Angus MacDonald

ANGUS MACDONALD OF MILTON (aka ANGUS MACDONALD OF MILTOWN or MILNTOWN)

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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28 November 1754: Registered Disposition and Assignation by Ronald McDonald, Captain of Clanranald, substituting Ronald Macdonald, his eldest son, in two dispositions (both dated 5 December 1726) granted by the late Alexander Mackenzie, Clerk of Session to the late Donald McDonald of Benbecula, the granter's father, and himself, in liferent, and to the said Ronald MacDonald, his eldest son, in fee, and reserving liferent to Margaret McLeod, his spouse, of the lands and barony of Kindess and others, under the burdens and conditions mentioned in the said dispositions and the debts contracted by virtue of the faculties therein contained. At Benbecula. Witness: Angus MacDonald of Milton. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald (Clanranald Papers), reference GD201/1/248

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27 September 1755: (Copy) Contract whereby Ronald Macdonald, elder of Clanronald, grants to Ronald Macdonald, younger, his eldest son, a tack for 9 years of the lands of Benbecula and others within the parish of South Uist and shire of Inverness, with the liberty of cutting sea-weed and with the whole stocking of cattle etc. (except 6 milk cows and 4 horses) and 3 bolls oats etc., conform to an inventory, reserving to the granter the mansion house of Nuntown with grass for 6 milk cows and 4 horses yearly, casualty of hens etc., and Ronald Mcdonald, younger, binds himself to pay 5000 merks yearly, vis. 4000 merks at two terms yearly, and the remaining 1000 merks to be bestowed for the education of Clanranald's younger children and other incidental uses of his family, with provision that if he be separate from his family, then 3000 merks of the above 4000 shall be paid to him and the other 1000 to his lady, but during their continuance together in family, the said Clanranald binds himself to deliver yearly for use of his family certain cows, butter etc., the price of which is to be deducted out of the tack duty; with power to Ronald Macdonald, younger, to break the tack at the end of every 3 years, and to redeem the wadset of the lands of Balvanich from Angus Macdonald of Milntoun. At Nuntown. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald (Clanranald Papers), reference GD201/1/213

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24 September 1765: Discharge by Angus Macdonald of Miltown, son of the late Ranald Macdonald of Miltown, to Ranald Macdonald, younger of Clanranald, of a Bond of Corroboration for two principal sums of 2000 merks and 1000 raerks (dated 24 February 1727). At Nuntown. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald (Clanranald Papers), reference GD201/1/264

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25 September 1767: Registered Bond by Ranald McDonald of Clanranald to Angus Macdonald of Milntown, for 13,000 merks. At Nuntown. [Registered 11 August 1777]. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald (Clanranald Papers), reference GD201/1/272

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September 1770: Renunciation by Angus Macdonald of Milntown, eldest son of the late Ranald Macdonald of Milntown, to Ranald Macdonald, Captain of Clanranald, of 5000 merks contained in a heritable bond by the late Donald Macdonald of Benbecula, dated 30 April 1718 and of an annual rent of 300 merks furth of the 5 penny land of Ballivanich in security thereof (See GD201/1/205) At Langhill. [Registered 24 October 1770]. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald (Clanranald Papers), reference GD201/1/275

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22 September 1794: Edict of Executry of Angus MacDonald (Angus McDonald) of Milntown in South Uist (Milton (Gearraidh (South Uist)). Died in the parish of South Uist. National Records of Scotland, Edicts of Executry, reference CC12/7/30/4