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GENEALOGY OF THE MACRAS 239
son married and had sons, Murdoch, Donald and Farquhar
Oig, and daughters, Anne and ]\Iargaret, all of whom
married, and have children. Murdoch, the seventh son
of Alexander, Mr. Farquhar's son, married and had two
sons, Donald and John. Donald had two sons, Farquhar
and John, and a daughter named Christian. John
Murdoch's son left a son called John.
Allan, the eighth son of Alexander Mr. Farquhar's son,
left no male issue. Hugh, the ninth son of Alexander,
Mr. Farquhar's son, married and had sons and daughters,
Alexander, John and Duncan, a natural son, Barbara and
Mary.
Alexander married twice, and has sons and daughters
and so have the rest.
Kenneth, the second son of Duncan, grandchild of
Mr. Farquhar, left only two daughters. John, the third
son of Duncan, left also two daughters. Christopher, the
grandson of Duncan, left one son and died in 1741. John,
brother of Christopher, died unmarried in 1733.
Postscript.
The Gaelic verse on p. 2l6 seemed hopelessly corrupt. But
Mr. A. W. U. Macrae, who has gone into the matter, suggests
that it might possibly read as follows :
Dhonnachaidh mhic Ghillecliriost mhic Fliioniilaidli,
'S nior am beud a thuit le d' aou lainili, 62^/vvv^
, O^ha 's iar-ogha mhic High Fionng-hall,
.u 'Thuiteam le bramag an aon mhic. OuivJi, ^[htji£
and that the translation might be :
Duncan, son of Gilchrist, son of Finlay, /'^,
Great is the disaster wrought by thy single liand.
That the grandson and great-grandson of the King of the Isles (King
Should have fallen to the shaft of the only son. h^ (X ■Wi.iUKtflJJ '
?
So