Scott, W.S., Edinburgh.
6. Robert Cleghorn, who married Ellen Maria, daughter of Colonel
Flexman, Tasmania with issue - two daughters. He died in 1866.
7. Agnes Helen, who married Charles Garstin, of the Bengal Civil
Service with issue - William Edmund, Under Secretary for State
at Cairo, who married Mary Isabel North, London; Alfred Allan,
Lieutenant-Colonel 77th Regiment; Helen Julia; Alice Margaret;
and Mary Annette, who married the Rev. Gordon Crowdy, Sherfield
Rectory, Basingstoke. Agnes Helen died in 1871.
8. Margaret Anne, who died young.
William sold the estate of Pitlundie in 1805 to Graham of Drynie.
He died in 1866, and was succeeded in Culbo by his eldest surviving
son,
V. WILLIAM ORD MACKENZIE, now of Culbo, M.D., Deputy-Inspector-General
of Army Hospitals. He married Mary Susan, daughter of the late
Henry Holmes, London, with issue -
1. Montague Allan-Ord, who married Frances Gordon, daughter of
the Rev. James Rennie, Glasgow.
2. William Henry Allan-Ord, who married Constance Jane, daughter
of Thomas Llewellyn, Shelton, Staffordshire.
3. Stuart Allan-Ord, who married Isabel, daughter of Edward B.
Cargill, of the Cliffs, Dunedin, New Zealand.
4. Edith Allan-Holmes.
5. Gertrude Helen Allan-Holmes, who married Edwin Claud Porter
Scott, of Hampstead.
6. Margaret Douglas Allan-Holmes.
7. Mary Susan Allan-Holmes, who died young.
THE MACKENZIES OF FLOWERBURN.
I. RODERICK MACKENZIE, first of Flowerburn, was second son of
William, III. of Belmaduthy, by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, IV. of Scatwell, Bart. He married Grace,
daughter of Alexander Mackenzie of Inchcoulter, with issue -
II. An only daughter, second of Flowerburn, who married a Mr
Kilgour. She succeeded to the estate, and may be called second of
Flowerburn. She had issue -
1. Roderick Kilgour, her heir.
2. Elizabeth Townsend.
She was succeeded by her only son,
III. RODERICK KILGOUR-MACKENZIE, third of Flowerburn. He assumed
the name of Mackenzie. He married Anne, second daughter of John
Grant of Glenmoriston, and died in 1812, leaving an only son,
IV. RODERICK MACKENZIE, fourth of Flowerburn, who married Harriet,
daughter of Colonel Grogan of Seafield, County of Dublin, with
issue -
1. Roderick Grogan, his heir and successor.
2. Elma, who married Major John Macdonald Smith, Madras Staff
Corps, with issue.
3. Georgina Adelaide, who married Major Roderick Mackenzie, VIII.
of Kincraig, and died in 1889.
He was succeeded on his death in 1848, by his only son,
V. RODERICK GROGAN MACKENZIE, fifth of Flowerburn.
He was born in 1844, was a Cornet in the 16th Lancers, and for many
years afterwards an officer in the Highland Rifle (Ross-shire)
Militia, in which, at his death he held the rank of Colonel. He
married on the 22nd of February, 1872, Eva Mary Marjory Erskine,
third daughter of Sir Evan Mackenzie of Kilcoy, Baronet, with
issue - Eva Georgina Lillie, and Alice Maude Harriet. He died on
the 13th of October, 1892, and was succeeded as representative of
the family by his eldest daughter,
VI. EVA GEORGINA LILLIE MACKENZIE, who came of age in 1893.
THE MACKENZIES OF GROUNDWATER.
THIS family is descended from Alastair Roy Mackenzie, a natural
son of John Glassich Mackenzie, II. of Gairloch.
ALEXANDER ROY MACKENZIE married a daughter of John Roy MacRory,
with issue, among several others, a son, John Mackenzie, who
resided at Coirre-Mhic-Cromaill in Torridon, and a daughter Anne,
called in Gaelic "Anna bheag nam mac mora," who married John
Matheson of Fernaig, with issue - John Mor Matheson, who succeeded
who succeeded his father there and afterwards purchased Bennetsfield
in the Black Isle, County of Ross.
