!SOURCE: THE MACLEODS OF ARNISDALE, compiled by Rev. Donald
MacKinnon, Portree, Skye, Scotland, 1929, reprinted by The Clan MacLeod
Society USA, Migration Project Publications Series, Number 1, 1984, pp.
17-18.
He was born at Glenelg, on the 21st January 1751. He farmed Ratagan,
and at the time of his death and for many years previously, had the farm
of Claiggan, near Dunvegan, Skye. He married on 4th March 1785, Alice,
daughter of Archibald MacDonell of Barisdale, and his wife, Flora,
daughter of Norman MacLeod, IV of Drynoch. In the "History of the
MacLeods," by MacKenzie (p. 218), and in "Clan Donald,": Vol. III, (p. 343),
it is stated that the lady''s name was Flora. To Donald and Alice was
born a large family of 14 children, 6 sons and 8 daughters....
Donald MacLeod died at Claiggan, Dunvegan, Skye, on the 6th January,
1825, and was buried at Glenelg, on the 13th January 1825. His widow,
Alice MacDonell, survived him for about 8 years. She died at Claiggan in
August, 1833, and was also buried at Glenelg. The inscription on the
tombstone in the Glenelg Churchyard, reads: --
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY MACLEOD, DAUGHTER
OF DONALD AND ALICE MAC-
LEOD OF ARNISDALE GLENELG
BORN 12TH OCT. 1789, DIED
26TH JANY. 1875.
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
HER MOTHER ALICE M''DONELL,
DAUGHTER OF A. M''DONELL,
OF BARISDALE, DIED
AT CLAIGANN, ISLE OF
SKYE, 1833.
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A
CLAN, Section III, "Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society,
1970, p. 104..
Donald was born, on 21st January 1751, at Glenelg, and farmed Ratagan
in that parish. At the time of his death and for many years prior thereto,
he had a tack of Claigainn, near Dunvegan, Skye. He married, on 4th
March 1785, Alice (not Flora) [In MacKenzie''s HISTORY OF THE MACLEOD
(p. 218), it is stated that the lady''s name was Flora, but family
documents give Alice as her name.], daughter of Archibald MacDonell of
Barisdale, and his wife, Flora, daughter of Norman MacLeod, 4th of the
MacLeods of Drynoch [See post, the MacLeods of Drynoch.], with issue.
Donald MacLeod, 4th [sic] of the MacLeods of Arnisdale, died, on 6th
January 1825, at Claigainn, near Dunvegan, Skye, and was buried at
Glenelg, on the 13th of the month. His widow, Alice MacDonell, survived
him for about eight years. She died, in August 1833, at Claigainn [For an
Elegy on Mrs. MacLeod, see THE MACLEODS OF ARNISDALE, APPENDIX III,
pp. 42-5]. Donald MacLeod was succeeded in the representation of the
Arnisdale family by his eldest son.