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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Janet illegitimate daughter of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 3rd baronet of Gairloch
« on: Tuesday 17 December 24 18:07 GMT (UK)  »
Dear MichaelJCompagnoni

Thanks for your post. I am aware that there are many descendants of Alexander McPherson (b. Prescaltin) and Janet McKenzie (b. Kilcoy) on ancestry.com who believe that Janet is the illegitimate daughter of the 3rd Baronet of Gairloch. As you suggest - that is demonstrably false (a bit involved to explain for current purposes). My tentative conclusion to date, suggests that Janet is a descendant of the Mackenzies of North Erradale, a not particularly prosperous cadet of Gairloch (based on gaelic nicknames, naming patterns, DNA and the published Mackenzie pedigrees of Ord, Highfield, Gairloch and North Erradale). Interestingly, the author of the History of the Mackenzies is of the North Erradale family, and published a foldout "pedigree of the author" as part of his book.

Kind regards

Lachlan

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Janet illegitimate daughter of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 3rd baronet of Gairloch
« on: Tuesday 17 December 24 07:15 GMT (UK)  »
There is also DNA that can be checked against. Descendants/documented relatives of the Gairloch Baronets have uploaded their gedmatch DNA kits here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mackenzie-7511 (the Douglas gedmatch kit number appears on his test page) and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mackenzie-3115 . My mother Margaret Williams (Gedmatch kit number: SW4420542) and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/37744392/family?cfpid=19133765773 (via Janet McKenzie b. 1768) appears to be a descendant of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mackenzie-557 (6th of Gairloch), and has material DNA matches with Moira MacLean GEDmatch EM1423356 and Sarah Dean https://www.ancestry.com/profile/02BDD0F4-0006-0000-0000-000000000000 (a descendant of the MacKenzies of Kilcoy and Highfield, and distantly Gairloch). If there are any DNA matches it would be appreciated if you could please post the kit numbers here or on wikitree. It will assist other researchers, myself included.

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Alexander McKenzie b 1798 North Erradale, Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty.
« on: Sunday 15 September 24 16:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello. I noted the mentions of North Erradale and Melvaig. The two Mackenzies of these places were related. Note the second section of this link: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mac/mackenzie16.php
A more developed pedigree of the Mackenzies of North Erradale is in the appendices of the famous work, A History of the Clan Mackenzie by Alexander Mackenzie (who was himself a Mackenzie of North Erradale) - in the section named a pedigree of the author or something similar.
Kind regards, Lachlan Williams

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Norman Mackenzie (1804-1898) son of Murdo (d. c1810) son of Roderick (d. c1790)
« on: Saturday 01 June 24 12:16 BST (UK)  »
Hello. I have a small but material DNA match (9cM) with a descendant of the Mackenzies of North Erradale: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mackenzie-6604 (Moira Maclean). My ancestor appears to be one John McKenzie alias Moir (also recorded as John Moir alias McKenzie), who was a "mealer in Kilcoy". His daughter, with wife Margaret McKay, was Janet McKenzie "in Kilcoy" who married Alexander MacPherson in 1788. Its interesting to note that Janet had siblings named Roderick and Barbara, names also used by the Mackenzies of North Erradale. Unlike Ms Maclean I do not have material DNA matches with the descendants of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet of Gairloch (DNA matches are so small as to be a false positives or indicative of very distant shared descent) (there are two with their DNA kits listed on Wikitree). Its interesting to note that the Mackenzies of North Erradale were known as the Clan Ian Mor, given their big stature. I am happy to assist those wishing to compare DNA kits to test further my theory about John McKenzie alias Moir being descended from the Mackenzies of North Erradale. Kind regards, Lachlan

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