Sarah Agnes Chisholm 
- Father: John Alexander Chisholm1 b. c 1900, d. b 25 Jun 2006
- Mother: Mary Anne Chisholm1 b. c 1900, d. b 25 Jun 2006
- Charts: Descendants of Donald MacGillivray & Sarah MacDonald, Descendants of John Boyd & Catherine MacPherson, Descendants of Hugh Boyd & Mary MacFarlane
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Burial will be in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery. Donations in memory of Sarah may be made to St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church. The family would like to thank the girls at Townsview Estates and the nurses of the 4th floor of Colchester Regional Hospital for the care their mother received.
From Linda Darling ldarling1@comcast.net
Antigonish News Group 6/26/2006.1,5
MacFARLANE, Sarah Agnes - 80, formerly of Plymouth, Pictou Co., passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2006, in Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro. Born in Heatherton, she was a daughter of the late John Alexander (Jack Dan) and Mary Anne (Chisholm) Chisholm. Sarah was a long-time resident of Plymouth. She was a member of St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church and the C.W.L., and a member of the Golden Glen Seniors of Plymouth. Sarah worked as a clerk for Robertson's Drugs then moved to Montreal where she resided for five years. She finished her working years at the Riverview Adult Residential Centre, Riverton. Surviving are daughter, Shelley (Mrs. Mitchell Mombourquette), Halifax; son, Paul and wife Marilyn, Durham; grandsons, Cameron and Rory, and granddaughter, Joei; sisters, Mary B. (Mrs. Bud Gilbert), Massachusetts; Theresa (Mrs. Lauchie MacDonald), Heatherton; brothers, Eugene, Antigonish; Colin (Mary), Halifax; Lauchie (Mae), Heatherton; Pat (Joan), Ontario; a number of nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Angus Cameron MacFarlane; sisters, Helen, Betty, and Bernie; brothers, Donald and Ernie; son-in-law, Tim Meisner. Her remains will rest in H.W. Angus Funeral Home, New Glasgow, with visiting from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday. Funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church with Father Robert Day officiating.
Burial will be in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery. Donations in memory of Sarah may be made to St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church. The family would like to thank the girls at Townsview Estates and the nurses of the 4th floor of Colchester Regional Hospital for the care their mother received.6Family: Angus Cameron MacFarlane b. 1913, d. 16 Aug 1974
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John Regan
- Father: Cornelius Regan1 b. 1850
- Mother: Mary Crowley1 b. 1850
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Cornelius Regan
- Father: John Regan1 b. c 1870
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John MacDonell 2nd of Croulin 
- Father: John MacDonell 1st of Croulin1 b. c 1690
- Mother: Janet MacLeod [of Arnisdale]1 b. c 1700
- Relationships: 9th cousin 1 time removed of Dougald MacFarlane, Brother of Margaret MacDonell, 3rd great-granduncle of Donald James MacFarlane
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Canada, in 1820, drew up an account of his stirring early life, which appeared, with notes, in the " Canadian Magazine," April and May, 1825, by which it was shown that his father, John Crowlin, was educated at the Scots College, Rome ; that he himself was sent there to be educated as a priest in 1740, when twelve years of age. He disliked the proposed mode of life, and took to that of arms. He was in several battles, and was desperately wounded and left for dead before he attained the age of sixteen. He had more than once seen King James, and, in his eighteenth year, was entrusted by Cardinal York with a mission to Scotland and a large sum for Prince Charles, sailing from Dunkirk the very day Culloden was fought. How he was robbed of a thousand pounds by Colin Dearg, uncle to Dundonald, and other two gentlemen (!) of the name of Mackenzie, all three Jacobite officers ; his description of the infamous doings of the notorious Allan Macdonald of Knock, are graphically given, and the whole paper, kindly lent me by Mr Macdonell of Morar, is of surpassing interest.
