The Outlandish Companion - Diana Gabaldon [132]
a1. Ellen, who eloped with Brian Fraser, bastard of Simon, 11th Lord Lovat. She bore him three children: William, Janet, and James.
a2. Janet, who married Alexander Hay of Crimond, and died without issue, age 24
a3. Flora, who died in infancy
a4. Jocasta, who married first John Cameron of Torcastle, married secondly Hugh Cameron (“Black Hugh”) of Aberfeldy, and thirdly Hector Cameron of Arkaig, with whom she emigrated to America. Jocasta bore one daughter to each of her three husbands: to John Cameron, Seonag, to Hugh Cameron, Clementina, and to Hector Cameron, Morna
Colum MacKenzie married Letitia Chisholm, daughter of Andrew Chisholm of Erchless and had issue:
A1 Hamish, who emigrated to Nova Scotia following the Rising of 1745 and the subsequent razing of Castle Leoch4
The petition of Colum MacKenzie for a matriculation of arms was disputed by the heirs of Donald MacKenzie of Leoch, and was the subject of a prolonged legal process. The petition was not granted before the Rising of 1745, and after the Rising (in which the heir of Donald MacKenzie, his son and grandson, were all killed), the emigration of the only heir and the loss of his lands left the matter of the title undecided; the property of the estate reverted to a distant heir of Donald MacKenzie: Jeremiah MacKenzie.
1URL: www.baronage.co.uk
2From the records of The Baronage Press, ca. 1936.
3From the records of The Baronage Press, ca. 1940.
4It is thought that various family documents in the possession of Hamish MacKenzie and his heirs may have been preserved, which cast further light upon the antecedents of Jacob MacKenzie. As these documents are presently unavailable, however, nothing further can be adduced at this time.
A GENEALOGICAL, NOTE
NOTE ON THE GENEALOGY OF ROGER MACKENZIE (WAKEFIELD)
ow, I don’t know whether I haven’t explained adequately, or whether perhaps some readers were simply too caught up in the story to notice the details, but I have had letters and questions from a number of people who are confused over the parentage of Roger (MacKenzie) Wakefield.
The questions are most often phrased as follows:
If Roger is the son of Geilie Duncan and Dougal MacKenzie, how did he get into the future? (signed) Confused.
P.S. What’s all that stuff about Jeremiah?
This is pretty simple to answer—he isn’t the son of Geilie Duncan and Dougal MacKenzie, and it beats me how anyone could possibly have concluded that he is, though any number of people evidently have. I can only assume that some readers, in their haste to find out what happens next, overlooked the explanations of Roger’s family tree that occur in every single one of the books, (sound of author ripping hair out by the roots) or somehow failed to grasp the distinction between “descendant” and “son.” (A son is a descendant, all right, but a descendant is not necessarily a son. Got it?)
Roger is in fact the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Geilie and Dougal—a fact that he explains in some detail to Brianna on their wedding night. (I know, I know, you were busy laughing over “Jug-butt,” or you were caught up in the … er … less intellectual aspects of that particular interlude, but pay attention now, and I will explain it to you. Again.)
In Outlander, where we first meet Roger, the Reverend Wakefield explains to Claire and Frank that Roger is his great-nephew; the son of his (the Reverend’s) niece, who was killed in the Blitz. The Reverend also explains that though he has given Roger his own name (Wakefield), he has drawn up Roger’s genealogy—hanging on the corkboard—in order that Roger will not forget his true name (which happens to be MacKenzie) or lineage.
In Dragonfly in Amber, Claire uses this same genealogy (still hanging in the Reverend’s office) to explain to Roger exactly what happened to the child Geillis Dun can bore to Dougal MacKenzie—and thus why it is a matter of personal concern to Roger whether they find Geilie Duncan in time to prevent her disappearance into the past.
Okay, about that son. Geillis Duncan gets