Archibald Macdonald of Sanda

ARCHIBALD MACDONALD OF SANDA

Advocate in Edinburgh

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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15 March 1780: BOND OF RELIEF by John Lamont of Lamont to Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, advocate, of bond, dated 4 March 1780, for £500 given by said John Lamont and Archibald Macdonald to the Royal Bank of Scotland. National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/160

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15 July 1780: BOND by John Macdonald of Sana [Macdonald of Sanda] and Archibald Macdonald, younger of Sana, advocate, to Alexander Macdonald, of Glenalladale [Glenaladale] by the hands of William Macdonald, W.S., for £250. In dorso Discharge, dated 2 Feb. 1785, by said William Macdonald to said Archibald Macdonald of above bond. National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/161

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22 January 1782: BOND by Archibald Macdonald of Sanda to Mrs. Mary Gordon, widow of deceased John Gordon of Pitlurg, for £200. In dorso discharge by Mrs. Mary Gordon of bond above, dated 2 July 1785. National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/163

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14 May 1782: BOND by Archibald McDonald of Sanda [Macdonald of Sanda], advocate, to Robert Sinclair, tenant in Rapness in Orkney for £100. In dorso Discharge of the above bond by David Balfour, W.S., tutor to said Robert Sinclair, dated 5th August, 1784. National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/164

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20 May 1782: BOND by Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, advocate to Alexander Macdonald of Glenalladale [Glenaladale] for £250. In dorso Discharge of above bond by W. Macdonald W.S. on behalf of said Alexander Macdonald, dated 2 Feb. 1785. National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/165

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9 and 23 October 1782: Process of Declarator of Marriage: Mary McLauchline and others v Archibald McDonald. Mary McLauchlane, daughter of deceased John McLauchlane in Lochnabeck, and alleged spouse to Archibald McDonald of Sanda, advocate, Edinburgh, and Mary McDonald and Charles McDonald, children of the marriage, against the said Archibald McDonald. Mary born 21 September 1780, Charles born 7 October 1781. Defender assoilzied. National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, reference CC8/6/668 See also Francis J. Grant, WS. (editor), The Commissariot of Edinburgh. Consistorial Processes and Decreets, 1658-1800 (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1909), number 760

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15 March 1783: HERITABLE BOND by Archibald Macdonald of Sanda to Colonel Donald Campbell of Glensaddell for £162.10s. 10d., and in security he dispones to said Colonel an annual rent of £81. 3s. 6d. furth of the six merklands of Macrireoch [Machrireoch] and Carniecapog, 20s. land of Knockmoriel, 20s. land of Kilmasheuchan, 5 merkland of Blaisdall [Blasthill] and Edon, 20s. land of Penlochna, 20s. land of the Island of Sanda, 2 merkland of Drumvore, 20s. land of Penysirach, 20s. land of Achray parts of the lands called St. Ninian's lands and 6s. 8d. land of Culraichan, lying in Kintyre and County of Argyll. National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/166

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15 March 1783: STATE OF THE DEBT due by Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, advocate, to Colonel Charles Campbell of Barbreck, from 1770 to 1780. In dorso Obligation dated 15 March 1783 by Colonel Charles Campbell of Barbreak to deliver 2 bonds to Archibald Macdonald of Sanda. National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/167

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1785: ACCOUNT of legal expenses incurred by Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, Advocate, to William Macdonald W.S. from 1781 to 1785. National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/168

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1785: ACCOUNT CURRENT of Archibald Macdonald of Sanda with William Macdonald, W.S. from 1780 to 1785, and vouchers. In dorso Certificate of validity of the above account signed by both parties dated 12 March 1785. Enclosed - 5 vouchers for small sums shown as expenses incurred in above account. National Records of Scotland, Macdonald family of Sanda, Argyllshire, reference GD92/169

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28 October 1788: Copy tack by Archibald Macdonald of Sanda to Neil Gilchrist, elder, tenant in Gartnagopaig, of town and lands of Gartnagopaig in parish of Kilcolmkill, lordship of Kintyre, sheriffdom of Argyll, for 19 years. National Records of Scotland, Cunningham of Robertland, reference GD237/25/8

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1794: Contract of wood between Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, advocate, and Hector Macdonald Buchanan, W.S., on one part (by virtue of GD201/5/200), and John Harriman, residing at Bonaw, agent and manager for the Lorne Furnace Co., on the other part. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/204

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29 October 1794: Commission, factory and disposition in trust by John Macdonald of Clanranald in favour of Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, advocate, and Hector Macdonald Buchanan, W.S., during his absence from Scotland. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/200

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!-2 December 1794: Contract of wood between Archibald Macdonald of Sanda, advocate, and Hector Macdonald Buchanan, W.S., on one part (by virtue of GD201/5/200), and John Harriman, residing at Bonaw, agent and manager for the Lorne Furnace Co., on the other part. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald , reference GD201/5/204

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1799: Archibald Macdonald of Sanda. Court of Session: Jury Court Records: Processes, Miscellaneous: Inventories, Parts of Processes and Other Papers, reference CS311/1775

Genealogical Accounts

1. History of the Macdonalds and Lords of the Isles; with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name, by Alexander Mackenzie, FSA, Scot., (A. & W. Mackenzie, Inverness, MDCCCLXXXI), pp. 473-78 for Macdonald of Sanda
2. Stirnet 08