Eneas married Catherine, sixth child of Sir Norman Macleod of Bemera, she being at the time widow of Alexander Macleod, 7th of Raasay, and by her had a son Donald, whom I style 4th of Scotos, though he predeceased his father. Donald, 4th of Scotos, married, first, Ellen Meldrum of Meldrum, who left an only (laughter, Margaret, married to Prince Charles' devoted follower, Alexander Macdonald, younger of Glenalladale. Donald married, second, Elizabeth Gumming, by whom he had one son, Ranald, and a daughter, Florence. Florence emigrated to America, and married there Ranald Macdonald, of the district of Cornwall, in the province of Upper Canada. They were both living in 1785, but died by 1803, leaving two daughters. Donald married as his third wife Mary Cameron, of the family of Glen-Nevis, and, according to Mr Mackenzie, in his " History of the Macdonalds," had by her a son Archibald, a priest, but as to this I refer later on.
"At the early age of 12 he was sent, in 1740, to Scots College, Rome, to be educated for the priesthood. After being three years at this college, he gave up the idea of becoming a priest, and resolved to become a soldier instead. A Spanish army was at that time in Italy, and he decided to join the Irish Brigade, under General Macdonald (of the Macdonalds of Antrim), who was second in command of the army. he afterwards saw a good deal of service, and suffered many hardships, being dangerously wounded in one of the battles. Hearing of the success of Prince Charles in Scotland, he and others of the Irish Brigade left Dunkirk in April, 1746, to join his standard. They landed at Lochbroom, and were informed of the defeat of the Prince at Culloden. Spanish John had been entrusted by the Duke of York with letters and a sum of 3000 pounds for Prince Charles. In an attempt to carry out the Duke's instructions he had many adventures, and was finally made prisoner by Captain Ferguson, who took him for Archibald of Barisdale, who was wanted. He was detained at Fort William for nine month, and was released for want of evidence against him. He afterwards settled at Knoydart, and had a tack of Inverguseran from Glengarry. He imigrated to Canada in 1775."
In fact Spanish John immigrated first to Upper New York state and then to Canada after supporting the British cause during the American Revolution.1,2
Eneas MacDonell 3rd of Scotus
- Father: Ranald MacDonell 2nd of Scotus, 10th Chief-Glengarry1,2,3 b. c 1632, d. 1705
- Mother: Flora MacLeod [of Drynoch]1 b. c 1630, d. 1696
- Relationships: 8th cousin 1 time removed of Dougald MacFarlane, Grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 5th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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"Eneas, third of Scotos. As I am writing about the Scotos family, it must be here mentioned that, though now of no consequence as regards the headship, there is a tradition in the family that Eneas was really the eldest son of Ranald : that Lord Macdonell on his deathbed sent for Alastair Dubh, and invested him with the chiefship, as the more able man, and the one most likely to uphold the credit of the Clan, the eldest son Eneas being content to succeed his father in Scotos merely. Alastair Dubh certainly was one of the most famous of the race of Glengarry. going as far back as Donald Macangus, Alastair Dubh is not described as eldest son of Ranald. The late Colonel Macdonell of Glengarry, in the tree drawn up of the family, while giving prominence to the Barisdale, Lochgarry, and other branches, treats Scotos his admittedly nearest cadet very scantily, and in this he must have had some object. Other observations might be made ; but, as I have said, the matter has lost any interest it might at one time have had. Eneas, third of Scotos, seems to have possessed many lands which did not go to the eldest son's successors, and it is said he had the whole of Knoydart facing Loch Nevis, except Inveriemore, which belonged to Barisdale.
Eneas, who is said to have been out in 1689 and 1715 (if not also in 1745 as a follower), was twice married, but the name of his second wife I am unacquainted with ; indeed, I only know the fact from a Sasine in the Pennyland of Sandelain, registered 30th August, 1753, in favour of Alexander Macdonell, "youngest son of the second marriage" of the deceased Eneas Macdonell of Scotos. Eneas had also, besides his eldest son Donald after-mentioned, at least one daughter named Anne ; a son Allan, of Ardnaslishnish ; and a son named John, of Crowlin, who was father of Colonel John, known as " Spanish John." Allan had a son, Captain James, a distinguished and loyal officer, who settled
after the American Revolution in Montreal, whose son Angus was father of the present Mrs Chisholm of Chisholm.
