The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-07
ORIGIN or THE MkINLEYS.
Two sources Of the Name Given by IN
did cotch writer.

To THE EDITOR oF TuE SUN- Sir vii
lam Buchanan ~ Auchmar. SHETLAND, In
his book. written toward tho Close Of the
seventeenth century and published In tho
beginning Of the eighteenth. entitled: An
Inquiry into IN" genealogy and present
state Of ancient Scottish surnamss, with
the origin and descent Of the Highland
clans and family Of Buchanan, states two
sources from which the ann Of Mckinley,
or Mckinlay. IL derived.
One source u from tho Maclntoshes aud
the other from the Buchansns - DrumikiIl
The following quotation will give tho first
mentioned (Tage "a. edition Of Is2Oi:
The surnam Of Macintosh. a. a s-n-
c~alogical account thereof Ia my hands, and
all other acCounts OF the same. assert. IL
descended Of that ancient and heroic family
Of MacDun, Thane and afterward Earl 81
Pie Ihe ancestor OF that name, according
Ia the q account was Sheagh or Shaw
MacDuh, second son Ia Constantine. third
Iafl ~ Fife, and great grandChild 20 Dun
can MacDuf. last Thane. and first Earl ~
Fife Of that name. This shaw MacDpin
captains ia that expedition he made against
the rebellious Murrays. and other inhabi-
tants Of Murray land, Ia the year IIaS
After the suppression Of that rebellion.
Shaw MacDud In reward Of his eminent -ar-
vice upon that occasion. obtained from
the King the opnstsbleship or govern
ment Of the castle ~ Inverness. with con-
siderable interest Ia land In Peaty.
Breachly and other adjacent plac~s Ia
that castle. with the forestry of IN. forest
II S~treithherin, all of which formerly l#.-
longcd Ia some Of tho reiels The country
People OF those parts, upon MOTTO. Of Shaw's
dcsoeni. gave him the name Of MacIn-
tuehich. or Thames Son. IA. old title Of
Thane, by which his ancestors were 80
long designed. obtaining mor among tho
vulgar than the new one II Earle. 80 lately
brought into use. SO that he continued
not only himself 60 be ~ denominatnd
always thereafter. but transmitted the
same a. n surnafn 20 his p~osterty. which
IL vet retained, though ~ II would seem.
there was one % his sons who instead Of
Macintosh. choosed rather Ia derive
his urnsme from this Shaw's proupr name.
being ancestor 81 the Shaws of Rothe-
murchas In B~adenoch. one 81 whose sons.
called ~ferquhhrd shaw. having settled
In Mar. was ancestor Of tho Ferquhardsons
there. the principal person Of which IL
Ferquhard-on OF lnnercauld. a gentleman
Of good estate
Their. are also Ferquhardson. 81 Inver-
raw, and a good many more Gentlemen
Of that Surname In These parts. Thesa ar.
Ia Irish MacKinlays. from Fnlay
NOR. one OF their ancestors who bore tho
fONal stAiluaiu AZ te battle OF flONuOn, |
OF Pinky. in which he was killed
The second, the other mentioned source, |
il from the Buchanans Of Drumikill. and
j. NJ follows page 2eo. edition Of 1890;
The second cadets 81 this kind lon tho
Drumikill ~Buchanansl arr the Mackinlays.
so named from a son 81 Drumikill Ia Bu-
rhananl called Fnlay those lately In Blair
.yle and sbou, B-llach. are Of this sort. ~
IRE those In Benachra. and about the waters
Finn la Lus- parish The M'kiniays
some other q these parishes are M'rhar-
The apology ~ the author two hundred
years agol In tho prrfac- for his work does
not seem n~eSSsSary when Wa consider
hat tho clans &c Swaziland have provided
Iour President. uf the tnii.d States, Monro.
iMunruel. buchanan. Grant and Mckinley.
scott, In a note Co the line, And SNOW
tens knight y ScoilAnd's King Ia 'rh.
ADV % the Lake refers To the above
mentioned book Tn book has for many
rear- teen In the Congressional Library.
aus X, BUCHANAN.
T~AnsyrowS. Oct l.