Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 6, 1898

THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
By the sale of Rothiemurchus, and the outlawry
of the son of the last owner, the Rothiemurchus
Sliaws went down, while the descendants of
Adam, the second son of the second Rothie-
murchus, were enabled to consolidate themselves,
and be recognized in 1G09 as one of the Clan
Chattan, and acknowledged as the chieftain of
the Inverness-shire Shaws. Adam was succeeded
by his son,
II. — Robert, who was father of Angus and Bean.
III. — Angus is found in l.'il3 a leading man in
the clan, but is not designed Shaw, merely
Angus Mac Robert. He was the first wadsetter
of Tordarroch. Dying without issue, he was
succeeded by his brother,
IV. — Bean, or Benjamin, who had two sons,
Adam, who succeeded, and Angus, who succeeded
his brother, and one daughter, Etiie, who married
Donald Mac Gillie Galium (Macpherson
Essich.
V. — Adam Shaw of Tordarroch, known as Ay
Mac Bean vie Robert, signing the Bond of
LTnion among the Clan Chattan in 1609, "for
himself, and taking the full burden of his race
of Clan Ay," establishing, as pointed out by Mr.
A. Mackintosh Mackintosh, that the Tordarroch
Shaws had by this time attained the position of
a distinct sept of Clan Chattan, under their own
chieftain. Adam Shaw died 1620-1G21, having
married Agnes, daughter of Ale.xander Flaser
of Farraline, by whom he left an only daughter,
Margaret, married to Donald Mackintosh, law-
TDHliAlUiOCH BRIDGE.
ful son to William Mackintosh of Rayag. He
was succeeded by his brother,
VI. — Angus, who, besides Tordarroch, possessed
the lands of Knocknagail and Wester Ijeys.
He married Katherine, daughter of Angus
Macbean, 1st of Kinchyle. Angus was succeeded
by his son,
VII. — Robert, regarding whom there are
numerous references during the period 1666-
1691. Robert Shaw is one the subscribers of
the Bond given by the Clan Chattan to their
chief, Mackintosh, dated Kincairn, 29th
Noveaiber, 166-t. By his wife, Agnes Eraser,
Robert had, according to Mr. Mackintosh Jlac-
kintosh's account, four sons, Alexander, John,
Donald, and William ; also one daughter, Effie.
I find, however, a note of Robert Shaw, younger
of Tordarroch, in 1710. Robert Shaw was
succeeded by his eldest son,
VIII. — Alexander, who married Anne Mac-
kintosh of Keliachie, and is found during the
period 1679-1716. In the rising of Hlo the
Clan Chattan put forth nearly all its strength.
Alexander himself was too old to take the field,
but his son Robert was Captain, another son,
Angus, Lieutenant, and his brother, William
Shaw, Quartermaster. The conduct of the clan
in that memorable rising has been highly com-
mended, and even the Reverend Renegade,
Patten, speaks of " their good order and equip-