John (Chisholm) Chisholm XXth of Chisholm (abt. 1650 - abt. 1709)

Born about 1650 in Scotland

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Died about 1709 at about age 59 in Scotland

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John (Chisholm) Chisholm XXth of Chisholm is a member of Clan Chisholm.

XX. JOHN CHISHOLM,

Known among his own countrymen as "An Siosalach Ruadh," or the Red Chisholm. He married Jane, third daughter of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon, fourth son of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Kilcoy, third son of Colin Cam, XI. of Kintail, by his wife Barbara, daughter of John, XII. of Grant, and brother of Kenneth, first Lord Mackenzie and twelth Baron of Kintail. This lady brought John a considerable fortune in money, her eldest sister Lilias, as heiress, carrying her father's landed estate of Findon to her husband, Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, IV. of Scatwell, on the death of her only brother, when, on the 12th of October, 1693, she was served heir of tailzie to her father in these lands, and carried them to Sir Kenneth, to whom she had been married in 1688. The other and youngest sister, Isabel, carried her portion, the estate of Allan, now Allangranee, to Simon Mackenzie, first of that family.

By his wife, Sir Roderick Mackenzie's daughter, John had issue

1. Roderick, his heir and successor.

2. Alexander of Muckerach, whose male representatives on the death of Duncan Macdonell Chisholm, on the 18th of September, 1858, without male issue, succeeded to the family estates as heir of entail, and of whom in their order.

3. Janet, who married one of the Macdonells of Leek.

4. Lilias, who married Fraser of Struy.

John was succeeded by his eldest son,

XXI. RODERICK CHISHOLM,

This marriage of John Chisholm, 20th Chisholm of Chisholm brought a good deal of money to the Chisholms.

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He [HUGH FRASER] married Lilias, daughter of John Chisholm, XX. of Chisholm, with issue.

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Sources

1. ↑ THE MEDLAM CHARTS. A series of Chisholm family charts compiled by Wilfred Medlam. Medlam PDF Files, p. 16.
2. ↑ HISTORY F R A S E R S OF LOVAT WITH GENEALOGIES OF THE PRINCIPAL FAMILIES OF THE NAME; TO WHICH IS ADDED THOSE OF DUNBALLOCH AND PHOFACHY. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, M.J.I., PARK HOUSE, INVERNESS, March, 1896. p. 642

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p21984.htm#i219831

• Mackenzie's History of the Mackenzie*, p. 448.

Research Note

by Mark Sutherland-Fisher, Scottish Clans sub-project The profiles for members of the Chisholm family between the 16th and 20th chiefs are confusing and based on competing sources. They need checked by an expert on the Chisholm family who may need to determine whether the “daughter of Mackenzie of Gairloch” marriage did exist and that the children have been attributed to the correct mother in each generation.