JOHN MACKENZIE, son of Alastair Roy, married first, a daughter of
Hector Cam, natural son of Hector Roy, I. of Gairloch, with issue -
1. Duncan "Mac Ean Mhic Allister," who married Helen, daughter
of Hector, son of Kenneth of Meikle Allan, son of Hector Roy,
apparently without issue.
2. Murdoch, progenitor of this family.
3. Alexander, who settled in Strathnaver, Sutherlandshire, with
issue - one son, the Rev. Hector Mackenzie, A.M., who was ordained
minister of Kingussie on the 30th of November, 1670, and remained
there until 1688, when he was translated to Inverness, and is
said to have been the last Episcopalian minister who officiated
as parish minister there. He was married and had issue - four
sons, the Rev. James and Alexander, both ministers in Edinburgh;
James of Drumshiuch, M.D., and Fellow of the College of Physicians
of Edinburgh. He practised in Worcester for many years with
great reputation and success. He was elected Physician to the
Infirmary of that town in 1745, which once he held until he retired
from his profession in 1750. He then settled in Kidderminster,
where he was living in 1751. He was author of a medical work
of high repute in its day - "The History of Health and the Art of
Preserving It," first published in Edinburgh in 1758, followed by
new editions in 1759 and 1760. He also wrote a volume of "Devout
Meditations" issued shortly before his death, in Scotland, so far
as known, without issue, and probably unmarried; also William,
who was a schoolmaster in Cromarty, afterwards lost on the Coast
of Guinea.
4. Roderick "Mac Ean Mhic Allister," who lived in Lochbroom and
married a daughter of John Maciver there, with issue - one son.
5. Donald "Mor Mac Ean Mhic Allister," who died without issue.
6. John "Gearr Mac Ean Mhic Allister," unmarried at the date of
the Applecross manuscript in 1669. John married, secondly, his
first cousin, a daughter of Hector Mackenzie, by an Assynt lady,
eldest son of Kenneth Mackenzie, first of Meikle Allan, now
Allangrange, second lawful son of Hector Roy Mackenzie, progenitor
of the family of Gairloch, with issue -
7. Hector "Mac Ean Mhic Allister." He married a daughter of Hector
Mackenzie of Mellan, with issue - one son. He married, thirdly, a
daughter of William Mackenzie of Shieldaig, with issue -
8. Donald "Og Mac Ean Mhic Allister," who was killed in the Scots
Army in England in 1645.
John was succeeded as representative of the family by his second
son,
I. MURDOCH MACKENZIE, who was born in 1600, and educated for the
ministry. Referring to this Murdoch's cousin, John Mor Matheson
of Fernaig and subsequently of Bennetsfield, the author of the
"Iomaire" manuscript says, that John "was taken up" by the Bishop
of Moray, who resided at Kinkell (hence no doubt Bishop-Kinkell,
the name by which the place has since been known). The Bishop
"kept him for some time at school and gave him 500 merks Scots to
traffic therewith. After following the mercantile line for some
time, in which he was very successful, he began cattle dealing,
by which he became master of a good deal of money." John, in
consequence cut out a career for himself. His cousin, the Bishop,
pointed out to him the great source of wealth which might open to
him if he succeeded in driving some of the superfluous herds of
black cattle which at that time abounded in the Highlands to the
southern markets, and which were then of scarcely any value among
his own countrymen, but on the other hand often served as a strong
temptation to spoliations from their southern enemies, and deadly
feuds among themselves. John Mor had the good sense to act on his
Rev. cousin's advice, and he soon amassed a sufficient fortune to
buy the estate of Bennetsfield and other lands, including Easter
Suddie, in the Black Isle, County of Ross. [Mackenzie's "History
of the Mathesons," pp. 17-18.]
