighton,
and had a son,

THE REV. JAMES McCREA, who was born at
Lifford, in the county of Londonderry, in Ireland,

1 One version of this tradition is, that the Rev. George Walker himself was
a McCrea by birth, and that the surname Walker was only an adopted one.

2 There is a tradition in the family that the ancestor who Bed from Ross-
shire changed his name from Macra or Macrae to McCrea, as a mark of his
complete religious severance from his family, but the spelling of the name is a
matter of no genealogical consequence whatever. At that time there was
frequently no fixed spelling of names, and this name appears in various forms,
M'Crea included, in Ross-shire documents of the period.

262 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

before his father left that country. He is mentioned
as a Presbyterian Clergyman of Scotch descent and
devoted to literary pursuits. He married, first, a
Miss Graham, who was dead before 1754, and,
secondly, Catherine Rosebrooke, who, after his death,
married Richard Macdonald. She died in July, 1813,
and was buried next her son Philip at Sanaton. By
his first marriage the Rev. James had issue —

1. John, who was educated for the law, and
settled in the city of Albany. " A man highly
respected in his day." He was a Colonel in the
American Army during the War of Independence,
and was the Colonel John McCrea mentioned in
connection with the murder of his sister Jane,
of whom below. He died in May, 1811. He mar-
ried Eva Bateman, by whom he had issue —

a. Sally, who was dead in 1831.

6. James, a Councillor at Law. He settled on a
large estate at Balston, Central Saratoga, in the
Province of New York, about 1816, and was alive in
1842, but appears to have left Balston for Ohio.
He married and had issue —

61. John Beckman (or Bateman), who was a
lawyer at Balston in 1831.

62. James, who was living at Balston in 1831,
and was then twenty-four years of age.

63. Catherine Mary, who was living at Balston
in 1831, and was then eighteen years of age.

64. Stephen, who was also living at Balston in
1831. He was then fourteen years of age, and
was the possessor of a watch and seal which had
belonged to his great-great-grandfather, William
McCrea.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

263

2. Mary, who married the Rev. Mr Hauna, an
American, and had with other issue—

a. James, who was " settled in Pensylvania " in
1816, an Attorney- General.

b. John, who was a " Member of Congress." He
had a house and land " three miles south of Balston
Spay or Springs," and was dead in 1816.

3. William, who also had a house and land
three miles from Balston Spayor Springs, and was
dead in 1816. He married "General Gordon's
sister." She was alive in 1816, and had two
children, one of whom was called

a. Maria. She married a Mr Macdonald, who
was dead in 1833, and by whom she had two
children, who appear to have both died young. She
married, secondly, a Mr Staat, apparently without
issue. She was living in 1842.

4. Jane, died young.

5. James, who was born in 1745. He lived at
Balston, and died on the 7th May, 1826. He
married, and his wife was dead in 1816. He had
issue, at least, one son,

a. John, who was a Clergyman in Ohio in 1831,
and was married and had daughters.

6. Samuel, married a Miss Sloane, of New
Jersey, who was dead in 1816. He settled at
Balston, and had issue —

a. Samuel, who with his wife and four daughters
were living at Balston in 1842. He is mentioned in
that year as the only member of the McCrea family
then living at Balston. According to another
account, there were descendants of the McCrea

264 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

family still living at Balston and in other parts of
the State of New York in 1888.1 In 1842 he had
issue — Mary Ann, Caroline, Elizabeth, Jane.

6. William, dead in 1830.

c. John, living in Virginia in 1831.

d. Mary, married Judge Betts.

e. Another daughter, unmarried in 1831.

7. Gilbert, married a Miss Meshet, and had
several children. He settled in Kentucky, and was
dead in 1816. His widow was alive in 1842.

8. Jane, who is said to have been born at Bed-
minster (now Leamington), New Jersey, in 1753,
though there is some reason to believe that she was
born before that date. She is known as " The bride
of Fort Edward," and was killed on the 27th of July,
1777, at Fort Edward, near Albany, on the Hudson
River, by an Indian, under circumstances which have
given her name a very prominent place in Anglo-
American history. She is described, on the authority
of persons who knew her, as " a young woman of
great accomplishments, great personal attractions,
and remarkable sweetness of disposition. She was
of medium stature, finely formed, and of a delicate
blonde complexion. Her hair was of a golden brown
and silken lustre, and, when unbound, trailed on the
ground." It would be quite impossible in the limited
compass of the present notice to give even a summary
of all that has been written about the death of this
young woman, or of the various versions which exist
of that tragic occuiTence. The outstanding facts

l Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, published at New York

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 265

are as follows :— After the death of her father, Miss
McCrea, who was engaged to a young man named
David James, an officer in the British Army, appears
to have lived with her eldest brother, John, who, as /
already mentioned, was a Colonel in the American
Army. As a natural result of opposite sympathies
with regard to the war, there arose an estrangement
between Colonel McCrea and David James.1 Miss
McCrea resolved, however, to remain faithful to her
lover, and when the time appointed for their marriage
arrived, he sent a body of loyal Indians to escort her
safely from her home to the British Camp, where the
marriage was to take place. But on the way two of
the Indians appear to have quarrelled as to who
should have the honour of presenting her to the
bridegroom and receiving the promised reward. In
the course of the quarrel one of the Indians became
furious, and resolving that if he himself could not
receive the reward neither should his opponent,
struck Miss McCrea on the head with his tomahawk,
and killed her on the spot, He then carried the
scalp of his victim into the British Camp, where it
was soon recognised by the length and the beauty of
the hair. On the following day her body was re-
covered, and buried by her brother, Colonel John
McCrea. David James never recovered from the
shock caused by the tragic death of his bride.
Shortly afterwards he resigned his Commission in
the Army, and though he lived for many years he

1 In "The Tartans and the Clans of Scotland," with historical notea by
James Grant, he is named "Jones." See also "Pictorial Field Book of the
American Revolution," by B. J. Lossing.

266 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

never married. Miss McCrea's remains were removed
in 1852 to the Union Cemetery, between Fort
Edward and Sandy Hill, where their resting-place
is marked by a marble tombstone erected by her
niece, Sarah Hanna Payne, and bearing a suitable
inscription.

9. Stephen, a Surgeon-General in the American
Army. He married a Miss Rudyers, and was dead
in 1816. He had two children, one of whom died
young ; the other, a daughter, married and appears
to have had issue.

By his second marriage, also, the Rev. James
McCrea had issue —

10. Robert, of whom below.

11. Philip, "killed in the war." He married
and had a son Philip, who was living in Ohio in
1831, and had a daughter.

12. Creighton, formerly of New Jersey. He
was a Captain in the 75 th Highlanders, and was at
the capture of Seringapatam. The family possesses
a jewelled watch said to have been given to Captain
Creighton by Tippoo Sahib. He also served on the
Loyalist side in the American War of Independence,
and was an Ensign in the 1st American Regiment
(or Queen's Rangers) in 1782. At one time he
resided at Guernsey, where he made a will, but he
died in America on the 10th December, 1818.

13. Catherine, who married a Mr Macdonald,
son of a Colonel Macdonald, of the British Army,
and was alive in Ohio in 1842. She had a large
family, and her husband was "just dead" in July,
1813.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 267

ROBERT, son of the Rev. James McCrea by his
second wife, Catherine Rosebrooke, was born on the
2nd November, 1754. He fought on the Loyalist
side in the American War of Independence, and was
Major in the 1st American Regiment (or Queen's
Rangers) in 1782. He was severely wounded at the
battle of Brandy wine in 1777, and received a " pen-
sion for wounds." He was for some time Governor
of Chester Castle, and in 1788 was Captain of one
of six Companies of Invalides stationed in Guernsey.
He afterwards became Major Commanding the 5th
Royal Veterans. He is mentioned as a man of fine
presence, and at the age of seventy-five years is
said to have looked like a man of fifty.1 He died
at Paris on the 2nd July, 1835, and was buried
at Pere la Chaise, Paris. He married, first, Jane
Coutart, a Guernsey lady of Huguenot descent, who
was born on the 20th December, 1767, and died
on the 8th April, 1796. He married secondly, on
the 12th June, 1804, Sophia Le Mesurier, who
was born on the 23rd January, 1780, and died on
the 8th March, 1860. She was a sister of General
William Le Mesurier,2 of Old Court, Guernsey, who
served in the Peninsular War. Major McCrea had
issue by both marriages as below. By the first wife
he had —

1. Catherine Maria, born on the 28th Decem-
ber, 1786, mamed Colonel Frederick Barlow, of the
Sixty-First (Gloucestershire) Regiment, at the head

l Letter dated 1831.
2 A branch of these Le Mesuriers were formerly Hereditary Governors of
the Island of Alderney.

268 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

of which he was killed at the Battle of Salamanca,
on the 22nd of July, 1812, and by him had issue one
daughter,

a. Jane, who married Philip de Sausmarez,
Captain R.N., a younger brother of the Seigneur de
Sausmarez, a fief for centuries in the possession of
the family.1 Captain Philip de Sausmarez entered
the Royal Navy on the 18th of June, 1823, saw
much service, including the China War, and retired
on the 31st of March, 1866. By him Jane Barlow
had issue —

a\. Philip Algernon, born 1841, Captain West
African Mail Service, and afterwards Consul at
Rouen. He is married, and has issue —

«2. William Howley, born 1845, died young.

aB. Lionel Andros, born 1847, entered the Royal
Navy 1860, Sub-Lieutenant 1866, and was for some
time engaged in the suppression of the slave trade in
South East Africa. He was present at the Bombard-
ment of Alexandria in 1882, was mentioned in des-
patches, and received the Egyptian medal with the
clasp for Alexandria, the Khedive's bronze star, and
the Order of Osmanjeh (fourth class). He received
special promotion, and the Albert and Royal Humane
Society's medals for having, while acting as officer of
the watch on the 1st of June, 1868, on H.M.S.
Myrmidon, lying in Banana Creek, River Congo,
jumped overboard into the shark-infested river and
rescued a seaman who could not swim. He retired

1 The founder of the De Sausmarez family received from Henry II. the
fief of Jerbourg, in the Island of Guernsey, and was appointed hereditary
Captain of Jerbourg Castle, which was situated within the limits of the fief.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 269

with the rank of Commander in 1883. He married
his cousin, Mary, daughter of Frances Charlotte
McCrea and George Bell, and has issue-
Lionel Wilfred, Lieutenant in the King's Royal
Rifles, and daughters.

ai. Frederick Barlow, born in 1849, M.A., Pem-
broke College, Oxford, appointed one of Her Majesty's
Inspectors of Schools in 1878.

2. Mary Augusta, born on the 9th of February,
1788, married at Kinsale on the 27th of December,
1814, Lieutenant-Colonel Chilton Lambton Carter,1
of the Forty-Fourth Regiment, by whom she had
issue —

a. John Chilton Lambton, Captain in the Fifty-
Third Regiment, sold out in 1852, and went to New
Zealand. He married and left issue.

b. William Frederic, Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Sixty-Third Regiment, Knight of the Legion of
Honour and of the Order of Medjidie, served in the
Crimea in 1854-5, including the Battles of the Alma,
Balaclava, and Inkerman, the Expedition to Kerch,
the Fall of Sebastopol, succeeding to the command
of his Regiment at the last attack and the capture of
Kimburn. He married, with issue, and died in 1867.

3. Rawdon (so named after his godfather, Francis
Rawdon, Marcruis of Hastings2), born on the 5th <>f

1 Colonel Carter was descended from Robert Chilton of Houghtou-le-
Spring, who married Anne Lambtou.-See Burke's Peerage, Earl of Durham.

2 Francis Rawdon, Marquis of Hastings, known successively through his
career as Lord Moira and Earl of London, was descended from Sir Arthur
Rawdon, Bart, of Moira, in County Down, a man who distinguished himself in
the defence of Londonderry and Euniskillen in the reign of William III. The
Marquis of Hastings was not only a distinguished soldier, but also one of the
most eminent of our Indian statesmen. Born 1754, died 1825. For his con-
nection with the Macraes of Kintail, see page 137.

270 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

April, 1789, Captain in the Eighty-Seventh Regi-
ment, served in the Peninsular War. He was one
of the storming party at the taking of Monte Video
in 1807, where he received five wounds. He was
killed at the battle of Talavera on the 28th of July,
1809.

4. Robert Coutart,1 born on the 13th January,
1793. He was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. He
was at the battle of Trafalgar, 21st October, 1805,
on H.M.S. Swiftshire, and saw much other service.
He married, on the 10th of April, 1822, Charlotte,
daughter of the Rev. Nicholas Dobrde, Rector of
Ste. Marie-de-Castro, Guernsey (by his wife, who
was a sister of the first Lord de Saumarez), and by
her, who died on the 8th December, 1897, in her
103rd year, had issue —

a. Robert Barlow, born on 9th of January, 1823,
Major-General Royal Artillery. He was present in
the Revolution in Hayti, in 1859, when he landed in
command of three batteries of the Royal Artillery
and a detachment of the Forty-First Regiment, for
the protection of Europeans. For his conduct on
that occasion he received the brevet rank of Major,
and the thanks of both the English and French
Governments. He married, on the 9th August,
1850, Harriet, daughter of John Maingay of Grange
Villa, Guernsey, and died at Ewell, Surrey, on the
11th February, 1897. He was buried at Candie
Cemetery, Guernsey.

b. Frances Charlotte, married on the 3rd Febru-

l Admiral MeCrea acquired land in Australia known as McCrea Creek,
Victoria, and still held by the family.

THE HISTOKY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 271

ary, 1848, George Bell, of The Merrienne, Guernsey,
eldest son of Thomas Bell, mentioned below, and
died on the 11th July, 1854, leaving issue— one
daughter, Mary, who married her cousin, Com-
mander L. A. de Sausmarez, as already stated.

c. James, born on the 19th of February, 1825,
a Captain in the Forty -Fifth Regiment, served
in the Kaffir Wars of 1846-7 and 1852-3. He was
Colonel Assistant- Adjutant-General of the Royal
Guernsey Militia, and died at Grange Villa, Guern-
sey, on the 2nd September, 1885, in his 65th year.
He married Mary Brock Potenger, and by her,
who died at Guildford on the 27th January, 1886,
had issue —

cl. Victor Coryton Dobree, died in infancy.
c2. De la Combe, born 15th March, 1857, died
unmarried in Ceylon in 1878.

c3. Flora, married Henry Roome, with issue.
c4. Constance, died unmarried.
d. Richard Charles, born on the 18th of
Apr.l, 1826, Captain in the Sixty-Fourth Regi-
ment. He was killed in action near Cawnpore on
the 28th November, 1857. He is mentioned in
Major-General Windham's despatch on that occasion
as " that fine gallant young man," and was promised
the Victoria Cross, had he lived to receive it. He
married, on the 5th June, 1850, Anne De la Combe,
daughter of Thomas Bell, of The Merrienne, Guernsey ,
and by her had issue —

cZl. Rawdon, born 28th February, 1851, late
Captain 28th Regiment, now living in Guernsey.
d2. Julia, married Colonel Anthony Durand,

272 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Bombay Staff Corps, who served in the Indian
Mutiny, 1857-8; Abyssinian Expedition, 1867-8;
and the Afghan War, 1880. She died in India.

d3. Charles Brooke Potenger, born in 1855.

e. John Dobree, an Admiral in the Royal Navy,
saw much war service, including the Baltic, 1855
(medal). He married, on the 9th May, 1857, Marion,
daughter of J. Anderson, of Cox Lodge Hall,
Northumberland, and died on the 18th March, 1883,
leaving issue —

el. Richard Francis, a Major in the Royal
Artillery, married Mabel Romney.

e2. Charles Dalston, died young.

e3. Charles, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy,
died at Gibraltar in 1896.

e4. John Henry, married Olive Macdonald, with
issue — John Dobre'e, died young ; Lena Marion,
born 1893 ; Francis Dobree, born 1894.

eb. Frederic, died young.

e6. Alfred Cory ton, Lieutenant Indian Staff
Corps, served in the Hazara Expedition in 1891,
medal with clasp ; and in Chitral in 1895, was with
the Relief Force at the storming of the Malakand
Pass, and in the action at Khar — medal with clasp.
He married Emma Priestley.

e7. Florence Marian.

e8. Mary Evelyn, married Frederick W. D. Fisher,
of the India Forest Service.

e9. Frances Edith, died in 1890.

f. Katharine Carterette, married on the 17th
April, 1854, Major-General John Cromie Blackwood
de Butts, R.E,, son of the late General Sir A. de
Butts, R.E., K.C.H., with issue,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 273

/I. Arthur John, born 1855, M.D., formerly Cap-
tain Third Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Militia,
married Alice, daughter of Colonel Martindale, R.E.,
C.B., with issue. He died at Folkestone in Febru-
ary, 1898, and was buried at Ewell, Surrey.

fi. Katharine Mary McCrea, born in 1855,
married, in 1880, Edward Kenyon,1 Major Royal
Engineers, with issue — Herbert Edward ; Roger de
Butts, died in childhood ; Kenneth, died in child-
hood ; Catherine Mary Rose ; Ellen Blackwood ;
Winifred Lillian ; Frances Margaret.

/3. Harriet Olivia, born in 1856, married E.
Fairfax Taylor, Principal Clerk and Taxing Officer,
House of Lords, with issue.

/A. Annie Georgina Louisa, born in 1858, married
Major Norton Grant, R.E., with issue.

fb. Alice Maud Martindale, born in 1860, married
Major James Henry Cowan, R.E., with issue.

/6. Frederick Robert McCrea, born in 1863,
Captain Royal Artillery, served in the Burmese War
in 1886-7, was with the Indian Contingent at Suakim
in 1896, and was killed in action at the Sampagha
Pass, on the North-West Frontier of India, on the
29th of October, 1897. He married Katharine,
daughter of Captain Travers of the Seventeenth
Regiment, with issue.

f7. Brownlow Stanley Cromie, born in 1865,
M.D., M.R.C.S.

/8. Isobel Rhceta, born 1867.

/9. Ellen Dobree, born 1872.
g. Rawdon, died young.

1 See Burke's Peerage, Kenyon.

274 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

h. Mary Coutart, married on the 10th September,
1856, the Eev. Haydon Aldersey Taylor, M.A., St
John's College, Oxford, Army Chaplain, who served
in the Crimea. She died on the 13th of September,
1890, leaving issue —

hi. Lilian Aldersey, died on the 4th of June, 1873.

hi. Charlotte McCrea, married Commander Ed-
ward Lloyd, R.N.

h3. Anna Katharine De Sausmarez.

hL Haydon D' Aubrey Potenger, Major in the
Gloucestershire Regiment, married.

h5. Oswald Albon Aldersey, Captain in the Duke
of Wellington's Regiment, married.

h6. Marion Louise, married Lieutenant-Colonel
Davidson, of the Black Watch.

h7. Harriette Mary, married the Rev. William
Philip Hurrell, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford, St
James' Vicarage, Northampton.

h8. Frances Arabella Joyce, married George
Adams Connor of Craigielaw, Long Niddry, N.B.

h9. Coutart De Butts.

hlO. Leonora Eliot.

i. Harriet Amelia, married, on the 4th of Sep-
tember, 1861, Bro wnlow Poulter, M.A, Barrister-at-
Law of Lincoln's Inn, a Justice of the Peace, and
formerly Fellow of New College, Oxford, and has
issue —

il. Rev. Donald Francis Ogilvy, M.A., of Lin-
coln College, Oxford.

i2. Mabel Catherine, M.B., Ch.B.

id. Creighton McCrea, Captain Indian Staff
Corps, died March, 1896.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 275

i4. Aline Marian.

i5. Arthur Brownlow, Cape Mounted Rifles.
j'6. Muriel Alice.

i7. Douglas Ryley, Lieutenant in the Royal
Artillery.

1*8. Julia Harriette.

i9. Richard Charles McCrea, solicitor.

5. Jane, born 9th March, 1794, married on the
5th October, 1815, Colonel George Augustus Eliot,
who held a command in the British service in the
American War of 1812, believed to have been then
attached to the Royal Engineers. He left one son,
who died young.

6. James Creighton, died in infancy in 1796.
By his second wife, Sophia Le Mesurier, Major

Robert McCrea had issue —

7. Sophia Maria Creighton, born on the 19th
June, 1805, married Sir Charles Payne, Bart.,
Captain 25th Regiment of Light Dragoons, with
issue one son, died young.

8. Robert Bradford, born on the 18th of June,
1807. He was Captain in the Forty-Fourth Regi-
ment, and was killed at Cabul on the 17th of
November, 1841. He married, on the 7th of
August, 1832, Margaret Bushnan, and had issue—

a. Frederick Bradford, born on the 4th of
December, 1833, a Major in the Eighth (The
King's) Regiment, who served at the taking of
Delhi in 1857, and was afterwards present in
the following actions, viz., Bohundshur, Ackabad,
Mynpoorie, Battle of Agra, actions of Karonge and
Alumbagh, relief of the garrison of Lucknow,

276 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

battles of the 2nd and 6th December at Cawnpore,
action of Fattehghur, and the Oude campaign of
1858. Also, was in command of details of a force
of about two thousand strong at Meerun-ka-Serai
for about four months, and prevented the Nana
Sahib and Feroh-Shah, the son of the King of Delhi,
each, on two occasions, from crossing the Ganges,
and so getting into Central India. For the services
rendered on those two occasions, he was thanked by
the General Officers of three Divisions. He has the
Indian Mutiny medal with clasps for Delhi and the
Relief of Lucknow, and is a F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S., and
F.I.I. In 1871 Major McCrea founded " The Army
and Navy Co-operative Society," of which he has been
a Managing Director ever since, and with a capital of
£60,000 the Society has up to the 31st of January,
1898, paid in bonuses and interest, £1,297,508, and
accumulated reserve funds amounting to £270,449.
Major McCrea married, on the 24th of January, 1864,
Frederica Charlotte (who died on the 10th of June,
1894), only daughter of Captain John Francis
Wetherall, 41st Regiment, and has issue —

a\. Frederick Augustus Bradford, born on the
8th of October, 1865, late Captain in the Hampshire
Militia.

«2. Robert George, born on the 24th of Febru-
ary, 1867.

a3. Francis Bramston, born on the 3rd of
November, 1868 ; married, on the 2nd October,
1897, Edith, daughter of Charles Arthur Patton,
Marpole House, Ealing.

«4. Henrietta Mary, born on the 3rd of June,
1872.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 277

b. Osborn Leith.

c. Henry Nepean died young.

9. Henry Torrens (so called after his godfather,
Sir Henry Torrens1), born 15th June, 1812, Ensign
2nd Queen's Royals, was drowned at Bombay on
the 21st April, 1831, unmarried.

10. Elizabeth Carey, born 10th June, 1813,
married, on the 14th June, 1854, William Jones
(an author) of Brent House, Brentford, Middlesex.
He was Vice-Consul at Havre, and was instrumental
in helping the flight of Louis Philij^pe, King of the
French, in 1848. She died in London on the 31st
of December, 1856, without issue.

11. Louisa Creighton, born on the 3rd of May,
1816, and married H. M. Arthur Jones, who after-
wards took the name of Owen, a Welsh squire of
Wepre Hall, near Flint. Issue — Lewis, who died
young.

12. Hale Sheaff (so called after his godfather,
Sir Hale Sheaff), born on the 17th of April, 1817,
and died on the 20th September, 1820.

13. Martha Eliza, born on the 3rd of Decem-
ber, 1819, and married, on the 29th of June, 1850,
the Rev. Carteret Priaulx Carey, M.A., Oxon, eldest
son of John Carey2 of Castle Carey, Guernsey. She
died on the 15th of April, 1878, leaving issue —

1 Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B., a native of Londonderry, who
was, in 1798, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Wliitelock, second in com-
mand to the Earl of Moira (Note, page 269) at Portsmouth, was Secretary to
the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War. He was afterwards
appointed Adjutant-General, and, while holding that office, he revised t J n ■
Army Regulations and introduced many important improvements. Born 1779,
died 1828.

2 The Careys of Guernsey have held a leading position there for upwards
of six hundred years.

278 THE HISTORY OE THE CLAN MACRAE.

a. John Herbert Carteret of Castle Carey, Guern-
sey, born on the 1 1th of April, 1851. He was for some
time a Lieutenant in the Sixtieth Royal Rifles, after-
wards Captain and Adjutant First Royal Guernsey
Infantry, and was engaged in the reorganisation of
the Royal Guernsey Militia ; retired on War Office
pension as Major (Army rank) in 1894 ; Honorary
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Guernsey Militia,
1894. He is a member of the Societe" Jersiaise
and a member of the Council of the Guernsey His-
torical and Antiquarian Society. He married, on
the 24th of February, 1877, Isabella Anne, sole
surviving child of the late James S. Scott, J.P.,
formerly of Lawnsdowne, Queen's County, Ireland,
with issue, twin daughters, Eleanor Katherine Ma-
tilda and Marguerite Blanche Isabel.

6. Abdiel Archibald McCrea, born on the 4th of
July, 1852, died young.

c. Carteret Walter, born on the 13th December,
1853, Lieutenant in the Seventy-Fourth Highlanders,
12th November, 1873, Equery to H.R.H. the Duchess
of Edinburgh in Malta, Captain 1882, Major 1890.
He served in the Egyptian Expedition in 1882 as
Adjutant of his battalion, and was present at the
Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, where his horse was wounded.
He received the Egyptian War medal with clasp,
the Khedive's bronze star, and the Order of
Medjidie, Fourth Class. In 1892, out of eighty
competitors, he received the first prize — £100 — ■
awarded by Lord Wolseley for the best essay on
the " Reorganisation of the Volunteer Forces." He
served as Second in Command of the Second Bat-

THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE. 279

talion of the Highland Light Infantry (74th High-
landers), in the North-West Indian Frontier War,
1897-98, including operations against the Boners,
commanding the infantry in the reconnaisance in
the Milandri Pass, operations against the Mah-
munds, Pelarzais, and Shamozais, and was with the
Reserves during the operations against the Utman
Khels; also in the Bonewal Campaign, 1898, in-
cluding storming and capture of the Tangu Pass,
and the capture and occupation of Kingergali, Jowar,
Tursak, and Ambeyla. He married, on the 11th
December, 1890, Florence Margaret, daughter of
William Ravenhill Stock, with issue— Vera Carteret
Priaulx.

d. Samuel Robert, born on the 16th of March,

1855, died young.

e. William Wilfred, born on the 23rd of August,

1856. Formerly Major in the First Royal Guernsey
Light Infantry Militia. He was appointed Secretary
to the British Commissioners, Egyptian States
Domains, 1882, was present at the bombardment of
Alexandria, and was attached to the Intelligence
Department under Sir J. Goldsmid from July to
September, 1882, receiving the thanks of Her
Majesty's Government for his services. In 1883 he
was appointed Inspector, and in 1897 Inspector-
General of the Egyptian States Domains. He holds
the Egyptian War medal, the Khedive's bronze
star, the Order of Osmanlieh, Fourth Class, and the
Order of Medjidie, Fourth Class. He married, in
1880 Louisa Sophia, daughter of the late General
Broadly Harrison, Colonel of the Thirteenth Hussars.

280 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

14. Charlotte, born on the 9th of January,
1822, and died on the 16th of January, 1884. She
adopted the three orphan children of her brother,
Herbert Taylor.

15. Herbert Taylor (so called after his god-
father, Lieutenant - General Sir Herbert Taylor,
K.C.B.), born on the 3rd of May, 1827. He was a
Lieutenant in the 94th Regiment and Paymaster
in the 43rd Light Infantry. He served in the
Kaffir War 1851-52-53. He married, on the 5th of
January, 1851, Elizabeth, daughter of John Carey,
Castle Carey, Guernsey, and died at the Cape of
Good Hope, on his way home from India, on the 8th
of April, 1855, leaving issue as below. His wife
died in the Neilgherry Hills, Kotagherry, on the
28th July, 1855—

a. Herbert Carey Howes, born on the 28th of
October, 1851. He married Maria, daughter of
General Rolandi, of the Spanish Army, and has
issue — Constance Isabella Rolandi.

b. John Frederick, born on the 1st of April,
1854, at Fort George, Madras. He was Surgeon-
Major in the Cape Mounted Rifles. He saw much
service in the Cape, won the Victoria Cross in the
Basuto War, and was severely wounded in the
action at Twee Fontein. He married, in 1887, Miss
E. A. Watermeyer, and died on the 16th July,
1894, without issue.

c. Elizabeth Charlotte, born on the 20th of
June, 1855, and died on the 20th of December,
1896.

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281

CHAPTER XXI.

A Tradition of the Time of Montrose.— Macraes in Galloway.—
Alexander Macrae of Glenlair married Agnes Gordon of
Carleton.— Their Descendants.

There is a tradition to the effect that after the
defeat of Montrose at Philiphaugh, near Selkirk, on
the 12th of September, 1645, two Highland brothers
of the name of Macrae who served in his army,
sought refuge in Galloway because it was the nearest
place where Gaelic was then spoken. There they
settled down and prospered. The same tradition
relates that from one of these brothers was de-
scended a certain

ALEXANDER MACRAE, who, in 1744, married,
as his first wife, Agnes, daughter of Alexander Gor-
don, fifth of Carleton, by his wife Grizzell, daughter
of Sir Alexander Gordon, Baronet of Earlston,1 by
his wife Marion, daughter of Alexander Gordon,
fifth Viscount Kenmure, and sister of William, Earl
of Kenmure, who was executed in 1716. Agnes
Gordon brought him as her dowry the farm of
Glenlair, in the parish of Parton, in Kirkcudbright
He is said to have married three other wives, and
to have had issue, at least by some of them. By his
first wife, Agnes Gordon, he had a son,

i See Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Gordon of Earktou.

282 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

ALEXANDER, born in 1745, in the parish of
Parton, in Kirkcudbright, of Moreland estate, in the
Island of Jamaica, where he lived for many years.
He married, on the 17th of September, 1767, Mary,
daughter of Thomas Harvie, Professor of Greek in
the University of Glasgow, and by her, who died in
Jamaica, and was buried at Old Harbour, parish of
St Dorothy, had issue as below. Alexander himself
died in Edinburgh on the 14th of March, 1796, a
few months after his return from Jamaica —

1. William Gordon, of whom next.

2. Alexander, a Captain in the First Royals.

3. James, in the Thirteenth Light Dragoons,
killed at Martinique in 1821.

4. Thomasine married the Rev. Mr Maddison.

WILLIAM GORDON McCRAE1 was born near
Ayr in 1768. He married Margaret Morison,2 who
was descended from the family of Lord Forbes of
Pitsligo, and by her had issue —

1. Mary Harvie, born 1797, married Dr Cob-
ham, Barbadoes, with issue —

a. Francis McCrae married, with issue.

b. Richard married, with issue.

1 He changed the spelling of the name from Macrae to McCrae.

2 Margaret Morison was connected with the Pitsligo family as follows : — •
Rev. John Forbes (horn 1643, died 1708), described on a marble slab on the
wall of the old church of Kincardine O'Neill, Aberdeenshire, as of the noble
family of Pit*liuri> (ex nubile I >oiniii'>ru!n tie Pits]i'_r" nriuiiilu- familia), married
Margaret Strachan, and had issue one daughter, Nichola Helen, who, on the
30th October, 1707, married John, youngest son of Sir John Forbes, Bart, of
Craigievar, and had a daughter, Margaret (baptised 17th October, 1710), who
married George Herdsman, factor to the Earl Marischal, and had a daughter,
Mary (born on the 28th of July, 1740), who married Andrew Morison, Clerk
to the Court of Session, and had, with other issue, the above-mentioned
Margaret, who married William Gordon McCrae.

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c. Elizabeth married Hon. Mark Nicholson, with
issue.

d, Mary married Hon. James Graham, with issue.
2. Alexander, born in 1799, Captain in the

Eighty-Fourth Regiment, commanding the Grenadier
Company, and afterwards Postmaster-General of
Victoria, in Australia. He married Susanna Dan-
nay, with issue —

a. Alexander died unmarried.

b. George died unmarried.

c. Margaret married Edward Graham without
issue.

d. Sarah Agnes married Dr W. G. Howitt with
issue :— Sarah Muriel Susanna ; Phoebe ; Godfrey ;
William Godfrey ; Alexander McCrae ; John Bake-
well ; George Ward Cole ; Charles Hugh.

e. Katherine Susannah married Thomas W.
Palmer with issue :— Catherine Wrangham married
H. R. Anthony ; Ethel McCrae married George
Ogle Moore ; Agnes McCrae married Charlton
Howitt ; Margaret Annie.

/ Mary Harvie married W. F. Freeman with
issue : _ Susanna McCrae ; Clara Annie married
George Jennings ; Alfred William ; Marion Kate ;
Harry Randall.

g. William Gordon died unmarried.

/i,. John Morison, born 1848, now living at Perth,
West Australia, and by whom this information about
his own family was communicated to the author in
1898. He married, first, in 1870, Eleanor Harrison
Atkin, with issue— Alexander ; John Morison. He
married, secondly, in 1893, Bessie Fraser Brock,
widow of F. A. Brock.

284 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

i. Union Rose died in infancy.

j. Thomasanne Cole married Maurice Blackburn
with issue : — Maurice McCrae ; James ; Gertrude ;
Elsie.

h. Agnes Bruce married George Loughnan with
issue : — Marion ; Muriel ; John Hamilton ; George
Richmond ; Agnes ; Valory.

3. Andrew Murison, born in 1800. He was a
Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, and practised
for some time as a Parliamentary Agent in London.
He went to Australia in 1838. On arriving in
Melbourne (after staying some time in Sydney) he
was admitted a solicitor, and practised there for
several years. He was afterwards a Stipendiary
and Police Magistrate, and in that capacity served
on several stations. He was also a Warden of the
Gold Fields, a Commissioner of Crown Lands, and
Deputy Sheriff. He died in 1874. He married, in
1830, Georgina Huntly Gordon, and by her, who
died on the 24th of May, 1890, aged eighty-six
years, had issue —

a. Margaret Elizabeth Mary, born in 1831, died
young.

b. George Gordon, born in Scotland in 1833, a
retired Civil Servant, now living at Hawthorn, near
Melbourne, and by whom most of the information
contained in this chapter was communicated to the
author in 1896. Mr George Gordon McCrae is a
poet of recognised merit and standing. He married
Augusta Helen Brown, with issue.

c. William Gordon, born in Scotland in 1835,
now living in West Australia.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 285

d. Alexander Gordon, born in Scotland in 183G,
now living in New South Wales.

e. Farquhar Peregrine Gordon, born in England
in 1838, Inspector, Bank of Australasia, Sydney,
New South Wales. He married Emily Aphrasia
Brown, and has issue.

f. Georgina Lucia Gordon, born in Australia in
1841, married Robert Hyndman, with issue.

g. Margaret Martha, born in Australia, married
Nicholas Maine, with issue — Margaret Isabella.

h. Octavia Frances Gordon, born in Australia,
married George Watton Moore, with issue.
i. A.gnes Thomasina, died in infancy.

4. Agnes, born 1802.

5. John Morison, born in 1804, Lieutenant
Seventeenth Native Infantry, Bengal.

6. Farquhar, born in 180fi, Sui'geon in the
Enniskillen Dragoons. He afterwards went to
Australia, and died in Sydney. He married Agnes
Morison, with issue.

7. Agnes, born in 1808, married William Bruce,
and had issue.

8. Thomas Anne, born in 1810, married Com-
mander George Ward-Cole, R.N., with issue.

9. Margaret Forbes, born in 1812, married Dr
David John Thomas, with issue.

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CHAPTER XXII.

Legends and Traditions of the Clan Macrae. — How the Macraes
first came to Kintail. — How St Fillan became the Greatest of
Physicians and made the Inhabitants of Kintail Strong and
Healthy. — How Ellandonan Castle came to be built. — How
Donnacha Mor na Tuai.jh fought at the Battle of Park. —
How the Great Feud between Kintail and Glengarry began. —
How Ian Breac Mac Mhaighster Fearachar made Lochiel
retract a vow against the Men of Kintail. — Tradition about
Muireach Fial. — Tradition about Fearachar Mac Ian Oig. —
Tradition about the Glenlic Hunt. — Traditions about Donnacha
Mor Mac Alister. — Traditions about Eonachan Dubh. — How
Ian Mor Mac Mhaighster Fionnla killed the Soldiers. — A
Tradition of Sherift'muir. — How a Kintail Man was innocently
hanged by the Duke of Cumberland. — Some Macrae Traditions
from Gairloch.

Like every other clan, the Macraes of Kintail had
their own legends and traditions, and in olden time
their country was more than usually rich, even for
the Highlands, in poetry, legend, and historic lore.
It was formerly a well-known and universal custom
in the Highlands for the people of a township to
meet together in some central house in the long
winter evenings, and pass much of the time in
singing songs and reciting tales. This custom, which
has survived to a certain extent in some districts
down to our own times, was called the Ceilidh, a
word which means a meeting for social intercourse

THE HISTOEY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 287

and conversation, and it is needless to say that at
such meetings the Seanachaidh or reciter of ancient
lore, who could relate his tales in fluent, sonorous
language, and with a due admixture of homely,
dramatic dialogue, a thing to which the Gaelic
language so eftectively lends itself, was a man whose
company was always welcome. The Seanachaidh
has now given place very largely to the political
newspaper and other cheap forms of literature, and
it may be questioned if, in itself, the change is
altogether for the better. At all events, the reciter
of Highland folklore endeavoured to entertain his
listeners with tales of the courage, devotion, and
chivalry which go to make a true hero, and to young,
impressionable minds the effect of this could hardly
fail to be, at least, as wholesome as the ceaseless
appeal to human selfishness and covetousness which
too frequently forms the chief stock-in-trade of the
political newspaper.

In this chapter an effort is made to preserve a
few of the old legends and traditions of Kintail, and
they are given almost in the very words in which
they were communicated to the author by men who
know Kintail and its people, and who, in almost
every case, heard them related by old men at the
Ceilidh many years ago.1 There is no attempt made

1 The author has great pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness for
most of the information contained in this chapter to Mr Alexander Matheaon,
shipowner, Dornie (p. 48) ; Mr Farquhar Macrae, Dornie (p. 130) ; Mr Johu
Alexander Macrae, Avernish (p. 179) ; Mr Farquhar Matheson, Dornie (p. 49) ;
Mr Alexander Maclennan, Craig House, Lochcarron (p. 224) ; Mr Donald Mac-
rae, Gelantipy, Victoria (p. 258) ; Mr John Macrae, J.-lip, New Y,,,k (p. 212 :
and Mr Alexander Macmillan, an old man of Dornie, who died on the 13lh
Ma?, 1896.

288 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

to harmonise them, even when possible to do so, with
the actual facts of the historic incidents to which
they refer, and the reader will readily recognise some
of them as local versions of legends which may be
found in other lands as well as in the Highlands,
but they are interesting as showing the light in
which the people of the country looked upon their
own history, and they serve to illustrate the whole-
some pride of the clan in its own heroes, as well as
their appreciation of the man of courage, presence of
mind, and prompt action, who was bold and fearless
in the face of a foe, loyal to his chief, true to every
trust, as well as humane and gentle to the weak and
helpless who wei'e in any sense dependent upon him.
It is not pretended for a single moment that such
traits of character were universal in the Highlands
any more than in other places, but they constituted
the standard of life and conduct at which the true
man was expected to aim, and it was only in as far
as he succeeded in reaching that standard that his
memory was held worthy of an honoured place in
the traditions of his clan and country.

HOW THE MACRAES FIRST CAME TO KINTAIL.

Once upon a time, in Ireland, three young men of
the Fitzgerald family, called Colin Fitzgerald,1
Gilleoin na Tuaigh,and Maurice Macrath were present
at a wedding, and partook somewhat freely of the

1 Colin Fitzgerald was the reputed founder of the Clan Mackenzie, and
Gilleoin na Tuaigh of the Clan Maclean.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 289

good cheer which was provided for the guests. On
the way home they got so seriously implicated in a
quarrel that they thought it prudent to seek safety
in flight. While crossing a ferry they took violent
possession of the ferryman's boat, and putting out to
sea with it they sailed across to Scotland. They
landed at Ardnamurchan, and gradually made their
way across the country to the Aird of Lovat, On
arriving there late in the night, and very tired, they
lay down under a hedge to rest until the morning
before deciding what their next step was to be. But
in the early morning they were awakened from their
sleep by the clang of arms, and found two men
engaged in a fierce fight quite near them. It turned
out that one of these men was Bissett, the Lord of
Lovat, while his antagonist was a redoubtable bully
who, in consequence of some dispute, had challenged
him to mortal combat. Maurice, observing that
Bissett was on the point of being vanquished, pro-
posed to go to his aid, but the other two thought it
would be wiser and more prudent not to do so, as
they did not know the merits of the case, and had
already been obliged to leave their country through
thoughtless interference in a quarrel which did not
concern them. Maurice, however, would not be
persuaded, and going to Bissett's assistance he cut off
the bully's head with one blow. Bissett then invited
his unexpected deliverer to his house, and being
favourably impressed by him he offered him an
important post in his service, and gave him the lands
of Clunes to settle on. When the Frasers became
Lords of Lovat the Macrae family was still living at

290 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Clunes, and the head of the family was appointed
Lord Lovat's chief forester. One day there hap-
pened to be a great hunting expedition in the Lovat
forest, and among those who took part in it was a
bastard son of Lovat, who began to abuse Macrae for
not giving his hounds a better chance. One of
Macrae's sons, called John, who happened to be
present at the time, took up the quarrel on behalf of
his father, who was an old man, and settled the
matter by killing the bastard. As the old man had
rendered him so much loyal and valuable service in
the past Lovat decided to overlook this unfortunate
mishap, but at the same time advised him to send his
sons out of the country, at all events for a time, for
fear of the vengeance of the Fraser family. The four
sons took the hint and quietly left the Lovat country.
They journeyed together as far as Glenmoriston, and
at a place called Ceann a Chnuic (the end of the
hillock) they parted. One of them, called Duncan,
went to Argyllshire, married the heiress of Craignish,
and became the ancestor of the Craignish Campbells.
Another, called Christopher, went to Easter Ross.
The third, who was called John, went to Kintail and
spent his first night there in the house of a man
called Macaulay, at Achnagart. He was such a
restless man that they called him Ian Carrach, which
means twisting or fidgety John. Macaulay's
daughter, however, fell in love with him and per-
suaded him to remain there. In course of time they
were married. Their first child was born at Achna-
gart, and he was the first Macrae born in Kintail.
The family of Ian Carrach was one of the chief families

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291

of Kintail until Malcolm Mac Ian Charrich, Con-
stable of Ellandonan, lost his influence by supporting
Hector Roy's claim for the estates of Kintail against
John of Killin.1 A fourth son of Macrae of Chines,
called Finlay, after wandering about for some time,
finally made his way to Kintail and settled them
near his brother John. He was called Fionnla Mor
nan Gad.2 Fionnla Mor nan Gad was the ancestor
of Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, with whom the
recorded genealogy of the Macraes of Kintail com-
mences.

HOW ST FILLAN BECAME THE GREATEST OF PHYSICIANS,

AND MADE THE INHABITANTS OF KINTAIL

STRONG AND HEALTHY.

While St Fillan was travelling on a pilgrimage in
France with a hazel staff from Kintail in his hand,
he went one day into the house of an alchemist.
The alchemist told the Saint he would give him a
fortune if he would bring him to France what was
under the sod where the hazel staff grew. Upon
being questioned by St Fillan the alchemist explained
that&under that sod there was a white serpent, of
which he wished very much to get possession. St
Fillan then undertook to go in search of the serpent,
and the alchemist gave him the necessary instruc-
tions how to capture it. When St Fillan reached the

1 Pages 22, 23, and Footnote page 214.

•2 The meaning of Gad here is doubtful, it usually means a withe or switch,
but in this case it may possibly mean spear. See Macbaiu's Gaelic Dictionary.

292 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

spot where the hazel staff had been cut, at the north-
east end of Loch Long, he kindled a fire and placed
a pail of honey near it. The warmth of the fire soon
brought a large number of serpents out of their holes,
and among them the white serpent, which was their
King. Being attracted by the smell of the honey,
the white serpent crawled into the pail. Fillan then
seized the pail and ran away with it, followed by an
ever-increasing number of serpents, anxious to rescue
their King. The saint knew he would not be safe
from their pursuit until he had crossed seven running
streams of water. The river Elchaig was the seventh
stream on his way, and when he crossed it he felt
that he was now safe. When he reached the top of
a small hill called Tulloch nan deur (the hill of tears)
he paused for a short rest, and composed a Gaelic
hymn or song, of which the following verse is all
that appears to be known —

'S rni 'in sheasidh air Tulloch nan deur,

Gun chraicionn air meur na bonn,

Ochadan ! a rhigh nan rann,

'S fhada 'n Fhraing bho cheann Loch Long.1

St Fillan then continued his journey, and when
he arrived at the end of it, the alchemist took the
pail containing the honey and the serpent, put it in a
cauldron to boil, and left the Saint alone for a little
to watch over it, giving him instructions at the same
time that if he saw any bubbles rising to the surface
he was on no account to touch them. The alchemist
was not long gone when a bubble rose, and Fillan

1 Standing on the hill of tears with skinless soles and toes,
Alas ! 0 King of verses, far is France from the head of Loch Long.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 293

thoughtlessly put his finger on it. As the bubble
burst it gave out such a burning heat that he
suddenly drew his finger hack and put it in Ins
mouth to allay the pain, but no sooner did he do so
than he felt himself becoming possessed of miraculous
healing powers. This was how St Fillan became
the greatest physician of his age. The alchemist
intended to get this power from the white serpent
for himself, but when he returned to his cauldron he
found that all the virtue had gone out of it. St
Fillan then returned to Kintail with his newly-
acquired power, which he used among the people in
such a way that in watching over their spiritual
health he remembered their bodily health also, and
so made them strong and well-favoured among their
neighbours.

HOW ELLANDONAN CASTLE CAME TO BE BUILT.

In olden times there lived in Kintail a wealthy chief
of the same race as the Mathesons, who had an only
son. When the son was born he received his first
drink out of the skull of a raven, and this gave him
the power to understand the language of birds. He
was sent to Rome for his education, and became a
great linguist. When he returned to Kintail his
father asked him one day to explain what the birds
were saying. "They are saying," replied the son,
" that one day you will wait upon me as my servant."
The father was so annoyed at this explanation that
he turned bis son out of the house. The son then

294 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

joined a ship which was bound for France. Having
learned on his arrival in France that the King was
very greatly annoyed and disturbed by the chirping
of birds about the palace, he went and offered to help
the King to get rid of them. The King accepted
the offer, and the adventurer explained to him that
the birds had a quarrel among themselves, which
they wished the King to settle for them. By the
help of his visitor the King succeeded in settling the
dispute to the entire satisfaction of the birds, and was
troubled by them no more. In gratitude for this
relief the King gave his deliverer a fully-manned
ship for his own use, and with this ship he sailed to
far distant lands, but no land was so distant that he
could not understand and speak the language of the
people.

On one occasion, in the course of a very long
voyage, he met a native King, whom he greatly
pleased with his interesting conversation. The King
invited him to dine at the royal palace, but when he
got to the palace he found it was so infested with
rats that the servants had the very greatest difficulty
in keeping them away from the table. Next time
the adventurer visited the palace he brought a cat
from the ship with him, under his cloak, and when
the rats gathered round the table he let the cat
loose among them. The King was so pleased with
the way in which the cat drove the rats away, that
in exchange for the cat he gave his guest a hogshead
full of gold. With this gold the wanderer returned
to Kintail, after an absence of seven years, and
anchored his ship at Totaig. The arrival of such a

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magnificent ship caused a considerable sensation,
and when the owner presented himself at his father's
house, as a man of rank from a distant country, he
was received with great hospitality. His father,
who failed to recognise him, waited upon him at
table, and thus fulfilled the prophecy of the birds.
The son then made himself known to his father, and
a birth mark he bore between his shoulders proved
his identity to the entire satisfaction of the people,
who received him with enthusiasm as the long lost
heir. His ability and knowledge of the world after-
wards brought him into the favour and confidence of
King Alexander II., who commissioned him to build
Ellandonan Castle to protect the King's subjects in
those parts against the encroachments of the Danes.

HOW DONNACHA MOR NA TUAIGH DISTINGUISHED
HIMSELF AT THE BATTLE OF PARK.1

Shortly before the battle a raw but powerful looking
youth from Kintail was seen staring about among
the Mackenzies in a stupid manner as if looking for
something. He ultimately came across an old, rusty
battle axe of great size, and setting off after the
others he arrived at the scene of strife just as the
combatants were closing with each other. This
youth was Donnacha Mor na Tuaigh, and Hector
Roy, observing him, asked him why he was not
taking part in the right and supporting his chief
and clan. Duncan replied : " Mar a faigh mi miadh

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duine, cha dean mi gniomh duine " (Unless I get a
man's esteem I will not perform a man's work).
This reply was meant as a hint that he had not
been provided with a proper weapon. Hector
answered him, " Dean sa gniomh duine 's
gheibh thu miadh duine " (Do a man's work
and you shall get a man's esteem). Duncan
at once rushed into the combat exclaiming,
" Buille mhor bho chul mo laimhe 's ceum leatha,
am fear nach teich romham teicheam roimhe " (A
heavy stroke from the back of my arm and a step
to enforce it ; he who does not get out of my way
let me get out of his). Duncan soon killed a man,
and, drawing the body aside, coolly sat down on it.
Hector Roy, observing this strange proceeding,
asked Duncan why he was not still engaged along
with his comrades. Duncan answered: " Mar a faigh
mi ach miadh aon duine cha dean mi ach gniomh
aon duine " (If I get only one man's due, I will
do only one man's work). Hector told him to
do two men's work and he would get two men's
reward. Duncan, returning again to the combat,
soon killed another man, and pulling the body aside
placed it on the top of the first one, and again
sat down. Hector repeated his question once more,
and Duncan replied that he had killed two men,
and earned two men's reward. " Do your best,"
replied Hector, "and let us no longer dispute about
your reward." Duncan instantly replied : "Am fear
nach biodh a cunntadh rium cha bhithinn a cunntadh
ris" (He that would not reckon with me, I would
not reckon with him), and rushed into the thickest

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of the battle, where he did so much execution among
the enemy that Lachlan Maclean of Lochbuy (Lach-
lainn Mac Thearlaich), the most redoubtable warrior
on the other side, placed himself in Duncan's way to
check him in his destructive career. The two met
in mortal strife, and Maclean being a very powerful
man, clad in mail, and well trained in the use of
arms, seemed likely to prove the victor ; but Dun-
can, being lighter and more active than his heavily
mailed opponent, managed, however, to defend
himself, watching his opportunity, and retreating
backwards until he arrived at a ditch. His op-
ponent, now thinking that lie had him in his power,
made a desperate stroke at him, which Duncan
parried, and at the same time jumped over the ditch.
Maclean then made a furious lunge with his weapon,
but instead of entering Duncan's body it got fixed
in the opposite bank of the ditch. In withdrawing
his weapon Maclean bent his head forward, and thus
exposed the back of his neck, upon which Duncan's
battle axe descended with the velocity of lightning,
and with such terrific force as to sever the head from
the body. This, it is said, was the turning-point of
the battle, for the Macdonalds, seeing the brave
leader of their van killed, gave up all for lost, and
began at once to retreat. Duncan was ever after-
wards known as " Donnacha Mor na Tuaigh " (Big
Duncan of the Battle Axe). That night as Mac-
kenzie sat at supper he inquired for Duncan, who
was missing and could nowhere be found. " My
sorrow," said Mackenzie, " for the loss of my scallag
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the success of the battle." " I thought," replied one
of those present, " that as the Macdonalds fled I saw
him pursuing four or five of them up the burn."
The words were hardly spoken when Duncan came
in with four heads bound together with a rope of
twisted twigs. " Tell me now," said Duncan, as he
threw the heads down before his master, " if I have
not earned my supper."

HOW THE GREAT FEUD BETWEEN KINTAIL AND
GLENGARRY BEGAN.1

There was once a famous archer of the Clan Macrae
called Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadlr (Black Finlay of
the Deer). He was forester of Glencannich. While
Finlay was occupying this position, a certain Mac-
donald of Glengarry, who had fled from his own
home for murder, took refuge in the forest, having
obtained permission from one of the chief men of the
Mackenzies, not only to take refuge there, but even
to help himself to anything he could lay his hands
on unknown to Finlay. One day Finlay and another
man went out to hunt in a part of the forest which
was the usual haunt of the best and fattest deer.
To their great surprise they found Macdonald hunt-
ing there also. Finlay asked him who gave him

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2 Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh belonged to a tribe of Macraes called Clann a
Cbruitear (the descendants of the harper). Those belonging to this tribe
were generally of a very dark complexion. It is said they were not of the
original stock of Macraes, but were descended from a foreign harper, who was
brought into the country by one of the Mackenzies, and who settled down
there and adopted the name Macrae.

