!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section V, Edinburgh, The Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, 1976, pp.
22ff.
!NOTE: There are discrepancies between Morrison, above, and Douglas,
next. Morrison has Donald Ban Mor as 9th of Assynt, rather than 7th, as
Douglas. Also, Morrison has Donald married to "Mor" or "Marian" MacKay,
daughter of Y MacKay of Farre; Douglas has Marian as daughter of Donald
MacKay, 1st Lord Reay.
!SOURCE: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE OF
SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1798, p. 387.
"VII. Donald Bain More, seventh baron of Assynt.
"He got a charter of confirmation under the great seal from king
Charles I. ''Donaldo MacLeod de Assynt, etc.'' confirming to him and his
heirs, the lands of Annot, and others, in Inverness-shire, and united to
the barony of Assynt, etc. the confirmation is dated 21st of November
1642.
"He married, 1st, Marian Mackay, daughter of Donald first lord Reay,
(omitted in the Peerage, page 570,) and by her had two sons and two
daughters.
"1. Neil, his heir.
"2. Donald, who died without issue.
"1st daughter, married to ____ Gordon, a younger son of the earl of
Sutherland.
"2. ___, married, to ____ Gun of Killernan, progenitor of MacKaimess.
"He married, 2dly, Christian, daughter of Nicolas Ross of Pitcalnie, by
whom he had two sons.
"1. Donald, of whom there is no succession.
"2. Hugh of Cambuscurry, who married Christian, daughter of Walter
Ross of Invercarren, by whom he had three sons. 1. Roderick of
Cambuscurry, who married Mary, daughter of Hugh Monro of Newmore, by
whom he had two sons. Angus, and George, and four daughters. 1. Isabel.
2. Christian. 3. Elisabeth. 4. Helen, all honourably married.
Roderick, son of Angus married Janet, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie
of Davachmaluach, by whom he had only one daughter, Mary, married to
John Urquhart of Mount Eagle.
Hugh''s second son was Aeneas MacLeod of Catboll, who married
Margaret, eldest daughter of sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Scatwell, by
whom he had three sons. Roderick, George, and Hugh, and one daughter,
Frances, married to Hugh Rose of Clava. The two younger sons, George
and Hugh left no succession; and Aeneas of Catboll was succeeded by his
eldest son, Roderick MacLeod of Catboll, who married Lilias, daughter of
William Mackenzie of Balmaduthie, by whom he has a son, Robert Bruce
Aeneas, and a daughter, Margaret. Hugh''s third son, Alexander of
Sallachie married and had several sons and daughters.
"Donald of Assynt was succeeded by his eldest son."
!BIOGRAPHY: John Burke, Esq., A GENEALOGICAL AND HERADIC HISTORY OF
THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. II, Baltimore,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977, pp. 175-178.