The Rev. Murdoch was Chaplain of Lord Reay's Regiment, in the army
of Gustavus Adolphus during the Bohemian and Swedish wars, and
subsequently minister of Contin and Inverness in succession. He
was transferred from Inverness to Elgin, and while there was, in
1662, appointed Bishop of Moray, and afterwards of Orkney, arriving
at Kirkwall on the 28th of August, 1677, where he was the last to
occupy Earl Patrick Stewart's Palace, in which he died. He married
Margaret, only daughter and heiress of Donald MacLey, Bailie of
Fortrose. She died in 1676, and is buried in Elgin Cathedral. He
died in 1688, and was interred in the Session House of St. Magnus
Cathedral, which bad been given to him as a burial place for
himself and his descendants, and used by them as such, until any
further interments in it were, some years ago, prohibited. He
left issue by his wife -
1. Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Broomhill (sasine in 1686), and
Pitarrow, in Kincardine. He was Commissary of Inverness and
Sheriff of the Bishopric of Orkney, his father when appointing him
to the latter office describing him as "Mr Alexander Mackenzie,
Commissary of Inverness, my eldest lawful son." In 1706 he appears
among the heritors of Caithness for the Nethertoun of Stroma in
the parish of Canisbay. He is again on record in 1713, in which
year he disponed the Nethertoun of Stroma to his nephew, Murdoch
Kennedy, son of his sister Jane, and her husband, John Kennedy
of Carmunks. Sir Alexander of Broomhill had an only son, Colonel
Alexander Mackenzie of Hampton, Virginia, who left his English
estates to his nephew, Andrew Young of Castleyards.
2. George of Pitarrow, of whom nothing is known.
3. William Mackenzie, Commissary of Orkney, who, in 1679, married
Margaret Stewart of Newark, with issue - Murdoch, born in 1680,
who was invited to become minister of the Episcopal Meeting House
of Kirkwall, but emigrated to New England in 1714, and a daughter
Margaret, who married Andrew Young of Castleyards, Kirkwall also
with issue - a daughter who married Riddoch of Cairston, Provost
of Kirkwall.
4. The Rev. Thomas Mackenzie, minister of Shapinshay, Orkney.
He was born about 1652, and was appointed minister of Shapinshay
on the 5th of May, 1678. On the 1st of May, 1679 he married
Elspet, daughter of James Blaikie of Burness with issue - Murdoch,
who succeeded his grandfather, the Bishop, as representative of
the family; James, N.P., who seems to have succeeded his brother
Murdoch; Alexander, of whom there is no trace; Thomas, of whom
also nothing is known; Sibella, who married William, second son of
George Traill of Quendale, with issue - Anna, who, in 1716, married
the Rev. James, Nisbet, Stromness; Margaret; and Anna. The Rev.
Thomas Mackenzie died, aged 36 years, on the 7th of February,
1688, a few days before his father.
5. Captain James, of the Dragoons, who married the Hon. Frances,
daughter of Andrew, eighth Lord Gray, with issue - a daughter,
Frances, who married a clergyman in England.
6. David, who died young, before 1676, and is buried in Elgin
Cathedral.
7. Jane, who, on the 15th of May, 1678, married her cousin, John
Kennedy of Carmunks, with issue - Murdoch, already referred to as
afterwards of Stroma.
8. Mary, who, on the 4th of April, 1678, married George Balfour
of Faray.
9. Jacobina, who settled in Dundee.
The male representation of Bishop Murdoch's three eldest sons -
Sir Alexander of Broomhill, George Mackenzie of Pitarrow,
and William Mackenzie, Commissary of Orkney - having failed, the
representation of the family devolved upon
II. MURDOCH MACKENZIE, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Mackenzie,
minister of Shapinshay. Murdoch was master of the Grammar School
of Kirkwall, and was alive in November, 1739, a receipt given
by him in that month being still extant. He appears to have died
unmarried when the representation of the family fell to his next
brother,
III. JAMES MACKENZIE, N.P., who, on the 14th of March, 1709,
married Marion, third daughter of Thomas Traill of Tirlet, with
issue -
1. Thomas, merchant in Kirkwall, afterwards of Groundwater.
2. Murdoch Mackenzie, of Minehead, Somersetshire, Hydropapher to
the Navy, and described in one of the Gairloch MSS., written by
James Mackenzie, a member of this family, as "Navigator to His
Majesty, known by his accurate surveys of the western coast of Great
Britain and Ireland, and whose abilities will render him famous to
posterity." He went round the world with Captain Cook's second
expedition in 1772, died unmarried in London, and is buried at
Oxford.