Spanish John, born in 1728, who died at Cornwall, Upper Canada, in 1820, drew up an account of his stirring early life, which appeared, with notes, in the " Canadian Magazine," April and May, 1825, by which it was shown that his father, John Crowlin, was educated at the Scots College, Rome ; that he himself was sent there to be educated as a priest in 1740, when twelve years of age. He disliked the proposed mode of life, and took to that of arms. He was in several battles, and was desperately wounded and left for dead before he attained the age of sixteen. He had more than once seen King James, and, in his eighteenth year, was entrusted by Cardinal York with a mission to Scotland and a large sum for Prince ( 'harles, sailing from Dunkirk the very day Culloden was fought. How he was robbed of a thousand pounds by Colin Dearg, uncle to Dundonald, and other two gentlemen (!) of the name of Mackenzie, all three Jacobite officers ; his description of the infamous doings of the notorious Allan Macdonald of Knock, are graphically given, and the whole paper, kindly lent me by Mr Macdonell of Morar, is of surpassing interest.
Eneas married Catherine, sixth child of Sir Norman Macleod of Bemera, she being at the time widow of Alexander Macleod, 7th of Raasay, and by her had a son Donald, whom I style 4th of Scotos, though he predeceased his father. Donald, 4th of Scotos, married, first, Ellen Meldrum of Meldrum, who left an only daughter, Margaret, married to Prince Charles' devoted follower, Alexander Macdonald, younger of Glenalladale. Donald married, second, Elizabeth Gumming, by whom he had one son, Ranald, and a daughter, Florence. Florence emigrated to America, and married there Ranald Macdonald, of the district of Cornwall, in the province of Upper Canada. They were both living in 1785, but died by 1803, leaving two daughters. Donald married as his third wife Mary Cameron, of the family of Glen-Nevis, and, according to Mr Mackenzie, in his " History of the Macdonalds," had by her a son Archibald, a priest, but as to this I refer later on."1,2Family: Catherine MacLeod [of Berneray] b. c 1666, d. 1761
Citations
Ranald MacDonell 2nd of Scotus, 10th Chief-Glengarry1
- Father: Donald MacDonell 1st of Scotus2,3 b. c 1591, d. b 1682
- Mother: Mary MacDonald [of Sleat]2 b. bt 1610 - 1632
- Relationships: 7th cousin 2 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, Great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 6th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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In 1784, Ranald Macdonell of Scotos writes inviting the wife of a friend in Inverness, in delicate health, to pay the family a visit, and says " There is not a wholesomer part in the Highlands than this place the sea close to the door, as also a pretty little wood, and a cascade near the house, surrounded with oak trees. So that, if Mrs Gumming is not thoroughly recovered, it will not be doing her justice should you neglect to send her here ; and it is but an easy matter by Lochcarron, where I shall meet and conduct her safe from Mr Jeffrey's. Let not the seeming trouble of this jaunt, to yourself or anybody else, be an obstacle. Indeed it is the greatest obligation you will ever have an opportunity of putting upon me, should it contribute to the good woman's health ; which I am persuaded it must, did she reap no other benefit than the convenience of the sea bath, which is the best strengthener of the nerves yet known, and agrees with most constitutions."2,6Family: Flora MacLeod [of Drynoch] b. c 1630, d. 1696
Citations
Donald MacDonell 1st of Scotus
- Father: Donald MacDonell 8th Chief of Glengarry1,2 b. 1543, d. 2 Feb 1645
- Mother: Margaret MacDonald1,2 b. b 1593
- Relationships: 8th cousin 4 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 2nd great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 7th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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THE MACDONELLS OF SCOTOS.
Scotos, re-incorporated with the Barony of Knoydart seventy years since, has long been little more than a name ; yet an old place and family which twice gave chiefs to Glengarry are worthy of remembrance in a permanent form. It was an estate of twelve pennies and one halfpenny value, part of the sixty-penny lands and Barony of Knoydarb. The particular description ran thus : The four penny and the half penny lands of Scotos ; ane penny land of Torroray ; one penny and one half penny land of Inveriebeg ; one penny land of Shennachie ; one penny land of Angrugaig and Teaflich ; two penny and one half penny land of Glendulochan,
comprehending Penvoit, Penvoir, and the one penny land of Dornach ; half penny land of Torbruiach ; and half penny land of Corryleatach, all lying in Killichniman of Glenelg. These lands were held in feu of Glengarry for the sum of 3 Os 6d, being apparently the exact one paid by Glengarry for the whole of Knoydart to the Duke of Argyle, over superior.
