Charles Mackenzie, 1st of Letterewe

CHARLES MACKENZIE OF LETTEREWE

Charles Mackenzie of Letterewe, here treated, is the son of Kenneth Mackenzie, 6th of Gairloch and his wife Janet MacKenzie Mackenzie History: 454

Charles Mackenzie of Letterewe, here treated, was originally known as Charles Mackenzie of Mellan-Charles. His father gave him the lands of Logie-Wester (afterwards known as Conon) which he gave to his brother Alexander Mackenzie, 7th of Gairloch in exchange for the lands of Letterewe. Mackenzie History: 454

Marriage

Charles Mackenzie of Letterewe, here treated, married Anne Mackenzie in 1684. Mackenzie History 454

Children

1. Murdoch Mackenzie, 2nd of Letterewe
2. Alexander Mackenzie of Tollie, Provost Dingwall
3. Reverend Mr. Hector Mackenzie
4. Anna Mackenzie
5. N.N. Mackenzie
6. Annabella Mackenzie

Genealogy

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

Biographical Summary

"I. Charles Mackenzie, first of Letterewe, was the eldest son by his third wife, Janet, daughter of John Cuthbert of Castle Hill, Inverness (marriage contract, 17th December, 1658), of Alexander Mackenzie, VI. of Gairloch. He is originally designed of Mellan Charles, no doubt so called after himself, but by his father's marriage contract he got Loggie-Wester, now Conon, which he afterwards, in 1696, exchanged with his half brother, Alexander Mackenzie, VII, of Gairloch, for the lands of Letterewe, He married, in 1684, Anne, third daughter of John Mackenzie, II, of Applecross (sasine 1687), with issue —

• Murdoch, his heir and successor.
• The Rev, Hector, minister of Fodderty, and previous to his appointment there, Librarian to the University of Aberdeen. He married a Miss Baillie, with issue — a daughter, who married Mackenzie of Park,
• Alexander of Tolly, Provost of Dingwall, who married in 1740, Annabella, daughter of Sir Donald Bayne of Tulloch, with issue, among others — Alexander, from whom the Mackenzies of Portmore, and by his second wife, Katharine, daughter of Bayne of Delny, Bailie Hector Mackenzie of Dingwall, on whose death Alexander Campbell, the Gairloch Bard, composed one of the finest elegies in the Gaelic language,
• Anna, who married Murdoch Mackenzie, II. of Kernsary (marriage contract in 1708), with issue.
• A daughter, who married her cousin, Roderick Mackenzie, II. of Sanachan, son of Colin, second son of Roderick Mackenzie, I. of Applecross,
• Annabella, who married John Maclver of Tournaig, and afterwards tacksman of Gress, in the Lewis, with issue.

Charles was succeeded by his eldest son."

SOURCE: History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name; Alexander Mackenzie; 1894; page 454

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