A Conjectural McLeoran Family Tree - 1660 - 1770

A Family Tree based on some conjecture

Conjectural Family Tree 1660 - 1770
Above is an attempt at a McLeoran family tree between 1660 and 1770. It is based on the following facts and guesswork: 
  • the information contained in the Compt Book;
  • the information found on Scotlandspeople;
  • Mary McLouran's headstone - Mary, at the moment, is the only female on the tree, but this may change as the 1792 Duke of Argyle Census information is reviewed;
  • approximate 25 year generation gaps;
  • approximate 50 year life expectancy, with birth and death years rounded up;
  • Donald of Keramenach and Duncan of Glennamucklach were brothers and had a brother named Malcom;
  • Donald of Keramenach was descended from Neil of Keramenach;
  • Donald of Carskey was descended from Donald of Balinacuissag;
  • Neil of Keramenach's father may have been named Duncan - we will never know - and born soon after the infamous Dunaverty massacre of 1647.​
Dunaverty Rock
There would have been many more family members on the tree, not only in Southend but in Campbeltown too. Around 1800, the McLeoran family was so extensive in Southend that there was some intermarrying of second cousins or even perhaps cousins. e.g.:
  • Donald McLeoran of Mucklach's first wife was a Rachal McLeoran - there is no record of her birth or of the marriage;
  • Archibald McLeoran, illegitimate son of Malcolm Mclaren and Euphemia McConachy, married Penelope McLeoran. Archibald was a grandson of Malcom McLeoran of Glennamucklach and Penelope was a daughter of Malcom McLeoran of Keramenach. They were probably second cousins once removed.

There is a lot of guesswork in the above and it is probably very wide of the mark. Scotlandspeople has taken the McLarans of Dalby family tree back to 1771 (and probably Glennamucklach) and the Compt Book has provided a glimpse of life in the first half of the 18th Century. It is hoped that in the future, the missing steps in the McLeoran story between Dunaverty and 1770 may be uncovered. And Dunaverty is not that distant from 1527 and the legend of the lady on the rock.

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Photo of sod houses c. 1880 - similar to dwellings in Southend in the 1700s and early 1800s.
(Photo from Robert Alan Gailey thesis - see left.