WHYTE, Margaret ¹

   Other names for Margaret were URQUHART, Margaret ³ and WHITE, Margaret.^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

THE POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN 'WHITE' AND 'URQUHART'

'In 1603, the very name MacGregor was proscribed by an order of the Privy Council. All those who bore the name were commanded on pain of death to adopt other surnames. This proscription survived till 1674, when some, but not all, readopted the MacGregor name.'

from
bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmgreer/

'The (White) surname was a semi-translation of the Highland Gaelic Mac Gille Bhain, 'son of the fair-haired servant or youth', and was also adopted by many of the MacGregors and Lamonts when they were outlawed and their own names proscribed.'

from
homepage.eircom.net/~kthomas/names

'When Clan Gregor was proscribed in 1603, many Macgregors were forced to adopt other surnames e.g. Grant, Stewart, Ramsay. When the clan was again proscribed during the 18th century, Rob Roy Macgregor adopted his mother's name Campbell. Once the ban was lifted in 1774, some reverted to the Macgregor name, but others did not.'

from
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index

'Urquhart Castle and barony were given in 1359 by King David II to William, Earl of Sutherland. In 1455 it was annexed to the Crown. In 1479 the possession and Duchus of Urquhart is adjudged to Hutchean Rose of Kilravock, as Governor's salary, under Huntly, who was sheriff of the county. The Laird of Grant purchased Urquhart in right of King James VI.

'Urquhart Castle is located just over a mile to the east of Drumnadrochit at the eastern end of Glen Urquhart. It sits on a rocky promontory overlooking Loch Ness with views up to Inverness and down to Fort Augustus.'

from
www.ambaile.org.uk

'The Scots/Gaelic theory suggests that the Grant name may derive from either the Gaelic "Granda" (meaning "ugly") or perhaps a local moor, called "Griantach". The oral history of the Clan suggests that we descend from Kenneth MacAlpin, first King of Scots, making the Grants part of the "Siol Alpin" - the seed of Alpin - the seven clans (the MacAlpine clans being; Grant, MacGregor, MacAulay of Ardencaple, MacKinnon, MacQuarrie, MacFie and MacNab) said to descend directly from this ancient line. The oral history of the Clan was strong enough, and the bonds of the Siol Alpin tradition so strong, that the Grants gave much support and aid to the MacGregors (the MacGregors and Grants having particularly strong ties since tradition says they descend from the same son of Kenneth MacAlpin) when the MacGregors were proscribed by the crown and were suffering great persecution and hardship (being proscribed by the crown meant no one could harbor a MacGregor or give them aid, and anyone could kill anyone of the name MacGregor, on sight, without fear of any repercussions or criminal charges being brought against them by the government). The Grant chiefs paid out hefty fines for sheltering and protecting MacGregors during the period of the MacGregors proscription, and it is an example of the Grants own belief in the Siol Alpin tradition - they believed they were protecting their own kin.'

from
www.clangrant-us.org/FAQ.htm

'The Gaelic name M'Illebhain (son of the fair servant) is said to have been 'anglicised' to Whyte - as undoubtedly have many 'Bans', 'Bains', etc, which are but Gaelic descriptive forms with the same meaning (ie.,'fair'). While the Bains had a strong representation in Ross-shire, and later developed an affinity with the Mackays, it is further South, in Argyll and Perthshire, that we have to look to find the two clans, the Lamonts and MacGregors who, traditionally, claim the Whites/Whytes as septs. Both these clans, at different times, were 'broken' (ie., had their names proscribed). Such circumstances obliged them to adopt other names, among which were White, Black and Brown.'

from
www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/stoz/white2.html


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Margaret married Archibald LAMONT on 26 April 1798 in Inverchoalain, Argyll, Scotland.^{1 2} (Archibald LAMONT was born about 1770.)

  Marriage Notes:

An alternative venue was recorded in the marriage records with the same date as the Inverchoalain venue: Rothesay, Bute, Scotland. It is likely that the bridegroom's banns were called in Rothesay and the bride in Inverchoalain. ¹