{"product_id":"the-book-of-mackay-by-rev-angus-mackay-1906-searchable-clan-history-genealogy-strathnaver-charters-digital-pdf","title":"The Book of Mackay by Rev. Angus Mackay (1906) — Searchable Clan History, Genealogy \u0026 Strathnaver Charters Digital PDF","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Edinburgh by Norman MacLeod in \u003cstrong\u003e1906\u003c\/strong\u003e in a strictly limited edition of just \u003cstrong\u003e500 numbered copies\u003c\/strong\u003e (360 reserved for original subscribers), Rev. Angus Mackay’s monumental \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Mackay\u003c\/em\u003e remains the definitive historical and genealogical authority on \u003cstrong\u003eClan Mackay\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eClann Mhic Aoidh\u003c\/em\u003e — the \"Clan Morgan\" of ancient Northern Scotland) and the historic province of \u003cstrong\u003eStrathnaver\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eDuthaich Mhic Aoidh\u003c\/em\u003e, the Reay Country).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRestored and enhanced by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fairbairnscrests.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFairbairn's Crests\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, this complete \u003cstrong\u003e562-page digital PDF edition\u003c\/strong\u003e pairs every page and illustration plate of the rare 1906 quarto volume with crisp, whitened pages (\u003ccode\u003e#FFFFFF\u003c\/code\u003e), full-text OCR searchability, and a newly compiled 18-page Back-of-Book Surname and Parish Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Genealogists \u0026amp; 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Battles\u003c\/strong\u003e mapped directly to the original printed page numbers, plus a step-by-step search guide covering Scots and Gaelic orthographic variants (\u003cem\u003eMackay, McKay, Makky, Y-Mackay, MacEth, Morgan\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplete \u0026amp; Unabridged:\u003c\/strong\u003e Retains the entire chief narrative, all eleven cadet branch genealogies, the 65 transcribed royal charters and estate documents (1379–1829), and the original 1906 global directory of 360 Clan Mackay subscribers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eComplete Contents \u0026amp; Genealogical Scope\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePart I: The Chiefly Line of Strathnaver \u0026amp; The Lords Reay (pp. 1–273)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraces twenty documented generations of the Chiefs of Clan Mackay across seven centuries of Highland, British, and European history:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCeltic Origins \u0026amp; Early Chiefs (1210–1411):\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cstrong\u003eIye MacEth (c. 1210)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Kenneth MacEth, and Martin of Strathnaver through Magnus, Morgan, Donald, and \u003cstrong\u003eAngus Du Mackay (1380–1433)\u003c\/strong\u003e, commander of 4,000 Strathnaver men and husband of Elizabeth, sister of Donald, Lord of the Isles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeudal Struggles \u0026amp; Earldom Rivalry (1433–1614):\u003c\/strong\u003e Covers Neil Bassach (imprisoned on the Bass Rock), John Roy, \u003cstrong\u003eIye Roy Mackay (1486–1517)\u003c\/strong\u003e at the Battle of Flodden, Donald of Strathnaver, \u003cstrong\u003eIye Du Mackay (1550–1572)\u003c\/strong\u003e during the Reformation parliament, and \u003cstrong\u003eHuistean Du Mackay (1572–1614)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDonald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (1614–1649):\u003c\/strong\u003e Chronicles the raising of \u003cstrong\u003eMackay's Regiment\u003c\/strong\u003e ( over 3,000 Highlanders) for King Christian IV of Denmark and King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden during the \u003cstrong\u003eThirty Years' War\u003c\/strong\u003e (defense of Stralsund, Stettin, Lützen, and Nördlingen), and his creation as Baronet of Nova Scotia (1627) and 1st Lord Reay (1628).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLater Lords Reay (1649–1906):\u003c\/strong\u003e Follows \u003cstrong\u003eJohn, 2nd Lord Reay\u003c\/strong\u003e (Royalist campaigns at Balveny and Worcester); \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge, 3rd Lord Reay, F.R.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hanoverian defender of the North during the 1715, 1719, and 1745 Jacobite Risings); Donald (4th), George (5th), Hugh (6th), and \u003cstrong\u003eEric, 7th Lord Reay\u003c\/strong\u003e (including the raising of the \u003cstrong\u003eReay Fencible Highlanders\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1794 and the 1829 sale of the Reay Country to the House of Sutherland); through Alexander (8th), Eric (9th), Aeneas (10th, Baron Mackay of Ophemert), and \u003cstrong\u003eDonald James, 11th Lord Reay\u003c\/strong\u003e (Governor of Bombay and Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePart II: Genealogies of the Eleven Principal Cadet Branches (pp. 274–364)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Aberach Mackays (Clan Abrach):\u003c\/strong\u003e Descendants of Ian Aberach (second son of Angus Du Mackay), hereditary guardians of the \u003cem\u003eBratach Bhan\u003c\/em\u003e (White Banner) across Moudale, Achness, Rossal, Truderscaig, and Dalharrold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Scoury Mackays:\u003c\/strong\u003e Descendants of Donald Mackay of Scoury (1550–1619), including \u003cstrong\u003eLieutenant-General Hugh Mackay of Scoury (1640–1692)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Commander-in-Chief in Scotland under William III, victor of the Battle of Aughrim (1691), and builder of Fort William.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bighouse Mackays:\u003c\/strong\u003e Descendants of William Mackay of Bighouse (1572–1612) across Strathalladale, Kirkton, Forsinard, Portskerra, and Melness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Strathy Mackays:\u003c\/strong\u003e Descendants of Hon. 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