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history of the mackenzies-第97部分
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VII。 WILLIAM MACKENZIE; who was born on the 3rd of May; 1822。 He founded the Distillery of Dailuaine in 1851; one of the most extensive malt distilleries in Scotland。 He married on the 5th of October; 1844; Jean; daughter of William Thomson; Knockando; with issue
1。 John; born on the 28th of July; 1845。 He was drowned at sea; without issue。
2。 William; born on the 9th of October; 1846。 He went to the West Indies and died there unmarried; on the 10th of December; 1893; at Paramaribo; Surinam。
3。 Thomas; who succeeded his father in Dailuaine。
4。 Alexander; who was born on the 11th of July; 1851。 He is in South Africa; and still unmarried。
5。 William Grant; born on the 21st of June; 1859; and still unmarried。
6。 Lewis Grant; born on the 10th of January; 1862。 He went to California; and is still unmarried。
7。 Ann。
8。 Jane。
9。 Margaret。
10。 Grace Penuel; who married Dr Robert Cochrane Buist; Dundee; with issuea son and daughter。
11。 Mary Forbes。
William died at Dailuaine; on the 17th of May; 1865; and was succeeded there by his son;
VIII。 THOMAS MACKENZIE; now of Dailuaine; and since the death of his elder brother William in December; 1893; heir…male of the family。 Born on the 18th of March; 1848; he on the 30th of October; 1877; married Emily; daughter of Edwin Holt of Rosehill; Worcestershire。
SLIOCHD ALASTAIR CHAIM。
THE progenitor of this family; not one of whom so far as known ever owned an acre of land until now; was
I。 ALEXANDER MACKENZIE; fourth son of Alexander Mackenzie; V。 of Gairloch; by his wife Margaret; daughter of Roderick Mor Mackenzie; I。 of Redcastle; by his wife Florence; daughter of Robert Munro; XVth Baron of Fowlis。 Alexander; like his brother Hector; was a Cornet in Sir George Munro's Regiment; and according to one of the Gairloch manuscript Histories was 〃an officer under Cromwell; whom he afterwards left; and was wounded on the King's side at the battle of Worcester; leaving a succession in Gairloch by his wife Janet; daughter of Mackenzie of Ord。〃 He lost an eye at Worcester; and was consequently ever after known Alastair Cam。 His descendants are still numerous in Gairloch; where; having had no land to be designated of; they were always known as 〃Sliochd Alastair Chaim〃 or 〃The descendants of Alexander the One…Eyed。〃 He married; in 1652; Janet; third daughter of John Mackenzie; I。 of Ord; 'The marriage contract is dated 〃at Chanonrie; the 21st of July and 26th of August; 1652;〃 the year after the Battle of Worcester; and is in the Ord charter chest。' by his wife Isobel; daughter of Alexander Cuthbert of Drakies; Inverness; with issue
1。 Roderick; his heir。
2。 Alexander; commonly called 〃Alastair Mor Mac Alastair Chaim;〃 from whom are descended; among several others in Gairloch; the late John Mackenzie of the Beauties of Gaelic Poetry; and Alexander Mackenzie; the author of this History。 ALEXANDER married his cousin; Mary; daughter of Hector Mackenzie; 〃Portioner of Mellan;〃 with issueJohn Mackenzie; locally known as 〃Ian Mor Mac Alastair Mhic Alastair Chaim。〃 JOHN MOR married Barbara; daughter of John Roy Mackenzie; of Sand。 He had a tack from Sir Alexander Mackenzie; second Baronet and IX。 of Gairloch; of the half of North Erradale; in 1760; for twenty years; to begin at Whit…sunday; 1765; and he is described in the lease as then in possession (see pp。 483…84)。 By his wife he had issueseven sons; known as 〃Clann Ian Mhoir;〃 said to have been the biggest and most powerful men in Gairloch in their day(1) JOHN; 〃Ian Mor Aireach;〃 who succeeded his father in a portion of North Erradale; and married Marsali; or Marjory; daughter of John Ban Mackenzie; Isle of Ewe; by his wife; Annabella; natural daughter of Sir Alexander Mackenzie; second Baronet and IX。 of Gairloch。 By Marsali Mackenzie; 〃Ian Mor Aireach had issuefour sons; Duncan; Murdoch; John Mor Og; and William; and two daughtersAnnabella; who married her cousin four times removed; Alexander Mackenzie; Melvaig; the male representative of Alastair Cam; with issue and Margaret; who married John Mackenzie; also in Melvaig; with issueseveral sons and daughters。 The sons were also married and left numerous descendants in Gairloch。 Ian Mor Mac Alastair's other sons were (2) Alexander; who died unmarried; (3) Roderick; who married; with issue; (4) Colin; married; with issue; (5) Roderick Ban; unmarried; (6) John Og; and (7) Kenneth; married; with issue。 JOHN OG; who was tacksman of Loch…a…Druing; married Jessie; daughter of Miles Macrae; with issue; among othersAlastair Og Mackenzie; tacksman of Mellan Charles; who married Margaret; daughter of Alexander Mackenzie; of Badachro; with issueJames Mackenzie; who died unmarried a few years ago; at Poolewe; John Mackenzie; of the Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and several other works; who died; unmarried in his father's house at Kirkton; in 1848; and to whose memory a monument was erected in 1878; by a few of his Celtic admirers on a projecting rock overlooking his grave in the 〃Sliochd Alastair Chaim burying ground; within the ancient Chapel in the Gairloch Churchyard。 Alastair Og had also several daughters; married and unmarried; of whom three are still alive。