3. James, S.S.C., described in one of the Gairloch MSS. as "once
in the service of the Earl of Morton," in the Orkneys, author of a
treatise on "The General Grievances and Oppressions of the Isles
of Orkney and Shetland," and of another on Security. He was himself
the author of this Gairloch MS. He died unmarried in London about
1733.
IV. THOMAS MACKENZIE of Groundwater, who married Elizabeth,
daughter of the Rev. William Blaw, Westray, with issue -
1. Murdoch, his heir and successor.
2. Kenneth, who succeeded his brother Murdoch.
3. Mary, married Thomas Balfour of Huip, with issue.
Thomas died before 1781, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
V. MURDOCH MACKENZIE of Groundwater, who married Miss Cox, and
died without issue, when he was succeeded by his brother,
VI. KENNETH MACKENZIE, who married Anne Wolf, with issue -
1. Thomas, who succeeded his father.
2. Elizabeth, who married Louis Lavencie, London.
3. Barbara, who, as his first wife, married Robert Hodson, London,
with issue.
4. Mary, who married Richard Bray, London.
5. Jane, who married John Cramer, London.
6. Nancy, who died, unmarried, at Kirkwall, May, 1848.
Kenneth was succeeded by his only son,
VII. CAPTAIN THOMAS MACKENZIE, of the H.E.I.C.S., who married
Elizabeth Ayton, London, with issue -
1. Thomas, his heir and successor.
2. Elizabeth Anne, who married, in 1831, Alexander Russell
Duguid, M.D., son of the Rev. John Duguid, minister of Evie,
Orkney, with issue - (1) John, who was born on the 25th of March,
1838, and died unmarried, at Falmouth, on the 7th of October,
1865; (2) Alexander, born on the 26th of November, 1840, and died,
unmarried, at Peckham, London, on the 3rd of January, 1884; (3)
Thomas, born on the 4th of September, 1843, and died in London,
unmarried, on the 19th of May, 1874; (4) Elizabeth, who died in
childhood; (5) Jane, who married, first, on the 11th of September,
1855, Robert Heddle, second son of Robert Heddle of Melsetter,
with issue - Elizabeth, who died in infancy, in Toronto, Canada;
and James Alexander, who was born on the 21st of July, 1856, and
died at Kirkwall, unmarried, on the 25th of September, 1876. Her
first husband, Robert Heddle, died on the 28th of August, 1860,
and she married, secondly, on the 30th of November, 1874, John
Armit Bruce, Sheriff-Clerk of Orkney, with issue - an only daughter,
Alexandra Esther Heddle. (6) Mary Hamilton, who on the 5th of
April, 1859 married John Guthrie Iverach, Kirkwall, a cadet of the
Macivers Buidhe of Quoycrook, Caithness, eldest son of William
Iverach of Wideford, Orkney, with issue - Alexander William, who
was born in 1860 and died in infancy; William, born on the 21st
of June, 1865; Mary Elizabeth; and Margaret Guthrie. Her husband,
John Guthrie Iverach, died at Wideford, on the 31st of October,
1875. (7) Sarah Anne, who, in May, 1864, married John Thomson,
Codnor, Derbyshire, son of Thomson, Alnwick, Northumberland,
with issue - Alexander Russell Duguid, who died in infancy; Jessie
Elizabeth, who married Percy Clarke, Nottingham, with issue - Mary
Hamilton Iverach, who married Frederick Grimsly, Birmingham, with
issue - Florence Mackenzie; Henrietta; Louisa Sarah, who died in
infancy; and Gwendoline Averill.
Captain Thomas, H.E.I.C.S., died in Jamaica, early in the present
century, and was succeeded by his only son,
VIII. THOMAS MACKENZIE of Groundwater, who died unmarried, at
Kirkwall, in November, 1847, when the property was sold to the
Earl of Orkney, and the lineal representation of the family went
into the female line, the nearest male relative at present being
the son of his niece, Mary Hamilton Iverach, who died 3rd May,
1867,
IX. WILLIAM IVERACH, Wideford, Orkney, who was born on the 21st
of June, 1865, and is still unmarried.
