has a charter from James VI., dated 28th July, 1617, in favour of
"Alexandro Mackenzie de Coul, et Christianae Munro ejus spousae
terrarum ecclesiasticarum de Uladil, etc.," in Inverness-shire,
and he has a second to him and his second wife, of the lands of
Pittonachty, Wester Haldock, Pitfla, etc., in the same county,
dated 28th June, 1621. He has a third, dated 12th July, 1634, to
"Alexandero Mackenzie de Coul, et Kennetho ejus filio, terrarum
de Urquhart, etc." He was a very prudent man, and besides the
large patrimony bestowed upon each of his children, he left a
large sum of money for pious uses and for the children of several
of his relations. He died in March, 1650, very advanced in years,
at Pittonachty, was buried in a tomb which he caused to be built
for himself at Chanonry, and was succeeded in the lands of Applecross
by his eldest son,
I. RODERICK MACKENZIE, who shall be described as first of
Applecross - his father having been both of Applecross and Coul. He
married Finguala, daughter of Murdoch Mackenzie, II. of Redcastle,
with issue -
1. John "Mollach" his heir and successor.
2. Colin, I. of Sanachan, who married a daughter of Murdo Mackenzie
of Sand, Gairloch, with issue.
3. Sibella, who married first, Alexander Macleod, V. of Raasay,
with issue; secondly, Thomas Graham of Drynie, and thirdly, Alexander
Mackenzie, VI. of Hilton, with issue - his heir and successor.
4. A daughter, who married Lachlan Mackinnon, eldest son of
Mackinnon of Scalpa, Tutor of Mackinnon of Mackinnon, with issue.
5. A daughter, who married the eldest son and heir of William
Mackenzie, Shieldaig, Gairloch.
He had the estate of Applecross given him as his patrimony during
the life of his father, whom he predeceased on the 6th of July,
1646, and was buried in his father's tomb at Chanonry. He was
succeeded by his eldest son,
II. JOHN MACKENZIE, second of Applecross, known as "Ian Mollach,"
or Hairy John, who married a daughter of Hugh Fraser of Belladrum,
with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor,
2. Roderick, who married Isabella, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie,
VI. of Gairloch, with issue. The descendants of this Roderick
now represent the Old Mackenzies of Applecross in the male line
John Mackenzie, V. of Applecross, having died without issue,
when the estates went by will past his brother Kenneth into the
possession of his sister Mary's eldest son, James Mackenzie, IV.
of Highfield. Several of Roderick's descendants are still alive,
male and female - one of the latter being the widow of the late
Farquhar Macrae, Strome Ferry Hotel (north side), who has had a
fine family - a son and several daughters.
3. Kenneth, I. of Alduinny, who married a daughter of John
Matheson of Bennetsfield, with issue.
4. John, called "Ian Og," one of the four famous Johns killed in
1715, serving under his brother Alexander, Lieutenant-Colonel of
Seaforth's 1st Regiment, at Sheriffmuir. He married a daughter
of the Rev. John Macrae, last Episcopalian minister of Dingwall,
with issue; for which, and the issue of Kenneth of Alduinny, see
Findon's Tables.
5. A daughter, who married Sir Donald Bayne of Tulloch, with
issue.
6. Catherine, who married Simon Mackenzie, I. of Torridon, with
issue.
7. Ann, who in 1684 married Charles Mackenzie, I. of Letterewe,
with issue.
8. Mary, who married Thomas Mackenzie, III. of Ord, with issue.
9. Florence, who in 1682 married Charles Mackenzie of Cullen,
third son of Colin Mackenzie, II. of Kilcoy, with issue.
John has a sasine in 1663. He purchased the Baronies of Tarradale
and Rhindoun. In his grandfather's life-time he had a charter
under the Great Seal, "Johanni Mackenzie de Applecross, terrarum
de Lochslyne, Newton de Lochslyne, etc." He was succeeded by his
eldest son,
III. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, third of Applecross. He joined
the Earl of Mar in 1715, and was Lieutenant-Colonel of Seaforth's
1st Regiment, for which he was attainted of high treason, and the
estates forfeited to the Crown. He married, first, Anne, daughter
of Alexander Fraser, Tutor of Lovat, by his wife Sibella (Elizabeth),
daughter of Kenneth, first Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, with issue -
1. Roderick, his heir and successor.
2. Kenneth, a merchant in Inverness, who married a daughter of
Rose, Merkinch.
