John
"John Mor"
MacDonald
Born before [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Donald MacDonald
and Margaret MacDonald
Brother of
Alexander MacDonald, Isabella MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, Katherine MacDonald, Janet MacDonald, Isabel MacDonald [half], Alexander MacDonald, Angus MacDonald [half], Donald MacDonald and John MacDonald
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Angus MacDonald
Died
after age 62
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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| John MacDonald was a prominent member of a Scottish Clan. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by First of that name |
1st of Ardnabie 1653-1654 |
Succeeded by Angus MacDonald |
Biography
John was the progenitor of the Macdonalds of Ardnabie. In 1592 he was granted the lands of Kylisstrugsay and elsewhere in Morar. Later John obtained a wadset of lands at Invergarry and Letterfearn. A year before his death he received a wadset of the lands of Ardnabie, Stronroick, and Ardochy.
Captain John faught under his nephew's banner in the Montrose campain which included the Battle of Inverlochy in 1645.
He was married to a daughter of Grant Of Glenmoriston and they had several children.
Sources
- Macdonald, Rev. A. and Macdonald Rev. A. (1904). The Clan Donald: Volume 3. Inverness, Scotland. Northern Counties Publishing Company Ltd.p. 309. http://archive.org/stream/clandonald03macduoft#page/344/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 :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L193, FTDNA kit #190210 +
Y-Chromosome Test 40000 markers, haplogroup R-L193
- Wylie McDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-L193
- Bret McDaniel :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-A940, FTDNA kit #438540
- John McDaniel :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #897567 +
Y-Chromosome Test, MitoYDNA ID T10775 [compare]
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Categories: Lairds of Ardnabie | Scotland Project Managed Clan Profiles
Some locations are known.
Invergarry = https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=57.068434%7E-4.795078&lvl=14.8&style=s
Letterfearn = https://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=57.25415%7E-5.522921&lvl=13.7&sp=Point.57.25428_-5.50877_Letterfearn___&style=s
Ardochy = https://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=57.074831%7E-4.965938&lvl=14.7&style=s
Others are also eludiing me:
Stronroick = ?
Kylisstrugsay = ?
edited by Keith Macdonald
Spelling was "fluid" so I'd be looking for variations on the names. Some databases to try include: