John Chisholm, 20th of Chisholm

Biographical Summary

"XX. John Chisholm

Known among his own countrymen as "An Siosalach Ruadh," or the Red Chisholm. He married Jane, third daughter of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon, fourth son of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Kilcoy, third son of Colin Cam, XI. of Kintail, by his wife Barbara, daughter of John, XII. of Grant, and brother of Kenneth, first Lord Mackenzie and twelth Baron of Kintail. This lady brought John a considerable fortune in money, her eldest sister Lilias, as heiress, carrying her father's landed estate of Findon to her husband, Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, IV. of Scatwell, on the death of her only brother, when, on the 12th of October, 1693, she was served heir of tailzie to her father in these lands, and carried them to Sir Kenneth, to whom she had been married in 1688. The other and youngest sister, Isabel, carried her portion, the estate of Allan, now Allangranee, to Simon Mackenzie, first of that family.

By his wife, Sir Roderick Mackenzie's daughter, John had issue

• Roderick, his heir and successor.
• Alexander of Muckerach, whose male representatives on the death of Duncan Macdonell Chisholm, on the 18th of September, 1858, without male issue, succeeded to the family estates as heir of entail, and of whom in their order.
• Janet, who married one of the Macdonells of Leek.
• Lilias, who married Fraser of Struy.

John was succeeded by his eldest son."

SOURCE: History of the Chisholms, with genealogies of the principal families of the name; Alexander Mackenzie; 1891; page 58