Sir
Ranald
MacDonell
Born in Keppoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander (MacDonald) MacDonell
and Janet Stewart
Brother of
Anna (MacDonell) Gordon, Clementia MacDonell, Angus (MacDonell) MacDonald [half], Barbara MacDonell, Katherine MacDonell, Jessie MacDonell, Alexander MacDonell and Charlotte MacDonell
Husband of
Sarah Cargill
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Alexander MacDonell, Elizabeth MacDonell, Clementina MacDonell, Richard MacDonell and Jessie MacDonell
Died
at about age 52
in Keppoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Sep 2014
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| Ranald MacDonell was a prominent member of a Scottish Clan. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by Sir Alexander MacDonald |
18th Laird of Keppoch 1746-1788 |
Succeeded by Sir Alexander MacDonell |
Biography
Ranald MacDonell is a member of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch.
Ranald was born in 1736. Being only ten years old when his father, Alexander MacDonald, was killed at Culloden he was placed under the tutelage of his elder brother, Angus MacDonald of Inch who led the clan until well after Ranald came of age.
Ranald was wounded “thro’ the knee” at battle of Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759.[1]
Sources
- ↑ OFFICERS THE OLD 78TH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
- Macdonald, Rev. A. and Macdonald Rev. A. (1904). The Clan Donald: Volume 3. Inverness, Scotland. Northern Counties Publishing Company Ltd. http://archive.org/stream/clandonald03macduoft#page/422/mode/2up
- "OFFICERS THE OLD 78TH REGIMENT OF FOOT." Clan Fraser Society of Canada. May 1, 2005. Accessed January 2, 2016. http://www.clanfraser.ca/78th1.htm.
- Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, marquis de, The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Grants of Honour, Extracted, by Permission, from the Stuart Papers Now in Possession of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, and Supplemented by Biographical and Genealogical Notes Edinburgh : T. C. & E. C. Jack https://archive.org/stream/jacobitepeerageb00ruvi#page/94/mode/2up
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Richard McKain
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member mckainmckean - Alan MacDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-CLD27, FTDNA kit #231598, MitoYDNA ID T11456 [compare]
- Nigel Alan Finlayson MacDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #393845, MitoYDNA ID T15973 [compare]
- Skip McDonald :
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- Wylie McDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-L193
- Bret McDaniel :
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- John McDaniel :
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Y-Chromosome Test, MitoYDNA ID T10775 [compare]
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