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permission to be there. " That's none of your busi-
ness," replied Macdonald ; " I mean to kill as many
deer as I please, and you shall not prevent me."
Thus a cpiarrel arose between theim and the end of
it was that Finlay shot Macdonald through the
heart with an arrow, and cast his body into a lake
called Lochan Uine Gleannan nam Fiadh (the green
lake of the glen of the deer). After a time Mac-
donald's friends in Glengarry began to wonder what
had become of him, but at last a rumour reached
them that he had been killed by Fionnla Dubh nam
Fiadh.

On hearing this they formed a party of twelve
strong and able men to go to Glencannich to make
inquiries, and, if necessary, to take vengeance on
Finlay. On arriving at Glencannich the first house
they came to was Finlay's. His wife met them at
the door, and as they did not know that this was
Finlay's house, they stated the object of their visit,
and asked if she could give them any directions or
information. She told them to come in and rest.
They did so, and as they were tired and hungry they
were not sorry to see her making preparations to
show them hospitality. Meantime Finlay, who was
in the other end of the house, began to amuse him-
self by playing on his trump or Jews' harp. The
Glengarry men were so engrossed and interested in
the conversation of their hostess that they took no
notice of Finlay's music. She, however, listened
attentively to it, and from the tune lie was playing
she understood that he wished her to poison her
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kind of poison, used by her husband to kill foxes, in
the rennet with which she was preparing some curds
and cream which she set before them. They partook
freely of this dish, and eleven of them died from the
effects of the poison shortly after they left the house.
Finlay then went out and buried them. The twelfth
man, however, managed to make his way back to
Glengarry, where he told his fellow clansmen what
had happened.

The chief, hearing of it, chose eleven strong and
brave men to return to Glencannich with this sur-
vivor, who undertook to act as their guide and lead
them straight to Fiulay's house. Now, though this
man had already been to Finlay's house, he had not
actually seen Finlay himself, and would therefore be
unable to recognise him. In due time the Glengarry
men reached the brow of a hill opposite to Finlay's
house, where they found a man cutting turfs. This
was Finlay himself, but he received them with such
calm indifference that they never suspected who he
was. They asked him if he knew where Finlay was,
or if he was at home. " Well," replied Finlay,
pointing to his own house, " when I was at that
house just now, Finlay was there too." The Glen-
garry men, thinking the prize was now within their
grasp, hurried to the house without looking behind,
and so did not observe that Finlay was following
after them. As they crowded in at the door, Finlay
called to his wife through the back window to hand
him out his bow and quiver. His wife did so, and
Finlay then took his stand in a convenient position
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to the Glengarry men, " the man yon want is here."
They rushed out, but he shot them dead one after
another before they were able to reach him. He
then buried them along with his former victims, and
shortly afterwards moved down to his winter quarters
at Achyaragan in Glenelchaig.

After a time Glengarry began to wonder what
had become of his messengers, and so he sent yet
another twelve to make enquiries about them and to
punish Finlay. As these men were passing by
Abercalder, in the neighbourhood of Fort-Augustus,
on their way to Glencannich, they got into con-
versation with a man who was ploughing in a field.
The man innocently told them that he was Finlay's
brother, whereupon they immediately struck their
dirks into him and left him dead in the shafts of the
plough. On finding that Finlay had left Glen-
cannich they followed him to Glenelchaig, where
it so happened that the first man they met was
Finlay himself, who was out hunting on Mamantuirc.
They began to ask him questions about the man
they were in search of, which he answered to their
satisfaction, and as they walked along he conversed
with them with a freedom which prevented any
suspicion on their part. But on parting with them
he quickly took up his stand in a favourable position,
and shouting out that he was the man they wanted,
killed them all with his arrows before they could lay
hands on him. The last of the twelve took to flight
and was killed while in the act of leaping across a
waterfall. His name was Leiry, and the waterfall
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leap) to this day. When Mackenzie of Kintail
heard of the murder of Finlay's brother at Aber-
calder he applied for a commission of fire and sword
against Glengarry, who was also making preparations
on his own account to retaliate for the slaughter of
his men by Finlay. The Mackenzies and the Mac-
donalds met and fought their first battle at the Pass
of Beallach Mhalagan, in the heights of Glensheil.
During the fight Finlay took shelter with his bow
and quiver behind a large stone, which is still
pointed out, and continued to pour a deadly shower
of arrows among the Macdonalds until at last they
took to flight. After the fight was over, Mackenzie
made his men sit down to rest and to partake of
some food. Observing Finlay among them he turned
round to him and charged him with cowardice
for taking shelter behind the stone during the fight.
" You are very good," said he, " at raising a quarrel,
but you are a very poor hand at quelling it."
" Don't say more," replied Finlay, " until you have
examined your dead foes." When the dead Mac-
donalds were examined it was found that no fewer
than twenty-four of the chief men among the slain
had fallen to Finlay's arrows.

One day, as Finlay lay ill in bed at Fadoch,
suffering from a wound in the head, a travelling
leech from Glengarry happened to visit the district.
He was called in to see Finlay, who felt much
relieved by his treatment. As the leech continued
his journey in the direction of Camusluinie, he met
a woman, who asked him how the patient was.
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replied the leech. " Agus leighels thu Fionnla
Dubh nam Fiadh " (And you have cured Black
Finlay of the Deer), replied the woman. The leech
did not know until now who his patient was, and
upon learning that it was Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh,
he returned again to the house, and on a pretence
of having neglected something that ought to have
been done, in order to make the cure certain,
proceeded to examine the wound in the patient's
head once more. In the course of the examination
he drove a probing needle through the wound into his
brain, and as the blood gushed out some of it flowed
into Finlay's mouth. " Is milis an deoch a thug thu
dhomh " (Sweet is the drink you have given me),
said he. and with these words he expired. The
leech then left the house, and continued his journey.
When the sons of Duncan returned and found their
father dead, they set out at once in pursuit of the
leech. They overtook him among the hills above
Leault, killed him, and buried him on a spot which
is still pointed out. Finlay himself was buried at
Killelan.

HOW IAN BREAC MAC MHAIGHSTER FEARACHAR MADE

LOCHIEL RETRACT A VOW HE HAD MADE

AGAINST THE MEN OF KINTAIL.

John Breac1 used sometimes to go in attendance on
Seaforth to the meeting of the Scottish Parliament
at Perth, and on one of those occasions Seaforth's
sword was stolen from the hall of the house where

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he was living in the town. The next time Seaforth
went to the meeting of Parliament John Breac, who
was with him, recognised the stolen sword in the
possession of one of the followers of Lochiel. John
charged the man with the theft, beat him soundly,
and took the sword from him. When Lochiel heard
of the ignominious treatment to which his man had
been subjected he swore that he would execute sum-
mary vengence on any Kintail man afterwards found
among the Camerons in Lochaber. Shortly after his
return to Kintail John Breac missed three of his
horses from his farm at Duilig. He at once set out
on their track, and traced them all the way to Loch-
aber, where he found them in a field, and some men
trying- to catch them. John went into the field and
helped the men to catch the horses, for which they
thanked him, but they had no suspicion who he was,
nor did he tell them the object of his visit. He
asked them, however, if Lochiel was at home, and
they told him he was. He then went to the house,
but it was early morning and Lochiel was still in
bed. • John told the servant that his business was
very urgent, and desired to be conducted to Lochiel's
bedroom. " Who are you, and where do you come
from ? " asked Lochiel when he saw the stranger
entering his bedroom. " I come from Kintail," re-
plied John. " From Mackenzie's Kintail or Mackay's
Kintail?"1 asked Lochiel. "From Mackenzie's,"
replied John. "Then you are a very bold man,"
continued Lochiel. "Are you riot aware that I have
vowed vengence against any Kintail man found in

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my country?" "I am well aware of it," replied
John, " and what is more, I believe I was the cause
of your vow." John then quietly took possession of
Lochiel's sword, which was hanging on the wall by
the bedside, and, explaining who he was, swore that
he would deal with him as he dealt with his man in
Perth if he did not at once retract his vow against
the men of Kintail, and order the stolen horses to
be sent back to Duilig. Lochiel, who clearly saw
that John Breac was a man who meant what he
said, readily granted both requests, rather than run
the risk of being ignominiously beaten like a dog.

TRADITION ABOUT MUIREACH FIAL.

About the time of the battle of Sheriffmuir there
lived in Kintail a certain Maurice Macrae, known as
Muireach Fial (Maurice the Generous). He was a
man of some means, and lent money to the Chisholm
of Strathglass, in return for which he received certain
grazing rights on the lands of Auric. Maurice and
his wife used to go once a year to Inverness to sell
butter and cheese, which they carried on horseback
through the Chisholm country. On one occasion,
as they were returning home, they were met by a
party of Strathglass men, who invited Maurice to
drink with them in Struy Inn. Maurice accepted
the invitation, and being of a convivial disposition,
was in no hurry to leave. His wife, having vainly
endeavoured to induce him to resume his journey,
started leisurely alone, expecting that her husband
would soon overtake her. But Maurice did not

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follow, and his wife, at last becoming anxious on his
account, hurried home to Kintail, where a party
was immediately organised to go in search of him.
They searched all over Strathglass, and having made
many inquiries without obtaining any information,
they returned back to Kintail. On returning home
one of their number disguised himself as a poor idiot,
and went to Strathglass, where he wandered about
begging his way from door to door, but at the same
time keeping a careful watch for any trace or talk of
the missing Maurice. One night, while lying at the
door of a house, he heard someone tapping at the
window. He listened attentively, and soon heard
the man at the window and the master of the house
talking about the bradan tarragheal (thewhite-bellied
salmon), which was tied to a bush and concealed in
a certain pool in the river. When the conversation
ceased and the visitor took his departure, the Kintail
man, wondering what was meant by the salmon,
stole quietly away to the pool mentioned, and there
found the body of Maurice, who had been murdered
by some of the Strathglass men, and whose body had
been hidden in the river in a dark pool under a thick
bush. He drew the body out of the water, carried
it some distance away to a safe hiding-place, and
then set out in all haste to Kintail.

When the people of Kintail heard what had
happened they formed a large party and went to
fetch the body home to Kilduich. As they were
passing by Oomar churchyard, in Strathglass, on
the way back to Kintail, they came upon a large
funeral party who were in the act of burying one of

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the principal men of Strathglass. As the stone was
being placed on the grave, four of the Kintail men
stepped into the churchyard and carried the stone
away. This was done in order to provoke a fight,
that they might have an opportunity of avenging
the death of Maurice. As the challenge was not
accepted they carried the stone all the way to Kil-
duich and placed it over Maurice's grave, where it is
still pointed out. Maurice might have been murdered
for the sake of the money he was carrying home with
him from Inverness, but the people of Kir. tail sus-
pected that the murder was instigated by some one
connected with the Chisholm, who did not like to
see a stranger's cattle grazing on the hills of Affric,
and the tradition further says that as soon as
Maurice was dead all his cattle were stolen from
their grazing by the Chisholm's men. Years after-
wards, when Maurice's son, then an old man, was
lying on his death-bed, a certain neighbour called
Murachadh Buidh nam Meoir (yellow Murdoch of
the fingers) went to see him. It was a cold day,
and as Murdoch, who was asked to replenish the
fire, was in the act of breaking up an old disused
settle for fuel, he found concealed in it the parch-
ment bond of the above-mentioned agreement be-
tween the Chisholm and Muireach Fial.

TRADITION ABOUT FEARACHAR MAC IAN OIG.

Fearachar Mac Ian Oig1 lived at Achyark, and was
a man of note in Kintail. It was in the time of
Colin Earl of Seaforth, and the rents were very

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heavy. To make matters worse, the bailiff who col-
lected them was a very unpopular man, and was in
the habit of exacting certain payments on his own
account. A quarrel having arisen about a certain
tribute which Farquhar refused to pay, the bailiff
went to Achyark one day while Farquhar was out
hunting, and, taking advantage of his absence,
carried away a cow and a copper kettle in payment
of the disputed tribute. When Farquhar returned
home, his wife told him that if he were half a man
the bailiff would not dare to do what he did. This
taunt roused him to such fury that he immediately
set out with his loaded gun in pursuit of the bailiff,
whom he overtook at the river Conag. As the
bailiff was crossing the river, with the kettle on his
back, Farquhar shot him dead. When he returned
home he told his wife what he had done. " You
silly woman," said he, "you have caused me to work
my own ruin. I must now look to my safety, and
you must take care of yourself the best way you
can." He then fled for safety in the direction of
Loch Hourn, where he had an uncle living. When
he reached Coalas nam Bo (the strait of the cows),
on Loch Hourn, in the dead of the night, he began
-to shout across the ferry to his uncle, who was living
on the other side. When the uncle heard him he
recognised his voice, and roused his own sons, who
were asleep in bed. " Get up," said he, "I hear
Farquhar, my brother's son, shouting to be ferried,
with a tone of mischief in his voice." The young
men at once got up, and brought Farquhar across
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matter was, Farquhar told him that he had killed
Domhuull Mac Dhonnachaidh Mhic Fhionnlaidh
Dhuibh nam Fiadh (Donald, the son of Duncan, the
son of Black Finlay of the Deer). "If that is all,"
replied the uncle, " it does not matter much, for if
you had not killed him, I should kill him myself."
Farquhar hid with his uncle for some months, and
then took up his abode in a cave in Coire-Gorm-a-
Bheallaich, in Glenlic. This he made his hiding-
place for seven years, careful never to appear to any
but his most trusted friends. He never left his
hiding-place without placing a copper coin in a
certain position on a stone at the mouth of the cave,
his idea being that if anyone had visited and dis-
• covered his hiding-place in his absence they would
be sure either to take the coin away or, at all events,
to handle it, and move it from the position in which
he had left it. It is said that in those times, if
a murderer succeeded in evading the law for seven
years, he could not afterwards be punished, and so,
at the end of seven years, Farquhar, considering
himself a free man, suddenly appeared one day at a
funeral in Kilduich. His friends were delighted to
see him again, and having paid a ransom to the
representatives of the murdered man, he was hence-
forth able to go about the country in safety. On
one occasion, when taunted on being a murderer by
one of the bailiff's friends, Farquhar replied, " Ma
mharbh mis 'e nach d' ith sibh fhein e ? " (If I killed
him, have you not eaten him yourselves ?) This
reply referred to the ransom which in those days
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however, would not forgive the murderer of his
bailiff, and so he sent a message to caution Farquhar
never on any account to come into his presence.
Shortly afterwards, Seaforth was fitting out an
expedition for the Lews, and gave instructions that
his men should meet on a certain day at Poolewe.
When Seaforth arrived there he was disappointed
to find so few of his men waiting for him. " How,"
said one of the Kintail men, " can you expect your
men to respond to you, when you won't allow the
bravest of them to come into your presence ? "
"And who is the bravest of them ? " asked Seaforth.
" Fearachar Mac Ian Oig," was the reply, " and he
would soon be here if you would only restore him
to the position he occupied before the murder of the
bailiff." Seaforth consented to do this, and Far-
quhar, who was in concealment near by, was imme-
diately introduced, and became reconciled to his chief
there and then. The tradition says that in the
course of this expedition Farquhar proved himself
one of the bravest and best of Seaforth's followers.

TRADITION ABOUT THE GLENLIC HUNT.

There was hardly any event in the past history of
Kintail around which there gathered more legendary
and traditional lore than the famous Glenlic hunt, in
which Murdoch, son of Alexander of Inverinate, lost
his life, and which has been already referred to.1
The reason for this was no doubt the mystery
surrounding Murdoch's death, and the series of

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elegies composed during the fifteen days that the
search for his body continued. His death was sup-
posed by many people to have been the work (if
some evil spirit, and for many generations it was
considered unsafe to pass at night by the spot where
the body was found, as strange sights were seen
there and strange noises heard, and, most convincing
of all, mysterious marks, as of a round foot with
long claws, used to be seen on the otherwise smooth
unbroken surface of the snow that fell there in
winter. But there was one man in the district who
was proof, at all events, against any fear of the evd
spirit by which the scene of the tragedy was believed
to be haunted. This was a redoubtable weaver
called Am Breabadair Og (the young weaver), who
lived at the Cro of Kintail, and who always carried
a brace of pistols with him wherever he went.
Having resolved to challenge the evil spirit to meet
him, he carefully loaded his pistols with silver
buttons— silver being, according to a well-known
belief of olden times, a metal which for shooting
purposes was proof against the power of witches and
evil spirits alike. Thus fortified, he set out as the
night came on to the haunted spot, determined to
challenge and shoot any thing, whatever it might be,
that chanced to come across his path. Nothing
happened, however, the first night, and so he
repeated his watch the second night also without
any result. This went on for fourteen nights in
succession, and still the weaver's watches were
disturbed by neither voice nor vision. But on the
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sponded with the number of days the search for
Murdoch's body lasted, the weaver returned home
crestfallen, exhausted, and silent. Nobody was
ever told what he saw or heard on that night, but
he had evidently failed to drive away the evil spirit,
which continued to haunt the place as before.

TRADITIONS ABOUT DONNACHA MOR MAC ALISTER.

Of all the Macrae heroes there is no one whose name
enters so largely into the later traditions of Kintail
as Donnacha Mor Mac Alister.1 It is said that when
Duncan was a mere lad he went on one occasion
with his mother to sell butter and cheese at Inver-
lochy (Fort-William). On the way home Duncan
sulked and fell behind, because his mother refused
to give him money to buy a " bonnet " for himself.
As they continued the homeward journey along
Locharkaig side the mother was attacked by three
Lochaber robbers, who not only took her money
from her, but also a silver brooch, an heirloom which
she prized very greatly. The conduct of her son,
who refused to give any help, annoyed her so much
that she called out to one of the robbers that she
had still one coin left, and she would give it to him
if he would thrash her son for her. " Easan am bog
chuilean " (he, the soft whelp), contemptuously re-
plied the robber, and going up to Duncan, struck
him on the face with the back of his hand. This
was more than the sulking lad could stand, and

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being now roused to action, he fell upon the robbers,
beat them, and recovered his mother's money and
brooch.

Duncan once went to see his aunt in Lochaber,
and after wading the Garry river, he continued
his journey across the Pass of Coire 'n t' Shagairt.
As the darkness came on he arrived at a lonely
sheiling, and asked pel-mission to pass the night
there. The mistress of the sheiling received him
very coldly, and refused his request, but Duncan
had made up his mind to remain, and refused to go.
Presently the daughter of the mistress came in from
the milking of the cows, and proceeded to turn
Duncan out by force. A struggle ensued, but
Duncan's chivalry led him to acknowledge himself
beaten. His strength, however, gained him the
respect of the mistress, and he received permission
to remain overnight. He then sat down and took
off his shoes and stockings to cool his feet. When
the mistress of the sheiling saw his feet she re-
cognised him, by some mark or peculiarity about
them, as a connection of her own family. It turned
out that she was the aunt he had come to Lochaber
to see. Next morning his cousin, who wanted to
put his skill as a hunter to the test, told him there
was a herd of deer among the cattle. Duncan went
out, killed two of them, and brought them in for
breakfast. On returning home, after spending a few
pleasant days with his aunt and her daughter, he
found the Garry river in flood. At the river he
met his mother's foster brother, Dugald Macdonald,
who, on being asked by Duncan if the river was

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fordable, taunted him for hesitating to wade across.
Duncan then plunged in, but was very nearly-
drowned before he got to the other side. Dugald
afterwards went to Glensheil to see Duncan's mother.
He met Duncan fishing on the River Sheil, which
was in flood, but did not recognise him. Dugald
told him where he was going, and asked him to show
the way. Duncan pointed out his own father's
house on the other side of the river. Dugald then
attempted to ford the river, but would have been
drowned if Duncan had not come to his rescue.
Thus Duncan proved himself to be the stronger of
the two. When Dugald was leaving Glensheil,
Duncan's father gave him a thrashing for tempting
Duncan to run the risk of wading the Garry river
when it was in such high flood, and reminded him
that if Duncan had been drowned then, he would
not be alive to save Dugald from drowning in the
River Sheil. Duncan's mother always used to say
ever after this that though her husband was so good
to her she could not forget how he thrashed her
foster brother.

It has already been mentioned1 that William
Earl of Seaforth appointed Duncan Captain of the
Freiceadan or Guard, whose duty it was to protect
the marches of Kintail from the plundering raids of
the Lochaber cattle lifters. Seaforth had heard of
Duncan's strength and courage, but before entrusting
him with such a difficult and responsible post he
resolved to satisfy himself as to the truth of what
he had heard about him. He accordingly invited

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Duncan to come to see him in Brahan Castle.
When Duncan arrived at Brahan, Seaforth received
him alone in a room in the Castle. After some con-
versation, Seaforth locked the door of the room,
drew his sword, and called upon Duncan to clear
himself at once of some imaginary charge, or he
would take his life. Duncan, who had left his sword
in the hall of the Castle, had no weapon to defend
himself with, but Seaforth's hound was lying on the
floor close by. Duncan seized it by the legs and
threw it at Seaforth, and, before Seaforth could
recover from his surprise, Duncan took his sword
from him. Seaforth was so pleased with Duncan's
promptness and coolness that he at once decided to
make him the Captain of his Guard.

At one time a band of Camerons came to Lochalsh
and stole a large number of cattle from Matheson of
Fernaig. When this became known, Duncan and
his men set out in pursuit. They soon discovered
the track of the spoilers, and they overtook them on
the borders of Lochiel's country. A fight ensued, in
which the Camerons had the worst of it. Not only
was the cattle recovered, but in the course of the
fight Duncan, assisted by his brother Eonachan and
Matheson of Fernaig, the owner of the cattle, over-
came Lochiel's three chief warriors, and led them
prisoners to Kintail. When Seaforth heard of this
he sent a bantering message to Lochiel asking him
to come and ransom his champions from their prison.
Lochiel sent for the prisoners, but at the same time
replied to Seaforth that the Kintail men could never
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fight. Seaforth then offered to send three men from
Kintail to Lochiel to challenge any three of the
Camerons to a friendly contest of feats of strength.
Seaforth wanted the same three men to go, but his
father would not allow Eonachan to be one of the
three because he was too young, and because his
impulsive and hasty temper might cause the friendly
contest to end in a quarrel. Eonachan's place
had to be taken by his brother Donald. Duncan,
Donald, and Matheson of Fernaig then set out for
Lochiel's castle at Achnacarry. On the way it
occurred to Duncan that his brother Donald had
not yet tried the strength of any of the Cameron
champions, and so, when next they stopped to rest,
Duncan proposed to his brother that they should
wrestle together. They did so, and Duncan was
soon satisfied that his brother was equal to the best
of the Camerons. When they arrived at Achna-
carry Castle they were received with much hos-
pitality, and liberally supplied with food and drink.
In due time the hall of the castle was cleared, and
a large number of men who had come together to
witness the contest were brought in. The opposing
champions stood forth and began a wrestling match.
The Camerons in each case had the worst of it, and
Lochiel was so much disgusted with his champions
that he kicked them out at the door. He then in-
vited the Kintail men to join in the feast with his
other guests, which they did. As the cup circulated
freely and the evening wore on, some of the Came-
rons began to betray their real feelings towards the
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threatening glances at Duncan and his companions.
But Lochiel's lady, being anxious to avoid bloodshed,
contrived to warn the Kinta.il men of their danger.
Duncan took the hint, and taking advantage of the
first favourable opportunity, he quietly got his com-
panions out without exciting any suspicions, while
he himself was engaged in conversation with Lochiel.
Shortly afterwards he slipped out also and joined
them. The night was dark and stormy, but they
betook themselves to the mountains of Glengarry.
When they reached the river Garry towards break
of day, they found the Camerons in close pursuit
with firearms. The Kintail men plunged into the
flooded river and with much difficulty gained the
other side ; but the Camerons would not venture to
try the river, and so they returned home after
following the Kintail men for many miles to no
purpose.

Another version of this legend says that during
the feast some of the Camerons made the door fast
to prevent the escape of the Macraes, and that a
servant girl (perhaps from Kintail) made them aware
of this by whispering to one of them to get out by
the window, and that on a signal from Duncan they
rushed for the door, broke it open, and escaped into
the darkness, challenging the Camerons at the same
time to follow them.

When Duncan was a young man, he lived for
some time at Killechuinard, and at night used to
swim across Lochduich to Inverinate to see his
sweetheart. On one occasion, as he was half-way
across, he suddenly came into collision with a bull

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swimming in the opposite direction. The angry bull
tried to gore him, and though Duncan was a power-
ful swimmer, he did not think he could swim against
a Highland bull. So he cleverly contrived to get on
the bull's back, and, seizing hold of his horns, he
compelled the animal to swim back with him to
Inverinate.

Though Duncan was a warrior of renown and a
mighty hunter, he was also very tender-hearted, and
always ready to help anyone in distress. On one
occasion a servant at his father's sheiling at Caorun,
in the Heights of Cluanie, was taken ill of a virulent
fever, and while others were afraid to go near her,
Duncan took her in his arms and carried her all the
way down to Glenshiel, where she received proper
attendance and recovered from her illness. She
afterwards composed a song about Duncan's kind-
ness, of which the following is the only verse that
now seems to be known : —

Se nigh'n Alastair Rhuaidh

A rug a bhuaidh,

'S cha be na fuar mhic greananach ;

Se fear mo ghaoil

A macan caomh,

A rinu sa Chaorun eallach dhiam.1

It has already been stated2 that Duncan was
killed at Sheriffmuir, where, according to tradition,
he fought in command of the Kintail contingent of

1 It was the daughter of Alister Roy (Duncan's maternal grandfather)
that brought forth virtue (or blessing) and not cold and surly sons — the man
of my love is her gentle son, who took me up as a burden at Caorun,
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Seaforth's regiments. Mention has also been made
of the stone which he set up at Achnagart as he and
his followers were leaving Kintail on that occasion.
It is said that in the retreat after the battle he killed
seven troopers, one after another, with his claymore,
until at last one of them came upon him with a pair
of loaded pistols, shot him, and left him for dead on
the field.1 During the night another Kintail man
called John Macrae, and commonly known as Ian
Mac Fhionnla Mhic Ian Bhuidhe,2 who had lost his
shoes in some marshy ground, and was also severely
wounded, revived sufficiently to think of leaving the
fatal field under cover of the darkness, and com-
mence the homeward journey. He accordingly began
to search among the dead for a pair of shoes. In the
course of the search he came upon Duncan, who was
still alive and able to speak, and whose voice John
immediately recognised. "Oh, Dhonnachaidh bhoc,"
said John, " 'n tusa tha so, ciod e a thachair riut ? "
(0, poor Duncan, is that you ; what has happened to
you ?) " Thug iad a nasgaidh mi le n cuid peileiran
beag" (They have done for me without any trouble
with their little bullets, replied Duncan.) He then
asked for a drink, and John, having no other means

1 In British Battles on Land and Sea, James Grant, in his description of
Sheriffmuir, gives a slightly different account of the death of Duncan Mor.
He Bays that :-" Under Duncan Mor the Macraes made a desperate resist-
ance, and are said to have died almost to a man. During the struggle, and
while his people were falling around him, and ere he fell himself, he was
frequently seen to wave his reeking sword on high, and heard to shout,
" Cobhair I Cobhair ! an ainm Dhe agus Righ Seuma* " (Help I Help ... the
name of God and King James). Before Duncan fell he slew fifteen with Ins
own hand, which was so much swollen in the hilt of his claymore that .t could
with difficulty be extricated."

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of fetching a drink, took one of Duncan's shoes, and
brought it to him full of water. The water revived
him so much that he was able to give John a full
account of his adventures during the battle, but
before the morning dawned Duncan was numbered
among the slain. John lived to accomplish the
homeward journey, and it was he who brought to
Kintail an account of the manner of the death of
Donnacha Mor Mac Alister. There is a tradition in
Kintail that a sketch of Duncan in the battle was
made by one of the officers of the Royalist troops,
and that it was exhibited along with his sword in
the Tower of London.

TRADITIONS ABOUT EONACHAN DUBH.

Eonachan Dubh,1 Duncan's youngest brother, is also
frequently mentioned in connection with Duncan's
adventures with the Lochaber cattle lifters. It is
related of Eonachan that on one occasion he pursued
a party of Lochaber raiders who had stolen cattle
fromMacleod of Glenelg,and recovered the spoil single
handed. As the Glenelg men were returning home
from an unsuccessful pursuit they met Eonachan,
and when they told him where they had been, and
how they had failed to discover any trace of the
raiders, Eonachan volunteered to set out at once,
and alone, in search of them. Late at night he
discovered them in an empty sheiling house, where
they had arranged to take shelter for the night, and
were then roasting a huge piece of beef on a spit

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for their supper. Eonachan presented himself as a
benighted traveller, and asked to he allowed to
share the shelter of the hut for the night. This
request was readily granted. After sharing in their
hospitality he entertained them for some time with
his conversation, and at last went out to the door to
see what the night was like. It was very dark, and
as soon as he got outside he shouted to the men
within that the cattle had all gone away. One of
the men then went out to see, hut no soonor was he
outside the door than Eonachan, who was prepared
for the occasion, threw his plaid over his head,
knocked him down, and gagged and bound him
before he had time to utter a word. Shortly after-
wards another went out to see what had become of
their companion, but Eonachan dealt in the same
manner with him also. After a little time a third man
went out, but only to receive the same treatment as
his companions. There were now only two men left in
the hut, and Eonachan, knowing that he was quite
a match for both of them together, called upon them
to yield, which they did without further resistance.
These two men he gagged and bound also. The
Lochaber men had some guns, which Eonachan
rendered useless by breaking off the stocks. He
then told them to make their way the best they
could, with gagged mouths and bound hands, to
their chief, Lochiel, with Eonachan's compliments.
Having thus disposed of the thieves, he collected
the cattle and drove them back to their owner in
Glenelg.

Eonachan was once on a visit to Brahan Castle,

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and while talking with the Countess, who had a fire
of cinnamon in her room, she asked him if ever he
saw such a fine fire as that. " No," replied Eonachan,
" the fragrant smell of that fire reaches all the way
to the cattle folds of Kintail." "How is that?"
asked the Countess. Eonachan pointed out to her
that her extravagant ways had make it necessary
for her husband to increase the rents which his Kin-
tail tenants paid for their cattle folds. The Countess
took Eonachan's pointed reply in good part and dis-
continued the cinnamon fires. When Seaforth heard
of this he told Eonachan that the Countess insisted
on having a fresh ox tongue on her table at dinner
every day of the year, and that if Eonachan could cure
her of this extravagance, as he had done in the matter
of the cinnamon, he should feel deeply indebted to him.
Shortly afterwards Eonachan was going to Dingwall
with a large herd of cattle, and, as he approached
Brahan, he directed his herdsmen to drive three
hundred and sixty-five of the cattle past the front
of the Castle, in such a way as to make the number
appear as large as possible. Having given these
instructions, he himself hurried on in advance.
When he arrived at the Castle he was kindly
welcomed by both Seaforth and his lady. As he
sat by one of the windows talking with the lady the
herd of cattle began to pass by. " What a very large
herd of cattle," remarked the lady. "Not at all,"
replied Eonachan, "it is only as many as you require
for your own dinner in the course of the year." She
could not believe that she required so many, and she
asked Eonachan what he meant. He explained to

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her that as she wanted an ox tongue every day for
her dinner, and as an ox had only one tongue, it was
necessary to kill three hundred and sixty-five oxen
every year for her dinner, and that was exactly the
number of the herd then passing by.

Eonachan once dreamt that his sister, who was
married in Lochaber, was df.ad. He was so im-
pressed by this dream that he tried to persuade his
brothers to go with him to Lochaber to see how she
fared. His brothers made light of his fears and
refused to go, so he set out alone. When he arrived
at his sister's house he found that she was not only
dead, but that she was being buried on that same
day. He then started after the funeral party, and
overtook them as they arrived at the churchyard.
Here there arose a dispute as to where she ought
to be buried, which greatly annoyed her brother.
" What are you disputing about ? " said he ; " if
there is no room in Lochaber for her, there is plenty
of room in Kintail ; lift the coffin on my back."
They did so, thinking he could not carry it very far.
For a long time they watched him, expecting every
moment to see him lay down his burden, until at
last he disappeared over the crest of a hill. They
then set out in pursuit of him to recover the body
and bring it back to the proper place of burial, but
before they could overtake him he accidentally fell
in with some men from Kintail, who helped him
to carry the body all the way to Kilduich, where it
was buried with all due ceremony.

324 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

HOW IAN MOR MAC MHAIGHSTER FIONNLA KILLED
THE SOLDIERS.

John, son of the Rev. Finlay Macrae of Lochalsh,
was considered one of the best swordsmen of his own
time in the Highlands. One Sunday, while Mr
Finlay was conducting divine service in Lochalsh
Church, a party of four or five soldiers came across
from Glenelg,1 and began to plunder his house.
While this was going on John, who was returning
home from a journey, arrived at an inn above Auch-
tertyre, and went in to rest. But he had hardly sat
down when word reached him of what was going on
at his father's house, and, setting out at once with
all speed, he overtook the soldiers on the way to
their boat with the plunder. He told them to
return everything they took, and that they would be
allowed to depart without being further interfered
with. It so happened, however, that as John was
hurrying along to catch the soldiers, one of his
garters came undone, and, instead of returning their
booty, the soldiers began to make fun of his hose,
which had slipped down about his ankle. This was
more than John could stand, and falling upon the
soldiers with his sword, he killed them one after
another before they could reach their boat. The
place where the soldiers were buried is still pointed
out. It is quite near Lochalsh Parish Church, and
is known as Blar nan Saighdear (the Soldiers' Field).

1 The military barracks at Gleuelg were built iu 1722, but in all probability
there were soldiers stationed in that neighbourhood from the time of the battle
of Glensheil in 1719 onwards,

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A TRADITION OF SHERIFFMUIR.

Many years after the Battle of Sheriffmuir, a High-
land drover, who was conducting his herd of cattle
to the Southern markets, arrived late one night near
a gentleman's house in the Braes of Stirling. The
gentleman was a Captain Macdougall, who had
fought on the Royalist side at Sheriffmuir. The
drover called on the Captain to ask permission to
halt with his cattle for the night on the terms which
were then usual in such circumstances. The permis-
sion was granted, and the Captain being struck by
the manner and appearance of the old drover, invited
him to pass the night as his guest. The invitation
was accepted, and, in the course of conversation, the
Captain, learning that his guest was from Kintail,
asked him if he knew a place called Corriedhomhain.
The drover replied that he did, and the Captain
then proceeded to relate the following incident of
the Battle of Sheriffmuir : "In the course of the
pursuit after the battle," continued the Captain, " I
followed a stout Highlander with three well-mounted
troopers. The Highlander, perceiving our approach,
faced about, took off his plaid, and, carefully folding
it, placed it on the ground that by standing on it
he might have a firmer footing. My desire being to
take him prisoner and not to kill him. we closed
upon him with brandishing swords, and commanded
him to surrender. This, however, he was not dis-
posed to do, and one of the troopers, approaching too
near, had his skull cleft in two by a stroke of the

326 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Highlander's claymore. As another instantly shared
a similar fate, the third trooper and myself thought
it prudent to keep at a more respectful distance. I
was so greatly struck by the Highlander's bearing
and swordsmanship that I asked him who he was,
but the only information he would give me was that
he was from Corriedhomhain, in Kintail." " I know
the man as well as I know myself," replied the
drover, " his name is Duncan Macrae." " Well
then," replied the Captain, " give him my compli-
ments, tell him I commanded the troopers who
attacked him in the retreat from SherhTmuir, that I
have ever since been curious to know the name and
condition of such an excellent swordsman and brave
man, and that I wish him well." " I will do so with
much pleasure," replied the drover, who was himself
the same Duncan Macrae, of Corriedhomhain, who
had fought the four troopers.

This Duncan Macrae, of Corriedhomhain, was
known in Kintail as Donnacha Mor nan Creach
(Big Duncan of the Spoils). He belonged to a family
called Clann a Chruiter (the descendants of the
Harper), and said to be descended from a minstrel,
probably of Irish origin, who settled in Kintail and
adopted the name Macrae. Fionnla Dubh nan
Fiadh was of the same tribe.1

HOW A KINTAIL MAN WAS INNOCENTLY HANGED BY
THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

There was once a lady in Assynt who owned a piece
of land which she proposed to give to some neigh-

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bouring laird, on condition that he should maintain
her in comfort for the rest of her life. Seaforth
offered to maintain her in Brahan Castle on the
terms she proposed, but the old lady, preferring to
remain near her own home, rejected Seaforth's offer
and came to terms with Macleod of Assynt. Sea-
forth was annoyed at this, and, by way of retaliation,
sent Murdoch Macrae1 (Murrachadh MacFhearachair),
one of his under factors, and Coll Ban Macdonell
of Barisdale, with a party of Kintail men, on a
harrying expedition to Macleod's estates of Assynt.
In the course of their raid they plundered Macleod's
house, and, among other thir.gs, they carried away
a web of beautiful tartan. They also took away two
mares, which were afterwards found and recognised
on the farm of Barisdale. When Macleod heard of
this he commenced proceedings against Coll of Baris-
dale for the theft of the horses. When the trial
came on, the horses were brought to Fort-Augustus
to be identified, and were kept there in the military
stables. But when it became known to the men of
Kintail, among whom Coll of Barisdale was very
popular, that the horses were being taken to Fort-
Augustus to be used as evidence against him in the
trial, they resolved to make some effort to put the
horses out of the way. Accordingly, Ian Mor Mac
Mhaighster Fionnla (Big John, son of the Rev.
Finlay), Ian Mac Fhearachair (John, son of Farquhar)
of Morvich, and Donnacha Dubh Mac Dhonnachidh
Mhic Choinnich Mhic Rhuari (Black Duncan, son of

IThis Murdoch (see page 81) was the father of the Kiutail poet, Iau Mac
Mhuraehaidh.

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Duncan, son of Kenneth, son of Roderick), a Mac-
kenzie of Lochcarron, set out for Fort-Augustus.
Passing through Strathglass, they arrived at Tomich
Inn early in the evening and went to bed. They
then called the innkeeper to come in to them and
offered him a glass of whisky. In the morning,
before they got up, they called him in again and
offered him another glass. This they did that in
the event of any trouble he might be a witness that
they spent the whole night in his house. But as
soon as the people of the inn retired to rest, the
three visitors quietly got up and set out in all haste
to Fort-Augustus. They entered the stables by a
hole which they made in the roof, and when they
found Macleod's stolen mares they cut off their
heads, which they took away with them and sank in
Loch Ness. They then returned to Tomich Inn and
went to bed again before daylight, without having
been missed by the innkeeper or any of his people.
The trial of Coll of Barisdale fell through because
the headless horses could not be identified as Mac-
leod's lost property.

One day, a long time after, Murdoch Macrae was
in Inverness, and had on a pair of hose made out of
Macleod of Assynt's stolen web of tartan. It so
happened that Macleod was in Inverness on the same
day, and, meeting Murdoch in the street, he re-
cognised the stolen tartan in the hose, and naturally
concluded that Murdoch was one of the Seaforth
party by whom his house had been pillaged. Mac-
leod resolved to be avenged upon him, and com-
municated the matter to Macleod of Dunvegan and

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Sir Alexander Macdonald of Sleat, both of whom
were on the Government side, and there the matter
rested for some time. But one night, about a month
after the Battle of Culloden, when Murdoch hap-
pened to be in the house of Macdonald of Leek,
in Glengarry, where a party of the Skye Militia
was stationed at the time, he was suddenly seized
by a party of soldiers under Macleod of Dunvegan,
and sent with a letter from Sir Alexander Mac-
donald to Lord Loudon, who was then stationed at
Fort-Augustus. Loudon sent him to Inverness in
charge of an escort of soldiers. On his arrival at
Inverness, Murdoch was brought before the Duke of
Cumberland, who, at the instigation of Macleod of
Assynt, ordered him to be hanged at once as a spy
from the Pretender. Murdoch was hanged on an
apple tree which grew at the Cross of Inverness,
and which immediately afterwards withered. His
body, which, after his death, had been stripped
naked, was left hanging on the tree for two days,
and then buried at the back of the Church.1 While
thus exposed, he is said to have " appeared all the
time as if he had been sleeping, his mouth and eyes
being shut close — a very uncommon thing in those
who die such a death." This execution of a, man,
believed to have been innocent, appears to have made
a deep impression in Inverness. There are several
contemporary references to it, and in a poem entitled
"The Lament of the Old Cross of Inverness," in
1768, reference is made to the withering of the tree,

l For a fuller account of the hanging of Murdoch Macrae, see Charles
Fraser-Mackintosh's Antiquarian Xvtcs, first series, pp. 206-U10.

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and Murdoch himself is mentioned "as a man of
fame and reputation," who enjoyed the esteem of
men of rank and worth, and had never deserted his
King or his country.

MACRAE TRADITIONS OF GAIRLOCH.

The early connection between the Macraes and
the Mackenzies of Gairloch has been already re-
ferred to (pages 9, 10), and some Macrae traditions
from Gairloch will be found in Appendix K.

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APPENDIX A.

rev. john Macrae's account of the origin of the macraes.

As to the origin of the Macras, tradition tells us of a desperate
engagement 'twixt two of the petty Princes of Ireland, in which a
certain young man signalized himself by his prowess, defending
himself from a particular attack of the enemy, which others,
observing, said in Irish words signifying he was a fortunate man
if he could award the danger ; from whence he was afterwards
called Macrath, i.e., the fortunate son.

It is allowed this clan were an ancient race of people in Ireland,
and had of old great estates there, have produced eminent men,
and are still numerous in that island.

The pronunciation of the name here spelled Macra, varying
with the dialect of the country where any of the clan generally
reside, has occasioned various ways of spelling this word, as is the
case with several others j thus in Ireland they use Macrath and
Magrath ; in the North of Scotland, Macrah, Macrae, Maccraw,
Macrow. In England and the south of Scotland the Mac is left
out, from an ill-founded prejudice, and the name Rae, Craw, Crow,
and such like, retained as being of the same stock. A more par-
ticular account might be had from such as conversed with and have
known those historians and genealogists, such as Fergus, Mac-
rourie, Mildonich, Maclean, <5zc, who were good scholars, and
acquainted with the manuscripts and records of Ireland kept for
giving an account of the tribes who came from Ireland to Scot-
land, and became heads of families and chiefs of clans ; and from
them I heard it confidently said and affirmed, that the Mackenzies,
Macleans, and Macraes were of the same people in Ireland. Yea, I
heard Sir Allan Maclean of Doward, who was curious and taught
in these things, being at Dingwall in the year 1GG3, say no less,

332 THE HISTOEY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

and it is as certain as tradition and the authorities of the fore-
mentioned antiquaries can make it, that a Macra had his tomb, as
well as Mackenzie and Maclean, in Icolumbkill, and that close by
one another. Doctor George Mackenzie, who has wrote a genea-
logical and historical account of the Mackenzies, mentions that
when Colin Fitzgerald came from Ireland in the year 1263, a
number of the Macras were of his party at the battle of Largs, in
Ayrshire, which, it is natural to think, was in consequence of a
friendly attachment then known to have been 'twist their ancestors,
as is since continued 'tvvixt their descendants. But whether
there were any Macras before then in Scotland I cannot determine,
only that tradition says there were some of them on the estate of
Lovat, when the Bizets were lords of that place, which titles and
estate they forfeited and lost, according to Buchanan, in the
following manner: — Anno. 1242. — King Alexander the Second, with
many of the nobility, being at Haddington, Patrick Cuming, Earl
of Athole, his lodging was burnt in the night time, and he, with
two of his servants, perished in the flames. This fire was judged
not to be accidental, and because of an enmity 'twixt him and
William Bizet, nephew to King William The Lyon, and eldest son
of John Bizet, the first Lord Lovat of that name, the suspicion was
fixed upon him. William endeavoured to exculpate himself by
offering to prove his being in Forfar the night of the burning, and
also offered to vindicate himself by combat, as the custom then
was. But neither would do, so that he was summoned criminally
to a certain day, when, finding the interest and power of his
adversaries too great for him, or being conscious of his own acces-
sion to the crime, he did not appear, so was sentenced and forfeited,
but, by reason of his connection with the Royal Family, the King
gave him a reprieve, with liberty to go to Ireland, where he had
an estate in a place called Gleuns of Glenmores, the rents of
which estate were on certain occasions before this forfeiture col-
lected by persons sent on purpose from the estate of Lovat, as
they were in like manner sent to' raise the rents of Glenelg when
in possession of this family.

The ruin of this William Bizet did not satisfy the Cumings.
They level next at his brother, John, Lord Lovat, who, by his own
folly, hastened what they desired, for in the next year, 1243, he
joined Macdonald in his rebellion against the King, and when

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Macdonald was forced to return to the Isles, the King commanded
the Earl of Ross to apprehend John Bizet, Lord Lovat, which he,
having heard, went and lurked in Achterlies, but a price being set
on his head, he was taken by George Dempster of Moorhouse in
the wood of Achterlies, and sent to the King, by whom he was
sentenced and forfeited, but was reprieved, as was his brother
William, with liberty to go to Ireland. This John Bizet had 00
children but thi-ee daughters, on whom the King bestowed the
estates as their portions because of their relation to the Royal
family — Agnes, the daughter of King William the Lyon, being the
mother of this John. The eldest daughter, Mary, with the greatest
part of the lordship of Lovat and title of Lord Lovat, was given
by the King to Sir Simon Fraser of Kinnel, second son of
Alexander Fraser of Twcedale, Anno. 1247. Elizabeth, the second
daughter, was married to Andreas Aboses of Spitewood, and
Cecilia, the youngest, to William Lord Fenton, whose portion of
the estate with her was the Braes of the Aird, Ercliss, Sirathglass,
Buntaite, Guisachan, and Glenelg, all which fell in again to the
next Lord Fraser of Lovat with Janet, daughter to Lord Fenton,
Anno. 1279.

When I lived at Kilmorack, in the year 1672, a strong wind
having cast down the top stone of the easter gable of the Kirk of
Beauly, it fell on the altar and broke to pieces, whereof I laid most
together, and found the letters M. B., supposed to be the initials
of Mary Bizet, raised on it in large letters. She was thought to
have caused build or at least finish this gable and side walls
adjoining the length of St Catherine and St Cross' Chapels.

In the year 1249, King Alexander the Second died, and William
and John Bizet having gone to Ireland and settled their families
there, their three brothers, Walter, Malcom, and Leonard, who
lived in Killiechuimen and Abertarff, finding the Bizcts greatly
hated, followed them to Ireland.

All this time the Macras continued on the lordship of Lovat,
and Mary Bizet having been fostered in the house of Macra of
Cluues, had a kindness for him, and a deference to his counsel and
advices, which was a means of bringing him to the favour of her
husband, Simon, the first Lord Fraser of Lovat, and from him
continued 'twixt their successors till the Macras removed. Nor
was it afterwards forgot, as will appear in the sequel.

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The Macras were faithful and serviceable adherents of the
family, an instance of which was thus : — There was in Ardmeanach
about this time a man of numerous kindred and followers called
Loban, aguamed Gilligorm, who had a claim or quarrel against the
family of Lovat, and in their repeated attacks, and while Lord
Lovat was frequently from home and at Court, the Macras opposed
them valiantly and with open hostility. But the second or third
Lord Fraser of Lovat, judging it for his interest to put an end to
so troublesome a quarrel, brought from the south country twenty-
four gentlemen of his name, some of whose posterity, as I'm
informed, live yet in the Aird. With these and the Macras, and
such others as he could get and thought necessary, he marches
directly against Gilligorm, who, with all the forces he could make
ready, were prepared to receive him, and after some proposals of
peace made and rejected, did in end engage in set fight upon the
Moor of Drimderfit, above Kessock, called since, from the dismal
effects of that fight, Drimdeair, i.e., the Ridge of Tears.

Both parties fought resolutely, and Gilligorm being killed, his
kindred and followers were almost totally cut off.1 Lovat carried
away the spoil, and Gilligorm's relict, who was with child, and
thought was related to the family of Lovat, where it was resolved,
if she would bring forth a male child, he should be destroyed
lest he should remember and revenge his father's death. But by
the time she was delivered, and that of a son, humanity prevailed
over their first intended cruelty so far as that they were satisfied
with having his back broken that he might not be a man of arms.
He was given to the monks of Beauly to be taught and learned
there. He made a good progress, and, coming to perfect age,
entered into Orders and became a priest, and was called Croter
or Cratach Mac Gilligorm. He travelled to the West Coast
and the Isle of Skye. He laid the foundation of, and built the
church of Kilmore, in Slate, and of Kilichoinen, in Glenelg,
and though he lived about the time of Pope Innocent the Third,
who possessed the Chair in the beginning of the 13th century, he
did not observe his decree against the marriage of the clergy, for
this Pope was the first who made that law, and although before his

1 In a note added to a transcript copy of the Rev. John Macrae's MS., in
1785, it is stated that there were several cairns of stones then on the site of
the battle, and that the largest of them was believed to mark the grave of
Gilligorm himself,

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time many churchmen did abstain from marriage and led a single
life, yet it was free for any churchman of the Superior or Inferior
Order to marry, as appears by the story of St Hylarie. He was
Bishop of Poictiers, in France, and having gone to the East to
reform the Arian Heresy, heard that a young nobleman treated
with his daughter, Abra, for marriage, he wrote to his daughter
not to accept of the offer, since he had provided for her a far
better husband. The daughter obeyed, and before he returned
the father prayed that his daughter might die quietly, wherein
God heard his prayer, which, when his wife, her mother, under-
stood, she never ceased importune him till she obtained the like
favour, as Baptista Mantuanns writes of him.

But, to return to Croter MacGilligorm : he did not, I say,
observe the Pope's said decree, but married and had children ; and
in memory of Finanus, then a renowned saint, called one of his
sons Gillifinan, usually pronounced Gillinan, the letters turning
quiescent in the compound, and the son of that man again was
patronimically called MacGillinan, whose successors are now in the
North of Scotland called Maclinans.

Now, to compensate for this long and, perhaps you may think,
needless digression, there are two vulgar errors discovered. The
first is that the battle of Drumderfit was fought 'twixt the Macras
and Maclinans, and that Lovat had sent his men only to assist the
Macras, whereas there were not such a race of men then in being
as Maclinans, and what the Macras did was only as followers of
Lord Lovat. The other error is that the Macras came to Kintail
as soon as Colin Fitzgerald, of whom the Mackenzies are descended,
which cannot hold, as Simon, the first Fraser Lord Lovat, married
Mary Bizet, Anno. 1247, which was but nineteen years before Colin
Fitzgerald got his charter of Kintail from the King, Anno. 1266 ;
and the Macras, living on the Lordship of Lovat, during the time
at least of three Lords of that name, cannot be supposed to have
come to Kintail till a considerable time thereafter. But why or
how the Macras removed so totally from the Lordship of Lovat and
from Urquhart, where, being in alliance with the Macleans, they
likewise possessed several lands, is nut at this distance of time
easily accounted for, especially as it was never known that there
was any misunderstanding betwixt Lovat or his friends and them.
On the contrary such of the Macras as lived in the neighbourhood

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of the Frasers still kept up a good and friendly correspondence,
and Lovat likewise had a grateful remembrance of their good
services and fidelity to him and his family, so that we may conclude
they did not remove at once, but at different times, as circumstances
favoured them."

The Rev. John Macrae then proceeds to give an account of the
migration of the Macraes to Kintail. This account is summarised
in Chapter I.

THE MACLENNANS OF KINTAIL.

