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  5;  he sold Mountgerald to Lewis Mark Mackenzie of Findon; who died  unmarried in 1856。
  THE  MACKENZIES  OF  DAILUAINE。
  THIS family is descended from Hector Mackenzie; Portioner of Mellan;  third son of Alexander Mackenzie; V。 of Gairloch; by his first wife;  Margaret; daughter of Roderick Mor Mackenzie; I。 of Redcastle; by  Florence; daughter of Robert Munro; XV of Fowlis。 Hector; who was a  Cornet in Sir George Munro's Regiment; married a daughter of Donald  Maciver; of whose issue 〃a small tribe in Gairloch。〃 'Gairloch MS。   Hector; his three sonsJohn; Murdoch; and Duncanand a grandson;  Kenneth; are referred to by name in the Records of the Presbytery of  Dingwall under date of 6th August; 1678。'  That Mellan Charles was not a  permanent possession of any member of the Gairloch family is obvious  from the fact that another Hector; the second son; by the second marriage;  of John Roy Mackenzie; IV。 of Gairloch; and uncle of Hector; third son of Alexander Mackenzie; V。 of Gairloch; of whose descendants we now treat; occupied it in the preceding generation; and from the further fact that Charles Mackenzie; I。 of Letterewe; eldest son by his third marriage of Kenneth Mackenzie; VI。 of Gairloch; who would come of age about  1670; is described as 〃of Mellan;〃 which he possessed along with Loggie…Wester; until he exchanged both places with his eldest half…brother;  Alexander Mackenzie; VII。 of Gairloch; in 1696。
  The sons of Hector;  Portioner of Mellan; joined in the  Rising of 1715; and on that account  found it necessary to leave their native county; crossing in an open  boat from the Black Isle to the town of Nairn; from which they  naturally found their way to the neighbourhood of their kinsmen in  the upper districts of Morayshire and Inverness…shire; a place in  which several of their relatives held  influential positions in the  Episcopal Church; and in other situations。  The Rev。 Murdoch  Mackenzie; Hector's second  cousin; descended from John  Glassich Mackenzie; II。 of  Gairloch; and Episcopal minister  successively of Contin; Inverness;  and Elgin; had only very recently;  in 1677; been transferred from the  Bishopric of Moray to that of  Orkney; while several of his near  relations were still in the district;  among them the Rev。 Hector  Mackenzie; the Bishop's nephew;  and third cousin of Hector's son  John; who was minister of  Kingussie from 1670 until he was  translated to Inverness in 1688。
  There were also several  intermarriages between them and  the families of Grant of Freuchy  and Grant of Easter Elchies and  Edenvillie。 Some of Hector's sons  are found not many years after in  the Strathspey district; John; the  eldest; having two farms on the  estate of Edenvillie; in the parish of  Aberlour。  Hector of Mellan's  descendants continued  Episcopalians for some time after settling there。
  I。  HECTOR  MACKENZIE; Portioner of Mellan; son of  Alexander Mackenzie; V。 of Gairloch; married a daughter of Donald  MacIver; Lochbroom; with issue
  1。  John; who engaged in the Rising of 1715。
  2。  Murdoch; married; and had a son Kenneth。
  3。  Duncan; of whom there is no further trace。
  4。  Mary; who married her cousin; Alastair Mor; son of Alexander Cam Mackenzie; fourth son of Alexander; V。 of Gairloch; with issue。
  Hector was succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest son;
  II  JOHN  MACKENZIE; the first of the family who settled in Aberlour。  He married  Margaret Mackenzie; a relative of his own; died on the 9th of August; 1772; and was buried at Aberlour; leaving issuean  only son;
  III。  HECTOR  MACKENZIE; who; on the 5th of May; 1721;  married Elspet Stronach; with issue
  1。  William; his heir and successor。
  2。  John; born 7th April; 1728; and died without issue。
  3。  Alexander; who was born on the 28th of February; 1731; and died without issue。
  4。  Margaret; who died without issue。
  On the 3rd of June; 1723; it is recorded in the Session Records of  the parish of Aberlour; that 〃Hector Mackenzie; in Netherton of  Edenvillie; gave in a boll of meal; which his deceased father had  appointed to be distributed among the poor of the parish。〃
  Hector died on the 9th of March; 1732; was buried at Aberlour;  and succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest son;
  IV。  WILLIAM  MACKENZIE; who was  born on the 26th of  March; 1725。 He left Edenvillie; and settled at Lyne of Carron; and in  1763 married Grizzel Dean; Knockando; with issue
  1。  John; who was born on the 28th of February; 1764; and died without issue; in 1838。