3. Colin, a doctor in Edinburgh, who married Miss Dunbar of
Linkwood.
4. Sibella, who in 1697 married the Hon. John Mackenzie of
Assynt, second son of Kenneth Mor, third Earl of Seaforth, with
issue - Kenneth, who married Frances, his cousin, daughter of Colonel
Alexander, without issue.
5. Anne, who in 1707 married first Alexander Mackenzie, II. of
Kinachulladrum, with issue - Anne, his only child in life in 1766;
secondly, John MacRae, of Dornie and, thirdly, Colin Mackenzie of
the Gruinard family, a goldsmith in Inverness.
6. A daughter, who married the Rev. Archibald Macqueen, minister
of Snizort, Skye.
7. Another married William Mackenzie, of Shieldaig.
8. Mary, who married Malcolm Macleod, VIII. of Raasay, with
issue - his heir and others.
Alexander married, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Mackenzie,
of Fairburn, with issue - one son, Simon, in the Foot Guards. He
married, thirdly, in 1713, Christian, daughter of Fraser of
Belladrum, with issue - a daughter, who married her cousin, Roderick
Mackenzie of Achavannie son of John Og, killed at Sheriffmuir.
He was succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest son,
IV. RODERICK MACKENZIE, fourth of Applecross, who has a sasine
of Kinachulladrum, of which place he is designed in 1721. In 1724
he re-purchased the estate of Applecross from the Court of Enquiry
for L3550. He married, first, Anne, only daughter of Alexander
Macdonell, XI. of Glengarry, by his first wife, Ann, daughter of
Hugh Lord Lovat, with issue -
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. Alexander, a Captain in Marjoribanks' Regiment, in the Dutch
service, who died unmarried.
3. Kenneth, a watchmaker in London, died unmarried. On the 17th
of August, 1737, he was entered as an apprentice to Thomas Gordon,
clock and watchmaker, for six years.
4. Mary, who married James Mackenzie, III. of Highfield, whose
eldest son Thomas, IV. of Highfield, inherited Applecross from his
uncle John.
5. Anne, who married, first, Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Lentran;
and secondly, as his second wife, Alexander Mackenzie, VIII. of
Davochmaluag, with issue - an only daughter, Anne.
6. Another daughter who married the Rev. John Maclean, minister
of Kintail.
Roderick married, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Sir Kenneth
Mackenzie, first Baronet and IV. of Scatwell, and widow of Aeneas
Macleod of Cadboll, with issue - an only daughter, Elizabeth, who
married Alexander Chisholm, XXII. of Chisholm, with issue - his heir
and others.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
V. JOHN MACKENZIE, fifth of Applecross, who married Anne, only
daughter of Sir Colin Mackenzie, IV of Coul, without issue. He
willed the estate of Applecross away from his brother Kenneth
[This John, the last of this family, deprived his brother, Kenneth,
of the property, and passed it in favour of Thomas Mackenzie
of Highfield, his sister's son. In order to set aside the legal
succession, and to prevent his brother, Kenneth, from marrying, he
allowed only L80 yearly for his subsistence during his lifetime,
which small allowance made it inadequate for him to rear and support
a family, so that in all probability this has been the cause of
making the family extinct. After this Kenneth the succession
should have reverted back to Roderick Mackenzie, a descendant
of Roderick, second son of John, II. of Applecross, who went to
Nova Scotia in 1802, or failing the family of this Rory, next
to his brother's family, Malcolm, who died a few years ago in
Kishorn, and failing heirs of that family to the other descendants
of John of Applecross, viz.: Kenneth of Auldinie, and John, killed
at Sheriffmuir in 1715. - "MS. of the Family," written in 1828.] to
the son of his Sister Mary, Thomas Mackenzie, IV. of Highfield,
by whom he was succeeded as
VI. THOMAS MACKENZIE, sixth of Applecross and IV. of Highfield.
In 1781 he sold the estate of Highfield to George Gillanders,
Commissioner for Seaforth, and about the same time purchased
Lochcarron from Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Delvine, for L10,000
sterling. It was previously bought from Seaforth by Sir Alexander
for half that sum. He married Elizabeth, only daughter of Donald
Mackenzie, V. of Kilcoy, with issue -
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. James, who died unmarried, in India.
