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Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie 1586 – 1633 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1586

Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Apr 1633

Death Location: Rosemarkie, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Father: Kenneth MacKenzie

Mother: Jean Ross

Spouse(s): Margaret Seton

Children(s): Lady MacKenzie

The story of Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose began in 1586 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose married Margaret Seton, and had children including Lady Anne MacKenzie. Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose passed away in 1633 in Rosemarkie, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose began in 1586 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
  • Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose married Margaret Seton, and had children including Lady Anne MacKenzie.
  • Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose passed away in 1633 in Rosemarkie, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

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Sir MacKenzie's Ancestors

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Sir MacKenzie
1586 – 1633
Birth Place: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Parents
Kenneth Baron MacKenzie MacKenzie
1573 – 1611
Cromarty, Ross en Cromarty, Scotland
Jean Ross
1572 – 1604
Cromarty, Ross en Cromarty, Scotland
Grandparents
Laird (Sir George) Ross
1557 – 1615
Balnagoun, Ross en Cromarty, Scotland
Marian Campbell
1564 – 1572
Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Ross
1516 – 1592
Janet Sinclair
1519 – 1590
Sir Campbell
1475 – 1546
Morella Calder
1494 – 1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Sinclair
1495 – 1529
Elizabeth Caithness
1488 – 1535

Sir MacKenzie's Descendants

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Sir (Colin ''the Red'') MacKenzie (1586 – 15 Apr 1633) m. Margaret Seton (8 Aug 1599 – 21 Jan 1672)
  1. 1. Lady (Anne) MacKenzie (1629 – 1668) m. Baron (Alexander) Lindsay (6 Jul 1618 – 30 Aug 1659) m. Archibald (9th Earl of Argyll, Cambell\Campbell) VI (26 Feb 1629 – 30 Jun 1685)
    1. 1. Honorable (John Campbell of Mamore, MP for) Dunbartonshire (1655 – 07 Apr 1729) m. Mary (Margaret) McCoy (1653/1644/1650/1648 – 14 Nov 1759) m. Bessie (L Jordan) Patton (27 November 1661 – 1721)
      1. 1. John (CAMPBELL, 3rd Duke of) Argyll (23 Oct 1686 – Oct 05, 1754) m. Sarah (Grace) Gay (1676 – 5 Oct 1754)
        1. 1. Nancy (Rachel) Campbell (1725 – 1802) m. James Carlile (13 Oct 1727 – 1802)

Sir MacKenzie's Timeline

2 Records

1586
1586
Birth of Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
1633
15 Apr 1633
Age 47
Death of Sir Colin ''the Red'' MacKenzie , 1st Earl of Seaforth Lord Fortose in Rosemarkie, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Rosemarkie, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1586
    Event Place: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1633
    Event Place: Rosemarkie, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

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