'Mackintosh04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Mackintosh of Aberarder, Mackintosh of Balnespick, Mackintosh of Blervie, Mackintosh of Borlum

                               
William Mackintosh of Raits & Benchar, 1st of Borlum (b c1567, d 1630)
m. (05.07.1595) Beatrix (Bessie) Innes (dau of Robert Innes of Invermarkie)
1. Lachlan Mackintosh of Borlum (a 1669)
  m. Helen Gordon
  A. William Mackintosh of Borlum (d 1716)
  m. Mary Baillie (dau of Duncan Baillie of Dunean)
i. William Mackintosh of Borlum (a 1715, Brigadier)
  m. Mary Reade
  a. Lachlan Mackintosh in New England
  m. ?? Mackintosh (dau of Harie Mackintosh) @@ below
  b. Shaw Mackintosh
  m. Jean Menzies of Woodend
  (1)+ issue - Edward, 2 daughters
  c. Winwood Mackintosh
m. Roderick Mackenzie of Fairburn
  d. Helen Mackintosh
  m. Jonathan Thomson in Inverness
  e. Forbesia Maria Mackintosh
  ii. Lachlan Mackintosh
  m1. _ Lockhart
  a.+ issue - Alexander, John
m2. Anne Shaw (dau of Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch)
  iii. John Mackintosh (a 1715, Major)
  iv. Duncan Mackintosh (a 1715)
  m. _ MacThomie of Crathinard
  a. William Mackintosh
  m. Janet Maclean (dau of John Maclean of Dochgarroch)
  b.+ other issue
  v. Joseph Mackintosh of Raigmore ancestor of Mackintosh of Raigmore
  m. _ Mackintosh of Aberarder
  vi. Lydia Mackintosh
  m. Sir Patrick Grant of Dalvey
  vii. Janet Mackintosh
  m. Ludovick Gordon (brother of Sir Robert of Gordonston)
  B. John Mackintosh of Lynvulg
m. _ Macpherson (dau of _ Macpherson of Nuid)
  i. William Mackintosh of Borlum (Bailie of Inverness, younger son)
  m. Marjory Mackintosh of Culclachie
  ii. Angus Mackintosh (Bailie of Inverness, twin with William) ancestor of Charles Fraser-Mackintosh of Drummond (MP)
  m. Janet
  iii.+ other issue - Donald, Lachlan, John in Georgia (a 1726), Harie in North America, William
  C. Harie Mackintosh in New England
  i. daugher
  m. Lachlan Mackintosh in New England @@ above
  D. Alexander Mackintosh
  i.+ issue - William, John
2.+ other issue - Robert, Angus, William

 

 

William Mackintosh in Aberarder
1. Lachlan Mackintosh of Aberarder (d Muiroy 1688)
  A. William Mackintosh of Aberarder (a 1723, d by 1729, advocate)
  m. Isabella Rickhart
i. Lachlan Mackintosh of Aberarder (d unm c1730)
  ii. William Mackintosh of Aberarder (d by 1735, or 1743?)
  m. (02.1729) Isabella Macpherson (dau of Lachlan Macpherson of Cluny)
  a. John Mackintosh of Aberarder (d unm c1747)
  b. William Mackintosh of Aberarder (d 1763)
  m. (1756) Mary Falconer of Drakies
  (1) William Mackintosh of Aberarder (d unm 10.1799, captain)
  (2) Mary Mackintosh (dsp)
  m. John Mackintosh, later of Aberarder, Provost (m2. ?? Chisholm)
  c. Jane Mackintosh of Aberarder (a 1800)
  ElectricScotland reports that Jane, the last living descendant of Lachlan (who d 1688), destinted Aberarder to her niece's husband, Provost John Mackintosh of the Kellachie family. This was disputed by her 3rd cousin Campbell Mackintosh (below).
2. James Mackintosh in Mid Craggie (d Muiroy 1688?)
  A. William Mackintosh
  i. Robert Mackintosh
  a. Campbell Mackintosh of Dalmigavie (Town Clerk of Inverness)
3.+ 2 other sons (d Muiroy 1688)

 

 