The following is a copy of an advertisement drawn up in 1790, which is not without interest as a description of the estate and its capacities :
" In the West Highlands of the County of Inverness, adjoining to the Coast, " To lett, for such a number of years as may be agreed on from and after the term of Whitsunday first (1791), either in whole or in lots,
" All and Whole, the Lands and Estate of Scothouse, which all connect, and extend fifteen miles in length, and in breadth variable- from four to five miles.
" This property has been occupied as a sheep store farm now for six years bygone, is known to have produced as good wedders as any from the Highlands, which is well known in the Glasgow markets.
" In 1788 upwards of 1000 wedders, not lambed upon the property, fetched 17s 6d each. The store is not at any time affected by braxy, trumbling, sturdy, or any other disease of that kind, and the fox is totally extirpated. There are high mountains on the property, which are green and produce natural clover to the top.
" The Lands will at least graze 6000 sheep, besides the ordinary milk cows to the shepherds and a few for the tacksman. They lie contiguous to market, being only 20 miles from the military road leading by Fort William to Glasgow, and are situated along the well-known sea-lake, called Loch-nevis, at the south, which is one of the best anchorage lochs for shipping in Britain ; abounds with herring and muddfish, and from the frequency of busses and vessells which frequent that loch and pass the inner Sound, there is a great demand for cast sheep. The lands lye within a mile of the other well-known lake called Lochhourn, at the north, which also abounds with herring and muddfish. There is upon the property, and will be Lett with the Lands, a substantial good Mansion House, with office houses and garden."
The mansion-house is described in the year 1800 "A double house, thoroughly finished, of two storeys high, with office houses, and a garden equal for vegetables to any to the north of Edinburgh."
There was some fine furniture, old china, &c., remaining in the house in 1806, years after the property was sold. A galley for the family use, which made journeys to the West Coast and the Hebrides, swung at anchor in the bay of Scotos.
The lands I have given are those which were ultimately sold in 1803, as after-mentioned. But prior to 1745, in the time of Eneas the 3rd Scotos, which is referred to by Ranald the 5th as the period of the family's greatest prosperity, Eneas appears to have had right to Kyles neodentoch (Kyles Knoideartach ?) Achachar, Sanderlain, and the two Crowlins.5
"The particular description ran thus: - The four penny and half penny lands of Scotos; ane pennyland of Torroray; one penny and one half penny land of Inverie-beg; one penny land of Shennachie; one penny land of Angrugaig and Teaflich; two penny and one half penny land of Glendulochan, comprehending Penvoit; Penvoir, and the one penny land of Dornach; half penny land of Torbruiach; and half penny land of Corrleatach, all lying in Killichniman of Glenelg. These lands were held in feu of Glengarry for the sum of £3 0s 6d, being apparently the exact one paid by Glengarry for the whole of Knoydart to the Duke of Argyle, over superior.
Donald Gorm raised many of the MacDonalds in aid of Alasdair MacDonald [MacColla], who joined the Marquis of Montrose during the Civil War.1,5,6,7Family: Mary MacDonald [of Sleat] b. bt 1610 - 1632
Citations
Angus MacAlasdair MacDonell 7th Chief of Glengarry1,2
- Father: Alexander MacDonald 6th Chief of Glengarry3,2 b. c 1480, d. c 1560
- Mother: Margaret MacDonald [of Lochalsh]3,2,4 b. c 1490
- Relationships: 6th cousin 6 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 4th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 9th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
- Charts: Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#1), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#2)
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Angus Macalister Macdonald, 7th of Glengarry was the son of Alexander Macdonald, 6th of Glengarry and Margaret Macdonald. He married Janet MacLean, daughter of Hector Maclean, 8th of Duart. He married Margaret MacLeod, daughter of MacLeod of MacLeod. He married Mary Mackenzie, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie 5th of Kintail. He died in 1574.
