Morgan Mackay

Morgan Neilson married a daughter of Angus Moray of Cubin and seems to have settled in Brae-Chat. pg. 50

THE BOOK OF MACKAY BY ANGUS MACKAY, M.A. (St. Andrews University) Minister at Westerdale, Caithness EDINBURGH : NORMAN MACLEOD, -25 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE CANADA : EDWARD MACKAY, ST. PETER'S MANSE, MADOC, ONT. M DCCCC VI

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Finding themselves So much disappointed in their designs against Angus Mackay, his enemies resolved, by splitting him with a wedge of' his own timber, to accomplish his final overthrow. Robert Earl of Sutherland had succeeded so far, as, by the instrumentality of Aagus Murray and his sons-in-law, Morgan and Niel Mackay, to effectuate the ruin of Thomas their brother, who, next to Angus. was the most potent of the name, and to get his lands in Sutherland so disposed of as that they should fall to the earl himself. In order to complete his design, he ordered his vassals and dependants to assist these two monsters, Morgan and Niel, who had betrayed and virtually murdered their own brother, to obtain possession of their cousin Angus's lands, which their brother had held under him. pg 65-66

"Angus Murray, for the performance of his engaged promise made to Niel and Morgan, gave them his two daughters in marriage; then gathering a company of Sutherland-men, with Earl Robert his attollerance, he went on with these two brethren into Strathnaver, to invade the same. Angus-Dow Mackay hearing of their approach, convened llis countrymen, aud because he was unable himself in person to resist his enemies, he made his son, John Aberigh, commander of his host. When they were ready to encounter, some two miles from Tongue, at a place called Drum-ne-coub, Angus-Dow Mackay sent message unto his cousin-germans, Niel and Morgan, offering them all his lands and possessions, except that which is called Kintail in Strathnaver; which offer they did refuse, whereupon there ensued a cruel and sharp conflict, valiantly fought a long time with great slaughter on either side; Niel and Morgan trusting to their forces, John Aberigh reposing his confidence in the equity of his cause, encouraged his men to assault their enemies afresh, who, with the like manhood, made stout resistance ; by reason whereof there ensued such a cruel fight between them, that there remained, in the end, very few alive on either side. John Aberigh seemed to have the victory, because he escaped with his life, yet very sore wounded, and mutilate by the loss of one of his arms. His father, Angus-Dow Mackay, being carried thither to view the place of the conflict, and searching for the corpse of his unkind cousins, was there slain with an arrow, after the conflict, by a Sutherland-man that was lurking in a bush hard by. Niel and Morgan, with their father-in-law Angus Murray, were slain ; and as they had undertaken this enterprise upon an evil ground, so they perished therein accordingly." pg. 66-7

HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY,BY ROBERT MACKAY, 1829