!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. 27-28.
Neil, the eldest son, got his education at St. Andrews, whre he
commenced Master of Arts, and made great proficiency in his studies. He
was ordained minister of Kennoway, August 30, 1750. He died, December
29, 1771. He was chearful and agreeable in conversation, his public
discourses were affecting, and at the same time sensible and judicious,
he discovered on every occasion a warm heart and strong friendship, and
he was particularly kind to such of his relations as stood in need of his
assistance.
He married Janed, daughter of Andrew Jamieson of Wester-Newton, an
inheritor of his own parish; and Margaret Gib, an heiress in Arngost
parish, and by her had a son called Andrew, and three daughters, Maxwell,
Margaret, and Jean.