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Hector MacKay 1721–1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1721

Birth Location: Farr, Sutherland, Scotland

Death Date: 1775

Death Location: Sutherland, Scotland

Father: Rev. Mackay

Mother: Mary Fitzhugh

Spouse(s): Margaret Gunn

Children(s): Hector 2?

Hector MacKay was born in 1721 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Rev William Macrobert Mackay And Mary Fitzhugh. Hector MacKay married Margaret Gunn, and had children including Hector Mac Kay Or Mac Neilicrory 2. Hector MacKay passed away in 1775 in Sutherland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Hector MacKay was born in 1721 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Rev William Macrobert Mackay And Mary Fitzhugh.
  • Hector MacKay married Margaret Gunn, and had children including Hector Mac Kay Or Mac Neilicrory 2.
  • Hector MacKay passed away in 1775 in Sutherland, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev. Mackay
1693–1760
Birth Location: Mudale, Tongue, Scotland, United Kingdom,
RM
Mary Fitzhugh
1700–
Birth Location: Tongue, Sutherland, , Scotland
MF

Spouses(s)

Margaret Gunn
1720–1775
Birth Location: Baddanloch, Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
MG

Children(s)

Hector 2?
1745–1785
Birth Location: Durin, Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
H2

Hector MacKay's Ancestors

Self
Hector MacKay
1721–1775
Birth Place: Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
Parents
Rev. William MacRobert Mackay
1693–1760
Mudale, Tongue, Scotland, United Kingdom,
Mary Fitzhugh
1700–
Tongue, Sutherland, , Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Neilson Aberach) MacKay
1646–1705
Achness, Farr, Scotland, United Kingdom
Colonel (William “The Immigrant” Fitzhugh 9th) GGF
1651–1722
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Tucker
1671–1733
England
Great-Grandparents
Neil GGF
1606–1649
Catherine MacKay
1620–1705
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William GGF
1580–1628
Janet Fraser
1588–1610
Angus Bighouse
1589–1634
Jane Elphinstone
1600–1630

Hector MacKay's Descendants

1.
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Hector MacKay (1721–1775) m. Margaret Gunn (1720–1775)
  1. 1. Hector (Mac Kay Or Mac Neilicrory) 2? 1745–1785 m. Margaret (Sutherland-MacKay-MacKenzie (Nin) Sainach) 1755–
    1. 1. Betsy MacLeod 1771–1852 m. William Morison 1768–1841
      1. 1. James Morison 1810–1861 m. Jane Whyte 1820–1899
        1. 1. Dorothy (Dora McIntosh) (Morrison) 1857–1946 m. James (Mcintosh (Birth Name) McNiven) 1862–1940
        2. 2. Donald Morrison 1848–1932
        3. 3. Betsy Morison 1852–1940
        4. 4. Jane Morrison 1860–
        5. 5. Bessie (Ann) Morison 1854–1929
        6. 6. Hector Morison 1849–1926
        7. 7. William Morison 1840–1876
        8. 8. Janet Morison 1846–

Hector MacKay's Timeline

2 Records

1721
1721
Birth of Hector MacKay in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
1775
1775
Age 54
Death of Hector MacKay in Sutherland, Scotland
Sutherland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1721
    Event Place: Farr, Sutherland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Sutherland, Scotland
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