3. Colin, who also died unmarried, in India.
4. Donald, a Captain in the 100th Regiment of Foot. He married
Anna, daughter of James Macleod, IX. of Raasay, with issue - two
sons and six daughters, John; Thomas; and Elizabeth, who died
unmarried Flora Loudon, who married General Sir Alexander Lindsay,
H.E.I.C.S.; Jane, who married James Thomas Macdonald of Balranald,
North Uist, with issue - Alexander, now of Balranald, and others;
Anne, who married Christopher Webb Smith, B.C.S.; Isabella Mary,
who married Dr Lauchlan Maclean; and Maria, who married John
Mackenzie, the famous piper, "Piobaire Ban," with issue.
5. Thomas, who died unmarried.
6. Jean, who died unmarried.
7. Anne, who married Kenneth Mackenzie of Inverinate, brother
to Alexander Mackenzie, XI. of Hilton, with issue - Thomas, who
succeeded as X. of Applecross, and others. Catherine, Mary, and
Elizabeth, died unmarried.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
VII. JOHN MACKENZIE, seventh of Applecross and Lochcarron, who
in 1787 married Jane, daughter of Alexander Elphinstone of Glack,
Aberdeenshire, with issue -
1. Thomas, his heir and successor.
2. Elizabeth, who succeeded to Applecross; John Alexander; and
Frederick, all died young.
Thomas made a new disposition of the estates by which, in consequence
of a family quarrel, he cut out his only surviving brother,
Captain Donald and his daughters - two sons having previously died
unmarried - from the succession. The property, under this new
settlement, went, first, to his son and heir, Thomas, and his issue
secondly, failing these, to his daughter Elizabeth; and thirdly,
failing her and her issue, to Thomas, the eldest son of his
sister Anne, who, as already stated, married Kenneth Mackenzie
of Inverinate, W.S.; and failing him and his issue, to the other
children of the same sister.
Thomas was succeeded by his eldest and only surviving son,
VIII. THOMAS MACKENZIE, eighth of Applecross, who was for
many years, and until his death in 1827, Member of Parliament for
the County of Ross. He died, unmarried, and was, in terms of the
abovenamed settlement, succeeded by his sister,
IX. ELIZABETH MACKENZIE, ninth of Applecross. She was in
delicate health when her brother died, and continued so until her
death two years after him, in 1829. She was never served heir,
and, dying unmarried, she was in terms of her brother's settlement
succeeded by her cousin-german,
X. THOMAS MACKENZIE of Inverinate, W.S., Edinburgh, tenth of
Applecross, who represented the County of Ross in Parliament from
1837 to 1847. He married Mary, daughter of George Mackenzie of
Avoch, with issue -
1. Kenneth John, his heir and successor.
2. George Alexander, a merchant in Liverpool, who married
Elizabeth, daughter of John Cay of Charlton, with issue - an only
daughter, Mabel Georgina. He died in 1874.
3. Thomas, W.S., Edinburgh, who died unmarried.
4. Francis James, who died, unmarried, in 1875.
5. Duncan Davidson, who died, unmarried, in 1863.
6. Margaret.
7. Anne Jane.
8. Geddes Elizabeth, who married John Cay, W.S., Edinburgh.
Thomas sold the estate of Applecross in 1857 to the Duke of Leeds,
and Inverinate to the late Sir Alexander Matheson of Ardross and
Lochalsh. On his death in 1857, he was succeeded as representative
of the family by his eldest son,
XI. KENNETH JOHN MACKENZIE, who was born in 1819 and died
unmarried in 1868, when he was succeeded as representative of the
family by his next brother,
XII. GEORGE ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, who died in 1874, without male
issue. He was succeeded as representative of the family by his
next brother,
XIII. THOMAS MACKENZIE, Edinburgh, who died unmarried a few
years ago, the last male of the Highfield Applecrosses, failing
the descendants of Captain Donald, who was disinherited.
