The Celtic Magazine, Vol. XIII (1888) - Searchable PDF & Surname Index | MacLeod, MacLean, MacGregor & Highland Genealogy

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Originally published in Inverness in 1888 under the editorship of the renowned Highland philologist and historian Alexander Macbain, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., Volume XIII (comprising monthly issues Nos. CXLV to CLVI, November 1887 – October 1888) represents the landmark concluding volume of The Celtic Magazine. For genealogists and family historians researching ancestors across the Isle of Skye, Lewis, Harris, Raasay, Mull, Tiree, Wester Ross, Lochaber, Badenoch, Rannoch, Sutherland, and Caithness, this 572-page historical compendium preserves primary charter transcriptions, cadet family genealogies, pre-1855 churchyard inscriptions, and 18th-century estate tenant rolls that bridge critical gaps in surviving Scottish parish registers.

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Historical & Regional Overview

Volume XIII brings together seven major genealogical and territorial monographs written by Scotland's foremost 19th-century antiquarians. In a seven-part serial spanning over seventy pages, clan historian Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot. delivers key chapters of The History of the Macleods (pp. 29, 59, 97, 145, 193, 241, 545), documenting the downfall of the old Macleods of Lewis (Torquil Conner, Torquil Dubh, Neil Macleod, and the Fife Adventurers at Stornoway), the rise of the Mackenzies in Lewis, and detailed cadet genealogies of the Macleods of Raasay, Assynt, Gairloch, Cadboll, Talisker, Bernera, and Harris/Dunvegan. Alongside it, Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair contributes his four-part Origin and Sketches of the Clan Maclean (pp. 250, 297, 439, 498), tracing the lineage of Gilleoin of the Aird through the chieftains of Duart, Lochbuie, Coll, Ardgour, Dochgarroch, Kingerloch, and Brolas down to the Battle of Inverkeithing (1651). In The Macgregors of Rannoch (pp. 175, 219) and The Tragedy of Clach-nan-Ceann, Dr. R. W. D. Cameron chronicles the proscribed Clan Gregor in Brae Rannoch and their 16th- to 18th-century struggles with the Menzies barons and Campbell earls.

For researchers tracing families in Inverness-shire and the Far North, Charles Fraser-Mackintosh, M.P. transcribes 17th-century wadsets and charters in The Gilliechattan Lands in Lochaber, 1633–1663 (pp. 465–472), illuminating land transfers among the Marquises of Argyll, the Mackintoshes of Torcastle, the Camerons of Lochiel, and the MacGillonies of Strone across Glenlui and Locharkaig. In Badenoch, Alexander Macpherson records pre-registration monumental inscriptions and kirk history in The Old Church and Church-yard of Kingussie (St. Columba's) (pp. 49–58). Moving north to Caithness and Mackay Country, Thomas Sinclair, M.A. presents a four-part transcription of Thomas Pilkington's and the Innes family's estate ledgers in A Highland Estate [Sandside, Parish of Reay], 1792–1800 (pp. 289, 343, 394, 450), naming scores of local tenants, tacksmen, fishermen, and Reay/Caithness Fencible soldiers, complemented by George M. Sutherland's study of George, Fifth Earl of Caithness, of the Sinclair Line (pp. 16, 253), 17th-century bonds from Lord Macdonald's Charter Chest (p. 139), and Rev. John Kennedy's biographical studies of Gaelic poets Alexander Macdonald (Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair), Duncan Ban Macintyre, and Rob Donn Mackay.

Surnames & Families Indexed in This Volume:

