Genealogical memoirs of the Duffs

Gcnealogical Mcmoirs of the Daffs. 9
Sixth Earl of Fife, who died in 1203, left issue
four sons —
1. Malcom, his Successor.
2. Shaw, or Shaugh, of whom M'Intosh.
3. John, or Owen Moir na Vouch, Ancess-
tor of the Earls of Weems.
4. Duncan, of whom the Duffs of Craig-
head are descended.
Mr. Malcom's Collections, belonging to the Earl
of Weems.
Another opinion is, that Duncan, Earl of
Fife, who was killed in the Battle of Falki/k,
anno 1298, had a younger son Malcom, who mar-
ried a Daughter of Duncan's, Thane of Calder,
by which marriage he got a considerable Estate
in the County of Aberdeen, where he settled, and
was Progenitor of the Duffs in the North. His-
tory of the MacDuffs, Earls of Fife, MSS. wrote
in 1599, in Latin, belonging to the present Earl
of Fife.
Mr. Nisbet says, those of the Sirname of Duff
are thought to have derived their descent from
the Macduffs, Thanes of Fife, tho' they difìfer in