Hugh "Huistean" MacKay of Far, 13th of Strathnaver

HUGH MACKAY OF FARR (aka HUISTEAN MACKAY OF FARR)

Hugh Mackay of Farr, who succeeded his father Iye Dow, married, 1st, Lady Elizabeth Sinclair, youngest daughter of George Earl of Caithness ; issue, one daughter, Christian, who married John Mackintosh of Dalzell, brother-german of the laird of Mackintosh ; and 2d, Lady Jane Gordon, eldest daughter of Alexander Earl of Sutherland : issue, two sons, Donald first Lord Reay, and John Mackav of Dirlet and Strathy ; and two daughters, Anna, married to Alexander Sinclair of Brims ; and Mary, married to Sir Hector Munro, the first baronet of Fowlis. Clan Mackay: 570-1

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

8 August 1617: Suspension of horning raised by Elizabeth Sinclair, Lady Strathnaver, relict of Hucheon McKy (MacKay) of Far, against Margaret Forbes, Lady May (Mey), as executrix of her husband, for payment of 2000 merks bequeathed by George, Earl of Caithnes (Caithness). National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Sinclair family of Mey, Caithness, reference GD96/422

Genealogy

1. Stirnet: Mackay 02
2. Stirnet: Sinclair 14
3. The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair. Arranged and Annotated by Roland William Saint-Clair. (H. Brett, Auckland, New Zealand, 1898), 558 pp.
4. History of the House and Clan of Mackay, containing, for connection and elucidation, besides accounts of many other Scottish families, a variety of historical notices, more particularly of those relating to the Northern division of Scotland during the most critical and interesting periods, with a genealogical table of the clan. By Robert Mackay, writer Thurso. (Andrew Jack & Co., Edinburgh, MDCCCXXIX), 588 pp. including index

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