Macdonell Of Keppoch

[Jock Scot]

As you history buffs are sticklers for the facts I am told,by a "higher authority" that it was the MacKintoshes not the Grants that fought the MacDonells.The MacDonells won!I am not sure that the battle was the last on British soil now that I think of it.I will stop at the cairn and see what it says.Would you like a photo too?

[BoldHighlander]

As you history buffs are sticklers for the facts I am told,by a "higher authority" that it was the MacKintoshes not the Grants that fought the MacDonells.The MacDonells won!I am not sure that the battle was the last on British soil now that I think of it.I will stop at the cairn and see what it says.Would you like a photo too?

Indeed I would if you wouldn't mind

Just as you replied I found this page:
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.u...roy/index.html

With a photo of the cairn & this info:
"Glen Roy has one more claim to fame. A stone cairn half a mile north of Roybridge remembers the nearby site of the Battle of Mulroy. This took place on 4 August 1688 and was the last inter-clan battle fought in Scotland. The memorial notes that the MacDonells of Keppoch defeated the Mackintoshes."

If at all possible I'd love to see a close-up, of sorts, of the plaque upon the cairn.

Thanks again!

[Jock Scot]

Indeed I would if you wouldn't mind

Just as you replied I found this page:
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.u...roy/index.html

With a photo of the cairn & this info:
"Glen Roy has one more claim to fame. A stone cairn half a mile north of Roybridge remembers the nearby site of the Battle of Mulroy. This took place on 4 August 1688 and was the last inter-clan battle fought in Scotland. The memorial notes that the MacDonells of Keppoch defeated the Mackintoshes."

If at all possible I'd love to see a close-up, of sorts, of the plaque upon the cairn.

Thanks again!

When I have remembered how to post pictures, I will post some pictures for you in the picture section--watch this space,but don't hold your breath!The MacDonells of Keppoch were a warlike bunch and came to he fore again in 1745 in the first action of the revolution at High Bridge,only 4 miles or so from the battle of Mulroy.Picture will also be enclosed.

[BoldHighlander]

When I have remembered how to post pictures, I will post some pictures for you in the picture section--watch this space,but don't hold your breath!The MacDonells of Keppoch were a warlike bunch and came to he fore again in 1745 in the first action of the revolution at High Bridge,only 4 miles or so from the battle of Mulroy.Picture will also be enclosed.

Thanks Jock Scot, I greatly appreciate it

Indeed, I have been running across a number of mentions of the Macdonells of Keppoch through out "The Independent Companies 1603 - 1760" by Peter Simpson.
In one chapter where there is discussion about the early Independent Companies (1603 - 1660) and lawlessness in the Highlands, and some rather infamous characters: e.g. Black John (Iain Dubh Cearr), James Grant of Carron, etc; it mentions the following:

Apart from the famous individual robbers already mentioned, there existed a clan dimension in that three main clans, Camerons, Macdonalds of Keppoch and the Macdonalds of Glencoe not only sheltered the caterans but were notorious for raiding in their own right."

Seems those Macdonells of Keppoch were a troublesome crew, eh?

[Streetcar]

Thank you so much for posting this! I too trace back to the MacRanalds. Specifically a "John MacRanald born in the area of Keppoch."

He later relocated to Tyrone County in Ireland, and eventually the line merged with Moran line.

I'm going to follow up on some of those links - and I'll be looking for that book!

[BoldHighlander]

Thank you so much for posting this! I too trace back to the MacRanalds. Specifically a "John MacRanald born in the area of Keppoch."

He later relocated to Tyrone County in Ireland, and eventually the line merged with Moran line.

I'm going to follow up on some of those links - and I'll be looking for that book!

If your MacRanalds look anything like this then we are cousins indeed (following from my linage):

1. Johne McReynolds (MacRanald /MacRannald)

b 1639 (Of Keppoch Area, Scotland) d ?

married ? (Scotland)

Catherine McIlstalker b 1643 (Scotland) d ?

Child of Johne McReynolds & Catherine McIlstalker :

John McReynolds b 1665


2. John McReynolds b 1665 (Keppoch, Highlands of, Scotland)

d 1760 (Stewartstown, Tyrone, Ireland)

married June 18, 1714 (Dungannon/clrmnt, Tyrone, Ireland)

Elizabeth Shepherd b Abt 1675 (Tyrone County, Ireland)

d Aft 1744 (PA)

Child of John McReynolds & Elizabeth Shepherd :

Joseph McReynolds b 1720


3. Joseph McReynolds b 1720 (Killyman, Dungannon Co., Tyrone, Ireland)

d 1805 (Sequatchie Val’y, Bledsoe, TN)

married Grange, Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Sarah Dixon b 1736 (Tyrone County, Ireland)

d (95 years) before 1796 (Campbell County, VA)

Child of Joseph McReynolds & Sarah Dixon :

Roland McReynolds b 1739

I'll stop there, if you need more I'll PM you.
My line eventually merged with my Scobee line.

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Since posting the above linage I have found there was a mistake in the original info, which I'm correcting here:
(corrections & additions in red).

1. Johne McReynolds (MacRanald /MacRannald)

b. 1639 (Of Keppoch Area, Scotland)

d. ?

married ? (Scotland)

Catherine McIlstalker b. 1643 (Scotland) d. ?

Child of Johne McReynolds & Catherine McIlstalker:

John(e) McReynolds b. 1665


2. John (e) McReynolds /MacRanalds b. 1665 (Keppoch, Highlands of, Scotland)

d. 1760 (Stewartstown, Tyrone, Ireland)

married June 18, 1714 (Dungannon/clrmnt, Tyrone, Ireland)

Elizabeth Shepherd b. Abt 1675 (Tyrone County, Ireland)

d. After 1744 (PA)

Child of John[e] McReynolds & Elizabeth Shepherd :

Joseph McReynolds b. 1715


3. Joseph McReynolds b. 1715 (Killyman, Dungannon Co., Tyrone, Ireland)

d. 1805 (Sequatchie Valley, Bledsoe, TN)

married Grange, Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Sarah Dixon b. 1736 (Tyrone County, Ireland)

d. (95 years) before 1796 (Campbell County, VA)

Child of Joseph McReynolds & Sarah Dixon :

Robert McReynolds b. 1738


4. Robert McReynolds b. 1738 on board the ship "Elizabeth" upon the Atlantic Ocean

d. 1814 (Reeds Valley, Russell, VA)

married January 26, 1760 (Chester County, PA)

Martha Rich b December 27, 1742 (West Nottingham, Cecil, MD)

d. 1812 /1813 (Abingdon, Washington, VA)

Child of Robert McReynolds & Martha Rich :

Joseph McReynolds b. Oct. 5, 1760


5. Joseph McReynolds b. Oct. 5, 1760 (Orange County, NC)

d. April 14, 1838 (Reeds Valley, Russell, VA)

married April 11, 1783 (Ashe or Orange County, NC)

Rebecca Boren b. March 11, 1766 (Orange County, NC)

d. September 11, 1853 (Reeds Valley, Russell, VA)

Child of Joseph McReynolds & Rebecca Boren :

Martha /Mattey McReynolds b. Abt 1793


6. Martha or Mattey McReynolds b. Abt 1793 Russell County, Virginia)

d. ? (IL or MacCamerTwp, Marco, IN)

married Truelove Brown b. 1789/1795 (Russell County, Virginia) d. ?

Child of Martha /Mattey McReynolds & Truelove Brown :

Joseph M. (Truelove) Brown b. Oct. 16, 1816

[BoldHighlander]

Streetcar,
if you haven't done so yet, be sure to go check out this thread:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...922/index.html