Place: Kilchattan, Kingarth Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland
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No formal link has been established yet other than family legend that Peggy (Margaret) Cameron was the great grand daughter of James IV although this has been noted a number of different times in different independent family histories, so there could be some credibility to the legend. Example as below:
"As before stated, Donald Makurerdy was the son of Gilkrist and the father of Donald, Jr. and Alexander.
Donald, Jr. was probably born about 1550 and may be properly termed the "Founder of the MacKirdys" as he was the first, so far as known to contract the name from Makurerdy. Of his children we have no authentic account except of his son Fingal, who, with his father was killed in a battle with a Cameron clan in 1600. Fingal's son Donald became his heir.
Donald MacKirdy was born about 1598; he married Peggy Cameron, a great grand daughter of James IV; they had six sons: Irven; Pethric, Fingal, Daniel, Gilkrist and Alexander; of two of these sons, nothing is known.
In Cameron's Family Notes and Reminiscences, William Cameron, in a letter to his cousin in 1660 in regard to the persecuted Presbyterians says, "The inhabitants of the borders, being warriors by choice, husbandmen from necessity, either quitted the country or became shepherds. The elevation of religious sentiments began to decline but the familiarity and kindness which had long subsisted between the gentry and the peasantry cannot be obliterated. While visiting my cousin Peggy, who married Donald MacKirdy, a rural Presbyterian on the banks of the Clyde, they portraided in lively and delicate colours the fears and hopes that agitated the breast of the rural Presbyterians, etc."
In another letter he says, "Many family ties have been broken as to religious sentiments and many of the persecuted has turned persecutors. Of the six sons of Donald MacKirdy's, three has seceded from the Presbyterian Church but Alexander, Pethrick and Daniel remains loyal."
With the above evidence and certain traditions existing in many families, as extracts from the following letters shows, it is quite evident that Donald MacKirdy was the grandfather of the five MacKirdy brothers who settled in Ireland. "
Source: HISTORICAL GENEALOGY OF THE McCURDY FAMILY Compiled by Elmer D. E. McCurdy
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Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Cameron-667 created through the import of DerrekPrestonWayneSteeleFamily.ged on Oct 14, 2011 by Preston Steele. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Preston and others.
WikiTree profile Cameron-504 created through the import of Nixon Family Tree 100211.ged on Oct 2, 2011 by Susan Shirey. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Susan and others.
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