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THE SCOURY MACKAYS
The following family tree amalgamates data from Angus Mackay, Wikipedia, and other versions of this genealogy listed under Resources below.
a. Donald Balloch, 1st of Scoury was the first of this family. He was the second eldest natural son of lye Du Mackay XII. of Strathnaver by his wife and cousin, Helen, dau. of Hugh Macleod of Assynt. However, as his parents were first cousins he was barred by canon law from succeeding as chief to his father's estates. He disputed the chiefship with his younger half-brother Huistean Mackay, 13th of Strathnaver, and later he was banished from Strathnaver and Sutherland for the killing of one James Mackroy, thus retiring himself to the Earl of Caithness, chief of the Clan Sinclair who was then at feud with the Gordon Earl of Sutherland. In 1590 Donald Balloch Mackay played the part of a skilful and gallant leader when he commanded a company of archers in support of the Earl of Caithness and against the Earl of Sutherland at the Battle of Clynetradwell, near Brora, saving the situation for the Earl of Caithness. He had under his command a strong force of archers drawn from Assynt, Strathnaver, Caithness, and Orkney, who were three times thrown into confusion and as often reformed by Donald Balloch, whose personal prowess at last turned the tardy scale of victory to the admiration of even his fierce opponents (Earld. of Suthr.) The Earl of Caithness was however defeated and he was imprisoned in Dunrobin Castle by the Earl of Sutherland. He was later released with the consent of his half brother, Huistean Mackay, 13th of Strathnaver and from then on he supported the Earl of Sutherland like Huistean did. He had a charter of Alienation from his brother, Huistean Du of Strathnaver, of the town and lands of Kinlochbervie, Scouriemore, Scouriebeg, Eriboll, etc., 31st December, 1605 (Reay Papers).
He m. Euphemia, dau. of Hugh Munro of Assint, Ross, a brother of Robert Munro of Fowlis, and granted her sasine in liferent and to their elder son, Neil, in feu of the above lands, 25th February, 1606. The issue of this marriage was four sons and four daughters : —
b1. Neil Mackay, who resigned his lands to his superior, Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (Sir Donald Mackay of Strathnaver).
b2. Hugh Mackay, 2nd of Scoury.
b3. Donald Mackay, 1st of Borley. (Progenitor of the Mackay of Borley branch of the Clan Mackay).
b4. William, Captain in Donald Mackay, the 1st Lord Reay's Scots regiment serving in the Thirty Years War. He afterwards became Lieut.-Col. of a Swedish regiment, and fell at Lutzen, near Leipzig, in 1632, where also fell King Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden, under whose banner he fought.
b5.Margaret Mackay, married Alexander Sutherland of Kilphedder.
b6. Janet Mackay, married William Mor Mackay, son of Neil MacEan MacWilliam Mackay, V of Aberach.
b7. Christian Mackay, married Murdo Mackay, eldest son of Neil MacEan MacWilliam Mackay, V of Aberach.
b8. Ann Mackay, married John Tarrel of Strathflete.
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b1 Neil, had sasine of his father's estate on a Precept of dare constat, 19th April, 1620, and on the same da}', with consent of his brother Hugh, resigned " for ane great sum of money from his superior, Sir Donald Maky, all and sundrie the lands of Keandloichberwie, Nahardin, Fanzidell, Laxfourd with ye salmond fescheing of ye samyne, Scowriebeg, Scowriemoir, Tarbet, Caldstrombeg, Caldstromemoir, Edderachylis, Islanhanda, Saudowatt, Alschelourbeg, Alschleormoir, Yrsgill, Bad call, Dowart, Naferss (?), G-eiskill, lyand betwix the merches of the water of Kylescoug at ye sowthe, ye fylm of Glencowiles and the mainesey at ye wast and northe plis, the Beallache of Corriechowne at ye eist sd. And all and heal the half dawache landis of Ilanryr and dawache landis of Erbill wt ye lands of Ilandchory, lyand within ye baronie of Wastmoine." (Reay Papers).
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b2 Hugh, 2nd of Scoury, obtained a wadset of the lands of Eriboll in 1626 for £2000 Scots, which he disponed in 1634 to Hector Munro of Pitfure who came to reside at Eriboll, and whose descendants retained these lands for three generations. Hugh purchased from Lord Reay the estate of Scoury which his brother Neil had disponed, and had sasine of it 27 June, 1634. We give the following extract of the disposition in his favour, preserved among the Reay Papers.
