'Mackay02'
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Families covered: Mackay of Borley, Mackay of Reay, Mackay of Scoury (Scourie), Mackay of Strathy
| Donald Balloch Mackay of Scoury or Scourie (a 1605) | |||||||||||||||
| TSP reports that Donald "had a charter of the lands of Scourie, hereditarily from his brother Huestean Du, 31 December 1605" but BLG1952 reports that it was his son Hugh who bought Scoury. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Euphemia Munro (dau of Hugh Munro of Assint or Assynt, brother of Robert of Fowlis) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Hugh Mackay of Scoury or Scourie (d 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Corbet (dau of John Corbet of Arkboll) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Hugh Mackay of Scoury or Scourie (b 1640, d Steinkirk (Steenbergen) 24.07.1692, Lt. General, CIC Scotland, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.12.1674) Clara de Bie (dau of Arent de Bie of Wayestein) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hugh Mackay (b 1681, d 1708, lived in The Netherlands) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Louise de Lannoy (b 1680, d 1722, dau of Gabriel de Lannoy) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (in The Netherlands) - Hugh, Gabriel, Clara Margrieta | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Mackay (bpt 16.01.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1702) George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (b 1678, d 21.03.1748) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Maria Mackay (b 1686, d 1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matthias Lambert Singendonck of Dieden | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Barbara Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay (b c1612, d c1680) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Ann Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mackay of Kinloch (a 01.1669) @3@ below | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - James (d Killiecrankie 27.07.1689, Lt. Colonel), 3 sons, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Donald Mackay of Borley (4th son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Munro (dau of Rev. Robert Munro of Creich) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Mackay of Borley (b c1610, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1639) Elizabeth Corbet (dau of Alexander Corbet of Arkboll) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hugh Mackay of Borley (b 1670, d 1723, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 12.04.1687, sp) Anna Mackay (dau of John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay) @4@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Donald Mackay (d 1702) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Mackay (b c1680, a 1704, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Mackay (dau of John Mackay) @5@ below | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Mackay (b 1717, d 1803, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Montgomery | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Harriett Mackay (b 1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1798) Rev. George Gordon (b 1765, d 1822) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Angus Mackay (dsp Killiecrankie 27.07.1689, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christina Mackay | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Mackay of Sandwood | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue - Neil (eldest son?), William (d Luetzen 1632, Lt. Colonel), 4 others | ||||||||||||||
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| Huistean (Hugh) Du Mackay of Farr (b c1562, d 11.09.1614) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (div) Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Christian Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mackintosh of Dalziel (d 1645) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.1589) Jane Gordon (b 01.11.1574, dau of Alexander Gordon, Earl of Sutherland) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (d 02.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.1610) Barbara Mackenzie (dau of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Kintail) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay (b c1612, a 1680, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1636) Isabel Sinclair (dau of George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Mackay (dvp unm after 1655) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jane Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 14.11.1665) Robert Gordon (b 31.12.1635, dsp 1671, son of John, Earl of Sutherland) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.1676) Hugh Mackay, 2nd of Strathy @6@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Barbara Mackay (dau of Col. Hugh Mackay, 2nd of Scourie) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Donald Mackay, 'Master of Reay' (b c1658, dvp 1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 22.08.1677) Ann Munro (dau of Sir George Munro of Newmore & Culrain) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (b 1678, d 21.03.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 12.1702) Margaret Mackay (dau of Lt. Gen. Hugh Mackay of Scourie) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Donald Mackay, 4th Lord Reay (d 18.08.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 23.08.1732) Marion Dalrymple (d 12.1740, dau of Sir Robert Dalrymple of Castleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Mackay, 5th Lord Reay (b c1734, d 27.02.1768) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.01.1758, sps) Marion Mackay (d 12.03.1759, dau of Hugh Mackay of Bighouse) @7@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (01.10.1760) Elizabeth Fairley (d 10.11.1800, dau of John Fairley of Ayr) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Marianne Mackay (dsp 28.03.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1792) William Fullarton of Fullarton (b 12.01.1754, dsp 13.02.1808) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Jane (b c1763, d 16.02.1773), Georgina (b 30.04.1766, d unm 02.08.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Hugh Mackay, 6th Lord Reay (d unm 26.01.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.12.1741) Christian Sutherland (d 12.07.1790, dau of James Sutherland of Pronsy by Margaret Sutherland) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Mackay (d 18.01.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Mackay (d 21.11.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Edgar (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Janet Sinclair (dau of John Sinclair of Ulbster) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Hugh Mackay of Islandhanda, later of Bighouse (Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 15.07.1728) Margaret or Elizabeth Mackay (d 26.03.1769, coheiress of Bighouse) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Janet or Jane Mackay (heiress of Bighouse) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (09.05.1749) Colin Campbell of Glenure (d 1752) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Charles Baillie (son of William of Rosehall by Katherine Sutherland) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Mackay (d 21.09.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Baillie of Rosehall | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Marion Mackay (d 12.03.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 23.08.1732) George Mackay, 5th Lord Reay (b c1734, d 27.02.1768) @7@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - Hugh (d 1751), Colin (d young), Robina (d 10.08.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (14.04.1770, sp) Isabella Mackenzie (dau of Alexander Mackenzie of Lentran) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ann Mackay (d 24.11.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 07.09.1725) John Watson of Muirhouse | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (11.08.1713) Mary Dowell (dau of John Dowell or Doull of Thuster) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | George Mackay of Skibo (d 25.06.