'MacDonald05'
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Families covered: MacDonnell of Antrim, MacDonnell of Kilmore, MacDonald of Largie, MacDonnell of Moye (Moyanne)
| John Mhor ('Iain Mhor Tanistair') MacDonald of Duniveg and Glyns (d 1427) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Bisset (dau of Sir Hugh (or Joh?n) Bisset of the Glyns, Antrim) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Ronald or Donald Balloch (b c1407, d 1476) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ O'Neill (dau of Con O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Mor 'of the Isles' (a 1472) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sabina O'Neill (dau of Felim 'Bacach' O'Neill) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John McIan 'Cathanach' MacDonell of Antrim | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sheela (Cecilia) Savage | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Alexander MacIan 'Cathanach' of Islay (d before 1540, to Ireland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine MacDonell (dau of John MacIan MacDonell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James MacDonald of Antrim (a 1565) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Campbell (dau of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Angus MacDonald, lord of Kintyre (d before 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Finvola MacLean (sister of Lauchlan MacLean of Dowart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir James MacDonald (dsp 1626) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Coll MacDonnell of Murlough and Kilmore (d 05.1558, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BIFR1976 (McDonnell). | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ McQuillan (dau of _ McQuillan, lord of Dunluce) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gillespie MacDonnell of Iona and Collinsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ (dau of O'Cahan or O'Kane of Loughlinch or O'Quin of Carrinrig) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Coll Kittagh (Kitto) MacDonnell (d 1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ McDonell (dau of _ McDonell of Sanda) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Alaster or Alexander MacDonnell (d 13.11.1647, Montrose's Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ McAlester or McAllister (of the family of Loup) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Coll MacDonnell of Kilmore, co Antrim | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne McGee (dau of _ McGee of Murlough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Alexander MacDonnell of Kilmore (a 1738) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ McDonnell (dau of _ McDonnell of Knappin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Michael MacDonnell (2nd/3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ballintry (dau of A. Steward of Ballintoy) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | James MacDonnell of Belfast & Murlough | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Clarke (dau of J. Clarke of Belfast) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Sir Alexander MacDonnell of Dublin, Bart (b 1794, dsp 1875) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1826) Barbara Montgomery (d 1865, dau of Hugh Montgomery of Berwarden and/or Glenarm) | |||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | John/James MacDonnell (d 20.01.1892) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1826) Charity Dobbs (dau of Rev. Robert Conway Dobbs, son of Conway of Castle Dobbs) | |||||||||||||||
| (((3))) | Randal MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| (((4))) | Katherine Anne MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Armstrong of Kilsharvan | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | other issue (d unm) - Randall, Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne McVeagh (dau of Elease McVeagh of Dinnadoon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | John MacDonnell of Kilmore (d 25.12.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rose Savage (dau of George Savage of co Down) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Randal MacDonnell of Kilmore & Brackney had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary MacElheran (dau of Archibald MacElheran of Glassmullin by dau of Archibald McDonnell of Glassmullin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Gillespie Beg MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Archibald McDonnell of Glassmullin, co Antrim ancestor of McDonnells of Glassmullin | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Stewart (dau of _ Stewart of Redbay Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sorley Buie ('Somerled') MacDonnell of Antrim (d 1589) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary O'Neill (d 1590, dau of Con O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim (d 10.12.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1604) Alice O'Neill (a 1663, dau of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, by Joanna O'Donnell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Randal MacDonnell, 2nd Earl, Marquess of Antrim (b 1609, dsp 03.02.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.1635) Katharine Manners, Baroness de Ros (d 10.1649, dau of Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 20.03.1655/6) Rose O'Neill (a 1689, dau of Sir Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim (b 1615, d 06/12.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Annesley (dsp 04.09.1672, dau of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Helena Burke (d 07.10.1710, dau of Sir John Burke of Derrymaclaughna by Mary Bourke) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Randal MacDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim (b 1680, d 19.10.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rachel Skeffington (d 14.04.1739, dau of Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim (b 22.07.1713, d 13.10.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.04.1735) Elizabeth Pennefather (dsps 18.03.1736/7, dau of Matthew Pennefather by Catherine, dau of Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | daughter (b 07.02.1736, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.01.1739) Anne Plunkett (d 15.01.1755, dau of Charles Patrick Plunkett of Dillonstown, son of Matthew, 7th Lord Louth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Randal William MacDonnell, 6th & 1st Earl, Marquess of Antrim (b 04.11.1749, d 29.07.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| Randal was recreated Earl of Antrim with remainder to his daughters and their male issue. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (03.07.1774) Letitia Morres (d 07.12.1801, dau of Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres, widow of Hon. Arthur Trevor) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Anne Catherine MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim (b 12.08.1775, d 30.06.1834) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (25.04.1799) Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Bart (d 01.08.1813) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (24.05.1817, sp?) Edmund Phelps, later McDonnell (b c1780, d 30.05.1852) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Letitia Mary MacDonnell (b 12.08.1775, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Charlotte MacDonnell, later Countess of Antrim (b 12.08.1779, d 26.10.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.07.1799) Mark Robert Kerr (b 12.11.1776, d 09.09.1840, Vice Admiral, son of 5th Marquess of Lothian) | |||||||||||||||
