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COMBATANTS ON NORTH INCH OF PERTH
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1 William and Donald Lachlan Ewen 1350
2 William Suibhne Donald Dubh 1320
3 Ferchar Seth Allan 1290
4 William Leod Millony 1260
5 Gillemichael Seth Paul 1230
6 Ferchar Ferchar Gillepatrick 1200
7 Seth Gilchrist Gillemartan 1170
8 Aigcol Malcolm Millony 1140
9 Donald Paul 1110
10 Muireach Gilleroth 1080
11 Neil Suibhne Gillemartan Og. 1050
12 Seth Gillemorgan 1020
13 Nechtan Gillemartan Mor. 990
14 Gillecattan Gille-ewen 960

The dates given are the dates of birth. Of course, they are only approximations. At the same time they can scarcely be over five or ten years astray in any case.

The first genealogy is the genealogy of the Mackintoshes. It is clearly an old and genuine genealogy. If it were a manufactured article, there would be no blanks between Aigcol and Neil. It will be noticed that the Mackintoshes are not derived from Gillecattan. There is thus, then, no historic ground for concluding that they were of Clan Chattan origin. It is impossible to trace them back farther than Neil, of whose origin we know nothing. Ferchar, son of Seth, appears as a witness in 1234. He was steward or tòiseach of Badenoch, and would be known among the people as Fearchar Tòiseach or an Tòiseach. It is possible, then, that some Mackintoshes have derived their name from him. Malcolm Mackintosh, Callum Beg, must have been born about 1380, and could not appear in a genealogy written in 1385, if his father were living. He was a son of William, son of William,