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     William Mackay was born on 11 June 1791 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     William Mackay married Janet MacKenzie on 20 November 1819 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     William died between 1851 and 1861.

     William Mackay was born on 3 April 1831 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty. He was the son of William Mackay and Janet MacKenzie. William Mackay was christened on 27 April 1831 in Cromarty.

     Barbara MacKenry was born on 5 January 1925 in Coleraine, Victoria. She was the daughter of James McHenry and Jamesina Malcolm.
     Barbara MacKenry married Charles John Killigrew Kearns, son of Daniel Patrick Kearns and Annie Veronica Dunbar, on 16 April 1949 in Victoria.
     Barbara died on 31 July 1995 in Geelong, Victoria, aged 70.

     Alexander MacKenzie alias Bain was christened on 29 September 1773 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty. McKenzie, William, fisher in Portleich had by his wife Lillias Munro a child baptised Alexander 29th September. He was the son of William MacKenzie and Lillias Munro.
     Alexander MacKenzie alias Bain married Isabel Munro on 1 June 1792 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. Alexander was a fisher, in Kilmuir Easter, ROC, SCT.

     William MacKenzie alias Bain was born on 4 February 1795 in Portlich, Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander MacKenzie alias Bain and Isabel Munro. William MacKenzie alias Bain was christened on 16 February 1795 in Kilmuir Easter.

     Agnes MacKenzie married James Dunbar, son of George Dunbar, 1608 or 1549?. MacKenzie states that she married John Dunbar of Bennetsfield. Agnes MacKenzie was the daughter of Roderick MacKenzie (of Redcastle).
     26 Feb 1549 Contract of wadset whereby George, Earl of Seaforth, heritable proprietor of the lands undermentioned, with consent, granted to Colin Mackenzie of Munlochie (Munlochy), in return for 9000 merks, a wadset over the davach land of Wester Ratherie (Rattray?) and three quarters of the lands of Awache extending to six oxgates of one davach, under reservation of liferent of a third part of the lands and mill of Awache to Agnes Mackenzie, widow of James Dunbar, and such title and possession as Elizabeth Neismethe (Nasmith) widow of Captain Bernard Mackenzie, had to the said lands, mill or rents thereof.

     Agnes MacKenzie was the daughter of Kenneth MacKenzie VII and Agnes or Ann Fraser.
     Agnes MacKenzie married Roderick MacLeod (of Lewis). Agnes married Roderick Macleod, VII. of Lewis, with issue.

     Alastair Ian Fraser MacKenzie was born on 2 July 1902 in 9 Battlefield Gardens, Langside, Glasgow, Scotland. He was the son of Donald Alexander MacKenzie and Elizabeth Fraser.      
Alastair Ian Fraser MacKenzie emigrated on 6 July 1915? To Australia.
     Alastair Ian Fraser MacKenzie married Florence Francis Lovell in 1925 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
     Alastair died in 1981 in Croydon, Victoria.

      Alexander MacKenzie was also known as Riach in some records. He was born on 7 June 1785 in Portlich, Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. He was the son of William MacKenzie and Christian MacKenzie. Alexander MacKenzie was christened on 11 June 1785 in Kilmuir Easter. June 11, William Mackenzie alias Riach, fisherman in Portlich & Christian Mackenzie his wife had a child baptised named Alexander. Witness: Alexr Bain & Alexr Fraser both fishermen in Portlich, the child was born the 7th.

     Alexander MacKenzie was born on 15 August 1795 in Portlich, Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. He was the son of John MacKenzie and Christian MacKenzie. Alexander MacKenzie was christened on 22 August 1795 in Kilmuir Easter.

     Alexander MacKenzie was born before 1780 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     Alexander MacKenzie married Margaret Forbes on 9 March 1798 in Kilmuir Easter, ROC, SCT. Alexander was a fisher, in Kilmuir Easter, ROC, SCT.

     Alexander MacKenzie was born illegitimate. Colin also had also a natural son, Alexander, by Margaret, daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, second of Davochmaluag, who became the founder of the families of Applecross and Coul. He was the son of Colin MacKenzie.

     Alexander MacKenzie was the son of Kenneth MacKenzie and Isabella Ogilvie.
     Alexander, the eldest son of the second marriage died without issue.

