Capt. John MacKenzie, 5th of Gruinard

Biographical Summary

"V. John Mackenzie, fifth of Gruinard, Captain 73rd Regiment, who married Margaret, daughter of Gun Munro of Braemore, Caithness, with issue —

• William, his heir and successor.
• Christina, who married John Campbell, Poolewe, with issue — several sons and daughters.

In 1795 he sold the property — which in his time comprised Meikle Gruinard, Udrigle, and Sand, "with the pendicle thereof called Little Gruinard " — to Duncan Davidson of Tulloch, whose son re-sold it to the late Meyrick Bankes of Letterewe. He was succeeded as representative of the family by his only son."

SOURCE: History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name; Alexander Mackenzie; 1894; page 619