The name Maclennan (in Gaelic Mac Gillinnein), the traditional
origin of which is incidentally given in the above extract, means son
of the servant of Finnan. St Finnan, who flourished about a.d. 575,
was a native of Ireland, and one of the companions of St Columba.
Others derive the name Maclennan from Mac Gille Adhamhnain.
Adamnan, who became Abbot of Iona in 679, was the author of a
famous life of St Columba. The first derivation, which is the one
given by the Rev. John Macrae in the above extract, seems the
more probable,1 though the name of Adamnan appears in so many
different forms that it is difficult to say what names may or may
not be derived from it. The Maclennans were at one time numer-
ous in Kintail, and tradition has preserved the name of Domhnull
Buidhe Mac Gillinnein as one of the chief of the Kintail warriors
in the feud with Glengarry. There is a well-known tradition that
eighteen of the chief Maclennans of Kintail were killed in the
Battle of Auldearn, in 1645, and that their widows were after-
wards married by Macraes, who thus acquired possession of the
Maclennan holdings, and so became the leading name in Kintail.
But it is a tradition that has no trace of any foundation in fact.
We have full contemporary accounts of the Battle of Auldearn,
where only four Kintail men were killed, two Maclennans and two
Macraes, viz.: — Roderick Maclennan, called Ruari Mac Ian
Dhomh'uill Bhain, the chief standard-bearer of Kintail ; his
brother, Donald Maclennan ; Malcolm Macrae, 2 son-in-law of the
Rev. Farquhar Macrae; and Duncan Macrae, called Donnacha
Mac Ian Oig.3 It had been arranged before the battle that Sea-

1 See Maebaiu's Gaelic Dictionary. 2 page 68. 3 page 187.

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forth, who was ostensibly fighting against Montrose, but had
already resolved to change sides, should withdraw his men without
fighting. But the men themselves were not aware of this, and con-
sequently, when they received the order to retreat, many of them
refused to do so. Maclennan, the standard-bearer, indignant at the
thought that the banner which had so often been victorious should
flee in his hands, fixed the staff in the ground, and stood by it
with his two-handed sword drawn. A number of Seaforth's nan
rallied round him and refused to surrender until the brave
standard-bearer was shot. Several others were killed during this
incident, but only the above-mentioned four were from Kintail.

There is a tradition that when Colin, first Earl of Seaforth,
built Brahan Castle and fixed his residence there, most of the
Maclennans left Kintail and settled in the neighbourhood of Sea-
forth's new home.1 This is not at all improbable, as the name
Maclennan was, aud still is, fairly common in the country round
about Brahan. There are only a few Maclennans mentioned in
the Rent Rolls given in Appendix H, so that at that time they
could not have occupied a very important position in Kintail.
We are told that there were several Maclennans in Glensheil
about 1790, and that though there were many points of difference
between themselves and the Macraes, yet they were always ready
to join the Macraes in defence of their common country against
every foe.2

1 Tradition communicated to the author by Sir Alexander Maclennan,
Craig House, Lochcarron.

'Old Statistical Accounts "f Kintail and Glensheil.

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APPENDIX B.

THE PROPHKCY OF ST BERCHAN. THE DEAN OF LISMORE's BOOK.

The following account of Gregory, or, as he is called in The
Prophecy of St Berchan, Grig the Mac Rath, a contemporary of
Alfred the Great, and one of the greatest of the early Kings of
Scotland, is abridged from Chronicles of the Scots, edited by
William Forbes Skene, LL.D. : —

The Prophecy of St Berchan consists of two Irish manuscripts,
written probably about the time of Donald Bane, who was King of
Scotland from 1093 to 1098. It contains a list of Kings of Scot-
land from Kenneth Macalpin to Donald Bane in the form of a
prophecy attributed to St Berchan, who lived towards the end of
the seventh century. The names of the kings are concealed
under epithets, and Grig, the son of Dungal, who reigned during
the last quarter of the ninth century, is called Mac Rath. The
following is a translation of some of the parts of the prophecy
which refer to him : —

Till the Mac Rath shall come,

He shall sit over Alban as sole chief ;

Low was Britain in his time,

High was Alban of melodious cities.

Pleasant is it to my heart and body,
My spirit relates good to me,
As King the Mac Rath in the Eastern land,
Under ravenous misfortune to Alban.

Seventeen years of warding valour,

In the sovereignty of Alban ;

There shall be slaves to him in the house —

Saxons, Galls, and Britons.

Grig founded a church among the Picts of Maghcircin (or Meams).

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Loug afterwards there was a church in Mearns dedicated to St
Cyricus, and called in old charters Ecclesgreig (Grig's Church).
Grig and St Cyricus were probably not the same, but they appear
to have been in some way connected.

In the Chronicle of the Scots and Picts we find the following
entry : —

Grig Mac Dungal xii annos regnavit et mortuus est in
Duudurn et sepultus est in Iona insula. Hie subjugavit sibi
totarn Yberniam et fere totam Angliam et hie primus dedit
libertatem ecclesiae Scoticanae que sub servitute erat usque ad
illud tempus ex consuetudiue et more Pictoruni.1

After a reign, variously stated from eleven to eighteen years, of
great prosperity and dutiful devotion to the interests of the Church,
Gregory is said to have been slain in battle at Dundurn, which,
according to Skene, was situated somewhere about the east end of
Lochearn, but as a matter of fact, the place and manner of his
death, as well as the date of it, are somewhat uncertain. The
time in which he lived is roughly fixed by a great eclipse of the
sun, which, according to the Pictish Chronicle, occurred ki the
ninth year of his reign. The eclipse is known to have occurred
on the 16th June, 885. This, so far as known, is the earliest
recorded instance of the name Mac Rath in Scotland. He was
a Son of Grace in his devotion to the Christian Church, and
he was also a Son of Fortune in his wars with the neighbouring
tribes, as well as with the Danes, whom he drove out of his king-
dom. Though he was nominally King of Scotland, his actual rule
was probably limited to the countries round about Scone, in Perth-
shire, which was the Capital of those early Scottish Kings, and it is
interesting to note that the name Mac Rath appears to have been
somewhat common in that part of Perthshire in the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries. Gregory is also said to have built the
city of Aberdeen.

1 " Grig, sou of Dungal, reigned twelve year.* ami died at Dundurn, and
was buried iu the Island of Iona. He subdued to himself Ireland and nearly
all England, and he 6rst gave freedom to the Scottish Church, which until
that time was in servitude according to the constitution and custom of the
Picts." There is some reason to believe that he invaded the Kingdom of
Northumbria, which at this time was harassed by the Danes, but there dues
not appear to be any foundation for the statement with regard to Ireland.

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The following legend is from the Dean of Lismore's Book : —
On one occasion Fionn and six of the chief princes were all
drinking together at Alvie. They were accompanied by their
wives, and as the cup circulated and took effect the women began
to talk among themselves of their chastity. No women on earth
could be more chaste than they. While this talk was going on a
maid was seen approaching the company. Her covering was a
single seamless robe of spotless white from end to end. Fionn
asked what virtue was there in her seamless robe. She replied —
" My seamless robe has the strange power, that such women as are
not chaste can find no shelter in its folds. It shields none but the
spotless wife." The princes then insisted that their wives, each
one in her turn, should try on the seamless robe. They did so, but
the robe would not fit them or spread out over them or cover their
persons. " Give my wife the seamless robe," said M'Raa,1 " for I
have no fear as to the result." M'Raa's wife took the robe, which
fitted her and spread over her so easily that no part of her person
remained exposed.

i The name is so spelled in the original text ; in the English translation it
is rendered MaeRea. It has been questioned on competent authority whether
this is the same as the modern name Macrae.

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APPENDIX C.

BOND OP FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE MACRAES OF KINTAIL AND THE
CAMPBELLS OF CRAIGNISH, 1702.

"At Ballachulish, in Lochaber, upon the eighth day of October,
one thousand seven hundred and two years, it is condescended
and agreed to betwixt the parties following, viz.: — George Camp-
bell of Craignish, on the one part, and Farquhar Macra of
Inverinate ; Master Donald Macra, minister of the Gospel, in
Kintail ; Donald Macra of Camuslniny ; John Macra, in Achyark ;
Duncan Macra, son of Christopher Macra, in Ariyugan ; and
Kenneth Macra, brother german to the said Farquhar Macra of
Inverinate, all in Kintail, in name and behalf of the hail remnant,
gentlemen and others of the said name of Ra, in Kintail and
elsewhere, lineally descended of their forbearers and predecessors
on the other part ; that is to say — Forasmuch as the said George
Campbell of Craignish, and the saids Farquhar, Mr Donald, Donald,
John, Duncan, and Kenneth Macras, have at date hereof seriously
considered what relation, firm friendship, and correspondence has
been of old and hitherto continued betwixt the Campbells of
Craignish, the said George Campbell, now of Craignish, his prede-
cessors, and the forebearers and predecessors of the said Farquhar
Macra of Inverinate, and others above written, and all others of
the said name of Ra, and the great love and favour each of them
did bear to other, both by the said George Campbell of Craignish
and his predecessors, taking the part of any of the said name "I'
Macra, in all lawful causes, defending the samen against others
when occasion required, and the firm, stable, and sure love and
favour the said Farquhar Macra and others foresaid, of the said
name of Macra, and their predecessors, did and doth bear to the
said George Campbell of Craignish and his predecessors, and the

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acts of kindness and friendship done by the said name of Macra
to the said family of Craignish, when occasion offered, in all time
bygone. And now for the more firm and sure upholding and
maintaining of the said relationship, friendship, and correspond-
ence, and for the better keeping and preserving the samen on
record, in all time coming, the said George Campbell of Craig-
nish, by their presents, binds and obliges him, his heirs and
successors, to maintain, and in hand take the part of any of the
said name of Macra in all lawful causes, and defend the samen, to
the uttermost of their power, against any other person, their duty
to Her Majesty and Her Highness' successors and Council, and
their immediate lawful superiors, alwise excepted. And sicklike
the saids Farquhar Macra, Mr Donald, Donald, John, Duncan, and
Kenneth Macra, in name and behalf foresaid, for them, their heirs,
and all others lineally descending of their bodies, by their presents,
binds and obliges them and their foresaids, so far as they may do
by law, to own, maintain, and in hand take the part of the said
George Campbell of Craignish or his foresaids, or any others
lineally descending of his family, in all lawful causes, and defend
any of the said family, to the utmost of their power, against all
other person or persons, their duty to Her Majesty and Her High-
ness' successors and Council, and their immediate lawful superiors,
all is excepted. And both the said parties obliges them and their
foresaids to renew and reiterate their presents, as oft as they will
be required thereto, that the samen may be kept in record and
memory ad futuram rei memoriam.

" In testimony hereof (written by John Campbell, younger of
Balmillin), both parties have subscribed their presents, place, day,
month, and year, foresaid, before these witnesses : — Ronald
Campbell of Lagganlochta ; Ronald Campbell, brother german to
the said George Campbell of Craignish ; Archibald Campbell,
merchant in Kilvoran, in Islay ; and the said John Campbell,
writer hereof.

(Signed) " Geo. Campbell. Farqr. Macra.

" Mr Dond. Macrah. D. Mackra.

" John Macrah. Dun. Macra.

" Ken. Macra.

" Ron. Campbell, Witness. Ron. Campbell, Witness.
" Arch. Campbell, Witness. J. Campbell, Witness."

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APPENDIX D.

THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. — THE AFFAIR OF THE MACRAES.

The two regiments now linked together as the Seaforth High-
landers are the 72nd Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's Own
Highlanders) and the 78th Highlanders (the Ross-shire Buffs).
The 72nd, now the First Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders,
■was raised by Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth. It was inspected and
passed at Elgin on the loth of May, 1778, and was numbered
the 78th. In 1786 it was re-numbered the 72nd, and in 1822
received the additional name of The Duke of Albany's Own
Highlanders, Albany being the second title of the Duke of York,
then the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. It is usually
stated that this regiment was recruited largely from the Macraes,
but an examination of the muster roll of the men who were
inspected and passed in Elgin in May, 1778, shows that although
there were several Macraes among them, yet they formed but a
small proportion of the whole regiment. The Ross-shire names on
the roll are comparatively few, and so far as can be judged from
names, the recruits might have been brought together from all
parts of the United Kingdom. The majority were in all proba-
bility Highlanders, and the Macraes became so prominent in this
regiment, not because of their number, but because of the part
they took as ringleaders in the Mutiny, which is known as " The
Affair of the Macraes."

From Elgin the regiment proceeded to Edinburgh, where it
was ordered to be kept in readiness to embark for India.
During their sojourn in Edinburgh, many of the men were billeted
in the Canongate and other parts of the city, and among them
there arose a rumour that the regiment had been sold to the East

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India Company. But this was not the only grievance. The
bounty money promised, and also their pay, were in arrears, and
the result was that on Tuesday, the 22nd of September, 1778,
when the regiment assembled, and were about to proceed to Leith
to embark there, a large number of men refused to march until
their grievances were attended to. The officers were insulted and
stoned by the populace, who were in complete sympathy with the
men. A scene of great confusion ensued, and, notwithstanding
Seaforth's efforts to allay the mutinous feeling by promising that
their demands should be complied with as soon as possible, five
hundred Highlanders shouldered their arms, set off at a quick
pace, with pipes playing and two plaids fixed on poles for colours,
to Arthur's Seat, where they took up a position of such natural
strength that, with the arms of those days, it would be no easy
matter to compel them to surrender. Here they remained for
some days, being liberally supplied with food and even ammuni-
tion by the people of Edinburgh and Leith, among whom they
had many sympathisers. They appointed officers, and placed
sentries in regular order, so that any attempt to surprise them was
seen to be clearly hopeless. Two accidents occurred among them.
One man was killed by falling over a rock, and another man, who
was accidentally shot through the thigh, was removed to the
Royal Infirmary. Meantime the authorities were assembling a
considerable force in the city, but at the same time efforts were
being made to induce the mutineers to come to terms. On the
second day, General Skene, who was second in command in
Scotland, visited them, but they insisted on their former conditions,
and the dismissal of certain officers. On the third day they were
visited by the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Dunmore, Lord Mac-
donald, and several gentlemen and clergymen, but with the same
result. On the next day, however, a settlement was arrived at, and
the following conditions were accepted by them, viz. : — A general
pardon for all that had passed ; that all arrears should be paid
before embarkation ; and that they should never be sent to the East
Indies. These are the conditions as stated in the newspapers of
the day, but it is quite possible the third condition may have
been that they were not to be disposed of to the East India Com-
pany, as they readily sailed to India three years afterwards. The
conditions were signed by the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Dunmore,

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Sir Adol pirns Stoughton, Commander-in-Chief for Scotland, and
General Skene, second in command in Scotland.

On Friday, the 25th of September, at 11 a.m., they marched
down from Arthur Seat, headed by Lord Danmore, and assembled
in St Anne's Yard, near Holyrood, where they were addressed by
General Skene, who gave them some good advice, and promised
that a Court would be held next day to inquire into the com-
plaints against some of the officers. These complaints were
pronounced by the Court to be without foundation, but
not one of the mutineers received punishment of any kind.
After the meeting in St Anne's Yard, the men were billeted in
the suburbs of Edinburgh, and on the following Monday they
embarked at Leith.

This amicable settlement did not give satisfaction to all the
officers, some of whom blamed Lord Dunmore for acting as he did
on behalf of the mutineers, and urged the necessity of severe
measures as the only guarantee for the maintenance of discipline.
The public, however, applauded the wisdom and prudence of the
reconciliation, as there was a general feeling that the mutineers
were not without some real grievances. Several disturbances of a
similar nature had recently taken place in the Highland regiments,
and all about breaches of the conditions of enlistment. It is
quite possible that, in the anxiety to gain recruits, promises were
sometimes made which could not easily be fulfilled ; but the fact
that the disputes were frequently about arrears of pay, which the
Government were well able to afford, shows an inexcusable care-
lessness with regard to one of the most practical of all the conditions
of employment. And when, in addition to these grievances, the
men had to serve under officers who neither knew their language
nor appreciated their character, it can easily be understood that
their lot was not always free from provocation.1

1 " A Highland regiment, to be orderly ami well disciplined, ought to be
commanded l>y men who are capable of appreciating their character, directing
their passions and prejudices, and acquiring their entire confidence and
affection. The officer to whom the command of Highlanders is entrusted
must endeavour to acquire their confidence and good opinion. With this view
he must watch over the propriety of his own conduct. He must observe the
strictest justice and fidelity in his promises to his men, conciliate them by an
attention to their disposition and prejudices, and at the same time by pre-

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Of these disturbances, " The Affair of the Macraes " was by far
the most formidable, and had it not been so wisely and so
j udiciously settled, it might have had a very disastrous effect on
the efforts being then made to recruit the army from the High-
lands. It showed once for all that Highland soldiers meant to
insist at whatever cost upon being dealt with in good faith, and
henceforth we hear less about breaches of the conditions of
enlistment.

The idea of sending the regiment to India was for a time
abandoned, and from Leith they sailed to Jersey and Guernsey,
where they were stationed for some time to resist any attempt at
invasion by the French. In 1781 they proceeded to India, ac-
companied by the Earl of Seaforth as their Colonel. The voyage,
which lasted from the 12th June, 1781, to the 2nd April, 1782,
proved a disastrous one. Illness broke out among the men, and
before they arrived at St Helena, to their utter dismay, their
Colonel died. His death had a most depressing effect upon the
men, of whom no fewer than two hundred and forty-seven died
before they reached India. Traditions of this disastrous voyage
still survive in Kintail. The subsequent career of the 72nd
Highlanders is a matter of history, which it is not necessary to
repeat here.

The 78th Highlanders (the Ross-shire Buffs), now the Second
Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders, was raised by Francis,
Earl of Seaforth. It was inspected and passed at Fort-George in
July, 1793, and proceeded to Jersey and Guernsey. The follow-
ing year another battalion was raised, which was inspected and
passed at Fort-George in June, and received the distinctive name
of the " Ross-shire Buffs." From the Channel Islands, the first
battalion went on active service to Holland, while the second
battalion proceeded at once to the Cape of Good Hope, and took
part in the capture of the Colony from the Dutch. In 179G it

serving a firm and steady authority, without which he will not be respected.
Officers who are accustomed to command Highland soldiers find it easy to
guide and control them when their full confidence has been obtained, but
when mistrust prevails, severity ensues, with a consequent neglect of duty,
and by a continuance of this unhappy misunderstanding the men become
stubborn, disobedient, and in the end mutinous. — Sketches of the Highlanders,
by Major-Oeneral David Stewart of Garth.

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was joined by the first battalion, and the two battalions, in-
corporated into one, proceeded to India, where the regiment saw
much service before it returned home again in 1817. In 1804
another second battalion was raised. This battalion fought with
great distinction at the battle of Maida, in Italy, in 1806. The
next year it was in Egypt, and Buffered very heavily at El Hamet.
It saw some further arduous service in Holland, and was
incorporated with the other battalion of the Ross-shire Buffs in
1817. The subsequent history of the Ross-shire Buffs is well
known. A large number of Macraes from Kintail served in each
of these three battalions.

The 72nd and the 78th (Ross-shire Buffs) were linked together
in 1881 as the Seaforth Highlanders.

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APPENDIX E.

The old parish of Kintail, including Glensheil, which was made
into a separate parish by the Lords Commissioners of Teinds on
the 30th December, 1726, is situated in the south-west of the
County of Ross. A considerable portion of its boundary runs
along the sea coast, its inland boundaries being the parishes of
Lochalsh, Kilmorack, Kiltarlity, Kilmonivaig, and Glenelg. The
present parish of Kintail is about eighteen miles long, and
varying in breadth from five to six miles. Glensheil is about
twenty-six miles long, and from two to six miles in breadth. The
combined area of the two parishes is rather more than two
hundred square miles, a great portion of which consists of moor-
land and mountain. From the sea coast the country opens up in
three large valleys or glens — Glenelchaig, Glenlic, and Glensheil.
These glens are surrounded by steep and lofty mountains, which
are frequently covered with green pasture from base almost to
summit. The richness of its pastures was no doubt the reason
why, in the pastoral age of the Highlands, Kintail was so noted
for its cattle. It was often called Cintaille nam Bo (Kintail of
the cows), and, needless to say, was one of the happy hunting
grounds of the cattle lifters of Lochaber. The natural pastoral
richness of the country helped also to rear a race of men who,
according to all accounts, were at least as robust in mind and
bodj', and as well favoured as any of their neighbours. The
men of Kintail were usually of good physique and strong, full
features.1 They had large chests and deep voices, and in mimick-

i There are some excellent representations of Kintail faces in Benjamin
West's painting of the rescue of King Alexander III. from the fury of a stag
by Colin Fitzgerald, the reputed founder of the House of Kintail, the original
of which is in Brahan Castle. See also page 101.

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ing the speech of a Kintail man in Gaelic it is still the custom to
adopt as deep a tone of voice as possible. In an old Gaelic song
they are spoken of as, " Fir ghearra dhonna Chintaille " (the thick-
set auburn-haired men of Kintail). They were known among their
neighbours as Na Doimhich, which may mean either the bulky
ones, or the barrels, while the Lochaber men were usually called
— at all events in Kintail — Na Fir Chaola, which means the lean
or sharp-featured men.

The earliest glimpses we get of the history of Kintail comes
to us, as in the case of most Highland parishes, through legends
connected with some of the early Scottish Saints, and two at least
of the contemporaries of Columba, St Oran1 and St Douan,'- have
left traces of their names in the country. Scururan, or Oran's
Peak, is the highest and most prominent of the mountains of
Kintail, and near the foot of it is a place called Achyuran, or
Oran's field, while the small island on which the ruins of the
stronghold of the Barons of Kintail still stand is called Ellan-
donan, or Donan's Island. So far as at present known, not even
a legend has survived to explain what connections those two
Saints may have had with the country, but that they were con-
nected in some way with the places which bear their names, may
be regarded as extremely probable.

About the middle of the seventh century the country was
visited by an Irish Saint called Congan. He was a son of the
King of Leinster, and was trained as a soldier. On succeeding
to his father's dominions he ruled well, but was unfortunate in
war with his enemies, and having been wounded and conquered, he

1 Oran, a wellborn Irishman, came to Iona with Columba. When Oran
arrived, Columba told him that whoever willed to die first should not only go
more quietly to Christ, but should confirm and ratify the right of the com-
munity to the Island by taking corporal possession of it. Oran consented,
whereupon Columba not only assured him of eternal happiness, but said that
none who came to pray at his own sepulchre should receive his petition till he
had first prayed at Oran's. Oran was thus the first man to be buried in Iona
There are many traces of Oran's name to be met with in the West Highlands.
Columba came to Iona in a.d. 563.

'- Douan was also a disciple of Columba. He founded a Monastery in the
Island of Eigg, where he was put to death, together with his community of
about fifty persons, by a band of pirates, probably Picts from the neighbouring
i on the 17th of April, a.d. 617.

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was forced to flee from his native country. Taking with him his
sister Kentigerna and her three sons, one of whom was the cele-
brated St Fillan, he sailed for Scotland, and eventually settled in
Lochalsh, where he led a religious and ascetic life, and lived to an
old age. He is said to have died in Lochalsh, and to have been
buried in Iona. St Fillan afterwards built a Church in Lochalsh,
and dedicated it to his uncle Congan. It was called in Gaelic,
Kilchoan, that is, St Congan's Church, and stood very near the
present site of the Parish Church.

St Fillan, whose name is associated with Kintail, flourished
early in the eighth century. He was the son of an Irish nobleman
called Feradach, by Kentigerna, sister of St Congan, and fled with
his uncle from Ireland to Lochalsh, as already stated. The chief
scene of this Saint's labour, however, was in Perthshire, but tradi-
tion says that, in addition to the church he built in Lochalsh, he
built another at Kilellan (Fillan's Church), in Kintail, which, as the
name implies, was called after himself. There is a burying-place still
at Kilellan, and there is a local tradition that St Fillan himself was
buried there. It is said that, when he felt his end was drawing
near, he went to Iona, and there died, kneeling before the high
altar. His body was then sent in a birlinn or galley to Kintail,
and buried at Kilellan under a sod that had been brought from
Iona.

The next Saint whose name enters prominently into the tradi-
tions of Kintail is St Duthac, to whom the old Parish Church at
Kilduich was dedicated. He was Bishop of Ross, and flourished
about the middle of the thirteenth century. His name is asso-
ciated more especially with Tain, which in Gaelic is called Bailie
Dhuthich, that is, Duthac's Town. The Kintail tradition is that
Farquhar Mac an t' Shagairt, Earl of Ross, who founded the
Abbey of Fearn, and died in 1257, sent two Irish monks to Kin-
tail to minister to the spiritual wants of the people. One of these
was Duthac, who had charge of the north side of Lochduich,
which has ever since been so called after him. The other monk
was called Carrac, and had charge of the south side. The two
monks used to meet together from time to time at the west end of
the Loch. On one occasion, at the time of driving their cattle to
the Sheiling, they arranged that on the way they should hold a
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found Carrac lying dead on the knoll where they used to meet,
and which still bears Cansc'a name. Duthac was so grieved at
the death of his friend that he did not care to live in Kintail any
longer. It was then he went to Tain, where, we are told, he
"taught publicly with all gentleness," and became noted for his
miraculous powers. His day was celebrated on the 8th of March,
aud his shrine at Tain became a famous resort for pilgrims. How
far these Kintail legends may have any foundation in fact it is, of
course, impossible to say. The legend of the death and burial of
St Fillan, probably refers to some other ecclesiastic who may have
been connected with the old church at Kilellan, but the name of
St Fillan was such an honoured one in Kintail ' that it would not
be surprising if legends of other saints gradually gathered around
it. There is no reason to believe that St Fillan was buried in
Kintail. There were other early Celtic ecclesiastics of the name
Fillan, but they do not appear to have been connected with
Kintail. Some trace of another Saint survives in the place name,
Killechuinard,2 on the south side of Lochduich, where the remains
of some ruins aud of a disused burial-place are still to be seen,
but of their history nothing appears to be known beyond a vague
tradition that a monastery once stood there.

The stronghold of Ellandonan, around which most of the
history of Kintail centres, is believed to have been built in the
time of Alexander II.,3 who reigned from 1214 to 1249, as a place

1 Page 291.

2 It is difficult to say which Saiut it was whose name is here preserved.
A certain Cyneheard was Bishop of Winchester from 754 to 780, and there is
some record also of a Scottish Monk or Abbot called Kineard, who visited
Gaul with the great British scholar, Alcuin, about the end of the eighth
century, and wrote a life of Charlemagne. It is more likely, however, that
Cille-Chuinard means the Church of Donort, which in Gaelic would be Cille-
Dhoinort, and would be pronounced almost exactly the same as Cille Chuinard.
Donort was Abbot of the great Celtic Monastery of Murthlac, in Banffshire,
from about 1056 to 1098. According to some authorities, there was for some
time a Diocese of Murthlac, of which Donort was Bishop. It is on record that
at the beginning of the twelfth century King David I. of Scotland gave to the
newly-formed Bishopric of Aberdeen five churches which had been founded by
the missionary zeal of the Monks of Murthlac, and which had belonged to their
monastery. It is quite possible that one of those churches, dedicated to
Donort, may have stood on the spot now known as Killechuinard.

3 See page 293 for the Kintail legend of the Building of Ellandonan
Castle.

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of defence against the Danes. At that time Kintail formed part
of the Earldom of Ross, and is said to have been inhabited by
three different tribes — the Mac Beolans, who inhabited Glensheil
and the south side of Lochduich and Lochalsh, as far as Kylerea ;
the Mac Ivors, who inhabited Glenlic ; and the Mac Thearlichs,
who inhabited Gleuelchaig.1 Sometime during the latter part of
the thirteenth century, the Earl of Ross appointed a kinsman of
his own, called Kenneth, to the government of Ellandonan Castle,
which is said to have been garrisoned by a number of Macraes and
Maclenuans. Kenneth was an able and ambitious man, and,
having quarrelled with the Earl of Ross, whom he set at defiance
during the unsettled times which followed the death of King
Alexander III., in 1286, he succeeded in establishing himself in a
position of independence as lord and ruler of Kintail. It is said
that he ruled well, and that his influence was felt over most of the
Western Isles. He died in 1304, and was buried in Iona. He
was the founder of the great Clan Mackenzie, and from him they
derive their name. 2 The Earls of Ross, however, still continued
superiors of the lands of Kintail, as part of their Earldom, and the
Mackenzies occujjied the lands and the Castle as their vassals for
about two hundred years. King Robert Bruce confirmed to the
Earl of Ross all his lands, including Borealis Ergadia, that is,
North Argyle, as the west of Ross, Lochalsh and Kintail included,
was then called. We find many other references to the over-
lordship of the Earls of Ross until 1463, when Alexander Mac-
kenzie, sixth of Kintail, obtains a charter direct from the Crown.

Meantime we find various contemporary references to the
circumstances and affairs of Kintail. In 1331, Randolph, Earl of
Moray, who was then Warden of Scotland, despatched a Crown
officer to Ellandonan to prepare the Castle for his reception and
to arrest misdoers. Fifty of these misdoers were put to death,
and their heads were exposed on the top of the Castle walls.
As Randolph sailed up towards the Castle in his barge
and saw those heads, he declared, in his zeal for the cause
of law and order, that he loved better to look upon them
then than on any garland of roses he had ever seen.3 In

1 Mackenzie's History of the Mackeuzies, New Edition, page 45.
2 Appendix G. 3 Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Grandfather,

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1503, Alexander Gordon, Earl of Huntly, undertook to reduce
Ellandonan and other castles on the west coast " for the daunting
of the Isles," and to furnish or raise men to keen them when
reduced, King James IV. engaging to provide a ship and artillery
for the purpose. In 1504 there was a general insurrection in the
Highlands, which it took the King's forces two years to quell, and
in the course of which Ellandonan Castle was occupied by the
Earl of Huntly. In 1539, Donald Gorm Macdonald of Sleat
invaded the country and attempted to take the castle, but was
killed during the siege by a Macrae, called Duncan Mac Gille-
chriosd.1 Donald Gorm and his followers succeeded, however, in
setting fire to the castle, for we find that in 15-11 James V.
granted remission to Donald's accomplices for their treasonable
burning of the Castle of Ellandonan and the boats there. The
great feud which broke out between Kintail and Glengarry about
1580, and in which the Macraes took such a leading part, has been
already referred to.2 This feud, which lasted for about twenty-
five years, ended in the complete discomfiture of Glengarry, whose
possessions in Lochcarron and Lochalsh were made over to Kintail
by a Crown charter in 1607. The House of Kintail had now
practically reached the zenith of its greatness.

Meantime the Barons of Kintail and their people took a pro-
minent part iu the national affairs of Scotland. John, the second
Baron of Kintail, fought on the side of Bruce at Bannockburn,
and is said to have had a following of five hundred men. John
of Killiu, ninth Baron, who was one of the Privy Councillors of
James V., fought with his followers at Floddeu in 1513, and at
Pinkie in 1547. Colin, the eleventh Baron, fought as a young
man at the head of his vassals on the side of Queen Mary at the
battle of Langside in 1568.

In the unsettled times of the reign of Charles I., with whose cause
George, second Earl of Seaforth, finally cast in his lot, the men of
Kintail played an important part. Seaforth fought at the battle
of Auldearn in 1645, nominally against Montrose, but it had been
arranged beforehand that his men should retire without fighting,
and that Montrose should be allowed an easy victory.8 Shortly
afterwards Seaforth publicly avowed himself a supporter of Mon-

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trose, who was then joined by a large number of the men of
Kintail. Henceforth the people of Kintail continued to be staunch
supporters of the House of Stuart until the final defeat at Culloden
in 17-45. In 1650 the Parliament placed a garrison in Ellandonan
Castle to overawe the country, but the insolence of the soldiers
becoming intolerable, they were summarily turned out by the
people, and no attempt was made to restore or to replace them.1
A number of Kintail men fought on the Royalist side at Wor-
cester in 1651. In 1654, on the 26th of June, General Monk,
Cromwell's lieutenant in Scotland, visited Kintail with an army,
and remained there for two or three days. The names of the
places mentioned in the account of his visit at the time were
evidently written by men who knew no Gaelic, and are not exsily
identified now. One Kintail man was killed by the soldiers,2 the
houses and huts were burnt wherever they went, and a large
spoil of cattle was taken by them,3 " which made some part
of amends for the hard march."4

A large number of Macraes took part in the rising of 1715,
and suffered heavily at the battle of Sheriffmuir. Tradition
relates that this battle made fifty-eight widows in Kintail. The
Macraes of Kintail and the Mathesons of Lochalsh were in the
centre of the second line of Mar's army, and a writer of the last
century says that they were the only part of Seaforth's men that
behaved well at Sheriffmuir, for when the rest ran away the
Macraes and Mathesons held their ground until a large number of
them was left dead on the field.5 The same writer, who was a

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* The events which led to Monk's visit to Kintail were as follows : — In
1653 a Stuart rising took place in the Highlands under the Earl of Glencairn,
whose place was soon taken by General Middleton. It was to quell this rising
that Monk made his march through the Highlands in 1654. Having heard
that Middleton was in Kintail, Monk led his forces there, only to find, on
arriving, that Middleton had left the day before and gone to Glenelg. Monk
did not follow Middleton to Glenelg, but plundered the people of Kintail and
then departed by way of Gleustrathfarrar. The rising shortly afterwards
collapsed. For a more detailed account of General Monk's visit to Kiutail,
see a paper by Mr William Mackay in Volume xviii. (1S92) of the Transactions
of the Gaelic Society of Inverness.

5 The Highlands of Scotland in 1750, from a MS. in the British Museum,
with introduction by Andrew Lang.

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bigoted Whig, and very much biased in most of his remarks On
the Jacobite clans, tells us that the common people in Kintail are
" the Macraes, who are by far the most fierce, warlike, and
strongest men under Seaforth." He then goes on to say that
until quite recently the Macraes were little better than heathen
and savages, but his only excuse for such a statement seems to have
been his Whig prejudices, and his desire to make it appear that, as a
result of Whig influences in Kintail, there was a ".surprising
alteration in the people even in point of common civility, decency,
and cleanliness." As a matter of fact, there was hardly any
district in the Highlands where Whig influences made way more
slowly than in Kintail.

Early in 1719, Cardinal Alberoni, Prime Minister of Spain,
with which country we were then at war, fitted out a power-
ful expedition under the Duke of Ormonde1 to support the
Jacobite cause in the Highlands of Scotland. But scarcely had
the expedition left the coast of Spain when it was overtaken by a
terrible storm in the Bay of Biscay. The storm lasted for twelve
days, and so completely dispersed the fleet that only two vessels
were able to reach Scotland. These two vessels had on board the
Earl of Seaforth, the Earl Marischal, the Marquis of Tulli-
bardine, and about three hundred Spaniards, with arms and
ammunition for two thousand men. They landed in Kintail on
the 5th of April, and encamped on the mainland opposite to
Ellandonan. Here they lay quiet for some time in the hope that
Ormonde might still be able to effect a landing, but they were
soon joined by several Highlanders, including the famous Rob Roy
Macgregor and a party of his followers.

Shortly afterwards three ships of war — the Worcester, the
Enterprise, and the Flamborough — sailed up Lochalsh under the
command of Captain Boyle of the Worcester. On the 10th of May,
early in the morning, Captain Boyle drew up the Worcester and
the Enterprise in front of Ellandonan Castle, which was garrisoned
by forty-five Spaniards, commanded by Irish officers, and at nine

1 James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, a distinguished soldier of the reigns of
William III. and Anne. On the accession of George I. he embraced the cause
of the Stuarts, and was henceforth obliged to live abroad. Born, 1665 ; died,

17-17.

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o'clock sent his lieutenant with a boat under a flag of truce to
demand the surrender of the Castle, which was refused. About
four in the afternoon Captain Boyle was informed by a deserter
from the Jacobite side that the number of men in their camp
was more than four thousand, and was daily increasing. One
thousand would probably be nearer the truth. He there-
fore resolved to delay action no longer, and at eight o'clock
in the evening he opened upon the Castle " a great fire," under
cover of which he despatched two boats, manned and armed, under
two lieutenants, to whom the Spaniards, who had mutinied against
their officers, readily surrendered. To prevent the Jacobites,
whose camp lay near the Castle, from taking possession of it again,
Captain Herdman of the Enterprise was sent to blow it up. This
■duty he effectually performed after having first sent off the
prisoners with three hundred and forty-three barrels of gunpowder,
fifty-two barrels of musket shot, and some bags of meal. At the
same time he burnt several barns on the mainland near the Castle,
where quantities of corn had been stored for the use of the camp.
Such was the end of Ellandonan Castle.

Meantime Captain Hedesley of the FlaniDorough sailed up
Lochduich, where a large quantity of ammunition, belonging to
the Spaniards, was stored under a guard of thirty of their men,
but on his first appearance within sight the Spaniards set fire to
it. This store was situated at Loch nan Corr, near the site of the
Manse of Kiutail, and, for many years afterwards, cannon balls
and other relics of ammunition used to be found on the glebe in
great abundance. It was at the same time that the old church of
Kintail was destroyed,1 the only possible excuse for such an act of
sacrilege being the fact that the incumbent of the parish was that
ardent Episcopalian and Jacobite, the Rev. Donald Macrae, who
was now an old man, and who died shortly afterwards. After
destroying the church, the troops landed, and, according to their
custom, plundered the unfortunate, defenceless people.

On hearing of these events, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Forces in Scotland ordered General Wightman, who was then
stationed at Inverness, to proceed to Kintail with the troops under
his command — about 1200, which included 136 Highlanders,

l Old Statistical Account.

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chiefly Munros and Mackays. The Jacobite force consisted of about
1100, which included about 200 Spaniards.'

The battle was fought on the 10th of June, at a place now
called Eas-nau-arni (the waterfall of arms). The fighting began
at five o'clock in the afternoon, and lasted for about three
hours. The King's troops made three unsuccessful attempts to
dislodge the Highlanders, but in the fourth attack Seaforth was
wounded, and the heather in which the Highlanders were posted
having caught fire, they began to fall into a state of confusion.
Recognising the hopelessness of further resistance, the Highlanders
dispersed and retired to the mountains, and next morning the
Spaniards surrendered as prisoners of war. The King's troops
lost twenty-one killed, and one hundred and twenty-one wounded.
The loss of the Highlanders is not known, but was probably not
very heavy. Seaforth, Marischal, and Tullibardine, with the
other principal officers, succeeded in making their escape to the
Continent.

Major-General Wightman spent some days in the neighbouring
country, plundering and burning the houses of the guilty, and
on the 28th of June ho writes from Lochcarron to say he is on his way
to Inverness. The local tradition of a Dutch Colonel, who was
killed in the battle, and whose ghost used to revisit the scene of
the conflict, appears to have no foundation in fact. The only
officer in the Royalist side who is returned as killed in the official
list of casualties is Captain Downes of Montagu's regiment, who
was buried on the south side of the river, and whose grave is still
pointed out.2

After the Rebellion of 1715, the Seaforth estates, being for-
feited, were placed by Parliament under the management of the
Forfeited Estates Commissioners. The Commissioners did not
find their task an easy one, for the tenants as a rule adhered
loyally to their old landlords or chiefs, and refused to pay any rent
to the factors whom the Commissioners appointed. For several
years the Kintail rents were regularly paid to Seaforth 's Chamber
lain, Donald Murchison, who continued to scud them to his

1 Tullibardine, in a letter to the Earl of Mar, gives the number aa 1120,
including 200 Spaniards.

2 For a full account of the battle of Glensheil, see " The Jacobite Attempt
of 1719," edited for the Scottish History Society by W. K. Dickson.

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on the Continent. At last two Whigs of
William Ross of Easter Fearn, and his brother, Robert Ross, a
Bailie of Tain — undertook to collect the rents on the estates of
Seaforth, Chisholm, and Glenmoriston, and started from Inverness
on the 13th September, 1721, with an escort of soldiers under
Lieutenant John Allardycc. Having visited Glenmoriston, they
proceeded to Strathglass and Kintail, but a young lad, Patrick
Grant, son of Ian a C'hragain, the Chief of Glenmoriston, took a
short route to Kintail, and informed Donald Murchison of the
approach of the Whig factors. Though Murchison had been " bred
a writer," he had also some military training, and held a Lieu-
tenant-Colonel's commission in the Jacobite army of 1715. Part of
the funds collected from the people he used in keeping on foot a
company of armed Highlanders, whom he always held in readiness
for the protection of Seaforth's interests in Lochalsh and Kintail.
With these and several other followers, amounting in all to 300
men, Murchison set out, accompanied by Patrick Grant, to meet
the Whig factors and their military escort. They met on the
2nd of October, at a place called Ath nam Muilach, a narrow pass
in the mountains beween Glenaffric and Kintail. After some
skirmishing, in which several were wounded, a meeting was ar-
ranged between Easter Fearn and Murchison, with the result that
the factors retreated, leaving their commission in Murchison's
hands, and promising, it is said, not to act again in the service of
the Commissioners. Among the wounded was Easter Fearn him-
self and his son Walter. The son died on the following morning,
and his body was carried by the soldiers to Beauly Priory for burial.1
In the following month the Sheriff-Depute of Inverness held
Courts of Inquiry at Inverness with the view of ascertaining who
were Murchison's followers. Among the witnesses examined was a
soldier in the Royal Regiment of North British Fusiliers, called
Donald Macrae, who was one of the escort that accompanied the
factors, and who recognised from fifty to sixty Kintail men, whose
names and patronymics are stated in his evideuce.2 They were

1 Fuller accounts of the affair of Ath nam Muilach are given iu Mackenzie's
History of the Mackenzie* (new edition), pp. 305-310; and Mackay's Urquhart
and Glenmoriston, pp. 235-236.

2 For a full account of these inquiries see a paper on " Donald Murchison
and the Factors on the Forfeited Estates," by William Mackay, published in
the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Iuverness, Vol. xix. (1893). See aleo
Appeudix M.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 359

nearly all Macraes, most of them belonging to the chief families of
Kintail. Nothing appears to have come of this inquiry.

Shortly afterwards another attempt was made to obtain pus-
session of Seaforth's estate for the Government. A company of
soldiers, under Captain Macneill, formerly of the Highland Watch,
proceeded from Inverness to Kintail by Dingwall, Uarve, and
Lochcarron. But while crossing the hills of Attadale, between
Lochcarron and Lochalsh, they were met by Donald Murchison
and his dauntless followers at a place called the Coille Bharj (the
white wood). A skirmish ensued, in which one soldier was killed
and several wounded. Captain Macneill himself was severely
wounded, and, withdrawing his men, shortly afterwards made his
way back to Inverness as well as he could.1 After this the
Forfeited Estates Commissioners appear to have made no further
attempt to collect rents in Kintail. -

In 1725 General Wade,3 in his report to the King, states that
the Seaforths still pay their rents to Donald Murchison, and in the
same year the Forfeited Estates Commissioners report that they
had not sold the estate of William, Earl of Seaforth, as they had
not been able to obtain possession of it. The constant fighting in
which the men of Kintail had been engaged almost since 1640 told
against their material circumstances, and General Wade states, in

1 Mackenzie's History of the Macken/.ies (new edition), p. 811.

2 In Appendix H. will be found a list of the tenants on Seaforth's Kintail
estate in 1719 and 1756, and the rents they paid. Considering the high value
of money at those dates, it will be found that the difference between the rents
paid in the Highlands then and now was not so great as is generally supposed.

3 George Wade, Field Marshal of His Majesty's forces, and Privy
Councillor, was a distinguished soldier whose name is still well known in the
Highlands in connection with his roads and bridges. He joined the army in
1690, served in the Continental wars of his time, and eventually rose to I he
highest military rank. In 1724 he was appointed to a command in Scotland,
and while holding that command he employed his soldiers in making roads in
the Highlands. The roads gave rise to a famous couplet :—

If you had seen these roads before they were made,
You would hold up your hands aud bless General Wade.
In 1745 he commanded an army in the North of England to oppose the South-
ward march of the Highlanders, but was too old and infirm to be of much
service. He died in 1748, at the age of 80. Wade was an officer of great vigour
and sound judgment, and is well entitled to a high place among the chief
benefactors of the Highlands.

360 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

1725, that though they were formerly reputed the richest of any
tenants in the Highlands, they had now become poor through
neglecting their business and applying themselves to the use of
arms. Consequently they were no longer able to pay their rents
with their former readiness and regularity. In 1726 Seaforth was
pardoned for his share in the Rising of 1715, and permitted to
return to his native land. He received a grant of the feu-duties
due to the Crown out of his forfeited estates, which were held by
the Government until his death in 1741, when they were
purchased from the Crown — by his mother — for the benefit of his
son Kenneth, Lord Fortrose.1

For some time after these events, the country enjoyed peace.
Law and order were more firmly established, and there was a
gradual return of prosperity. Simon, Lord Lovat, then an active
supporter of the Hanoverian Government, raised a company of
Highlanders to keep in check the Lochaber cattle lifters, and
Kintail profited to some extent from this protection. In 1722,
barracks was erected in Glenelg, and a few companies of soldiers
were usually stationed there until after the battle of Culloden,
when the building was gradually allowed to fall into disuse.
Shortly afterwards the country was opened up by one of General
Wade's military roads, running from Fort-Augustus to Glenmoris-
ton, thence down through Glensheil to the head of Lochduich,
and across the hills of Ratagan to Glenelg.

In 1726, as already stated, and while the Seaforth estates were
still in the hands of the Government, the south side of Kintail was
formed into the separate parish of Glensheil, and shortly after-
wards a Presbyterian minister — the Rev. John Beton — was
settled there in spite of considerable opposition from the people,
to whom Presbyterians and Whigs were equally hateful, but the

1 The restored Earl did not show Donald Murchison the gratitude to which
his loyal seryices entitled the latter. Donald shortly afterwards left the
country, and died in the prime of life near Conon. A monument erected to
his memory on the Lochalsh side of Kyleakiu bears the following inscription: —
" Tullochard. — To the memory of Donald Murchison, Colonel in the Highland
Army of 1715. He successfully defended and faithfully preserved the lands
of Kintail and Lochalsh from 1715 to 1722 for his Chief, William, the exiled
Earl of Seaforth. — Erected by his great-grand-nephew, Sir Roderick I. Murchi-
son, K.C.B.-1863."

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 363

Parish Church was not built until 1758. The old Parish Church
of Kintail was at this time vacant for several years. The Rot.
Donald Macrae, the last Episcopalian minister, died about 1721,
but his Presbyterian successor, the Rev. John Maclean, was not
appointed until 1730.

The Rising of 1745 brought fresh trouble upon Kintail.
Though Seaforth rcmaiued loyal to the House of Hanover, yet it
was well known that the sympathies of the people were on the
other side. Sheriffmuir and Glensheil were not yet forgotten. A
writer of the period1 states that "some of the wild Macraes"
were out in that yerr, and there is a local tradition to the effect
that of those who joined in that rising not one ever again returned
to Kintail. After the battle of Culloden, Lord George Sackville -
entered Kintail by Glenaffric, and with the brutal cruelty so
characteristic both of himself and of his chief, the Duke of
Cumberland, plundered the defenceless people, and drove away a
large number of cattle and other booty.3 In the course of his
wanderings after the defeat at Culloden, Prince Charles came to

1 The Highlands in 1750, edited by Andrew Lang.
2 The subsequent career of Lord George Sackville (born 1716, died 1785)
was far from creditable. He was in command of the British horse at the
battle of Minden in 1759, when his conduct was so unsatisfactory that he was
tried by Court-Martial and dismissed from the army. In 1775, under the
title of Lord Germaine, he became Secretary of State for the American
Colonies, and directed the American War, with the disastrous result that we lost
our American Colonies. The career of William, Duke of Cumberland (born
1721, died 1765), son of George II., was no less discreditable. In 1715 he was
in command of the British army which was defeated by the French in the
great battle of Fontenoy, in the Netherlands. Next year he defeated the
army of Prince Charles Edward at the battle of Culloden, after which he fixed
his headquarters at Fort-Augustus, and harried the neighbouring country with
every species of military execution. The barbarous cruelty with which he
treated the defenceless people gained for him the nickname of " The Butcher."
From Scotland he returned to the command of the army in the Netherlands,
and was again defeated in 1746 by the French, with great loss, at the battle
of Laufeldt. In the Seven Years' War he held an important command, and
suffered a great defeat at the battle of Hastenbach in 1757. Shortly after-
wards he made a humiliating surrender to the French at Klosterseven, for
which he was recalled and degraded from his rank in the army. Culloden
was his only victory, and the very fates seemed to exact grim vengeance for
the cruel and cowardly use he made of it.

3 Old Statistical Account of Kintail.

3G2 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Glensheil on the 27th of July, 1746, and remained there until the
following afternoon.1

With the defeat of Culloden it may be said of Kintail, as of
the rest of the Highlands, that the old order of things came to an
end, and began gradually to make way for the modern conditions
of life. There arose a greater security of life and property as
people learned to look to the law for protection rather than to the
sword. Cattle-lifting and clan feuds came to an* end, schools were
established, and means of communication with the great commer-
cial and industrial centres of the South greatly improved. But
although settled peace and security thus brought many benefits,
yet there came, on the other hand, many unavoidable social and
economic changes which did not always prove an unmixed

In the Old Statistical Accounts of Kintail, by the Rev. Roderick
Morrison, and of Glensheil, by the Rev. John Macrae, we have a
fairly full description of the circumstances of the country during
the fifty years following the battle of Culloden. About 1769-1774,
a large number of the people emigrated to America, chiefly to
Carolina. Their descendants are still numerous there and in the
neighbouring States, and many of them have since been honourably
associated with the affairs of their adopted country. These
emigrants belonged, as a rule, to the well-to-do farmers of the
country. They were not unfrequcntly young men to whom the idle
life imposed upon them by the peace and the altered conditions
which followed the battle of Culloden, was not always agreeable.
Many were prompted to seek new homes, partly by love of adven-
ture, and partly by a desire to share in the rumoured wealth of
the New World. It would seem, too, that even in those days the
rent question was not altogether free from difficulties, and that
the more spirited of these men disliked a connection with their
Chief, in which valour was no longer of any account, and of which
the chief feature was the paying of rent.

We find difficulties about the rent as far back as the time of
Colin, first Earl of Seaforth, who lived in far greater state than
any of his predecessors, and was, therefore, obliged to raise the
rents accordingly.'2 The relations set forth in Ian Mac Mhur-

i Page 210. 2 Page 189.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 3G3

achaidh's poems,1 as existing between the people and their chief,
may reasonably be regarded as somewhat exaggerated. The
poems containing references to such relations were evidently
composed with a view to induce as many people as possible
to emigrate with him to America, and it is but natural that
he should dwell somewhat emphatically on the disadvantages of
life iu the old country, as compared with the advantages of the
promised land beyond the seas. But the pointed and practical
advice he gives to the landlords themselves reasonably pre-
supposes some excuse for offering it, and it is interesting as
showing what the class of men to whom he belonged held to be
the landlord's wisest and most practical policy to adopt toward his
people.

Cum na clachan steibhe

Dh'fhag na daoine gleusda 'n coir dhut.

Bidhe aoidheal ris a cheathairne,
Cum taobh nan daoine matha riut,
'S gur mor an cliu gun chleith
A choisininn t-athar air an t-sheol sin.

Gur iomadh bochd 'us dinnleachdan
Thug beannachd air do shinuseara,
Gur maireanach an dilib sin,
'S gur cinntiche na 'n t-or e.2

On the whole, however, the relations existing between the Sea-
forths and the people of Kintail were usually very cordial, thanks
to the pastoral richness of the country, and the tact and sense of
justice evidently possessed by some of the Macrae Chamberlains,
who were so frequently the real rulers and administrators of the
affairs of Kintail, for during the last two hundred years of their
power the Earls of Seaforth were hardly ever resident in Kintail
themselves. The traditions of the country have preserved frag-
ments of songs in which the virtues of more than one Chamber-

l Appendix J.
2 Preserve the foundation stones left to you by able and generous men. Be
courteous to the yeomanry, keep the good men on your »ide, great and evident

was the renown gained by your father in that way. Many a poor man and
many an orphan invoked blessings on your ancestors. Such things are an
enduring heritage, and more to be relied on than gold.

364 THE. HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

lain are set forth, and of which the lament for Ian Breac Mac
Mhaighster Fearacher1 may be taken as an example.

But the social stagnation which seemed to be setting in after
the battle of Culloden was not destined to last long. A change
was rapidly approaching, and scarcely had the emigration com-
menced when the Highlanders were called upon to fight the battles
of their country in all quarters of the globe. To this appeal the
men of Kintail, like the rest of their compatriots, gave a ready and
willing response. A fair number of Highlanders fought in the
great wars of the last century, such as the War of the Austrian
Succession (1740-1748), and the Seven Years' War (1756-1763),
and there were certainly a few Kintail men among them, but it
was not until towards the end of the century that Highlanders
were either encouraged or invited to join the army in large num-
bers, and that the famous Highland Regiments were enrolled.
Between 1778 and 1804, four battalions of about a thousand men
each were raised by the Earls of Seaforth,2 and each battalion
contained a large number of men from Kintail.

