!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS--
THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section II, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod
Society, 1968, p. 69.
Margaret, …in 1706 signed an obligation of Marriage with Mr. Neil
Beaton, [Mr. Neil Beaton was probably a son of Kenneth Beaton, tacksman
of Leabost, Snizort, Skye, who as a young man was befriended by Sir
Norman MacLeod of Berneray. In HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
ACCOUNT OF THE BETHUNES (1887 edit.), it is said that Neil ''commenced
preacher but never had any particular church assigned to him. He died at
Dunkeld about the year 1749'' (p. 12).] the family tutor, to whom she was
about to bear a child. There are several families on the island of
Berneray, who claim to be descended from Sir Norman MacLeod of
Berneray. They can trace their genealogy to a certain Neil MacLeod, who
was born about 1706. According to tradition he was fostered in the
island of Barra, and it is interesting to note that Isabel, daughter of Sir
Norman MacLeod was married to Roderick 13th MacNeil of Barra at the
time. The child bore his father''s Christian name but apparently adopted
his mother''s surname. He returned to Berneray as a full grown man, and
his connection with the MacLeods of Berneray has never been challenged
in the island. There seems to be good reason to believe that this
tradition is correct and that Neil MacLeod, was the son of Neil Beaton
and Margaret MacLeod. Despite the obligation of marriage entered into,
Margaret did not marry Neil Beaton.