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.12.1766) Anne Sutherland (b 1750, d 15.03.1833, dau of Eric Sutherland, Master of Duffus) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay (b 12.1773, d unm 08.07.1847, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Erica Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1835) Sir Walter Minto Townsend Farquhar, Bart (d 1899) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Alexander Mackay, 8th Lord Reay (b 1775, d 18.02.1863) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.04.1809) Marion Gall (d 02.07.1865, dau of Col. _ Gall) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Donald Mackay (b 31.12.1780, dsp 26.03.1850, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1848) Helen Martha Twinning (dau of William Twinning) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - George (d 12.12.1790), Patrick (d infant), Elizabeth (d 10.04.1788), Mary (d 24.11.1843), Harriet (d infant), Anne (d 11.09.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Alexander Mackay (dsp 31.05.1789, CIC Scotland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.12.1770) Margaret Carr (dau of Sir William Carr, 'Bart' of Etal) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Christina Mackay (d 20.05.1800/10) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.06.1746) John Erskine of Carnock (b 02.06.1719, d 19.01.1803, minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue (d unm) - Mary (d 31.10.1780), Harriet (d 05.11.1766), Marion (d 1812) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Aeneas Mackay (d 1697, Brigadier General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1692) Margaret (b c1671, d 14.02.1761, dau of Lt. Col. Baron Francis von Puckler) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Donald Mackay (d Tournay 1745, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Baroness Arnolda Margaret van den Steen (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Aeneas Mackay (Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Baroness Ursulina Philippina van Haeften | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Barthold Johan Christian Mackay, Baron of Ophemert (b c1773, d 24.11.1854) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Baroness Anna Magdalena Frederica Henriette van Renesse | |||||||||||||||
| Their elder son became the 10th Lord Reay. | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue (in The Netherlands) - Donald (d unm 1787, Captain), Frans (d unm 1787), Cornelis Anne (dsp 1841, Baron of The Netherlands), Margaret, Theodora, Arnolda, Reinera | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (in The Netherlands) - Frans (dsp 1817, Major General), John (d unm, Captain), Donald (dsp 1782, Major), Frances Jacoba | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Robert Mackay (d unm 1696, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Joanna Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 21.04.1684) William Fraser of Struy | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Anna Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 12.04.1687, sp) Hugh Mackay of Borley (b 1670, d 1723, Captain) @4@ above | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Sibylla Mackay (b c1664, d 17.10.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 25.10.1687) Lauchlin Macintosh of Aberador | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 25.0.1689) Alexander Rose (Bailie of Inverness) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Angus Mackay (d before 1703, Lt. Colonel, 4th son) ancestor of the Mackays of Melness | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.05.1659) Catherine Gunn (dau of Alexander Gunn of Killearnan) @8@ below | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Jane Mackay possibly the Jane who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mackay, 3rd of Bighouse | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Mary Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Roderick Macleod of Talisker | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Marian Mackay possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Donald Ban Macleod of Assynt (a 1642) | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Iye (d 1617), Hew (a 1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1632) Elizabeth Thomson (dau of Robert Thomson of Greenwich) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Ann Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Macdonald (brother of Sir James of Sleat) | |||||||||||||||
| H.+ | other issue (dspvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Marjory Sinclair (dau of Francis Sinclair of Stirkoke) | |||||||||||||||
| I. | William Mackay of Kinloch (a 01.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Mackay (dau of Col. Hugh Mackay of Scourie) @3@ above | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Mackay (dau of Angus Mackay, 5th of Bighouse) | |||||||||||||||
| J. | Charles Mackay of Sandwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Mackay (dau of Capt. William Mackay of Borley) | |||||||||||||||
| K. | Christina Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Gunn of Killearnan | |||||||||||||||
| L.+ | other issue - Rupert, Margaret (d unm 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| p. Mary Lindsay (dau of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford) | |||||||||||||||
| N. | son | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | John Mackay of Braegaul, Divlet and Strathy (b 1592, d 1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1618) Agnes Sinclair (dau of James Sinclair of Murkle) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from www.genealogics.org. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Hugh Mackay of Strathy | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1676) Jane Mackay (dau of John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay) @6@ above | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Mackay of Strathy | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of John Sinclair of Brims) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Hugh Mackay of Strathy | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Murray of Pennyland | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Mackay (to USA) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann | |||||||||||||||
| It appears that John also married the following Janet Sinclair. The following comes from 'The Sinclairs of Scotscalder' within 'Caithness Family History' (John Henderson, 1884, p40). | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 29.04.1731) Janet Sinclair (dau of William Sinclair of Hoy & Scotscalder) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Honyman of Graemsay | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Scobie of Melness (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Mackay possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Sinclair in Thurso (d 1755) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anna Mackay possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sinclair of Brims | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Mackay of Skerray (b 1622, d 1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Munro (dau of Hector Munro of Erribol by Elizabeth Fraser) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Donald Mackay of Kinniset (b 1658, d 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Munro (dau of Donald Munro of Arnaboll) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | James Mackay (b c1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Fraser (dau of Sir Simon Fraser of Inverallochy by Jean Moncreiff) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Mackay (d 1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of John Sinclair) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Catherine Mackay (d 1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mackay (b c1680, a 1704, Rev.) @5@ above | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Mackay probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1647) Patrick Sinclair of Ulbster | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anna Mackay (a 08.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1618) John Sinclair of Brims (d before 16.08.1666) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Mary Mackay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.1619) Sir Hector Munro of Foulis (d 04.1635) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Alexander Gunn of Killearnan | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Catherine Gunn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.05.1659) Angus Mackay (d before 1703, Lt. Colonel) @8@ above | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLG1952 (Mackay of Bighouse and Sandwood), www.genealogics.org
(2) For lower section : TSP (Mackay, Lord Reay) with support from BP1934 (Reay), BLG1952 (Mackay of Bighouse and Sandwood)
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