History of the Chisholms with Genealogies of the Principal
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ben. o, Cfo ' ^qML o^ too^> Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://archive.org/details/historyofchishoOOmack HISTORY OF THE CHISHOLMS. INVERNESS: PRINTED AT THE "SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER" OFFICE. N HISTORY CHISHOLMS WITH GENEALOGIES OF THE PRINCIPAL FAMILIES OF THE NAME, ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, F.S.A. Scot., AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE;" "THE HISTORY OF THE MACDONALDS AND LORDS OF THE ISLES;" "THE HISTORY OF THE CAMERONS ;" "THE HISTORY OF THE MACLEODS;" THE HISTORY OF THE MATHESONS;" "THE PROPHECIES OF THE BRAHAN " " SEER ; THE HISTORICAL TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE HIGHLANDS;" "THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND " CLEARANCES ; " THE SOCIAL STATE OF THE ISLE OF SKYE;" ETC., ETC. VI A UT VIRTUTE. I VERNESS A. & W. MACKENZIE. MDCCCXCI. I INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY CHISHOLM OF CHISHOLM (AFTERWARDS MRS. JAMES GOODEN, LONDON), A noble-souled woman, whose warm-hearted and patriotic conduct towards her father's and, subsequently, her mother's tenants in Strathglass, under the most trying circumstances, first attracted the author's attention to her clan, and without whose inspiration this book would never have been written. PREFACE. :o:- The History of the Chisholms, as given in this volume, is not an ambitious work. The materials are not extensive, and those available are not of an important or stirring character. I claim to have disposed of the absurd and ground- less contention, so long maintained by the Northern clan, that they sprang originally from the Earls of Caithness and Orkney, and to have established, on the contrary, that they first came to the Highlands from the Scottish Borders, and that all the families of the name, north and south, can trace their descent to one common ancestor, heard of for the first time in Scotland in the county of Roxburgh towards the end of the thirteenth century. I am indebted to various friends for assistance, but above all others to Mr. Colin Chisholm, Namur Cottage, Inverness, whose interesting Traditions of Strathglass and genealogical storehouse I have freely and profitably drawn upon. A. M. Inverness, Christmas Day, 1890. CONTENTS. — :o: Title ..... iii Dedication .... V Preface ..... vii Contents ..... ix List of Subscribers xi THE CHISHOLMS OF STRATHGLASS- Origin of the Family i I John de Chisholme. 13 II. Richard de Chesholme 14 III. Sir John de Cheseholme 14 IV. Alexander de Chisholme *5 V. Sir Robert de Chisholme 15 VI. Sir Robert de Chisholme 18 VII. John de Chisholme . 23 VIII. Alexaneer de Chisholme 27 IX. Thomas de Chisholme 38 X. Alexander de Chisholme 39 XI. Wiland de Chisholme 40 XII. Wiland de Chisholme 4i XIII. John Chisholm 44 XIV. Alexander Chisholm 46 XV. Thomas Chisholm 48 XVI. John Chisholm So XVII. Alexander Chisholm 55 X THE HISTORY OF THE CHISHOLMS. XVIII. Angus Chisholm 56 XIX. Alexander Chisholm 56 XX. John Chisholm 58 XXI. Roderick Chisholm . 59 XXII. Alexander Chisholm 79 XXIII. Alexander Chisholm 92 XXIV. William Chisholm . 98 XXV. Alexander Willtam Chisholm 103 XXVI. Duncan Macdonell Chisholm 116 XXVII. James Sutherland Chisholm 118 XXVIII. Roderick Donald Matheson Chisholm 120 Mary Chisholm 122 James Chisholm Gooden Chisholm 130 CADET FAMILIES OF STRATHGLASS— Kinneries and Lietry, The Chisholms of 137 Knockfin, The Chisholms of 148 Theodore Chisholm's Family 165 Muckerach, The Chisholms of . 