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'Maclean01'
Index
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Families covered:
Maclean of Dowart (Duart), Maclean of Maclean
| The Clan Maclean is also known as Clan Gillean after the person normally viewed as its founder, shown below. A (mythical) ancestry will be shown for him in due course that connects him back to early Irish roots. The following is reported by www.gillean.com as having been taken from a manuscript (the Skene manuscript dated 1467) which appears to be at least in part supported by other evidence. | |||||||||||||||
| Dugald of Scone (a c1100?) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Raing | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Cudollie | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Neil | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Maolsuthain | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Macrath | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gillean 'nan Tuaghe' (of the battle-axe), 1st Chief of Maclean (b c1210) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| The link below will be to the mythical ancestry which is the same as the above back to Cudollie but diverges therebefore. BP1934 starts off with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Gillean 'nan Tuaghe' (of the battle-axe), 1st Chief of Maclean (b c1210) - alternative continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Maoliosa or Malise MacGillean (d c1300) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Gilliecallum or Malcolm MacGillean (a 1314) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ? (dau of the lord of Carrick, Bruce ?) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John (Ian) Dubh MacGillean of Dowart | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Comyn (dau of Comyn, lord of Lochaber) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Dowart (d c1405) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 05.1367) Mary MacDonald (dau of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Eachan 'Ruadh Nan Cath' Maclean of Dowart (d Harlaw 1411) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Lachlan Bronnach Maclean of Dowart (d after 1472) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Stewart (dau of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Lachlan Og Maclean of Dowart (b c1432) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Campbell (dau of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Hector Odhar Maclean of Dowart (d Flodden 09.09.1513) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mackintosh (dau of Mackintosh, Chief of Clan Chattan) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Lachlan Cattanach Maclean of Dowart (d 1523) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Marion Maclean (dau of Maclean of Treshnish) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Hector Mor Maclean of Dowart and Morvaren (d 1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Macdonald (dau of Alexander Macdonald of Islay) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Allan nan Sop Maclean | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Campbell (dau of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Maclean | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Munro, 12th of Foulis (d 1505) | |||||||||||||||
| p1. dau of Macearchan of Kingerloch | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Donald Maclean, 1st of Ardgour | ||||||||||||||
| m. Evere Cameron (dau of Ewen MacAllan Cameron of Lochiel, 13th Chief) | |||||||||||||||
| p2. Finovola Macleod (dau of Ian Macleod of Harris) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Neil Maclean ancestor of Macleans of Lehire, Ross and Shuna | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | John Garbh Maclean, 1st of Coll ancestor of Macleans of Coll | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Hector or Euchan Reganach MacGillean, 1st of Lochbuie (d c1407) | ||||||||||||||
| m. dau of the Lord of the Isles (MacDonald ?) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: BP1934
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