"Be it kend till all men be thir put. Irs. Me, Donald Lord Rae, heritable proprietor of the lands and others, and for certain great soumes of money reallis and with effect advancit, payed, and delyvered to me for making of thir puts, be our trustie cousing, Hew Makie of Ereboll, of the qlk. soumes of money we hold us weill contentit, completely satisfied and payed, and renuncing the exceptione of non numeratio money, aith of pairty, and all uther exceptions competent be the law, we exoner and discharge the said Hew Makie his airs and excrs. of the samen be thir presentis simpliciter and for ever, to have saule and in few ferme and heritage analret and dispontit, Lykeas we for the onerous causes forsaid instantly and in few ferme and heritage sell, annalzrie, and dispone to the said Hew Makie his airs maill and assigneys, heretablie, irredemablie, and bot onie kyne of reversione, rogress, or redemption qlksomever, All and sundrie the lands, feschings, woods, and grassings of Edderachilis with their pertinents whatsumever undermentioned, viz., All and heal the davach lands of Killstromes, the lands of Douartmoir, Dourtbeg, the lands of Geiskill, the lands of Badchuill, the lands of Skouriemore, Skouriebeg, the lands of Tarbeit, the lands of Ffynidew, the lands of Rieroy, the lands of Auchtavikfarie, All and heal the ylland of Handa, with all and sundrie the yllands of Dewroy, Mell-alands, Galway, with all the other yllands qtsomever lyand betwixt the Stoirhead in Assin at the west and the river of Laxford at the eist, with which the lands are boundit, and that as follows, viz., Glencoul and Killkaik at the south and south-west, the sea at the north till the water at Laxfuird and as the said water of Laxfuird descends from Knockan-Kelloch and fra that to Loichmore and to Lochstak and therefrae to the sea, which waters as they run from Knockan-Kelloch to the sea are the marches cognoscit to devyd the said lands of Eddruchilis from Diridmore and the Ard all lyand within the parrochein of Ardierurness, in Strathnaver, and shirriffdom of Sutherland."
In 1643 Scoury was appointed a commissioner of supply for the shire of Sutherland, and in 1648 a member of the War Committee (Acts of Pari.). In 1649 he was taken prisoner at Balveny Castle, and in 1650 was appointed by Parliament colonel of a Fencible regiment to be raised in the north, and again in 1661 was re-appointed a commissioner of supply (Acts of Pari, and Balfour's Annals). For the part which he took in supporting Charles II his estate was apprised in payment of fines and pretended debts, but General Mackay, his son and successor, managed to clear away these encumbrances.
He m. Ann, dau. of John Corbet of Arkboll, Ross, and had issue six sons and three dans. : —
b2c1. Donald, who d. young
b2c2. William, who was driven ashore near Thurso by stress of weather, 14th February, 1668, east into a foul dungeon in said town, and after some days of cruel confinement put aboard an open boat which set out for Scoury, but he died on the passage. This barbarous treatment was due to a feud between the Mackays and the Sinclairs at the time.
b2c3. Hector, waylaid and murdered in Aberdeenshire by Sinclair of Dnnbeath and three others, 11th August, 1668. In consequence of these misdeeds, the Mackays obtained Letters of Fire and Sword against the Sinclairs, as we show in our memoir of the 2nd Lord Reay.
b2c4 General Hugh Mackay, 3rd of Scoury, known among his countrymen as An Shenilir Mor, The Great General, to distinguish him from other generals of the name of Mackay. In our memoir of the 3rd Lord Reay we gave an account of his life to which we now refer the reader. He m. at Bommel in Guelderland Clara de Bie, a Dutch lady of noble extraction, and had issue a son and three daus. : —b2c4d1. Hugh, 4th of Scoury, only son of General Mackay, was given a company in his father's Scots regiment, 1st September, 1692, and d. at Cambrai in 1708 of an accident received in the field, holding the rank of major. He m. Anna de Lancy, a Swiss lady, who bore him two sons and one dau. : —
b2c4d1e1. Hugh, 5th of Scoury, became captain in one of the Scots regiments in the service of Holland on 20th September, 1/29, and lieut.-general in 17/2. As a special mark of honour he was made honorary colonel of his grandfather's old regiment of Scots, 1/th December, 1773 (Scots Brigade in Holland, ii., 122). He m. Isabella de Savornin, and d. at Breda 9th July, 1775, leaving issue an only dau.
