The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-01

called. A little rejection win ~ mind
you that Descendants Of practically All
q these are aIi living IN this sec
ten many Of them being present on
this occasion.
The Clan MacQaecn.
During the time that the Clan S>s-
tenn nour'shed in the Highlands II
Scotland il often happened that GER
tain families, whose number was to-,
small to form a distinct elan. attach
ed themselves TO or were adopted by
some large and Wetl-estabiished clan. !
and thereby became a sept or branch
sef that clan The MacQueens did not
constitute an original Highland clan.
but were a sept Of the Clan Nae
Donald, lords OF the .s:es. and owed
allegiance To that clan There were
several branches OF MacQueens- Some
Of these being the MacQueens. OF
CORY borough tfroni which Col James
MacQueen was ~descended): Mac
Queens. OF P~oiiichaig: MacQueens~ OF
Clune. and others. The MacQueens.
of Corryborough. were the head of the
clan. and il is from this family that
the MacQueens, eff this section. are
descended. shall confne my obser-
vations principally to a brief history
OF the MacQueens, Of Corryborough-
The MacQueens, OF as they were some
times called. the Clan Rowan. are
typically a Celtic race. They were
originally located in the Hebrides, and
the Of the clan is supposed TO
have been Roderick Dhu NacSweyn.
-synonymous). In the thirteenth cen
ftury Castle Sween in Kentire. was
occupied by the MacSweyns, or Mac
Queens. The ancestor Of the Mac
lSweyns, or the MacQueens. vas cali
ed Sween McEwan. A number Of this
family were among the amo clans
men, who were at Dunoon
in 1876. He Hebridean MacQueens
were subject to the M~acDonalds. the
lords OF the isles. The MacQueens. of
ICorryborouEh, were an effshoet of this
clan, and settled in Strathdearn. and
: these occupied the thief position. as
the origin and head OF all bearing
! name. They were latterty connected
7 with the Clan ChattaR, composed Of
z the Mac1ntOShes and fifteen ether as
ISOLATED tribes or families. The cir
e cumstances under which they left the
r West coast and settled in Strathdearn.
: is as follows:
Early IN the fifteenth century. NAL
colin Beg Macintosh, of Macintosh,
e married Mora Macdonald, Of Moidart
e and with the bride came, as was the
: custom, several of her kinsmen. who
e took up their abode near her new
home. Among these followers were
n Revan. MacMulmor, MacAngus. 81
e whom the Clan Revan, or MacQueens
e are descended. They became partie.
- " III Ipobko vi \ A11toIlS liz SiA
n teen tribes, which made up the Cha,
y Chattan. signed on the 4th day @
r April, 1909. This Bond Of Union wa
signed by Donald MacQueen. o
le Cefryborough, John MacQueen. O
j. title Corryborough. and Sweyn Mac
is Queen, of Raigbeg. One of the Wit
n. nesses to the bond was Donald Mac
J. Queen, then parson of Petty. Donal
IL h1acQueen, who is recorded in his
i tory as the first Of Corryborough. i
prominently mentioned in contempt
m raneous records in 1894, 1903. I61
e and 1929. His son, George. was men
+ toned in 1890. Donald died abou
ID 1923, and in hat year his nephew
h, Angus MacQueen, succeeded him
n The mother Of this Angus was Agne
e. Macintosh, for at that period tn
Of MacQueens had become clearly identi
i fled with the Clan Chattan, which in
ID tcluded the MacIntoshes. Angus wa
lie succeeded by his son, Donald. VIII
Id died in 1876, having married Mar
he Cuthbert, Of Castle Hill. Donald
lie noted in 1855 and 1897 as commits
4. sioner of supply for the county c
1e Inverness. He married Jean Dalla:
c. OF Cantray, and upon his death wa
I'd succeeded by his son, James. jaime;
b, the ri OF Carryborough, wa
a captain in the Clan Chattan Reg!
in meat in the rising Of 1915. TT
a closest friendship existed betwee
r James MacQueen and his descendant;
es and the MacIntoshes. and there wer
ne constant intermarriaEes betwee
IS. them. He died in 1852, and was sut
ceeded by his son. Donald MacQueei
Of who held the office Of sheriff subst
r tute Of ~Iverness, and was a noted al
it thority on Celtric literature. In 174
st he was a law student in Edinburgl
ds He married in 1742 Margaret SHAY
of Dell, and lived to De a very Oh
ne man: dying in 1892. His son. Captai
es Donald MacQueen, who succeede
r. him. was a sp~endthrift- though a ma
as of unusual ability and high characte
nit While in his possession, the estate b.
us came involved in some financial diff
|~culties and was lost to the family. tt
MS estate Of Corryborough originally COZ
ed tsisted Of TIVE pioughs of land. the SUI
he sequent acquisition raised it to d q.
IA, tvech Of land. or about seven thousar
he tacreS. The estate fefl. into the ham
he Of a notorious specializing survey
is, named Smith. who did not hold
IA long. and who sold it about 1874 (