It would seem from the Old Statistical Account that the forty
years following the battle of Culloden was, on the whole, a period
of prosperity for Kintail. There was a steady increase of popula-
tion in spite of emigration, and so well off were the people that the
famine of 1782, which was felt so severely in many parts of the
Highlands, was not felt at all in Kintail. In 1792 there were only
fifteen poor persons in Kintail and twenty-one in Glensheil. These
were supported by the weekly collections in the churches and by the
charity of their neighbours. There was no confirmed drunkard in
cither of the two parishes, and no thieves. A baron-bailie or judge
visited the country quarterly to settle such differences as might
arise among the people. Those differences were usually questions
connected with encroachments on marches, trespassing, and pen-
folding. From the beginning of June to about the middle of
August the cattle were moved from the arable fields and lower
pastures to the sheilings on the upper moorlands. A number of
people went along with the cattle as herds and dairymaids, and
huts were erected for shelter and sleeping accommodation. In fine
summer weather life under such circumstances would not be un-

l Appendix J. 2 Appendix D.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 365

pleasant, and the season spent in the sheiling was usually regarded
as a time of much enjoyment. It was a time of mirth and love
making, and the praise of nigheau na h'airidh (the maid of the
sheiling) forms the theme of many a Gaelic love song. The stock
consisted mainly of Highland cattle. There were hardly any
sheep, but there were about three hundred horses at this time in
the parish of Kintail alone, and probably a corresponding number
in Glensheil. There was a parish school at Cro and another near
the Church of Glensheil. There was a third school in Glenelchaig
supported by subscriptions from the farmers, many of whom were
Roman Catholics, nearly a third of the people of Kintail at
that time being of that creed.1 It is to the credit of Pro-
testants and Roman Catholics alike that religious differences
did not prevent them from combining to support the cause
of education. Considering all circumstances, it would appear
that at the close of the last century the people of Kintail were in
fairly prosperous circumstances, and quite as advanced in their
views and ways as any of their neighbours.

But there was evidently a marked change for the worse during
the next forty years. The population, which was almost stationary
during the period of the Napoleonic War, when so many of the
men were serving in the army, began to increase rapidly after the
peace of 1815, without any corresponding increase in the means of
sustenance, and we learn from the New Statistical Account in 1836
that at that time there was a considerable amount of poverty in
the country. But the increase of population was not the sole
cause of this change. Francis, Earl of Seaforth, having got into
debt, was obliged to sell considerable portions of his West Coast
estates. When his people came to know of the state of his affairs
they offered to pay his debts if he would reside among them, but
their offer was disregarded. Lochalsh was sold under value in
1803, Kintail and a large portion of Glensheil followed in 1S07,
and the long connection of the Seaforth family with that country
was all but euded before the death of the last Earl of Seaforth,
which occurred at Warriston, near Edinburgh, on the 1 1th of Janu-
ary, 1815 — the last of the direct male representatives of the House
of Kintail. The remainder of the old Kintail estate was sold by his

1 For an account of the founding of the Roman Catholic Mission in Kintail
see page 73.

366 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

grandson, Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie, in 1869, and the last
connecting link between the Seaforth family and Kintail was thus
finally severed.

With the severing of the old Seaforth connection, there came
other changes also, changes of an unavoidable nature, which were
only a part of the great social change which, during the last
hundred years, has gradually transformed, either for better
or worse, the circumstances and the condition of the people of the
Highlands. Farms on a larger scale were let to strangers from
the South ; sheep took the place of cattle. The smaller tenants
were gradually dispossessed of their holdings in order to make
way for large sheep farms, and in many instances poverty was the
result. Those who had attained to middle age in the midst of the
free and primitive surroundings to which they had hitherto been
accustomed, could not be expected to take kindly to a change
either of abode or occupation, and when they left the country in
search of a new horns, as many of them did, it was only to
experience failure, disappointment, and poverty.

The young and the enterprising emigrated in large numbers,
chiefly to Canada, and between 1831 and 1841 there began a
steady decrease of the population, which has continued ever siuce.
The decrease of population, however, is not to be attributed solely
to the formation of large farms. It was observed during the
early decades of the present century that the spread of education
and the increased facilities of communication with the South
induced many of the more enterprising young people to seek
opportunities of improving their circumstances elsewhere. This
is equally true at the present time, and small though the popula-
tion is, positions of honour and trust, both at home and abroad,
are occupied by more than one of the sons of Kintail, who could
have found no possible career in their own native parish.

It has already been mentioned that the old church in Kintail
was destroyed in 1719. Another church was built some time
afterwards. Part of the roof of this church fell in during divine
service on Sunday, the 7th October, 1855, without injuring any
one. It was then declared unsafe, and the present church built.
The following is a list of the ministers of Kintail since the Refor-
mation, with the dates of the commencement of their ministry : —

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 367

John Murchison (Reader) 1574

Murdoch Murchison 1614

Farquhar Macrae ------ 1618

Donald Macrae ------- 1662

Donald Macrae - - - - - - - 1681

John Maclean ------- 1730

Donald Maclean 1774

Roderick Morison 1781

James Morison ------- 1825

Roderick Morison 1877

Roderick Mackenzie 1898

The Free Church principles of the Disruption of 1843 did not
meet with much favour in Kintail, which is one of the very few
Ross-shire parishes in which the Free Church has no place of
worship. The failure of the Free Church movement in Kintail
was, to a certain extent, owing to the traditional dislike of the
people to the Whigs with whom they believed the movement to
be in some measure associated ; hut the chief cause was the
popularity of the two parish ministers of the time, the Rev. .lames
Morrison of Kintail and the Rev. John Macrae of Glenshcil, whose
fathers, as ministers of the same two parishes, had succeeded in
winning the people over to the Presbyterian Church, and who
were themselves, both of them, men of ability and sound judg-
ment, and of light and leading among the people with whom, by
family and other associations, they had been so long connected.

The Roman Catholic Mission, which is still conducted in Kin-
tail, was founded, as already mentioned,1 by the Rev. Alexander,
son of the Rev. John Macrae, last Episcopalian minister of Ding-
wall. For many years the mission was conducted by priests who
visted the country from time to time, but towards the close of the
last century a native of Kintail, the Rev. Christopher Macrae, was
appointed priest in charge, and since then there has been a regular
succession of priests resident at Dornie. The present priest in
charge is the Rev. Archibald Chisholm. The handsome Roman
Catholic premises at Dornie were built by the late Duchess of Leeds,
and consist of a church, presbytery, convent, and school. The
church, which is dedicated to Saint Duthac, was opened in 1861.

Although the district of Glensheil was made into a separate
parish in 1726, and a minister appointed in 1730, there was no
l Page 70.

368 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

permanent church built until 1758, when the present Church was
erected. The following is a list of the ministers of Glensheil, with
the dates of the commencement of their ministry :—

John Beton (or Bethunc) ----- 1730

John Macrae - - 1777

John Macrae ------- 1824

Farquhar Maciver 1840

Alexander Matheson ----.- 1864

Duncan Macrae 1891

There is now a Free Church in the parish of Glensheil, which was
built in 1865. The first minister of it was the Rev. Angus Mac-
kay, and he was succeeded by the Rev. Kenneth Macrae, who was
ordained in 1898.

Population of Kintail and Glensheil at various periods : —
Kintail. Glensheil. Total.

1755 ... 693 509 1202

1790 ... 840 721 1561

1801 ... 1038 710 1748

1811 ... 1058 728 1786

1821 ... 1027 768 1795

1831 ... 1240 715 1955

1841 ... 1168 745 1913

1851 ... 1009 573 1582

1861 ... 890 485 1375

1871 ... 753 463 1216

1881 ... 688 424 1112

1891 ... 588 394 982

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 3G9

APPENDIX F.

ROYAL LINEAGE OF CERTAIN' FAMILIES OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

I. Descent of Margaret Mackenzie, first wife of Alexander Macrae
of Inverinate (page 70) : —

EDWARD I. of England had, by his second wife, Margaret,
daughter of Philip III. of France, a son,

1. Edmund Plantagenet, who married Margaret, daughter of
John, Lord Wake, and was beheaded in 1329. He had a daughter,

2. Joan, the " Fair Maid of Kent," who died in 1385. She
married Sir Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and afterwards the
Black Prince. By Sir Thomas Holland she had

3. Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, who married Alice Pifczalan,
and died in 1397. He had a daughter,

4. Margaret, who married John Beaufort (died 1410), son of
John of Gaunt, son of Edward III., and had a daughter,

5. Jane Beaufort, who married King James I. of Scotland,
and, secondly, Sir James Stewart, the "Black Knight of Lorn/'
She died in 1445, leaving by her second marriage a son,

6. John Stewart, first Earl of Athole, who married, first,
Margaret, daughter of Archibald, fifth Earl of Douglas. He
married, secondly, Eleanor, daughter of William Sinclair, Earl of
Orkney, and died in 1512. By his second marriage he had a son,

7. John Stewart, second Earl of Athole, killed at Flodden in
1513. He married Mary, daughter of Archibald CaKPBIU .,
second Earl of Argyll (killed at Flodden), son of Colin Campbkll,
first Earl of Argyll (died 1493), son of Abchibald Campbell (died
before his father), son of Sir Duncan Campbell (died 1453), by his
wife, Marjory Stewart, daughter of Robert, Duke of Albany,
Regent of Scotland (died 1420), son of Robert II. (died 1390),

370 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

son of Walter, Lord High Steward of Scotland, by his wife
Marjory, daughter of Robert Bruce (died 1329). By his
marriage with Mary Campbell, John, Earl of Athole, had a
daughter,

8. Elizabeth Stewart, who married Kenneth Mackenzie,
tenth Baron of Kintail, who died in 1568, leaving a younger son,

9. Roderick Mackenzie, first of Redcastle, who married
Florence, daughter of Robert Munro of Fowlis, and died shortly
after 1608. He had, with other issue, Colin, of whom below, and
a son,

10. Murdoch Mackenzie, second of Redcastle, who, in 1599,
married Margaret, daughter of William Rose, eleventh of Kil-
ravock, and died before 1629. He had, with other issue, Finguala,
of whom below, and

11. Margaret, who married Alexander Macrae of Inverinate.

II. Descent of Mary Mackenzie, second wife of Alexander Macrae
of Inverinate (page 70), from Jane Beaufort (No. 5 in the
first Table).

Jane Beaufort, as mentioned above, married, first, James I.
of Scotland (died 1437), son of Robert III. (died 1406), son of
Robert II. (died 1390), son of Marjory, daughter of Robert
Bruce. By this marriage Jane Beaufort had a daughter,

6. Annabella, who married George Gordon, second Earl of
Huntly (died 1502), and had a son,

7. Alexander Gordon, third Earl of Huntly, who commanded
the left wing of the Scottish army at Flodden in 1513, married
Joan, daughter of John Stewart, first Earl of Athole (No. 6 in the
above Table), by his first marriage, and died in 1524. He had a
son,

8. John Gordon, who married Margaret, natural daughter of
King James IV. by Margaret, daughter of John Lord Drummond,
and died before his father, leaving a son,

9. George Gordon, fourth Earl of Huntly, " the most power-
ful subject in Scotland," who was killed at Corrichie, near Aberdeen,
in 1562. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert, Lord
Keith, who was killed at Flodden, and had a daughter,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 371

10. Elizabeth Gordon, who married John Stewart, fourth Karl
of Athole (died 1579), and had a daughter,

11. Elizabeth Stewart, who married Hugh Eraser, Lord Lovat
(died 157G), and had a daughter,

12. Anne Eraser, who married Hector Munro of Fowlis (died
1603), and.had a daughter,

13. Margaret Munro, who married Alexander Mackenzie of
Dochmaluag, Strathpeft'er (died 163G), and had a daughter,

11. Mary Mackenzie, who married Alexander Macrae of Inver-
inate.

III. Descent of Agnes Mackenzie, first wife of the Rev. John Mac-
rae of Dingwall (page 115), progenitor of the Conchra family,
from Roderick Mackenzie of Redcastle (No. 0 in the first
Table) :—
Roderick Mackenzie of Redcastle had, as mentioned above,

a younger son,

10. Colin Mackenzie, first of Kincraig, who married Catherine
(sasine to her, 15 Sept., 1G17), daughter of the Rev. John Mac-
kenzie of Dingwall, and had a daughter,

11. Agnes, who married, as his first wife, the Rev. John Macrae
of Dingwall.

IV. Descent of Flora Gillanders, wife of John Macrae (page 179),
from Murdoch Mackenzie of Redcastle (No. 10 in the first
Table):—
Murdoch Mackenzie, second of Redcastle, had, as mentioned

above, a daughter,

11. Finguala Mackenzie, who married Roderick Mackenzie,
first of Applecross (died 1616), and had a son,

12. John Mackenzie, second of Applecross (s.isinc 1GG3),
married a daughter of Hugh Eraser, third of Belladrum, and had
a son,

13. Kenneth Mackenzie, first of Auldenny, married Isabel,
daughter of John Matheson of Bennetsfield, by Mary, daughter of
the Rev. Donald Macrae of Kintail (p. 162), and had a son,

14. Roderick Mackenzie, second of Auldenny (sasine 1709),

372 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

married Margaret (or Catherine), daughter of Simon Mackenzie of
Torridon, and had a daughter,

15. Janet Mackenzie, who married John Mackenzie, of the
Dochmaluag family, and had a son,

16. Kenneth Mackenzie, of Torrancullin, near Kinloehewe
(died 1837), who married Kate Mackenzie, of the Torridon family
(died 1848), and had a daughter,

17. Margaret Mackenzie, who was born in 1797, and died at
Strathpeffer, 1888. She married Alexander Gillauders, born at
Kishorn, 1792, died at Strathpeffer, 1877, and had, with other
issue,

18. Flora Gillanders, who married John Macrae.

Colonel J. A. STEWART-MACKENZIE of Seaforth

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 373

APPENDIX G.

THE HOUSE OF K1NTAII.

I. Kenneth, or in Gaelic, Coinncach, who gave their name
to the great Clan of Claim Choinnich or Mackenzie. He married
Morbha, daughter of Alexander Macdougall of Lorn. Kenneth
died in 1304, and was buried in Iona. He was succeeded by
his son,

II. John, the first of the race, who was called Mackenzie, led
500 of his vassals at Bannockburn in 1314. He married Margaret,
daughter of David dc Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, by Joan,
daughter of the Red Comyn who was killed by Robert Bruce in
1306. John died in 1328, and was succeeded by his son,

III. Kenneth, known as Coinneach na Sroine (Kenneth of
the Nose), who was executed by the Earl of Ross at Inverness in
1346. He was succeeded by his son,

IV. Murdoch, called Murachadh Dubh na' h'Uaigh (Black
Murdoch of the Cave). He died in 1375, and was succeeded by
his son,

V. Murdoch, called Murachadh na Drochaid (Murdoch of
the Bridge). It was in his and his son's time that Fionnla
Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, the founder of the Clan Macrae of
Kintail, lived. He died in 1416, and was succeeded by his son,

VI. Alexander, called Alister Ionraic (Alexander the Upright)
to whom, during his minority, Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd
was guardian. He died in 1488, and was succeeded by his son,

VII. Kenneth, called Coinneach a Bhlair (Kenneth of the
Battle). He died in 1491, and was succeeded by his son,

VIII. Kenneth, who was treacherously killed by the Laird
of Buchanan, in 1497, and was succeeded by his brother,

374 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

IX. John, of Killin, who fought at Floddon in 1513, and at
Pinkie in 1547. Ho died in 1561, and was succeeded by his son,

X. Kenneth, called Coinneach na Cuirc (Kenneth of the
Whittle). He died in 1568, and was succeeded by his son,

XI. Colin, called Cailean Cam (One-eyed Colin). He died
in 1594, and was succeeded by his son,

XII. Kenneth, Lord Mackenzie of Kintail. He died in 1611,
and was succeeded by his son,

XIII. Colin, first Earl of Seaforth. He died in 1633, and was
succeeded by his brother,

XIV. George, second Earl of Seaforth, a leading Royalist in
the Civil War, died in Holland in 1651, and was succeeded by
his son,

XV. Kenneth, third Earl of Seaforth, called Coinneach Mor
(Big Kenneth), also a firm Royalist. He died in 1678, and was
succeeded by his son,

XVI. Kenneth, fourth Earl of Seaforth, died in Paris in 1701,
and was succeeded by his sou,

XVII. William, fifth Earl of Seaforth, known as Uilleam Dubh
a Chogidh (Black William of the War). For the prominent part
he took in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, he was attainted, and
his estates forfeited. He died in Lews in 1740, and was
succeeded by his son,

XVIII. Kenneth, for whom the estates were bought from the
Crown in 1741, and who was known by the courtesy title of Lord
Fortrose. He was the Seaforth of the time of Prince Charles, but,
notwithstanding his well-known Jacobite sympathies, he considered
it more prudent to remain loyal to the House of Hanover. He
died in London in 1761, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
He was succeeded by his son,

XIX. Kenneth, created Baron Ardclve and Earl Seaforth
(Ireland). He died near St Helena in 1781 while on the way to
India as Colonel of the old 78th Regiment, raised by him on his
own estates, and now known as the 1st Battalion of the Seaforth
Highlanders. He left no male issue. He was succeeded by

XX. Thomas Frederick Mackenzie-Humberston, Colonel of
the Hundredth Foot, son of William, son of Alexander, son of
Kenneth, third Earl of Seaforth. He was killed in India in 1783,
and, leaving no issue, was succeeded by his brother,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 375

XXI. Francis Humberston Mackenzie, created Lord Seaforth
of the United Kingdom. He sold the greater portion of the Kin-
tail estates, died in 1815 without surviving male issue, and was
succeeded by his daughter,

XXII. Mary Elizabeth Fredrica, who married, first, Admiral
Sir Samuel Hood, without issue. She married, secondly, the
Honourable James Alexander Stewart, with issue, and died at
Brahan in 1862. She was succeeded by her son,

XXIII. Keith William Stewart Mackenzie, who sold what
remained of Kintail in 1869. He died in 1881, and was succeeded
by his son,

XXIV. James Alexander Francis Humberston Stewart-
Mackenzie, Colonel of the Ninth Lancers, and lineal representa-
tive of the Earls of Seaforth.

When Francis Humberston Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, died
without surviving male issue, in 1815, there was no known male
representative left of any head of the house of Kintail since
Kenneth, Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, who died in 1611. Kenneth
had seven sons, but the male issue of the first six had, so far as
known, become extinct. The seventh son was

Simon, of Lochslin, who died in 1666, having had, with other
issue —

Simon, who died in 1664, leaving an only son,

Simon, first of Allangrange, who died in 1730, and was
succeeded by his son,

George, second of Allangrange, who died in 1773, and was
succeeded by his son,

John, third of Allangrange, who died in 1812, and was
succeeded by his son,

(xxn.) George Falconer, who was served heir male to the
House of Kintail in 1829. He died in 1841, and was succeeded
by his son,

(xxiii.) John Falconer, fifth of Allangrange, win, dud
unmarried, in 1849, and was succeeded by his brother,

(xxiv.) James Fowler, now of Allangrange, lineal representa-
tive of the Chiefs of the great Clan Mackenzie, and heir male to
the dormant honours and ancient titles of the historic family of
Kintail.

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THE HISTORY OF THK CLAN* MACRAE.

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The following Macraes were landholders in the parish

Lochalsh in 1718, and paid together, with other dues, the und(
mentioned rents : —

Alexander M'Cra, wadset of Conchra, &c, for 1000 marks —

feu-duty (Scots) £106 13

Duncan M'Cra - - - - Innerskinnaig [near Conrhra) 73 13

Duncan M'Cra - Ardelve .... 77 •*

Donald Macro - - - - Ardelve - - - - 77 «'

Hugli M'Ra Salchy - 88 18

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Alexander M'Rath, -

Malcolm M'Eath

John M'Rath -

John M'Rath -

Christopher M'Rath -

The Widow, Alexander Mac

Challan, and Duncan M'Ratl
Duncan MacMillan -
Rorie MacLinan
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Kenneth M'Rath, Alexander"!

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Duncan M'Lennan, Karquharl

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Duncan M'Rath

Leault -

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John Cuthbert, Finla

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Little Keppoch

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Karr

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Dornie -

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Bundaloch

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Donald M'Rath

Camlmslynie -

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Alexander M'Rath, &

Nether Mamaig

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Christopher M'Rath -

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Fadoch -

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Duncan M'Rath

Upper Killilan

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Nether Killilan

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Alexander M'Rath
John M'Rath -
Hector M'Rath

Altnasou and Drouaig

Conchra

Ardelve

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THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 381

APPENDIX I.

KEADAN DUI5H C II I N I A ILL E.

The Feadan Dubh, or Black Chanter of Kintail, which, for several
generations, was one of the heirlooms of the Mackenzies of Kintail,
is now in the possession of Lieutenant Colin William MacRae ' of
the Black Watch. A full description of the chanter and the
drones accompanying it appeared in the Inverness Courier of the
29th Ma j', 1894, from which the following account is mainly taken.

The chanter is considered to be much older than the drones,
and the note holes are very much worn. It was badly broken at
some time or another, and is now held together by no less than
seven silver rings. The two top rings have engraved on them the
words, "A smeorach aigharach" (the merry thrush). The other
rings have "ScurOrain," the slogan of the Macraes; "Caisteal
Donain," " Cinntaille," " Loch-Duich," and on the bottom ring
" Tulloch Aird," the slogan of the Mackenzies. On the chanter
stock is fixed a stag's head and horns in silver, the Mackenzie
crest, surmounted by a baron's coronet, and underneath it the
inscription, "Lord Seaforth, Baron Mackenzie, High Chief of
Kintail, 1797," and below this inscription the words, "Tulloch
Aird."

The stock of the blowpipe has the following inscription:—
" This silver-mounted black ebony set of bagpipes, with the Feadan
Dubh Chintaille, was the property of Lord Seaforth, Baron Mac-
kenzie, High Chief of Kintail, 1797," and on the blowpipe itself
is the figure of a Highlander, in silver, in full costume, with drawn
claymore, surmounted by the motto, "OThir nam Beam) ' (from
the land of the mountains).

1 Page 150.

382 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

The stock of the big drone has the following inscription : —
"From Lord Seaforth, Baron Mackenzie, High Chief of Kintail,
to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Macra, K.C.H., of Ardmtoul, Kin-
tail, late 79th Cameron Highlanders." The big drone has three
shields, and the top shield has the following inscription : — " All
Highland bagpipes, till after the Battle of Waterloo, had but two
or three short or treble drones." The second shield has, "Lieut-
Colonel Sir John Macra, K.C.H., late 79th Cameron Highlanders,
was the first to introduce (and it was on this set of pipes) the use
of a big or bass drone ; " and the third shield has, " The big or
bass drone was pronounced a great improvement in the harmony
and volume of sound."

The stock of the second drone has the following : — " From
Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Masra, K.C.H., to his nephew, Captain
Archibald Macra Chisholm, late 42nd Royal Highlanders, the
Black Watch." The shield on the second drone has, " The intro-
duction of the big or bass drone was approved, and the example
was soon followed in the making of military bagpipes."

The stock of the third drone has the following inscription : —
"From Captain A. M. Chisholm, late 42nd Royal Highlanders, Black
Watch, FreicadanDubh to(j»rx<'>ttj>uws$or). The shield on the third
drone has "Lieut. -Col. Sir John Macra was an excellent performer
on the bagpipes. He made pipes and chanters; and when military
secretary to his relative, the Marquis of Hastings, Viceroy of
India, he taught the natives of India to play on the Highland
bagpipes."

Captain Archibald Macra Chisholm was put in possession of
the Kintail bagpipes soon after the death of his uncle, Sir John
Macra, in 1847. When the late Keith Stewart-Mackenzie, of Sea-
forth and Brahau Castle, became aware of this, in 1849, he wrote
to Captain Chisholm expressing his most anxious desire to possess
this old Mackenzie heirloom. He made a handsome offer for
them, but Captain Chisholm declined it. Captain Chisholm was
himself an excellent performer on the bagpipes, and for over thirty
years acted as judge of pipe music at the Northern Meetings in
Inverness. Some time before his death, which occurred on the
19th October, 1897, while this book was in the press, he presented
the Kintail bagpipes to his cousin, Lieutenant Colin William
MacRae, as already mentioned.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 383

APPENDIX J.

The following poems arc given as specimens of the language and
poetry of the Macraes, and as illustrations of their social, political,
and religious views in olden tinier : —

I.
This song, composed by Fearaohar Mac Ian Gig, during his
exile (page 188), was given to the author in 1890 by Alexander
Macmillan, Dornie. It is given also in The Transactions of the
Gaelic Society of Inverness, Leaves from My Celtic Portfolio, by
Mr A. W. Mackenzie.

Cha ne direadh na bruthaich
Dh'fhag mo shiubhal gun treoir.

Na teas ri la greine

'Nuair a dh' eifeadh i oirnn.

Laidh a' sneachd so air m' fheusaig
'Us cha leir dhomh mo bhrog.
'S gann is leir dhomh ni 's fhaisge,
Ceann a bhata nam dhorn.

Se mo thigh mor ua creagan,
Se mo dhaingean gach frog.
Se mo thubhailte m' osan,
Se me chopan mo bhrog.

Ge do cheanaichiun am lmideal
Cha 'n fhaigh mi cuideachd 'ni <>\.
'S ged a cheanaichiun a' seipein
Cha 'n fhaigh mi crcideas a' stoip.
Ged a dh' fhadinn an teine,
Chi fear foille dhcth ceo.
'S i do nighean-sa Dhonnachaidh
Chuir an iomagain so oirnn,

384 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Te 'g am beil an cul dualach
0 guallaiun gu brog.

Te 'g am beil an cnl bachlach
'S a dhreach mar an t'or.

Dheoin Dia cha bhi gillean

Riut a' mire 's mi beo.

Ged nach deaninn dhut fidhe

Bhiodh iasg a's sitheinn ma d'bhord.

'S truagh nach robh mi 's tu 'ghaolach

Anns an aonach 'm bi 'n ceo.

Ann am bothan beag barraich

'S gun bhi mar rium ach d' fheoil.

Agus paisdean beag leinibh

A cheileadh ar gloir.

'S mi a shnamhadh an caolas

Air son faoilteachd do bheoil.

Nuair a thigeadh am foghar

Be mo rogliainn bhi falbh,

Leis a' ghunna nach diultadh

'S leis an fhudar dhu-ghorm.

Nuair a gheibhinu cead frithe

Bho 'n righ 's blio 'n iarl og,

Gum biodh fuil an daimh chabraich

Ruith le altaibh mo dhorn,

Agus fuil a bhuic bhiorich

Sior shileadh feadh feoir.

Ach 's i do nighean-sa Dhonnachaidh

'Chuir an iomagain so oirnn.

It is not the climbing of the hills that has made my walk
listless. Nor the heat of a sunny day when it rose upon us.
The snow lias settled on my beard, and I cannot see my shoe.
Hardly can I see, nearer still, the head of the staff in my hand.
The rocks are my big house, and the holes are my stronghold.
My hose is my towel, my shoe is my drinking cup. If I were to
buy a bottle, I could get no company to drink it. If I were
to buy a chopin, I should not get credit for a stoup. If I were to
light a fire, some treacherous man would see the smoke. It was
your daughter, Duncan, that brought this anxiety upon us. She

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 385

who has beautiful hair from her shoulders down to her shoe. She
who has curling hair of the hue of gold. God forbid that young
men should make love to you while I live. Though I cannot
weave for you, yet there would be fish and venison on your table.
Would that you were with me, my love, on the hill of the mist.
In a small brushwood hut with no one with me but you. And a
little child that would not betray our talk. I would (gladly)
swim the ferry for a welcome from your mouth. When the
autumn would come, my desire would be to wander with a gun
that would not miss fire, and with dark blue gunpowder. When I
should receive permission for the forest from the King and the
young Earl, the blood of the antlered stag would flow by the skill
of my hand, and the blood of the roe-buck would flow continually
into the grass. But your daughter, Duncan, has brought this
anxiety upon us.

II.

The following lament on Ian Breac Mac Mhaighster Fearachar
(page 170) was taken down by Mr Alexander Macrae, farmer,
Ardelve (page 166), from the recitation of Mr Duncan Macrae,
Ardelve (page 183), and communicated to the author in 1896.
The author of this poem is unknown : —

Gil 'm beil m' inntinn se trom,

'Us cha sheinnear leum foun

Thionndaidh disne rium lorn

'S na clairibh.

Gu 'm beil m' aigneadh fo ghruaim,
'S cian gur fada o'n uair
M'au aitreabh 's an d'fhuair
Mi m' arach.

An deigh cinneadh mo ruin
Air an d' imich an cliu,
'S trie mi 'n ionad fir dhiubh
O'n dh' fhas mi.

Cha b'e bhi 'n dubhar gun ghrein
Fath mo mhulad gu leir,
Thuit mi cumha luchd speis
Mo mhanrain.

386 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

'S ann sa chlachan od shios
Dh' fhag shin ceannas nan cliar
'S am fear buile na 'n iarrta
'N airidh.

Duin' nasal mo ghaoil
Chaidh a bhualladh le aog
'S aim 'n ad ghnuis a bha aoidh
A chairdeas.

'S n' am b' fhear ealaidh mi fein
Mar mo bharail gu geur
'S ami ort a b' fhurasd dhomh ceatachd
Aireamh.

Gu n robh geurcliuis ni's leor
Ann an eudan an t' sheoid
'S bu cheann reite do ghloir
An Gailig.

'S mor an gliocas 's an ciall
Chaidh sa chiste leat sios,
Thug sud itean a sgiath
An alaich.

Bhun an geamhradh rinn teanu
Cha robh aoibhneas dhuinn ann
'S neo shubhach an gleann
Bhon la sin.

'S lorn an snaidheadh bhon tuath
Bhi cuir Ian sail uaigh
'S bochd a naigheachd do thuath
Chintaille.

Tha do chinneadh fo ghruaim
Dol air linue leat suas,
Air an tilleadh bu chruidh leo
D' fhagail.

Tha do dheirbhleinean broin
Mar ghair sheillein an torr
'N deigh na mel, na mar eoin
Gun mhathair.

Nise 's turseach an eigh
Gun am furtachd ac fhein
'S mor a thuiteas dhuibh 'n deigh
Do laithean,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 387

'S mor an aireamh, 's a chall
Cha do thearuinn mi aim
'S cia max thearnaa mi 'n am

A phaidliidh.

Ghillean glacibh sc ciall
Tha n ur cuid air an t slieibh
'S iommadh fear bhios ag iarridh
Fatb air.

Tha na taice 's na treoir

Ann an caol chistc bhord

Anns a chlachan an Cro

Chintaille.

Tha do cheile fo sprochd
'S i neo eibhin gun toirt,
Rinn creuchdan a lot
Gun tearneadh.

B' fhiach a h' uidhcam sa pris
Fhad 's a luighigeadh dh' i
Gus na ghuidheadh le Righ
N an gras thu.

A Mhic Mhoire nan gras
A dhoirt d'fhuil air nar sgath
Gu 'm a duineil 'n a aitc
Phaisdean.

Heavy minded am I, nor can I raise the song (of gladness), the
die has fallen for me inauspiciously as to its sides. My mind is in
sadness, and for a long time, on account of the home in which 1
was reared. On account of my beloved clan, whose fame has
travelled far, often have I been in the place of some of them
since I grew up. Being in a sunless shade is Dot the sole cause of
my sadness, I have fallen into mourning for those who arc the
esteemed ones of my mirth. It was down in that graveyard that
we left the chief of the heroes, and the head of the township if
they were being counted. My beloved nobleman, who lias been
struck by death, in thy face was the expression of friendliness. If
I were a man of talent, keen as to my wit, it would 1"' easy For
me to record thy praises. There was intelligence enough in the
face of the hero, and a subject of agreement would be thy praises
in Gaelic. Great is the wisdom and the understanding that went

388 THE HISTOEY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

down with thee in thy coffin, this has plucked feathers from
the wing of thy tribe. The winter visited us severely, there was
no pleasure for us in it, and joyless is the glen since that day. A
keen bereavement for the people, putting John in the grave ; sad
tidings for the tenantry of Kintail. Sad were thy clansmen as
they carried thee West on the water, hard for them was it to
have left thee as they returned. Thy sad orphans are like the
noise of bees on a mound for their honey, or like fledglings with-
out a mother. Sad now is their cry without a time of comfort
for them ; many of them will fall after thy days. Great is their
number, nor did I escape the loss, how can I be saved in the day
of reckoning (or rent paying). Youug men, be prudent, your pro-
perty (cattle) is on the mountain ; many a man will try to take
advantage of it. Our support and strength is in a narrow wooden
coffin in the graveyard in Cro of Kintail. Thy wife is downcast,
joyless, listless, wounded with sores from which she had no escape.
Prosperous were her surroundings and her lot as long as thou wast
vouchsafed to her, until thou wast asked for by the King of
Grace. Son of Mary of Grace, who shed Thy blood for our sake,
may his boys be worthy of his place.

III.
The following Lament for Murdoch Macrae of Inverinate, who
was killed in Glenlic (page 84), is still well known in Kintail. It
is given in The Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness
(Vol. VIII. ), Leaves from My Celtic Portfolio, by Mr William
Mackenzie. l The author is not known : —

Si sealg geamhraidh Ghl inn-Lie
A dh' fhag greann oirn trie 'us gruaim,
'N t-og nach robh teann 's a bha glic
'S an teampull fo'n lie 's an uaigh.

A cheud Aoine de 'n geamhradh fhuar
'S daor a phaigh sinn buaidh na sealg,
An t-og bo chraobhaiche snuagh
Na aonar bhuaiun 'us fhaotainn marbh.

1 On page 3S3, line 8, for Mr A. W, Mackenzie read Mr William Mackenzie,

THE HISTORY OF TOE CLAN MACRAE. 389

Tional na sgirc gu loir
Ri siubhal sleibh 's ri falbh bheann
Fad sgios nan coig latlia deug
'S am fear dircach treun air chall.

Muracbadh donn-gheal mo run
Bu mhin-suil 's bu leaiman mnai
A gbnuis amis an robh am ball-seire
'S a bba tearc air thapadh laimh.

Cbuala mise clarsacli tbeud,
'S fiodhall do rear a co-sbeiun —
Cba cbuala 'a cba chluinn gu bratb
Ceol na b' fbearr na do bheul binn,

Bu tu marbbaich' bhalla-bhric-bhain,
Le morbh fbada dbireacb gbeur,
Le cuilbheir bbristeadb tu cnaimh
'S bu sbil teach fo d' laimh na feidh.

Bhean uasal a thug dhut gaol
Nach bi cbaoidh na h-uaigneas slan,
'S truagh le me chluasan a gaoir
Luaithead 's tha 'n suaim sgaoilt le do' bhas.

Gur tuirsach do chaomh bhean og
'S i sileadh nan deoir le gruaidh
'S a spionadh a fuilt le dorn
Sior chumha nach beo do shnuagh.

'S tursach do chinneadh mor deas
Ga d' shireadh an ear 's an iar
'S an t-og a b' fhiughantaich beachd
Ri slios glinne marbh 's an t-sliabh.

Tha Crathaicb nam buailtean bo
Air 'n sgaradh ro-mhor rnu d'eug,
Do thoir bho bheatha cho og
A ghaisgich ghlan choir nam beus.

'S tuirseach do sheachd braithrean graidh
Am 2Mi'son ge bard a leugh
Thug e, ge tuigseach a cheard,
Aona bharr-tuirs air each gu leir.

Bho thus dhiubb Donnachadh nam Piog,
Gillecriosd 's an dithis de'n chleir,
Fearachar agus Ailean Donn,
Uisdean a bha trom 'n ad "

390 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

'S math am fear rannsaichidh 'n t-aog,
'S e maor e thaghas air leth,
Bheir e leis an t-og gun ghiamh
'S fagaidh e 'm fear Hath ro shean.

The winter hunt in Glenlic has made us often shudder in our
sadness about the youth who was not parsimonious, yet was pru-
dent, now lying in a grave under a stone in the temple. The first
Friday of the cold winter dearly did we pay for the success of our
hunt — the young man of most comely appearance alone missing,
and to be found dead. All the people of the parish searching on
moor and mountain during the weariness of fifteen days, for the
athletic brave man who was missing. The fair complexioned
Murdoch of my choice, of gentle eye, the beloved of woman, of a
countenance with the expression of kindness, and rare for prowess
of arm. I have heard the stringed harp and the violin in harmony
playing with it, I have neither heard, nor shall ever hear sweeter
music than (the converse of) thy melodious mouth. Thou couldst
kill speckled white trout, with long straight and sharp spear;
thou couldst break bones with the gun, and the deer bled freely
at your hand. The gentle woman who gave thee her love, and
who can never be well in her solitude — it pains my ears to hear
her lamenting how soon the marriage knot has been undone by
thy death. Sad is thy gentle young wife, with tears flowing
down her cheek, plucking her hair with her hand in bitter
grief that there is no longer any life in thy countenance.
Sad was thy great and accomplished clan, searching for thee
east and west, while the youth of most sympathetic judgment
was (dead) on the moor on the side of the glen. The Macraes
of the cattle folds are grievously afflicted by thy death —
taken out of life so young, thou generous hero of becoming con-
duct. Sad are thy seven beloved brothers — the parson, though
profound is his learning, though his office is one of giving comfort,
yet he surpassed the others in his grief. First among them is
Duncan of the silver cups, then Christopher and the two clergy-
men, Farquhar, Allan of the auburn hair, and Hugh, who was sad
after thee. Death is an excellent searcher, a messenger who
chooses in a special way, he removes the unblemished young
man, and leaves the grey-haired and very old man.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 391

IV.

The author of the following poem was Donnachadh nam Pios
(page 87), writer of the Fernaig MS. It has been transliterated
from the Fernaig MS. into modern spelling by Professor Mac-
kinnon.1

Aon a rimeadh leis an Sgriobhair air lath a' bhreitheanais.

Smaoineamar an la fa dheoidh
Is coir dhuin a dhol cug,
Smaoineamar peacaidh na h'oig,
Smaoineamar fos na thig 'n a dheigh.

Smaoineamar na thig 'n a dheigh.
Gur e la na mor bhreith ;
Gach ni rinneadh leinu 's an fheoil
Cha'n fhaodar na's mo a chleith.

Cha'n fhaodar na's mo a chleith,
Maith no sath a rinneadh leinn ;
'N uair chi sinn Breitheamh nan slogh
Teachd oimn s na neoil, tromp 'g a seirm.

'N uair sheirmear an trompaid mhor,
Cruinnicheadar na sloigh ma seach ;
Gach neach a tharlas duibh beo
Caochlaidh iad an doigh 's am beachd.

Caochlaidh muir agus tir,
Caochlaidh gach ni as nuadh,
Liobhraidh an talamh suas,
Gach neach a chaidh aims an uir.

Gach neach a chaidh aims an uir
Eiridh iadsan 'n an nuadh chorp,
Is gabhaidh gach anam seilbh
'S a choluiim cheilg an robh chlosd.

Nior chlosd an sin do na chuan,
Gluaiseadar e fa leth ;
Na bhathadh bho thoiseach tim
Liobraidh se air chionn na breith.
Breith bheir buaidh air gach breith ;
Cha Bhreitheamh leth-bhreitheach an Righ
Shuidheas air cathair na breith
'S a bheir ceart bhreith air gack ti.

l Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. XI.

392 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Gach ti a bha cur ri olc
Tearbar a nochd air an lamb, cbli ;
Cairear air a laimh dheis,
Gach ti bbios deas air a chinn.

Gach ti bhios deas air a chinn
Labhraidh 'm Breitheamh riu gu ce?rt ;
Bho 'n is buidheann bheannaicht' sibh,
Maitheam-sa dhuibhs' 'n 'ur peac'.

Maitheam-sa dhuibhs' 'n 'ur peac' ;
Gabhaidh-s' seilbh cheart 's an rio'chd
Chornharraich m' Athair bho thos,
Dhuibhse ann an gloir gun chrich.

Oir air bhi dhomhsa fo thart,
Fo fhuachd, fo acras, chum bais,
'M priosan gun treoir gun neart,
Dh' fhuasgail sibh ceart air mo chas.

Air bhi dhomh a'm choigreach cein
'S a'm thraveller anns gach bail',
Fhreasdail sibh dhombsa 'n am fheum ;
Cha robh ar deagh-bheus dhomh gann.

Ach freagraidh iadsan am Breitheamh,
Cuin chunnaiceamar sibh fo thart,
Fo fhuachd, fo acras, chum bais,
'S a dh' fhuasgail sinn do chas ceart ?

Bheirim-sa dearbhadh dhuibh, —
Dh' fhuasgail 's gur ann duibh nach olc,
Mheud 's gu'n d' rinneadh leibhse dhiol,
Ri piantaibh mo bhraithre bochd-s'.

Sin labhraidh 'm breitheamh os n' aird
Riu fhuair ait' air a laimh chli,
Imichibh uamsa gu brath,
Dh' iomisuidh cais is craidh gun chrich.

Far am bi 'n t-Abharsair am pein,
Aingle 's a chleir air fad,
Mheud 's nach d' rinneadh leibhse dhiol
Ri piantaibh mo bhraithre lag-s'.

Imichidh iad so gu truagh

Dh' Ifrinn fhuair am bi fuachd is teas,

Dhoibh-san ge duilich an cas,

Nior faigh iad bas ann am feasd.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 393

Ach imichidh buidhcann a ghraidh
A fhuair ait air an lamh dheis
Do fhlaitheanas nam flath feile ;
0 ! eibhinn doibh-san an treis.

0 ! eibhinn doibh-san an treis,
Eibhinn doibh-san gach ni chi,
Eibhinn bhi 'n cathair nan gras,
Eibhinn bhi lathair a Bhreithimh.

Eibhinn bhi lathair a Bhreithimh,
Eibhinn a shiochai' 's a bhuaidh ;
Cha'n fhaodar a chur an ceill
Mend eibhneis an aite bhuain.

Eibhneas e nach faca suil,
Eibhneas e nach cnala cluas,
Eibhneas e nach teid air chul,
Dhoibh-san d'an toirear mar dhuais.

Duais is mo na gach duais,
Ta shnas air neamh aig mo Righ ;
Eibhinn do gach neach a ghluais,
Air chor's gu'm buaidhaichear i.

Air chor's gu'm buadhaichear i
Smaoneamar air crich an sgeoil,
Smaoneamar ar peacaidh bath,
Smaoneamar an la fa dheoidh.

One by the writer on the Day of Judgment.

Let us meditate on the last day when it must fall to our lot to
die, let us meditate on the sins of youth, let us meditate still
further on what must come hereafter. Let us meditate on what
must come hereafter, that is on the great Day of Judgment, when
nothing done by us in the flesh can any longer be concealed. No
longer can be concealed the good or the evil done by us, when
we see the judge of all people coming to us in the clouds, with
the sound of the trumpet. When the great trumpet is sounded,
all people shall assemble from every quarter ; those who happen
to be still alive shall change in manner and in mind. Sea and
land shall change, all things shall be changed anew, the earth
shall yield up all who are buried in the dust. All who are buried
in the dust shall rise in their new bodies, and each soul shall
take possession of the false body in which it formerly rested.

394 THE HISTOEY OF THE CLAN MACEAE.

No rest then for the ocean, it shall be agitated on its own account;
all who were drowned from the beginning of time it shall yield
up for the judgment. A judgment that will surpass every
judgment; no partial judge is the King who shall sit on the
judgment seat, and give righteous judgment to all. Those who
gave themselves up to evil will, on that day, be banished on the
left hand; on the right hand will be placed those who are prepared
for His coming. To those who are prepared for His coming
the Judge will openly say : " Because you are a blessed company
I will pardon your sins. I will pardon your sins ; take you
rightful possession of the kingdom set apart from the beginning
by my Father for you in glory everlasting. For when I was
thirsty and cold and hungry unto death in prison, without energy
or strength, you brought true relief to my trouble. Being a
stranger far away, and a sojourner in many places, you waited
on me in my necessity ; your deeds of kindness towards me were
not few." But they will answer the judge, " When did we see
thee thirsty, cold, and hungry unto death, and brought true
relief to your trouble ?" " I will give you a proof — you brought
relief, nor will it be to your hurt, inasmuch as you showed com-
passion for the suffering of my poor brethren." Then will the
judge openly speak to those placed on the left hand — "Depart
from me, for ever, to everlasting trouble and torment ! Where
the Adversary will continue in torment, together with his angels
and ministers for ever, inasmuch as you showed no compassion for
the sufferings of my feeble brethren." Miserably will they depart to
dismal Hell, where there will be cold and heat ; however agonis-
ing for them may be their trouble, they can never die there. But
the company of beloved ones, placed on the right, will depart
to the paradise of the hospitable princes ; Oh ! joyful will it be
for them the while. Oh ! joyful will it be for them the while,
joyful for them all that they behold, joyful to be in the city of
grace, joyful to be in the presence of the judge. Joyful to be in
the presence of the judge, joyful his peace and his glory ; it is
not possible to declare the greatness of the joy of the everlasting
place. Joy which eye never beheld, joy which ear never heard,
joy that, will not cease for those to whom it will be given as a
reward. Greater than all rewards is the reward up in Heaven
with my King ; joyful for everyone who has so conducted him-

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 395

self as to attain to it. That it may be deserved, let us think of
the end of the tale, let us think of our deadly sin, let us think
of the last day.

V.
The following poem, also by Donnachadh nam Pios, has been
transliterated from the Fernaig MS. into modern spelling by
George Henderson, Ph.D.1 : —

Gne orain do rinneadh leis a sgriobhair, anno 1G88.

Ta saoghal-sa carail,

Tha e daondan da 'r mealladh gu geur ;

Liuthad caochladh th' air talamh

Is daoin' air an dalladh le bhreig ;

Chreic pairt duibh-s' an anam

'S do ehaochlaidh iad barail chionn seud,

Fhir chaidh aim sa chrannaig,

Dhoirt t' fhuil da ar ceannach,

0 ! aoin Itigh Mhoire beannuich nar creud.

0 ! Athair nan gras

Na failing sinne 'nar cruas,

Ach amhraic oirnn trath

Le tlaths o d' fhlathas a nuas.

Mar thug thu le d' mhioraild

Claim Israel gun dhiobhair sa chuan,

Dionn t' eaglais da rireadh,

Ga ghuidh le luchd a mi ruin,

Bho 'sgriob-s' ta teachd mu' cuairt.

'S coir dhi-s' a bhi umhailt

Gad tha i fo dhubh aim san am ;

Gur h-iad ar peacaiman dubhar

Tharruing oirnn pudhar is call ;

Ach deanmar tras^ agus cumha

liis an fhear dh' fhag an t-iubhair sa chrann,

Chou s' gu 'n ceannsuich e' bhuidheann

Chleachd an eu-coir as duibhe,

Mar tha breugan is luighean is feall.

Dhe churanta laidir

Dh' alaich muir agus tir,

Tha thu faicsiim an drasda

Mar dh' fhailing am prabar-s' an Righ ;

l See Leabhar uau Gleaun, p. 271.

396 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Ach reir 'a mar thachair do Dhaidh,

Nuair ghabh Absolon fath air go dhith,

Beir dhachaigh 'na dhail leat,

Dh' aindeoin am pairtidb,

Nar Righ chon aite le sith.

Fear eil' 's math is eol domh

Tha 'n ceart uair air fogaireadh 'na phairt,

Shliochd nan cuireannan seolta

Da thogradh 's nach obadh an spairn ;

Ga tamull leinn bhuainn thu

Cha toireamar fuath dhut gu brach ;

Sann da 'r seors bu dual sin,

Eatar mhith agus uaislean,

Bhi air do dheas-laimh an cruadal 's an cas.

Truagb nach fhaicinn thu teachd

Mar b' ait le mo chridh san am,

Far ri Seunias le buidheann

Nach geill a dh' iubhair nan Gall,

Tha 'n drasda ro bhuidheach

Mheud s gu 'n shuidhich iad feall,

Le 'n seoladh 's le'n uidheam

Anns na modaibh as duibhe,

Chuir fa dheoidh sibh air suibhail do'n Fhraing.

Ach thamar an duigh

Gu'n caochail an cursa seo fothast,

Gu'm faic mi le m' shuilibh

Bhi sgiursadh gach tnu bha 's na moid,

'S gach Baron beag cubach

'Mhealladh le caraibh 's le luban Prionns Or ;

Gheibh Mac Cailein air thus duibh,

Dh' aindeoin a chuirte,

'Galair bu duthchasach dho.

B'e dhuthchas bho sheanair

Bhi daondan r'a melladh gach ti,

Cha b'fhearr e 'thaobh athair

Ga b' mhor a mhathas bho' Righ ;

Ma 'se seo an treas gabhail

Thug eug bhuaith 'bhathar gu pris,

Le maighdinn sgoraidheach sgathail

Cha d' cheannsuicheadh aisith ;

Ged thuit thu cha'n athais duit i.

Iomah Tighearn is post

Nach eol domh-s' a nis 'chur an dan

Tha'n drasda gu moiteil

Le phrabar gu bosdail a' d' phairt ;

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 397

'S ami diubh sin Cullodar,

Granntaich is Rosaieh a chail,

Nuair thionndas an rotha

Chon annsachd bho thoiseach

Gur teannta dhaibh 'chroich 'miosg chaich.

Ach fhearaibh na h' Alba

Ga dealbliach libh 'drasda 'n ur cuirt,

Gad leught' sibh bho'r leanabachd

'S bho la 'gheil sibh a dh' Fhergus air thus,

Thuit gach fine le toirmeasg

Do threig 's nach robh earbsach do'n chrun,

Ach seo t'eallach a dhearbhas

Gur h-airidh an seanchas,

Gun eirich mi-shealbhar da'n cliu.

Cha chan mi na's leir dhonibh

Ri 'ur maithibh, ri'r cleir, ri'r por,

D'eis ur miounan a Shearlas

Gu seiseamh sibh-p fhein 'n aghaidh deoin,

'S an t-oighre dligheach na dh'eis

Thuit nis go Righ Seumas r'a bheo,

Ach dh'aindeoiu ur leirs'

Ga mor 'ur cuid leugh',

Ar liom-s gu'n 'reub sibh a choir.

air coir dhirich

Le masladh na dhiobair do phairt,

Bha uair a staid iosal

S tha air direadh le uchd math an drasd ;

Seann fhacla 's gur fior e

Bha riamh eadar Chriostuidhean graidh,

Gur miosa na ana-spiorad

Duine mi-thaiugeil

Ghabh na's leoir dhuibh-s an aim air na chas.

Cas eile nach fas'

Dheirich mar fhasan sa ruaig' s',

Chlaun feiun bhi na'n taic

Do gach neach tha cur as da mu cuairt ;

Do threig iad 's cha 'n ait daibh

'N cuigeamh faithn' bha 'chasgadh an t-sluaigh;

'N aghaidh nadur a bheart seo

Do neach 'ghabh baisteadh

Ann an ainn nan tri pearsan ta shuas.

Ach fhir 'dh'oibrich gach mioraild

Bha miosg Chlainn Israel bho thus,

Nach soilleir an giamh seo

Dh'aon neach ghabh 'Chriosdachd mar ghrund?

398 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Bho laigh geilt agus fiamh nior

Air gach Marcus, gach Iarl 's gach Diuc,

Casg fein an iorghalt-s

Mas toil leat-s a Dhia e,

Mu tuit sinn fo fhiabhrus do ghnuis.

Is mor dh' eireas dhut a Bhreatuinn

'S nach d'fhaodadh do theagasg na am,

Cha leir dhut fath t'eagla,

Gu'n tharruing ana-creidimh ort call ;

Bho'n la mhurtadh libh Searlas

Tha fhuil-san ag eigheachd gu teann,

Gabh aithri a t' eucoir,

Thoir dhachaigh Righ Seumas,

Neo thig sguirsa bho Dhe ort a nail.

Ghaidhealu gasda

Na laighidh fo mhasladh sa chuis,

Ach faighear sibh tapaidh

'S Righ Seumas na thiac air ur cul ;

Ge ta Uilleam an Sasunn

Na geillibh a feasda do chrun ;

Liom is cinnteach mar thachras

Thaobh innleachd a bheairtean,

Gu pilltear e dhachaigh gun chliu.