b2c4d1e1f1. Anna Louisa Mackay, m. Lieut. -General Prevost, colonel of the 60th Foot, and Lord of Belsinge in the Republic of Genoa. On the 5th September, 1775, General Prevost "obtained his Majesty's Royal Licence and authority for himself and his issue by his wife Anne Louisa, to assume and take the surname of Mackay, and also to bear the arms of Mackay of Scoury in the shire of Sutherland, pursuant to the will of Hugh Mackay of Scoury, Escpr., deceased at Breda, late lieut.-general and colonel of his Majesty's regiment of Infantry in the service of the States General" (London Gazette, September, 1775, and Blk. MS.). They had issue : — James Mackay-Prevost, lieut.-general in the 60th Foot, 19th August, 1777; and two daus.
b2c4d1e2. Gabriel, became captain in Halket's Scots regiment 20th November, 1730, colonel 1st April, 1748, and was dead in 1758 (Scots Brigade in Holland).
b2c4d1e3. Clara Margaret, m. Baron Ren Duyck, and had issue :— James Charles Ren Duyck, m. Baroness Louisa Neuvenherm, with issue ; and Anna, m. Major General J. W. Van der Hup, and had issue living in 1828 (Blk. MS.)b2c4d2 Margaret, m. George, 3rd Lord Reay, with issue
b2c4d3 Anna Barbara, m. Mr. Reyard, minister of Nimeguen
b2c4d4 Mary, m. Mathew Linyindeck, burgomaster of Nimeguen.b2c5. Col. James k. at Killicrankie ;
b2c6 Roderick, who took the oath as Provost-Marshal of the Scots regiment in Holland, 11th June, 1677;
b2c7. Barbara, who became the second wife of the 2nd Lord Reay ;
b2c8. Elizabeth, m. Hugh Munro of Eriboll (and had an elder son John, who disponed Eriboll to Captain Mackay of Bnrley in 1700, and m. Rachel, dau. of Angus Mackay IV. of Bighouse) ; and
b2c9. Ann, m. the Hon. William Mackay of Kinloch, son of Donald, 1st Lord Reay, with issue given already.
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b3 Donald Mackay of Borley, Durness, third son of Donald Balloch of Scoury, resided for some time at Iddenmore in the same parish. He was along with Lord Reay at the affair of Balveny in 1649, and was a prominent Royalist. He m. Christiana, dau. of the Rev. Robert Munro, Creich, Sutherland, and had known issue four sons : —
b3c1. Captain William of Borley, a zealous Royalist, led a company of Mackays at the battle of Worcester, was appointed a commissioner of supply for the shire of Sutherland by the Parliament of 1685, and also by that of 1691. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Alexander Corbet of Arkboll, Ross, with issue, three sons and five daus. : —
b3c1d1. Captain Hugh, commanded a company of Mackays raised in 1689 to assist General Hugh Mackay of Scoury, and was afterwards appointed constable of Ruthven Castle. He was retoured heir to his father, Captain William, 13th April, 1704, when his mother " Elizabeth Corbet being solemnly sworn, as said is, gave her great solemne oath, by the name of the Great God Almighty with uplifted hands and eyes to Heaven " (Reay Papers).
He m., first, Anne, dau. of the 2nd Lord Reay, but had no issue by her.
He m., secondly, Jane, dau. of Patrick Dunbar of Sidera. They had sasine to themselves in life-rent and to their eldest son in fee of the lands of Sidera, 18th June, 1719, and there the captain continued to reside until his death. His children were : —b3c1d1e1. Hugh, who d. unmarried before 1719.