We shall now revert to Alastair Cam's eldest son; by Janet Mackenzie of Ord
I。 RODERICK MACKENZIE; who married Isabella; daughter of William Mackenzie of Sand; with issue; among others;
II。 HECTOR MACKENZIE; Melvaig; who married Mary; daughter of William Mackenzie; of the same place; with issue; along with a younger son Murdoch;
III。 ALEXANDER MACKENZIE; also in Melvaig; who married Mary; daughter of Hugh Morrison; Sand; with issue
IV。 ALEXANDER MACKENZIE; designated; Highland fashion; as 〃Alastair Mac Alastair; Mhic Eachainn; ‘ic Alastair; ‘ic Ruairidh; Mhic Alastair Chaim Mac an Tighearna。〃 He married his third cousin; Annabella; eldest daughter of John Mor Mackenzie; 〃Ian Mor Aireach;〃 great grandson of 〃Alastair Cam Mac an Tighearna;〃 with issue; an only son
V。 HECTOR MACKENZIE; born in April; 1810。 His father died before Hector was a year old; and the widow soon after married; as her second husband; Alexander; son of Alexander Grant; 〃Bard mor an t…Slagain;〃 with issue three sons; Roderick; John; Duncan; and Margaret; who subsequently emigrated with their father and mother to Cape Breton; where they settled; married; and have large families; and another daughter; Janet; who married and remained in Gairloch。 His father left Hector what was considered a substantial sum of money for those day's; in the hands of Murdo Mackenzie; tacksman of Melvaig; one of the original Sand family; and a near relative of Gairloch; but he never received a penny of it。 He was thus left a penniless orphan and was obliged to fight his way in the world as best he could as an honest; industrious; and respected crofter and fisherman。 He married on the 17th of February; 1838; Catherine; daughter of Roderick; eldest son of Alexander Campbell; 〃Alastair Buidhe Mac Iomhair;〃 the well…known Gairloch Gaelic Bard; by his wife Catherine; daughter of Roderick; son of William Mackenzie of Shieldaig; a cadet of the Gairloch family。 By his wife Catherine Campbell (who died at Inverness on the 20th of January; 1882; and was buried at Gairloch); or more correctly MacIver (the family having only discarded the older and better name and adopted the new within living memory); Hector Mackenzie; who is still alive in his 84th year; had issue
1。 Alexander; of Park House; Inverness; who was born on Christmas Day; 1838。 He was for seventeen years an active member of the Town Council and a Police Commissioner of Inverness four years Dean of Guild and a Magistrate of the Burgh; as well as a Commissioner of Supply and Justice of Peace for the County。 He was also a member of the first Inverness County Council; and took a prominent part in its proceedings。 In 1875 he founded the Celtic Magazine; which he owned and conducted for thirteen years until it was incorporated with the Scottish Highlander newspaper in 1888。 In 1885 he started the Scottish Highlander; which he has managed and edited since; and which now; though still nominally carried on as a Limited Liability Company; is practically his own property。 He is the author of several Clan histories that of the Mackenzies; the first edition of which appeared in 1879; of the Macdonalds; in 1881; of the Mathesons; in 1882; of the Camerons; in 1884; of the Macleods; in 1889; and of the Chisholms; in 1891。 He is also the author of The History of the Highland Clearances; which created quite a sensation when it appeared; of the Social State of the Isle of Skye; the Prophecies of the Brahan Seer; and of several other minor works。 He married; on the 3rd of August; 1865; Emma Sarah Rose (author of Tales of the Heather) only surviving daughter of Thomas Whittaker Rose; Henrietta Park Villas; Bath (still living in his eighty…sixth year); by his first wife Sarah Cole; with issue Hector Rose Mackenzie; solicitor; Inverness; who was born in Ipswich; on the 25th of February; 1867; and married on the 19th of July; 1892; Barbara Sutherland; elder surviving daughter of John Anderson; late of the 71st Regiment of Foot (The Highland Light Infantry); Thomas William; born in Inverness on the 4th of August; 1875; Alastair Ian; born on the 30th of December; 1880; Kenneth John; born on the 17th of October; 1885; Catharine Anne; born on the 24th of February; 1868; died on the 1st of August in the same year; and buried in Ipswich Cemetery; Annie Emma; Catharine; who died in infancy in 1873; Mary Rose; and Emma Barabel。
2。 Roderick; born on the 13th of July; 1844; a member of the firm of William Cumming & Co。; wholesale woollen warehousemen; Huddersfield; but residing in London。 He married; first; on the 18th of January; 1871; Julia Catherine; eldest daughter of Thomas Lewis shipowner; Sunderland; with issueWilliam Frank; who was born on the 6th of October; 1874; Hector Dundas; born on the 22nd of July; 1876; Catherine Louisa; who died in her thirteenth ye
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