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Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis 1430–1498 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Death Date: 1498

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Murdo Macleod

Mother: Margaret Lewis

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Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis was born in 1430 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, the child of Murdo Macleod And Margaret Macleod Of Harris Dunvegan Lady Of Lewis. Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis passed away in 1498 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis was born in 1430 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, the child of Murdo Macleod And Margaret Macleod Of Harris Dunvegan Lady Of Lewis.
  • Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis passed away in 1498 in Scotland.

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Roderick Lewis's Ancestors

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Roderick Lewis
1430–1498
Birth Place: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Parents
Murdo Macleod
1428–1498
Isle of Lewis, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Margaret (MacLeod of Harris & Dunvegan, Lady of) Lewis
1417–1500
Harris, Hebrides, Inverness, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Torquil Og MacLeod 6th Chief of Clan MacLeod of Lewis, Knight of) Cromarty
1398–1427
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Catherine Campbell
1400–1455
Lochow Castle, Argyll-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Norman Slender"
1364–1397
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Murdo Gesto
1333–1363

Roderick Lewis's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
1498
1498
Age 68
Death of Roderick MacLeod, 8th Chief of Lewis in Scotland
Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Scotland

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