Na ma h'ioghnadh libh-p fhein seo

'S gun ghlac es' an eucoir air cheann,

Bha manifesto ro eitigh,

Nach faic sibh gur breugach a chainnt ;

'S gach gealladh do rinn se

Do Shasunn do threig se gu teann,

Tha iad nis 'n aghaidh cheile,

Nuair thuig siad au reusan,

Ach na tha Phresbiteriauich ann.

Na ma lughaid 'ur misneachd

Gn robh iad seo bristneach na curs,

Fo sgaile religion

B'e 'n abhaist s an gliocas bho thus ;

Co dhiubh alach a nise

Nach . . . . le mi-ruin,

Ach tha'n aite le fios dhuinn,

Ged dh'fhailing righean trie iad,

Aig gach armunn bha tiorcadh a chruin.

Gu ma h'-amhluidh seo dh' eireas

'Mhaithibh Alba s na h' Eire san am,

Tha 'coitheamh le Seumas

'S nach d' amhraic iad fein air an call ;

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 399

Ach b' fheall am bathais 's an eudan

Fo gach neach bha ri eiginn 'a ri feall,

Ghabh an test a bha eitigh,

Eadar mhaithibh is Chleire,

Thoir an antnan dha 'n eucoireach raheallt.

Ach tha mi dall na mo bharail

Mar ceannsuich Dia 'oharachd-sa trath,

'S mar mhealtar leis barail

'Chleamhnais fhuair alloil gun bhlath ;

Is mairg a thoisich mar ealaidh

Athair-ceile chur ealamh bho bhair,

Ach seo ordugh nam balach,

Far ri dochus nan cailleach,

San t-saoghal chruaidh charail-s' a ta.

Song composed by the writer in the year 1688.

This world is deceitful, it constantly deceives us bitterly, many
changes there are on earth and many men blinded by its falsehood.
Some have sold their souls and have changed opinion for the sake
of gain. Thou who suffered on the Cross and spilt Thy blood for
our redemption, Oh ! Thou only King (son) of Mary, bless our creed.
Oh ! Father of Grace, do not fail us in our sore distress, but look
upon us soon with tenderness from Thy Heaven above. As Thou
didst miraculously lead the children of Israel, without the loss of
any, through the sea, so do Thou in very deed defend Thy Church
(though her ill-wishers pray for her downfall) from the evil now
fallen upon her. It is her duty to be humble, though she is at
this moment under a cloud. Her sins are the cause that have
brought upon us harm and loss, but let us fast and mourn to Him
who went to the Cross without faltering, that He may subdue
them who have been practising the blackest deeds, falsehood,
sacrilege, and treachery. 0 God, mighty and strong, who peopled
land and sea, Thou seest how at this juncture the rabble has dis-
appointed the King ; but as it happened in the case of David,
when Absalom took advantage of him (to try) to ruin him, do
Thou, in Thy appointed time, lead the King home in peace to his
own place in spite of their factions. Another man1 I know full
well, who at this moment is in exile for his (King James's) cause —

1 Perhaps Kenneth, fourth Earl of Seaforth, who accompanied James II,
to France after the Revolution of 1688.

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of the race of the capable heroes, who would accept and never re-
fuse the strife. Though for a little thou art away from us, we
shall never feel indifferent towards thee. It is in the blood of our
race, commons and nobles alike, to stand by thy right hand in the
time of difficulty and trouble. Would that I might see thee com-
ing as my heart at this moment would desire, along with King
James with a host that would not yield to the bows and arrows of
the Lowlanders, who are rejoicing at having planned their treachery
with the cunning and resources of their dark councils, which have
at last driven you an exile into France. But I am in hopes that
the course of events will yet change, and that I may see with my
own eyes the discomfiture of every wretch who took part in their
councils, and of every petty, cringing baron, who, by his tricks and
wiles, deceived Prince Orange; Argyll, in spite of his rank, will, as
one of the first, be smitten with the disease that comes natural to
him. It comes natural to him from his grandfather to deceive
everyone, nor is he better from his father, though he (the father)
received so much kindness from his King. If this is the third
occasion on which the disease was caught from a " maiden " sharp-
toothed, clear-cutting, disgrace has not been quelled though he
were to fall by her, to him it would be no disgrace. There are many
lords and officials whom I cannot now mention in my verse, who at
the present time, together with their rabble, boast with affected
modesty of their connection with thee (Argyll). Among them are
Culloden, the Grants, the Rosses of the cabbage. When the wheel
turns round to its first love they will find themselves among the
rest quite close to the gallows. But, ye men of Scotland, though
your court (i.e., your political situation) may now seem satisfactory
to you, still, if your story be read from your infancy even as far
back as the day when you first submitted to Fergus, it will be
found that every clan has fallen by appointed decree — who
deserted and proved faithless to the Crown. But this is a forge that
will test unfailingly the truth of the saying that " a stain may fall
on their honour." I am not going to speak about all I know, to
our nobles, our clergy, our people, after your oath to Charles that
you would stand by him, come what may, and by his legitimate
heir, who is now King James, for life ; but in spite of your sagacity,
and wide though your learning may be, you are certainly violating
the right. (Not to speak of his) undoubted right, it is a disgrace

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thai so many have forsaken his cause, who were once in lowly
estate, but have now climbed by good fortune upwards. There is
a proverb, and a true one, which has ever been in use among lov-
ing Christians — that worse than a hostile spirit is the ungrateful
man ; many such have taken advantage of him (the King) in his
trouble. Another matter, not less sad, which has come into pro-
minence in this affair — his own children supporting those who are
everywhere opposing him. They have forsaken, and not to their
joy, the fifth commandment given for the guidance of people.
Such conduct is unnatural in anyone who has received baptism in
the name of the Trinity on high. But Thou, the worker of all the
wonders that were seen from the first among the children of Israel,
is not this a very apparent guilt for anyone professing Christian
principles 1 Since a great fear and cowardice has fallen upon every
Marquis, every Earl, and every Duke, do Thou thyself check their
turbulence, if it be Thy will, 0 God, lest we fall under the wrath
of Thy countenance. Much may happen to thee, 0 Britain, since
thou didst refuse to receive warning in time. Thoti dost not see
the cause of thy fear, for unbelief has brought disaster upon thee.
Since the day King Charles was murdered, his blood is con-
stantly crying out. Repent of thy guilt, bring King James home,
or destruction from God will surely come down upon thee. Ye
worthy Gaels, don't rest under disgrace, but bo of courage with
King James to back you up. Though William is in England,
never yield allegiance to his Crown. Certain it seems to me what
will happen from the deceitfulness of his schemes, he will be driven
back in disgrace. Let this not surprise you, seeing that he has
seized injustice by the head (i.e., has acted upon it from the out-
set). His manifesto was altogether perjured. Don't you see how
false his words are, and how he instantly renounced every promise
he made to England. They (his supporters) are now at variance
among themselves since they have understood his object, except
such Presbyterians as there are among them. Let not your
courage be any the less that these (the Presbyterians) have
always been unstable in their allegiance. Under the veil of
religion it has been their custom and their policy from the first

But we know that each hero who succoured the

Crown holds his position, though Kings may often have failed them.
So may it happen to the nobles of Scotland and Ireland who are

Al

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fighting for James without thinking of their loss, but treacherous
were the countenance and face of each one engaged in mischief and
deceit, who accepted the perjured "test," whether nobles or clergy,
giving up their souls to the crafty evil one. But I am blind in my
opinion if God will not soon check this treachery, and bring to
nought the schemes of cold, unnatural, sterile blood-relationship.
Woe to him who commenced his career by suddenly making war
upon his own father-in-law ; but such is the way of clowns and the
hope of carlines in this callous and deceitful world.

VI.

Of the poets of Kintail, no one is better remembered than Ian
Mac Mhurachaidh (pp. 81-83), or has left behind him a greater
wealth of song. Though in comfortable circumstances, he disliked
the purely mercenary relations which were beginning to grow up
between landlord and people, and therefore resolved to emigrate
to Carolina. The following is one of several songs which he com-
posed in order to induce as many as possible of his countrymen
to accompany him : —

Thanig leitir bho Ian Beitean
Chuir eibhneas air fear nach fhac i.

Beagan do mhuinntir mo dhuthcha
Triall an toabh am faigh iad pailteas.

Far am faigh sinn deth gach seorsa
An t-sealg is boidhche tha ri fhaicinn.
Gheabh sinn fiadh is boc is moisleach
'S comas na dh' fhaodar thoir asda.
Gheabh sinn coileach-dubh is liath chearc
Lachan, ialtan agus glas gheoidh.
Gheabh sinn bradan agus ban iasg
'S glas iasg ma 's e 's fhearr a thaitneas.

B' fhearr na bhi fuireach fo uachd'rain
'S nach fuiligeadh iad tuath bhi aca.
A ghabhadh an an aite 'n t' sheoid
An t' or ged bann a spog a phartainn.
A ghabhadh an an aite 'n diunloaich
Siogaire sgugach 's e beartach,

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Falbhamaid 'a bitheadh bcannachd Dhia leinn
Triallamaid, riadhamaid barca.

Falbhamaid uile gu leir

'S gur beag mo apeia do dh' fhear gun tapadh.

Thogaiun fonn, fonn, fonn,

Dh' eireadh fonn oirn ri fhaicinn.

There came a letter from John Bethune, which haa given joy
to one who haa not aeen it. A few of my country people about to
depart to a land of plenty, where we can find every kind of the
moat delightful hunting that could be aeen. We shall find deer,
buck and doe, with permission to take as many as we want. We
shall get the woodcock and the woodhen, teals, ducks, and wild
geese. We shall get salmon and white fish, and grey fish if it
will please us better. Better far than stay under landlords who
won't auffer a tenantry with them ; who would take, inatead of a
good man, gold, were it from the claw of a lobater ; who would
take, inatead of a brave man, a aulky sneak, provided he was rich.
Let us depart, and may the blessing of God be with us : let us go
and charter a ahip. Let us depart, all of us, for small is my
esteem for a man of no courage.

I would raise a chorus of delight ; we should be delighted on
seeing it.

VII.

When the ahip, by which Ian Mac Mhurachaidh and so many
of his countrymen were about to leave Kintail, arrived at Caileach,
where it anchored, the poet invited the captain of the ship to
dinner with him. When the captain saw the good cheer provided,
he told the poet that he would not be able to fare so sumptuously
in America, and strongly advised him to remain at home. The
poet's wife and some other friends wdio were present also urged
him to the same effect with such earnestness that his resolution
was almost overcome, but he felt that, after all he had done and
said, he could not desert the people he had induced to join him,
and who looked up to him as their leader, so he decided, at what-
ever sacrifice, to go along with them ; and the next song, which was
probably lesa applicable to the poet'a own circumatauces than to

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those of some of his fellow-emigrants, was composed to cheer and
encourage them as the ship was sailing away : —

Nise bho na thachair sinn
Fo's cionn an stoip 's na creachaige,
Gu'n ol sinn air na faicinn e
'S na cairtealan san teid sinn.
Mhnathan togaidh an turrus oirbh
'Us sguiribb dheth na h-iomadan,
Cha bharail leum gun tillear mi
Bho'n sguir mi dh 'iomain spreidhe.
Mhnathan sguiribh chubarsnaich
Bho'n char sibh fo na siuil a stigh,
Cha bharail leam gu'n lubar sinn
Ri duthaich bhochd na h-eiginn.

H-uile cuis dha theannachadh,

An t' ardachdainn se ghreannaich sinn,

Lin-mhora bhi dha'n tarruin

'S iad a sailleadh na cuid eisg oirn.

Gur iomadh latha saraicht'

Bha mi deanamh dige 's garraidhneau,

An crodh a faighinn bais oirn

'Us mi paidheadh mail gu h-eigneach.

'S iomadh latha dosguineach

A bha mi giulan cosguis dhuibh,

'N uair reidheadh a chuis gu osburnaich

Bhi 'g osunaich ma deighinn.

'S beag mo speis d' an uachdaran

A chuir cho fad air cuan sinn,

Air son beagan do mhal suarach

'S cha robh buanachd aige fhein deth.

Tha tighinn fotham, fotham, fotham,

Tha tighinn fotham eiridh.

Now that we have met over a stoup and drinking-shell, let us
drink in anticipation of seeing the quarters whither we are going.
Women, take courage for the voyage, and stop your mourning ; I
don't think I can be induced to return, now that I have ceased to
herd cattle. Women, restrain your anxiety, now that you have
gone under the sails ; I don't think I can be bent backwards to
the poor country of destitution. Every thing is being tightened,
the raising (of rents 1) is what has embittered us ; trawling with

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great nets, and salting our fish. Many a hard day was I making
dykes and walls, my cattle dying, while I paid rent with difficulty.
Many an unfortunate day have I borne expenses on your account,
and when the matter fell into ruin, I sighed over them. Small is
my esteem for the landlord who has sent us so far over the ocean,
for the sake of a little wretched rent, which he did not long enjoy.
I feel inclined to go.

VIII.

Among those who accompanied Ian Mac Mhurachaidh was a
certain John Macrae — a blacksmith — called Ian Mac a Ghobha
(page 193). The American War of Independence began almost
immediately after the arrival of the Kiutail emigrants in Carolina,
and they unhesitatingly cast in their lot with the Loyalists. The
poet now became one of the foremost, by his songs and his example,
in urging his brother Highlanders to stand up iu defence of what he
considered to be the just rights of their King and country, and
consequently, when the Americans got him into their hands they
treated him with unusual severity. Ian Mac a Ghobha lost his
arm in the war, and, making his way back to Scotland, eventually
succeeded, after considerable difficulty, in obtaining a pension for
his services. He appears to have been a man of mark in more
ways than one. He possessed an excellent voice and an excellent
memory, and brought back with him to Kintail several of Ian
Mac Mlmrachaidh's songs, which he was never tired of singing.
He died at Carndu, near Dornie, in 1839, aged ninety-three. The
morning after his death an old woman, who lived by herself on
the other side of the sea, opposite to Kilduich, told the first neigh-
bour she met : " 'S mi a chuala an t-shehm bhreagh a dol a stigh a
Chlachan Duthaich an raoir, 's mar eil mi air mo mhealladh se
guth biim Mhic a Ghobha a bhann." — (" What beautiful singing I
heard going into Kilduich churchyard last night; if I am not mis-
taken, it was the sweet voice of Mac a Ghobha." Soon afterwards
the news of his death arrived.1

The following song, perhaps Ian Mac Mhurachaidh's last, was
composed by him while wandering a fugitive in the primeval
forest, evidently before the close of the war, as he still looks

iTradition communicated to the author by Mac a Ghobha's great-grandson,
Dr Fanjuhar Macrae, London.

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forward with hope to the arrival of Lord Cornwallis, who was
forced to smrender to the French and the Americans at Yorktown
on the 18th of October, 1781. It has been the song of many a
Kintail emigrant since the days of Ian Mac Mhurachaidh : —

'S mi air fogradh bho 'n fhoghar,
Togail thighean gun cheo nnnta.
Ann am bothan beag barraich,
'S nach tig caraid dha 'm fheorach ann

Ged a tha mi s' a choille
Cha'n eil coire ri chnodach orm.

Ach 'bhi cogadh gu dileas

Leis an righ bho'n bha choir aige.

Thoir mo shoraidh le durachd,

Gus an duthaich 'm bu choir dhomh bhi.

Thoir mo shoraidh Chuitaille

Am bi manran is oranan.

A'n trie a bha mi mi'n bhuideal

Mar ri cuideachda sholasach.

Cha be 'n dram 'bha mi 'g iarraidh

Ach na b'fhiach an cuid storaidhean.

Ceud soraidh le durachd

Gu Sgur-Urain, 's math m' eolas innt'.

'S trie a bha mi niu'n cuairt di.
'G eisdeachd udlaich a cronanaich.
A bheinn ghorm tha ma coinneamh
Leum bo shoillear a neoineanan.
Sios 'us suas troimh Ghleann-Seile
'S trie a leag mi damh crocach ann.

Gheibhte brie air an linne

Fir ga 'n sireadh 'us leos aca.

Tha mi nis air mo dhiteadh

An am priosan droch bheolainteach.

Ach na 'n tigeadh Cornwallis

'S mise d' fhalbhadh ro-dheonach leis.

A thoirt sgrios air na beistean
Thug an t' eideadh 's an storas bhuam.
Tha ni sgith 'n fhogar sa -
Tha mi sgith 's mi learn fheiu
'S cian bho thir m' eolas mi

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I am an exile since Autumn, building houses without smoke in
them. In a little hut of brushwood, where no friend will come to
inquire for me. Though I am in the wood (an outlaw) no fault
can be charged against me ; except righting loyally for the King
because he was in the right. Take my sincere farewell to the
country where I ought to be. Take my farewell to Kintail, the
place of mirth and songs. Where I often sat round a bottle with
a happy company. It was not the drink I desired but the worth
of your stories. A hundred sincere farewells to Scur Ouran,
well do I know it. Often was I in its vicinity listening to the
bellowing of an old stag. The green mountain opposite to it,
bright to me were its daisies. Up and down Glensheil often
did I lay an antlered stag low. Trout might be found on the
pool, men seeking them with a torch. I am now condemned to a
prison of bad fare. But if Cornwallis came, gladly would I join
him. To scourge the wretches who have robbed me of my clothes
and property.

I am tired of this exile, I am tired in my loneliness, — far am I
from the land of my acquaintance.

Note. — Several of Ian Mac Mhurachaidh's poems will be found
in The Celtic Magazine (Inverness), April-August, 1882.

The following are some other Macrae poets whose Gaelic
songs were at one time and in some instances still are known
among Gaelic-speaking Highlanders :—

Duncan Macrae, commonly called Donnachadh Mac Alister
(page 198). Only fragments of a lament for his mother and of a
song to his gun appear to be known now.

Kenneth Macrae,1 of the Claim Ian Charrieh tribe, and a

1 Kenneth had a son, Alexander, about whom the following paragraph
appeared in The Courier (London) of the 28th November, 1807 :— " The oldest
man now living in Scotland is supposed to be a Highlander of the name of
Alexander Macrae. He was born in the parish of Kintail in the year 1687, and
is now, of course, just 120 years old. In the year 1719 he fought under Lord
Seaforth at the battle of Glensheil, and in 1721 he enlisted as a private in the
Scots Brigade, serving in Holland, where he continued seven years, the last
two of which were spent in prison in some town of France, the name of which
he does not remember. In 1731 he returned to his farm and married a second
wife, who died a few years after. In 1705 he fell into such low circumstances
that he was forced to procure a subsistence by going about from house to
house reciting Ossian's poems in Gaelic. In 1773 he married his present wife,
by whom he ha? three children, the last when he was aged ninety-six. About

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relative of Ian Mac Ian of Torlysich (foot note, page 214). He
lived at Ardelve, and was an old man at the time of the battle of
Sheriffmuir, at which he was present. On his return home he
composed a celebrated lament, or ballad, on the " Four Johns of
Scotland" (footnote, page 153), which is given in "The Trans-
actions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness," Vol. VIII. — Leaves
from my Celtic Portfolio, by Mr William Mackenzie.

Christopher Macrae, Sergeant in the 78th Highlanders
(page 80). Some of his songs are still well known in Kintail and
Lochalsh.

Donald Macrae, a weaver in the parish of Petty in Inverness-
shire, where he was born in 1756, and died in 1837. His father
was a native of Glenclchaig in Kintail. He was the author of
several religious poems, which are spoken of very highly in The
Literature of the Highlanders by the Rev. Nigel Macneill.

John Macrae, schoolmaster at Sleat in Skye (page 183).

The Rev. Donald Macrae of Ness in Lewis (page 83) is
mentioned in Macneill's Literature of the Highlanders as a true
poet, though he did not produce much. His best known song is
" The Emigrant's Lament," written on the occasion of the de-
parture of many of his congregation for Canada.

John Macrae (page 130, c3) composed, among other Gaelic
songs, one on the late Professor Blackie of Edinburgh.

James Macrae of Ardroil in Lews (page 193) composed several
good, and sometimes humorous, Gaelic songs.

twelve years ago, while still very stout, he was deprived of the use of his limbs
by a violent fever, and ever since has been unable to walk. He is now bed-
ridden, deaf and blind, but his memory is still very correct. His general
amusement is singing and repeating Ossian's poems in Gaelic, but he repeats
so fast that it is impossible to write them down, and, if interrupted, must
again return to the beginning of the poem. He appears to have been a stout-
made, middle-sized man, and still looks uncommonly well." The old man
lived at Ardelve, and this paragraph is believed to have been communicated to
the London Courier by the Rev. Lachlan Mackenzie of Lochcarron, who on one
occasion, while attending a meeting of his Presbytery at Ardelve, visited him
at his home. It is said that in the course of the conversation, Mr Lachlan
asked the old man if he was not afraid of death. " 0 dhuiue bhoc," replied
the old man, " nam faicadh d'thu Ceither Iauan na h' Alba folbh gu Sliabh an
t' Shiorradh 's ann orra ua«h rolli feagal roimh 'n bhas."— (Poor man, if you
had seen the four Johns of Scotland setting out for Sheriffmuir, little did they
fear death).

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John Macrae of Timsgarry in Lews (page 194).

Duncan Macrae1 of Isle Ewe in Gairloch, a faithful follower
of Prince Charlie, whom he accompanied throughout the Rising
of 1745, and whose retreat he assisted to cover after the defeat of
Culloden, composed a well-known Gaelic song called " Oran na
Feannaige " (the song of the crow). It consists of an imaginary
dialogue between himself and a crow which he saw in Edinburgh
while there with the Prince.

1 This Duncan Macrae was believed to possess the gift of the Sian. This
gift was supposed to enable a man, by means of an incantation, to render an
object invisible until the charm was removed, except for a short time at
regular intervals usually of seven years. Shortly after the Battle of Culloden,
a French ship, which put in at Poolewe, left a cask of gold for the use of the
Prince. According to the traditions of Gairloch, this cask was entrusted to
Duncan's care, and being unable at that time to escape the vigilance of the
King's troops, and convey the gold to the Prince, he hid the cask in a place
in Gairloch called the Fedan Mor, making use of the Sian to render it invisible.
The cask never reached the Prince. On one occasion, about 1826, the cask
suddenly became visible to a shepherd's wife who was spinning there with a
spindle and distaff while herding her cattle. She stuck the spindle in the
ground to mark the spot, and ran home for help tD remove the treasure, but
when her friends arrived at the spot neither the cask nor the distaff could be
discovered.— Dixon's Gairloch, p. 165.

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APPENDIX K.

It has already been stated, in Chapter I., that the district of
Gairloch is rich in Macrae traditions. The following tradi-
tions are taken from Mr John H. Dixon's book on Gairloch,
with the kind permission of the author : —

HOW THREE MACRAES FROM KINTAIL ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE

MACBEATHS FROM GAIRLOCH AND PUT THE COUNTRY IN

POSSESSION OF MACKENZIE OF KINTAIL.

Once upon a time there lived a powerful man — Ian Mac Ian
Uidhir (John the son of Sallow John) — in the Carr of Kintail, and
when he heard such aliens (the Macbeaths) resided in the island of
Loch Tollie (in Gairloch) he thought within himself, on New
Year's night, that it was a pity such mischievous strangers should
be in the place, raising rents on the land which did not of right
belong to them, while some of the offspring of gentlemen of the
Clan Mackenzie, although a few of them possessed lands, were
without possessions.

Some time after this, when the snow was melting off the
mountains, he lifted his arrow bag on his back, sent word for Big
Donald Macrae from Inverinate, and they walked as one together
across Killelan. Old Alastair Liath (Grey Alexander) of Carr
accompanied them. They walked through the mountains of Loch-
carron. They came in by the mountains of Kinlochewe. They
came at a late hour in sight of Loch Tollie, and they took notice of
Macbeath's castle in the island, and of a place whence it would be
easy for them to send their arrows to the castle. There was a
rowan tree alongside the castle, which was in their way, but when
the darkening of night came they moved down to the shore in
such a way that the heroes got near the bank of the loch, so that
they might, in the breaking of the sky, be opposite Macbeath
when he came out,

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When Macbeath came out in the morning, the other man said
to Donald Mor, " Try how true your hand is now, if it is not trem-
ulous after the night ; try if you can hit the seed of the beast, the
hare, so that you make a carcase of him where he is, inasmuch as
he has no right to be there." Donald shot his arrow by chance,
but it only became flattened against one of the kind of windows in
the kind of castle that was in it.

When the man from Can saw what happened to the arrow of
the man from Inverinate, he thought that his companion's arrow
was only a useless one. The man from Carr got a glimpse of one
of the servants of Macbeath, carrying with him a stoup of water to
boil a goat buck, which he had taken from Craig Tollie the night
before ; but, poor fellow ! it was not he who consumed the goat
buck. Old Alastair Liath of Carr threw the arrow, and it went
through the kidneys of him of the water-stoup.

Macbeath suspected that a kind of something was behind him
which he did not know about. He thought within himself not to
wait to eat the goat buck, that it would be as well for him to go
ashore — life or death to him — as long as he had the chance to cross.
He lifted every arrangement he had, and he made the shore of it.
Those who would not follow him he left behind him ; he walked as
fast as was in his joints, but fast as Macbeath was, the arrow of the
son of Big Donald fixed in him in the thickest of his flesh. He ran
with the arrow fixed, and his left hand fixed in the arrow, hoping
always that he would pull it out. He ran down the brae to a place
which is called Boora to this day, and the reason of that name is,
that when Macbeath pulled the arrow out a buradh, or bursting
forth of blood, came after it.

When the Kintail men saw that the superior of the kind of
fortress had flown, they walked round the head of Loch Tollie,
sprawling, tired as they were ; and the very ferry-boat which took
Macbeath ashore took the Macraes to the island. They used part
of the goat buck which Macbeath was to haye had to his meal.
Thoy looked at the man of whom they had made a corpse, while
the cook went to the preparation for the morning meal. Difficulty
nor distress were not apparent on the Kintail men. The fearless
heroes put past the night in the castle. They feared not Mac-
beath ; but Macbeath was frightened enough that what he did not
get he would soon get.

412 THE HISTOEY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Although the pursuit of the aliens from Mackay's J country was
in the minds of the Kintail men, they thought they would go and
see how the lands of Gairloch lay. They went away in the morn-
ing of the next day, after making cuaranan (untanned shoes) of the
skin of the goat buck by putting thongs through it, as they had
worn out their own on the way coming from Kintail. They came
through Gairloch ; they took notice of everything as they desired.
They walked step by step, as they could do, without fear or bodily
dismay. They reached Mackenzie's Castle; they saluted him. They
said boldly, if he had more sons, that they would find more land
for him. Mackenzie invited them in and took their news. They
told him about the land of Gairloch, the way in which they saw
Macbeath, and the way in which they made him flee, and the time
on which they lived on the flesh of the goat buck. " And Ken-
neth," says Donald (addressing the chief), " I shall remember the
day of the foot of the goat buck as long as Donald is (my name)
on me." — Dixon's Gairloch, pp. 21-23.

HOW IAN LIATH MACRATH (GREY JOHN MACRAE) BROUGHT

JOHN ROY MACKENZIE OP GAIRLOCH INTO POSSESSION

OF HIS HEREDITARY RIGHTS.

John Roy grew up a tall, brave, and handsome young High-
lander. "When he could carry arms and wear the belted plaid, he
went to the Mackay country to visit his mother. None but his
mother knew him, and neither she nor he made known who he
was. In those days any stranger who came to a house was not
asked who he was until he had been there a year and a day.
John Roy lived in the servants' end of the house, and slept and
fed with them. Mackay had two rare dogs, called Cu-dubh and
Faoileag (black dog and sea gull), and they became greatly
attached to John Roy, so that they would follow no one else.
Near the end of the year Mackay told his wife that he suspected
the stranger was a gentleman's son. Her tears revealed the truth.

1 The Macbeaths were said to have come from the country of the Maekays
in Sutherlandshire, probably in the thirteenth century. They had, at least,
three strongholds in Gairloch, one of which was the island in Loch Tollie, as
mentioned above. There are still some families of the name Macbeath both in
Gairloch and in Applecross.

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John Roy was then kindly received at the table of the laird, who
asked him what he could do for him, John Roy begged that
Mackay would give him a bodyguard, consisting of the twelve of
his men whom he might choose, and the two dogs, Cu-dubh and
Faoilcag. He got these, and they went away to Glas Lcitirc in
Kintail, taking with them an anker of whisky. Arriving there,
John Roy placed his twelve men in concealment, and went him-
self to the house of Ian Liath Macrath (Grey John Macrae). It
was the early morning, and the old wife was spinning on the
distaff. She looked out, and saw a man there. She called to Ian
Liath, who was still lying down, " There is a man out yonder
sitting on a creel, and I never saw two knees in my life more like
John Roy's two knees." Ian Liath got up, went to the door, and
called out, " Is that you, John 1 " John Roy answered that it was.
" Have you any with you 1 " " Yes, I have twelve men."
" Fetch them," said Ian Liath. He killed a bull, and feasted
them all. Then he told John Roy that Mackenzie of Kintail was
coming that very day to hunt on the Glas Leitire hill of his (John
Roy's) fathers. John Roy, with his twelve men and Ian Liath,
went to the hill, takiug the whisky with them. Mackenzie
arrived to hunt the deer, and when he saw John Roy and his men,
he sent a fair-haired lad to inquire who they were. John Roy
bade the boy sit down, and gave him whisky. Whenever he rose
to go, more whisky was offered, and he was nothing loath to take
it. Mackenzie, thinking the lad was long in returning, sent
another boy, who was treated in the same way. Mackenzie then
saw that John Roy had returned, so he went back with his
followers to his castle, and John Roy was not further molested by
the lords of Kintail.

John Roy came back with Ian Liath to his house, when the
latter told him that he had Hector Roy's chest with the title-
deeds of Gairloch, and that John Roy must claim the estate.
Ian Liath took all his belongings, and accompanied John Roy
and his twelve men to Gairloch. They came to Beallach a
Chomhla, at the side of Bathais (Bus) Bheinn. Coming down
the mountain they found a good well, and there they rested and
left the women and the cattle. The well is called to this day
" Ian Liath's Well." They met people who informed them that
Ian Dubh Mac Ruaridh Mhicleoid, or Black John the son of Rorie

414 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Macleod, who was governor of the old castle of the Dun, was
accustomed to walk every day across the big sand and to lie on
the top of the Crasg to spy the country. The party went to the
Crasg, and Ian Liath told Ian Dubh Mac Ruaridh Macleod,
whom they met there, that unless he left the castle before that
night he would lose his head. Macleod took the hint, and sailed
away in his birlinn, with all his valuables, except one chest con-
taining old title-deeds, which came into John Roy's possession
along with the castle.— Dixon's Gairloch, pp. 39-40.

HOW THE MACRAE ARCHERS DEFEATED THE MACLEODS AT
LEAC NAN SAIGHEAD.1

It was after the expulsion of the Macleods that the affair of
Leac nan Saighead occurred. Many of the Macleods who had been
driven from Gairloch had settled in Skye. A number of young
men of the clan were invited by their chief to pass Hogmanay
night in his castle at Dunvegan. There was a large gathering.
In the kitchen there was an old woman, who was always occupied
in carding wool. She was known as Mor Bhan, or Fair Sarah, and
was supposed to be a witch. After dinner was over, at night the
men began to drink, and when they had passed some time thus
they sent in to the kitchen for Mor Bhan. She came and sat
down in the hall with the men. She drank one or two glasses, and
then she said it was a poor thing for the Macleods to be deprived
of their own lands in Gairloch and to live in comparative poverty
in Skye. " But," says she, addressing the whole party, " prepare
yourselves and start to-morrow for Gairloch, sail in the black bir-
linn, and you shall regain Gairloch.' I shall be a witness of your
success when you return." The men being young and not over-
burdened with wisdom, believed her, because they thought she had
the power of divination. They set sail in the morning for Gair-
loch, and the black galley was full of the Macleods. It was even-
ing when they came into the loch, and they dare not risk landing
on the mainland, for they remembered that the descendants of

1 Leac nan Saighead is on the south coast of Gairloch, and not far from
Shieldaig.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 415

Domhnull Greannach (a great Macrae) were still there, and they
knew their powers ouly too well. They, therefore, turned to the
south side of the loch and fastened their birlinn to Fraoch Eilean,
in the shelter opposite Leac nan Saighead, between Shieldaig and
Badachro. They decided to wait there till morning, then disembark
and walk round the head of the loch. But all the movements of
the Macleods had been well watched. Domhnull Odhar Mac Ian
Liath and his brother, Ian Odhar Mac Ian Liath, the celebrated
Macrae archers, sons of Ian Liath, mentioned in the last extract,
knew the birlinn of the Macleods, and they determined to oppose
their landing. They walked round by Shieldaig and posted them-
selves before daylight at the back of the Leac, a projecting rock
overlooking Fraoch Eilean. The steps on which they stood at the
back of the rock are still pointed out. Donald Odhar, being a
short man, took the higher of the two steps, and Iain the other.
Standing on these steps they crouched down in the shelter of the
rock, from which they commanded a full view of the island on
which the Macleods were lying here and there, while the Macrae
heroes were invisible from the island. They were both celebrated
shots, and had their bows and arrows with them. As soon as the
day dawned they opened fire on the Macleods ; a number of them
were killed before their comrades were even aware of the direction
wheuce the fatal arrows came. The Macleods endeavoured to
answer the fire, but not being able to see their foes, their arrows
took no effect. In the heat of the fight one of the Macleods
climbed the mast of the birlinn for a better sight of the position
of the foe. Ian Odhar took his deadly aim at him when near the
top of the mast. The shaft pierced his body and pinned him to
the mast. " Oh," says Donald, "you have sent a pin through his
broth." So the slaughter continued, and the remnant of the Mac-
leods hurried into the birlinn. They cut the rope and turned her
head seawards, and by this time only two of them were left alive.
So great was their hurry to escape that they left all the bodies of
their slain companions on the island. The rumour of the arrival
of the Macleods had spread during the night, and other warriors
such as Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead and Fear Shieldaig were soon
at the scene of action ; but all they had to do was to assist at the
burial of the dead Macleods. Pits were dug, into each of which a
number of the dead bodies were thrown, and mounds were raised

416 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

over them, which remain to this day, as anyone may see. The
name Leac nan Saighead means " The flat stone of the arrows."
— Dixon's Gairloch, pp. 45-46.

HOW FIONNLA DUBH NAN SAIGHEAD (BLACK FINLAY OF THE ARROWS)
FOUGHT AND DEFEATED THE MACLEODS OF ASSYNT.

Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead was a relative of Donald Odhar and
Ian Odhar, and was also of the Macraes of Kintail. Finlay
usually lived at Melvaig. As a marksman, he was on a par with
Donald Odhar. In his day, young Macleod, laird of Assynt, came
to Gairloch in his birlinn to ask for a daughter of John Roy in
marriage. He was refused, and set off northwards on his return
voyage in his birlinn, which was manned with sixteen oars. They
rowed quite close to the land round Rudha Reidh, the furthest out
headland of the north point. Rudha Reidh was then known as
Seann Rudha, a name which is still sometimes given to it. Fionnla
Dubh nan Saighead sat on a rock as the birlinn passed. He called
out, " Whence came the heroes f They replied, " We came from
Gairloch." " What were you doing there V said Finlay. " We
were asking in marriage the daughter of Mackenzie of Gairloch for
this young gentleman." " Did you get her ?" said Finlay. They
replied, " Oh, no." Finlay dismissed them with a contemptuous
gesture and an insulting expression. They passed on their way
without molesting him, because they had no arms with them.
Young Macleod brooded over the insult he had received from
Finlay Macrae, who was well known to him by repute. He soon
returned with his sixteen-oared birlinn, manned by the choicest
warriors of Assynt, to take vengeance on Finlay, who noticed the
galley, and guessed who were its occupants. He called for one,
Chisholm, his brother-in-arms, and the two of them proceeded to
the leac, or flat stone, close to the edge of the low cliff about a mile
north to Melvaig; the leac is still pointed out. They reached this
place before the Macleods could effect a landing. On the way, the
Chisholm said to Finlay, " You must leave all the speaking to
me." As the birlinn drew near, Chisholm called out, " What do
you want?" "We want Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead." "You
won't get him, or thanks," said Chisholm; "Go away in peace,"

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 417

The Maclcods began to threaten them. "If that is the way," said
Chisholm, "let every man look out for himself." The contest
began. Finlay and Chisholm were well sheltered at the back of the
leac. A number of the Maclcods were killed by the arrows of the
two heroes on shore, whilst they themselves remained uninjured.
The Maclcods, finding their losses so severe, soon thought that
discretion was the better part of valour, and, turning their birlinn
northwards, departed for their own country. They never again
molested Finlay. — Dixon's Gair/och, pp. 46-47.

Note. — In speaking of the Macrae archers, Mr Dixon says
that the arrow fired at the serving man on the Loch Tollie Island,
by Alastair Loath, must have killed its victim at a distance of
fully five hundred yards. Donald Odhar and Iain Odhar, the
heroes of Leac nan Saighead, slew many Macleods with their
arrows nearly four hundred yards away. Lest any reader should
doubt the authenticity of these performances on account of the
marvellous range attained, Mr Dixon gives several instances of
wonderful shots made by Turks, including one of four hundred
and fifteen yards, against the wind, by Mahmood Effendi, the
Turkish Ambassador's secretary, in a field near Bedford House, in
1791, and one of nine hundred and seventy-two yards by the
Sultan himself, in 1798, in the presence of Sir Robert Ainslie,
British Ambassador to the Sublime forte. — Dixon's Gairloch,p. 20.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

APPENDIX L.

MACRA BURSAR]

The following information has been kindly supplied by Mr P. J.
Anderson, librarian of the University of Aberdeen, from the old
Minute Books of the Macra foundation : —

Alexander Macra, ironmonger in Bristol, who died on 24th
August, 1780, sets forth in his quaintly-worded last will and
testament (dated at Edinburgh, 8th November, 1763), his
desire "that a considerable portion of such share of worldly
substance as I shall at the time of my death be entrusted with
by the providence and bounty of Almighty God, my gracious
Creator and Supporter, may be employed in perpetuity for the
maintenance, education, and instruction of indigent children, with
preference to male children or boys, of the Sirname of Macra,
natives of that part of Great Britain called Scotland." For this
purpose he appoints as his executors the President of the Court of
Session, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, the Senior Baillie
of Edinburgh, the Senior Manager of the Orphan Asylum in
Edinburgh, the Principal of King's College in Aberdon, the Pro-
fessor of Divinity, the senior Professor of Philosophy, and the
Professor of Humanity there, the Senior Minister, the Senior
Baillie, the Dean of Guild, and the Deacon Convener of Aberdeen :
directing them to allow his estate to accumulate until of the value
of £20,000 Scots. Subject to an annuity of £150 Scots payable
to each of his sisters (Margaret, spouse to John Matheson in
Duiriiiess, and Mary, spouse to John Matheson in Rairaig), and to
a perpetual payment of the interest on 7300 merks Scots to John
Macra, son of the testator's late uncle Mr Roderick, and his heirs
male, whom failing, the interest on 2000 merks Scots to the heir
male of the testator's great grandfather, Alexander Macra of

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 419

Inverinet: the yearly produce of the said £20,000 Scots is to be
spent "on the decent cloathing, mantenance, education, and in-
struction of as many indigent boys or male children of the Sirname
of Macra, and all natives of Scotland, as the said nctt yearly pro-
duce can sufficiently support."

The boys arc to be above the age of nine, and under the age
of twelve ; and preference is to be given to descendants of the
testator's said great grandfather. On attaining the ago of thirteen,
each boy, if "he is found to have an extraordinary genius for
Letters," is to come to Aberdeen to attend one of the burgh
schools, " until he be fit for the Humanity class in the King's
College in Aberdon .... and for as long thereafter as is
usually allowed there, for being instructed in the Latin, Greek,
and Hebrew Languages, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Divinity,
if he so inclines." If not found "quite acute for Letters," a boy
may be bound apprentice to some handicraft.

" And I hereby ordain that any boy's father's or other of his
predecessors' using to add the letter e, h, w, or y to his surname
of Macra .... shall not be sustained an objection to the
admission of such boy, but the addition of any of these four
letters to the proper surname of Macra is to be construed an
inattentive complyance with the pronunciation of the word
Macra, which is as various as the accent of the language is different
in the several countrys wherein the father and other predecessors
of such boy resided."

An action in the Court of Session for reduction of the will was
unsuccessful, and the duties of the Trust were undertaken by the
eight last named executors, the others declining to act.

In 1794, by which time the required sum of £20,000 Scots
(£1666 13s id sterling) has been realised, "in consequence of
information sent to Ross-shire, where the relations of the mortifier
reside, sundry applications from them, supported by the clergy-
men of these parishes, arc transmitted to the agent at Aberdeen,
along with certificates of the propinquity of several familys who
had children qualified in terms of the mortification to be admitted
to the benefit of it."

Kenneth, son of Duncan Macra, in Linasce, Kintail, late lieu-
tenant in the 78th Foot, and Alexander, son of Farquhar Macra,
at Fadoch, Kintail, are admitted as "nearest in degree to Alex-

420 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

ander Macra of Inverinet," and come to Aberdeen, being entrusted
to the care of Professor Macleod. Alexander, another son of
Lieut. Duncan, accompanies his brother.

In 1796 the testator's sisters and his cousin John are reported
dead, and in 1798 "Captain" Duncan, who visits Aberdeen, is
recognised as heir male of the mortifier's great grandfather, " which
is proved by the genealogys transmitted by the ministers of the
parishes where the several branches of the family reside."

1799. Alexander, son of Farquhar, enters bajan class at King's
College : graduates M.A. in 1803. {Officers and Graduates of
King's Coll., 1893, p. 268.) A fourth boy, Duncan, son of John,
in Morvich, is admitted.

1800. Kenneth, son of Duncan, enters bajan class at King's
Coll.: in 1803 goes to London "to be placed in a mercantile
house."

1804. Alexander, son of Duncan, enters semi-class at King's
Coll.

1805. Duncan, son of John, in Morvich, "has not much
genius," and is bound apprentice for five years to Mr Littlcjohn,
wright in Aberdeen.

1806. Admitted, and comes to Aberdeen to attend Grammar
School : Alexander, son of John, son of Duncan, son of Donald,
son of Christopher, lawful son of Alexander of Inverinet. Enters
bajan class 1809 ; M.A. 1813.

1813. Admitted : Duncan, son by a second marriage of Captain
Duncan. Enters bajan class in 1820, and attends four sessions,
but does not graduate.

1816. Admitted : Farquhar, son of Farquhar in Camuslivnie.
Enters bajan class in 1819; M.A. 1823; appointed schoolmaster
at Lochcarron ; student of divinty 1823-27; minister of Free
Church, Knockbain.

1824. Admitted : Christopher, whose propinquity is certified
by Archibald Macra of Ardiutoul and many respectable persons
of the clan, " the boy being in a state of absolute nakedness and
starvation " ; proved to be over age.

1826. Admitted: Farquhar, son of Alexander; proved to be
over age. Duncan, son of Murdoch, in Stornoway ; proved to be
over age. John, son of Duncan, in Camuslunie. Donald, son of
John, in Conchra,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 421

1831. A. Mitchell, Headmaster of the Grammar School, Old
Aberdeen, reports, 1st September, that John and Donald "have

attended the Grammar School of Old Aberdeen for the space of
three years and ten months. Their attendance has upon the whole
been sufficiently regular ; but their application has by no means
been such as to ensure success in the study of the Latin language ;
consequently they arc both very deficient. I cannot say that there
is much difference between them, but on the whole I think Donald
the better scholar. Neither the one nor the other appears to have
any ' extraordinary genius for letters.' " To be sent home to their
parents.

1832. John and Donald wish to follow some liberal profession,
but this is not sanctioned. The former is apprenticed to Mr
Kennie, shipbuilder ; the latter to Mr Simpson, wright.

Mr Alexander Macrae, only surviving son of late Captain Dun-
cau, authorises payment of the annuity to his mother (? stepmother).

1833. Admitted: Alexander, son of Finlay, Auchtertyre. Dies
of smallpox ; has not been vaccinated ; this to be a sine qua n<>n in
future.

1834. Applications from John, son of Christopher, Drudaig ;
Donald, son of Finlay, Auchtertyre; Kenneth, son of John, Camus-
lunie ; James, son of Donald, Kintail ; the first is admitted, and is
subsequently apprenticed to Mr William Henderson, builder.

1839. Applications from Colin, son of Christopher, Inchroe ;
Donald, son of Farquhar, Glenshiel ; Donald, son of Finlay, Loch-
alsh ; Donald, son of Farquhar, Glenshiel : the second is admitted,
subsequently apprenticed to Messrs Blaikie & Son.

1843. Finlay Macrae admitted, subsequently apprenticed to
Mr Cook, tailor.

1847. In this year the trustees authorised their agent, Mr
James Nicol, advocate, to uplift the funds from the Northern
Investment Company, in whose hands they then lay, and to lend
them on heritable security, which he reported had been found.
The money, however, Mr Nicol retained in his own hands unsecured,
and in 1850 his firm, Nicol & Munro, became bankrupt.

Mr Alexander Anderson, advocate, who was appointed judicial
factor on the Macra Trust, was able to recover £419 14s 3d from
the sequestrated estate, and £1246 19s Id from the Macra Trustees,
who were held to have been guilty of gross negligence. In 18G2

422 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

he reported that the fund had now been restored to its original
amount of £1666 13s 4d; and a body of trustees was constituted
de novo : those accepting office being the Principal, the Professor
of Divinity, the Senior Minister, the Senior Baillie, the Dean of
Guild, and the Deacon Convener.

During the succeeding twenty-six years a considerable number
of applications were received by the Macra Trustees, accompanied
usually by proofs of descent from Alexander Macra of Inverinet ;
but of those admitted to the benefits of the Fund, no one seems
to have proved himself worthy of a University education. Under
the scheme of administration of the Aberdeen Educational Trust,
dated 17th November, 188S, two bursaries at the Grammar School
" shall be known by the name of the Macra bursaries, and these
two bursaries shall be awarded to any candidates properly qualified
in the opinion of the Governors to avail themselves of the educa-
tion given at the Grammar School of Aberdeen, who shall satisfy
the Governors that they are of the lineal descendants of Alexander
Macra of Inverinet, the great grandfather of the said Alexander
Macra, ironmonger, Bristol."

On the death of Mr Alexander Macra, Demerara, son of Captain
Duncan, the right to the perpetual annuity seems to have passed
to Dr John Macrae, H.E.I.C.S.,1 son of Dr John Macrae, younger
brother of Captain Duncan ; but no payments were ever made to
him. On his death in 1864, a claim was put forward by John
Anthony Macrae, 'W.S., son of Colin, younger brother of Dr John,
senior. On 31st March, 1865, the Trustees having considered the
proofs advanced by him, find that he "is now the heir male
lineally descended from the testator's said great grandfather." On
1st October, 1868, Colin George Macrae, W.S., was served heir to
his father, John Anthony ; and he now represents the family.

i Page 103.

THE HISTOIIY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 423

APPENDIX M.

EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF COURT HELD AT INVERNESS TO INQUIRE
INTO THE AFFAIR OF ATU NAM MUILEACH.1

Inverness, 20th November, 1721. In presence of Master Robert
Gordon of Haughs, Sheriff-Depute of Inverness,

Compeared Donald McRae, soldier in the Royal Regiment of
North British Fusiliers, who, being solemnly sworn in a precogni-
tion, maketh oath that he was of the detachment of His Majesty's
Forces, appointed to attend the Factors on the Forfeited Estates,
when the insult and murder was committed on the saide Forces
and Factors at Loch Affrick, upon the Second day of October last
by several Bodies of Highlanders, and that he knew and seed the
persons following amongst the saide Bodies of Highlanders, viz. :—
Donald Murchison, Chamberland to the late Earl of Seaforth.
Donald Murchison of Auchtertyre.
John McRae of Inverinat.
John Dow McAlister Vic Gilchrist, in Achyark.
Christopher, Ferquhar and Murdo McRaes, sons to Christopher

McRae, in Arivugan.
Don McRae in Glensheil, nephew to the said Christopher.
John McUrchie Vic Alister Vic Vinister, in Killelan.
John McFinlay Vic Fan, in Killelan.
Duncan McEan Vic Conchie, in Killelan.
Alexander McEan Vic Conchy, in Killelan.
John McEan Vic Conchy, in Killelan.
John McEan Vic Conchy Vic Alister, in Glenelchak.
John Dow McAlister Vic Gilchrist, in Achayouran of Glensheall.
Donald McAlister Vic Gilchrist, in Achyouran-begg.

l Page 358. See also paper on " Donald Murchison and the Factor» on
the Forfeited Estates," by Mr William Mackay, published in "The Trans-
actions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness," Vol. XIX.

424 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Alexander McConchy Vic Gilchrist, in Rategan of Glensheal.
Alexander McRae, son to Master Donald McRae, minister of

Kintail.
John McRae, son to Alexander McFerquhar Vic Rae, in Morvich.
John McKenzie, in Inverinat, son to Kenneth Roy, brother to

the late Aplecross.
Ferquhar Oig McFerquhar Vic Alister, in Inversheile.
Murdo McFerquhar Vic Alister, in Croe of Kintail.
Alexander McFerquhar Vic Alister, in Morvich, in Croe of Kintail.
John McRae Vic Vinister, in Letterfearn.
John McRae, eldest son to Donald McRae of Driudaig, living in

Letterfearn.
Murdo McAlister Vic Vinister, in Camboslynie.
Alexander McAlister Vic Vinister, in Glenelchak.
Alexander McHuistan Vic Rae, in Meikle Salachy of Lochalsh,

nephew to Aryvogan.
Donald Oig McLennan, in Achnafeam of Lochalsh.
Murdo McRae, in Coriloyne of Glenloyne.
John McRae, son to the said Murdoch McRae, in Coriloyne of

Glenloyne.
Ferquhar McConchy Voir Nakaime, in Glenloyne.
Alexander McHutchan Vic Rae, in Sallachy More.
Duncan McHutchan Vic Rae, in Sallachy More.
John Dow McLennan, in Achnaguiran.
Colline McEan Vic Iver, in Inversheal.
Murdo McEan Vic Iver, in Inversheal.
Duncan McConchy Vic Gilchrist, in Islandonanbeg.
Evander Murchison, son to John Murchison McEan Vic Conil, in

Achnabein.
Donald Roy, son to the ground officer of Glenmoriston.
John McAlister Vic Rae, in Cambouslyne of Glenelchak, one of the

baggage men to the Rebells.

Donald McRae further maketh oath that the said John
McAlister Vic Rae, baggage man, and others of the party who
conducted the troops and factors back through the wood, informed
him that the persons following were amongst the committers of
the said insult and murder, viz. : —

John Dow McAlister Vic Gilchrist, in Achyark
Duncan McConchy Vic Charlich, in Sallachy More.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 425

Alexander McFinlay Vic Ean, in Achnabein.

Duncan McAlistcr Vic Conchy Mathcson, in Achrachen of Loch

alsh.
Murdo McConchy Vic Ean, in Killelan.
Alexander McConchy Vic Vinister, in Aglachan of Lochalsh.
Christopher McFerquhar Oig, in Letterfearn.
Alexander McAlister Vic Gillichrist Vic Ferquhar Oig, in Mamaig

of Glenelchaig.
Alister McAlister Vic Gilchrist, in Kilarie.
John McEan Vic Conchy, in Ratigan.

Donald McAlister Vic Gilliechrist, in Achyark of Glensheal.
Donald Murchison, in Achachoraran, brother to the deceast

Achtertoir.
Mnrdo Mui'chison, brother to the deceast Achtertoir.
Alexander Murchison, brother to the deceast Achtertoir.
John McGilchrist McRae, in Comer of Strathglcsh.
Christopher McEan Vic Conil Vic Vinister, in Conchraig of Cam-

bonslyne.
Christopher McUrchie Vic Vinister, in Glenelchack.
Alexander and Mylies Murchison, sons to John Murchison McEan

Vic Conil, in Achnabein.
John McDonald Reach Vic Conchy Oig, in Meikle Salachie.
John Dow McEuan Gou, in Meikle Salachy.
John McLennan Vic Conchy Voi, in Mid Ausgett of Kintail.
Donald McEan Doi Brebater, in Mid Ansgett of Kintail.
Finlay McEan Doi Brebater, in Mid Ausgett of Kintail.
Duncan Mac Ean Glas, in Achnason of Lochalsh.
Donald Mathcson, in Conchra of Lochalsh.
Duncan Mathcson, in Achnashcw.
Donald McDonald Oig, in Ardinar.
Finlay McC'oil Reach Vic Conchie Oig, in Letterwhile of Kintail.