| Their eldest surviving son became 4th Earl of Antrim of the new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Rachel MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.08.1777) Joseph Sanford | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Elizabeth Helena MacDonnell (d 1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1777) James Callander, later Campbell (Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (05.07.1755, sp) Catherine Meredyth (bur 27.09.1794, dau of Thomas Meredyth of Newtown by Catharine Baldwin, widow of James Taylor) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Helena MacDonnell (d unm 06.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Wells of Bambridge | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne MacDonnell (d before 22.10.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin (b 1604, dvp 10.07.1625) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 18.01.1626/7) William Fleming, Lord Slane (d c1643) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mary MacDonnell (a 08.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1625) Luke Dillon, 2nd Viscount (b 03.1610, d 13.04.1629) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Oliver Plunkett, 6th Lord Louth (b c03.1608, d c1679) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Sarah MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Neill Oge O'Neill of Killyleagh | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Donough O'Conor of Sligo | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Donald MacCarthy More | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Katherine MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Plunkett, younger of Dunsany (dvp 05.1668) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Rose MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Gordon (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Margaret MacDonnell (d unm 13.03.1623) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir James MacDonnell (3rd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| BP1934 suggests that Sir James dsp but BEB1841 (MacDonnel of Moye) reports that he had a family as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary O'Neil (dau of Hugh MacPhelim O'Neill of the Claneboye family) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Alexander MacDonnell, 1st Bart of Moye or Moyanne (co. Antrim) (d 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Evelyn Magennis (dau of Sir Arthur Magennis, 1st Viscount Iveagh) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir James MacDonnell, 2nd Bart of Moye or Moyanne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary O'Brien (dau of Sir Donough O'Brien of Dough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Alexander MacDonnell (dvp Knocknoness 13.11.1647, Lt. General of Munster) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Howard (dau of Henry, Earl of Arundel) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Randal MacDonnell (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Randall MacDonnell, 3rd Bart of Moye or Moyanne | ||||||||||||||
| Randal was attainted & his title forfeited for his support of King James. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1686) Hannah Roche (sister of David Roche) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Mary MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher O'Brien of Ennystymon | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - James (d unm 24.05.1728), Randal of Cross (d unm 1740), John Richard, Henrietta (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Sarah MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Echlin, later Stafford, of Clanowen | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Honora MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John O'Neill of Ballyballan | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Anne MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Daniel Magennis (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ O'Flaherty of Ballynahinch | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | daughter apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Hill, Sheriff of Co. Down (provost marshall) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | daughter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Duncan Campbell of Stronshiray (a 1602) | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Alexander (dsp), Eneas/Angus | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Alice MacDonnell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Moses Hill (Provost Marshal of Ulster) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Mary MacDonnell or MacDonald | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hector Mor MacLean of Dowart (d 1568) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gillaspeck MacDouell of Lescale | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | daughter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John (Shane Dhu or Black John) Macnaghtan (a 1580) | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - Angus (d 1565), Alexander Oig (d 1556), Donald Gorme (d before 1554) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Angus Slach MacDonnell or MacDonald of Sanda, Kintyre | ||||||||||||||
| c. | daughter apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Donald Galloch Macdonald, 3rd of Sleat (d 1506) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Torquil Macleod of Lewis | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | 4 other sons | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Ranald Bane, 1st of Largie in Kintyre | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Donald MacRanald Bane, 2nd of Largie (d c1517) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Marion of Cartynoale | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alexander MacDonald, 3rd of Largie (d before 1531) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Donald MacDonald, 4th of Largie (d c1550) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John MacDonald, 5th of Largie (a 1556, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Alistair MacDonald | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Hector MacDonald, 6th of Largie (dspl c1590) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James MacDonald (a 1594) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John MacDonald | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Archibald ('Gilleasbrig MacMcAlister') MacDonald, 7th of Largie (d by 1627) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Alexander (McConnell?) MacDonald, 8th of Largie | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Angus MacDonald, 9th of Largie (a 1647, 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| generation missing? | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John MacDonald, 10th of Largie (d by 1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth McLeod (dau of John McLeod of Muiravonside) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Elizabeth MacDonald of Largie and Muiravonside (d 01.08.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1762) Charles Lockhart, later MacDonald of Largie (d 1796) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Maxwell Macdonald (formerly Moreton-Macdonald) of Largie'), BP1934 ('Antrim')
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