Malcolm MacCulchere MacGregor (abt. 1505 - abt. 1569)

Born about 1505 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland

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Died about 1569 at about age 64 in Mi'kmaq Nation, North America

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Biography

Malcolm MacGregor is a member of Clan MacGregor.

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Birth

C. 1505

Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland^[1]

Death

BET 1569-1590^[2]

Imported only 1569 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Note

Malcolm MacCulchere MacGregor, born about 1505, was put to the horn*, together with his brothers Duncan and Patrick and others of the Clan Gregor in Balquhidder, in a proclamation of 15 November 1523. They were declared rebels and outlaws against the peace of the Lord the King by raiding the pastures of Alexander Graham, second Earl of Menteith in Perthshire, and running off forty cattle belonging to his lordship. Glengyle, Drummiliche, Innerlochlarig, Keyletter [Caoletter], Strathyre [Strachur], Culgart and Carnlea, are among the farms in Balquhidder in which Malcolm23 and his sons and grandsons were tenants in the sixteenth century.

[* To "put to the horn" in old Scots law, was to denounce as a rebel and outlaw for non-appearance at a court to answer a summons; the culprit was proclaimed at the Great Cross in Edinburgh, together with three blasts of a horn and other formalities. A similar process was in vogue in executions on property for judicially established debts.]

A branch of the Clan Laurane in Balquhidder became formidable rivals of the MacGregors there. The MacLauranes, as the oldest clan in the parish, from the thir­teenth century exercised the prerogative of being the first to enter the parish church on Sundays; but early in the six­teenth century they agreed to share this honor with the MacGregors in return for assistance against a raid by the

McLenies. Among such turbulent people the joint participa­tion in such a dignity naturally led to many brawls and finally to a general free fight between the two clans inside the church in 1532, during which the vicar, Sir John MacLaurane, was killed. This caused a long-standing feud be­tween the two clans which resulted in 1557 in a slaughter by the MacGregors of eighteen households of the MacLauranes. Numerous members of the MacGregors of Balquhidder were put to the horn for this massacre, but none of them were convicted. On 9 March 1559, "Malcum McCoule Kair Mac-Gregour" and divers others of the Clan Gregour in Balqu­hidder bound themselves in fealty as tenants to Lord Colin Campbell (later sixth Earl of Argyll) and to serve under his protection, rendering their "calpes" [tributes] in the form of a horse or cow. Malcolm was living as late as 8 September 1569, when his son "Malcum Makcoulkeyr alias MacGregour, zoungar" [the younger] and two of the latter's younger brothers were put to the horn. (See below.)

He married about 1540, FINDLAY GLAS MCEANTYRE, who survived to very advanced age, as she is mentioned in a decree of horning dated 15 February 1589/90, as "Findlay glas McEantyre, relict of umquhile [the deceased] Malcum MacCoulcheir in Carnlea" in Balquhidder. [from Bartlett Ms.]

Marriage

FAM

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ggg-Grandfather of "Rob Roy" MacGregor^[3]

C. 1540^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S578
2. ↑ Source: #S578
3. ↑ Source: #S578
4. ↑ Source: #S578

• Source: S578 Author: Bartlett, J. Gardner Title: Ancestral Line of Clark Chamberlain Gregg (1822-1891) Abbreviation: Bartlett, J. Gardner Publication: Bartlett, J. Gardner/circa 1925 Note: Thoroughly researched, with all sources listed. Digital copy in R. B. Nichol genealogical files. Originally published by The New England Historical & Genealogical Soc. when Rob Gregg discovered and donated it. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I20032&tree=CC

Source: #S-2127383364

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16723752&pid=1274010002