THE MACKENZIES OF DAVOCHMALUAG.
I. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, first of this family, was the second son
of Kenneth Mackenzie, VII. of Kintail by his second wife, Agnes,
daughter of Hugh, VIth Lord Lovat. He married Margaret, daughter
of Sir William Munro of Fowlis, with issue -
1. Roderick, his heir and successor.
2. Hector, who was married three times, and had numerous issue,
many of whose descendants are well-known and in good positions at
the present day. From his second son Roderick, by his father's
second wife, a daughter of Urquhart, Sheriff of Cromarty, were
descended the late Rev. John Mackenzie, minister of Resolis; the
late Hector Mackenzie, of Taagan, Kenlochewe; the late Rev. Peter
Mackenzie, D.D., minister of Ferintosh, ex-Moderator of the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland; the Rev. Colin Mackenzie,
minister of Contin; the Rev Kenneth Alexander Mackenzie, LL.D.,
present minister of Kingussie; Thomas Mackenzie, Sheriff-Substitute
of Sutherlandshire; the late Major-General Alexander Mackenzie,
C.B., Colonel of the 78th Highlanders; the Rev. John Gibson,
ex-minister of Avoch; Mrs Alexander, Bedford, and several others,
all of whom are shown in Sheet 4 of Sir James Dixon Mackenzie's
Genealogical Tables.
3. A daughter, who married Fraser of Belladrum.
4. A daughter, married William Ross of Invercharron.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
II. RODERICK MACKENZIE, second of Davochmaluag, who married
Anne, daughter of Donald Macdonald of Sleat, with issue -
1. Kenneth, his heir and successor.
2. John Dubh, of whom no trace.
3. Mary, who had a natural son, Alexander, progenitor of the family
of Applecross and Coul, by Colin Cam Mackenzie, XI. of Kintail.
She afterwards married, first, John Mor Grant, with issue; and,
secondly, Cameron of Glen-Nevis.
Four other daughters married, respectively, Mackenzie of Kildun;
Murdoch Mackenzie, III. of Achilty; Iver MacIver, Lochbroom, and
Donald MacChoinnich Mhic Mhurchaidh.
Roderick was succeeded by his eldest son,
III. KENNETH MACKENZIE, third of Davochmaluag, who married a
daughter of Ross of Balnagown, with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. John, minister of Lochbroom, who married his cousin, a daughter
of Hector, son of Alexander, I. of Davochmaluag, with issue - William
and Kenneth.
3. Kenneth, of whom nothing is known.
He had also a natural son, Murdo, Chamberlain of the Lewis, who
married a daughter of George Munro of Katewell, with issue - several
sons.
Kenneth was succeeded by his eldest son,
IV. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, fourth of Davochmaluag, served heir to
his father on the 30th of December, 1611. He married Margaret,
daughter of Hector Munro of Fowlis, with issue -
1. Roderick, his heir and successor.
2. Colin, who married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Mr Mackenzie,
minister of Sleat, with issue.
3. The eldest daughter married Robert Gray.
4. Another married Alexander MacRae of Inverinate.
5. A third married Murdo Matheson, of Balmacarra.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
V. RODERICK MACKENZIE, fifth of Davochmaluag, who was a strong
Loyalist. His estates were confiscated, a garrison was placed
in his house by Oliver Cromwell, and he suffered great hardships
during the Commonwealth. His friends took the officer who commanded
the garrison in Davochmaluag house by surprise, and, in exchange
for the officer's release, Mackenzie secured his peace. A sasine
to him is dated 1640. He married Janet, daughter of Fraser of
Belladrum, with issue -
1. Kenneth, his heir and successor.
2. John, a Captain in Colonel Hill's Regiment.
3. George, who married Annabella, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie,
VI. of Gairloch, with issue.
4. Roderick, who married a daughter of Mackenzie of Fairburn,
with issue.
5. Hector, merchant in Edinburgh, who died unmarried.
6. Margaret, who married Alexander Mackenzie, II. of Tarvie, with
issue.
