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Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald 1522–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1522

Birth Location: Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Donald MCDONALD

Mother: Margaret Mackeane

Spouse(s): Lady MacLean

Children(s): Archibald MacDonald

Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald was born in 1522 in Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Donald Gorm Thomas Mcdonald And Margaret Macdonald Macian Mackeane. Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald married Lady Mary Maclean, and had children including Archibald The Clerk Macdonald. Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald passed away in 1573 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald was born in 1522 in Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Donald Gorm Thomas Mcdonald And Margaret Macdonald Macian Mackeane.
  • Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald married Lady Mary Maclean, and had children including Archibald The Clerk Macdonald.
  • Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald passed away in 1573 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Donald MCDONALD
1500–1539
Birth Location: Sleat,,Inverness-Shire,Scotland
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Margaret Mackeane
1505–1522
Birth Location: of Ardnamurchan, , Argyll, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady MacLean
1526–1568
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Archibald MacDonald
1550–1617
Birth Location: Isle Of Skye, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
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Donald MacDonald's Ancestors

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Donald MacDonald
1522–1573
Birth Place: Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Donald Gorm Thomas MCDONALD
1500–1539
Sleat,,Inverness-Shire,Scotland
Margaret ((Macdonald) (MacIan)) Mackeane
1505–1522
of Ardnamurchan, , Argyll, Scotland
Grandparents
Donald (Grumach Thomas (4th Baron of Sleat) MacDonald (Donald the) Grim)
1480–1539
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Margaret (Catherine) MacDonald
1490–1539
Loch Moidart, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Donald MacDonald's Descendants

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Donald (Gormson Sassunach) MacDonald (1522–1573) m. Lady (Mary) MacLean (1526–1568)
  1. 1. Archibald (the Clerk) MacDonald 1550–1617 m. Margaret ((Mary) Currie MacDonald of) Dunnybeg 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

Donald MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1522
1522
Birth of Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald in Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
1573
1573
Age 51
Death of Donald Gormson Sassunach MacDonald in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: Sleat, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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