  2。  William; born on the 2nd of March; 1769; and married; with issueone daughter; Grace。
  3。  James; born 26th of May; 1771; and died in 1783。
  4。  Alexander; born on the 7th of January; 1774; and died in  France; without issue。
  5。  Thomas; who on the death of his eldest brother; John; in 1838; became the representative of the family。
  6。  Hector; born on the 8th of May; 1778; and died in 1814; without issue。
  7。  James; a clergyman; born on the 26th of September; 1785; and died without issue; in 1811。
  8。  Elspet; who married John MacConnachie; Tombain; with issue。
  9。  Margaret; who died without issue; in 1812。
  William died in June; 1813; at Lyne of Carron; was buried at  Aberlour; and succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest son;
  V。  JOHN  MACKENZIE; who died without issue in 1838; when  he was succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest surviving brother;
  VI。  THOMAS  MACKENZIE; who was born on the 12th of April;  1776; and married on the 26th of July; 1821; Ann Grant; great…grand…daughter of Ludovick Grant; grandson of Sir John Grant of Freuchy; with issue
  1。  William; his heir and successor。
  2。  John; born on the 18th of November; 1823。  He is unmarried。
  3。  Grace; married John Shand; Rinnachat; without issue。
  4。  Penuel; who married Patrick Shaw; Benstaak; with issueseveral sons and daughters。
  5。  Margaret; unmarried。
  Thomas died at Lyne of Carron; on the 5th of February; 1861; aged 85; when he was succeeded as representative of the family by his eldest  son;
  VII。  WILLIAM  MACKENZIE; who was born on the 3rd of May;  1822。 He founded the Distillery of Dailuaine in  1851; one of the most extensive malt distilleries in Scotland。  He married on the 5th of October;  1844; Jean; daughter of William Thomson; Knockando; with issue
  1。  John; born on the 28th of July; 1845。  He was drowned at sea; without issue。
  2。  William; born on the 9th of October; 1846。  He went to the  West Indies and died there unmarried; on the 10th of December; 1893; at Paramaribo; Surinam。
  3。  Thomas; who succeeded his father in Dailuaine。
  4。  Alexander; who was born on the 11th of July; 1851。  He is in South Africa; and still unmarried。
  5。  William Grant; born on the 21st of June; 1859; and still unmarried。
  6。  Lewis Grant; born on the 10th of January; 1862。  He went to California; and is still unmarried。
  7。  Ann。
  8。  Jane。
  9。  Margaret。
  10。  Grace Penuel; who married Dr Robert Cochrane Buist;  Dundee; with issuea son and daughter。
  11。  Mary Forbes。
  William died at Dailuaine; on the 17th of May; 1865; and was succeeded there by his son;
  VIII。  THOMAS  MACKENZIE; now of Dailuaine; and since the  death of his elder brother William in December; 1893; heir…male of the family。  Born on the 18th of March; 1848; he on the 30th of October; 1877; married Emily; daughter of Edwin Holt of Rosehill; Worcestershire。
  SLIOCHD  ALASTAIR  CHAIM。
  THE progenitor of this family; not one of whom so far as known ever owned an acre of land until now; was
  I。  ALEXANDER  MACKENZIE; fourth  son  of Alexander  Mackenzie; V。 of Gairloch; by his wife Margaret; daughter of Roderick  Mor Mackenzie; I。 of Redcastle; by his wife Florence; daughter of Robert Munro; XVth Baron of Fowlis。  Alexander; like his brother Hector; was a  Cornet in Sir George Munro's Regiment; and according to one of the  Gairloch manuscript Histories was 〃an officer under Cromwell; whom he  afterwards left; and was wounded on the King's side at the battle of  Worcester; leaving a succession in Gairloch by his wife Janet; daughter of  Mackenzie of Ord。〃  He lost an eye at Worcester; and was consequently  ever after known Alastair Cam。 His descendants are still numerous in  Gairloch; where; having had no land to be designated of; they were always known as 〃Sliochd Alastair Chaim〃 or 〃The descendants of Alexander the  One…Eyed。〃 He married; in 1652; Janet; third daughter of John  Mackenzie; I。 of Ord; 'The marriage contract is dated 〃at Chanonrie; the  21st of July and 26th of August; 1652;〃 the year after the Battle of Worcester; and is in the Ord charter chest。' by his wife Isobel; daughter of  Alexander Cuthbert of Drakies; Inverness; with issue
  1。  Roderick; his heir。
  2。  Alexander; commonly  called 〃Alastair Mor Mac Alastair  Chaim;〃 from whom are  descended; among several others in  Gairloch; the late John Mackenzie  of the Beauties of Gaelic Poetry;  and Alexander Mackenzie; the  author of this History。   ALEXANDER married his cousin;  Mary; daughter of Hector  Mackenzie; 〃Portioner of Mellan;〃 with issueJohn Mackenzie;  locally known as 〃Ian Mor Mac  Alastair Mhic Alastair Chaim。〃   JOHN  MOR mar