Donald Mcllae furthur maketh oath that he seed Patrick Grant,
son to the late Glenmoriston, with the saids companies of High-
landers ; all which he declares to be truth, as he shall answer to
God, and declares he cannot write ; and further maketh oath that
he seed Kenneth McConchy Vic Alister, in Ratigan of Glensheall,
in company with the saids Highlanders.

426 THE HISTORY OP THE CLAN MACRAE.

ADDENDUM I.

The following version of the Gaelic poem given on page 388
was sent to the author by Mr William Mackay, Craigmonie, Inver-
ness, but it was too late to be included in Appendix J. It was
written down in 1877 by a well-known Gaelic scholar and poet,
the late Mr Farquhar Macdonell, of Plockton, Lochalsh, and sent
by him to the Rev. Alexander Stewart, LL.D., of Nethet-Lochaber,
by whom it was afterwards sent to Mr Mackay. According to Mr
Macdonell, it was composed immediately after the burial of Mur-
doch Macrae in Kilduich. The author considers this the best, as
it is also the most complete, of several versions of the same poem
that he has come across : —

Deanam na marbhrainn s' as ur
Air miann suilean Chloinn 'ic Rath,
Air Murachadh donna-gheal mo ruin
A bha Ian do chliu gun chleith.

A dheagh mhic Alasdair uir,

Togamaid do chliu an tos,

Sud an laoch fo'n robh a' mhuirn,

'Shliochd Fhearachair nan cuirt 's nan corn.

Si sealg geamhraidh Ghlinne-lic
Chuir greaun oirn gu trie 'us gruaim,
M' an og nach robh teann 's a bha glic,
Bhi 's an teampull fo'n lie 's an uaigh.
Chiad aoine de 'n gheamhradh fhuar,
'S daor a phaigh sinn duais na sealg,
An t-og bo chraobhaiche snuagh
Na aonar bhuainn 'us fhaotainn marbh.
Tional na sgire gu leir
A suibhal sleibh 's a falbh bheaun,
Fad sgios nan coig latha deug,
'S am fear dileas, treun air chall.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 427

'S turseach do clrinneadh mor deas,
Ga d' shireadh an ear 's an iar,
'S an tog a b' ionmholta beachd
Hi slios glinne marbh 'a an t-sliabh.

Claim 'ic Rath nam buailtean bo
Air an siarradh gn mor mu d'eug,
Mu d' thoirt as a blieatha so oim,
Mhic athair nan corn 's nan teud.

'S turseach do dheas bhraithrean graidh
'S am parson ge hard a leugh,
Thug e, go tuigseach a cheaird,
Barr tuirse air each gu leir.

Air tlms dhiubh Donnachadh nam Pios,
Gillecriosd 'us dithis na chleir,
Fearachar agus Ailean Donn
'S Uisdean a tha trom do dheigh.

Bu tusa an t-oclid shlat ghraidh
Dh'ios nam braithrean glana coir,
A' nochd gur dosgach an cradh,
Gu 'n fhroiseadh am blath dhiubh og.

Gur tursach do cheud blican og,
'S flinch frasach na deoir le gruaidh,
I 'spionadh a fuilt d' a deoin,
Sior chumha nach beo do shnuagh.

Bhean uasal a thug dlmt gaol,
Nach bi chaoidh na h-uigneas slan,
'S truagh le mo chluasan a gaoir,
Luaithead 's a sgaoil an t-aog a snaim.

Bu tu 'n t-slat eibhinn, aluinn, ur,
Bu mhiann suil 's bu leanan mna,
A ghnuis an robh am breac seirc,
Bha cho deas air thapadh lamb.
Bu tu marbhaich' a bhalla-bhric bhain,
Le mordha 's le lau chranu geur,
'S le cuilbheir bhristeadh tu cnaimh,
'S bu shilteach 'o d' laimh na feidh.
Do chul buidh' fainneach ri lie,
Bha ruthaidh, 's e gle gheal, dearg,
'Ghnuis an robh 'n gliocas gun cheilg,
Air nach d'fhiosraicheadh riamh fearg.
Chuala mise clarsach theui,
Fiodhall 'us beus a cu-sheinu,

428 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

'S cha chuala, 's cha chluinn gu brath,
Ceol a b'fhearr na do bheul binn.
'S math am fear rannsachaidh 'n t-aog,
Gur maor c dh'iarras gu mean,
Bheir e leis an t-og gun ghiamh,
'S fagaidh e fear liath bhios sean.
Bha thu fearail aims gach ceum,
Bu bharant thu 'n deirce bhochd,
'S tha tlm air deas laimh do Righ,
Le lughad 's chuir thu 'm pris an t-olc.
Tha sluagh taght' aig deagh Mhac Dhe,
Gun easbhuidh, gun fheum air ni,
'S tha thus' a nis 'an aoibhneas mor,
'An cathair cheoil aig Righ nam righ.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 429

ADDENDUM II.

Page 109.— Surgeon-General Sir William Alexander Mackiunon
died in London on the 28th of October, 1897.

Page 141. — Captain Archibald Macra Chisholm of Glassburn
died on the 19th of October, 1897.

Page 158. — Colin Macrae, Camden, South Carolina, lineal
representative of the Macraes of Conchra, died on the 20th of
September, 1898. He was succeeded as representative of that
family by his brother,

Duncan Macrae of Karnes Castle, who died on the 14th of
December, 1898, and was buried on the 21st at Kilduich, his
clansmen in Kintail making his funeral the occasion for a remark-
able display of clan sentiment and loyalty. His eldest son,

Stewart Macrae (page 158), of Newark -on-Trent, is now lineal
representative of the Macraes of Conchra.

Page 281. — In addition to the marriage of Alexander Macrae
and Agnes Gordon, there appears also to be some record of a
marriage, about the same time, between a William Macrae and
a Thomasine Gordon of Carleton. It is not impossible, however,
that a confusion of names may have occurred with regard to one
and the same marriage.

430

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

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INDEX,

Alberoni, Cardinal, 355.

Alva, James Erskine, Lord, 239.

Archers, Macrae, 10, 300, 414, 417.

Ardintoul MS., 44, 72.

Argyll, Earls of, 369.

Athole, Earls of, 3G9.

Ath nam Muileaeh, Affair of, 81, 124, 125, 133, 358, 423.

Badenoch, Wolf of, 4.

Bain, Alexander, of Inchvanie, 187.

Barlow, Colonel Frederick, marriage and descendants, 267.

Barrow, Dr Robert, of Aberdeen, 142.

Battle of Assaye, 191.

Auldearn, 68, 187, 336, 353.
„ Banuockburn, 353.
,, Bealach Glasleathaid, 19.
,, Blar na leine, 29.
„ Brandywine, 267.
Cailleach Rock, 42.
Cat's Back, 20.
Culloden, 361.
„ Drumderfit, 334.

El Hamet, 220, 222.
Flodden, 353.
,, Fredericksburg, 254.

Glensheil, 77, 133, 180, 357, 407.
,, Inverlochy, 85.
„ Langside, 353.
„ Leac na falla, 39.
Malvern Hill, 254.
Maida, 222.
Park, 17, 295.
Philiphaugh, 281.
Pinkie, 35.3.
„ Ream's Station, 254.
Salamanca, 137, 268,

432 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Battle of Sheriffinuir, 11, 77, 123, 132, 153, 182, 198, 209, 242,
256, 318, 319, 325, 354, 408.
,, Talavera, 270.
„ Waterloo, 140.
„ Worcester, 63, 160, 354.
Bayne, Janet, of Knockbain, 72.

Bethime or Beton, Eev. Johu, of Glensheil, 163, 360, 368.
Bissett or Bizet of Lovat, 289, 332.
Blythman's Ford, Skirmish at, 195.
Bogle, William Lockliart, 39, 108, 221.
Branoker, William Hill, of Athline, 219.
Burial of Chiefs of Kintail, 8.
Burns, Robert, 239.
Bursary, The Macra, 74.
Campbell, Rev. Alexander, of Croy, 106.

Rev. Patrick, of Killearnan, 106.
Campbells of Craignish, 6, 341.
Cameron, Sir Eweu, of Loehiel, 90.

Carey, Rev. Cartaret Priaulx, marriage and descendants, 277.
Carter, Colonel Chilton Lambton, marriage and family, 269.
Ceilidh, The, 286.
Chalmers, Rev. Thomas, D.D., 113.
Chisholm, Alister Dubh, 25.

„ Archibald, of Fasnakyle, 135.

„ Captain Archibald Macra, 141, 3S2.

„ Dr Stewart, 140.
The, 78, 92, 307.
Claim Ian Charrich Macraes, 22, 23, 214, 290.
Chines, formerly Home of Macraes, 289.
Coille Bhan, Affair of the, 359.
Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, 31.
Coll Ban of Barisdale, 327.

Colquhoun, John, Author of The Moor and the Loch, 119, 122.
Contract of Friendship with Campbells of Craignish, 6, 341.
Covenant, The National, 143.

„ The Solemn League and, 143.
Cratach Mac Gilligorm, 334.
Cumberland, Duke of, 329, 361.
Currie, The Very Rev. Edward Reid, D.D., Dean of Battle, 103.

„ Sir Frederick Larkins, Bart., 118.
Daphne, Launching of, 129.
Dean of Lismore's Book, 3, 3 10.
De Butts, Major-General John Cromie Blackwood, marriage and

descendants, 272.
De Sausmarez, Captain Philip, R.N., marriage and descendants,

268.
Dewar, Rev. Neil, of Kingussie, 184.

raa history of the clan macrae. 433

Dick, David, buys Glenshcil, 218.

Dingwall, Introduction of Presbyterian Minister to, 71.

,, Presbytery Records of, 64, 144.

„ School first opened in, 71.
Dingwall, Roderick, of Ussie, 75.
Disruption of Church of Scotland in 18-43, 367.
Donnachadh Mor Mac Alister, 198, 312.
Dounachadh Mor na Tuagh, 10, 16, 295.
Donnachadh nam Pios, 87, 391, 395.
Douglas, Dr A. Halliday, marriage and descendants, 113.
Downie, Rev. Alexander, D.D., of Lochalsh, 112.
Dutch Colonel, The Tradition of the, 357.
Eas nan arm, 357.
Eigg, Monastery of, 349.
Elder, Rev. Robert, D.D., 105.
Eliot, Colonel George Augustus, 275.
Ellandonan Castle, 7, 22, 25, 58, 63, 195, 293, 351, 355.
Elycht, Fair of, 44.
Emigration from Kintail, 362, 366.
Eonachan Dubh, 210, 320.
Farquhar Mac an t' Shagairt, Earl of Ross, 350.
Fearachar Mac Ian Oig, 187, 307, 383.
Fearn Abbey, 350.
Fernaig Manuscript, 66, 88, 391.
Fionnla Dubh Mac Gillechriosd, 14.
Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh, 35, 29S.
Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead, 416.
Fionnla Mor nan Gad, 291.
Fionnla nan Gobhar, 225.
Fitzgerald, Colin, 4, 104, 288.
Forbes, Sir John, Bart, of Craigievar, 282.
Forfeited Estates Commissioners, 357, 376.
Forteath, Colonel Frederick Prescott, 105.
Fortrose, 16, 36, 57.
Fortrose Grammar School, 53, 76.
Four Johns of Scotland, 153.
Fraser of Achnagaim, 103.

„ Belladrum, 162.
Gairloch, 9, 19, 53, 54, 330, 410.
Gillanders, Alexander, 179, 372.

„ Earls of Ross, 3, 7.

Gilleoin na h' Airde, 3.
Gilleoin na Tuagh, 288.

Gilstrap, Sir William, Bart, of Fornham Park, 159.
Glencairn, Earl of, 239.
Glenelg Barracks, 360.
Glengarry, Feud between Kintail and, 33, 298, 353.

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434 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Glenlic Hunt, The, 84, 310, 388, 426.
Glenmoriston. Grant of, 38, 78, 218, 358.
Glensheil, Ministers of, 368.

Parish of, 348, 360.
Gordon, Earls of Huntly, 16, 353, 370.
„ of Carleton, 281.
of Earlston, 281.

,, of Embo, 16.

„ Sir Robert, Author of The Earls of Sutherland, 16, 17.
Grant of Glenmoriston, 38, 78, 218.
„ of Dundreggan, 218, 221.
„ of Shewglie, 218.
Gregory, or Grig, son of Dungal, 2, 338.
Hastings, Marquis of, 137, 269.
Harvie, Professor Thomas, of Glasgow, 282.
Hawes, Captain Edward William, R.N., 228.
Hay, Sir George, Earl of Kinnoull, 54.
Hogg, Rev. Thomas, of Kiltearn, 143.
Huntly, Alexander Gordon, Earl of, 16, 353.
Ian a Chragain of Glenmoriston, 218, 358.
Ian Breac Mac Mhaighster Fearachar, 170, 303, 385.
Ian Mac a Ghobha, 193, 405.

Ian Mac Fhionnla Mhic Ian Bhuidhe and his descendants, 256.
Ian Mac Mhurachaidh, 81, 193, 363, 402.
Ian Mor a Chasteil of Glenmoriston, 38.
Ian Mor Mac Mhaighster Fionnla, 324.
Innes, Florence, of Balnain, 145.
Inverinate, Macraes Settle at, 30.
Johnson, Dr Samuel, 135.
Kenmure, Viscount, 281.
Kennedy, John, of Underwood, marriage and descendants, 119.

„ Rev. John, D.D., of Dingwall, 125.
Kenneth, Founder of the House of Kintail, 352, 373.
Kinlochluichart, 179.
Kintail, Chiefs of, 373.

„ Church Destroyed, 77, 356.

„ Emigration from, 362, 366.
Macraes Settle in, 6, 288.

„ Ministers of, 367.

„ New Statistical Account, 365.

„ Old Statistical Account, 362.
Parish of, 348.

„ Population at Various Periods, 368.

,, Prosperity in, 364.

Rent Question in, 189, 362.

„ Schools in, 365.

„ Social Condition of, 65, 362, 364, 366,

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 435

Kintail, Sold by Seaforth, 365.

The Black Chanter of, 381.
The Men of, 348.
„ Whig Influences in, 355.
Kintail in Sutherland, 16, 304.
Kylerea, Sea Fight at, 41.
Laing, Samuel, M.P., 118.
Larach, Tigh Mine Dhomhmiill, 28.
Larach, Tigh Mhic Rath, 5.
Le Mesurier, General William, 267.
Lews, The Rev. Farquhar Macrae's Visit to, 57.

„ Conquered by Lord Kintail, 56.
Lindesay, David, Bishop of Ross, 54.

„ Tatrick, Bishop of Ross, 60.
Loban, sumamed Gilligorm, 334.
Lochiel, 90, 218, 304, 315.
Londonderry, Siege of, 261.
Loudon, Earl of, 137, 269.
Lovat, Simon, Lord, 360.

„ Lords of, 5, 29, 289, 335, 371.
Macbeaths, The, of Gairloch, 412.
Macbeolans, The, 7, 352.
Macdonald, Angus Og, of Glengarry, 40.
„ Captain Ronald, 219.

„ Donald Gorm, of Sleat, 25, 177, 353.

„ Finlay, of Drudaig, 234.

„ John (Ian Lorn), Poet, 85.

of Balranald, 227.
of Glengarry, 40, 198, 298.
of Leek, 329.
„ Rev. Archibald, Author of History of Clan Donald, 100.

„ Sir Alexander, of Sleat 329.

Sir Donald, of Sleat, 36.
Macdougall of Ardentrive, 108.

„ of Lunga, 219.

Mac Gillechriosd, Duncan (1), 25.
„ Duncan (2), 38.

Macgregor, Rob Roy, 355.
Macguire, Hugh, 236, 240.
Macintyre, Dr Duncan, 205.
Mackay, Dr Charles Gordon, 227.
Mackenzie, Agnes, of Kincraig, 145.

„ Ancient MS. History of the Clan, 43.
,, Anne, of Torridon, 94.
,, Captain Donald George, 106.

„ Captain Kenneth, of Kerrisdale, marriage and
descendants, 114.

436 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Mackenzie, Florence, of Cullen, 96.

„ George, Earl of Cromartie, 62.

Hector Hoy, of Gairloch, 9, 22.
Isabel, of Ballone, 156.
John Roy, of Gairloch, 54, 412.
„ Major Colin John, 111.

„ Major-General Colin, 111.

,, Margaret, of Redcastle, 70.

Mrs, of Abbotsford Park, 106.
„ of Allangrange, Chief of the Mackenzies, 375.

of Applecross, 48, 73, 174, 371.
,, of Clean waters, 191.

of Coul, 187.
,, of Culdrein, 174.

of Cullen, 96.

of Dochmaluak, 62, 70, 98, 174, 371, 372.
of Gairloch, 174.
of Hilton, 80, 153, 161, 172.
,, of Lentran, 168.
of Pitlundie, 125.
of Redcastle, 70, 370, 371.
of Torridon, 94, 168, 372.
„ Rev. Alexander, LL.D., of Kingussie, 101.
Rev. Colin, of St Ninian's, 229.
Rev. Lachlan, of Lochcarron, 226, 229, 408.
,, Simon, of Lochslin, 62.

Sir Dougal, 26, 177.
,, Sir George, of Rosehaugh, 62.
,, Surgeon-Major Gilbert Proby, 106.
Mackillican, Rev. John, of Fodderty, 143.
Mackinnon, Florence, of Comechatachau, 152.

,, Lachlan, of Corriechatachan, marriage and descend-

ants, 108.
,, Neil, of Borreraig, 182.

,' „ Professor, quoted, 90.

Rev. Donald, D.D., of Strath, 108.
Rev. Neil, of Creich, 181.
Sir William Alexander, K.C.B., 109, 429.
Maclauchlan, Ewen, the Gaelic Poet, 131.
Maclean, Dr William Henry, 228.

Lachlan, of Lochbuy, 18, 297.
Rev. John, of Kintail, 168.
Macleans, Ancestor of, 3, 288.
Macleans and Macraes of same Origin, 4.
Maclennan, Domhnull Buidhe, 336.

„ Ewen, of Killelan, marriage and descendants, 220.

„ Rev. Duncan, of Laggan, 184, 206.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 437

Maelennans of Kintail, 336.
Maclcod, Janet, of Raasay (1), 93.
Janet, of Raasay (2), 135.
John, of Raasay (Ian Garbh), 93.
Kenneth, of Arnisdale, 182.
of Assynt, 327.
of Dnnvegan, 329.
of Raasay, 93, 135, 175.
Macmaster, Rev. Donald, of Kildalton, 203.
Macpherson, Donald, of Eigg, 184.

Macqucen, Rev. John, of Applecross, marriage and descendants, 102.
Macra, Alexander, of Hushinish, 139.
Archibald, of Ardintoul, 135.
Colonel Sir John, 12, 136.
Macrae, Alexander, Author of Book on Deer Stalking, 204!

Alexander, Founder of the Macra Bursary, 74.

Alexander, of Inverinate, 69, 369, 418, 422.

Alexander, Writer, Fortrose, 16. ^s^

Archers, 10, 300, 414, 417.

Bailie Harry, of Dingwall, 146.

Captain Christopher Alexander, of Kirksheaf, 213.

Captain Duncan, of Inverinate, 98.

Captain James, of Conchra, 156.

Captain James, of Holmains, 240.

Captain James, of Houston, 240.

Captain John, of Conchra, 156.

Chamberlains of Kintail, 8, 363.

Christopher, Constable of Ellandonan, 24.

Christopher, of Aryugan, 123.

Christopher, of Glenmore, 229.

Colin George (of Inverinate), W.S., 121, 422.

Colin, of Demerara, 116.

Colonel Kenneth, of Inverinate, 101.

Constables of Ellandonan, 8, 24, 58.

Councillor Alexander, 190, 193.

Dr Alexander Charles, 117.

Dr Donald, of Beckenham, 230.

Dr Donald, of Council Bluffs, 232.

Dr Farquhar, of Alness, 180.

Dr Farquhar, of Inverinate, 104.

Dr Farquhar, of London, 194, 405.

Dr John Farquhar, 207.

Dr John, H.E.I.C.S. (1), 102.

Dr John, H.E.I.C.S. (2), 103.

Dr John, of Auchtcrtyre, 175.

Donald Og, 195.

Duncan, of Balnain, 148, 165.

438 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Macrae, Duncan, of Corriedhomhain, 325.

Duncan, of Inverinate (Donnachadh nam Pios), 87.

Duncan, of Kamcs Castle, 158, 429.

Episcopalians, 11, 260.

Farquhar, of Inverinate, 97.

Finlay, of Duilig, 180.

General William, of Wilmington, 253.

Governor James, of Madras, 190, 235.

Horatio Ross, of Chines, 13, 120.

Jacobites, 11.

James, of Balnain, 146.

John Alexander, of Niagara Falls, 167.

John Anthony (of Inverinate), 120, 422.

John Breac, 170, 303, 364.

John, the Gaelic Poet (Ian Mac Mhurachaidh), 81, 193

363, 402.
John, of Conchra, 153.
John, Schoolmaster of Sleat, 183.
John, solicitor, Dingwall, 192.
Lieutenant Christopher, of Torlysich, 221.
Lieutenant Colin William, 159, 381.
Lieutenant Farquhar, 128.
Lieutenant Farquhar, of Torlysich, 222.
Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick, 207.
Major Colin, of Conchra, 157.
Major James Andrew, 228.
Maurice, of Achyuran, 199.
Meaning and Origin of Name, 1.
Murdoch, hanged in Inverness, 329.
Murdoch, of Balnain, 147.
Murdoch of Kinbeachie, 150.
of Holmains, 240.
of Houston, 240.
of Kirksheaf, 213.
Rev. Alexander, Clachan, 203.
Rev. Alexander, Founder of the Roman Catholic Mission

in Kintail, 72, 367.
Rev. Alexander, of Crown Court, 184.
Rev. David, of Dundee, 245.
Rev. David, of Oban and Glasgow, 243.
Rev. Donald, last Episcopalian Minister of Kintail, 76.
Rev. Donald, of Lairg, 197.
Rev. Donald, of Lochalsh, 189.
Rev. Donald, of Melbourne, 231.
Rev. Donald, of Poolewe and Kilmory, 231.
Rev. Donald, of Urray and Kintail, 64, 160.
Rev. Duncan Mackenzie, of Lochearnhead, 151.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 439

Macrae, Rev. Duncan, of Glenshcil, 206.
Rev. Duncan, of Woodgreen, 232.
Rev. Farquhar, of Glenorchy, 204.
Rev. 'Farquhar, of Kmtail, 52.
Rev. Farquliar, of Knockbain, 130.
Rev. Farquhar, of Manitoba, 129.
Rev. Finlay, of Lochalsh, 4G.
Rev. Finlay, of North Uist, 226.
Rev. Isaac Vandenheuvel, 118.
Rev. James Duncan, of Contin, 129.
Rev. James, of Sauchieburn, 242.
Rev. John, Account of Origin of Macraes, 331.
Rev. John Farquhar, of Melbourne, 232.
Rev. John, Aberfeldy, 230.
Rev. John, of Dingwall (1), 142, 152, 371. )
Rev. John, of Dingwall (2), 70.
Rev. John, of Glenelg, 107.
Rev. John, of Glenshcil, 105.
Rev. John, of Knockbain, 200.
Rev. John, tutor to Colin, first Earl of Seaforth, 44.
Sergeant Alexander, 191.
Sergeant John, 219.
Stewart (of Conchra), 158, 429.
Surgeon-Major Alexander, 228.
Vicars of Kmtail, 8, 58, 76, 160.
Macraes, Affair of the, 344.

and the Lords of Lovat, 5, 29, 290, 335.

connected with the Mackenzies and the Macleans, 4, 228.

Country of the, 1.

Migration to Kintail, 4, 6, 288, 335.

Legends and Traditions of the, 286.

MS. History of the, 12, 72.

in Ayr, 4, 235.

in Badenoch, 184.

in Galloway, 281.

in Glenurquhart, 5, 335.

in Perthshire, 4, 339.

of Achnagart, 290.

of Ardintoul, 133.

of Auchtertyre, 174.

of Camusluinie, 165, 168.

of Carr, 184.

of Conchra, 152, 371, 429.

of Drudaig, 162.

of Inverinate, 30, 69, 97.

of Torlysich, 214.

of Wilmington, U.S.A., 248.

440 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Macraes, The Black, 24, 186.
The Fair, 24.
„ Tradition of Coming to Kintail, 288.
MacRae-Gilstrap, Captain John, of Ballimore, 12, 136, 158.
Macraith the Wise, 2.
Macrath, Alastair Liath, 410.

Domhnull Odhar, 10, 415.
„ Ian Liath, 412.
„ Maurice, 288.
McCrae, Andrew Murison, W.S., 284.
„ Captain Alexander, 283.
„ (or Macrae), of Glenlair, 281.
„ William Gordon, marriage and descendants, 282.
McCrea, Admiral John Dobree, 272.

Admiral Robert Contart, 270.
„ Captain James, 271.

Captain Ravdon (1), 269.
Captain Rawdon (2), 271.
Captain Richard Charles, 271.
„ Captain Robert Bradford, 275.
,, Colonel John, 262.

Jane, "The Bride of Fort Edward," 264.
,, Lieutenant Alfred Coryton, 272.
Lieutenant Herbert Taylor, 280.
„ Major Frederick Bradford, 275.
„ Major Robert, of Guernsey, 267.
„ Major Richard Francis, 272.
„ Major-General Robert Barlow, 270.
„ Rev. James, 261.
,, Surgeon-Major John Frederick, 280.
McCreas of Guernsey, 259.
Marischal, Earl, 282, 355.

Matheson, Alexander, shipowner, Dornie, 48, 208, 287.
„ Dr Farquhar, of London, 49.
„ John Dubh, of Fernaig, 26, 30.
of Attadale, 125, 175.
of Fernaig, 125, 315.
„ of Lochalsh, 354.

,, Sir Alexander, Bart, of Lochalsh and Ardross, 125.
„ Sir Kenneth James, Bart, of Lochalsh, 125.
Mavor, Ivan Ingram, 180.

„ Rev. James, 180.
Maxwell, John, Bishop of Ross, 61.

„ Sir William, Bart, of Cardouess, 120.
Melbourne Argus, The, 109, 112.
Middleton, General, 70, 354.
Miller, Captain David, of Pow, 227.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 441

Moira, Earl of, 137, 269, 277.

Moncrieff, Robert Scott, marriage and descendants, 113.

Monk, General, in Kintail, 31, 63, 354.

Montrose, The Marquis of, 85, 281, 353.

Moray, Randolph Earl of, 352.

Morrison, Rev. Roderick, of Kintail, 114.

Muireaeh Feal, Tradition of, 305.

Munro, Donald, of Lealty, 105.

„ of Fowlis, 72, 172, 260, 370.
Murray, Mungo, of St Andrews, 142.
Murchison, Colonel Donald, 358, 360.
„ John, of Auchtertyre, 153.

„ John, Reader of Kintail, 56.

„ Murdoch, Vicar of Kintail, 56.

Murthlac, Monastery of, 351.
Nicol, Bailie Thomas, of Dingwall, 192.
Ogilvy, Oliver, cattle-lifter, 44.
Ormonde, Duke of, 355.
Or na h' aoine, The Charm of, 92.
Patrick, Robert William Cochran, M.P., 119.
Payne, Sir Charles, Bart., 275.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, of Ardross, 101.
Pitsligo, Lord Forbes of, 282.
Poetry, The, of the Macraes, 383.
Poulter, Brownlow, marriage and family, 274.
Population of Kintail and Glensheil, 368.
Presbyterians in Kintail, 360.
Preparis, 78th Highlanders shipwrecked on, 222.
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 210, 361.
Ramsay, Sir George, Bart, 241.
Randolph Earl of Moray, 352.
Rent Rolls of Kintail and Glensheil, 376.
Roman Catholic Mission in Kintail, 73, 367.
Ross, Donald, of Knockartie, 146.

„ Earls of, 3, 352.

„ Edward Charles Russell, winner of the Queen's Prize at
Wimbledon, 117.

„ Horatio, of Rossie and Wyvis, 117.

„ Major John, of Tilliscorthy, 113.

„ of Easter Fearn, 358.
Royal Lineage of Certain Macrae Families, 369.
Russell, Rev. Alexander Eraser of Kilmodan, marriage and de-
scendants, 105.
„ Rev. James, of Gairloch, 231.
„ Rev. John Munro, of Cape Town, 105.
„ Sir James Alexander, 105.
Sackville, Lord George, 361.

442 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

St Bercban, 2, 338.

St Columba, 349.

St Congan, 349.

St Cyricus, 339.

St Donan, 349.

St Donort, 351.

St Duthac, 350.

St Fillan, 291, 350.

St Finnan, 336.

St Hilary, of Poictiers, 335.

St Oran, 349.

St Patrick, 2.

Seaforth, Earls of, 374.

Seaforth Regiments, 11, 343.

Scots and Picts, Chronicles of, 339.

Sheiling, The, 365.

Shirt of Mail, Mackenzie's, 8.

Sian, The Charm of the, 409.

Skene, Dr William Forbes, 12, 338.

Solemn League and Covenant, 143.

Somerset, Susan Margaret, Duchess of, 112.

Spanish Ammunition Destroyed at Loch na Corr, 356.

Stewart, Captain William, of Ensay, 175,

„ Major-General David, of Garth, 220, 345, 346.
John, of Ensay, 175, 219.
of Garth, 158, 175.

„ of Laskintyre, 218.

„ Rev. Alexander, of Cromarty, 201.
Strathglass, 25, 29, 30, 305.

Taylor, Rev. Haydon Aldersey, marriage and family, 274.
Tobacco, Price of, 45.

Tolmie, Rev. John William, of Contin, 100.
Torrens, Sir Henry, K.C.B., 277.
Tuach, George, 146.
Tullibardine, Marquis of, 355.
Vandenheuvel Family, 116.
Wade, General, 359, 360.
Walker, Rev. George, of Londonderry, 261.
West, Benjamin, 104, 348.
Wheeler, J. Talboys, 238, 240.
Wightman, Major-General, 357.
Winans, W. L., 203.

NOTES AND ADDITIONS.

NOTES AND ADDITIONS.

Page 80, line 4 from bottom —

(a) Alexander, son of Colin, married Janet Mackay,
Avernish, with issue. Isabel married John Macrae
Camusluinie, without issue, and Mary married John
Macrae, Ardelve, with issue as mentioned on p. 166
11. 12, 13, 14.

(6) Flora married Duncan Macrae, Camusluinie,
without issue.

(c) Isabel married Farquhar Macrae, Kintail, with
issue, and went to America.

(rf) Janet married John Macrae, Sallachy, with issue,
and went to Canada.

(e) Margaret married Donald Macrae, blacksmith,
Ardelve, with issue, and went to Canada.

Page 102, for the Descendants of the Rev. John Macqueen
and Jean Macrae, read as follows : —

a. Son died young.

b. Mary died unmarried in 1871.

c. Donald Juhn, born in 1786. Ensign in the 74th
Highlanders 1800; Lieutenant 1803; Captain 1810 ;
Major 1830. Served in the Peninsular War, and was
wounded seven times. He was a Knight of the Order of
Hanover, and a Military Knight of Windsor. He married
Mary Bliss, daughter of the Honourable Judge Bliss of
Fredericton, New Brunswick, and died in 1865, with issue.

ex. John, Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles, died young
in India.

ca. Sarah Jean, married first David Reid with
issue:— (1) Mary died in childhood. (2) Donald Norman

446 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

married first Emana Pugh with issue — (a) Mary, born
1871, who married Farquhar Mackinnon of Kyle with issue,
Flora, John, Donald, Sheila ; (b) Jessie, born 1872, married
Ross Palmer with issue, Mary, Jessie, Dorothy, Eileen,
Donald Horsley ; (c) Donald James, born 1873, married.
Donald Norman Reid married, secondly, Lilian Wright
with issue (d) Florence, born 1878, married Denis Calnan,
Indian Civil Service; (e) Norman born 1881 ; David born
1884. (3) John Alexander, born 1844, died unmarried in
India, 1883. (4) Catherine Barbara, born 1846, died
1865. Sarah Jean married, secondly, Hugh Bliss John-
ston, son of the Honourable Hugh Johnston of St John,
New Brunswick, with issue. (5) Hugh, born 1856, died
unmarried in India, 1889. (6) Harriet, born 1858. (7)
George, born i860, M.D. of Edinburgh University,
Physician in London, married Alice Merryweather with
issue (a) Hugh Kenneth born 1886, Alec Leith born 1889

03. George Bliss, Captain in the 60th Rifles, and
afterwards in the 51st King's Own Light Infantry, served
in the Indian Mutiny, married, without issue.

04. Minnie, died young.

C5. Madeline, married James Grant, with issue (1)
Donald, married with issue ; (2) Margaret ; (3) James.
c6. Frances Anne.

d. Archibald, died unmarried in 1872.

e. Jean, died unmarried.

/. Elizabeth, married Alexander Sutherland, and died
without issue in 1879.

g. Kenneth, Surgeon H.E.I.C.S., married Margaret
Bairnsfather, without surviving issue, and died in 1879.

h. Jessie, married Major Milne, without surviving
issue.

i. Farquhar, Captain in the Indian Navy, married
Maria Shuttleworth, with issue — Farquhar.

k. Maria, married Colonel Campbell, R.A., with issue.

/. David, died young.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 447

Page 103, for the Descendants of Georgina Macrae and
Edward Currie, read as follows : —

e. Georgina married at Patna, Bengal, on the 3rd
March, 1831, Edward Currie, who died at Ticehurst,
Sussex, 8th January, 1889. Georgina died at Boulogne!
16th April, i860, leaving issue—

si. Helen Eliza, born 7th July, 1832, died 24th
August, 1833.

«2. Georgina, born 14th July, 1834, married 14th
April, 1859, Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson, who died at
Gibraltar, 29th November, 1890. She died in London,
13th December, 1892, with issue— (1) Ruth, born
nth October, 1864, married 15th November, 1888,
Richard Arthur Bosanquet, with issue — Arthur
Rivers, born 12th July, 1890; Cecily Ruth, born
25th September, 1892 ; Raymond Francis, born 3rd
September, 1895. (2) Dora Georgina, born 28th Septem-
ber, 1866, married 18th June, 1891, Colin McLean, with
issue— Lachlan, born 29th September, 1892; Eila Beatrice,
born 3rd January, 1894 5 Mona Rivers, born 13th March!
1895 ; Dora Elizabeth, born 9th July, 1899. (3) Rachel
Mary, born 26th November, 1868, married 3rd October,
1899, the Rev. Arthur Davis. (4) Bertha, born 18th
July, 1870.

«3. Eliza Fredrica, born at Cobham 2nd October,
1835; married 10th January, 1857, George William
Moultrie of the Bank of Bengal. He died at Surbiton,
Surrey, 12th February, 1904, leaving issue— (1) James
Edward, born 16th November, 1858; married 31st
October, 1898, Ethel Mowbray Fergusson, with issue-
Frederick James Fergusson, born 26th August, 1899 !
Lionel Geoffrey Fergusson, born 9th June, 1901. (2;
Amy Frederica, born 20th August, i860; married 27th
November, 1879, the Right Rev. Louis George Mylne,
D.D., Oxford, late Bishop of Bombay, now Rector of

448 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Alvechurch, Worcestershire, with issue — Edward Graham,
born 19th January, 1883 ; Alan Moultrie, born 2nd Janu-
ary, 1886 ; Ronald Heathcote, 28th June, 1887 ; Kenneth
Macnaughton, born 15th May, 1890 ; Athol Wordsworth,
born nth December, 1894; Euan Louis, born 16th
June, 1897 ; Angus Fletcher, born 24th March, 1899.
(3) Fendall Alexander, born 1st October, 1863. (4) Helen
Georgina, born nth April, 1866; died 31st December,
!893- (5) Hugh Crawford, born 23rd September, 1868 ;
married 6th January, 1904, Mary Reid, with issue —
Amy Frances Heather, born 2nd April, 1905. (6) Steuart
Bullen, born 6th November, 1872 ; married 14th Novem-
ber, 1904, Lilian Murray. (7) Constance Minnie, born
4th May, 1877 ; died 8th January, 1886.

04. Edward Hamilton, born at Bath 24th December,
1836 ; died at sea 27th August, 1837.

e$. Edward, born at Calcutta 31st August, 1838 ;
died 19th August, 1839.

e6. John, born at Calcutta 1st September, 1839; died
6th April, 1840.

ey. Mary Katharine, born at Calcutta 24th January,
1S41 ; died 27th April, 1883.

e8. Dora, born at Calcutta 23rd March, 1842 ;
married Nathaniel Stuart Alexander, Bengal Civil Service,
with issue — (1) William Nathaniel Stuart, born 8th May,
1874. (2) Edward Currie, born 15th September, 1875.
(3) Mary Bethia Isabel, born 20th May, 1878. (4)
Robert Dundas, born 29th August, 1880.

eg. The Very Rev. Edward Reid Currie, D.D., born
at Calcutta 16th February, 1844. See p. 103.

Page 107, line 9 from bottom ; —

Norman Farquhar married January, 1907, in Mel-
bourne, Aileen Marguirite Ann, eldest daughter of Andrew
Rowan of that city, with issue— John Kenneth Andrew
Farquhar, born 5th June, 1908..

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 449

Page 124, line 10 from bottom : —

3. Donald, who had a son Duncan, who married
with issue.

a. John, married with issue.

si. Alexander, M.A., Aberdeen, went as a school-
master to Canada.

rt2. Donald (called Domhnull Ruadh, Red-haired
Donald), married Anabella Macrae, with issue — (1).
Mary, died unmarried at Fadoch. (2) Margaret,
married Christopher Mackenzie, Ardelve, an elder, died
in 1905, with issue — one son, Donald.

«3- Kate married Alexander Macrae (Maclan), Inver-
inate, with issue — (1) Farquhar. (2) John, police-con-
stable in Edinburgh, died unmarried in Edinburgh. (3)
Flora, died unmarried. (4) James, police-constable in
Glasgow, married, first, a Macdonald from Camusluinie,
with issue — Alexander, married in Greenock ; James
married a second time. (5) Maggie married Murdoch
Macrae, Letterfearn, with issue — John, married in
America ; Christopher, at Drudaig, married Christina
Macaulay, with issue — Murdo, Elizabeth, Margaret, Jane ;
Farquhar, at Drudaig ; Lilias ; Kate, married Charles
Macaulay in America ; James, at Drudaig.

b. Murdoch, son of Duncan, lived at Dornie, married
Mary Macrae, sister of Farquhar, mentioned as Dr
Downie's herd (page 148), with issue.

61. Donald married Kate Macdonald Carr, with
issue — (1) Mary married John Fraser in America, with
issue — Christina, Alexander, Duncan, Farquhar, Cath-
erine, Donald, Annie. (2) Farquhar lived at Fort-
Augustus, married Anne Macgregor, Strathglass, with
issue — Kate ; Mary married Murdoch Mackenzie, Loch-
alsh, and went to London ; Donald married a Macrae at
Fort- Augustus; Christina; Annie. (3) Christina married
Duncan Macrae, Inverinate, with issue in America —
Alexander, Donald, Catherine, Christina, Ellen. (4) James

450 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Morrison, lived at Auchtertyre, married Isabel Mackay,
Altnasuth, with issue— Catherine married Murdoch Mac-
kenzie, Lochalsh, with issue ; Christina married Duncan
Sinclair, schoolmaster, Lochalsh, with issue; Farquhar,
postmaster, Kyle of Lochalsh, married Mary Murchison,
with issue— Isabel, Annie ; Mary Ann married Alexander
Davidson, schoolmaster, Plockton, with issue ; Jane
married, first, Andrew Chisholm, with issue, and, secondly,
George Young, bookseller, Inverness. (5) Murdoch, at
Torcullin, Kintail, married Kate, daughter of Finlay Mac-
rae, who served in the Seaforth Highlanders, with issue —
Duncan went to Canada, where he married Maggie Mac-
rae, with issue — Murdoch Finlay, Alexandrina, Kate;
Finlay served in the Seaforth Highlanders in Afghanistan
and Egypt, then went to America, now in Helena,
Montana, married Kate, daughter of Duncan Macrae,
Ratagan, with issue — Duncan, Murdoch, Helen Kate ;
Christopher married Catherine Macrae, Bundaloch,
daughter of Donald, #4, page 129, and went to
America, issue — Christina, John Farquhar, Dun-
can Murdoch, Mary Margaret, Catherine ; Catherine
married William Senogles, Kendal, Westmoreland, with
issue — Murdoch David, Christina, Catherine, Sarah Ann ;
Annabella married George Hood, Glasgow, who died,
1901, without issue ; Christina died young ; John Tait, at
Inverinate, was for some time piper at The Alhambra,
London, married Mary Anne Mackenzie, with issue —
Catherine, Murdoch, George Hood. (6) Christopher died
unmarried in New Zealand.

62. Christina married Alexander Macrae, Ardintoul,
with issue, and went to America.

63. Janet married Farquhar Macrae, Lochalsh, with
issue, and went to America.

64. Isabella married John Macrae, Dornie, with
issue — Alexander, who died unmarried.

65. Jane married Mr Fraser, Inverness, with issue

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 45 1

66. Catherine married Mr Ross, Glasgow.

67. Isabella died unmarried.

c. Duncan, son of Duncan, lived at Dornie, married
with issue.

d. Colin, son of Duncan, lived at Dornie, married
with issue.

di. Duncan married without surviving issue.

dz. Christopher, innkeeper at Tomdoun, in the
Heights of Kintail, married Catherine Macrae with issue —
(1) Alexander, in Arisaig, married to Mary Macdonald,
with issue — Duncan, Colin, Catherine. (2) Colin, in
Lochaber, married Sophia Campbell, with issue — Christo-
pher, John, Flora, Isabella, Louisa. (3) Donald, at Cluanie,
in Kintail, married Ellen Macrae. (4) John, in Suther-
landshire, married Margaret Gillies, with issue — Duncan,
Flora, Catherine, Jessie, Christina, Ellen. (5) Flora
married Alexander Macrae, Cro, Kintail, with issue —
Alexander, at Moy Hall, Inverness, married Mary Rose,
with issue — Alexander, Lily, Mary, Flora, Lousia ; Mary
married John Macaulay, Ardelve, with issue — John, Alex-
ander, Duncan, Flora married Farquhar Macrae, Auch-
tertyre, already mentioned (page 183), Christina, Helen ;
Catherine married Duncan Macrae, Loch Hourn, with
issue — Alexander, Catherine, Flora, Mary Harriet, Chris-
tina ; Isabella married John Macintyre, Pitlochry ; Jessie
married James Brethowe, with issue. (6) Mary married
Alexander Macrae, Lochcarron, with issue. (7) Christina
married Alexander Macrae, with issue — Duncan, living at
Arnisdale, Glenelg ; Flora; Catherine; Annie.

Page 127, to com* in at foot : —

66. Mary married John Murchison, Lochcarron, with
issue.

67. Isabella died unmarried.

68. Maggie died unmarried.

69. Annie married John Macrae of the Balnain
family, mentioned hereafter.

452 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

bio. Kate married John, son of Murdoch Macrae,
of the Balnain family, with issue.

bn. Janet married Farquhar Macrae, Sallachy, with
issue in America.

612. Mary died young.
Page 128, line 11 : —

ci2. Alexander, in Kishorn, &c, issue — (1) Duncan,
at Kyle, married Catherine, daughter of John Macrae,
Lochcarron, with issue— John, Bella, Mary, Johan,
Alexander, Jessie Anne. (2) Rev. Murdoch, United
Free Church, Edderton. (3) Annie, married John
Burnet, with issue. (4) Annabella. (5) Isabella. (6)
Donald.

Page 129, line 15 : —

a<\. Donald married Margaret Macrae, with issue —
(1) Colin married Kate Macdonald. (2) John Farquhar,
in the Argentine Republic, married Helen Stevenson,
with issue — Rudolph John. (3) Farquhar married Annie
Macpherson, with issue — Maggie Anne, John Farquhar,
Mary, Donald. (4) Catherine married Christopher, son of
Murdoch Macrae, Torchullin, as already mentioned
(page 450), with issue, and went to America.
Page 148, line 4 from bottom : —

(b). Donald, married with issue.

(bi). Donald married Isabel Grant, Glenmoriston,
with issue — (1) John married Lilias Macrae, Camusluinie,
with issue — Isabel ; John ; Donald, farmer, Attadale.
married Hannah Macrae (Strome Ferry), with issue —
Lilias, John, Proby died 1895, Farquhar, M.A., Glasgow
(1906) ; Alexander died unmarried in Australia ; Annie
married John Matheson, Patt, Lochalsh, and went to
Manitoba, issue — Catherine, Alexander, Lilias, Euphemia,
Lachlan, John, Isabel, Charles. (2) Elizabeth married
Thomas Macrae, Camusluinie, with issue, as given
hereafter. (3) Flora died young. (4) Mary married John
Mackenzie, Glengarry, with issue.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 453

(£2). Murdoch married Marion, daughter of Christo-
pher Macrae (Roy), Achnagart, and had, with other issue —

(1) Duncan married a Matheson, with surviving issue, a
daughter, who married Kenneth Matheson, Balmacarra,
with issue. (2) John married Catherine, one of the
"several daughters" mentioned, page 127, line 6, with
issue, and went to America.

(63). Farquhar (62 on page 148) married Isabella,
daughter of Alexander Macrae (page 152, last line), with
issue (all of whom went to America about 1849). (1)
Malcolm married Helen Macrae (page 217), with issue.

(2) John, called " Ian Mor," married Anne, one of the
" several daughters," page 127, line 6, with issue, one
daughter. (3) John married Christina Macrae (Roy),
Dornie, with issue. (4) Alexander. (5) Flora, who married
Alexander Macrae.

(64). Janet married Christopher Macrae, Kyleakin
(page 161).

(65). Mary married Murdoch Macrae (Page 449).

(b6). Finlay.

(c). Farquhar married with issue, at least one daugh-
ter, who married Malcolm Macrae of Corriedhoin.

Page 149, last line : —

(02). John married a daughter of Murdoch Macrae,
Sallachy (and went to America), with issue — Evan Hugh
Douglas, Donald Kenneth, Maggie, Mary, and others.

Page 150, line 7 ■ —

(1). Donald (Domhnull Ruadh) died on the way to
America, leaving issue — Donald married, with issue, in
Toronto.

Page 150, line 13 : —

(61). Alexander married Janet Finlayson, with issue —
Maggie, Christina.

454 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(62). Donald married Maggie Barr, living in Leeds,
with issue — Maggie, Annie, Duncan.

(63). John married Marion Smith, also in Leeds,
with issue — Kenneth, Maggie.

(65). Annie married Farquhar Macrae, Lochlong-
head, with issue ; John, innkeeper, Lochlonghead, married
Betsy Maclean, with issue — Jessie, Maggie, Williamina ;
Farquhar at Lochlonghead ; William in Leeds ; Annie
married Murdoch Macrae, Dornie ; Maggie married
Donald Campbell, Glenelg ; Christina ; Kenneth died un-
married in 1900.

Page 159, line 13 : —

Anna Helena married in 1906 Sir Alan John Colqu-
houn, Bart., of Luss.

Page 162, line 12 : —

a. Donald lived first at Carr, and afterwards at
Achantighard, where he died in 181 1. He married in
1748 Christina, daughter of Alexander, son of Farquhar
Macrae, with issue —

ai. John, died in India.

32. Donald, born 1752, died 1831, lived first at
Totaig, and afterwards at Dornie. He married in 1787
Anabella, daughter of Farquhar Macrae of the Duilig
Family, with issue — Alexander, John, Donald, Colin,
Duncan, Isabella, Anne, Flora, all as already mentioned.

33. Alexander, a tenant at Ruorach, married
Christina, daughter of Duncan, son of Donald Macrae V
of Torlysich, with issue — (1) Alexander, died un-
married. (2) Murdo resided in Glenelg, and married
Catherine, daughter of Murdo Maclennan, with issue —
Alexander married a Maclennan in Carolina, with issue ;
Murdo married in Carolina, with issue ; Flora married
Farquhar Maclennan, Cluny, with issue ; Jessie married
James Mackerchar ; Catherine married Alexander Morri-

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 455

son, and emigrated to Carolina. (3) Donald lived in Immer-
graddan, Glenelg, and married a daughter of John Mnc-
rae, with issue. (4) John married Erne, daughter of Murdo
Maclennan, Immergraddan, with issue; Alexander
married a Macrae from Plockton, with issue, in Australia ;
John in Glenelg ; Donald in Glenelg ; Catherine in
Glenelg.

^4. Christopher, a tenant in Letterfearn, married
Flora Macdonald, with issue — (1) John, married
Janet, daughter of Alexander Macrae, Letterfearn, with
issue— Mary, Janet, Christina. (2) Donald died unmarried.

(3) Murdo married Margaret, daughter of John Macrae,
Sarraig, Letterfearn, with issue — John, in Oregon, U.S.,
married Isabella Murchison, with issue— Hugh, Christo-
pher, Murdo, and others; Christopher, at Letterfearn,
married Christina MacAulay, with issue — Murdo, Eliza-
beth, Margaret, Jane ; Farquhar; James; Lily; Catherine,
in Vancouver, B.C., married Charles Welsley Macaulay.

(4) John married Anne, daughter of Donald Macrae, Dru-
daig, with numerous issue of sons and daughters in Australia.

a$. Duncan lived at Ruorach, Kintail. He married
Mary, daughter of Malcolm Macrae, Letterfearn, with
issue — Donald, John, Hugh, Helen, Flora, who all
emigrated with their father to Upper Canada.

a6. Mary married John Macrae, Inverinate, with
issue-
ay. Margaret married Donald Maccrimmon,
Glenelg.

a&. Elizabeth married Donald Buie Macrae, Nonach,
with issue — Duncan, who lived in Portchullin, and others.

Page 162, line 17 .- —

61. Donald married Mary, daughter of Christopher
Macrae, Drudaig, with issue — (1) Christopher married
Christina, daughter of Christopher Macrae, Leckachan,
with issue — Christopher, Donald, Colin, Janet. (2) Duncan

456 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

lived at Carndue, and married Anne, daughter of Malcolm
Macrae, with issue — Donald, Malcolm, Alexander, Mary,
John. (3) John died unmarried. (4) Alexander died un-
married. (5) Isabella married Christopher Macrae. (6)
Janet. (7) Flora married a Macrae.

bz, Farquhar married Isabella, daughter of Alex-
ander Macrae, Ardintoul, with issue — (1) Christopher
married Marion, daughter of John Macrae, Glenshiel, with
issue — James, Alexander, Farquhar, Catherine, and
another daughter. (2) Archibald. (3) Donald lived at
Letterfearn, and married Anne Maccrimmon, Glenelg,
with issue — Farquhar, in Tain ; Archibald ; John married
Betsie, daughter of John Macrae, Plockton, with issue-
Isabella, Mary Anne ; Alexander married Margaret,
daughter of Alexander Macrae (Page 193, 4th line from
top), with issue — Elizabeth married John Macrae, Glas-
gow, with issue — Alexander, Mary, Maggie, Farquhar.
Duncan, Donald John, Anne ; Donald married Christina,
daughter of Farquhar Macrae, Letterfearn, with issue ;
Isabella married a Mr Martin, Glenelg. (4) James was
drowned. (5) James emigrated to Upper Canada about
1842. (6) Duncan emigrated to Upper Canada about
1842. (7) Anne married Malcolm Macdonald, Letterfearn.
(8) Isabella married Donald, son of Christopher Macrae,
and emigrated to America. (9) Jane married Angus
Macaulay, Letterfearn.

