Does anybody here have sources on the 5th Laird of Colonsay, who was obliged to sell his estates to his cousin and allegedly had dealings with the Governor of South Carolina?
Many later sources insist that he and Anne Georgiana Forbes, daughter of the Earl of Granard, had no children, but I've found this is simply not true. They had, at least, a daughter (Georgina Anna MacNeil) christened in Leghorn on November 11, 1800. I have also seen an 1831 marriage announcement for Elizabeth Alison and Captain Archibald Macneil, formerly of the 91st Regiment, who is called the son of the late Colonel Archibald MacNeil of Colonsay. I have determined from the census records that this younger Archibald was born around 1786, and if that is true, he was probably not Georgina's son. Perhaps a natural son of the Laird?
And what of his dealings with South Carolina?