     Alastair Ionraic, or Alexander the Upright, so called "for his
righteousness." He was among the Western barons summoned in 1427,
to meet King James I. at Inverness, who, on his return from a long
captivity in England, in 1424, determined to put down the rebellion
and oppression which was then and for some time previously so rampant in the Highlands. To judge by the poceedings of a Parliament held at Perth on the 30th September 1426, James
exhibited a foresight and appreciation of the conduct of the lairds in those days, and passed laws which might with good effect, and with equal propriety, be applied to the state of affairs in our own time. In that Parliament an Act was passed which, among other
things, ordained that, north of the Grampians, the fruit of those
lands should be expended in the country where those lands lie. The
Act is as follows: "It is ordanit be the King ande the Parliament that everilk lorde hafande landis bezonde the mownthe (the Grampians) in the quhilk landis in auld tymes there was castellis, fortalyces and manerplaicis, big, reparell and reforme their castellis and
maneris, and duell in thame, be thameself, or be ane of thare frendis for the gracious gournall of thar landis, be gude polising and to expende ye fruyt of thar landis in the countree where thar landis lyis." [Invernessiana, p.102.].
     Alexander MacKenzie married Anna MacDougall. Alexander married first, Anna, daughter of John Macdougall of
Dunolly, with issue -
1. Kenneth, his heir and successor.
2. Duncan, progenitor of the Mackenzies of Hilton, and their branches, and of whom in their order as the senior cadet family of the clan.

He married secondly Margaret, daughter of Macdonald of Morar, a
cadet of Clanranald, with issue -
3. Hector Roy or "Eachainn Ruadh," from whom are descended the
Mackenzies of Gairloch and their various offshoots, of whom in their proper place.
4. A daughter, who married Allan Macleod, Hector Roy's predecessor
in Gairloch.

He is also said to have had a natural son, Dugal, who became a priest and was Superior of the Priory of Beauly, which he repaired about 1478, and in which he is buried. This ecclesiastic is said by others to have been Alexander's brother. [Anderson's 'History of the Frasers,' p.66; and MS. History of the Mackenzies.]. Alexander MacKenzie was born circa 1398. He was the son of Murdoch MacKenzie.
     Alexander died in 1488 in Kinellan, Ross & Cromarty?. Alexander died having attained the extreme old age of 90 years, was buried in the Priory of Beauly, and was succeeded by his eldest son by the first marriage.

     Alexander MacKenzie was the son of Kenneth MacKenzie VII and Agnes or Ann Fraser.
     Thrid son and first of the family of Davochmaluag
.

     Alexander MacKenzie was the son of Kenneth MacKenzie and Helen Loval.
     ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, second of Killichrist, who, in 1571, obtained a charter from James VI. of the lands of Suddie, which had been granted to his father in 1526 by James V. He married
Agnes, only child of Roderick Mackenzie, third son of Allan, II. of Hilton, with issue
1. Kenneth, his heir and successor.
2. John, Archdean of Ross, I. of Inverlael, who married Margaret,
daughter of William Innes of Culrossie, and had a son, Kenneth, II. of Inverlael, who married Agnes, daughter of William Fraser, V. of Culbokie (sasine on marriage contract in 1629), without
issue male, and the Rev. Thomas, also Archdean of Ross, III. of Inverlael. Thomas married Agnes, daughter of Hector Douglas of Muldearg, with issue - John, who succeeded as IV. of Inverlael, and Thomas, a W.S. in Edinburgh, who died unmarried. John, IV. of Inverlael, had three sons who died without issue, and a daughter,
who married Alexander Mackenzie of Towie. John, the Archdean, I. of Inverlael, had a third son, Alexander, a W.S., who died unmarried; and a fourth, the Rev. James Mackenzie, minister of Nigg, who married Mary, daughter of John Rose of Broadley, with issue, from whom descended the late Right Hon. John Holt Mackenzie, who married without issue; and the late Joshua Henry Mackenzie of Belmont, Lord of Justiciary, who married Helen Ann, youngest daughter of Francis Humberston-Mackenzie, last Lord Seaforth, with issue - two daughters, Frances Mary and Penuel Augusta.

3. Murdoch, I. of Little Findon, who married Margaret, daughter of Murdoch, second son of John Mackenzie, I. of Loggie, with issue - John, II. of Little Findon.

4. Kenneth, of whom nothing is known.

5. Alexander, a natural son, Colonel in the army, and Governor of Tangiers. He had also by a German lady two sons in the French army, and two daughters, one of whom, Penelope, married Allan
Macdonald, XIX of Clanranald, killed at Sheriffmuir in 1715, without issue.
     Alexander died in 1575.

     Lord Alexander MacKenzie was the son of Colin MacKenzie and Lady Margaret Seton.
     Alexander died of smallpox on 3 June 1629 in Chanonry, Ross & Cromarty.