Alexander (MacAlister, Macalister, Alister), Allan (MacAllan, Allanach), Anderson (MacAndrew), Angus (MacAngus, Aonghus nan Aoir), Argyll (Campbell, Earls, Marquises & Dukes of Argyll), Atholl (Murray & Stewart, Earls & Dukes of Athole), Baillie (Bailie of Dunain), Bain (Bayne of Tulloch, MacBain), Balloch (Donald Balloch of the Isles), Barclay, Beaton (Bethune, Highland Physicians & Seanachies), Bell, Black (William Black, Prof. J. S. Blackie), Blair, Boswell (Boswell of Auchinleck), Boyd, Brown (Broun), Bruce (King Robert the Bruce), Buchanan (Dugald Buchanan, MacAuslan), Burns (Robert Burns), Calder (Campbells & Thanes of Calder / Cawdor), Cameron (Camerons of Lochiel, Erracht, Fassifern, Strone; Dr. R. W. D. Cameron), Campbell (Argyll, Breadalbane, Cawdor, Glenorchy, Glenlyon, Lochnell, Ledaig), Carmichael (Alexander Carmichael), Chalmers, Chisholm (The Chisholm, Strathglass), Clan Chattan (Confederation of Clan Chattan), Clanranald (Macdonalds of Clanranald & Moidart), Clark (Clerk, MacChlerich), Cluny (Macphersons of Cluny), Colquhoun (Colquhoun of Luss), Columba (St. Columba / Calum Cille), Comyn (Cumming, Red & Black Comyns of Badenoch), Craig, Cunningham (Cuninghame), Dalrymple (Stair), Davidson (Clan Dhai, Kay), Dingwall, Douglas (Earls of Douglas & Angus), Dunbar, Duncan (Duncanson), Farquharson (Clan Fhionnlaigh, Invercauld), Findlay (Finlayson, MacFinlay), Fletcher (Fletcher of Achallader), Forbes (Culloden, Lord Forbes), Fraser (Lovat, Foyers, Strichen; C. Fraser-Mackintosh, M.P.), Gillies, Glencoe (MacIains / Macdonalds of Glencoe), Glengarry (Macdonells of Glengarry), Gordon (Earls & Dukes of Gordon, Huntly, Sutherland), Gow (Neil Gow, Smith), Graham (Montrose, Claverhouse / Viscount Dundee, Menteith), Grant (Freuchie, Strathspey, Glenmoriston, Rothiemurchus, Corrimony), Gray (Lord Gray), Gregory (Donald Gregory, Historian), Gunn (Clan Gunn of Caithness & Sutherland), Hamilton (Duke of Hamilton), Hay (Earls of Erroll & Kinnoull), Henderson (Hendersons of Brabsterdorran & Glencoe), Home (Hume), Hope, Innes (Innes of Sandside, Cosmo Innes), Irvine (Irving), Johnston (Johnstone), Keith (Earls Marischal, Keith of Ackergill), Kennedy (Rev. John Kennedy, Ulbster, Lochaber), Keppoch (MacDonells of Keppoch), Kinloch, Knox (John Knox), Laing, Lennox (Earls of Lennox), Leslie (General David Leslie, Rothes), Lindsay (Earls of Crawford), Livingstone (Livingston, MacLea), Lumsden, Lyon, MacAulay (Macaulay, M'Aulay of Lewis & Ullapool), MacBain (Alexander Macbain, M.A., Editor; MacBean, M'Bean), MacBeth (Macbeth, King & Mormaer of Moray), MacCrimmon (MacCrummen, Hereditary Pipers of MacLeod), MacDonald (Lords of the Isles, Sleat, Clanranald, Glengarry, Keppoch, Glencoe; Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair), MacDonell (Glengarry & Keppoch), MacDougall (Lorn & Dunolly), MacFie (MacPhee, Macphee of Colonsay & Lochaber), MacGillonie (MacGillony of Strone), MacGregor (Macgregor of Rannoch, Glenstrae, Glengyle, Rob Roy), MacIan (MacIain of Ardnamurchan, Glencoe & South Uist), MacIntyre (Duncan Ban Macintyre, Glenoe), MacIver (Maciver, Lewis & Caithness), MacKay (Mackay of Strathnaver, Lord Reay, Rob Donn Mackay, William Mackay), MacKellar (M'Kellar), MacKenzie (Kintail, Seaforth, Gairloch, Cromartie; Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot.), MacKinnon (Strathaird, Mishnish), MacKintosh (Captains of Clan Chattan, Moy, Borlum, Killachie, Strone), MacLachlan (Strathlachlan & Lochaber), MacLaren (Maclaren, MacLaurin), MacLean (Duart, Lochbuie, Coll, Ardgour, Kingerloch, Dochgarroch, Brolas, Torloisk; Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair), MacLeod (Dunvegan, Harris, Lewis, Raasay, Assynt, Gairloch, Cadboll, Talisker, Bernera), MacMartin (Letterfinlay, Lochaber), MacMillan (Knapdale & Lochaber), MacNab (Bovain), MacNeill (Barra & Gigha), MacNicol (Nicolson, Nicholson of Scorrybreck & Lewis), MacPherson (Cluny, Invereshie, Pitmain, Strathmashie; James Macpherson, Alex. Macpherson), MacQuarrie (Ulva), MacQueen (Corrybrough & Skye), MacRae (Kintail), MacRury (MacRuari of Garmoran), Malcolm (Earl of Lennox, Malcolm Canmore), Mar (Earls of Mar), Martin (Martin of Beallach, Skye Historian), Masson (Dr. Donald Masson), Maxwell, Menzies (Castle Menzies, Weem, Culdares, Rannoch), Morgan, Morrison (Brieve of Lewis, Morison), Muir (Mure), Munro (Monro of Foulis), Murray (Atholl, Tullibardine, Pulrossie, William Murray), O'Donnell (Tyrconnell), O'Grady, Paterson, Pilkington (Thomas Pilkington of Sandside), Ramsay, Reid, Ritchie, Robertson (Struan, Lude, Clan Donnachaidh), Rose (Kilravock), Ross (Earls of Ross, Balnagown, Pitcalnie), Ruthven (Gowrie), Scott (Sir Walter Scott, Buccleuch), Shairp (Principal J. C. Shairp), Shaw (Rothiemurchus, Tordarroch, Clan Ay), Sinclair (George 5th Earl of Caithness, Mey, Dunbeath, Broynach, Ulbster; Thomas Sinclair, M.A.; Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair), Skene (William Forbes Skene, Historiographer Royal), Smith (Dr. John Smith), Somerled (Rex Insularum, Thane of Argyll), Stewart (Royal House, Appin, Garth, Atholl, Grandtully, Prince Charles Edward), Stirling, Stone (Jerome Stone of Dunkeld), Sutherland (Earls of Sutherland, Forse, Duffus; George M. Sutherland, F.S.A. Scot.), Symington (Andrew James Symington), Tulloch (Bishops of Orkney & Tulloch), Urquhart (Cromarty), Wallace (Sir William Wallace; Mrs. Wallace, Tiree), Weir, Whyte (John Whyte, White), Wilson, Wood, Young.