This section was first uploaded to a Temporary page on 25.05.20. It was reviewed & expanded there on 03.09.25. It was moved here when it was realised that our work on Shaw's Memoirs on the Mackintosh family did not add anything to it. Thanks to a site visitor (RB, 02/09.09.25) for providing some additional information on this family, shown below in italics.
Lachlan Mackintosh
1. Alexander Mackintosh of Blervie (d c1750 in Virginia)
  Alexander had 22 children by his first wife and 10 by his second wife!
m1. (1706) Isabel Duff (sister of 1st Earl of Fife)
  A. John Mackintosh (b 1724, 8th son?) possibly the John 'of Wester Drakies, Blervie & Inverness' who was father of Isobel and possibly also of ...
  i. ?? Mackintosh presumed intermediary generation, possibly father of ...
  a. Alexander Mackintosh, Provost of Inverness ("of the family of Drakies") probably of this generation
  m. Elizabeth Inglis (dau of Hugh Inglis of Kingsmills)
  (1) Katharine Mackintosh (d 23.01.1849)
m. Thomas Fraser of Newton (b 20.03.1758, Major)
  ii. Isobel Mackintosh (d 02.05.1757) probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Fraser of Dunballoch & Newton (d 29.07.1754)
  B. Catherine Mackintosh (b 1712) who married ...
  m. Robert Milne (minister of Speymouth)
  C. Elizabeth Mackintosh (b 1716) 
  m. (Robert) Anderson 'of Elgin'
  i. Margaret Anderson apparently of this generation
  m. Alexander Milne of Chapelton (b 1740)
  D. Rachel Mackintosh (b 1726) 
  m. Edward Tanner in USA
  i. Grace Tanner
  m. Jesse Hughes ("an American frontiersman")
  E.+ other issue - William (b 1707), John (b 1708, d young?), Alexander (b 1711, d young?), James (b 1713), Lachlan (b 1717), Ludovick (b 1719, a 1747), Alexander (b 1723, 2nd), George (b 1727), Charles (b 1729), Jean (b 1709), Helen (b 1710), Mary (b 1715), Magdalen (b 1718), Janet (b 1720), Anne (b 1721), Isabel (b 1725), Christina (b 1730), Mary (b 1731)
  m2. ??
  W.+ 10 more children! 

 

 

Thought to be descended from Donald Glas Mackintosh, a son of William Mackintosh, 13th of Mackintosh (who dspl 22.05.1515), was ...
Lachlan Mackintosh of Balnespick
1. William Mackintosh of Balnespick (d 1742)
m. (1710) Mary Ross (dau of Andrew Ross of Shandwick)
  A. William Mackintosh, last of Balnespick, later of Clune in Strathdearn (d 08.11.1784)
  m. Margaret Grant (dau of George Grant of Cluny)
  i. Lachlan Mackintosh (d 1785, Captain)
  m. Anne Farquahrson Mackintosh (dau of Alexander (not Angus) Mackintosh, sister of Sir Aeneas Mackintos of Mackintosh, Bart)
  a. William Mackintosh of Corrybroughmore in Strathdearn (renamed Balnespick) (d 1816) had isssue
  m. Emilia Colina Chisholm (dau of William Chisholm, Provost of Inverness)
  Note that Emilia had a half-sister Mary who married John Mackintosh of Aberarder which could suggest that this family was somehow connected to that family.
  b. Anne Farquahrson Mackintosh
  m. David Sherreff of Kinmylies
  c. Margaret Mackintosh
  m. William Cameron Croft of Rothiemurcus
  d. Janet (Jessie) Mackintosh
  m. William Mackintosh of Geddes
  e. Emily Mackintosh
  m. _ Macpherson
  f.+ other issue - Aeneas (d unm 1814, Lt. Colonel), Georgina (d young)
  ii.+ other issue - William of Millbank (Lt. Colonel), James (d unm), George (d infant), George (d in West Indies), 11 others (d young)
  B.+ other issue (d unm) - George (Captain), Elizabeth
2. James Mackintosh of Kinrara, later in Virginia (a 1715)
3. Margaret Mackintosh
  m. Donald Mackintosh (minister of Duthil)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'Historical Memoirs of the House and Clan of Mackintosh and of the Clan Chattan' (Alexander Mackintosh Shaw, 1880, p514+)
(2) For 2nd section : ElectricScotland (here)
(3) For 3rd section : 'The Book of The Duffs' (Alistair & Henrietta Tayler, vol 1 (1914), Chapter VIII ('William Duff of Dipple'), p92+)
(4) For lower section (added 13.09.25) : BP1934 ('Mackintosh of Balvraid formerly of Balnespick')
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