Janet Mackenzie

Janet, the 2nd daughter of Kenneth (MacKenzie), 1st Lord MacKenzie of Kintail [S] by his 1st wife Anne, daughter of George Ross, of Balnagowan.

Family

She married Sir Donald Gorme Macdonald, 8th Laird of Sleat, and 1st Baronet (?-1643). He died October 1643.

Their children were:

• 1. Sir James MacDonald, 9th of Sleat, 2nd Baronet, b. 1605, Scotland d. Bef 8 Dec 1678 (Age 73 years)
• + 2. Col. Donald John MacDonald, 1st of Castleton, b. Abt 1624, d. Abt 1690 (Age ~ 66 years)
• 3. Margaret MacDonald, b. Abt 1626, d. Yes, date unknown
• + 4. Archibald MacDonald, d. 1688
• 5. Angus MacDonald, d. Yes, date unknown
• 6. Alexander MacDonald of Sleat whose daughter married Lachlan Maclean, 3rd Laird of Torloisk
• 7. Catherine MacDonald, d. Dsp - Died Without Children.
• 8. Janet MacDonald, d. Yes, date unknown
• 9. Mary MacDonald, d. Dsp - Died Without Children. who married Ewen Cameron of Lochiel

Notes

"Donald MacDonald, formerly Gorme, of Slate, in the Isle of Skye, co Inverness, son and heir of Archibald MacDonald, of the same, by Margaret or May, daughter of Angus MacDonald of Duniveg and Glennis, succeeded his uncle Donald MacDonald, otherwise Gorme, of Slate, 1616, and was created a Baronet [S], 14 July 1625, with rem. to heirs male whatsoever, and with precedency over Douglas, Strachan, and Livingstone, the three creations next above him, and with the grant of presumably 16,000 acres in Nova Scotia, of which, however, he never had seizin. The patent is not in the Great Seal Register, but 'only in one old list'. He supported Charles I in the Civil Wars. He married Janet, sister of Colin, 1st Earl of Seaforth [S], 2nd daughter of Kenneth (MacKenzie), 1st Lord MacKenzie of Kintail [S] by his 1st wife Anne, daughter of George Ross, of Balnagowan. He died October 1643."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 291

References

• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Donald_Gorme_Og_Macdonald,_1st_...
• History of Clan Macdonald. 1920. Page 54. Archive.Org