William (Sutherland) Sutherland IIIrd of Sciberscross (1716 - 1786)

Born 1 Aug 1716 in Sciberscross, Sutherland, Scotland

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Biography

William (Sutherland) Sutherland IIIrd of Sciberscross is a member of Clan Sutherland.

William was the son of Capt. Adam Sutherland 2nd Laird of Sciberscross. He held Sciberscross under a wadset, his land being valued at £239, 2s 8d in 1771. He was a member of Dornoch Council, and Bailie of Dornoch by 1729. In Jun1 1746 he commanded a company of the Earl of Sutherland's militia, receiving a commendation for bravery. He became Sheriff Substitute for Sutherland in in 1750 and is listed as a Council member in 1763.

He was named as liable for land tax in 1752, and from 1760 to 1785 was taxed for a house with 10 or 12 windows. He was also taxed on owing a carriage, which were very rare in Sutherland.

Sources

• The Genealogy of the Families of Douglas of Mulderg and Robertson of Kindeace with their Descendants, A.M. Ross & Company, Dingwall 1895, p75
• The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland

The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)

The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun

The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]

Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1935 edition

The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland

Burke’s Landed Gentry

Private papers referring to various cadet branches of the Sutherland family in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland

A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.

A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.

Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland

Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland

Rearquhar Papers, National Records of Scotland

Window Tax Records for Sutherland

Pocock's Tours in Scotland (Edinburgh 1887) 168.

The Scot's Magazine (1846).

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