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Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry 1545–1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Feb 1545

Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland

Death Date: 2 Feb 1645

Death Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: Angus Glengarry

Mother: Lady Castle

Spouse(s): Margaret Clanranald

Children(s): Isabell MacDonald, Donald Macdonell, Alastair MacDonald, Isabel MacDonald

Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry was born in 1545 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland, the child of Angus Macalister Macdonald 7Th Chief Laird Of Clan Macdonald Of Glengarry And Lady Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle. Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry married Margaret Clanranald, and had children including Alastair Dearg Mohr Macdonald, Donald Gorm Macdonell, Isabel Macdonald, Isabell Of Glengarry Macdonald. Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry passed away in 1645 in Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry was born in 1545 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland, the child of Angus Macalister Macdonald 7Th Chief Laird Of Clan Macdonald Of Glengarry And Lady Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle.
  • Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry married Margaret Clanranald, and had children including Alastair Dearg Mohr Macdonald, Donald Gorm Macdonell, Isabel Macdonald, Isabell Of Glengarry Macdonald.
  • Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry passed away in 1645 in Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Angus Glengarry
1515–1574
Birth Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
AG
Lady Castle
1524–1563
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
LC

Spouses(s)

Margaret Clanranald
1560–
Birth Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
MC

Children(s)

Isabell MacDonald
1567–1659
Birth Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
IM
Donald Macdonell
1575–1740
Birth Location: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
DM
Alastair MacDonald
1565–1640
Birth Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
AM
Isabel MacDonald
1567–
Birth Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
IM

Donald Glengarry's Ancestors

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Donald Glengarry
1545–1645
Birth Place: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland
Parents
Angus Macalister MacDonald 7th Chief Laird of Clan MacDonald of Glengarry
1515–1574
Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Julia MacLean, Lady of Duart) Castle
1524–1563
Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Hector (Eachuinn Mor Maclean , 8th of Duart and Morvern, 12th Chieftain Clan) Maclean
1497–1570
Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Meve (MacDonald (Lady of Islay-The Glens-Duart &) Morven)
1515–1550
Dunnyveg, Island of Islay, Western Isles, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Donald Glengarry's Descendants

1.
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Donald (VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of) Glengarry (2 Feb 1545–2 Feb 1645) m. Margaret Clanranald (1560–)
  1. 1. Isabell ((Of Glengarry)) MacDonald 1567–1659 m. Sir (Roderick Ruairidh XV "Rory Mor") MacLeod 1562–1626
    1. 1. Florence (( Flora)) MacLeod* 1626–1726 m. Donald (MacSweyn) (MacQueen) 1630–1710
      1. 1. Angus (Alexander) McCaskill 1692–1807 m. Aillen McCaskill 1677– m. Aillen 1677–
        1. 1. Finlay McCaskill 1710–1769 m. Sarah McLeod 1704–1743
        2. 2. Kenneth (Mac) Caskill 1711–
        3. 3. Anne MacCaskill 1717–
        4. 4. Margaret MacCaskill 1719–
        5. 5. Marion (Mac) Caskill 1721–
        6. 6. Christian McCaskill 1750–1850
        7. 7. Donald MacCaskill 1715–
        8. 8. Finlay McCaskill 1700–1769
        9. 9. Margaret MacCaskill 1719–
        10. 10. Marion (Mac) Caskill 1721–
        11. 11. Anne MacCaskill 1717–
        12. 12. Donald MacCaskill 1715–
        13. 13. John MacCaskill 1713–
        14. 14. Kenneth MacCaskill 1711–
      2. 2. Sweyn (Roag) MacSweyn 1660–1735
      3. 3. Dugald MacSweyn 1668–1738
      4. 4. Duncan MacSweyn 1664–1735
      5. 5. John MacSweyn 1666–1794
      6. 6. Sweyn (Tacksman Roag MacSweyn) McSween 1660–1735
      7. 7. Duncan MacSweyn 1664–1735
      8. 8. Dugald MacSweyn 1668–1738
      9. 9. John MacSweyn 1712–1794
    2. 2. Moire MacLeod 1596–1660
    3. 3. Ian (Mor) Macleod 1595–1649
    4. 4. Donald (Grishornish) Macleod 1619–1706
    5. 5. William MacLeod 1617–1698
    6. 6. Janet Macleod 1605–
    7. 7. Isabel MacLeod 1600–
    8. 8. Mary MacLeod 1605–1660
    9. 9. Norman MacLeod 1597–1705
    10. 10. Margaret MacLeod 1598–1650
  2. 2. Donald (Gorm) Macdonell 1575–1740
  3. 3. Alastair (Dearg Mohr) MacDonald 1565–1640
  4. 4. Isabel MacDonald 1567–

Donald Glengarry's Timeline

2 Records

1545
2 Feb 1545
Birth of Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland
1645
2 Feb 1645
Age 100
Death of Donald VIII MacDonnell\ MacDonald, 8th Chief of Glengarry in Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1545
    Event Place: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1645
    Event Place: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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