63. Alexander, who was in the 78th Highlanders.

64. Christopher, in 78th Highlanders, killed in India
29th November, 1803.

65. Elizabeth married Farquhar, son of John Roy
Macrae of the Duilig family, with issue as already
mentioned.

bb. Christina married Roderick Mackenzie, Plock-
ton, with issue.

by. Mary married Donald Macrae of Nonach, with

THE HISTORY OK THE CLAN MACRAE. 457

68. Isabella married Donald Macmillan, Dornie,
with issue.

Page 165, line 4 from bottom : —

XI. ALEXANDER, called Alister Buidh, had by his
second wife a fourth son —

Alexander (to come at foot of page 166), married,
with issue.

a. Christopher married Anne, daughter of Donald
and Julia Macrae, Camusluinie, with issue—

at. John married in Ontario, with issue ; Anne
married in 1905 Angus Mackintosh ; Mary ; James Donald.

«2. Donald Alexander, Roman Catholic priest, in
Goderich, Ontario.

Christopher married, secondly, Anne (page 50, last
line), daughter of Duncan Macrae, with issue—

and went to

Page 166, line 6: —

«l. Duncan, who went to New Zealand, has issue-
Christina Bella, married Donald Macrae, son of Alexander
Macrae, author of a book on " Deer Stalking," p. 204,
with issue ; Isabella married a Mr Thompson with issue;
Farquhar; Mary; Catherine; Duncan; Annie Jane;
Jessie.

Page 166, line 18: —

Farquhar, eldest son of 04, Alexander and Zeller
Macrae, a youth of great ability and promise, after a
highly creditable career at Aberdeen Grammar School,
died on the 23rd of September, 1907, aged 20 years.

as-

Duncan.

*4.

John.

»5-

Alexander.

*6.

Kenneth, a

priest :

in Canada.

a7.

Christopher ; and

one daughter.

b. ,

Alexander married

Flora Stewart,

Ai

merica.

458 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Page 1 68, 8th line from top: —

IX. DONALD married a daughter of Charles Mac-
kenzie of Letterewe, with issue.

X. MURDOCH married Julia Mackenzie, as already
mentioned, with issue.

i. Donald was the last of the family to live in
Camusluinie, where the site of his house is still pointed
out. He married Anne Mackenzie of Lentran, who sur-
vived him by several years. He died at an advanced age
in 1790 leaving issue —

a. Murdoch, as already mentioned.

b. John, as already mentioned.

c. Colin, as mentioned.

d. Alexander, as mentioned.

e. Abigail married John Breac Macrae (page 216,
13th line from top), with issue, as mentioned.

/. Janet married John Macrae, called Ian Ard, with
issue, at least two daughters —

/i. Isabella married Farquhar Macrae, Sallachy,
with issue.

/2. Janet died unmarried.

g. Julia married Alexander, son of Donald Macrae,
with issue —

gi. Alexander lived in Camusluinie. He married
Janet, daughter of Alexander Macrae of the Duilig family,
with issue — Alexander, for some time hotelkeeper at
Reraig, Lochalsh, married Isabella, daughter of Duncan
Finlayson, Plockton, with issue — Duncan ; John married
and left issue — Duncan Hector, and Jessie ; William, now
living in Glasgow ; Jessie.

h. Flora or Florence.

i. John, a natural son, who lived at Patt, in the
Heights of Lochalsh. He married Catherine, daughter
of Donald Macrae, Glenshiel, with issue —

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 459

fl. Murdo, called Murachadh Beg, lived for several
years in Glenundalan, and afterwards in Bundaloch. He
married Martha Mackenzie, with issue — (1) Duncan, who
was an excellent folklorist and genealogist, and who died
unmarried at Bundaloch in 1884. (2) Flora married
Murdo Macrae, Lochcarron, with issue. (3) Catherine
married Colin Macrae, Dornie, with issue, as mentioned
elsewhere. (4) Anne married John Macrae, son of Dun-
can, with issue, among others — Alexander emigrated to
Canada ; Mary ; Catherine ; Duncan married with issue ;
Murdo, now living in Inverness, married Mary Anne,
daughter of Farquhar Maclennan, with issue — Jessie,
Catherine, Farquhar, a medical student of Aberdeen
University, Mary, John, Murdo. (5) Janet married
Roderick Macrae, Letterfearn. (6) Mary married James
Nett of Melbourne, Australia, who afterwards resided in
England.

t2. Donald lived in Fernaig, Lochalsh. He married
Catherine, daughter of Alexander Macaulay, with issue —
Duncan, Donald, John, Christopher, Farquhar.

23 John ; 14 Duncan ; t'5 Donald ; ?6 Anne ; ij Julia ;
j'8 Catherine.

2. Alexander married Catherine Maclean, niece of
the Rev. John Maclean, first Presbyterian Minister of
Kintail, with issue —

a. Murdo, a tenant in Camusluinie, and afterwards in
Ellan-na-goine, Sallachy. He married Mary, daughter of
Alexander Macrae, Camusluinie (page 50, 8th line from
top), with issue.

fli. Alexander died unmarried.

«2. John married Catherine Matheson, Lochalsh,
with issue — (1) Mary. (2) Julia married Samuel Cameron,
Sallachy, with issue. (3) Helen.

A3. Alexander Og died unmarried.

«4. Catherine married Alexander Macrae, Bundaloch,
without issue.

EI

460 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

#5. Julia died unmarried.

a6. Janet married Alexander Mackay, Bundaloch,
with issue.

ay. Mary married Alexander, son of John Mor
Macrae of the Duilig family, with issue hereafter
mentioned.

«8. Isabella married Alexander Maclennan, Sallachy,
with issue in Australia.

ag. Catherine died unmarried.

3. Anabella or Anne married Alexander Macrae
(page 2ii, line 1), with issuers there mentioned.

4. Anne married Thomas Macrae at Carr, a descend-
ant of Ferachar Maclan Og, with issue —

a. Murdoch, a soldier in the 78th Highlanders.
After serving with his regiment in India, he returned to
Kintail and married a daughter of Murdo, son of Duncan
Macrae, Achnagart, with issue.

ai. Thomas, who lived at Camusluinie, and married
Isabella Macrae (Page 131, last line), with issue — (1) Alex-
ander, lived at Applecross. He married Isabella Mackenzie,
with issue — Donald; Bella; Anne married John Leed
Macleay, Wanganui, New Zealand, with issue ; Farquhar ;
Murdo, M.B. and CM. (1908) of Glasgow University ;
Christina, died 1908 ; Thomas in New Zealand. (2) Isa-
bella in New Zealand. (3) Helen died unmarried. (4)
Anabella died unmarried. (5) Mary married John Moir,
Culigeran, Struy, Beauly, with issue — Mary Jane, who
married Donald Martin of Tarbert, Harris, with issue.

«2. Duncan lived in Raasay. He married Anne
Nicolson, with issue — (1) Archibald married Maggie
Cameron, Morven, with issue — Kate. (2) Neil married
Kate Macrae, Skye, with issue — Duncan, Murdo, Thomas,
John. (3) Murdo unmarried. (4) Isabella married Donald
Gillanders, Garve, with issue — Mary.

«3. Donald drowned in Loch Duich. He was
married, without issue.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE 46 r

«4. Anne married Archibald Ninnie Finlayson with
issue in New Zealand.

«5. Margaret married Duncan Matheson, with issue.
ab. Isabella died unmarried.
aj. Alexander died unmarried.

b. Donald lived at Carr. He married Anne Macrae
with issue.

61. Thomas lived at Carr. He married Maggie,
daughter of John Macrae, and emigrated to Australia,
with issue — (1) Donald, who lived at Port Campbell,
Victoria, Australia ; and others.

bz. Christopher married, but died without issue.

63. Isabella married Colin Macrae, Inchcro, with
issue as given (page 80, 4th line from foot).

b\. Anabella married Roderick Macrae, son of
Malcolm of the Duilig family, with issue as hereafter
mentioned.

65. Christina married Duncan Macrae, Bundaloch.

66. Lilias died unmarried.
by. Janet died unmarried.
68. Mary died unmarried.

c. Lilias married Donald, son of George Macrae of
the Duilig family, with issue as hereafter mentioned.

d. Anne married Duncan, son of Farquhar Macrae,
Killilan, with, among others, the following issue —

di. Finlay, a soldier in the 78th Highlanders, married
with issue Catherine, who married Murdo Macrae, Tor-
chullin, with issue mentioned on page 450 ; Duncan
married with issue ; Mary ; and others.

dz. Murdo lived at Letterfearn. He married and
left issue, one daughter.

5. Isabella.

6. Margaret.

Page 179, line 18 ; —

Flora Gillanders, wife of John Macrae, died at Strath-
peffer, 12th December, 1900, buried at Kirkton, Lochalsh.

462 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

a. Rev. Alexander Macrae married, 7th August, 1901,
Winifred Baliol, daughter of James Beeby Scott, of the
Bank of England, by his wife Ada Sarah, daughter of
James Beeby, Accountant General of the Navy, with issue
— Duncan, born 17th October, 1902, died 15th February,
1903, and buried at Brompton Cemetery ; Farquhar
Baliol, born 2nd October, 1903.

b. Margaret married 15th December, 1904, as his
second wife, without issue, Torquil Nicolson, who died
15th June, 1906.

Page 180: —

e. Jeannie, who married Farquhar Matheson, Dornie,
died 7th June, 1901, leaving issue — Margaret Mary, born
5th November, 1898, and Flora Gillanders, born 13th
March, 1900. '

/. Farquhar Macrae, M.B. and CM., married 12th
July, 1899, Margaret Mann, daughter of Hugh Ross,
Bridgend of Alness, with issue — Hugh Ross, born 25th
May, igoi ; John Alexander, born 21st February, 1903;
Flora Gillanders, born 10th November, 1908.

Page 182, line 15 : —

1. Finlay, called Fionnla Ban, married Margaret
Macrae, Camusluinie, with issue.

a. Christopher died unmarried.

b. John lived at Stromeferry, married Isabella, sister
of Christopher Roy of Morvich (page 212, line 8), and
went to Australia, issue —

61. Donald married in Australia with issue, two
daughters.

bz. Finlay married a daughter of John Macrae,
schoolmaster, Sleat (p. 183), with issue in Australia.

63. Farquhar married without issue in Australia.

64. Duncan married a sister of Duncan Mor of
Totaig, in Australia.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 463

b$. Margaret married with issue in Australia.

c. Alexander married Kate, daughter of Christopher
Macdonald, Lonellan, Kintail, with issue as given on
page 233.

d. Duncan married Anabella Macrae (page 127, 65).
rfi. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Macrae,

Camusluinie, with issue- (1) John married with issue, in
Lochinver. (2) Duncan married Margaret Macleod,
Raasay, with issue — John, Charles, Donald, Donald,
Mary, Murdoch. (3) Margaret married William Gillies,
Plockton. (4) Lilias married John Gillies, Plockton, and
went to California, issue — William, Donald, Mary Anne,
John, Annie, Margaret Mary. (5) Thomas in California.

dz. Anabella married Roderick Macaulay, Durinish,
Lochalsh, with issue — (1) John married Mary (p. 127, 1. 11),
daughter of John Macrae, with issue — Roderick John.
(2) Kate married Donald Maclennan, with issue. (3)
Mary died young. (4) Duncan. (5) Roderick.

d^. Finlay married Anabella Macdonald, Applecross,
with issue — (1) Jessie. (2) Matilda. (3) Duncan, M.A. of
Aberdeen (1896), married Agnes., daughter of the Rev.
Walter Ross, Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire. (4) Maggie.
(5) Finlay.

t/4. Duncan unmarried.

d$. Margaret died young.

e. Anabella married a Maclennan without issue.
/. Mary died unmarried.

Page 183, line 8 .- —

Farquhar, living at Auchtertyre, married Flora Mac-
aulay, Camuslongart, with issue — Duncan John.

Maggie married John Duff, with issue — John, Mary,
Donald.

Page 183, line n .—

Anne married Kenneth Matheson with issue ; Maggie
married Donald Macrae, Bundaloch (page 200, line 12),

464 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

with issue — Donald ; Mary married Donald Reid in Glas-
gow ; Alexander, in Manitoba, married Isabel Macrae,
with issue — Farquhar.

Page 183, line 19 : —

d. Alexander married with issue.

Ax. Duncan died unmarried.

dz. Christopher died unmarried.

d$. Alexander married with issue — Mary married in
England ; Catherine married in Glasgow ; John in Glas-
gow ; Alexander married with issue ; Donald in Glasgow ;
Flora.

d<\. Colin in Falkirk.

d$. Christina died unmarried.

d6. Catherine married Christopher Macrae, Ardelve,
with issue — Annie, Duncan, Maggie, Christina, Mary,
Farquhar.

dj. Christina married in Islay.

Page 191, line 2 : —

2. Christina married Donald Macrae, a farmer at
Inverinate, with issue —

a. Duncan, called Donnacha Sealgair, married
Margaret Macrae, with issue.

ax. John Roy married with issue — (1) Alexander died
in Armadale, Australia, and left issue. (2) Roderick died
in Armadale, Australia, and left issue. (3) Duncan in
Australia.

A2. Donald died young.

a$. Donald died in Edinburgh.

34. Duncan died young.

(15. Ninnie died in America.

«6. Margaret died in Australia. She married Farqu-
har Macrae, with issue — (1) Christopher married Elizabeth
Maclennan, with issue.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 465

ay. Catherine married Ivy Macovil, with issue.

<i8. Flora married Alexander Macrae, Inverinate
(page 193, line 4).

09. Alexander married Flora, daughter of Farquhar
(page 148, line 2 from foot).

b. Farquhar, known as Ferachar Buie, married Isa-
bella Maclennan, with issue.

61. Donald went to Australia.

62. Alexander died at Letterfearn. He married, with
issue — (1) Alexander. (2) Kenneth, a detective in Perth.
(3) Kate married Kenneth Macrae ; and two other
daughters.

63. Roderick lived at Inverinate. He married Ana-
bella Matheson, Dornie (a daughter of John Matheson
and of Isabella Macrae, mentioned on page 48, line 6
from foot), with issue — (1) Christina married in America
with issue. (2) Kate married Peter Campbell, head-
master, Abriachan Public School, Inverness-shire, with
issue. (3) John died young.

c. Donald Roy Macrae lived at Carndu, Dornie.
He married Annie Macmillan, Dornie, with issue.

ci. John lived at Ardintoul, and afterwards in Broad-
ford. He married Flora Macrae, with issue— (1) Donald
Macrae, Applecross. (2) Alexander married in Glasgow,
with issue. (3) John in Broadford. (4) Christina married
a Mr MacColl, Glasgow, with issue — John, Mary, Flora,
Joan, Christina. (5) Flora married in Broadford.

C2. Donald lived at Inverinate. He married Mary
Macdonald, Carr, with issue — (1) Farquhar married with
issue. (2) Donald went to Australia. He married, and
left numerous issue. (3) Kate married Donald Macrae,
gamekeeper, Killilan, with issue— Catherine married John
Fraser ; John, in London, married Alice Adams, with
issue — Donald William, Catherine Ellen, Ian Alexander ;
Mary Anne married a Mr Buxton with issue ; Christina
married Duncan Macmillan, Dornie; Flora married Joseph

466 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Tritton with issue ; Bella died ; Donald, a gamekeeper at
Inverinate, married Christina, daughter of Alexander
Cameron, Sallachy, with issue — Mary, Catherine Bella,
Alexander, Joan. (4) Duncan, a farmer and shoe-
maker at Dornie, married Isabella, daughter of Roderick
Mackenzie, shipowner, Shieldaig, with issue — Donald at
Dornie ; Roderick a farmer and merchant in Shieldaig ;
James died when a student at the Raining School, Inver-
ness ; Mary. (5) Mary married Roderick Matheson, Loch-
carron, with issue. (6) Kenneth married Kate Macrae,
mentioned above, with issue, Donald and Alexander and
seven daughters. (7) Alexander married Margaret Mathe-
son, Avernish, with issue — Donald, John, Hector, Duncan,
Mary, Mary Anne, Christina, Bella. (8) Donald married
Efhe Mackintosh, Portree, with issue.

03. Alexander died in Australia. He married Ellen
Macrae, with issue.

C4. Duncan lived for some time at Ardintoul,
and afterwards emigrated to Australia, where he died.

C5. Donald died in Australia.

c6. Kenneth died in Australia.

cj. Christopher died in Australia ; was married, and
left issue.

c8. Christina married Kenneth Macrae, Achmore.

d. Alexander, Quartermaster and Sergeant in the
78th Highlanders (page 191, line 8).
Page 200, line 11 : —

Donald, son of Christopher, married Maggie, daugh-
ter of Farquhar Macrae (a$, page 183), with issue —
Donald.

Page 212:—

Delete the whole of lines 3 and 4.

In line 5, a. John, being a son of xn. Alexander
(mentioned on page 211, line 1), should be entered as (3).
John, and his family enumerated (a), (b), &c, as follows : —

(a). Christopher married Christina Macrae, with issue.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 467

(ai). Hannah married Finlay Macdonald, Inverinate,
with issue.

(«2). John married Mary Macrae, with issue, and went
to Australia.

(.13). Annie married Kenneth Macdonald, Glenelg, with
issue — Duncan, in Australia.

(04). Kate died unmarried.

(#5). Alexander died unmarried.

(a6). Christopher died unmarried.

(b). Alexander as on page 212.

(c). Annie married Alexander Macrae, Glenshiel, with
issue.

(d). Kate married John Macrae, Glenshiel, with issue.

(e). Helen married Donald Macmillan, with issue —
Christopher, Christina, Isabella, John, Helen, Kate, Isa-
bella, Flora married Kenneth Macrae, page 129.

(/). Isabella married John Macrae, son of Christopher
(page 212, line 8), with issue.

(g). Janet married William Morrison, schoolmaster,
Letterfearn, with issue.

(h). Hannah married Donald Macrae, Cro of Kintail,
with issue.

Page 214, line 4 from foot : —

«X. Duncan married Christina, daughter of Alexander
Macrae, Auchtertyre, with issue.

(1). John (not Duncan, as on page 214) married Isa-
bella, daughter of Murdo, son of Duncan Macrae, Achna-
gart, with issue —

(a). Donald died unmarried.

(6). Duncan married Anne, daughter of Roderick
Finlayson, with issue; Alexander married a Miss Bain,
and emigrated to Oregon, U.S., where he died in 1879,
leaving numerous issue.

(c). Murdo married a Miss Mackenzie of Newcastle,
without issue.

468 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

{d). Alexander married a Miss Bain, and emigrated
with his family to America.

(e). Farquhar, who was for many years proprietor of
the Strome Hotel, married Proby Mary, daughter of
Kenneth Mackenzie, Kishorn, with issue —

(i). Malcolm, living in Salen, Mull, mairied Flora
Murchison, Lochcarron, with issue — Farquhar, Proby
Mary.

(2). John married in Melbourne, Australia, with issue
— Farquhar Colin, John.

(3). Isabella married William Mackenzie, with issue —
William ; Hector ; Isabella married George Mackinlay,
Edinburgh, with issue ; Jessie married John Macdonald
with issue ; Proby Mary died.

(4). Annie married Murdo Leed, shipowner, Inver-
ness, with issue — Murdo ; Proby Mary married Ronald
Fletcher, Laggan, Mull ; Catherine married John Macnair,
New York ; Elizabeth.

(5). Elizabeth married John Kennedy, Lochcarron,
with issue — Farquhar ; Donald ; Anne ; Proby Mary
married Rev. John Macdonald, Free Church, Sleat, Skye ;
Bella Anne.

(6). Hannah married Donald Macrae of the Balnain
family, with issue as mentioned elsewhere.

(7). Isabella married Bailie John Mackenzie, Inver-
ness, with issue — Alistair ; Farquhar ; Annie Maria.

(f). Hannah married Donald Macrae, with issue —
Isabella married Donald Matheson with issue — Christop-
her; Bella; Hannah married Herr Hoeckling.

(g). Christopher died unmarried.

(h). Alexander died unmarried.

(i). Isabella died young.

(2). Farquhar, called Ferachar Post, married Eliza,
daughter of Alexander Macrae, tenant of Ruarach, Kin-
tail, with issue — Duncan ; Farquhar married with issue ;
Donald married Elizabeth Sutherland with issue ;
Alexander.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 469

(3). Marion married Farquhar Macrae, Carr, with
issue — Christina died unmarried ; Mary, unmarried ;
William died unmarried ; John married Grace Mackay,
Ardnarff, without issue ; Alexander married a daughter of
Duncan Macrae, Fernaig, with issue, a son, Ewen, in
Glengarry, and a daughter.

Page 285, line 10 from bottom : —

6. Farquhar, born 1806, &c, had issue —
a. Jean Farquhar. b. Margaret Morison. c. William
Gordon, d. John Morison. e. Mary Amelia Morison,
born 1844, married George Cadell of the Indian Forest
Department, with issue — George Ward Cole, born 1872 ;
Agnes Morison, born 1873 ; William Farquhar, born
1874; Florence St John, born 1877; Muriel McCrae,
born 1887.

/. Farquhar.

CLANN IAN CHARRICH.

(pp. 22, 23, 214, 288.)

I. JOHN, called Ian Carrach, the progenitor of the
Clann Ian Charrich family of Macraes, was the eldest
son of Macrae of Clunes, and was the first Macrae to
migrate to Kintail, as narrated on page 288 of this book.
His descendants, whose names cannot at present be
traced, lived in the old home at Achnagart for some
generations, and one of them is said to have been
married to one of the Grants of Glenmoriston. By her
he had numerous issue, all of whom died young, except
one named John. This John who was also called
Ian Carrach married, and had issue, at least two sons,
Finlay and Malcolm.

1. Finlay of whom hereafter.

2. Malcolm was constable of Ellandonan Castle in
the early years of the 16th century. He espoused the
cause of Hector Roy of Gairloch in the great feud between
Hector and his nephew, John of Killin. After a struggle
which lasted several years, and in which Malcolm took a
very prominent part, the supporters of Hector Roy had
to yield, and Malcolm Mac Ian Charrich was dismissed
by John of Killin from the Constableship. He thus lost
his influence, and his family did not afterwards assume so
much importance in Kintail (pages 21-23). One of his
descendants, Malcolm, called Callum Mac Urichcian (pro-
bably Malcolm, son of Murdo, son of John), was living at
Letterfearn, Kintail, in the early part of the 19th century,
and was married to Anne Macdonald with issue.

1. Christina married Alexander Macrae, Ardelve,
with issue.

ALEXANDER MACRAE, M.A. (Clann Ian Charrich.)

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 471

2. Martha married John MacColl, farmer, Glen-
finnan, in Inverness-shire, with issue.

a. Alexander, born 1825, died at Bolton, in Lanca-
shire, in 1892. He married Anne Baxter, with issue —
Ralph, Margaret, John, Annie, Alexander.

b. John, born 1827, M.A., Oxford, died in Australia
in 1893, was twice married, with issue.

c. Christina died unmarried in Australia.

d. The Rev. Malcolm, D.D., born 1834, Canon of
Ripon Cathedral, an intimate friend of the Right Hon.
William Ewart Gladstone, and a well known theological
and controversial writer. He married Consuelo Albinia,
daughter of Major-General Ciompton Stansfield of Esholt
Hall, Yorkshire, without issue, and died in 1907.

e. Janet, born 1835, unmarried.

/. Hugh, born 1837, B.A. of London. Author of
several mathematical and philosophical works. Married
first, in 1865, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, and by her, who
died in 1884, has issue — Mary Janet ; Martha Christina;
Flora ; Hugh Ernest, a judge in Burma, married with
issue ; Anne Louise, married with issue. Hugh married,
secondly, in 1887, Lina Hortense Marchal, and is now
(1909) living at Boulogne, in France.

3. Catherine died unmarried.

4. Anne died unmarried.

5. Donald went to Australia in 1854. Married
Barbara Forbes with issue.

6. Duncan went to Australia in 1854. Married
Catherine, daughter of Farquhar Macrae, with issue.

7. Hugh died unmarried in India.

II. FINLAY Mac Ian Charrich was a farmer in
Ardintoul, Kintail. Tradition says that he lost his life in
defence of his home against a band of spoilers from Sleat
in Skye. He left issue, at least one son, Donald.

III. DONALD, known as Domhnull Duilig (Donald
of Duilig), was but a child at the time of his father's

472 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

death, but when he grew up to be a man, he gathered
together a strong party of Kintail warriors, and making
his way to Sleat, he put to the sword the only survivor of
his father's murderers. He then returned to his home in
Ardintoul, but fearing sudden attacks from parties of
revenge from Skye, he moved inland to Duilig in the
heights of Kintail. Here he lived in plentiful circum-
stances for many years, and was looked upon as a man of
outstanding merit, not only among members of his own
family, but among the Clan as a whole. Round his
memory have gathered many interesting stories, legends,
traditions, and songs, most of which have, unfortunately,
been lost, but a few of them may still be heard among
the older people in Kintail. Donald was married, and had
at least three sons— Finlay, of whom hereafter, Donald,
John.

IV. DONALD, of whom little is known, lived for some
time in Duilig. He married, and had issue, at least one
son : —

V. Donald, who was fifth in descent from Ian
Carrach, and was known as Domhnull Og (Young Donald).
He took a prominent part in the great feud between Mac-
kenzie of Kintail and Macdonald of Glengarry in the end
of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. In the
spring of the year 1606 Mackenzie, after he had seized the
lands of Lochcarron, laid siege to Strome Castle, which
was at that time held by the Macdonalds. In the opera-
tions round the Castle Donald Og was taken prisoner.
An account of his escape is given thus in an old manu-
script : — " Mackenzie, having no hope of taking the Castle
by storm, resolved to raise the siege. Then Donald Og,
hearing confidentially from one of the servants within the
Castle how things were moving on both sides, and that
Mackenzie was preparing to raise the siege, bribed one of
the attendants to give him admittance into the room in
the Castle where the gunpowder was kept. Finding that

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 473

only one barrel remained, he got it destroyed by pouring
water over it. He afterwards returned to his own room
in the Castle, and maintained that he felt unwell and
would be the better of fresh air. He was then escorted
under two sentinels to the battlements of the Castle.
Here he walked backwards and foiwards till a suitable
opportunity for action presented itself. At last he threw
his plaid over the heads of the two sentinels, and then
with one spring leaped off the battlements to the ground
below. Mackenzie's party rushed forward expecting to
find him dead. He was, however, only stunned by the
fall, and soon recovered. He made known to Mackenzie
the state of the besieged, and persuaded him to renew the
attack, with the result that the Castle was surrendered a
few days afterwards in 1606.,, Mackenzie ordered it
to be blown up in case it might fall again into Glengarry's
hands." In recognition of his faithful services and his
brave action on this occasion Mackenzie allotted to
Donald Og free lands for life in Killilan. He married and
had at least two sons : —

1. John of whom hereafter.

2. Duncan was a tenant at Ratagan. He married,
and had issue, at least one son, Donald, who had a son
Ronald, who married Julia Macrae (a niece of Murdo
XIII., page 212), with the following issue —

a. Alexander emigrated to Australia in 1849. He
married Catherine Macdonald, Drudaig, with issue —

ax. Ronald married in New South Wales, with
numerous issue.

az. Julia married twice in Victoria with issue.

b. Duncan emigrated to America. He married with
issue.

c. Christopher married a Mackenzie from Letter-
fearn, and emigrated to America.

d. Murdo emigrated to America.

e. John in America.

/. Another son also in America.

474 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

VI. John, son of Donald Og, and sixth in descent
from Ian Carrach, was called Ian Ban, and succeeded to
his father's farm in Killilan. He married Mar-
garet, daughter of John Murchison, Auchtertyre, and
sister of Colonel Donald Murchison, who acted so
zealously on Seaforth's behalf after the Rebellion of 1715.
He left a son —

VII. Donald, who married Flora, daughter of
Farquhar Macrae, Inchchro, with issue —

1. Duncan Roy, a tenant at Ardelve, married
Catherine, daughter of John Ban Macrae, Aird, Lochalsh.
He died about the year 1840, leaving issue —

a. Christopher married Mary, daughter of Murdo
Maclennan, Aird, Lochalsh. He was tenant of the farm
of Mangaridh, Skye. I^e left issue —

ai. Duncan married with issue, two daughters in
British Columbia.

az. Flora married Donald Macrae, Skye, with issue —
Christopher, who is married with issue, one son ;
Margaret ; Mary, married with issue ; Catherine.

a$. Catherine married Alexander Finlayson, Kyleakin,
Skye, with issue — Donald ; Christopher ; Alexander ;
Finlay ; Marion, who married John Gillies, Plockton,
with issue ; Maggie.

«4. Flora married John Murchison, Skye, with issue —
Mary; Christopher, married a Miss Mackenzie, Kyle;
Margaret married Donald Macrae, Carr, Kintail (page
185, line 4), with issue — Anabella Mary, Johan Flora.

b. Donald Roy was for some time blacksmith at
Dornie. He married Margaret, daughter of Colin Macrae,
tacksman, of Inchchro (page 80, line 4 from foot), and
emigrated to America in 1848. He left issue —

61. Colin married in Canada.

62. John in Ontario.

63. Alexander married Isabella Campbell, with issue,
and lives now in Assiniboia, Canada.

64. Janet in Ontario.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 475

65. Mary in Ontario.

66. Catherine married in Assiniboine, Canada.

c. Duncan was a tenant in Ardelve in 1862. He
married Isabella, daughter of Donald Macrae, Nostie,
Lochalsh, with issue—

ci. Donald married Mary Macdonald in Arisaig with
issue — Alexander, Margaret.

C2. Duncan in Glasgow, married Catherine Macrae,
with issue — Duncan, Donald, Alexander-Angus.

C3. Alexander lives at Lochluichart. He married
Catherine Murchison, Portchullin, iwth issue — Duncan.
Lauchlin, Malcolm, John, Donald, Alexander, Mary Kate,
Roderick, Isabella, David.

04. John lives in Glasgow. He married Anne Mac-
kenzie with issue — Isabella, Kenneth, John Duncan,
Christina.

C5. Catherine married Donald Mackenzie, Ardelve,
with issue — Duncan, Christopher, Donald, Jessie.

c6. Janet now living at Auchtertyre.

07. Annie married Donald Macpherson, Sleat, Skye.

c8. Maggie married Donald Macintyre, Wishaw, with
issue — Thomas, Donald, Catherine.

d. Colin died in Ardelve.

e. Flora married a Mr Sinclair, and emigrated to
Australia.

/. Mary married Duncan Macrae, Ardelve (page 183,
line 1), with issue as already mentioned.

g. Janet married Duncan Macqueen, Ratagan, with
issue— (1) Father Macqueen, Inverness. (2) John Mac-
queen, Ardelve, married with issue. (3) Donald in
America. (4) Archibald in America.

2. John, son of Donald VII., was called John Roy,
and lived for some time in Inverness. He married and
had issue, at least one son, whose descendants lived a few
years ago in Inverness ; and one daughter, Isabella, who
died at Dornie in Kintail.

FI

4/6 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

3. Anne married George, son of Donald, son of
Alexander of the Duilig family, with issue, as mentioned
hereafter.

4. Catherine married Malcolm Macrae, tenant at
Cragaig, with issue. (a) Donald died unmarried at
Bundaloch. (b) Farquhar married a daughter of Duncan
Macrae, Bundaloch. He had issue, and emigrated to
America, (c) Mary married a Mackerlich, with issue.

IV. John, youngest son of Domhnull Duilig, and
fourth in descent from Ian Carrach, left two sons —

1. Kenneth, who was a tenant in Ardelve. When
an old man he joined Earl William of Seaforth's army,
and was present at the Battle of Shenffmuir in 1715. On
his return home he composed a celebrated elegy on the
" Four Johns of Scotland " who fought and fell in the
battle. He left one son, Alexander, who lived for some
time at Cragaig, and afterwards at Ardelve, and was said
to have attained to the age of 120 years. A sketch of his
life appeared in the London Courier of the 28th November,
1807 (page 407). None of his descendants can be traced
now in Kintail or Lochalsh, and it is probable that no
tna)e issue survived him.

2. John (probably the Ian Maclan mentioned on pp.
214, 408), married and left issue, at least one son —

a. Malcolm, who was noted for his loyal adherence
to Seaforth after his estates were forfeited in 1715.
Malcolm took an active part in resisting the attempts of
the Forfeited Estates Commissioners to collect the rents
on the Seaforth estates. He was present at the skirmish
at Coille Bhan (page 359), and fired the shot which
severely wounded Captain Macneill, who was in charge of
the detachment. When Seaforth obtained a pardon from
the King, and returned to his Estates in 1726, Malcolm
was offered the farm of Reraig in Lochalsh. He, how-
ever, refused this offer, and chose, in preference, part of
the farm of Drudaig in Kintail. Here he died in the year
173c, leaving two sons —

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 47/

ai. John, who was tacksman of Ardelve, and who
married a daughter of Duncan Macrae of Drudaig, with
issue — (i) Kenneth, who was for a long time tacksman of
Ardelve and afterwards innkeeper at Jeanton, Lochcarron.
He died at the age of 57, on the 19th July, 1819, and was
buried in Kintail. He married Jane Mackenzie with
issue; Hector emigrated to Upper Canada; John
emigrated to Upper Canada; Alexander died in the West
Indies ; Christina ; Helen ; Isabella. (2) Isabella, who
married John Ban Macrae, Camusluinie, with issue — (a)
John married Margaret Macrae, Camusluinie, with issue-
John married Isabella Macrae of the Inchchro family,
and died at Camusluinie in 1904, without issue ; Kenneth
died unmarried in Camusluinie in 1905 ; Catherine
married Kenneth Maclennan, Letterfearn, with issue. (6)
Christopher married Helen Macrae, Camusluinie, and
removed with his family to Barra, where one of them,
John, is now living with issue. (c) Janet married John
Mackerlich, Ardnarff. (3) Mary married Farquhar Mac-
rae, Camusluinie, with issue as already mentioned (page
128, line 14 from foot).

«2. Alexander lived in Glenshiel. He marrieda grand-
daughter of Eonachan Dubh (page 210, line 14), and is said
to have had issue at least three sons, two of whom are
said to have emigrated from Letterfearn to Australia.
The other son (1) John married Catherine Maclennan with
issue, [a) Margaret married John, son of John Macrae,
Camusluinie, with issue, John married Isabella Macrae
without issue ; Kenneth died unmarried ; Catherine
married Kenneth Maclennan, Letterfearn, with issue as
mentioned elsewhere, (b) Alexander lived in Camusluinie,
and married Catherine, daughter of Alexander Macrae of
Cnoc-na-carn, Camusluinie, with issue, David, born 18th
April, 1846, and now living at Camusluinie; Alexander,
died in New Zealand; Catherine, married Duncan
Macrae, with issue, Christopher, in New Zealand, married
Rebecca Carr, with issue— (Duncan, Catherine Margaret,

478 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Christina Grace), Kate, Alexander, in New Zealand, John
in New Zealand, Donald, Alexander, David ; Bella now in
Camusluinie. (c) Donald lived in Camusluinie and
Killilan, and married Catherine Macrae, Inverinate, with
issue — Kate, married John Fraser, without issue; John,
now living in London, married Alice Adams, with issue —
Donald, Kate, John ; Mary Anne, married a Mr Buxton,
with issue — Donald, John ; Christina, married Duncan
Macmillan, Dornie ; Flora, married Joseph Tritlon, with
issue — Donald, Christina, Edward ; Bella died. (d)
Christina, married Allan Cameron, Sallachy, with issue.

IV. FINLAY, eldest son of Domhuill Duilig, and
fourth in descent from Ian Carrach, succeeded his father
as tacksman of Duilig in the year 1580 He left at least
three sons — 1. Alexander of whom hereafter, Donald,
Roderick.

V. Donald, second son of Finlay IV., lived at Duilig.
He married and left issue two sons — John, Finlay.

VI. John, called John Roy, eldest son of Donald V.,
was " remarkably handsome in his personal appearance."
He lived at Conchra, and married Isabella, daughter of
John Macrae, one of the famous " Four Johns of Scotland "
(page 153), who fell in the Battle of Sheriffmuir. He left
issue three sons and two daughters, viz —

1. Finlay, was tenant of Duart, Lochalsh, in 1772.
He married Mary, daughter of Donald Macmillan, Coilree,
Kintail, with issue —

(a) John, drowned at Point of Sleat, in 1817. (b)
Donald, married Anabella, daughter of Ewen Mackenzie,
Strome. He was drowned in 1847. He left issue —

bi. John, who was a shipowner, married Isabella,
daughter of John Macrae, Dornie, on the 23rd of March,
1848, with issue — Donald, John Farquhar, Isabella
married Kenneth Finlayson, Plockton, with issue, Eliza,
Anne, Anabella married Gillian Currie, with issue, Betsie
married John Macrae, Letterfearn, with issue. 62. Alex-
ander. 63. Ewen went to California. 64. Isabella

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 479

married John Mackenzie, son of Alexander Mackenzie,
Ardelve, and emigrated to America in 1848. 65. Jane
married Farquhar Matheson, Achnadarroch, Lochalsh.

c. Colin was a sailor. He married Florence, daughter
of John Matheson, Plockton, with issue and emigrated to'
Cape Breton in 1827.

2. Donald, died without issue.

3. Farquhar, the third son of John Roy, was for some
time tenant at Western Achadhantighard, Letterfearn, but
removed to Dornie in 1794, where he died in 1825 aged 75
years. He married in 1772, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
Duncan Macrae, son of Donald of Drudaig, (page 162, line
14), and had issue —

a. John, born 1776, was " a very ingenious man and a
handy craft." He married in 1809 Elizabeth, daughter of
Alexander Matheson, schoolmaster, Dornie, (page 48, nth
line from foot). He died at Dornie on the 15th of
February, 1858, aged 82 years. He left issue — ax. John,
who was born in 1812. az. Farquhar, died in 1836. a$.
Alexander, born 14th March, 1829. #4. Anne, married
Christopher Macrae, Bundaloch, in 1839, and emigrated
to Australia in 1852. <i$. Isabella, married John Macrae,
Plockton, with issue as already mentioned. a6. Mary,
married in April, 1849, Duguld Matheson, Avernish,
Lochalsh, and emigrated to America in the following June.

(b) Donald, born 1784, married in 1818, Mary,
daughter of Captain Duncan Macrae of Inverinate, with
issue — bi. Duncan, born on 22nd January, 1819 ; died
unmarried, bz, Kenneth, died unmarried. 63. John Roy,
was for several years tacksman of the farm of Bundaloch.
He died unmarried at Dornie. 64. Farquhar died un-
married. 65. Mary, married Finlay Macrae, Carr, with
issue as already mentioned, (page 185, line 12). 66.
Magdalen, now (1909), living at Dornie. bj. Florence,
married Alexander Macnair, Accountant in the City
Chambers, Edinburgh. She died in 1905, leaving issue —
Annie, Donald, Mary, Flora.

480 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

(c) Duncan died unmarried, (d) Anabella, married
in 1787, Donald, son of Donald Macrae, tacksman of
Achadhantighard, who was Innkeeper at Totaig, but in
1796 removed to Dornie where he died leaving issue —
(di.) Alexander, died unmarried at Dornie. (dz.) John,
died in New Orleans, leaving issue, one daughter, Sarah
Anabella Eliza. (^3.) Donald, died unmarried. (d^.)
Colin, married Catherine, daughter of Murdo Macrae,
and emigrated to America, where he left issue — Alex-
ander, Donald, John, Colin, Isabella, Christina. (^5.) Dun-
can, died in Carolina, America. (d6.) Annie, married
John Roy Macrae, son of Finlay, son of Duncan Macrae,
Camusluinie, and has issue of thirteen sons and danghters
in Ontario. (^7.) Isabella, married in 1818, John
Matheson, Dornie, (page 48, 6th line from foot), with
issue — (1) John, died at Dornie ; (2) Flora, married
Farquhar Maclennan, and is now (1909), living at Dornie;

(3) Annie, married James Turnbull, with issue in America;

(4) Marion, married James Murchison, Oregon, with issue;

(5) Mary, died at Dornie ; (6) Roderick, now (1909),
living at Dornie ; (7) Anabella, married Roderick Macrae,
Inverinate, with issue — John ; Christina, married D.
Macmillan. Oregon, with issue ; Catherine, married Peter
Campbell, headmaster of the Abriachan Public School,
Inverness-shire, with issue ; (8) Donald, died at Dornie ;
(9) Alexander, shipowner at Dornie. He was an excellent
folklorist and genealogist, and wrote manuscript notes on
the Clan Macrae, the Clan Matheson, and the Clan
Mackenzie. He died on the 14th of October, 1897 ; (10)
Betsie, now (1909), living at Dornie.

(e) Isabella, married Donald Mackerlich, and emigrated
to Cape Breton, where she left issue.

(f) Florence, married Finlay Macrae, shoemaker,
Dornie, with issue of three sons and four daughters, who
emigrated to Canada in 1845.

(g) Isabella, married Duncan Macrae, Bruaich, Dornie,
She emigrated with her husband to Cape Breton in 1822.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 48 I

4. Annie, daughter of John Roy, married Alexander
Stewart, miller, Nostie, Lochalsh, with issue.

5. Mary.

VI. Finlay, younger son of Donald V., married and
left a son.

VII. Donald, who lived at Cnoc-na-carn, Camusluinie,
in 1700. He married Catherine, daughter of Murdoch
Murchison, Caiplach, Lochalsh, and had issue, two sons,
each named Alexander.

VIII. Alexander, born 1728; lived at Cnoc na-carn.
He married Anne, daughter of Alexander Macrae,
Camusluinie, with issue —

a. Finlay, who served in the 78th Highlanders, and was
killed in India in 1794.

b. Alexander, married Isabella, daughter of Murdo Roy
Macrae of Corriedhoin, with issue —

61. Mary, married Malcolm Macrae, Ardelve,with issue—
(r) Murdo in Stornoway ; (2) Maggie, married Roderick
Morrison, Harris, with issue; (3) Alexander, Preventive
Officer, Inland Revenue, Lochcarron, married with issue-
Mary Catherine; (4) Roderick, died unmarried: (5)
John, in Glasgow, married with issue— Malcolm Alexander;

(6) Barbara married a Mr Morrison, Lewis, with issue ;

(7) Bella, unmarried.

62. Catherine married Alexander Macrae, Camusluinie,
a descendant of Ian Carrach, with issue, as already
mentioned.

63. Isabella, married Farquhar Maclennan, Camusluinie,
with issue— (1) Isabella, married Duncan Macrae, New
Zealand, with issue, as already mentioned, (page 166, line
6). (2) Mary, in New Zealand ; (3) Catherine, died in
Camusluinie; (4) Alexander, in New Zealand, married
Jane Leishman, with issue— Bella, Farquhar, Sarah,
Robert. (5) Annie, married Alexander Maclennan,
Camusluinie, with issue— Ewen, Mourdina, Farquhar
Alexander, Flora Jane, Bella Kate, Duncan. (6) Murdo,
died in Camusluinie; (7) Jane, married Alexander

482 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Maclennan, Plockton, with issue — Murdo, Maggie ; (8)
John, in New Zealand ; (9) Ewen, in New Zealand,
married with issue.

c. Donald, married Catherine, daughter of John Macrae,
Camusluinie, with issue —

el. Alexander, died unmarried.

cz. John, married, Maggie Macinnes, Drumbuie,
Lochalsh, with issue — Donald, John, Kate, Donald,
Alexander, Duncan, Bella.

c$. Duncan, in Glenelg. He married a Miss Morrison,
with issue — one son, Malcolm.

C4. Catherine, married Malcolm Morrison, Glenelg,
with issue.

C5. Isabella, married Duncan Macrae, son of Duncan
Roy, Ardelve, with issue, as already mentioned.

d. Margaret, married Duncan Macdonald, Camusluinie,
with issue.

e. Catherine, married Alexander Macrae, Ardnarff,
Lochalsh, with issue — (1) Alexander, went to Mull, where
he married with issue — John, a farmer in Kerrera, and two
daughters, one of whom is named Rebecca ; (2) Rebecca,
married George Maculloch, Dornie, with issue ; (3) Anne
died unmarried.

/. Catherine, married John Mackay, Camusluinie, with
issue — Maggie, Kate, Anne, Donald in Stirling.

g. Janet, married Alexander Macrae, Camusluinie, with
issue, three daughters, and a son Alexander, married Isa-
bella Finlayson, with issue — William, in Glasgow ; John
lived for several years in China and died in Glasgow
leaving issue — John Hector, Jessie ; Duncan ; Jessie.

h. Janet, married Duncan Macmillan, Dornie, with
issue — Alexander, who was one of the best genealogists in
Kintail, (see preface, page v.); Farquhar, died in Greenock;
Annie; Christina; Annie.

i. Christina, married Farquhar Macrae, Letterfearn,
with issue —

ii. Farquhar, married Catherine Macrae, with issue —

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 4S3

Farquhar, Parochial Inspector, Broadford, who married a
Miss Macleod, with issue ; Christopher married Helen
Paterson, with issue ; Catherine ; Christina, married
Donald Macrae, with issue ; Duncan.

>2. Donald, married a Maciae from Inverinate, with
issue, Farquhar, married Mary Macdonald, with issue —
Kate ; Donald, married with issue, in Glasgow.

?3. Finlay married Mary Macdonald, Letterfearn, with
issue — Murdo, who married Anne Murchison, with issue ;
Christina, married William Renwick, with issue, on3 son
Finlay; Catherine, married a Mr Ferguson, with issue;
Mary ; Maggie, married a Mr Currie,with issue ; Farquhar,
married Christina Macrae, in Glasgow, with issue.

14. Alexander married Catherine Macrae, with issue —
Duncan, married in New Zealand, with issue; Christina,
married Robert Macrae, with issue ; Alexander, married
Jane Matheson, with issue ; Farquhar ; Maggie ; Patrick.

j. Mary, married a Macrae from Bundaloch, with issue.

VIII. Alexander, second son of Donald VII., married
and left issue, two sons. One of them was a tailor, and
is said to have gone to America. The other, Alexander,
married Catherine Macrae, daughter of Donald Macrae of
Nonach (page 455, 7th line from foot), and went, about
the year 1850, to Lochalsh, Ontario, Canada. He had
issue —

1. Duncan Roy, married Margaret Macdonald, with
numerous issue, in Ontario.

2. Donald Buidh, married in Lochalsh, Ontario, and
left numerous issue.

3. Donald Roy, married Catherine Matheson, with
issue —

a. Donald, a merchant in Erbusaig, Lochalsh, Ross-
shire, where he died in October, 1909. He married Anne
Gillies, with issue —

ai. Catherine Mary ; az. Dolina ; a$. John Duncan;
«4. William John, now a student at the Dingwall
Academy.

b. Rev. Kenneth, Free Church minister of Glenshiel.

484 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

c. John died unmarried.

d. Duncan died unmarried.

e. Catherine.

/. Flora, married John Finlayson, with issue.

4. Christina, married, with issue, in Ontario.

5. Janet, in Ontario.

6. Mary, married, with issue, in Ontario.

7. Isabella, married a Mr Finlayson, in Ontario, with
issue.

V. Roderick, third son of Finlay, son of Domhuill
Duilig, " was a brave, handsome man, and exceed-
ingly tall in stature." As a young man he joined
the forces of Seaforth, and was present at the Battle of
Auldearn in 1645. He afterwards became in a romantic
manner the confidential friend and adviser of Mackenzie
of Fairburn, a near relative of whom he married. When
a very old man he was drowned while fording the river
Flchaig in Kintail. He left numerous issue, of whom only
a few can now be traced. One of his sons lived in Easter
Ross, from whom was descended the Rev. William
Macrae, chaplain of the 78th Highlanders, and afterwards
minister of Barvas in Island of Lewis, where he died in
1855, leaving issue Dr Charles Macrae, Stornoway, who
married a daughter of John Mackenzie, Strome, with issue.
Another descendant of Roderick was the late Rev. John
Macrae, Stornoway, Lewis. One of Roderick's sons was —

VI. John, who lived in Kintail, and married with issue
— two sons, Malcolm, Roderick.

VII. Malcolm, eldest son of John, married and left
issue, at least one son.

VIII. Alexander, who lived in Bundaloch, and was
an old man in 1772. He married and left issue —

1. Duncan, who emigrated to America with issue.

2. John, died of fever while crossing to America.

3. Malcolm, called Callum Ruadh, married with issue.
a. Annie married Roderick Finlayson, with issue.

<«J. Alexander married Catherine, daughter of Donald

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 4S5

Macrae, Portchullin, Lochn.lsh, with issue — Catherine
married Duncan Macrae, Bundaloch, with issue, (page
130, nth line from first) ; Anne ; Mary ; Bella ; John.

az. Donald, married in Lossiemouth, with numerous
issue.

b. Donald, emigrated to America.

4. Donald married and left issue.

a. Donald, called Domhuill Beg (Little Donald),
married Helen, daughter of Alexander Macrae, Ardelve,
with issue, ax, Mary, died unmarried ; az. Maggie, died
unmarried ; ^3. Anabella, married Duncan Mackenzie,
Coigach, Lochbroom, emigrated to Canada where she has
issue, one son, Donald ; a\. Catherine, married Donald.
McLaren, with issue ; ^5. Bella, married Roderick Mac-
lennan, Letterfearn, with issue.

b. Margaret, married Murdo Macrae, Bundaloch, with
issue; 61. Kenneth; bz. Christina; 63. Anabella; 64.
Mary, married John Maclennan, Ruorach, Kintail,
with issue — Duncan ; John ; Maggie married Duncan
Macrae with issue; Mary married Mr Kennedy, Plockton,
with issue.

c. Christina, married Finlay Mackerlich, Bundaloch,
with issue — ci. John, married Catherine Mackay, Aultna-
suth, with issue; c?„ Mary; 13. Maggie; c\\. Finlay,
married Maggie Macrae, Bundaloch, with issue — Farquhai,
who is now living in Bundaloch,

5. Roderick, married Anabella, daughter of Domhuill
MacThomais Macrae of Chriamphall, Carr, Kintail, a de-
scendant of Ferachar Maclan Og, with issue —

a. John, married Maggie Macrae, Dornie, with issue —
John at Bundaloch ; Joan ; Grace, at Bundaloch, with
issue — John Macrae and Margaret Macrae.

b. Alexander, died unmarried.

c. Christopher, married Isabella, daughter of John
Macrae, (called Ian Soar, John the Carpenter), who is
mentioned hereafter, with issue — CI. Marion ; cz. Roderick
who is now (1909), headmaster of the Public School, Glen-

486 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

convinth, Inverness, and married to Anne, daughter of
Donald Mackenzie, Coigach, Lochbroom, with issue —
Christopher Donald, Isabella.

d. Duncan, lived at Horsham, Victoria, Australia. He
married Anne Maclennan, with issue, now in Victoria —
Anabella, married the Rev. Mr Fowler; Roderick ; Chris-
tina; Catherine; Flora.

e. Roderick, married Flora Maclennan, with issue — ei.
Isabella, married Mr Mackinnon, Bridge of Allan, with
issue ; e2. Roderick, now a farmer in St Louis, America ;
e$. Anabella, married in St Louis ; #4. Mary, married Mr
Cameron, Greenock, with issue ; e$. Grace, in St Louis ;
e6. John, a farmer in Alberta, Canada; ej. Murdo, a
farmer in Alberta, Canada.

/. Bella, married Thomas Macrae, Dornie, as his first
wife without issue.

g. Donald, married Jessie, daughter of Duncan Mac-
millan, Bundaloch, with issue — Roderick, emigrated to
America ; Duncan, emigrated to America ; Anne, married
Mr Watson, Glenbrittle, Skye.with issue; Bella, Catherine.

VII. Roderick, son of John, son of Roderick,
married Mary Murchison, with issue —

1. John Mor, (Big John), lived at Attadale. He
married and left issue —

a. Alexander, called the Moar Dubh, (The Black
Ground Officer,) married Mary Macrae, Sallachy, with
issue —

ai. Duncan, emigrated to Australia about 1850. He
married with issue, two sons in Melbourne ; a2. John
married a Maclean in Skye ; a$. Donald, died young ; a\.
Anne, married with issue in Australia ; a$. Kate, married
with numerous issue in South Uist ; a6. Christina, married
in Glasgow, with issue.

b. Donald, lived in Attadale, and married Kate Mac-
donald, Camuslunie, with issue ; Duncan, died unmarried;
Bella, married Mr Cameron with issue ; Anne, married
John Macaulay, Inverinate, with issue.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 487

c. Mary, married Kenneth Maclean, Lochcarron, with
issue.

d. Catherine, married Murdo Macrae, Attadale, with
issue, Kate, married Christopher Macrae, Inverinate, with
issue, one daughter in Melbourne.

