Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

252 BIOGRAPHICAL AND
nalurg, when he, with one stroke of his claymore,
killed one of the robbers on the spot, and forced
the rest to retire without their intended booty.
A strict enquiry was instituted, and although the
fact was notorious in Inverness, Dochgarroch es-
caped with impunity, no one being disposed to
come forward to substantiate the charge against
him. It would appear that the Macleans of the
North hitherto continued to spell the name ac-
cording to its Gaelic pronunciation, Mac-Gillean ;
for John of Dochgarroch was the first who adopted
that of Maclean. He was married to a daughter
of Dallas of Ceantra (or Kintra), by whom he
left three sons and two daughters: 1. John, died
in Jamaica unmarried : 2. Charles, his heir : 3. Wil-
liam, an officer in the 42d or Black Watch, killed
at the storming of Gaudaloupe, 1753. He was
married to a daughter of Macintosh of Borlum,
by whom he left two sons : 1 . Lachlan, died
young : 2. John, a bold and spirited character in
his day. He left his native country early, and
settled in the United States of America.
Charles, 6th Maclean of Dochgarroch, was bred
to the profession of the law, but subsequently
held a commission in the 42d or Black Watch.
During the insurrection of 1745 he was sta-
tioned at Iluthen in Badenoch, and was in the
neighbourhood of Inverlochy when the battle of
Culloden was fought; and it is said, though
opposed to the young Stuart, that he and many
others on the same side with him, heartily
wished success to his cause. Be this as it may,
after the battle of Culloden he retired from the
army ; and on the death of his brother, asserted