7. A daughter, who married Bain of Knockbain.
8. Another, who married the Rev. John Mackenzie, minister of
Lochbroom.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
VI. KENNETH MACKENZIE, sixth of Davochmaluag, who married,
first, Mary, daughter of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, first Baronet of
Coul, with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. Roderick, who married a daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie of
Dundonnel, with issue.
3. Kenneth, who married a daughter of the Rev. John Mackenzie,
minister of Fodderty and Archdeacon of Ross, with issue.
4. A daughter, who, in 1689, married Alexander Forrester of
Cullenauld.
5. A daughter, who married Roderick, a brother of Sir Alexander
Mackenzie, II. of Coul.
6. A third, who married Donald, son of Roderick Mackenzie, V. of
Fairburn all three with issue.
He married, secondly, the widow of Mackenzie of Gairloch, without
issue.
Kenneth was succeeded by his eldest son,
VII. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, seventh of Davochmaluag. He was
appointed Sheriff-Substitute of Ross in 1698. He married first,
Janet, daughter of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, II. of Coul, with
issue - an only daughter, Janet, who married Aeneas Macleod of
Camuscurry, with issue; marriage contract 28th April, 1715; tocher,
3000 merks. She married, secondly, John MacKenzie, chirurgeon,
Fortrose.
He married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Rose of
Clava (marriage contract 1695), with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. Kenneth, who married a Miss Gordon, with issue - two sons. He
died in Jamaica.
3. John, who married his cousin Mary, daughter of his uncle
Roderick, with issue - (1) Alexander, who went to Melbourne,
Australia. and married, with issue, Alexander, now in Brisbane,
Queensland. (2) Captain John Mackenzie, who married abroad,
with issue - a daughter, Elizabeth, who died at Brighton, in 1856,
without issue. (3) Elizabeth Mackenzie, who married, first,
Richard Ord, of the Merkinch, Inverness, with issue - (a) William
Ord, M.D. in the H.E.I.C.S., who died without issue; (b) John
Ord, a merchant in London, who married with issue; (c) Richard,
who died young; (d) Mary, who married Donald Fraser, solicitor,
Inverness, with issue among others - the late John Fraser
of Bunchrew, who married Hester Mary Mostyn, daughter of Edmund
Lomax of Netley Park, Surrey, with issue, four sons and five
daughters - Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Lomax, late of the 60th
Rifles, now of Bunchrew, unmarried; William Francis Mostyn, who
died, unmarried, in 1881; Robert Scarlett, who married Beatrice
Anna, daughter of Captain Alexander Watson Mackenzie, now of
Ord, with issue; and Richard Agnew, late of the 78th Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs), now Major 1st V.B. Cameron Highlanders, and
Brigade Major Highland Volunteer Brigade, unmarried. John Fraser
of Bunchrew's daughters were - Hester Mary, who, on the 4th of May,
1875, married Sir Archibald Douglas Drummond Stewart, Baronet, of
Murthly and Grandtully, who died in 1891, without issue; Eliza,
who died at Cairo, unmarried, in 1889; Frances Cecil Catherine;
Laura, who married Sir Francis William Grant, Baronet of Monymusk,
who died in 1887, without issue; and Georgina Arbuthnot. John
Fraser of Bunchrew died in 1876. (e) Prudence, Richard Ord's
second daughter, married Bailie John Mackenzie, Inverness, son
of John Mackenzie of Ardnagrask, eldest son of Hector Mackenzie
of Sand, Gairloch, and of Ardnagrask, with issue (for which see
Gairloch Genealogy, pp. 416-418). Elizabeth, on the death of
her first husband, Richard Ord, married, secondly, as his second
wife, Farquhar Macrae of Inverinate, without issue.
4. Roderick, who died unmarried.
5. Mary, who married William Mackenzie of Achilty and Kinnahaird,
brother of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, V. of Coul, with issue.
6. Margaret, who married Captain Joseph Avery. They afterwards
went to Carolina, and left issue.
7. Frances, who married John Macleod of Bay, Isle of Skye, with
issue - one daughter.