2. Donald, married Christina, daughter of John
Mackerlich, with issue —

a. John, called Ian Soar (John the Carpenter), married
Marion, daughter of Duncan Macrae, Sallachy, Lochalsh,
with issue —

ai. Donald, died at Park, Bundaloch ; a?. Donald
Buidh, married Margaret, daughter of Archibald Macrae,
Bundaloch, with issue — John, married Mary Maclennan,
Camuslongart ; Annie in New Zealand ; Archibald ;
Duncan, married in New Zealand, with issue ; Marion,
married Hugh Mackenzie, Lochbroom, with issue ; Alex-
ander, in New Zealand, married first Mary Matheson,
with issue — Mary Anne, and secondly Jessie Rogerson,
with issue — Donald and Jessie ; Mary.

b. Donald Soar, married a Mackenzie, daughter of the
Gobha Ban (the Fair Blacksmith), Ardelve. He
emigrated to America where he left issue — 61. Roderick,
married with issue; bz. Mary married Neil, son of John Ban
Mackenzie, Lochcarron, with issue — Donald, in Laurier;
Christina, in Lochalsh, Canada; Margaret, died joung;
John, in Laurier ; Niel Gault ; Johan, died young; Mary
Ann ; Roderick, the gigantic Drum- Major of the famous
Canadian " Kilties Band," which visited this country a few
years ago. His height is 7 feet 1^ inches. b$. Isabella,
married Mr Mackay, Laurier, Ontario.

c. Roderick Soar, lived at Ardnarff, Lochalsh. He
married Julia, daughter of Donald Macrae, son of George
of the Duilig Family with issue; ci. John, died unmarried
at Ardnarff in 1905 ; C2. Jock died unmarried at Ardnarff
in 1904 ; 03. Donald married Anne, daughter of
John Mackerlich, Ardnarff. He died in Southland,
New Zealand, where he left issue — Julia married to a Mac-

488 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

gregor with issue ; Donald ; Roderick ; John ; Jessie ; C4.
Donald, married Marion Cameron, Aultnasuth, with issue,
Mary married Archibald Weir, Glasgow, with issue —
George, Donald, Archibald ; Duncan, married as his first
wife Flora Macdonald, Fernaig, Lochalsh, with issue —
Christina, Donald, and as his second wife Annie Maccoll,
Appin, with issue — Catherine ; Roderick, married Marjory
Maclennan, with issue — Sarah, Kate ; Anabella, married
Donald Macrae, Portchullin, and lives now in Plockton ;
C5. Anabella, married Donald Cameron, Sallachy, and
left issue — Mary, married Joseph Macpherson, Ord, Skye,
with issue — Neil, who was drowned, Anabella, Jane, Mary,
Ewen, Norman, in Kyleakin ; Roderick, married Mary,
daughter of Malcolm Macrae, Glenelg, with issue — Jessie,
Malcolm, Anabella, Donald ; c$. Mary died young ; c6.
Janet, now (1909), living at Ardnarff ; cj. Christina, now
(1909), living at Ardnarff.

d. Catherine, married John, son of Murdo Mackenzie,
Aultnasuth, with issue — Christina, John, Donald, who is
a good genealogist.

V. ALEXANDER, eldest son of Finlay, eldest son of
Domhuill Duilig, and fifth in descent from Ian Carrach,
succeeded his father to the lands of Duilig. He was
married and left issue at least one son.

VI. DONALD, who held the lands of Duilig and part
of Killilan. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George
Mackenzie of Dochmaluak, by whom he had issue six sons
and some daughters, viz. — John, George, Alexander,
Donald, Roderick. The names of the rest of the family
cannot now be traced.

1. JOHN, eldest son of Donald VI. was known as Ian
Ruadh. He was a gentleman of considerable learning
and accomplishments, being when young educated in the
Chanonry of Ross (Fortrose). He had most of
Glenelchaig under stock and used to send droves of cows
and horses to the Southern markets. He died in 1720 in
Strathglass on his way home from the Contin market, but

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 489

his body was brought to Kintail and was buried in
Kilduich. It is said that John left more wealth behind
him than any of the Macraes of Duilig, who lived in Kin-
tail. He married a daughter of Captain John Murchison
Auchtertyre, by whom he had issue only one daughter,
who married a Macrae of Aryugan, Kintail.

2. George, of whom hereafter.

3. Alexander, was called Alistair Caol, (slender
Alexander). He was a great hunter, and is said to have
obtained special permission from Seaforth to hunt on his
forests at his will. He lived in Coilree in Glenelchaig, and
when an old man he emigrated in I774 to Carolina with a
family of sons and daughters, one of whom Roderick was
married to a daughter of Colin, son of the Rev. Donald
Macrae, junior minister of Kintail. Roderick is known to
have had descendants in good circumstances dispersed
through the State of Carolina, and he was evidently the
Roderick Macrae, who landed at Wilmington in 1774, and
from whom the Macraes of Wilmington are descended.
(Page 248).

4. Donald, was called Domhuill a Chogidh (Donald the
Fighter), on account of his spirited and fiery disposition.
He was a farmer and married with issue —

a. Malcolm, called Callum Ruadh, lived for some time
in Glencannich. He married a Macrae from Kintail, and
had issue — ax. Malcolm, called Callum Og, who when a
young man emigrated to America ; 02. A son, who was for
several years a tailor in Strathglass. He married a
daughter of Farquhar, son of Donald Macdonald, Camus-
luinie, and emigrated to America ; ^3. A daughter, who
lived till recently at Crasg in Strathglass.

5. Roderick, was a farmer at Altnabrahan in Glenling,
Lochalsh. He was married and left issue.

a. Donald, who was a soldier in the 78th Highlanders,
and was present at the "Affair of the Macraes" in Edin-
burgh in 1778. He went with his regiment to India and
was present at several engagements. He returned to

490 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Kintail and is known to have lived as an old man at Ridh-
Breac, Glenling, in the year 1810. He married Mary,
daughter of Kenneth Maclennan, Kintail, and by her had
issue.

fli. Alexander, a poet of considerable talent. He lived
for several years in the Ling Valley, Lochalsh, and about
the year 1837 he emigrated to Carolina. From there he
removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where he lived for many
years. When the Civil War broke out, he remained
neutral and suffered imprisonment for about a year. At
the conclusion of the war he removed to Pollard, Barber
County, Alabama, where he was Postmaster for some time.
He married a lady of German extraction with issue — (1)
Mary Ann, married a Mr Sutherland. (2) Donald, was
Captain in one of the regiments of the Federal Army. (3)
Alexander, served in the Federal Army and was severely
wounded in one of the engagements.

«2. Roderick, lived for some time in Sallachy, and
afterwards removed to Applecross. He married Barbara
Macrae, with issue — (1) John, married Mary Macdonald,
Torridon, and died in Inverness in 1906, leaving issue —
Alexander, in South Africa ; Roderick, in New Zealand ;
John, in Inverness; Catherine, married in Inverness. (2)
Mary, died young.

«3. Annie, died unmarried in Aultnasuth.

«4. Christina, married John Maclennan, Aultnasuth,
with issue — (1) Donald, now living in Maryburgh, Rosa-
shire. He married Annabella Macinnes, with issue — John
Alexander, died young ; Murdo in Vancouver ; Donald in
Vancouver ; Caleb ; Jessie. (2) Murdo, died in Plockton.

^5. Alexander, died young, b. Lilias, died unmarried,
c. Anne, died unmarried.

6. Another son of Donald VI., whose name cannot
now be traced, lived for many years in Ishcean, in
Strathfarrar, but afterwards removed to Munlochy, where
he died. He was married and left issue. Two of his
grandsons, Roderick and Thomas, died unmarried a few
years ago.

THE HISTORY Ol" THE (LAN MACRAE. 49 1

VII. GEORGE, the second son of Donald VI.,
was tacksman of Duilig in his young days, and
was the last of the family of Domhuill Duilig to live
in the old home. He removed to Camusluinie in 177.2,
and a few years afterwards he accompanied his son,
Donald to Gairloch, where he and his wife died, and were
buried in the Churchyard of Tournaig. George is said to
have been married to Anne, daughter of Donald, son of
John Ban, son of Donald, son of Donald of Duilig, and
by her he had issue, some daughters and one son.

VIII. DONALD, who was a farmer in Camusluinie.
About 1778 he went with his aged parents and young
family to Tournaig in Gairloch, but returned to Kintail
about the year 1815. He was drowned in Loch Long in
the spring of 1827, at the age of 72, and was buried in
Killilan. He married Julia, daughter of Thomas Macrae
of Carr, a descendant of Ferachar Maclan Oig (Page
1S7), and by her he had issue.

1. Donald, of whom below.

2. Thomas, who was a farmer in Camusluinie. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Donald Ban Macrae of
Nonach, Lochalsh, of the Balnain family with issue.

a. Murdoch, born in 1824, lived in Camusluinie, Kin-
tail, where he died on the 5th of September, iyog. He
married Isabella, daughter of William Macrae, Carr, (page
185, line 5), with issue.

ai. William, in Camusluinie
az. Elizabeth, in Camusluinie.

03. Alexander, educated at the Grammar School
of Aberdeen, and graduated M.A. of Aberdeen University
in 1904. He is now (1910) a Master at the Royal
Masonic School, Bushey, Hertfordshire, and is the author
of this chapter on the Claim Ian Charrich Macraes.

«4. Donald, of Messrs A. Dow & Company, Edinburgh.

b. Mary, was born in 1826. She married John, son of

492 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Duncan, son of Fionnla Ban, (page 182, 13th line from
foot), with issue as already mentioned. (Page 463).

3. John, emigrated when a young man to Ontario,
Canada. He lived for many years as a prosperous
merchant in the town of Port Colborne. He married first
a Macgregor (daughter of c. Margaret or d. Isabella, page
164), with issue.

a. Bella, who died unmarried at Port Colborne in 1868,
aged 24 years. John, married as his second wife, Mary
Grabel, with issue.

b. John Cyrus Matthew Fraser, who died unmarried at
Port Colborne in January, 1904.

c. Edward Grabel, who died unmarried at Port
Colborne in 1898.

4. Jessie, married Malcolm, son of Farquhar Macrae,
(Ferachar Buidh nan Fiadh), with issue.

a. Annie, married Alexander Murchison, Drumbuie,
Lochalsh with issue.

b. George, married and emigrated to America, where
he left issue.

c. Maggie, died unmarried in Ardelve in 1905.

d. Mary, died unmarried in Ardelve.

e. Catherine, married in South of Scotland with issue,
one daughter.

5. Julia, married Roderick Saor, son of Donald
Macrae, Ardnarff, with issue as already mentioned.

6. Mary, married Finlay Mackay, Avernish, Lochalsh,
with issue.

a. Donald died in Cardiff, was married without issue.

b. John, now living unmarried at Avernish.

c. Christina, died unmarried in Avernish.

d. Mary, died unmarried in Avernish.

e. Janet married Alexander Macrae, Kintail (page 80,
4th line from foot), with issue as mentioned on page 445.

/. Flora, now living in the United States.
g. Annie died unmarried in Avernish.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 493

h. Isabella married Hector, son of Farquhar Macrae,
Ardelve (Ferachar Buidh nan Fiadh), and went to the
United States. She now lives in Morgan, Minnesota,
with issue.

7. Annie was drowned with her father in Loch Long
in 1827.

8. Lilias married John, son of Donald Ban Macrae of
Nonach, of the Balnain family, with issue as given on
page 452.

9. Annie married as his first wife Christopher Macrae,
son of Alexander, fourth son of Alexander Macrae. (Page
165, 4th line from foot), with issue, as given. (Page 457).

IX. DONALD, eldest son of Donald VIII., was a
farmer at Portchullin, Lochalsh, where he died on the
16th of May, 1862, aged 81 years. He married
Catherine, daughter of Duncan Macrae, Nonach, Lochalsh,
with issue —

1. Duncan, of whom below.

2. Donald, died unmarried in New Zealand.

3. Bella, died young in Portchullin.

4. Mary, died young in Portchullin.

5. Annie married Duncan Finlayson, Lochalsh, with
issue — a. Donald, died unmarried ; b. Kate, married John
Mackenzie, Plockton, with issue ; c. Bella ; d. Kate
married in South Africa ; e. Mary ; /. Christina.

6. Isabella married John, son of Murdo Macrae,
Ardneaskan, Lochcarron, with issue —

a. Donald married Barbara Finlayson, Kelso, Loch-
carron, with issue — Bella, Roderick, Catherine, John,
Duncan Donald.

b. Murdo married Maggie, daughter of Duncan
Maclennan, Sallachy, Lochalsh, with issue — Bella, John,
Jemina, Duncan, William.

c. Donald married Christina Mackenzie, Plockton,
with issue — Bella, Donald, John, Jessie, Duncan.

d. Catherine married Duncan Macrae. (Page 128,
line 14).

494 THE HISTORY CF THE CLAM MACRAE.

e. Jessie.

7. Catherine married Alexander Finlayson, Kintail,
with issue, as already mentioned.

X. DUNCAN, eldest son of Donald IX.

lived for some time in Portchullin, and afterwards
emigrated to New Zealand, where he died. He married
Janet, daughter of Alexander, son of Christopher Ban
Macrae, Portchullin, Lochalsh, with issue — Donald of
whom next, Flora married in 1907 James Robertson,
Alexander, Thomas, Jessie.

XI. DONALD, now (1910), living in Otaperi, South-
land, New Zealand. He married in 1906 Madeline,
daughter of Arthur Devery and Madeline Bailey, with
issue. He is so far as now known the lineal representative
of Ian Carrach, the founder of this family of Macraes.

THE KILLEARNAN MACRAES.

From the earliest times in the History of the Clan
there were Macraes living in the Black Isle (or Ardmeanach
as it was then called, page 6); and a prosperous family of
Macraes in Killearnan, had at one time, the control of
Kessock Ferry. There is a tradition in Kintail, however,
that this family belonged to the Clann Iain Charrich
Macraes. Like the rest of the Macraes, the family was
Jacobite and Episcopalian.

At the commencement of the eighteenth century, the
head of this family was Thomas Macrae, who had a son

ALEXANDER, born August, 1734, and, was as a
boy, an eye witness of the battle of Culloden. He
married Margaret Davidson, with issue—

1. Donald, born 1762, married Isabella Young, and
had with others who died young, the following issue—

a. Margaret.

b. Isabella married John Maclean, who settled in
Canada, where his family prospered.

c. Murdoch.

d. Donald married with issue, a son and a daughter
who died unmarried.

e. William, a lawyer of talent and promise, who died
young and unmarried.

/. Rev. John born in 1802, a minister of the Church
of Scotland. In 1828 he went as a minister to Pictou in
Nova Scotia, and remained there for 17 years, eventually
becoming minister of Stornoway where he died much
respected and honoured in 1877. In 1S29 he married
Julia Macdougall.

/i. William born 1S30, died 1S31.

496 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

/2. Isabella born 1832, married the Rev. J. Mac-
donald, with issue : — (1) Peter, a doctor, married Agnes
Raintree with issue — James. (2) John, a doctor. (3)
Elsie, living in Edinburgh.

/3. Rev. Donald, D.D., born 1833, and died in 1909,
a leading Presbyterian minister in Canada, married C. H.
Macleay, with issue — (1) Bessie married Rev. James
Mackenzie with issue — Alexander Macrae ; Morell Mac-
rae; Norman Archibald; Catherine Sybil Isabel;
Arthur Dundonald ; Jean Euphemie Ross ; Elizabeth
Violet. (2) Alexander, at St John, New Brunswick,
married Gertrude Gregory with issue — Donald Alex-
ander ; Catherine Edith Maria ; George Frederick
Gregory; Alexander Kenneth. (3) Sylla, married Owen
Campbell with issue — Donald Arthur Rede ; Charlotte
Mary; John Astley Douglas. (4) John Kenneth, lawyer at
St John, New Brunswick. (5) Rev. Archibald, Principal,
Residential College, Calgary. (6) Violet. (7) John,
married Elsie Jacques. (8) Rev. Donald, married Isabel
Richardson. (9) Colin, banker, Canada.

/4. Archibald born 1835, died 1910, was a planter at
Tirhoot in India, married B. A. Bertram with issue — (1)
Katherine married R. M. Williamson, Aberdeen, with
issue — George, Archibald Bertram, Margaret Lesley ; (2)
Ronald at Tirhoot in India; (3) Julia Macdougall; (4)
Beatrice Bertram married W. Mellis, Aberdeen ; (5)
Archibald Campbell.

/5. Alexander born 1837, died unmarried.

/6. John born 1839, died unmarried.

fy. William born 1841. After a brilliant career at
Aberdeen University, he entered the Indian Medical
Service. He married C. A. Maciver, with issue — (1) John
Lewis, Major, I. M.S. ; (2) Norman died young ; (3) Isabel
married the Rev. J. Cameron with issue — John Norman,
Lewis Charles ; (4) William in the Army.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 497

/S. Elizabeth born 1843, married Andrew Smith, now
living at Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A., and has issue-
David, John, Julia, Harry, George, Alister, Annie, James.

2. Ronald born June, 1764, lived at Craigie House,
in the parish of Knockbain, and married Isabella, daughter
of John Paterson, Artafallie, Knockbain, and niece of the
Rev. Dean Paterson of the Scottish Episcopal Church
with issue —

<i. Margaret married Peter Angus, with issue — Bella,
Catherine.

b. Elizabeth married William Paterson, with issue —
Lachlan, Donald, William, Elizabeth, Bella, Catherine.

c. Anne married Alexander Dingwall, with issue —
ci. John, died without issue.

c2. Bella.

fj. Rev. Ronald married Marion Grant, with issue —
(1) Alexander, a doctor in Glasgow ; (2) William, in India;
(3) Donald, a doctor in Alloa ; (4) Marion Grant ; (5)
Anne married the Rev. J. Macintosh ; (6) Jessie married
the Rev. Evan Grant.

c^. Mary, and four other daughters.

d. Bella.

t. Betty married Roderick Macdonald, with issue —
Colin, Ronald, Donald, Bella, William, Alexander, Jessie.

/. Jessie ; £\ Alexander; h. William.

i. Helen married William Macintosh, with issue in
America — Andrew, William, Williamina.

J. Catherine married Alexander Chisholm, with issue
— Roderick, Ronald, Bella, Alexander, Martha, Catherine,
Helen, Jane, William.

3. Alexander born August, 1766, settled at Black
Mill Bay, and married with issue — Alexander, John.

4. Margaret born January, 1769.

5. John born August, 1771.

6. Rev. William born December, 1774, a minister
of the Church of Scotland. He was for some time an

498 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Army Chaplain at Fort Augustus, and became minister of
his native parish Killearnan, in 1806. On the 12th May,
1813, he was admitted to the charge of the parish of
Barvas in Lewis, where he lived and laboured, honoured
and loved by all who knew him for the long period of 43
years. He is spoken of as a " very talented man " and
" possessing in addition great charm of manner." He
married at Fort Augustus Mary Macdonald with issue as
below, and died on the gth July, 1856.

a. Margaret born at Fort Augustus, 10th November,
181 1, married Evander Maciver of the Coll family, with
issue —

ai. John Kenneth, planter at Tirhoot in India, and
went afterwards to America, married with issue — Evander,
Jessie.

az, Mary died unmarried.

a$. Colin married in America.

b. Eliza born at Barvas, 6th March, 1816, married
John Mackenzie, Galson, indigo planter, Tirhoot, India,
with issue —

bi. John Francis born nth February, 1835, indigo
planter, died 30th November, 1906. He married at
Geneva in 1864, Lucy Sisson, with issue — Francis, Ken-
neth, Evander, Kathleen married Alfred Murray, indigo
planter ; Mabel, Dora, Mary, Lucy.

bz. Janet Mary born 25th October, 1S36, married in
1856, Minden James Wilson at Mozufferpore in India,
with issue James, Arthur Melville, John, Harry, Janet,
Margaret, Eliza, Matilda, Adele, Blanche, Minnie.

b$. Charlotte Eliza Flemming born 10th August,
1839, married May, 1858, Major-General Hardress Edmund
Waller of the Indian Army, with issue — William, John,
Hardress, Edmund, Richard, Julia, Kathleen Emma.

b^. Wilhelmina Felicia born 14th March, 1841,
married 23rd January, 1865, Lachlan Macdonald of
Skeabost, Skye, with issue — Charles, Kenneth, Somerled,
Lachlan, Raoul, Lizabel.

£5. Blanche Gertrude born nth January, 1843,
married 8th November, 1864, General Theodore William
Hogg, with issue — Theodore G. McK. Trower, John McK.
Trower, Rudolph Edward Trower, Cyril Minden Trower,
Blanche Edith Trower, Annie Louisa Trower, Helen
Margaret Trower, Mary Kathleen Trower, Minnie Trower,
Claudine Trower, Ida Christabel Trower.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 499

/>6. Julia born 16th September, 1844, married 15th
November, 1867, Dr Cameron, and died on the 28th
December, 1906, leaving issue — Kenneth and John.

by. Walter Scott born 13th December, 1845, and
died 21st March, 1883, married M. Macdonald, with issue
— Alistair and Johanna.

£8. William born 12th July, 1848, married in 1874
Lucy Cosserat with issue — Alan, Kenneth, John, Daisy,
May.

bg. Eliza Annabella born 17th April, 1852, married in
1872 Frank Murray, with issue — Frank, Walter, Teanie
Gertrude, Flossie, Lilla.

610. Evander born 9th July, 1855, died 8th May,

1857.

bn. Minden Hardress born 25th October, 1858,
married Alice G. Watkin Williams, with issue— Walter
Scott and Hilda.

c. Charles Mackenzie born 18th February, 1818,
M.D. of Edinburgh, of which University he was a
distinguished alumnus. A medical practitioner in Storno-
way for over 50 years. On the 25th December, 1895, he
was presnted with a handsome public testimonial as a
mark of appreciation of his public services, and of the
esteem and honour in which he was held. In his youtli
he was a powerful athlete, and is described as an
intellectual man of refined and cultured manner, and a
brilliant conversationalist. " No man in the island (of
Lewis), among clergy or laity, was ever honoured and
loved as he was." Dr Charles Mackenzie Macrae married
8th November, 1855, Anabella Jane Mackenzie, and died
on 3rd May, X909, leaving issue —

ci. William Alexander born 31st December, 1856,
manager of the Bank of California in Portland, Oregon ;
married Janet Henshelwood, with issue — Thomas
Henshelwood, deceased.

cz. Alexander William born 15th June, 1S58, was for
some time a planter in India, and afterwards managing
director in India of Pierce Leslie it Co., East India
Merchants. He joined the Malabar Volunteer Rifles
when first raised, and commanded them for many years.
While he occupied that post, he raised and temporarily
commanded the Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles —
a corps d'elite. He was Honorary Aide-de-camp to Lord

500 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

Kitchener, and was offered a similar appointment by Lord
Ampthill, Governor of Madras, and holds volunteer
officers decoration. On giving up his command in 1906
was promoted from the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel to that
of Honorary Colonel. He married at Calicut, South
India, on the 10th September, 1890, Sylvia Frances
Ferguson, with issue — Shena Anabella Mackenzie and
Frances Evelyn Mackenzie, both died in infancy ; Charles
Mackenzie born 28th September, 1893 ; Dorothy Mac-
kenzie born 25th November, 1895 ; Kenneth Norman
Mackenzie born 9th July, 1899.

c$. Anabella Mackenzie born 7th April, i860.

C4. Mary Anne born 2nd November, 1868.

^5. Caroline Mackenzie born 7th November, 1873.

c6. Daniel Mackinlay born 13th May, 1878. Was
for some time a medical student, served in the Boer War,
and settled in the Transvaal.

d. Mary born 14th November, 1819. Married James
Mackenzie, 4th June, 1839, with issue as given below, and
died 4th September, 1876.

di. Mary married James Mackenzie, Sydney, Cape
Breton, with issue — Jeannette.

dz. John.

d$. Margaret married Donald Mackenzie, without
issue.

dj,. Wilhelmina married the Rev. Daniel Nicholson
with issue — Mary May, Minna Maria.

1^5. James Alexander. d6. William.

dy. Rev. Charles Evander married with issue —
William Nicolson, Christina.

dS. Malcolm Macaulay married with issue —
James Macaulay, Malcolm Ayres

e. John born 28th September, 1821, an indigo planter
in India, married with issue — William, Nellie, Mary,
Annie

f. Jean born nth September, 1823, married Murdo
Macdonald, with issue.

/i. Rev. William, M.A., Kirkcaldy, married a
daughter of the Rev. Dr Macmillan, with issue — Aluin
Jane, Somerled, Ronald.

fz. Roderick, f^. John Robert.

THE IllSTOl Y OK THE CLAN MACRAE, 5OI

g. Anne born 20th July, 1825, married Alexander
Grant, Tongue, with issue — William, Robert, Anna
Margaret.

h. William born 1828, died 4th March, 1850.

i. Alexander born 23rd July, 1832, deceased.

7. Roderick born May, 1777.

8. Thomas born November, 1779.

9. Betsy born March, 1782. Married Mr Leitch with
issue, the Rev. Mr Leitch, minister at Fort Augustus.

Alexander of Killearnan, had by a second marriage

10. Alexander, who went to Canada.

11. Ronald, who went to Australia.

12. Margaret.

13. Catherine.

THE MACRAES OF CORRIED-
HOMHAIN.

This family of Macraes trace their descent irom
Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh, a famous archer of the Clan,
who lived probably in the latter end of the sixteenth
century, and whose adventures and deeds of daring and
prowess are narrated on pages 298 to 303 of this book.

I. Finlay, called Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh (Black
Finlay of the Deer), married and had issue, at least three
sons — 1. Duncan ; 2. Donald ; 3. Murdo.

II. Donald, second son of Finlay, married and left
issue, at least one son.

III. Duncan, who married and had issue, at least
one son.

IV. John, who married Janet Mackerlich, with issue —
1. Murdo, who married as his first wife Mary,

daughter of Alexander, son of Colin Macrae, of the
Inverinate family, with issue —

a. John married Julia, daughter of Murdo Mackenzie,
Braintra, with issue.

fli. Murdo died unmarried.

A2. Mary married John Macrae, Applecross, son of
Kenneth, son of Donald of the Ardintoul family, with
issue —

(1) Donald, who was for several years a school-
master in Harris, where he died on the 26th April, 1907.
He married Margaret, daughter of Christopher, son of
John, son of Duncan Macrae, with issue — Margaret,
Nellina.

(2) Alexander died unmarried in Sydney, Australia.

(3) Kenneth married Isabella Shoesmith, with issue —
Mary, Kenneth John, and others.

(4) John married Mary Macintyre, with issue —
Nellina, Catherine Mary, Annie, Margaret, John.

(5) Niel died unmarried in Manitoba.
«3. Christopher died unmarried.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 503

('4. Alexander died unmarried.
d~,. Margaret died unmarried.

(>6. Janet married Murdo Mackay, with issue in New
Zealand.

117. Annie now living unmarried, at Ardelve.

b. Duncan married Margaret Macrae, Carnduc, with
issue —

In. Duncan married with issue — Margaret, Flora,
Marion, Donald drowned in Labrador, Charles died un-
married.

l>z. Christopher was a soldier in the Black Watch.
He married a daughter of Donald Macrae (page 464, 6th
line from foot), with issue — Donald now living in Perth,
and some daughters.

b$. Murdo married Mary Mackenzie, without issue.

£4. John married in Glenurquhart, with issue.

c. Christina married Malcolm Macrae (son of
Feracher Buidh Brocair), with issue of several daughters.

Murdo married as his second wife Barbara, daughter
of Duncan Macrae of Corriedhoin, with issue —

d. Malcolm married Mary, daughter of Alexander
Macrae, Cnoc na-carn, Camusluinie, with issue as already
given.

e. Roderick married Catherine Mackay with issue-
Alexander married in New Zealand Christina Mackay
with issue— Murdo, Malcolm, George, Jessie, Jane, and
others.

/. Margaret married first John Macrae, Ardelve,
with issue —

fi. Murdo married without issue.

fx. Alexander died without issue.

Margaret married as her second husband Alexander
Maclennan, with issue —

ft,, John who went to America.

f\. Bella.

/% Alexander who married Jane, daughter of
Farquhar Maclennan, Camusluinie, with issue as already
mentioned.

2. Donald (called Domhuill Buie of Nonach), married
Elizabeth Macrae (page 455, 7th from foot), with issue —

a. Donald died unmarried.

/>. Duncan lived at Portchullin, and married Mary-
Macrae, with issue —

504 THE HISTORV OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

bi. John, living unmarried at Portchullin.

bz. Mary, living unmarried at Portchullin.

£3. Donald, who now lives at Plockton, married
Anabella, daughter of Donald Macrae of the Clann Iain
Charrich family without issue.

64. Finlay died unmarried.

c. Catherine married Alexander Macrae, Righe Breac,
Lochalsh, with issue as already mentioned.

d. Janet married Alexander Macrae, Ardelve, with
issue, in America and in Australia.

e. Annie married John Macrae (page 128, 3rd from
top), with issue.

/. Isabella married Finlay Maclennan, with issue in
America.

3. Duncan married with issue.

a. Duncan died unmarried.

b. Christina married Malcolm, son of John Macrae,
Avernish, with issue.

bi. Duncan married Isabella, daughter of Donald
Macrae, Plockton.

bz. Flora married George Finlayson, with issue.

c. Janet married John Bain Macrae, with issue.

(/. Catherine married Donald Bain Macrae of Duilig
family, with issue, as already given.

4. John married a Matheson, with issue.

a. Farquhar lived in Edinburgh. He married
Elizabeth Moncrieff Veitch, with issue— Henry and others.

b. Donald married Catherine Maclennan, with issue,
in Hawke Bay, New Zealand.

61. John.

bz. Another son.

c. Betsie married Alexander Macrae (page 211, 2nd
from foot), with issue.

a. John married with issue.

cz. Janet was married without issue.

II. Duncan, eldest son of Black Finlay of the Deer,
married and had issue, at least two sons.

1. Malcolm of whom next.

2. Donald served for some time as bailiff under
Colin, Earl Seaforth, and lost his life under tragic circum-
stances, as described on page 307 of this book.

III. Malcolm eldest son of Duncan, was a farmer in
Corriedhomhain. He married and had issue, at least
three sons —

HIE HISTORY OF THE (IAN MACRAE. 505

i. Duncan of whom next. 2. Donald. 3. Alexander.

IV. DUNCAN, known as Donnacha Mornan (.reach
(Big Duncan of the Spoils), succeeded his father as farmer
in Corriedhomhain, and also acted for some time as
forester to Alexander Mackenzie of Fairburn. He was
present at the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1713, and some of
his adventures there are described on page 325 of this
book. Duncan married and had numerous issue, most of
whom settled in Strathconon, where some of their
descendants now live. The eldest son

V. DUNCAN, succeeded his father in Corriedhom-
hain. He married Margaret, daughter of George Mac-
kenzie, Faddoch, a son of Mackenzie of Fairburn, with
issue —

1. Malcolm, of whom hereafter.

2. Murdo Roy lived at Dornie. He married Jane,
daughter of Donald, son of the Rev. Finlay Macrae, with
issue— n. Malcolm married Janet, daughter of Christopher
Macrae, Kyleakin, with issue —

ai. Christopher died unmarried.

az. John married Anne, daughter of Donald Macrae
of Carnoch (page 216) with issue — Mary Eliza, Malcolm,
Janet, aj. Janet married Farquhar Matheson, Plockton,
with issue. ^4. Barbara married in Glasgow, with issue.
rt5- Christina died unmarried. /t6. Jane married with
issue, ay. Bella married Roderick Matheson, with issue.
rt8. Mary Anne. ag. Christina married with issue.

b. John Ban left issue one daughter Bella, married
a Macrae with issue, in Washington, America.

c. Elizabeth married Farquhar, son of Alexander,
son of John Macrae, and emigrated to America with issue.

d. Barbara died unmarried.

e. Isabella married Alexander Macrae of Cnocnacarn,
Camusluinie, with issue, as given elsewhere.

f. Mary married a Mr Morrison with issue.

g. Christina. //. Margaret.

3. Alexander (called the Saor, i.e. Carpenter), married
a daughter of Donald Ban Macrae of Drudaig, with issue
— a. Duncan died unmarried. b. Janet married Farquhar,
son of Farquhar Macrae (page 183, 10th from top), with
issue as mentioned, c. Christina died unmarried, d.
Maggie married a Macaulay with issue, e. Another
daughter.

506 THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

4. Finlay og Mor lived in Bundaloch. He married
and had issue —

a. Roderick lived at Bundaloch ; he married Janet
Campbell, Glenelg, with issue- — a\. Duncan lived in Islay.
He married there and left issue, cxz. Finlay died un-
married in Bundaloch. a$. John now (iqio), living in
Achnashellach. He is married with issue — Duncan, Jessie,
Marion, Mary, Donald, Grace, George, Roderick, Catherine
a$. Christina married in Islay witn issue.

b. Malcolm called Callum Dall (Blind Malcolm), lived
at Bundaloch. He married Rebecca, daughter of Duncan
Macrae, with issue —

In. Murdo lived in Bundaloch, married Jessie,
daughter of John Macaulay, with issue — Finlay, Farquhar,
Rebecca, Mourdina.

c. Duncan married a daughter of Donald Ban Beg
Macrae with issue. He and his family emigrated to
Australia.

d. Catherine died unmarried.

5. Christopher lived at Carndue. He married
Mary, daughter of Alexandar Macrae, with issue —

(i. John died unmarried.

b. Janet died unmarried.

c. Another daughter who married John Macrae with
issue —

ex. Alexander married Elizabeth Mackay, Jeantown,
with issue, who are living near Invergordon in Black
Isle.

6. Roderick lived in Sallachy. He married
Catherine, daughter of Donnacha Ban MacFerachar Ruadh
with issue —

ti. Duncan Ban married Flora, daughter of Colin
Macrae, Inchcro (page 80, line 4 from foot), without issue.

b. Thomas emigrated to Australia, where he died un-
married.

c. George.

d. Margaret married John, son of Ferachar Ban
Macrae, Faddoch, with issue.

e. Julia died unmarried.

7. Barbara married as his second wife Murdo Macrae
of Corriedhomhain family, with issue, as already
mentioned (page 503).

8. Helen married Christopher Macrae with issue.and
emigrated to America.

THE HISTORY OK THE CLAN MACRAE. 507

VI. Malcolm, eldest son of Duncan V. lived in
Corriedhomhain. He married Christina, daughter of
Farquhar, son of Duncan og Macrae of the Balnain family
(page 149, line 1), with issue.

a. Alexander Ban lived for some time in Balmacara,
Lochalsh. He married Isabella, daughter of Christopher
Macrae, Achnagart, with issue, as given on page 211.

b. Farquhar emigrated to America. He married a
daughter of Christopher, son of Finlay Buidh Macrae
with issue — John, Donald, and others in Canada.

c. George lived at Sallachy, Lochalsh. He married
Mary, daughter of Donald, son of Duncan Macrae with
issue —

John, died unmarried.

Duncan, died unmarried.

Christina, now (1910), living at Sallachy

Donald, unmarried.

Malcolm, died unmarried.

Murdo,\vho lived at Sallachy, married Margaret,
daughter of Duncan Mackay, Fearn, Easter Ross, with
issue — Duncan George, now (1910) in General Post-Office,
Glasgow ; Malcolm at Sallachy, married in March, 1910,
Mary Maclennah, Durinish, Lochalsh ; George in U.S.
America ; Mary married Duncan Maclennan, and went
to U.S.America; Alexander in U.S. America; Anne at
Sallachy.

d. Margaret married Alexander Mackay, l'lockton,
with issue.

c6

THE DESCENDANTS OF
MUIREACH FIAL.

Page 51, line 7 :

VII. Maurice, known as Muireach Fial (Maurice the
Generous), was, according to a tradition among his own
descendants, not the fifth son of Christopher VI., but the
twin brother of the Rev. Farquhar Macrae. He married,
and left issue, at least one son.

VIII. Duncan, who married and left issue, at least
one son.

IX. Murdo, who married and left issue, three sons —
Duncan, John, Farquhar.

X. Duncan, eldest son of Murdo IX., married Annie
Roy, daughter of Eonachan Dubh (page 210), with issue —

1. Donald, known as the " Comastair," married, and
had issue.

a. Margaret.

b. Donald (called " Drobhair ") who died unmarried
at Bundaloch about 1870.

2. Murdoch, known as Murachadh Buidh nam Meoir
(yellow Murdoch of the fingers), died without issue.

3. Annie married John Macrae, Killechuinard, son of
Malcolm, son of Donald, son of John, with issue.

a. Mary died unmarried.

b. Isabella died unmarried.

c. Alexander, called Alasdair Dhu (Black Alexander),
married Christina, daughter of Malcolm, son of t inlay
Buidh Macrae, Coilree, with issue.

ci. Annie, who married Donald MacDonell, Letter-
fearn, without issue.

d. Duncan, called " Fear an Duin," married Mary,
daughter of Farquhar Mackerlich, Glenelchaig, with issue.

di. Anne.
dz. Annie.

4. Margaret married Alexander Macrae, son of
Malcolm of the Clann Iain Charrich family, with issue as
already mentioned.

THE HISTORY OK II1K CLAN MACRAE. 509

X. John, called John Donn (Brown John), second
son of Murdo IX., married, with issue — Alexander, of
whom hereafter ; Christopher.

XI. Christopher married Julia, daughter of Alexander
Macrae of Achnagart (page 2:11), with issue.

1. Farquhar married I.Iary, daughter of Duncan Mac-
rae, with issue — a. Alexander, died young, b. Finlay, died
young, c. Duncan, died unmarried, d. Julia, e. Anne,
married Dnncan Matheson, Plockton. /. Alexandrina.
died unmarried.

2. Alexander, went to Canada about i860, married,
with issue.

3. Murdo Roy, died in 1876. He married Elizabeth
Mackenzie, with issue.

a. Duncan, went to Canada.

b. Christopher, lived in Forres, married, with issue.

c. Murdo, drowned when young.

d. Roderick, now (1910) living in Tulloch, Lochcarron.

e. Julia, married, and left issue, who live in Alness.
/. Elizabeth, deceased.

4. Anne married Donald Cross, Gairloch, with issue.

a. Anne married John Murchison, Torridon, with
issue.

rti. Donald, married in Rothesay, az. James, married
in Forres, with numerous issue. 83. Murdo. married with
issue in Glasgow, rt-t. Jeanette, married Donald Macrae,
Invershiel, with issue.

(1). Julia, married in Strathconon. (2). Hannah,
married with issue in Dornie. (3). Duncan. 14). Helen.

b. Anabella, married Donald Macrae, as mentioned
hereafier.

5. Mary, died young.

6. AnaLella, married a MacNair, without issue.

XI. Alexander, eldest son of John X., was a soldier
in tne 78th Highlanders, and was present in several
engagements in India, and also in the Peninsula, where
he served under Sir John Moore. He died in Bundaloch,
Kintail, about 1845. He married Barbara Macrae, a
descendant of Duncan Mor of Torlysich (page 198), with
issue.

1. Duncan, called Donnacha Donn (Brown Duncan),
married Anne, daughter of Roderick MacLean, Morvich,
Kintail. He and all his family, except one daughter, Isa-

5IO THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE.

bella, died on the way to America in 1849. Isabella
married Farquhar, son of Malcolm Macrae of Cragaig,
Glenelchaig, with issue, now living in Glengarry, Canada.
2. Donald lived in Bundaloch, Kintail, where he died
in 1884. He m irried Anabella, daughter of Donald Cross,
Gairloch, with issue.

a. Donald, died unmarried.

b. Catherine, died unmarried.

c. Christopher, now (1910) living at Carndue, Kintail.
He married in 1874 Catherine Macrae, a descendant of
Muireach Fial, with issue.

ci. Catherine, married John Gray, Dundee, with issue.

C2. Alexander, now living in U.S. America.

C3. Donald.

c4. Bella.

C5. John Duncan, educated at the Grammar School,
Aberdeen, and now a student in Arts at Aberdeen
University.

c6. Flora.

d. Duncan, died young.

e. John, married Mary Maclaine, with issue.

ei. D >nald, married in Ardrossan, with issue —
William, Alexander.

e2. Alexander, died in 1901.

£3. Malcolm.

e4. Catherine.

C5. Kenneth.

/. Donald, died unmarried.

g. Barbara, died young.

X. Farquhar, the youngest son of Murdo IX., married
with issue, at least one son.

XI. John, who married with issue.
1. John, married with issue.

a. Anne, died unmarried.

b. Murdo, married Flora Macdonald, Inverinate, with
issue.

61. Christina, died unmarried.

bz. Farquhar, now living unmarried at Inverinate.

63. Catherine, now living unmarried at Inverinale.

c. Alexander, married Mary Macrae, Lochalsh, with
issue.

ci. Duncan, married, and went to Australia.
C2. Lily, married, and went to Australia.

THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACRAE. 5 I I

c$. Donald, married in Easter Ross.
c|. Alexander, died young.

2. Alexander married Catherine Maclennan, Kintail,
with issue.

a. Farquhar married Margaret Macleod, with issue —
Finlay, Malcolm, John, and several daughters. He
emigrated about 1859 to Prince Edward Island, where his
descendants now live.

b. Anne, died unmarried.

c. Catherine went to Canada, and married a Mr
Garvice of the Free Church College, Halifax, with issue.

d. Margaret married a Mr Burke in Canada, with
issue.

e. Alexander died in 18S1. He married Isabella Mac-
donald, with issue.

ei. Duncan married Christina Macrae, with issue.

(1). Alexander, now living in Kyle. He married Mary
Murchison, with issue. (2). Duncan, married in Dundee.
(3). Margaret, now living in Balmacara. (4). Finlay,
married with issue in Glasgow.

e2. Flora married John Mackay, Arde've, with issue.

£•3. John married Catherine Poison. He went about
i860 to Canada, where he died in 1895. He left one
daughter, Catherine, who married a Mr Mackie, with issue.

ei. Alexander went to Canada. He married Mary
Ann Sutherland, with issue.

(1). Thomas, an Inspector on the staff of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, married with issue. (2). Flora married
a Mr Craig, a banker, with issue. (3). Hugh.

£5. Finlay married a Mackenzie in Elgin, with issue
Bella and Grace.

e6. Donald died in 1873. He married Jessie Mac-
millan, with issue, in Liverpool.

ey. Catherine married in 1874 Christopher Macrae, a
descendant of Muireach Fial, with issue as already
mentioned.

eS. Allan went to Canada in 1864. He married
Catherine Finlayson, with issue — Finlay, Grace, Bella,
Mary, Alexander.

455, .

, 1

459, ,

. 13

463, .

i, 12

• >

,. 13

467 .,

5 fi-

2

468 ,

. 10

8

ERRATA TO NOTES AND ADDITIONS.

Paje 453, lino 10 from top -After 1819 insert except Malcolm who went
to Australia.
— For Carolina read Australia.
—For a medical student read M.B. and CM.
— For Donald read Donald John. Delete Anne.
, —Delete John.

foot— Delete Alexander, who is given on page 468,
line 1.

— For Newcastle read Muncastle.

— Before Isabella insert fl.

— For (g) read f2.
,, ,, 7 ,. —For (h) read f3.
„ ,. « ., —For (i) read f4.

471 ,. 7 ,, — After this line inserts. Mary married Duncan
Macrae (page 455).

474 ,, 10 .. —After Johan Flora insert— William Murdoch.

475 ,, 8 ,, — For Father read Rev. Duncan.
485 .. 12 ., — After Bundaloch insert— d. Mary married

James Macrae with issue in America.
487 .. 19 .. —After Mary insert A 3. Isabella married
Christopher Macrae (page 485).
„ ,. 12 ,. —Delete (iault.

489 ,. II .. — For America read Australia.
,, ,, 8 ., — For America read Australia.
., ,." 7 ,. — Ineert A 4 John married with issue in New

Zealand. A 5 Duncan in America.

490 ,. 8 from top— For Kentucky read Alabama.

NOTE.
Page 104, line 24 ; also page 348, foot note.

The central figure representing the founder of the House of Seaforth
in this painting is not Farquhar Macrae, as 3tated in the text, but
Francis Lord Seaforth who died in 1815. Farquhar is probably repre-
sented as one of the younger men in the group

Page 351, foot note 2.

Killechuinard ought to beCille ehaoin teort, which is shown in Mr W.
J. Watson's Place names of Ross and Cromarty to beKentigerna's Church
or cell.

INDEX TO NOTES AND ADDITIONS

Alabama, U.S.A., 190

Alhambra, London, 450

Alistair Caol, of Claim Ian Charrich, 48!>

Ampthill. Lord, 500

Balnain family, 451. 452. 468, 491, 493.

507
Battle of Auldearn, 484
of Culloden, 495
.. of Sheriffmuir, 47(i. 478. 505
Plack Isle, 496. 506
Black Watch, 503
Bliss, Judge, of Frederic-ton, 446
Bosanquet, Richard Arthur. 447
Boulogne, 447, 471
Breac, John, 458
Cadell, George, 469
Callum Cragaig, 476, 510
Callum Dall, 506
Callum Mac Urichcian, 470
Campbell, Peter, Schoolmaster. Abri- [

achan, 465, 480
Canadian Pacific Railway, 511
Carolina, 454, 455, 489, 490
Castle of Strome, Siege of, 472
Castle of Ellandonan, 476
Chanonrv of Ross, 488
Coillc Bhan, Affair of the, 476
Colquhoun, Sir Allan Jonn, 454
Comastair, 508

Currie, Edward, Descendants of, 447
Davidson, Alexander, Schoolmaster,

Plockton, 450
Devery, Arthur, 494
Dingwall Rev. Donald, 497
Domhnull a Chogidh, 489
DomhnullDuilig, 471
Domhnull Og, 472
Donnacha Mor nan Creach,'505
Donnacha Sealgair, 464
Duilig family, 454, 456, 458, 460, 461,476,

504
Duncan Mor of Totaig, 462
Earl Colin of Seaforth, 504
Earl William of Seaforth, 476
Eonachan Dubh. 477, 508
Eonacban Dubh, Descendants of, 406
Fear-an-Duin, 508
Feraehar Buidh Brocair, 503
Ferachir Buidh nam Fiadh, 492, 493
Feraehar Ma Ian Og, 460, 485, 491
Feraehar Post, 468
Finlay Maclan Charrich, 470
Finlayson, Archibald Ninnie, 461
Finlayson, Duncan, Plockton. 458
Fionnln Rnn. 46?. 492

Fionnla Dubh nam Fiadh, 502
Fletcher, Ronald, Laggan, Mull, 468
Forfeited Estates Commissioner.-. 176
Four Johns of Scotland, 476, 477
Fowler, Rev. Mr, Victoria, 486
Garvice, Mr, of Free Church College,

Halifax, 511
Gillanders, Flora, 460
Gladstone. William Ewart, 471
Gobha Ban, 487
Crabel, Mary, 492
(.'rants of Glenmoriston, 470
Grant, Rev. Evan, 497
Hector Roy of Gairloch, 470
Highlanders, 78th or Seaforth, 450. 456.

460, 466. 4S 1 , 484, 489. 509
Hoeckling, Horr. 468
Ian Ard, 458
Ian Carrach, 470

Ian Maclan, of Claim Ian Charrich, 476
Ian Mor, of Balnain family, 453
Ian Mor, of Duilig family, 460
Ian Ruadh. of Claim Ian Charrich, 488
Ian Soar. 485
John of Killin, 470
Killearnan, Macraes of, 495
Kitchener, Lord 590
Leed, Murdo, Inverness, 468
Leitch, Rev. Mr, Fort-Augustus, 501
London Courier, 476
Macaulay, Charles Welsley, 455
MacColl, Hugh, Boulogne, 471
MacColl, Rev. Malcolm, D. D. , Canon of

Ripon, 471
MacDonald of (Glengarry, 472

„ Rev. J.Jin. of Sleat, 468

Rev. William, of Kirkcaldy.

500
Macintosh, Rev. Mr, 497
Maciver, Evander, of Coll family, 498
Mackenzie, Anne, of Lentran, 458

., Bailie John, Inverness, 468

, , Charles, of Letterewe, 458

George, of Dochmaluak. 488
of Fairburn. 484, 505
of Kintail, 472
Rev. Char es Evander, 500

., Rev. James, 496

Roderick, of Canadian
'• Kilties Band, 487
MacLean, Rev. John, of Kintail, 459
MacMillan, Alexander, Genealogist,

Dornie, 482
MacNair, Alexander. Citv Chambers.

Edinburgh. 479

Index to Notes and Additions (Continued.)

MacNeill, Captain, 476

MacQueen, Rev. John, Descendants of.

445
MacQueen, Rev. Duncan, Inverness, 475
Macrae, Abigail, 458

Alexander, Author of " Deer

Stalking," 457
Alexander, M.A. , Bushey,

Herts, 491
Alexander, M.A., Canada, 419
Alexander, Cnoc-na-Carn, Kin

tail, 477, 48', 503, 505
Alexander, Hotelkeeper, Re-

raig, 458
Alexander, Inland Revenue,

Lochcarron, 481
Alexander, of 78th Highlanders.
456
,, Alexander, Quartermaster, 466
Alexander, " The Bard," 490
Captain Duncan of Inverinate,

479
Christopher, of 78th Highland-
ers, 456
Colin, of Inchcro, 445, 461
Dr Charles, Stornoway, 484, 499
Dr Farquhar, Alne«s, 462
Dr Murdo, Glasgow, 460
Donald Buidh, of Nonach, 455.

503
Donald, Otaperi, New Zealand.

494
Donald, Port Campbell, Vic-
toria, 461
Donald. Schoolmaster. Harris,

502
Duncan, M.A., 463
Duncan, Genealogist. Bun-

daloch, 459
Duncan, Horsham, Victoria, 486
Duncan Mor of Torlysich, 509
Farquhar, M.A., 452
Farquhar. Hotelkeeper. Strome.

468
Finlay.of Seafor h Highlanders,
450, 461
,, Georgina, 447

Honorary Colonel Alexander

William, 499
John, Schoolmaster. Sleat, 462
John Tait, 450
,, Kenneth, Author of "Four Johns
of Scotland," 476
,, Kenneth, innkeeper,Lochcarron,
477

Malcolm, Constable of Ellandonan,
470
,, Malcolm, Cragaig, 476, 510

Murdoch, son of Rev. Farquhar.
Descendants of, 458
,, Roderick, Schoolmaster, Glen-
convinth, 485

„ Ronald, New South Wales, 473
.. Thomas, Carr, 46", 491
., Rev. Alexander, M.A., London,
462

,, Rev. Archibald, Calgary, 496
., Rov. Donald, D.D., Canada, 496
Rev. Donald Alexander, God-
eiich, Ontario, 457
., Rev. Donald, Junior of Kintail,
4H9

Rev. Donald, of Uiray, Descend
ants of, 454

.. Rev. Farquhar of Kintail, 508
.. Rev. Finlay, 505

Rev. John, Stornowa}-, 4S4, 495
Rev. Kenneth, Ontario, 457
Rev. Kenneth, of Glenshiel, 483
Rev. Murdoch of Edderton, 452
,, Rev. William, of Barvas, Lewis,
484, 497
Macraes. Affair of the, 489

Clann Ian Charrich, 470.49,3,504,
508

of Clunes, 470
of Corriedhoin, 453
of Inchro, 446, 461, 474, 477. 506
of Killearnan. 495
,, cf Wilmington. U.S.A., 489
Malcolm Maclan Charrich, 470
Matheson, Alexander. Schoolmaster,
Dornie, 479
,, Alexander, Shipowner. Dornie,
480
MoarDu'h, 486
Moore, Sir John, 509
Murchison, C.Jonel Donald of Auchter-

.tyi

474

Muireach Fial, Descendants of, 508
Murachadh Buidh nam Meoir, 508
Mylne, Right Rev. Louis George, 447
Nicholson, Rev. Daniel 500
Faterson, Rev. Dean, 497
Ripon Cathedral, 471
Ross, Rev. Walter, Nethey Bridge, 463
School, Grammar, Aberdeen, 457, 491,
510

,, Raining, Inverness, 466
Scott, James Beeby, Bank of England.

462
Stnnsfield, Major-General Crompton, 471
Thomson, Sir Augustus Rivers, 447
University of Aberdeen, 449, 491, 496,
510

of Edinburgh, 446
of Glasgow, 452, 460
Waller, Major-General Hardress Ed

mund, 498
War. American Civil. 490
,, Boer, 500
,, Teninsular, 446, 509

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