Alexander Mackenzie, 5th of Letterewe

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE OF LETTEREWE

Alexander Mackenzie of Letterewe is the son of John Mackenzie, 3rd of Letterewe and his wife Katherine Mackenzie He succeeded his brother Murdoch Mackenzie, 4th of Letterewe Mackenzie History: 459-60 who appears to have died in India before 1 October 1800.

Marriage

Alexander Mackenzie of Letterewe, here treated, married Catherine Macdonald who is said to be the daughter of James Macdonald, III of Skeabost and Tanera Mackenzie History: 459

Note: Catherine Macdonald is not mentioned in the late Angus Macdonald's account of the family of James Macdonald of Skeabost. Clan Macdonald

Genealogy

1. History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name. New, Revised, and Extended Edition, By Alexander Mackenzie, MJI. (A. & W. Mackenzie, Inverness, MDCCCXCIV.), 648 pp. including index. For Mackenzie of Letterewe see pp. 454-60
2. Stirnet: Mackenzie 15

Biographical Summary

"V. Alexander Mackenzie, fifth of Letterewe, who married Catherine, daughter of James Macdonald of Skeabost, with issue —

• John, his heir and successor.
• James, a midshipman, H.E.I.C.S., who died unmarried.
• Murdo, a doctor, H.E.I.C.S., who also died unmarried.
• Hector, who was an Officer of Customs at the Cape of Good Hope, and afterwards succeeded his brother in the estate of Letterewe.
• Donald Alexander, who in early life emigrated to the United States, and of whom presently.
• Jessie, who married Donald Macdonald, Lochinver, who afterwards went to the Cape of Good Hope and died at Southsea in 1888, leaving issue
• Katherine, who died unmarried.
• Emily, who resided in London, unmarried.

Alexander was succeeded by his eldest son."

SOURCE: History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name; Alexander Mackenzie; 1894; page 459