!SOURCE: Rev. Thomas Whyte, AN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
ACCOUNT OF THE BETHUNES OF THE ISLAND OF SKYE, Edinburgh, 1778,
reprinted London, 1893, by Alfred A. Bethune-Baker, reprinted by
ScotsPress, pp. 12-14, 23.
When Kenneth, the sole issue of Ferquhard by his first marriage, left
Sir Norman M''Leod of Bernera''s house, where he had been for some time,
after he had left Castledownie, he took up his residence in Sky, and
notwithstanding the heats, animosities and feuds, that had long
subsisted betwixt his father and the M''Donalds, he found them most kind
and firendly, and extremely well disposed to encourage him, and to give
him credit in droving to the south, whcih was the business he sometimes
followed. In person and temper, he was reckoned like his father. He had
the title and appellation of Leabost. [Manuscript History of the Bethunes
of the Island of Sky].
He married Anne M''Lean of the Family of Dowart or Morven, a family
that always claimed the chiefship or precedency.
By her he had five sons, Daniel, John, Ferquhard, Angus and Neil; and
four daughters, Marion, Christian, Anne and Mary.
Kenneth Bethune of Leabost, who had such numerous and happy
offspring, died April, 1708, and his wife Anne M''Lean in May 1721.
!CAVEAT: on page 25 of the above document, there is a "Kenneth, fourth
son of Ferquhard, sixth descendent from John Bethune fifth laird of
Balfour". Is this the same as this Kenneth? If so, why the different
sons? The exact relationship of this second Kenneth is unknown for
certain. Here is the full reference: "Kenneth, fourth son of Ferquhard,
sixth descnedent from John Bethune fifth laird of Balfour, had three
sons, John, Kenneth, and Donald.