Parishes, Townships & Settlements Indexed:

Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire), Aberfeldy (Perthshire), Abertarff (Inverness-shire), Aird, The (Inverness-shire), Appin (Argyllshire), Applecross (Ross-shire), Ardgour (Argyllshire), Ardnamurchan (Argyllshire), Argyll (Earldom & County of Argyll / Argyle), Arisaig (Inverness-shire), Assynt (Sutherlandshire), Atholl (Athole & Blair Castle, Perthshire), Auldearn (Battle & Parish, Nairnshire), Badenoch (Lordship & District, Inverness-shire), Ballachulish (Argyll / Lochaber), Bannockburn (Battle of, 1314), Barra (Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides), Beauly (Priory & River, Inverness-shire), Ben Dorain (Beinn Dobhrain, Argyll), Ben Nevis (Lochaber), Benbecula (Outer Hebrides), Bernera (Harris & Glenelg), Blair Atholl (Perthshire), Breadalbane (Perthshire), Brolas (Isle of Mull), Bute (Isle of Bute), Cadboll (Easter Ross), Caithness (Earldom & County of Caithness), Canada (Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Glengarry, Prince Edward Island), Canna (Isle of Canna), Castle Girnigoe & Sinclair (Wick, Caithness), Cawdor (Calder, Nairnshire), Cille Amhlaidh (St. Olaf's, South Uist), Clach-nan-Ceann (Monument, Inverness / Rannoch Tragedy), Cluny (Badenoch), Coll (Isle of Coll, Argyll), Contin (Ross-shire), Cromarty (Cromartyshire), Culloden (Battle of Culloden / Drummossie Moor, 1746), Dingwall (Burgh & Castle, Ross-shire), Dochgarroch (Loch Ness, Inverness-shire), Dornoch (Cathedral & Burgh, Sutherland), Duart Castle (Dowart, Isle of Mull), Dublin (Ireland), Dumfries, Dundee (Forfarshire), Dunkeld (Cathedral & Grammar School, Perthshire), Dunolly Castle (Oban, Argyll), Dunvegan Castle (Isle of Skye), Durness (Sutherland), Edinburgh, Eigg (Isle of Eigg, Small Isles), Elgin (Cathedral & Burgh, Moray), Falkirk (Battles of Falkirk, 1298 & 1746), Farr (Strathnaver, Sutherland), Ferintosh (Ross-shire / Nairnshire), Fife (Fifeshire & Fife Adventurers in Lewis), Flanders & Low Countries (Scots Brigade Campaign), Flodden (Battle of Flodden, 1513), Forres (Moray), Fort William & Inverlochy (Lochaber), Fortrose (Chanonry of Ross), Gairloch (Wester Ross), Galloway (Wigtown & Kirkcudbright), Gilliechattan Lands (Torcastle, Strone, Rohallion, Lochaber), Glasgow, Glencoe (Argyllshire), Glenelg (Inverness-shire), Glengarry (Inverness-shire), Glenlyon (Perthshire), Glenmoriston (Inverness-shire), Glenorchy (Clachan an Diseirt, Argyll), Glenurquhart (Loch Ness), Harlaw (Battle of Harlaw, 1411), Harris (Na Hearadh, Outer Hebrides), Hebrides (Western Isles of Scotland), Helmsdale (Sutherland), Highland Regiments (42nd Black Watch, Loudon's, Fraser's, Breadalbane Fencibles, Reay Fencibles), Inveraray (Inverary, Argyllshire), Invereshie (Badenoch), Invergarry (Loch Oich, Lochaber), Inverkeithing (Battle of Inverkeithing, 