THE MACKENZIES OF COUL.
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE of Coul and Applecross, son of Colin Cam,
XIth Baron of Kintail, by Mary of Davochmaluag, had, among others,
whose names are given under APPLECROSS,
I. SIR KENNETH MACKENZIE, first designated of Assynt, but in
1649 he has a sasine of Coul. He was a "man of parts," and in
great favour with Charles II., who made him a Baronet by Royal
patent with remainder to the heirs male of his body, dated on the
16th of October, 1673. He was also appointed Sheriff-Principal
of Ross and Inverness, these counties being then one under the
jurisdiction of one Sheriff.
He married, first, Jean, eldest daughter of Alexander Chisholm,
XIX. of Chisholm, with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. Simon, I. of Torridon and Lentran, of whom presently.
3. John, I. of Delvine, of whom after Torridon.
4. Roderick, who married a daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, VI. of
Davochmaluag.
5. A daughter, who married Colin Mackenzie, IV. of Redcastle,
with issue.
6. Agnes, married Sir John Munro of Fowlis, with issue.
7. Jane, who married Alexander Baillie, IX. of Dunain.
8. Christian, who married John Dunbar, Younger of Bennetsfield.
9. Lilias, married John Munro of Inverawe, with issue.
10. Mary, who as his first wife married Kenneth Mackenzie, VI.
of Davochmaluag, with issue.
11. Another, who married Gordon of Cluny.
He married, secondly, a daughter of Thomas Mackenzie of Inverlael,
with issue - two sons, who died young.
12. Catharine, who married Alexander Mackenzie, II. of Belmaduthy,
with issue.
13. A daughter, who married Ross of Aldie.
14. A daughter, who married Evander Maciver of Tour-naig, with
issue.
15. Another, married MacIver of Tournaig's brother.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
II. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, second of Coul, who married
first, Jean, daughter of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonston, Tutor
of Sutherland, with issue -
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. Colin, who succeeded as IV. of Coul.
3. Lucy, who married Angus Mackintosh, X. of Kyllachy.
4. Janet, who in 1695 married Alexander Mackenzie, VII. of Davochmaluag,
with issue - an only daughter, Janet, who in 1715 married Aeneas
Macleod, of Camuscurry, with issue - an only daughter, Mary,
who married John Urquhart of Mount Eagle.
Sir Alexander married secondly, Janet Johnstone of Warriston, with issue
- William, Simon, and James; and a daughter, Margaret, who married
Andrew Brown of Dolphinton, with issue.
He had a charter under the Great Seal, in 1681, by which his lands
of Coul and others were, upon his own resignation, erected into one
free barony in favour of himself and his heirs male, holding of
the Crown. He afterwards, in 1702, made a deed of entail by which
all his estates were settled upon heirs male of his own body. He
died shortly after, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
III. SIR JOHN MACKENZIE, third of Coul, who married first,
Margaret, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock, with issue - an only
daughter, who married Bayne of Delny. He married, secondly, in
1703, Helen, daughter of Patrick Lord Elibank, with issue - two
daughters, one of whom married Sir George Hope of Kirkliston,
Baronet. The other died unmarried. He joined the Earl of Mar
in 1715, was attainted for high treason, and dying without issue
male the titles and estates were assumed by his next brother,
IV. SIR COLIN MACKENZIE, fourth of Coul, who was Clerk to the
Pipe in the Exchequer, an office which he held during his life.
He married Henrietta, daughter of Sir Patrick Houston of Houston,
with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. William of Achilty and Kinnahaird, who married Mary, daughter
of Alexander, VII. of Davochmaluag, with issue - extinct in the male
line. John, the last male representative of the family sailed for
Melbourne in 1850, in the "Owen Glendower," which has never since
been heard of.
3. Anne, who married John Mackenzie, V. of Applecross, without
issue.
Sir Colin died in 1740, in the 67th year of his age, and was
succeeded by his eldest son,
V. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, fifth of Coul. He had a charter,
under the Great Seal, to himself and his heirs male, as heir to
his grandfather, of the whole estate of Coul, in 1742. He married
Janet, daughter of Sir James Macdonald, XIII. of Sleat, Baronet,
with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. James, who died unmarried.