     Alexander MacKenzie (of Kilcoy) was the son of Colin MacKenzie and Barbara Grant.
     Alexander, first of Kilcoy, now represented by Colonel Burton Mackenzie.
Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Kilcoy, third son of Colin, XI. of Kintail, had four sons, of whom the youngest, Roderick, obtained the lands of Kilmuir, in the Black Isle. He became a successful lawyer, Sheriff-Depute, and Member of Parliament, and was knighted by Charles II. Sir Roderick, at the same time proprietor of Findon, acquired several other properties by purchase.
He died in 1692, and on the death of his only son in the following year, without issue, his unentailed estates, which were not included in the Barony, and which had become very considerable,
and all his moveable property, were divided equally among his four
daughters, as heirs portioners. Isobel, the third of these ladies, on the 22nd of August, 1693, married, as his first wife, Simon Mackenzie, the Advocate, and carried to him in 1699 as her portion,
the estate of Allan - formerly the property and residence of the Earl of Seaforth - which has ever since been known as Allangrange.

     Alexander MacKenzie (of Suddie) was the son of Kenneth MacKenzie.
     Alexander MacKenzie, first of Suddie. He served under Gustavus Adolphus, and married Mary, daughter of Bruce of Airth, with issue.

     Alexander Holm MacKenzie was born on 9 November 1847 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. He was the son of Donald MacKenzie and Margaret Holm. Alexander Holm MacKenzie was christened on 14 November 1847 in Cromarty. Alexander and William were listed as the children of Donald MacKenzie in the 1851 census in Calrossie Street, Cromarty. Alexander, Ann, William, James and John were listed as the children of Donald MacKenzie in the 1861 census in 5 Barclay Lane, Cromarty. Alexander was the Registrar of births, deaths and marriages, in Cromarty. Registrar BDMs.
     Alexander Holm MacKenzie married Isabella MacKay, daughter of William Mackay and Janet MacKenzie, on 3 January 1871 in the Free Church of Scotland, Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     Alexander Holm MacKenzie and Isabella MacKay appeared on the 1881 census in 4 Barclay Street, Cromarty. They lived in a 5 roomed house, Alexander being the Registrar of births, deaths & marriages and on the Burgh School Board,, with his wife aged 40, born Cromarty; at the same address, but separately listed was Margaret McKenzie, head, widow, 64, annuitant, born Cromarty - presumably his mother.
     Alexander Holm MacKenzie and Isabella MacKay appeared on the 1891 census in 4 Barkly St, Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty. Alexander H MacKenzie, 43, .... Clerk to the School Board Burgh Deer? Sanitary Sup. born Cromarty, with Isabella MacKenzie aged 50, born Cromarty, William aged 19, Robert E M MacKenzie, 15, John 14, Janet G 12, James 10, George 9.
     Alexander Holm MacKenzie and Isabella MacKay appeared on the 1901 census in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty. Alexander H MacKenzie, Sheriff clerk depute and Depute clerk of the Peace of Ross & Cromarty, Registrar of BDMs, District of Cromarty and Clerk to the School Board of Cromarty, aged 53, born Cromarty, with Isabella MacKenzie aged 60, born Cromarty.
     Alexander Holm MacKenzie and Isabella MacKay appeared on the 1911 census in 4 Barkly St, Cromarty. Alexander H McKenzie, 63, Sheriff Clerk Depute & Registrar of Births; his wife Isabel 70, & daughter Janet Grace M 32, all born at Cromarty, Rosshir; married 40 years, 7 children - 6 living.
     Alexander died on 19 July 1915 in Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 67. His obituary states: A prominent Cromarty man: The late Mr A H Mackenzie: a link with Hugh Miller. A wide circle of friends will regret to hear of the death of Mr Alexander Holm Mackenzie, Cromarty, which took place in Chalmers' Hospital, Edinburgh, on Monday after having gone through an operation a few days previously ... Mr Mackenzie was one of Cromarty's best known and popular citizens and his familiar form will be sadly missed. Born in Cromarty in 1846, Mr Mackenzie who spent his whole life in his native town, filled a number of important offices... Hugh Miller was a regular visitor to his father's house when "home" from Edinburgh on holiday... Mr Mackenzie was greatly interested in the Free Church (and present U.F. church)... A correspondent writes: - Mr Mackenzie was the last resident male representative of an old Cromarty family. His maternal ancestors on one side had been tenants at Davidston, Cromarty for six generations. On the other side they were a family, named Holm, who were linen growers and weavers - Protestant refugees from French Flanders, who settled at Eathie in the 18th century. ... Mr Mackenzie's paternal grandfather, hailed from Delny, and married in Cromarty a sister of David and William Bain, also from Delny, who farmed Townlands, Cromarty, and were tenants of the Brewery and owned property in Trinity, Edinburgh, and Leith. His father Donald Mackenzie was for many years a mason contractor, and had been from boyhood an intimate friend of Hugh Miller, as was also his wife's brother Alexander Holm, who emigrated to NSW, and became private secretary to its Prime Minister. A cousin Sir David Holm, was mayor of St John's, New Brunswick. Most of the deceased's relatives are in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. A large number are agriculturalists in South Gippsland, Victoria, two first cousins Mr Donald Thomson Mackenzie and Mr James Mackenzie, being retired farmers and now reside in Melbourne. A maternal first cousin Mr Stewart Holm, is a banker in Fremantle W.A. and another Mrs Fullarton, resides at Peterhead. A brother and sister are in New York and a son in Durban. ... The deceased's wife is a descendant of "Rob Doun" the Sutherland poet. He is survived by five sons and a daughter, among the sons being Mr W M Mackenzie, M.A. Secretary (for Scotland) of the Ancient Monuments Commission and author of several historical works and the brothers Donald A and George, formerly proprietors of the North Star, and now holding important positions in the literary world in the south. The funeral takes place today (Thursday) from the deceased's residence, 4 Barkley St, Cromarty, the interment taking place in the Gaelic churchyard of Cromarty at 2 o'clock. He was buried in Cromarty.