b3c1d1e2. Captain Patrick, commanded a company of Mackays during the Mar rebellion of 1715, and after disponing his rights over Edderachilis to Lord Reay and selling Sidera to the Earl of Sutherland, joined General Oglethorpe in the expedition to the new settlement at Georgia in 1732, accompanied by a large body of people from Edderachilis,. How it fared with these Mackay settlers we cannot say. He m. in 1716 Helen, dau. of the Rev. lye Mackay, Clyne, and by her had one dau. of whom follows : —b3c1d1e2f1 Jane Mackay, m. Alexander Gordon, from Fife
b3c1d1e3. John of Tordarroch, Dornoch, m. Jane, dau. of George Gray of Skibo by his second wife, Betty, a dau. of Sir James Dalrymple. He sold the lands of Tordarroch to the Earl of Sutherland, 25th May, 1758. They had two sons and two daus. : —
b3c1d1e3f1. George, an ensign in the Earl of Sutherland's regiment, obtained a company in the 60th Royal American regiment, 1778. He m. Mary, dau. of Colonel Houston of the Scots Brigade in Holland, who bore him Lieut. Robert of the 78th Highlanders, d. unmarried; and Hugh, d. unmarried.
b3c1d1e3f2. Hugh, entered the army of the H.E.I.C. in 1766, and d. in 1768.
b3c1d1e3f3. Jane
b3c1d1e3f4. Elizabeth, both d. unmarried.b3c1d1e4 Barbara, first wife of George Gray of Skibo, had sasine in virtue of her contract of marriage, 31st July, 1716, of the lands of Cuthel, Hiltoun, Achlach, and the Mains of Skibo.
b3c1d1e5 William, emigrated to Georgia
b3c1d1e6 George, a writer at Edinburgh, 1731
b3c1d1e7 Donald, a merchant in London
b3c1d1e8 Robert, a merchant in Rotterdam
b3c1d1e9 Angus
b3c1d1e10 Elizabethb3c1d2. Capt. Donald, who d 1700 as a young man when he drowned, trying to harpoon a shark off the ship the Rising Sun in the Caribbean. See the Darien expedition.
b3c1d3. Rev. John, of Lairg Mackay, third son of Captain William of Borley, finished his theological course at Utrecht, Holland, in 1704, and in 1706 became minister of Durness. In 1714 he was translated to the parish of Lairg, where he laboured till his death in 1753. The moral and spiritual condition of Lairg at his settlement was lamentably low, but under his fostering care a great change came over the people. He was known as Am Ministear Laidir, the Strong Minister, a powerful athlete who often found his strength useful in chastising obstreperous members of his Hock, and taught them to respect his arm as well as his piety. In those wild times, when ministers had sometimes to go to the pulpit with a brace of pistols in their belts, he was just the man needed. He m. (contract 29th August, 1709) Catherine, eldest dau. of John Mackay of Kirtomy, and had issue the four children mentioned below, besides others who d. young.b3c1d3e1. Rev. Thomas Mackay, minister of Lairg, appointed colleague and successor to his father at Lairg in 1748, and laboured in that parish with much acceptance till his death in 1803. He was a great contrast to his father. He was slenderly built and of a delicate constitution. He shrank from the world's rough ways, and enjoyed solitary, mystical contemplation of Divine things. If he lacked the picturesqueness of his father he had more than his spirituality of mind, and was well suited to follow up the good work in Lairg operating in new channels. He m. Margaret, dau. of John Montgomery of Ferndonald, and had issue three sons and two daus. : —
b3c1d3e1f1. John Mackay of Rockfield, clerk to the Hon. Commissioners for Indian Affairs. He had to retire from the Indian Service on a handsome pension owing to the loss of eyesight, and employed his leisure in the congenial task of writing the Life of General Hugh Mackay of Scoury, which was so well received that a second edition was almost immediately called for. He bought the estate of Little Tarrel, near Tain, and called it Rockfield. He m. Isabella, dau. Of John Gordon of Carrol, but had no issue. His estate passed to his nephew, Sir James Mathieson of the Lews ; and his widow left his invested money as a Fund, called the Rockfield Bequest, for supplementing the salaries of the Free, now U.F., Church ministers of Sutherland and Strathnaver.
