Anne MacBain

She is not the sister of notable Major Gillies 'Mor' MacBean, son of William MacBean of Kinchyle.

Biography

Anne MacBain married Alexander Beaton, Alexander of Skye, and had a family of four sons and one daughter. Mabou Pioneers 1, page 88. Their children became the progenitors of the Beatons of Inverness, Nova Scotia.

Children

Alexander Beaton and Anne MacBain had a family of four sons and one daughter.

Donald, the oldest son
John, the second son
Finlay, the third son
Alexander, the youngest son
Mary, the only daughter

Disputed origins

Curators' help needed: (done)

NOTE: Anna MacBean the daughter of William MacBean of Kinchyle is not the same lady as an 'Anne MacBean' who also appears on Geni and is said to have been a wife of Alexander Alasdair Beaton, of Skye and mother of his children - see: Anne MacBain

Anna MacBean daughter of William MacBean of Kinchyle in Strath Dores south of Inverness, and widow of Donald MacBean of Faillie would have been aged almost or actually over 50 by the time Donald died in 1740 so would not have been having a large family with Alexander Alasdair Beaton, of Skye afterwards. Not would she have had time to have such a family before her marriage at a young age to Donald MacBean.

It would be helpful if any Geni curator may detach Anne wife of Alexander Alasdair Beaton, of Skye from the family of William MacBean of Kinchyle, as she is not that William's daughter. How that connection arose is unknown, but it is a genealogical error that has spread across the internet and needs 'mending'.

William MacBean of Kinchyle and his wife Jean Mackintosh had the following children - the sons appear in order of age, the daughters order is not precisely known:

Anna MacBean - married Donald MacBean of Faillie

The references connecting an Anne MacBain to Alexander Beaton come from two books on the histories and genealogies of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

The first comes from the book Mabou Pioneers Volume I by A.D MacDonald. In it, on page 88, he states that following:

"Alexander Beaton, son of Donald, son of Ronald, son of Malcolm, son of Donald Beaton of Skye, left the Isle of Skye and came to the district of Lochaber, Scotland around the middle of the 18th century. He was a Protestant when he left the Isle of Skye, but in Lochaber he became a convert to the Catholic Faith. He married Anne MacBain (or MacBean), sister of the notable Gillies MacBain"

Another reference is from The History of Inverness by J L MacDougall. Pages 595-596:

"These two Beaton brothers were grandsons of one Alexander Beaton from the Isle of Skye, who had gone to Lochaber about the middle of the 18th century. This Alexander Beaton was a Protestant when he left Skye but became a Catholic in Lochaber and married Ann McBain by whom he had four sons, namely: Donald, John, Finlay and Alexander."

As of 20 December 3023, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacBain-5 shows her as daughter of Aeneas MacBean

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