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Sir James Ian Mor McDonald 1605 – 1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1605

Birth Location: Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Dec 1678

Death Location: Isle Skye, Scotland

Father: Donald McDonald

Mother: Janet Mackenzie

Spouse(s): Mary MacLeod

Children(s): Roderick McDonald

In 1605, Sir James Ian Mor McDonald entered the world in Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Donald Gorm McDonald and Janet Mackenzie. Sir James Ian Mor McDonald married Mary MacLeod, and had children including Roderick McDonald. Sir James Ian Mor McDonald passed away in 1678 in Isle Skye, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1605, Sir James Ian Mor McDonald entered the world in Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Donald Gorm McDonald and Janet Mackenzie.
  • Sir James Ian Mor McDonald married Mary MacLeod, and had children including Roderick McDonald.
  • Sir James Ian Mor McDonald passed away in 1678 in Isle Skye, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir McDonald's Ancestors

Self
Sir McDonald
1605 – 1678
Birth Place: Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Donald Gorm McDonald
1575 – 1643
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Janet Mackenzie
1588 – 1618
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Grandparents
Donald (Gorm) Macdonald
1548 – 1617
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Marjory McKenzie
1565 – 1578
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Donald Macdonald
1522 – 1575
Mary Maclean
1526 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Donald Macdonald
1500 – 1539
Mary Macleod
1502 – 1522

Sir McDonald's Descendants

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Sir (James Ian Mor) McDonald (1605 – 8 Dec 1678) m. Mary MacLeod (1616 – 1637)
  1. 1. Roderick McDonald (1644 – 1693) m. Janet Ritchie (1660 – )
    1. 1. Sir (John R) McDonald (1673 – 1733) m. Margaret McDonald (1680 – )
      1. 1. Roderick Mcdonald (1705 – 1788) m. Anne McQueen (1710 – 1806)
        1. 1. Donald McDonald (1745 – 1824) m. Elspeth ((Robinson)) Frazer (1758 – 1832)

Sir McDonald's Timeline

3 Records

1605
1605
Birth of Sir James Ian Mor McDonald in Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1661
24 Feb 1661 01 Mar 1661
Age 56
Sir James Ian Mor McDonald was married in West Kirk, Midlothia, Scotland
West Kirk, Midlothia, Scotland
1678
8 Dec 1678
Age 73
Death of Sir James Ian Mor McDonald in Isle Skye, Scotland
Isle Skye, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1605
    Event Place: Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1661 01 Mar 1661
    Event Place: West Kirk, Midlothia, Scotland
    Record Source: Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1678
    Event Place: Isle Skye, Scotland

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