Duncan Aberach MacGregor (1550 - 1603)

Born 1550 in Scotland

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Died 1603 at about age 53 in Rannoch Moor, Perthshire, Scotland

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Biography

Duncan MacGregor is a member of Clan MacGregor.

1 - Duncan Aberach b c1550 (so called because he was brought up in Lochaber),

Slain by Robert Campbell 2nd son of Black Duncan of the Cowl on Rannoch Moor in 1603 (In Famed Breadalbane p134). A stout man of very fine appearance

m(1) Christian McFarlane of Keppoch. m(2) a dau. of McFarlane of that Ilk with issue:

It appears the two Macfarlane wives may be the same person and that the confusion arises from naming in different sources. "of Keppoch" is obviously wrong, as there is no record of any MacFarlane's of Keppoch. More likely to be a dau. Macdonell of Keppoc

2 - DUNCAN Mac GREGOR OF ARDCHOILLE, Chieftain of the Children of the Mist; called Aberach as he was brought up in Lochaber; outlawed, with his brothers and ten other MacGregors for murder 1568; taken into favour by Argyll 1573; appears in an official lis

3 - " Duncan Abberach took for his first wife Christian, a daughter of the ancient family of Macdonald of Keppoch, by whom he had a son who died young.

" He married 2dly . . , daughter to Macfarlane of that Ilk descended from the family of the Lennox and by her he had three sons whose descendants are at this day known by the name of Slioch Donachadh Abberach,

the tribe of Lochaber Duncan.'

"1. Patrick his heir, whose line carried on the representation.

" 2. Robert,3 a man of a rare martial genius. He laid the plan of attacking the Colquhouns.

"3. Alpin who married and had issue of whom Sir Evan Macgregor of Newhaven."

[ History of clan Gregor Vol 1 Chapt XVI ]

Name

Name: Duncan Aberach /MacGregor/ of Ardchoille, 2nd Chief of Children of the Mist

Surname: MacGregor

Given Name: Duncan Aberach

Name Suffix: of Ardchoille, 2nd Chief of Children of the Mist

Death

Date: 1603

Place: Rannoch Moor, Perthshire, Scotland^[1]

Cause: killed in a skirmish with the Campbells.

Type: Alt. Death

Date: Apr 1604

Place: Bintoig, Scotland

Alt Death:

Date: APR 1609

Place: Glenurchy, Scotland

Source: #S404

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for GREGOR MacGREGOR

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S7

• Electric Scotland. The Wicked Clan Gregor
• Source: S10 Title: Burkes Peerage and Baronage Publication: 107th Edition pub 2003/4 Page: p2493
• Source: S12 Title: "The barons of Arrochar and their cadets" Author: Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane
• Source: S15 Title: Douglas Genealogy Database Publication: http://www.blae.net/genealogy
• Source: S5 Title: http://www.stirnet.com Author: Peter Barns-Graham
• Source: S7 Title: The House of Glencarnoch (Glencarnaig) Author: John Ward Publication: http://www.wardjc.com/glencarn.htm

Acknowledgments

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