1651), Invernahavon (Battle in Badenoch), Inverness (Burgh, Castle & Parish), Iona (Icolmkill, St. Columba's Abbey & Royal Tombs), Ireland (Ulster, Antrim, Tara, Wurzburg Old-Irish Glosses), Islay (Isle of Islay, Argyll), Jura (Isle of Jura, Argyll), Keppoch (Brae Lochaber), Killiecrankie (Battle of Killiecrankie, 1689), Kilmallie (Kilmally Parish, Lochaber), Kilmorack (Inverness-shire), Kilmuir (Trotternish, Isle of Skye), Kilravock Castle (Nairnshire), Kiltarlity (Inverness-shire), Kingerloch (Kingairloch, Morvern, Argyll), Kingussie (St. Columba's Old Church & Churchyard, Badenoch), Kintail (Ross-shire), Kintyre (Cantire, Argyllshire), Kirkhill (Wardlaw, Inverness-shire), Kirkwall (Orkney), Knoydart (Inverness-shire), Laggan (Parish of Laggan, Badenoch), Latheron (Caithness), Ledaig (Benderloch, Oban, Argyll), Lewis (Isle of Lewis & Stornoway Castle), Lismore (Isle & Cathedral of Lismore, Argyll), Loch Arkaig (Locharkaig, Lochaber), Loch Eil (Lochiel, Corpach), Loch Maree (Gairloch, Ross-shire), Loch Ness (Inverness-shire), Lochaber (Lordship & District, Inverness-shire), Lochalsh (Ross-shire), Lochbuie (Lochbuy & Moy Castle, Isle of Mull), Lochcarron (Wester Ross), Lorn (Lordship of Lorne, Argyll), Moidart (Inverness-shire), Moray (Province & Earldom of Moray), Morvern (Morven, Argyllshire), Moy (Moy Hall & Loch Moy, Inverness-shire), Mull (Isle of Mull, Tobermory Bay & Spanish Armada Galleon), North Uist (Outer Hebrides), Oban (Argyllshire), Orkney Isles, Perth (City & County of Perthshire), Petty (Parish of Petty, Inverness-shire), Portree (Isle of Skye), Raasay (Isle of Raasay & Brochel Castle), Rannoch (Loch Rannoch & Brae Rannoch, Perthshire), Reay (Parish of Reay & Lord Reay's Country, Caithness/Sutherland), Ross-shire (Earldom & County of Ross), Rum (Isle of Rum, Small Isles), Ruthven Castle & Barracks (Kingussie, Badenoch), Sandside Estate (Parish of Reay, Caithness, 1792–1800), Sheriffmuir (Battle of Sheriffmuir, 1715), Skye (Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides), Sleat (Barony & Peninsula of Sleat, Skye), Snizort (Isle of Skye), South Uist (Outer Hebrides), Spanish Armada Galleon ('Florida' in Tobermory Bay, 1588), Spey (River Spey & Strathspey), St. Andrews (University & Cathedral, Fife), St. Kilda (Hirta), Stirling (Castle & Burgh), Strathdearn (Findhorn Valley), Strathglass (Inverness-shire), Strathnaver (Mackay Country, Sutherland), Strontian & Sunart (Argyllshire), Sutherland (Earldom & County of Sutherland), Tain (Royal Burgh, Easter Ross), Talisker (Minginish, Isle of Skye), Tarbat (Easter Ross), Thurso (Caithness), Tiree (Tyree, Isle of Tiree, Argyll), Tongue (Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland), Trotternish (Isle of Skye), Uist (North & South Uist), Urquhart (Glenurquhart & Ferintosh), Waternish (Vaternish, Isle of Skye), Wick (Royal Burgh, Caithness).