A Conjectural McLeoran Family Tree - 1660 - 1770

A Family Tree based on a little conjecture

Conjectural Family Tree 1660 - 1770
No other version of an 18th century McLeoran family tree has come to hand and an attempt is long overdue . Above is a highly conjectural McLeoran family tree spanning 1660 to 1807, based on sparse facts and many assumptions.
Facts: 
  • 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.

Assumptions:
  • 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 and his grandfather may have been named John;
  • 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 - site of Dunaverty Castle
There would have been many more family members on the tree, not only in Southend Parish but in the adjoining Campbeltown Parish 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 McLaran 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.

The tree above is flimsy, highly speculative, and it is probably very wide of the mark. Scotlandspeople has taken the McLarans of Dalby family tree back to 1771 (and arguably Glennamucklach) and the Compt Book has provided a glimpse of some McLeoran family members 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. Keep in mind that Dunaverty is a mere 150 years on from 1527 and the legend of the lady on the rock.

Recommended reading
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)
Lady's Rock, Isle of Mull