On 8 July 1574 had a charter of confirmation under the Great Seal of the lands of Glengarry, which had been apprised by John Grant 4th of Freuchie and were granted by him to the said Angus by charter dated 18 Nov 1571.8,7Family 1: Lady Janet MacLean of Duart b. c 1527, d. 10 Nov 1573
Family 2: Margaret MacLeod of Dunvegan b. c 1530
Citations
http://thepeerage.com/p51029.htm#i510282
Alexander MacDonald 6th Chief of Glengarry1,2
- Father: John MacDonald 5th Chief of Glengarry3,4,5 b. c 1440, d. 1501
- Mother: daughter Cameron [of Lochiel]3,6,5 b. c 1450
- Relationships: 5th cousin 7 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 5th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 10th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family: Margaret MacDonald [of Lochalsh] b. c 1490
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John MacDonald 5th Chief of Glengarry1
- Father: Alexander of the Woods 4th Chief of Glengarry2,3 b. c 1400, d. 8 May 1449
- Mother: Mary MacLean of Duart2,3 b. c 1400
- Relationships: 4th cousin 8 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 6th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 11th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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He was chief from 1460 to 1501.5Family: daughter Cameron [of Lochiel] b. c 1450
Citations
http://thepeerage.com/p51028.htm#i510279
Alexander of the Woods 4th Chief of Glengarry1
- Father: Donald MacRanald 1st Chief of Glengarry2,3 b. c 1360, d. 1420
- Mother: Daughter Fraser [of Lovat]2,3 b. c 1380
- Relationships: 3rd cousin 9 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 7th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 12th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family: Mary MacLean of Duart b. c 1400
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Donald MacRanald 1st Chief of Glengarry1,2
- Father: Ranald MacDonald 1st of Clanranald3,2,4 b. a 1337, d. 1386
- Mother: Egidia Stewart [of Atholl]3 b. b 1378
- Relationships: 2nd cousin 10 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 8th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 13th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Alternately listed as 2nd chief.7Family 1: Laleve MacIver b. c 1360
Family 2: Daughter Fraser [of Lovat] b. c 1380
Citations
Ranald MacDonald 1st of Clanranald1,2
- Father: John the Good of Isla Lord of the Isles3,4,5,6 b. c 1326, d. 1386
- Mother: Euphemia MacRuairi3,4,5 b. c 1320
- Relationships: 12th great-granduncle of Dougald MacFarlane, 9th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 14th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Ranald MacDonald was the eponymous ancestor of the MacDonalds of Clanranald. He was a son of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (d. 1386), and his first wife Amie MacRory. John granted Ranald the lands of Garmoran, which he had acquired through his marriage to Amie. This grant may have been a form of compensation for Ranald's exclusion from the main inheritance of the family, which fell to Donald, the eldest son of John's second marriage. The Uists were later detached from Garmoran and given to Ranald's younger brother, Godfrey.
Ranald died at Tioram Castle in 1386, and was buried on Iona. A cross-shaft found on Texa bears the following Latin inscription: HEC EST CRUX REGNALDI JOHIS DE ISLA ("this is the cross of Ranald [son of] John of Islay"). The shaft depicts a Hebridean warrior armed with an axe, which may well be the earliest surviving depiction of a MacDonald. From Ranald descend the MacDonalds of Clanranald, and the MacDonells of Glengarry.
The Macdonalds of Clanranald are one of the branch clans of Clan Donald—one of the largest Scottish clans. The eponymous ancestor of Clan Donald is Donald, son of Reginald, son of Somerled. Somerled, son of Gillebride was 12th century leader, styled as "king of the isles" and "king of Argyll", though his origins and ancestry are obscure. The Macdonalds of Clanranald descend from Donald's son, Angus Mor and then from his son, Angus Og. Angus Og's son John was the first Lord of the Isles. John's first marriage was to Amie mac Ruari, heiress of Clan Ruaidhri (which was founded by Ruaidhri, elder brother to Donald, founder of Clan Donald). John later divorced Amie and married Margaret, daughter of Robert II. The children from John's first marriage were passed over in the main succession and the chiefship of Clan Donald and the later Macdonald Lords of the Isles would go on to descend from John's second marriage. The Macdonalds of Clanranald and MacDonells of Glengarry both descend from John and Amie's eldest son, Reginald.