b3c1d3e1f2. Capt Hugh Mackay (-23rd September, 1803 who entered the army of the H.EJ.C. and became captain and became captain of the 4th Native Cavalry. When the Mahratha War broke out he took the field under General Wellesly, afterwards Duke of Wellington, and was temporarily appointed chief of the Commissariat, a post which he held on the eve of the battle of Assaye. At this juncture, when the small British force numbered only 4600, and had opposed to it 50,000, of whom 10,000 were disciplined and led by French officers, Captain Mackay could not brook the idea of remaining in the rear at commissariat work. On the evening before the battle of Assaye, Wellington's first great victory, he wrote the adjutant-general asking permission to join his old regiment in the impending fight, but was told that he could not be spared from his other duties Captain Mackay realised that to disobey was to forfeit his commission at the very least, but when next day he saw his old regiment lining up with the 19th Dragoons to deliver what appeared to be a forlorn charge, he galloped to the head of his troop and led them straight for the enemy's guns. This wild charge sealed the fate of the clay, but Mackay fell in the hour of victory. In Colonel Welch's Beminiscences it is recorded : — " By a noble act of disobedience, Mackay joined his corps ; and, leading the charge of his own regiment in a line with the leading squadron of the noble veterans of the 19th Dragoons, Mackay rode up to the enemy's guns and fell, man and horse, at their very muzzles When in the heat of the pursuit news was brought to Wellington that Captain Hugh Mackay was killed, his countenance changed, and the tears which fell from his eyes were nature's involuntary tribute to a kindred spirit. Shortly afterwards, Wellington in a dispatch did ample justice to Mackay's character." This battle was fought on 23rd September, 1803, but twelve years later, and a few days after Waterloo, Wellington wrote John, Captain Mackay"s brother, offering a commission to his nephew as a tribute of respect to the memory of one of the heroes of Assaye. On the field where he fell there stands a monument to his memory — the only one there, we understand — erected by his admiring comrades-in-arms.
b3c1d3e1f3. Capt William Mackay, who went to sea, wrote The Wreck of the Juno already referred to. This narrative greatly interested Lord Byron, and some of his finest passages in Don Juan descriptive of a shipwreck is based upon Mackay's account. Thomas Moore, Byron's biographer, thus writes of Mackay's production: — "It will be felt, I think, by every reader, that this is one of the instances in which poetry must be content to yield the palm to prose. There is a pathos in the last sentences of the seaman's recital which the artifices of metre and rhyme were sure to disturb, and which, indeed, no verses, however beautiful, could half so beautifully and powerfully express." He became captain of the Perseverance, and afterwards of the Daniel. In 1801 he made a voyage up the Red Sea with stores for General Baird's army in Egypt, during which he made a splendid display of seamanship, saving the Real Fidelissimo, which had on board a detachment of the 86th Foot. He d. at Calcutta, unmarried, 27th March, 1804.
b3c1d3e1f4. Catherine Mackay, m. Captain Donald Mathieson of Shiness,Lairg, and had issue : —1. Sheriff Duncan Mathieson, 2. Sir James Mathieson, who purchased the Lews.,3. Captain Thomas Mathieson of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Also some daus
b3c1d3e1f5 Harriet x Rev George Gordonb3c1d3e2. Elizabeth, m. the Rev. Angus Sage, Locharron, and had issue : —
b3c1d3e3 Janet Mackay, m. John Poison, Navidale, and had issue : —
b3c1d3e4. Barbara Mackay, m. Eev. George Munro, minister of Farr 1754-80, and had issue Mary, who d. unmarried at Dornoch.b3c1d4. Elizabeth, m., first, the Hon. Charles Mackay of Sandwood (See Sandwood Mackays), secondly, Robert Neilson Aberach Mackay (See Abeeach Mackays), and thirdly, John Grey of Rhine, Rogart, who gave her sasine in life-rent of the lands of Rhine in virtue of their contract of marriage, 2nd December, 1707.
b3c1d5. Barbara, m. Hector Mackay of Skerray (See Strathy Mackays).
b3c1d6. Christina, m. Hugh Munro of Achany, and had sasine of Achany, etc., in life-rent, 3rd February, 1691.
b3c1d7. Isobell, m. John Mackay of Melness (See Melness Mackays).
b3c1d8. Jane, m. Murdo, eldest son of Robert, son of Murdo Neilson, the Aberach chieftain (See Aberach Mackays).b3c2. Angus, second son of Donald Mackay Ha. of Borley. He commanded a company at Killicrankie, where he fell.
