Donald Mackay (abt. 1695)

Born about 1695 in Scotland

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Biography

He is noticed in Ferguson's work^[1] in the Marriage Register of the Scots Brigade as a witness to a contract of marriage, 16 Sep 1729 at Breda, between Private Mordoach Mackay, of Lieutenant Colonel Cuninghame's company, and Katherine de Broun, stated to the widow of Nicolas Minge a soldier of Colonel Mohr's Regiment (possibly Deutschmeister Infantry Regiment of Holy Roman Empire).

Witness to the contract to marriage were Corporal Donald Mackay, a Corporal in Brigadier Cuninghame's company, and Corporal David Willemens, a Corporal in Lieutenant Colonel Cuninghame's company.

He is again noticed in Ferguson's work^[2] in the Marriage Register of the Scots Brigade as a witness to a contract of marriage, 16 Sep 1729 at Breda, between Private Donald Nicolson, of Lieutenant Colonel Cuninghame's company, and Gysbertina Adams, stated to be a young woman of Breda. The other witness was Corporal William MacDonald, of Major Lamy's Company.

Footnotes

1. ↑ #S-3 Ferguson; James; Vol 3, page 151
2. ↑ #S-3 Ferguson; James; Vol 3, page 151

Sources

• Source S-3 Ferguson; James. Papers illustrating the history of the Scots brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1782. Edinburgh: Constable, 1809. archive.org