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MACKENZIE, John of Tolly, Minister of Dingwall parish, Reverend Mr
(About 1562-1620)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GRANT, Margaret (1)
2. FRASER, Daughter

MACKENZIE, John of Tolly, Minister of Dingwall parish, Reverend Mr 1 2 3 4

  • Born: About 1562 2
  • Marriage (1): GRANT, Margaret (1) 1 2
  • Marriage (2): FRASER, Daughter 2 3
  • Died: 22 April 1620 2

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John married Margaret (1) GRANT, daughter of Patrick GRANT younger, 3rd of Ballindalloch and Grissell GRANT.1 2 (Margaret (1) GRANT was born about 1575 and died on 27 October 1601 2 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret Grant, who married John Mackenzie ot Towie, A.M., minister of Dingwall. She died on 27th October 1601, leaving issue."

from Chiefs of Grant




(at Dingwall in 1591)

"John Mackenzie of Tollie, son of Murdoch M. of Fairburn ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1582) ; adm. about 1591 ; pres. by James VI. in 1594; was one of the four nominated by the General Assembly, 25th June 1595, to act with the Presb. of Inverness, ' because of their weakness'; pres. by James VI. to Glenelg, Snizort, Kilmuir, Kilmartin, Kilmore iu Sleat, Kilchrist, Kilmaluag in Trotternish, and to the parsonage and vicarage of Lemlair; died at Dingwall, 22nd April 1620, aged about 58. He acquired the lands of Tollie. He marr. (1) Margaret (died 27th Oct. 1601), daugh. of Patrick Grant of Ballindalloch, and had issue - Murdoch of Tollie, died 8th Sept. 1626"

froom Fasti Ecclesiae 1 2

John next married Daughter FRASER, daughter of Thomas FRASER 3rd of Struy and Elizabeth DUNBAR.2 3 (Daughter FRASER was born about 1614.)


  Marriage Notes:

"A daughter (of Thomas Fraser of Struy), who, as his second wife, married the Rev. John Mackenzie of Tolly."

from Frasers of Lovat




"John Mackenzie of Tollie ... marr..... (2) a daugh. of Thomas Fraser of Struy, and had issue - Roderick of Tollie ; Kenneth, killed at Battle of Worcester, 3rd Sept. 1651 ; Alexander, a min. ; Catherine (marr. Colin Mackenzie of Kincraig) ; a daugh. (marr. Murdoch Mackenzie of Pitglassie) ; a daugh. (marr. Thomas Dingwall of Knockshirlie) ; a daugh. (marr. Alexander Grant, min. of Urquhart) ; Annabella (marr. Duncan Mackenzie in Tarbat. - [Edin.Tests.; Booke of the Kirk ; Hist, of the Mackenzies, 513 ; Inq. Ret. Ross, 139 ; Gener., 6290.]"

froom Fasti Ecclesiae 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, The Chiefs of Grant vol. 1 by William Fraser (1883).

2 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 7 Ross Sutherland Caithness etc (1928).

3 e-books, History of the Frasers of Lovat, with genealogies of the principal families of the name to which is added those of Dunballoch and Phopachy by Alexander Mackenzie (1896).

4 e-books, The Rulers of Strathspey: A History of the Lairds of Grant and Earls of Seafield by the Earl of Cassillis (1911).

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