     Alistair MacKenzie was born circa 1913 in Inverness, Inverness, Scotland. He was the son of James MacKenzie and Justina Unknown (MacKenzie).

     The MacKenzies of Groundwater are descended from Alastair Roy Mackenzie, a natural son of John Glassich Mackenzie, II. of Gairloch.
ALEXANDER ROY MACKENZIE married a daughter of John Roy MacRory,
with issue, among several others, a son, John Mackenzie, who resided at Coirre-Mhic-Cromaill in Torridon, and a daughter Anne, called in Gaelic "Anna bheag nam mac mora," who married John Matheson of Fernaig, with issue - John Mor Matheson, who succeeded
who succeeded his father there and afterwards purchased Bennetsfield
in the Black Isle, County of Ross.

     Allan MacKenzie was the son of Duncan MacKenzie.
     Allan MacKenzie, second of Hilton, Loggie or Brea, from whom the family is known in Gaelic as "Clann Alain." He married a daughter of Alexander Dunbar of Conzie and Kilbuyack, third son of the Sheriff of Moray, with issue..

     Ann MacKenzie was christened on 7 December 1755 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. She was the daughter of William MacKenzie and Anna MacKenzie.

     Ann MacKenzie was born before 1770 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     Ann MacKenzie married William MacKenzie jr on 16 December 1784 in Kilmuir Easter, ROC, SCT. Ann was present at John MacKenzie's christening on 6 March 1788 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty. Ann was present at Catherine MacKenzie's christening in July 1790 in Kilmuir Easter, ROC, SCT.

     Ann MacKenzie was born say 1792.
     Ann MacKenzie married Alexander Holm on 8 May 1807? In Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     Ann died on 5 March 1854 in Cromarty, ROC, SCT.

     Ann Isabella Bain MacKenzie was born on 27 November 1852 in Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. She was the daughter of Donald MacKenzie and Margaret Holm. Alexander, Ann, William, James and John were listed as the children of Donald MacKenzie in the 1861 census in 5 Barclay Lane, Cromarty.

      Anna MacKenzie was also known as Riach in some records. She was born before 27 August 1774 in Portlich, Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. She was christened on 27 August 1774 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty. William MacKenzie alias Riach, fisher in Portleich had by his wife Christian MacKenzie, a child baptised Anna, 27 August. Witness: Alex Bain & William Bain. She was the daughter of William MacKenzie and Christian MacKenzie.
     An Anna McKenzie married John Banks?? 5 Aug 1803 at Kilmuir Easter and a William Denoon 14 Dec 1803 at Cromarty.

     Anna MacKenzie was born before 1740 in Kilmuir Easter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
     Anna MacKenzie married William MacKenzie.

     Anna MacKenzie was the daughter of Colin MacKenzie and Lady Margaret Seton.
     Anna, who married Alexander, second Lord Lindsay, who was created Earl of Balcarres by Charles II. in 1651. By him Lady Anna had two sons, Charles and Colin. Charles succeeded his father, and died unmarried. Colin then became third Earl, and married Jane, daughter of David, Earl of Northesk, by whom he had issue an only daughter, who married Alexander Erikine, third Earl of Kellie. Secondly, the Earl of Balcarres married Jane, daughter of William, second Earl of Roxburgh, by whom he had an only daughter, who married John Fleming, sixth Earl of Wigton. This Earl of Balcarres married a third time Margaret, daughter of James Campbell, Earl of Loudon, by whom he had two sons, Alexander and James. Alexander succeeded his father, but died without issue, and was succeeded by James, fifth Earl of Balcarres, from whom the present line descends uninterruptedly, carrying along with it, in right of the said Anna Mackenzie, daughter of Colin, first Earl of Seaforth, first Countess of Balcarres, the lineal representation of the ancient House of Kintail. Anna married, secondly, Archibald, ninth Earl of Argyll, beheaded in 1685, and died in 1706.