MacRae Family of Cuaig, Applecross

[Sho Bennett]

I need some input, please!  I found the baptismal record on Scotland's People of Christy McRae, b. 1809, sister to Malcome McRae and Norman McRae, and daughter of John McRae and Keat McRae (McGullin).  I believe the record indicates John McRae is son to "Farq'd McRae" in Kint??  (Kintail? Kishorn?)  Can anyone look at this and let me know if you agree with my reading of this record?

Of course, if John's father is Farquhar McRae, that's just as bad as searching "John McRae"!     There's a record on the LDS site that indicates that my John McRae was born around 1774 - I wonder if this could have been in Kintail?  Would it be likely or usual to move from Kintail to Cuaig, Applecross?  Although, John is supposed to have a son, Alexander, born 1788 - wasn't 14 a little young to have a first child?

[Callum Beck]

Hi Sho, I am currently getting my book on the Belfast Riot published. Here is the main info I have on Malcolm.

   Malcolm MacRae (variously spelled as M’Rae or McRae) was born in 1803 in Applecross, Scotland. He married Margaret McLennan on March 4, 1830, and they moved to PEI about 1836. They had ten children. The first four were born in Applecross, the fifth is unknown, numbers 6 and 7 were born on Wood Islands Road in Lot 62 in 1837 and 1838, while the eighth (b 1844), and likely the ninth (b 1845) were born in Melville in Lot 60 (the next community to Flat River). The last was tragically born six weeks after her father was killed, her mother having returned to Wood Islands Road.
   The 1841 census situates MacRae on Lot 60, with a wife and four boys (three of the children appear to have died quite young), and 100 acres rented by verbal agreement. I note this because MacQueen gives his place of residence as Flat River, but the Islander of March 2, 1847, has him “residing at the Wood Islands back settlement.” Perhaps he rented land in both communities and this may have been why Little questioned his property qualification. If he owned no land in 1841 then it is almost certain he was still a tenant in 1847. His tombstone is in the Saint John's Presbyterian Cemetery in Belfast (plot 1788) and the inscription reads: “MALCOLM McRAE. DIED March 1, 1847. AE 44. A native of Applecross, Ross Shire, Scotland.”