_Ballechelish._
Allan, the first Ballechelish, third son to Donul nan Ord, married ——
Macdonnell, daughter to Macdonell of Coillickonid, by whom he had issue:
1. Alexander, who succeeded him; 2. Donald; 3. Allan.
Alexander, the second Ballechelish, married his cousin, a daughter of
John du MacDhonuil, and had issue; 1. John, who succeeded; 2. Alexander,
_alias_ Alisdair More, who was wadsetter of Achalader, and married a
daughter of Campbell of Barcaldine, by whom he had issue.
John, the third Ballechelish, married a daughter of Stewart of
Ardsheils, and had issue. He was succeeded by his nephew, Alexander, son
to Alisdair More.
Alexander, the fourth Ballechelish, was first married to a daughter of
Stewart of Ardsheils, issue, sons. He married after her, Isabel Stewart,
daughter to Alexander Stewart of Annat, in Perthshire, and had issue: 1.
John, the present Ballechelish; 2. Alexander, who was killed at Falkirk
in 1746; and one daughter, Isabel, married to Donald Stewart, nephew to
Alexander Stewart, fourth Ballechelish, and son to Donald Mac Alisdair
Mhoir.
_Littershuna._
John du MacDhonuil, fourth son to Donald nan Ord. He married a daughter
of James Stewart of Glens, commonly called _Ni Mhic Sheumais_. By her he
had one son and seven daughters. His son, along with another youth, a
son of Sir Donald Campbell of Ardnamurchan, during the rage for
suppressing Popery, went to Craig, a place sacred to Saint Curulames,
carried away the images, and burnt them in the castle of Island Stalker,
offering impious scoffs and insults to the images as they were burning.
They both died when young. One of the daughters was married to Stewart
of Ardsheil; another to Cameron of Collard; another to Stewart of
Fasnacloich; another to Campbell of Clannamacrie, of whom Combie and
Edorline; another to Campbell of Stonefield, of whom the present Lord
Stonefield, and of whom is also descended the present Earl of
Breadalbane; another was married to Macdougall, Baron Dunach, and
another to Stewart of Ballechelish.
_Innishchaorach._
Dugald, second son to Duncan the third Invernahyle, purchased from
Campbell of Lawers the lands of Innishchaorach, Duaireachan, and
Innishdainh, in Glenlochy, Breadalbane. He married and had issue: 1.
Allan, who succeeded; 2. Neil, who married a daughter of Stewart of
Druimcharrie, in Perthshire, and had issue.
Allan, second Innishchaorach, married —— Burdin, daughter of Burdin of
Fidals, and had issue; 1. James, who succeeded; 2. Duncan, who married a
daughter of Invernahyle; 3. Dugald, married to a daughter of Alexander
Stewart of Acharn; 4. Alexander, who married —— Macgregor, daughter of
Alexander Macgregor, _alias_ Alisdair Saoileach, and had issue; 5. John,
married —— Farquharson.
James, the third Innishchaorach, married —— Stewart, daughter to Stewart
of Annat, and had issue, Alexander and Neil, who died unmarried.
Neil, second son of Dugald, the first Innishchaorach, was the male heir
to Innishchaorach. He was wadsetter to Ledcharrie and Edarramhionoich,
in Glendochart, and had issue, John, Charles, and Neil. Charles
succeeded to the wadset, which was paid up to him, and with the money he
bought the lands of Bohalic, in Athole, of which he died possessed. He
left them to his daughter, having no male issue.
James, second son to Alexander, the fourth Invernahyle, was wadsetter of
Inverkinglass, in Glenkinglass. He was married, and had a son, Allan,
who settled in Ardnamurchan. Allan married a daughter of Mr Maccalman,
minister of Appin, by whom he had four sons—James, John, Allan and
Dugald. Dugald had an estate in Jamaica, called Mounstewart. It was sold
and divided among his relations. Allan had a son called Andrew, who
settled in Perth, and left a son, a glover. Andrew has two sons, Peter,
a glover, and Thomas, a shipmaster and an heritor.
_Strathgarry._
Duncan, second son to Donald the fifth Invernahyle, was bred a
clergyman, and settled first at Kilmun, in Cowal; but, upon the
abolition of Prelacy, removed to Blair, in Athole, where he continued to
preach as an Episcopal clergyman all his days. He first purchased the
lands of Strathgarry, and afterwards those of Inverchaddan. Mr Duncan
married, first, —— Maclean, daughter of Angus Maclean, who was son to
Bishop Maclean of the Isles. By her he had issue: 1. Alexander, who
succeeded as Strathgarry; 2. Donald, who married —— Stewart, daughter of
Urchalbeg, and had issue, three daughters: 1. Jean, who was married to
Donald Maccalman, son of the Minister of Appin; 2. Margaret, who was
married to a brother of Urchalbeg; 3. Mary, married to Alexander
Robertson, had no issue; and again to a brother of Glenlyon, and had
issue. Mr Duncan married, secondly, Janet Maccalman, by whom he had
issue: 1. John, who died unmarried; 2. Allan, to whom he gave the lands
of Inverchaddan: 1. Margaret, married to Stewart of Dunbealeach; 2. ——,
married to Alexander Campbell, second son to Glenlyon; 3. Elizabeth,
married to Donald Maclaren of Invernenty; 4. Robina, married to _Rab a
Pheti_.
Alexander, second Strathgarry, married —— Robertson, daughter of
Robertson of Kincraig. He had two sons, Alexander, who succeeded him,
and lived in Ruhip, a purchase by his father, and Allan, minister of
Killespendy, and several daughters.
Alexander, third Strathgarry, was minister of Blair, in Athole. He
married Isabel Robertson, daughter of Mr Patrick Robertson, brother of
Lude, and left issue, the present Strathgarry, Mr Duncan Stewart,
minister of Balquhidder, Mr Alexander, minister of Mullien, and three
daughters.
_Inverchaddan._
Allan, first son by the second marriage of Mr Duncan Stewart, son to
Donald, the fifth Invernahyle. He married Christian Macnab, daughter to
the Laird of Macnab, and left two sons, Duncan, the present
Inverchaddan, and Allan.
The sword, made by the smith, and given to _Donald nan Ord_, is still in
the possession of Captain Dugald Stewart, the present heir of
Invernahyle, together with his steel-cap and _luireach_, or coat of
mail; also the hammers used by him when in the smith’s family.
[We are indebted for the foregoing interesting paper to Mr
Train, Castle Douglas, who copied it from a manuscript in the
possession of Dr Thomson of Appin. Part of the MS. was
communicated by Mr Train to the late Sir Walter Scott, who
supplied from it the story of “Donald the Hammerer,” printed in
the Introduction to Jamieson’s edition of Burt’s “Letters from a
Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London,”
published in 1822. Sir Walter made various alterations on the
MS., in the narrative as well as in the style; but, the object
of our _Journal_ being the preservation of what is original,
rare, or curious, rather than the cultivation of fine writing,
we have preferred adhering to the copy, which is more complete
than when in the hands of the _Author of Waverley_, several
additions having been made to it by Mr Stewart, Excise Officer,
Kirkcudbright, who claims kindred with the Stewarts of Appin. It
will be interesting to the reader to compare our pages with the
story as related by the “Great Magician.”]
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