!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS:
THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod
Society, 1970, p. 266.
Neil succeeded his father in the lands of Glenelg and Gesto. In his case,
we are on firm ground so far as evidence is concerned. He is on record in
1616 and stated to be dead by 1626, according to the Register of the
Privy Council of Scotland. He was one of the leading members of the
Clan MacLeod, chosen by Sir Roderick Mor MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan
for ''exhibition'' before the Privy Council as a guarantee that he and the
clanwould obey the laws of the realm. In the Register of the Privy
Council he is styled ''Neil mc Tormoit'' and his son Murdo, who is
immediately mentioned after him, is called Murdo mc Tormoit. The
patronymic, mac''ic Tharmaid, has been syncopated to ''Mac Tormoit'' and
used in this case as the surname. Neil MacLeod of Gesto married (1) a
daughter of the Chief of the Macaskilss, with issue.
There were apparently other sons, not named, who settled in France and
Germany.
Neil MacLEod of Glenelg and Gesto married (2) a daughter of MacKinnon
of Strath, with further issue, whose descendants are long since extinct.
Neil was dead by 1626 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,
Murdo.