3. Henrietta, married Thomas Wharton, without issue.
4. Margaret, who married William Mackenzie, IV. and last of Suddie,
with issue.
5. Stewart, who married William Dallas of Cantray, with issue.
6. Christina.
7. Janet.
Sir Alexander died in 1792, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
VI. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, Bengal Army, sixth of
Coul. He was provincial Commander-in-Chief of Bengal, 1790-1792,
and married in 1778, Catherine, daughter of Robert Ramsay,
with issue - one son, who on his death in 1795, succeeded him as
VII. SIR GEORGE STEWART MACKENZIE, F.R.S., seventh of Coul.
He was born on the 22nd of June, 1780, and married, first, on the
8th of June, 1802, Mary, daughter of Donald Macleod of Geanies,
with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. William, who succeeded as IX. of Coul.
3. George, who died unmarried in 1839.
4. Robert-Ramsay, who succeeded as X. of Coul.
5. The Rev. John, Free Church minister of Ratho. He was born
in 1813, and married, in 1839, Eliza, daughter of the celebrated
Thomas Chalmers, D.D., without issue. He died in London in 1878.
She died in 1892.
6. Donald Macleod, Rear Admiral, R.N. He was born in 1815 and
married, in 1865, Dorothea, daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
G.C.B., without issue.
7. The Rev. James, who in 1847 married Philadelphia, daughter of
Sir Percival Hart Dyke of Lullingstone, Kent, Baronet, and died
without issue in 1857.
8. Margaret. 9. Catherine. 10. Mary. All died unmarried.
Sir George married, secondly, on the 27th of October, 1836,
Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood, with issue -
11. Henry Augustin Ornano, who, born on the 24th of April, 1839,
married Mary Ann, daughter of Louis Botte, with issue - four sons
and a daughter.
He died in 1848, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
VIII. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, eighth of Coul, an officer in
the Bengal army. He died unmarried on the 3rd of January, 1856,
and was succeeded by his next brother,
IX. SIR WILLIAM MACKENZIE, ninth of Coul. He was born on the
20th of May, 1806, and on the 16th of August, 1858, married Agnes,
daughter of Ross Thomson, of Ardmore, Derry, and died without
issue on the 21st of December, 1868, when he was succeeded by his
next surviving brother,
X. SIR ROBERT RAMSAY-MACKENZIE, tenth of Coul, who, born on the
21st of July, 1811, married in September, 1846, Louisa Alexandrina,
daughter of Richard Jones, member of the Legislative Assembly of
Sydney, New South Wales, with issue -
1. Arthur George Ramsay, his heir and successor.
2. Mary Louisa, who on the 9th of May, 1871, married Alexander
Archer, of Brisbane, Queensland, without issue. They both perished
in the wreck of the "Quetta" on her way home from Australia.
3. Katherine Elizabeth.
4. Louisa Stewart, who on the 26th of February, 1885, married
James G. L. Archer, of Gracemere, Queensland, and Laurvig, Norway.
5. Frances Philadelphia.
In 1867 Sir Robert was appointed Premier of the Executive Council
and Colonial Treasurer of Queensland, having previously held the
offices of Colonial Secretary and Treasurer. He died on the 19th
of September, 1873, when he was succeeded by his only son,
XI. SIR ARTHUR GEORGE RAMSAY-MACKENZIE, eleventh and present
Baronet of Coul. He was born on the 2nd of May, 1866, and is
still unmarried.
THE MACKENZIES OF TORRIDON.
I. SIMON MACKENZIE, first of Torridon and Lentran, was second
son of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, first Baronet of Coul, by his first
wife, Jean, daughter of Alexander Chisholm, XIX. of Chisholm. He
has a sasine of the half of Arcan on disposition in 1697. He
married Catharine, daughter of John Mackenzie, II. of Applecross.
