More McGregors. We are aware that Robs brother John married Christian of Duneaves and had a son Gregor Glhun Dhubh who married Mary of Bardowie 1708 QUESTION # 1 Is there anyone who is researching Gregors brother Donald and his sister Catherine, these two, would be neice and nephew of Rob Roy (Red) McGregor? QUESTION # 2 Would anyone on this list be close to the MITCHELL Library in Scotland who would be able to look a the DICK tree, this tree has a male line finished down from ROB ROY and should be able to HELP all of us, searching for a connection re: Rob. Thanks. ANNIE OF MCGREGOR RESEARCH McGregor Pearson, McGregor Lee, McGregor Laurason, McGregor McKinlay, McGregor Menzie, McGregor McFarlin, McGregor McNicol, Rotson, McGillivie,McDiramid, McKiver with a possible Rob Roy McGregor connection -----Original Message----- From: John K Shearer <jk_shearer@email.msn.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:24 AM Subject: Re: McGregors/Rob Roy/and Sons >Good Morning Annie, > >When I was a little boy my grandmother who was born in 1890 told me we were >descended from Rob Roy's family via his sister. I repeated this tale to my >children and in due course when my son was studying history at university he >challenged me to prove it. This is why I became interested in genealogy. > >My son's first objection was that Rob Roy's sister's children would have >used their father's name. I explained to him that Highlanders frequently >used their mother's name and their father and mother might well have had the >same name. > >Unfortunately, the McGREGOR line is one I have had a little success with. My >most remote McGREGOR ancestor is William McGREGOR born circa 1780. (He used >the spelling McGRIGOR.) William was a blacksmith, married to Janet >FERGUSSON. I do not know where he was born. > >His son Andrew born in 1808 worked and died in Glasgow. The IGI indicates >another son, William, who was born in 1815 to William McGRIGOR and Janet >FERGUSSON. > >There are a number of McGrigor's who were married to Ferguson in the >graveyard at Balquhidder. > >Can you help me? > >John Shearer > > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >GENUKI -Main Scotland Page >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > >