George (MacKenzie) Mackenzie IInd of Gruinard (bef. 1660 - abt. 1729)

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Died about 1729 after about age 69 in Gruinard, Ross-shire, Scotland

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Biography

The "History of the Clan MacKenzie" gives the following information about George MacKenzie, 2nd of Gruinard, on page 460:

"...He was succeeded by his eldest son.

II. George Mackenzie, who married,

I. first, Margaret, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, of Ballone, fourth son of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Coigeach, Tutor of Kintail. She was relict of Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Findon, who died in 1692. By her he had issue

1. George, his heir.

2. Kenneth, who married a daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, III. of Suddie, with issue.

3. Colin, a goldsmith in Inverness, married, first, Anne Mackenzie, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, III. of Applecross, widow of Alexander Mackenzie of Kinchulladrum; with issue – two daughters.

4. Simon, married Mary, daughter of John Mackenzie, II. of Ardloch, with issue.

5. Donald, married Janet, daughter of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, third Baronet and X. of Gairloch, without issue.

6. Roderick, married Barbara, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Ardloch, with issue

7. William.

8. Kenneth

— four daughters.

9. William, a lieutenant, Royal Navy, married Ann, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Ardloch, with issue – an only daughter, Mary Howard, who married Dr Grant, Inverness, by whom she had four sons and seven daughters.

10. George.

11. Captain John of Castle Leod, who married Geddes, daughter of his uncle, Simon Mackenzie. He bought the estate of Avoch with money left by Admiral George Geddes Mackenzie, his wife's brother. By this marriage he had George of Avoch, a merchant in London (and several other sons and daughters), who married Margaret, daughter of the Rev. William Mackenzie, minister of Glenmuick, by whom he had two daughters—

(1) Geddes, who, in 1812, married Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the celebrated North American explorer, and discoverer of the Mackenzie River, by whom she had issue – Alexander George of Avoch; George Alexander; and Geddes Margaret, all three unmarried;

(2) Margaret, who married Thomas Mackenzie, X. of Applecross, with issue.

There were three other sons and nine daughters, making in all twenty-three of this marriage.

George of Gruinard married secondly Elizabeth, a natural daughter of President Forbes of Culloden. There is a sasine of Meikle Gruinard in 1729 "to Elizabeth Forbes, his spouse." By her he had four sons and six daughters, making the extraordinary total of thirty-three children, nineteen of whom, at least, are known to have married, and most of them into the best families in the north.

He has a sasine in 1696, and the marriage contract with Margaret Mackenzie, his first wife, is dated the same year. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John Mackenzie..."

One of George's daughters, Annabella, is said in the History of the Clan MacKenzie to have married John MacKenzie, 1st of Lochend. John's dates are given in his Wikitree entry as 1680-1741, so I have changed George's birth year here to before 1660, to give him a chance to father Annabella (and his 31 other children!!), and for her to grow old enough to get married.

Sources

"History of the Clan MacKenzie; with Genealogies of the Principal Families," by Alexander Mackenzie, published by A&W MacKenzie, Inverness, 1879