14th century
Reginald, 1st of Clanranald, succeeded through his mother, the majority of the old lands of Clan Ruaidhri. In 1371, his father John granted him the same lands and others on the mainland. The charter was confirmed the following year by Robert II and included the lands of Eigg, Rum, Uist, Harris, the three pennylands of Sunart and Letterlochette, the two pennylands of Ardgour, the pennylands of Hawlaste and sixty merklands in Lochaber. On John's death, Reginald's younger half-brother, Donald, succeeded to the lordship of the isles and chiefship of Clan Donald. Reginald died in 1386 at Castle Tioram and was buried at Relig Odhráin on Iona. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Allan. According to the family seanachie MacVuirich, Reginald's brother Godfrey took possession of the former Clan Ruaidhri lands of Uist and those on the mainland, leaving Reginald's sons the lands in Lochaber.11,3,12Family 1:
Family 2: Egidia Stewart [of Atholl] b. b 1378
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he era from Reginald down to his great-grandson Allan, son of Roderick, is by far the most obscure in the history of the clan. From the years 1372–1495, no charters of the family exist and it is impossible to know for certain exactly what territories it possessed. The earliest document to shed some light on this era is a charter granted by James V to John Moidartach in 1531. It states that the lands granted had been held by his grandfather, Allan, son of Roderick, and his predecessors. The lands mentioned were the 27 merklands of Moidart, the 30 merklands of Arisaig, 21 merklands in Eigg, and the 30 merklands of Skirhough, in South Uist. According to Angus and Archibald Macdonald, it seems likely that this mere fragment of Ranald's original lands was all that the senior branch of Reginald's descendants had left by the time of Allan, 2nd of Clanranald.[8]
[edit]15th century.
John the Good of Isla Lord of the Isles1
- Father: Angus Og MacDonald Lord of the Isles2,3,4,1 b. b 1296, d. 1329
- Mother: Elizabeth Seton3,4,1 b. c 1408
- Relationships: 13th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 10th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 15th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
- Charts: Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#1), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#2), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#3), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#4), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#5)
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John was the son of Aonghas Óg, an Islay-based nobleman who had benefited from king Robert I of Scotland's attacks on the MacDougall (Mac Dhùghaill) rulers of Argyll and their Comyn allies, and had been given Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, Duror and Glencoe, turning the MacDonalds from the Hebridean "poor relations" into the most powerful kindred of the north-western seaboard. The loyalty of Aonghas to Robert, however, did not mean that John's loyalty to Robert's son and successor David II would follow suit. After Edward Balliol's coup against the Bruce regime in 1333, Edward attempted to court John. In 1336, Edward confirmed the territories which the Islay lords had acquired in the days of Robert I; and additionally, Edward awarded John the lands of Kintyre, Knapdale, Gigha, Colonsay, Mull, Skye, Lewis, and Morvern, held by magnates still loyal to the Bruces. John, however, never provided Edward with real assistance. Although Balliol's deposition by the supporters of David meant that the grants made to John void, John's pre-1336 possessions were in fact confirmed by King David in 1343. Moreover, in 1346, John inherited the great Lordship of Garmoran through his marriage to Amie mac Ruari after the death of her brother Raghnall Mac Ruairidh. This meant that John's dominions now included all of the Hebrides except Skye, and all of the western seaboard from Morvern to Loch Hourn.
John continued to build his power based by allying himself with Robert II of Scotland, another west highland magnate who was the designated heir of King David. After David went into English custody in 1346, Robert acted as the de facto ruler of Scotland north of the river Forth. In 1350, John was given Robert's daughter Margaret Stewart in marriage, and received Knapdale and Kintyre as dowry. However, Robert was the senior partner, and John had to divorce his first wife Amie; his sons Godfrey, John and Ranald by Amie were to be passed over in the succession in favour of any children by the marriage with Margaret. After the capture of the king and death of John Randolph at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, John and Robert worked together taking control of the huge earldom of Moray, bringing MacDonald power into Lochaber and Stewart power into Badenoch.
David returned to Scotland in 1357, and resented these incursions into an earldom which David regarded as within his rights of disposal; the terms of the original grant of Moray to Thomas Randolph in 1312 stipulated that the earldom would revert to the crown upon lack of issue. By 1368, King David had decided that an aggressive policy was needed in the north. In 1369, he marched to Inverness, where John submitted to his authority. John's submission, though, was followed swiftly by David's death on February 22, 1371. David was succeeded by John's close ally Robert. David had wished either to retain control of the earldom or to grant the earldom to either John or George Dunbar, the sons of Isabella Randolph, sister of the last earl. However, King Robert made sure that Badenoch remained within his own control and that John kept Lochaber. When the earldom was granted to John Dunbar by a parliament held at Scone in early 1372, the grant consisted only of the lowland part around Inverness. Robert also ensured that John's control of the Mac Ruairidh inheritance was legally recognized by charter, and in 1376 issued charters confirming John's control of Colonsay, Kintrye and Knapdale, and granted Lochaber to John and his Stewart wife together.
