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Archibald the Clerk MacDonald 1550–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Circa 1550

Birth Location: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland

Death Date: Circa 1617

Death Location: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland

Father: Donald MacDonald

Mother: Lady MacLean

Spouse(s): Margaret Dunnybeg

Children(s): Donald Sleat, Archibald MacDonnell, Bryan MacDonnell, Helen MacDonnell, Fearach McDONNELL

In 1550, Archibald the Clerk MacDonald entered the world in Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland, born to Donald Gormson Sassunach Macdonald And Lady Mary Maclean. Archibald the Clerk MacDonald married Margaret Mary Currie Macdonald Of Dunnybeg, and had children including Archibald Iii Macdonnell, Bryan Macdonnell, Donald Gorm Og Macdonald Viii Of Sleat, Fearach Mcdonnell, Helen Macdonnell. Archibald the Clerk MacDonald passed away in 1617 in Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Archibald the Clerk MacDonald entered the world in Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland, born to Donald Gormson Sassunach Macdonald And Lady Mary Maclean.
  • Archibald the Clerk MacDonald married Margaret Mary Currie Macdonald Of Dunnybeg, and had children including Archibald Iii Macdonnell, Bryan Macdonnell, Donald Gorm Og Macdonald Viii Of Sleat, Fearach Mcdonnell, Helen Macdonnell.
  • Archibald the Clerk MacDonald passed away in 1617 in Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Donald MacDonald
1522–1573
Birth Location: Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady MacLean
1526–1568
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LM

Spouses(s)

Margaret Dunnybeg
1563–1635
Birth Location: Moidart, Clanranald, Inverness, Scotland
MD

Children(s)

Donald Sleat
1575–1643
Birth Location: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
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Archibald MacDonnell
1575–1637
Birth Location: Leinster Province, Leinster, Ireland
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Bryan MacDonnell
1577–1635
Birth Location: Tynekill Castle, Co, Leix {Queens, Laois}, Leinster, Ireland
BM
Helen MacDonnell
1572–1682
Birth Location: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
HM
Fearach McDONNELL
1593–1637
Birth Location: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
FM

Archibald MacDonald's Ancestors

Self
Archibald MacDonald
1550–1617
Birth Place: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
Parents
Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald
1522–1573
Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary) MacLean
1526–1568
Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Donald (Gorm Thomas) MCDONALD
1500–1539
Sleat,,Inverness-Shire,Scotland
Margaret ((Macdonald) (MacIan)) Mackeane
1505–1522
of Ardnamurchan, , Argyll, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Donald Grim)
1480–1539
Margaret MacDonald
1490–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Archibald MacDonald's Descendants

1.
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Archibald (the Clerk) MacDonald (Circa 1550–Circa 1617) m. Margaret ((Mary) Currie MacDonald of) Dunnybeg (Abt 1563–1635)
  1. 1. Donald (Gorm Og MacDonald VIII of) Sleat 1575–1643
  2. 2. Archibald (III) MacDonnell 1575–1637
  3. 3. Bryan MacDonnell 1577–1635
  4. 4. Helen MacDonnell 1572–1682
  5. 5. Fearach McDONNELL 1593–1637

Archibald MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1550
Circa 1550
Birth of Archibald the Clerk MacDonald in Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
1617
Circa 1617
Age 67
Death of Archibald the Clerk MacDonald in Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Circa 1550
    Event Place: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Circa 1617
    Event Place: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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