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MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« on: Wednesday 06 April 22 11:11 BST (UK) »
I have heard that a MacKinnon family from Strath, Skye settled in Kintyre/Campbeltown, maybe in the seventeenth Century.

Does anyone know anything about them? My specific interest is in the Kintyre family and their descendants, although information about which branch (if any) of MacKinnon they were would be of interest.
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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 11:31 BST (UK) »
Any christian names?
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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 11:42 BST (UK) »
There were Mc/MacKinnons in Campbeltown in the late 18th century but how long they were settled there, I don't know.  The ones I know about were sea-faring so could easily have come from other areas before they arrived in Campbeltown.  Records prior to this sort of date can be hard to come by for ordinary families.

Are you trying to trace any particular names within the McKinnons?

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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 12:08 BST (UK) »
I think lack of sources is the problem.
I have a book by Angus Martin and MacKerral 'Kintyre in the seventeenth Century', but neither of them have the answer, although I think Angus hints that it is part of the oral tradition of Campbeltown.

A possible connection would be 8GGM Catharine MacInnish m William Ballantyne. If they can be verified.

MacInnes and MacKinnon would be the same name?
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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 12:55 BST (UK) »
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MacInnes and MacKinnon would be the same name?

Not that I know of.  McKenon, McKinven, yes, but not MacInnes.  That has a different derivation and means son of Angus.

Sorry, but I suggest that you reconsider.

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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 14:19 BST (UK) »
That is very helpful.
It will save hours of fruitless research.
Thank you.
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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 14:29 BST (UK) »
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MacInnes and MacKinnon would be the same name?

According to Black's The Surnames of Scotland MacInnes means 'Son of Angus' and MacKinnon is from MacFhionnghain, 'Son of Finnguine' (spellings vary).

So no, they are not the same name at all.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 06 April 22 17:29 BST (UK) »
That being said, it would still be interesting to know a little more about the MacKinnon's of Strath in Campbeltown.
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Re: MacKinnon Skye and Campbeltown
« Reply #8 on: Friday 08 April 22 09:06 BST (UK) »
Found this passenger list for Hercules leaving Campbeltown for Australia, with passengers from Lord MacDonald's Estate.

later than I expected

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