Soon after 1376, John's heir Domhnall may have been the de facto ruler. John lived until 1386, when he died at Ardtornish Castle in Morvern. He was buried in Iona. John's power had been built on both the loosening of royal authority in north-western Scotland after the First War of Scottish Independence and, more importantly, through allying with the right people at the right time. The success of John was so great that his successors could maintain a distance from the crown that outlived the weak monarchy of the 14th century.
John was also a great cultural and religious patron. Although the Bishop of the Isles, based at Snizort on Skye, was outside his control and to some extent acted as a political rival, John did control Iona, the spiritual homeland of Scottish Christianity. The monastic establishment of Iona was run with John's approval by the MacKinnon (Mac Fhionnghuin) kindred. John also founded an Augustinian priory at Oronsay, an act unique in the period.
Family
By his first wife Amie, he had the following:
Godfrey
John, married Ellen, daughter of Gillespic Campbell.
Ranald, d. 1386, married a daughter of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.
By his second wife Margaret, he had the following:
Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles, d. 1423, married Mary, daughter of Sir Walter Leslie.
John Mór Tanister, d. 1427, married Marjorie Bisset, daughter of Sir Hugh Bisset.
Alastair Carrach, d. c.1440, married Mary, daughter of Malcolm, Earl of Lennox.
Angus, died without issue.
Hugh. Thane of Glentilt.
Marcus
Mary, married Lachlan Maclean of Duart.
Elizabeth, also known as Margaret, married Angus Dubh Mackay of Strathnaver.9Family 1: Euphemia MacRuairi b. c 1320
Family 2: Margaret Stewart b. bt 1348 - 1355
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Euphemia MacRuairi
- Father: Ruairi MacRuairi of Lorn1,2 b. c 1275, d. c 1325
- Relationships: 3rd cousin 15 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 10th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 15th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
- Charts: Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#1), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#2)
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Family: John the Good of Isla Lord of the Isles b. c 1326, d. 1386
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Angus Og MacDonald Lord of the Isles
- Father: Angus Mor MacDonald1,2 b. c 1225, d. 1292
- Mother: Daughter Campbell [of Lochawe]2 b. c 1225
- Relationships: 14th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 11th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 16th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
- Charts: Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#1), Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane (#2)
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Biography
He was the son of Aonghas Mór MacDomhnaill and a daughter of Cailean Mór, and a grandson of Domhnall mac Raghnaill the eponymous founder of Clan Donald, who in turn was a grandson of Somerled.
Prior to 1306, Aonghas was with his elder brother Alasdair Óg, then the Lord of Islay, by being partisan to the Baliol party, the elder brother being attached to that faction by virtue of his marriage to a daughter of Alexander of Argyll, chief of Clan MacDougall.
When Robert the Bruce went on the run after the Battle of Methven, he eventually ended up in Kintyre following his defeat at the hands of John of Lorne in the Battle of Dalrigh.
Aonghas the lord there, and an enemy of Argyll and Lorn, hospitably received the Bruce into his stronghold of Dunaverty Castle, in August 1306. For greater security Aonghas had Bruce transported to Rathlin Island, where Bruce was sheltered by Hugh Byset, lord of the island. Aonghas assisted in the 1307 attack upon Carrick, when the king had landed in his patrimonial district.
When having established his power, King Robert granted Aonghas large fiefdoms: for example, both his elder brother's holdings, including the island of Islay, and much of the holdings of the MacDougalls. This was an important step in the rise of Clan Donald (a junior branch from king Somhairle mac Gillebride) at the expense of Clan MacDougall (who were the senior agnatic heirs of king Somhairle). Alasdair Óg had to surrender to king Robert, and he was kept imprisoned in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, where he died in 1308. His whole possessions were forfeited and given to his younger brother, Aonghas.