168 THE BORDER CHISHOLMES 172 THE CHISHOLMS OF CROMLIX 192 Appendix 220 Index 226 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. Aitken, Dr., District Asylum, Inverness. Balderston, W. H., Esq., Inverness. Batten, Major J. Chisholm, Sheffield. Biscoe, T. R. , Esq. of Newton. Bisset, Duncan J., Esq., Boston, U.S.A. Blair, Sheriff, Inverness. Brown, William, Esq., Edinburgh (2 Copies and 1 Large Paper). Buccleuch, His Grace the Duke of (Large Paper). Bunsen, Von, Madame Charles, Germany (Large Paper). Burgess, Peter, Esq., banker, Glenurquhart. Burns, William, Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Byrne, Mrs. W. Pitt, London (Large Paper). Cameron, Donald, Esq., Moniack Castle. Cameron, D. M,, Esq., merchant, Inverness. Cameron, John, Esq., Inverness. Cameron, J. A., Esq., M.D., Edinburgh. Campbell, J. L. Esq., Broughty Ferry. Chisholm, Alex., Esq., Glasgow (Large Paper). Chisholm, Alexander, Esq., The Castle, Inverness. Chisholm, Alexander A. , Esq. , Marydale, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, A. , Esq. , Liverpool (Large Paper). Chisholm, Allan, Esq., Mid Crochail, Strathglass. Chisholm, yEneas, Esq., Invercannich. Chisholm, Archibald A., Esq., Lochmaddy. Chisholm, Archibald M., Esq., Ely, Minn, U.S.A. Chisholm, Captain Macra, Glassburn, Strathglass. 1 XI THE HISTORY OF THE CHISHOLMS. Chisholm, Chisholm Gooden, Esq., Assiniboia, Canada (Large Paper). Chisholm, Christoper, Esq., San Rafael, California. Chisholm, Christopher P. , Esq. , Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Colin, Esq., Namur Cottage, Inverness (Large Paper). Chisholm, Colin, Esq., London. Chisholm, Colin, Esq., Holm Mills, Inverness. Chisholm, Colin, Esq. , Marydale, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Colin, Esq., Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Colin, Esq., Glasgow. Chisholm, Colin A., Esq., Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Chisholm, Colin R., Esq., Montreal, Canada. Chisholm, Colonel W., Cheltenham (Large Paper). Chisholm, David, Esq., Edinburgh. Chisholm, D. H., Esq., Inverness (2 Copies). Chisholm, Donald, Esq., Glasgow. Chisholm, Donald, Esq., Greenhead, Glasgow. Chisholm, Duncan, Esq., Inverness. Chisholm, Duncan, Esq., Colorado, U.S.A. Chisholm, Duncan D., Esq., St. Andrews, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Duncan G. , Esq,, St. Andrews, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Emilie M., Miss, Namur Cottage, Inverness (Large Paper.) Chisholm, Georgina M., Miss, Inverness. Chisholm, Helena, Miss, Namur Cottage, Inverness. Chisholm, Henry James, Esq., Liverpool (Large Paper). Chisholm, James, Esq., M.A., Hamilton, Canada. Chisholm, James, Esq., London (Large Paper). Chisholm, John, Esq., Edinburgh (Large Paper). Chisholm, John, Esq., Glasgow. Chisholm, John, Esq., Glasgow. Chisholm, John Keith, Esq., Edinburgh. Chisholm, Joseph A., Esq., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Rev. Alexander, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Rev. Angus, D.D., D' Escousse, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Rev. Archibald, Nairn. Chisholm, Rev. Colin, Port Hood, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Rev. Donald, P.P., Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Rev. Finlay, Little Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Chisholm, Rev. James, Barra. Chisholm, Rev. John J., Heatherton, Nova Scotia (4 Copies). Chisholm, Roderick, Esq., Antigonish, Nova Scotia. