'Cameron01'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Cameron of Ballegarno, Cameron of Cameron (Cambrun) [This family is still being researched.]
'Cameron01'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered:
Cameron of Ballegarno, Cameron of Cameron (Cambrun) [This
family is still being researched.]
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| As with so many other families, the origins of the Camerons are obscure but there is no shortage of suggestions. Some say that they descended from a younger son of Camchron, a (minor) king in Denmark; others that they descended from an early Earl of Fife (this latter idea possibly coming because an early line of the family held Ballegarno and there was a well-known property of that name in Fife - however, the Ballegarno owned by this family appears to have been a different one in Angus). The following is a provisional attempt to pull the early generations together. There seems to be general agreement that the basic pedigree is secure from Donald Dhu, described below as the 11th Chief, but BLG1952 (Cameron of Lochiel) starts with John 'Ochterly', 8th Chief. It appears that the first head of this family may have been ... | |||||||||||||||
| Angus, 1st Chief (a early 11th century) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Gillespick, 2nd Chief | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John de Cambrun, 3rd Chief (a end 11th century) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert de Cambrun, 4th Chief | ||||||||||||||
| The following is an attempt to show the relationship between the Camerons of Ballegarno, thought to have been the senior line that died out in the 14th century, and the line that led to the later Camerons of Lochiel. It has NOT been proved and should be viewed as merely speculative. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Robert de Cambrun of Ballegarno, 5th Chief (Sheriff of Atholl ?) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John de Cambrun of Ballegarno, 6th Chief | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John de Cambrun or Cameron of Ballegarno, 7th Chief | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Jean Cameron (d before 03.1383) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Erskine of Kinnoull (d before 12.1406) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Margaret Cameron |
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| m. John Halyburton of Dirleton (d after 1402) |
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| b. | Sir John de Cambrun | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Robert de Cambrun (a 1296) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John de Cambrun | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | John 'Ochterly' Cameron, 8th Chief (a 1357) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 starts with this John. It is unclear whether or not these generations actually used Cameron as a family name. BLG1952 does not start doing so until Ewen, 13th Chief. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elaine Mowat | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Allan Cameron, 9th Chief | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Drummond (possibly dau of Malcolm Drummond, 1st of Strobhall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Ewen Cameron, 10th Chief (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Donald Dhu Cameron, 11th Chief (a 1411) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ MacMartin (dau of MacMartin of Letterfinlay) | |||||||||||||||
| It appears that, because the MacMartins are a sept of the Clan MacGillonies, the Camerons are sometimes reported to have been descended from that clan. | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Alan Cameron, 12th Chief (a 1472) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mariot Macdonell (dau of Angus Macdonell) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, 13th Chief (d 1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Macdonald (dau of Celestine Macdonald of Lochalsh) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Marjorie Mackintosh (dau of Lachlan Mackintosh) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Joan Cameron ancestor of Camerons of Callart | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alastair 'Crottach' Macleod, 8th Chief (d 1547) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alan Stewart, 3rd of Appin (d c1562) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Donald Macdonell, 3rd of Kepoch (d 1496) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources:
(1) Early generations : various web sites.
(2) From John 'Ochterly', 8th Chief : BLG1952 (Cameron of Lochiel).
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