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skoosh that is obviously tongue in cheek, the Macpherson were a very powerful clan prior to the 1745 rising,  controlling the Wade roads via ther cattle watch scheme in what is now the A9 road, they had a bond of friendship with the Frasers and Camerons where Cluny daughters had married into the clans and vice versa. the Macphersons were also one of six clans that marched to Derby in the 1745 rebellion and were the instrumental clan in the skirmish at Clifton Moor on their return.
The clan regrouped in the Spring of 1746 and marched to Nairn on the ill fated trip, on the night afore the battle of Culloden,  to route the Redcoats on King George's Birthday where they Jacobites thought that they would find their enemies drunk, which was found not to be the case. The Macphersons marched back to Culloden the same night under darkness a round distance of about 26 miles and were sleeping in the heather suffering from starvation and tiredness when Culloden began.
Antecdotal information suggests that a witch told The Butcher Cumberland that if the Macphersons were to enter the battle carrying the Bratach Uaine (the Green Flag) then the Hanoverians would lose.
Our Chief Cluny Macpherson died in exile in Dunkirk after having spent 7 years hidden in a cave in Badenoch and was buried outside the Carmelite Monastery because he would not renounce his Protestant Faith.
So Macphersons do not need an alarm clock or to prove their worth in the Jacobite era as they lost everything they had "fighting for Charlie"

just to clarify my ggg grandfather was donald macpherson and my ggg grandmother was catharine robertson

there is a local historian in arisaig called alan macdonald who knows everything there is to know about the morar macdonalds, there is also a local paper called westword which you can access the guest book and ask for help. tell them kenny macpherson advised you and you will get a warm highland welcome

i am interested in your john macpherson born in 1815. my gg grandfather was john macpherson who lived in breakish in the parish of strath on skye,  his mother was catherine (nee robertson) and his father donald macpherson i think. please e mail me if this is similar to your tree.kenny