Aonghas fought, with a contingent of Isles warriors, at the Battle of Bannockburn in support of the Bruce. In recognition of Clan Donald's support King Robert proclaimed that Clan Donald would always occupy the honoured position on the right wing of the Scottish army. As territorial rewards, the king bestowed upon Aonghas the lordship of Lochaber (which had belonged to the Comyns), with the lands of Durrour and Glencoe, and the islands of Mull, Jura, Coll Tiree, etc., from the patrimony of the chiefs of MacDougall.
Aonghas Óg died in 1330 at Finlaggan Castle on Islay and was buried on Iona.
Family
Aonghas Óg of Islay married Áine Ó Catháin, an Irish noblewoman, whose dowry was 140 men from each surname that dwelt in her father's territory. Her father, Guy Ó Catháin, was Chief of the Name of Ó Catháin and senior subking to the King of Tír Eoghain, by his wife, Aonghas of Islay had three children:
Mary, married John Stewart
Fionnuala, married Uilleam III, Earl of Ross, papal dispensation to marry granted 8 June 1342.
John of Islay, Lord of the Isles, the first person to use the title Lord of the Isles
He also had an illegitimate son, by a daughter of Dougall MacHenry:
Iain Fraoch MacDonald, who founded Clan MacDonald of Glencoe.3Family 1: Agnes O'Cathan b. c 1305
Family 2:
Family 3: Elizabeth Seton b. c 1408
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Angus Mor MacDonald
- Father: Donald of Isla1,2,3 b. c 1180, d. 1289
- Relationships: 15th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 12th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 17th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
- Charts: Ancestry of Archibald MacFarlane
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Aonghas Mór (Anglicized: "Angus the Elder" or "Great"), also known as Aonghas a Íle ("Angus of Islay") and Aonghas mac Domhnaill (Modern: Aonghas MacDhòmhnaill; Anglicized: "Angus MacDonald" or "Angus, Donald's son"), was the son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill, eponymous progenitor of Clan Donald.
Aonghas Mór has been called "the first MacDonald" by one historian, namely because he was the first of the dynasty created by his father to rule Islay. Islay was the centre of the lordship of both Aonghas and his father; and according to a contemporary praise-poem, the realm Aonghas inherited from Domhnall included "every house from Mull to Kintyre" (gach teach ò Mhuile go Maoil).
Life
According to later Gaelic tradition, he was fostered by Dubh-Sidhe, alleged progenitor of the "MacDuffie" (now MacDhubhaich) kindred of Colonsay, undoubtedly a tradition that served to connect the two kindreds at the time it was developed. He appears granting a charter to Paisley Abbey which can be dated between 1241 and 1249. The first extant reference to Aonghas as "Lord of Islay" dates to 1256. In 1263, during the war between Haakon IV of Norway and Alexander III of Scotland, the Norwegians invaded Aonghas' territory and forced him to join them. Aonghas switched back to the Scottish side in the following year, sending his son Alexander Óg as a hostage to the king. Much of the remainer of his life is mysterious. He was one of the magnates who in 1284 recognised the right of Alexander III's granddaughter, Margaret, Maid of Norway, to succeed to the throne; he appears in documents as late as July 1292. He died on Islay in either 1294 or 1295, and was buried in Iona.
Praise poem
Aonghas was the subject of notable praise-poem called Ceannaigh duain t'athar, a Aonghas ("Pay For Your Father's Poem, Aonghas"), written for him by an Irish poet soon after acceding to his father Domhnall's lordship. The poem is at face value a request that Aonghas fulfill his father's debt to the poet; it styles him, among other things, Aonghas Íle (Angus of Islay) and rí Leodhais ("King of Lewis").
Styles
As well as knowing his style of Dominus de Hyle, we have his name written styled in several documents. For example, here are two ways he wrote his name in the two important languages other than his own one:
Latin: Engus de Yle filius Domnaldi (on his seal)
"Aonghas of Islay, son of Domhnall"
French: Angus fitz Dovenald des Isles' (royal document)
"Aonghas son of Domhnall of the Isles.4,2,5Family: Daughter Campbell [of Lochawe] b. c 1225
Citations
Year: 1930; Census Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0112
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Donald of Isla1
- Father: Reginald Mac Somerled2,3,1,4 b. c 1143, d. 1207
- Mother: Fonia (?) of Galloway3,1 b. c 1150
- Relationships: 16th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 13th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 18th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family 1: daughter Mac Somerled b. c 1200
Family 2:
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