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. xiii Chisholm, Roderick Gooden, Esq., London (Large Paper). Chisholm, Samuel, Esq., Glasgow, Chisholm, The, (i Copy and i Large Paper). Chisholm, The Very Rev. Hugh Canon, Paisley. Chisholm, Theodore, Esq., Inverness? Chisholm, Walter, Esq., Hawick (Large Paper). Chisholm, William, Esq., Muirtown (2 Copies and I Large Paper). Chisholm, William, Esq., Inverlochy Castle. Chisholm, William, Esq., Caledonian Bank, Inverness. Chisholme, Mrs. Scott, Brighton (Large Paper). Chisholme, The Misses Scott, Edinburgh. Clark, D., Esq., Courier Office, Inverness. Cook, James, Esq., merchant, Inverness. Cran, John, Esq., Kirkton, Bunchrew. Douglas & Foulis, Messrs, Edinburgh (4 Copies). Duncan, Colonel P., Brighton (Large Paper). Elliott, Andrew, Esq., Edinburgh (2 Copies). Fergusson, Sir James, baronet, Kent (Large Paper). Fraser, Alexander, Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Fraser, Duncan, Esq., Ballifeary, Inverness. Fraser, Ex-Provost, Inverness. Fraser, Robert, Esq., Brackla. Gray, Mrs. Dwyer, Dublin (2 Copies). Hall, P. W., Esq., Lanarkshire. Hilton, James, Esq., F.S.A., London (Large Paper). Jenkins, Rev. Canon, Kent (Large Paper). Jenkins, R. P., Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Kegan Paul, French, Triibner & Co., Messrs., London. Lambert, F., Esq., Junr. , Surrey (Large Paper). Lambert, Miss, London. Macandrew, Sir H. C, Inverness. Macbain, Alexander, Esq., M.A., Inverness. Macdonald, Alexander, Esq., Stratherrick. Macdonald, Alexander, Esq., Millerton. XIV THE HISTORY OF THE CHISHOLMS. Macdonald, Andrew, Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Macdonald, Donald, Esq., Park, Nairn. Macdonald, Ewen, Esq., Water Manager, Inverness. Macdonald, Kenneth, Esq., Town Clerk, Inverness (Large Paper). Macdonald, Lachlan, Esq. of Skeabost (i Copy and i Large Paper). Macgillivray, Alex., Esq., London. Macgillivray, Angus, Esq., Banister, Antigonish. Mackay, John, Esq., C.E., J. P., Hereford (Large Paper). Mackay, William, Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Mackenzie, Donald, Esq., Fasnakyle. Mackenzie, Dr. F. M., Inverness, Mackenzie, Dr. M. T., Scolpeg, North Uist. Mackenzie, H. Rose, Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Mackenzie, John A., Esq., burgh surveyor, Inverness. Mackenzie, Mrs. James H., Inverness (2 Copies). Mackenzie, W. Dalziel, Esq. of Farr (Large Paper). Mackenzie, William, Esq., Ardgowan, Inverness. Mackenzie, William, Esq., Caberfeidh House, Inverness. Mackintosh, Charles Fraser, Esq. of Drummond, M.P. (Large Paper). Mackintosh, Duncan, Esq., Inverness. Maclean, Major Roderick, Inverness. Macleod, John, Esq., H.M.I, of Schools, Elgin. Macnee, Dr., Inverness. Macrae, Rev. Angus, South Uist. Macritchie, Andrew J., Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Malcolm, George, Esq., Invergarry. Matheson, Dr. F., London. Middleton, R. M., Esq., London (Large Paper). Mitchell Library, The, Glasgow. Munro, David, Bailie, Inverness. Napier and Ettrick, Right Hon. Lord, K.T. Noble, John, Esq., Inverness (2 Copies and 1 Large Paper). North, C. N. Macintyre, Esq., London. Ross, Alexander, Esq., Inverness. Ross, James, Esq., solicitor, Inverness. Ross, Provost, Inverness. Skues, Brigade