Dear James, This is about all I know of the first McColls in Mull. It's based on the work of Hugh Geoffrey MacColl who undertook research into the history and genealogy of the McColls during the 1920s, I believe as part of a university project (he was a student at Christ's College, Cambridge)... Iain ban Mac Cholla ("fair John") is said to have gone to Mull around 1700 in the employment of Colonel Campbell of Knock. He came from Glasdrum, at the head of Loch Creran in Appin which is seen as the homeland of the McColls. He is supposed to be buried in Knock burial ground, although there is no marked stone for him (there are few marked stones for anyone from this period). Iain ban's son, Iain / John is said to have farmed at Oskamull. His son, John / Iain in turn, was born around 1730 and was a tenant at Tenga, Ledmore and Baleskat. He married a Mary Campbell from Ardnamurchan and had a number of children between 1769 and 1784 (one of whom, Donald (bp 1779) was my ggg grandfather). To which I can add the following... >From the Old Parish Records it's clear that by the mid 1770s there were many more McColls on Mull than are identified on the sheets produced by Hugh MacColl (or at least, the ones I have copies of). He himself pointed out that he probably hadn't identified them all. I think that the "Colonel Campbell of Knock" was Colin Campbell of Braglen who was given the tack (a kind of senior tenancy) of Aros by the Earl of Argyll in 1696. In 1716, following the failed Jacobite rising of 1715, all of the able-bodied men in Mull were required to appear at Duart castle to surrender their weapons and to take an oath of allegiance to the King. At this time, only two McColls were recorded: - Neil McColl, servant of Dugald McDugald of Ardmore - John McColl of Torgormaig and Ardnacrosh - he had no arms and had not taken part in the rebellion. This information comes from a book published in 1998 by the Scottish Record Society and edited by Nicholas MacLean-Bristol: Inhabitants of the Inner Isles, Morvern and Ardnamurchan 1716 I guess (I don't think there is any way of knowing for sure) that both John and Neil are Iain ban's sons. Neil possibly had as many descendants as John, but apart from the Hugh who raised the gravestone, I don't think they are documented. The McColls seem to have settled mainly around the Ledmore/Tenga and Oskamull areas. I hope this helps. As you can see there is certainly a Tenga connection. If anyone can add anything to this I would be very interested to hear it. Stuart McColl "James St. Clair" <1517mull@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: Dear Stuartt McColl - on the Isle of Mull on 21 May 1785, Hugh Campbell and Grace McColl were married - he was from Tenga - one of their children Ann m in 1818 Parlan MacFarlane of Achnacroish - the emigrated to Nova Scotia and were among the Mull settlers who established the community of Mull River- they are my grt grt grandparents - I am wondering if anybody has information about the earlier McColls of the 1700s - Jim St.Clair, Mull River, Nova Scotia