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who also died unmarried.
7. John, who died unmarried, abroad.
8. Murdoch, who married Janet, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie of Dundonnel, without issue.
9. Alexander, who married a daughter of Mackenzie of Stronchrubie, with issue--James, who died in Assynt, unmarried, and two daughters--Margaret, who married Kenneth Macleod and Anne, who died unmarried.
Failing the male succession of this family, which has become extremely difficult if not impossible to trace now that the representatives of Kenneth Mackenzie of Ledbeg have failed in the male line, the dormant honours of Tarbat and Cromarty reverts to the family of Scatwell.
THE MACKENZIES OF SCATWELL.
I. KENNETH MACKENZIE, first of this family, was the second son of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Coigeach, Tutor of Kintail, by Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Torquil Macleod of the Lewis. He married, in 1634, Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Robert Munro the Black Baron, XX of Fowlis (tocher 15,000 merks), with issue--
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. Jean, who married a son of Munro of Lemlair.
3. Anne, who married MacCulloch of Park, without issue.
4. Catherine, who married Kenneth Mackenzie, I. of Langwell, with issue.
He married, secondly, Janet, daughter of Walter Ross of Invercharron, relict of Thomas Ross of Priesthill, life rentrix of Priesthill, Ulladale, etc. (who died on the 17th of March, 1699), with issue--
5. Roderick, who died young.
6. Alexander, who succeeded his half-brother John as III. of Scatwell.
7. George, who died young.
8. Kenneth, who succeeded his brother Alexander.
9. Isabella, who married John Macleod of Contullich, Tutor of Macleod of Macleod, with issue.
10. Christian, who married, first, John Gray of Arboll, and secondly, George Gordon of Ospisdale, without issue.
He has a sasine of Little Scatwell in 1619, and a charter of Allangrange, from George, Earl of Seaforth, in 1636. He died at Lochluichart, of which place he has a sasine in 1634, on the 3rd of March, 1662, and was buried in St. Clement's Chapel, Dingwall, when according to the Wardlaw MS. "My Lord Lovat paraded there with near 100 horse and 500 foot," to do honour to "a gallant and a great spirit."
Kenneth was succeeded by his only son by the first marriage,
II. JOHN MACKENZIE, second of Scatwell, who has a sasine in 1667. He married Anne, daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, III. of Redcastle, with issue--an only child, Lilias, who married Colin Mackenzie, III. of Kincraig, with issue (sasine to her in 1679). He died on the 13th of May, 1677, and was succeeded by his half-brother,
III. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, third of Scatwell, who married Janet Ross of Ulladale, who died in March, 1699. He died on the 18th of March, 1680, without issue, and was succeeded by his brother,
IV. SIR KENNETH MACKENZIE, fourth of Scatwell. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on the 22nd of February, 1703, by Queen Anne, six weeks after the elevation of his cousin-german, George, Lord Tarbat, to the Earldom of Cromarty. He was member of Parliament from 1702 to 1706. Dr George Mackenzie says that "he was a member of the Union Parliament, and joined those patriots of the country who stood by the ancient and inalienable privileges of the nation." In 1688 he acquired by purchase from his relative, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh and Mary Haliburton his wife, the lands of Pittonachty.
About the same time he married Lilias (then only eighteen years old), eldest daughter of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon, fourth son of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Kilcoy, who, on the death of her father and mother, and that of her only brother the year following, was, on the 12th of October, 1693, served heir of tailzie and provision to her father in the lands of Findon, which property she brought to her husband. The fortunes of the family of Scatwell having thus been much improved, in 1696 a dwelling-house was erected by Kenneth and his wife at Findon, into which
7. John, who died unmarried, abroad.
8. Murdoch, who married Janet, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie of Dundonnel, without issue.
9. Alexander, who married a daughter of Mackenzie of Stronchrubie, with issue--James, who died in Assynt, unmarried, and two daughters--Margaret, who married Kenneth Macleod and Anne, who died unmarried.
Failing the male succession of this family, which has become extremely difficult if not impossible to trace now that the representatives of Kenneth Mackenzie of Ledbeg have failed in the male line, the dormant honours of Tarbat and Cromarty reverts to the family of Scatwell.
THE MACKENZIES OF SCATWELL.
I. KENNETH MACKENZIE, first of this family, was the second son of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Coigeach, Tutor of Kintail, by Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Torquil Macleod of the Lewis. He married, in 1634, Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Robert Munro the Black Baron, XX of Fowlis (tocher 15,000 merks), with issue--
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. Jean, who married a son of Munro of Lemlair.
3. Anne, who married MacCulloch of Park, without issue.
4. Catherine, who married Kenneth Mackenzie, I. of Langwell, with issue.
He married, secondly, Janet, daughter of Walter Ross of Invercharron, relict of Thomas Ross of Priesthill, life rentrix of Priesthill, Ulladale, etc. (who died on the 17th of March, 1699), with issue--
5. Roderick, who died young.
6. Alexander, who succeeded his half-brother John as III. of Scatwell.
7. George, who died young.
8. Kenneth, who succeeded his brother Alexander.
9. Isabella, who married John Macleod of Contullich, Tutor of Macleod of Macleod, with issue.
10. Christian, who married, first, John Gray of Arboll, and secondly, George Gordon of Ospisdale, without issue.
He has a sasine of Little Scatwell in 1619, and a charter of Allangrange, from George, Earl of Seaforth, in 1636. He died at Lochluichart, of which place he has a sasine in 1634, on the 3rd of March, 1662, and was buried in St. Clement's Chapel, Dingwall, when according to the Wardlaw MS. "My Lord Lovat paraded there with near 100 horse and 500 foot," to do honour to "a gallant and a great spirit."
Kenneth was succeeded by his only son by the first marriage,
II. JOHN MACKENZIE, second of Scatwell, who has a sasine in 1667. He married Anne, daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, III. of Redcastle, with issue--an only child, Lilias, who married Colin Mackenzie, III. of Kincraig, with issue (sasine to her in 1679). He died on the 13th of May, 1677, and was succeeded by his half-brother,
III. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, third of Scatwell, who married Janet Ross of Ulladale, who died in March, 1699. He died on the 18th of March, 1680, without issue, and was succeeded by his brother,
IV. SIR KENNETH MACKENZIE, fourth of Scatwell. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on the 22nd of February, 1703, by Queen Anne, six weeks after the elevation of his cousin-german, George, Lord Tarbat, to the Earldom of Cromarty. He was member of Parliament from 1702 to 1706. Dr George Mackenzie says that "he was a member of the Union Parliament, and joined those patriots of the country who stood by the ancient and inalienable privileges of the nation." In 1688 he acquired by purchase from his relative, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh and Mary Haliburton his wife, the lands of Pittonachty.
About the same time he married Lilias (then only eighteen years old), eldest daughter of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon, fourth son of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Kilcoy, who, on the death of her father and mother, and that of her only brother the year following, was, on the 12th of October, 1693, served heir of tailzie and provision to her father in the lands of Findon, which property she brought to her husband. The fortunes of the family of Scatwell having thus been much improved, in 1696 a dwelling-house was erected by Kenneth and his wife at Findon, into which