John Fraser (abt. 1760 - bef. 1831)

Born about 1760 in Craskie, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Chisolm) Fraser — married about 1778 in Inverness-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died before 1831 before about age 71 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

John, generally called "Ian Mac Thomais," tacksman of Mid-Guisachan, who married Jean, daughter of William Chisholm, farmer, Moor of Comar, with issue ten sons and two daughters, namely,

(i) William, subsequently known for many years as the venerable Roman Catholic Bishop William Fraser of Arichat, Nova Scotia.

(2) Colin, who married with issue nine children, of whom three survive, with nineteen grandchildren. Colin left no male issue.

(3) Hugh, or Huistean, who died in infancy.

(4) another Hugh, who married with issue ten children, of whom five still survive, with eight grandchildren. Hugh had several sons, the eldest of whom was John, who died a few years ago, leaving two sons William and Austin or Hugh, the said William being the present heir-male of the Frasers of Struy.

(5) Thomas, who married Catherine, daughter of Duncan Chisholm, farmer, Invercannich, with issue five children, of whom two survive, with fourteen grandchildren.

(6) John, who married with issue eleven children, of whom ten survive, with forty-nine grandchildren.

(7) David, who married, with issue nine children, of whom six survive, with fifty-one grandchildren.

(8) Simon, who died unmarried, in Jamaica, where he was in charge of a coffee plantation.

(9) Angus, who married with issue five children, of whom two still survive, with eleven grandchildren.

(10) Alexander, a master mariner, who commanded a ship from the port of Greenock, and was drowned off the West Coast of Ireland in a great storm, when the ship was lost with all hands. He married a Port-Glasgow lady, with issue one son, William, who, according to the late Colin Chisholm, Inverness, who remembered all the sons personally before they emigrated in 1821, followed his grandfather and uncles to Nova Scotia,

(11) a daughter who died in infancy ; and

(12) Jean, who married Donald Chisholm, Balnahaun, Strathglass, who also emigrated, with issue seven children, of whom four survive, with thirty grandchildren, all, as well as the surviving children and grandchildren of her several brothers, now in Nova Scotia.

Thomas, son of David, had another son David Fraser, a farmer at Craskie, Glencannich, who married Mary, daughter of Theodore Chisholm, tacksman of Comar, Strathglass, with issue William Fraser, a priest at St. Raphael's, Glengarry, Canada ; and Alexander, who died unmarried in Strathglass.

All John Mac Thomais's surviving sons emigrated in 1821 along with their father to Nova Scotia, where, as we have just seen, so many of their descendants, male and female, are still to be found, among them William Fraser, the present heir-male of the family of Struy, the direct male line in this country (Scotland) having become extinct on the death of Hugh Fraser, XIII. of Struy, on the 27th of December, 1866.

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Note:

There is a Gaelic cognomen (nickname) for the various chief families of the Fraser clan. The chief is MacShimie, another family is that of MacHuistean, another MacRobbie, and so on. The MacThomais's were the old Frasers of Belladrum, now extinct. They were descended from a second son of Culbokie (MacHuistean), who was a second son of Lovat.

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Note:

• CRASKIE (21519)
• KILMORACK(KLO), Settlement NH302340 (Accurate position) 160m OS Pathf, 191
• Craskey 1721 MacDonald (1985) TGSI, 106
• G crasg (Probable); G -in (Maybe)
• Notes associated with name:
• 'Place of the crossing'? It lies in Glen Cannich, and may refer to a crossing over to Glen Strathfarrar.

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Note:

RENTAL IN 1800:

• Mid Guisachan - Sheep Farm - £70 0 0
• Cougy [Cougie] - A Black Cattle Farm - 175 0 0
• Mains of Guisachan - Do - 25 0 0
• Ballacladdich [Balcladaich] - Do - 64 0 0
• Achblair - Do - 38 0 0
• Wester Achnaheglash [Achadh na H-Eaglaise] - Do - 29 0 0
• Easter Achnaheglash [Achadh na H-Eaglaise] - Do - 15 0 0
• Tomich - Do - 18 0 0
• Glassach - Do - 10 0 0
• £444 0 0

The following is a list of the tenants about the year 1810:

• Balcladdich [Balcladaich] and Grazings of Cougie - Peter Grant, John Macdonald, Alexander Fraser, John Macrae, Angus Scott.
• Achblair - Archibald Fraser, Donald Chisholm, Roderick Chisholm, Widow Macdonald.
• Tomich - Alexander Cameron.
• Easter Achnaheglash [Achadh na H-Eaglaise] - John and Donald Macdonald.
• Wester Achnaheglash [Achadh na H-Eaglaise] - John Fraser, Widow Anne Macdonald, James Fraser, John Fraser.
• Knockan-na-Crew [?Cnoc a' Chruaidh] = [Knockvoit] or Hilton - Alexander Macrae.
• Wester Guisachan - William Macrae, Alexander Macrae.
• Being nineteen heads of families, with numerous cottars, about 200 souls in all.

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Sources

1. ↑ 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. 642-643
2. ↑ The Celtic Magazine, Volume 12, edited by Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain, p. 376
3. ↑ PLACE-NAME SURVEY OF THE PARISHES OF KILMORACK, KILTARLITY & CONVINTH, AND KIRKHILL, INVERNESS-SHIRE, Simon Taylor, 2002, Simon Taylor, Dept. of Medieval History, University, St Andrews KY16 9AL
4. ↑ MINOR HIGHLAND FAMILIES, No. VI. THE FRASERS OF GUISACHAN (CULBOKIE), STYLED MAC-HUISTEAN. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, 8th February, 1893.
5. ↑ PLACE-NAME SURVEY OF THE PARISHES OF KILMORACK, KILTARLITY & CONVINTH, AND KIRKHILL, INVERNESS-SHIRE, Simon Taylor, 2002, Simon Taylor, Dept. of Medieval History, University, St Andrews KY16 9AL

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