Angus m., first, Christina, dau. of Angus Mackay of Kinnisid, by whom he had: —b3c2d1 Hugh, d. unmarried
b3c2d2 John
b3c2d3 Lieut. William, third son of Angus Mackay by his first wife. In The House and Clan of Mackay he is said to have been m. twice, and to have had two sons :b3c2d3e1.John Mackay, a surgeon at Armadale, Farr, witnessed a document among the Reay Papers, dated 13th June, 1/69. He afterwards settled at Falsaid, Tongue, and m. Margaret, dau. of John Poison of Rogart, with issue one son and two daus. : —
b3c2d3e1f1. William, m. 4th March, 1784, Jane, dau. of Kenneth Scobie, Achimore, by his wife, a dau. of the tutor of Farr. He emigrated to Prince Edward's Island in 1806, and d. there in 1826. Some time after his arrival in Prince Edward's Island, and while Britain was at war with France, he raised a company of Colonial Highlanders of which he became captain. He had issue ten sons and two daus., but the only child who survived to have issue was
b3c2d3e1f1g1 John Mackay, was born in Scotland, 13th February, 1800, m. in Prince Edward's Island Sibla, dau. of Lieut. John Mackenzie. He emigrated in 1838 to New South Wales, and d. at Newcastle there, 11th November, 1851, leaving issue four sons and four daus. : —
b3c2d3e1f1g1h1. George Mackay, grazier, Dungog, born in 1821, and d. about 1900. He m. Jane Scott Macdonald-Cooper, widow of Dr. John Cooper, and left issue one son and three daus. : — George Alexander Mackay, grazier, Melbec, Dungog, one of the leading men in that part of N.S. Wales, and foremost in works that tend to the religious and social welfare of his countrymen, Sybla J. Mackay, m. Frederick A. Hooke, Dingadee, N.S. Wales, 18th November, 1874, Mary Anne.
b3c2d3e1f1g1h2. John Kenneth, grazier, Dungog, N.S. Wales, b. 1828, m. Isabella Hooke, issue two sons :— John Kenneth ; and William H., grazier, Anambah, West Maitland, N.S. Wales, m. his cousin Adelaide, dau. of Augustus Hooke by Louisa Barbara Mackay, with issue (William ; John ; Emily ; and Violet).
b3c2d3e1f1g1h3. Duncan Forbes Mackay, who d. at Dulcalmah, N.S.W., 1887, m. Lenora Hooke, issue seven children: — Duncan; Louis; Ada 'Mrs. George Peele) ; Mary Anne ; Agnes ; Alma ; and Ethel.
b3c2d3e1f1g1h4. Charles Boyce Mackay, b. 5th January, 1837, a stockman, Dungog, m. Alice Cutler, and has two sons and five daus. : — Charles ; Kenneth ; Anne ; Amelia ; Alice Margaret ; Louisa ; and Eva Augusta.
b3c2d3e1f1g1h5. Jane Mackay, m. Vincent T. W. Dowling, Cannigalla., N.S. Wales
b3c2d3e1f1g1h6. Jessie Johanna Mackay, m. George James Cobb, Anambah
b3c2d3e1f1g1h7. Amelia Caroline Mackay, m. Edward Sparke, Hcxam, N.S. Wales, of the firm of '-Sparke & Clift." She d. in 1888
b3c2d3e1f1g1h8. Louisa Barbara Mackay, m. Augustus Hookeb3c2d3e2 George, an exciseman in Greenock, about 1818, who afterwards lived at Stewart-Hall, Bute, but had no issue.
Angus m., secondly, Anna Sinclair, who bore him four sons : —
b3c2d4. Hugh, who disponed his wadset of Skinit to his brother, Donald, 1699.
b3c2d5 Donald of Skinit, afterwards in Ribigill, m. Esther Gunn, and had an elder son Angus, who had a son William in Ribigill in 1769. Donald of Skinit is also believed to have been the father of Hugh of Kirkiboll.
b3c2d6 George
b3c2d7. Johnb3c3. Major lye of Keoldale, m., first, Eupham Mackay, who bore him: — John in Balmulich, Durness, 1723; Hugh; Anna, m. Hector Munro ; and Christina. He also m. a second time.
b3c4. Donald.
Resources
- Full text of "The book of Mackay" by Angus Mackay
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackay_of_Scoury
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourie
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackay_of_Borley
- https://electricscotland.com/history/nation/mackay.htm