She has a sasine in 1672 and another in 1694. By her he had
issue -
1. Kenneth, his heir and successor.
2. Alexander, I. of Lentran, Tarradale, and Rhindoun, who married,
first, Anne, daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, IV. of Applecross (sasine
1745), with issue - (l) Alexander, who died young; (2) Roderick of
Tarradale, a Captain in Marjoribanks' Regiments, killed in America,
without issue; (3) John Mackenzie of Arcan, secretary to the Highland
Society of London, so well known as "John Mackenzie of the Temple,"
and intimately connected with the editing and publication of
Macpherson's Gaelic Ossian. He succeeded to the property, but
afterwards sold or alienated it - Rhindoun to the Chisholm Tarradale
to his nephew, Dr Murchison; and Arcan to his sister, Elizabeth,
widow of John Mackenzie of Sanachan. He died unmarried in 1803,
the last male representative of the Lentran Mackenzies. Alexander's
daughters were - (1) Anne, who married Donald Macrae, Camusluinie,
Kintail, with issue; (2) another, who married Alexander Murchison
of Achtertyre, with issue; (3) Janet, who married William Mackenzie of
Strathgarve, with issue; (4) Catharine, who married Colin Green,
Scatwell, without issue; (5) Isabella, who married, first, Colonel
Mackay of Bighouse, Sutherlandshire, without issue; and secondly,
her cousin, John Mackenzie, I. of Delvine, with issue; and (6)
Elizabeth, who married Captain John Mackenzie, III. of Sanachan and
Tullich, Lochcarron, who in right of his wife succeeded to Arcan.
She died without issue. Alexander married secondly Abigail,
daughter of Charles Mackenze of Cullen. She has a sasine in 1715.
3. A daughter, who married Archibald Macdonald of Barisdale, with
issue.
4. Anne, who in 1694 married Farquhar Macrae of Inverinate, with
issue.
5. Catherine, married Roderick Mackenzie of Aulduinny.
6. Florence, who married Colin Mackenzie, II. of Cleanwaters,
with issue - Alexander. Simon was succeeded by his eldest son,
II. KENNETH MACKENZIE, second of Torridon, who in 1703 married
Ann, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, VII. of Gairloch, with issue -
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. Mary, who married Colin Mackenzie, a Bailie of Dingwall, with
issue - (1) Kenneth, who married Margaret Macdonald, Skye, with
issue - Alexander, who died young in Jamaica; John, Lieutenant 78th
Regiment, who died in India, without issue; and Donald, who died
young. Kenneth had also several daughters - Janet, who married
John Chisholm, Dingwall, where she died, without issue, in 1870,
aged 95; Mary, and Margaret Anne, both of whom died unmarried;
and Alexanderina, who married Captain Munro, 42nd Highlanders.
(2) John, a merchant in Bishopsgate Street, London, who married a
daughter of his partner, Alexander Mackenzie of the Coul family,
with issue - Colin Alexander, known as "the Ambassador," who
died unmarried in 1851; Kenneth, who died young; John, a Colonel
H.E.I.C.S.; Alexander, of Christ Church, Oxford, who died unmarried;
and Caroline, who married Dr William Wald, without issue. (3)
Alexander, who died young. (4) Mary, who married Murdoch Mackenzie,
Bailie of Dingwall, without issue. (5) Anne, who married Andrew
Robertson, Provost of Dingwall and Sheriff-Substitute of Ross,
grandson of Colin Robertson of Kindeace, with issue - Anne, who
as his second wife married Sir John Gladstone, Baronet of Fasque,
with issue, among others - the great statesman, the Right Hon.
William Ewart Gladstone of Hawarden, M.P., who as we write is,
in his eighty fifth year for the fourth time Prime Minister of
Great Britain. (6) Fanny, who married John Mackenzie of Kinellan,
with issue - Colin, who died young; Alexander, who married Mary
Macdonald; Margaret, who married Farquhar Matheson and Mary,
Christy, and Janet, all of whom died unmarried. (7) Betsy, who
married a Mr Simpson; and (8) Elizabeth.
Kenneth died before 1738 and was succeeded by his eldest son,
III. JOHN MACKENZIE, third of Torridon. He fought at Culloden,
and is said to have been "one of the prettiest men in Scotland."
The following is from a letter by his grandson, the late Bishop
Mackenzie of Nottingham, dated the 10th of September, 1878, in
answer to a request by the author that he should kindly communicate
anything he knew about his more immediate ancestors: