Hector MacKenzie 7th of Letterewe

HECTOR MACKENZIE OF LETTEREWE

Chief Clerk of Customs at Port Elizabeth in the Cape Colony later South Africa

Hector Mackenzie, here treated, is the son of John Mackenzie of Letterewe and his wife Catherine Macdonald. Mackenzie History: 460 He was born on 1 April 1808 and his baptism was registered at Gairloch in the County of Ross, Scotland. His baptismal record reads as follows: "Hector [son of] Alexr. McKenzie Esqr. of Letterewe [and] Cath. McDonald [at] Ardlair House [Witnesses] John McIntyre, Letterewe [and] John McKenzie, Shieldaig". [National Records of Scotland, Gairloch Baptisms, 1781-1819, reference OPR.66/1] Image of Baptismal Record

The Letterewe Estate

Hector Mackenzie of Letterewe, here treated, sold the Letterewe estate in 1835. Mackenzie History: 460

Death

Hector Mackenzie of Letterewe died on 23 April 1859, unmarried and had no children at his residence in Port Elizabeth in the Cape Colony later South Africa. His death registration identifies two of his sisters as his next of kin, viz. Emily Mackenzie and Jessie Macdonald. FamilySearch

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

"VII. Hector Mackenzie, seventh of Letterewe. In 1835 he sold the estate to Meyrick Bankes of Winstanley Hall, Lancashire. He died, unmarried, in 1860, at Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, when he was succeeded, as representative of the family, by his youngest and only surviving brother."

Name Hector Mackenzie, Esq
Sex Male
Death Date 23 Apr 1859
Event Type Obituary
Event Date 9 Jun 1859
Event Place Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original) Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Event Place Note 189-1959
Newspaper Inverness Courier
Page Number 8

British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices

SEE from SUSAN

Susan Dollina Atkinson
Today at 9:17 AM
Hello Phillipp,

Usually when people contact other people, they introduce themselves and show how they think they are connected. I will say thank you for the documents you have sent. Will read further to see what relates to different people.

As I have no idea who you are, you seem to have some strong opinions about MY tree, including that people don't exist or have wrong names of parents. I know that some things in my Geni tree need clarification, I work with Ancestry and have not put everything on Geni, just the basics. I don't know where to start replying to you as you have so many people that seem to have things wrong with them!!!

Firstly, Emily MacKenzie, my Great Grandmother. She was base born to Hector MacKenzie - Tacksman and Mary Nicolson and he is named as her father on both her marriage and death certificate under Hector McKenzie, Taxsman/Tacksman. On her marriage certificate in 1861, Hector is shown as deceased.

Emily is named as Nk McKenzie on the Nicolson 1841 census at Aird at 10 wks old, along with her mother Mary, grandparents etc. Mary Nicolson was named as a Domestic Servant.

Hector had a lease on land at Duntulm, Aird & Isle of Troda from 1838 - 1851, after he sold his birthplace of Ardlair House at Letterewe in 1835. Hector is shown at Duntulm in the 1841 census, along with others & servants.

Hector must have had any contact with Mary or Emily after being sent to Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, as they knew he was deceased by 1861. I know his death certificate says no children, but would a base born child be shown, especially when in a different country, or would whoever did the certificate know about Emily?

I will leave it at this for the moment till I can sort out all the queries/comments? you have. I do have certificates or historical documents for some of the people you mentioned, including Hector and all his siblings, and some things aren't sourced yet.

Susan