Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean
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GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT. l 251
married Mr. J. G. Mayer of London. Charles, the
5th son of Donald son of the 4th Maclean of
Dochgarroch, died in the Honourable East India
Company's military service. Farqukar, the 5th
son of the 4th Dochgarroch, was a man of roving
habits : he left the country, but where he settled
is unknown, for he was never again heard of.
Janet, the eldest daughter and sixth child of
Alexander 4th Maclean of Dochgarroch, mar-
ried William Macintosh, a grandson of Borlum,
and had issue one son and two daughters : 1. Alex-
ander, a captain of a West India ship, who married
his cousin Janet of Dochgarroch : 2. Mary married
a Mr. Iman, and left a family : 3. Margaret mar-
ried a Mr. M'Bean, and left issue. Jane, the
youngest daughter and seventh child of Alexander
of Dochgarroch, married, but left no issue.
John, 5th Maclean of Dochgarroch, was a man of
generous sentiments and chivalrous character. He
was amongst the first that joined the Earl of Mar
when he unfurled the standard of the repudiated
Stuarts at Brae-Mar in 1715. He was present at
Sheriffmuir, and continued in arms until he wit-
nessed the hopelessness of the cause which he had
espoused. He at length returned home, but not
to enjoy peace ; for the share he had taken in that
unhappy cause brought him, in common with
others, under the notice of the government, and
a heavy fine to the crown was the result of his
opposition to the successful sovereign. He is said
to have been a man of uncommon strength ; and
it is related of him, that after his return from the
war, he encountered four Hessian soldiers pillaging
meal at a mill which belonged to him at Doch-
married Mr. J. G. Mayer of London. Charles, the
5th son of Donald son of the 4th Maclean of
Dochgarroch, died in the Honourable East India
Company's military service. Farqukar, the 5th
son of the 4th Dochgarroch, was a man of roving
habits : he left the country, but where he settled
is unknown, for he was never again heard of.
Janet, the eldest daughter and sixth child of
Alexander 4th Maclean of Dochgarroch, mar-
ried William Macintosh, a grandson of Borlum,
and had issue one son and two daughters : 1. Alex-
ander, a captain of a West India ship, who married
his cousin Janet of Dochgarroch : 2. Mary married
a Mr. Iman, and left a family : 3. Margaret mar-
ried a Mr. M'Bean, and left issue. Jane, the
youngest daughter and seventh child of Alexander
of Dochgarroch, married, but left no issue.
John, 5th Maclean of Dochgarroch, was a man of
generous sentiments and chivalrous character. He
was amongst the first that joined the Earl of Mar
when he unfurled the standard of the repudiated
Stuarts at Brae-Mar in 1715. He was present at
Sheriffmuir, and continued in arms until he wit-
nessed the hopelessness of the cause which he had
espoused. He at length returned home, but not
to enjoy peace ; for the share he had taken in that
unhappy cause brought him, in common with
others, under the notice of the government, and
a heavy fine to the crown was the result of his
opposition to the successful sovereign. He is said
to have been a man of uncommon strength ; and
it is related of him, that after his return from the
war, he encountered four Hessian soldiers pillaging
meal at a mill which belonged to him at Doch-
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