A lesser metioned clan...

[Lachlan09]

Hello

I couldn’t help notice the name Blackstock. I don’t know if it helps, but when I was a boy, my father used to bring us on holiday to his old stomping grounds in Kintyre, Argyll. We used to stay at A’ Chleit, near Tayinloan on the Atlantic coast and sometimes helped Auntie Babs’ son Charlie MacIsaac with his fishing. He was a creel fisherman, going for lobsters and cruben. There was a rival inshore fishing family down the coast who vied for the same fishing grounds. They were the Blackstocks and Charlie used to get quite excited sometimes, talking about them, as he suspected they were emptying his creels when his back was turned. More like his bait was no good and he wasn’t catching them. My dad, brother and I couldn’t help seeing the funny side and we used to imagine a hillbilly-type feud between the MacIsaacs and “them durn’d thievin’ Blackstocks”. Har-de-har !!

So you might want to check on any link with Blackstock and Kintyre, Argyll. It is possible the name refers to the old Highland black cattle (or stock) which were the backbone of Highland life until the Clearances.

[IDScot]

Wow! Thanks much for the replies. I'll be certain to follow up on your information. Anybody else have anything to add, please post it or send me a PM. Thank you!