Historical account of the family of Frisel or Fraser, particularly Fraser of Lovat

APPENDIX. 19*7
DALTALICH,--From the house of FarraUne.
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DULCATTACH, | Cadets of Farrahne.
FOYERS. — An illegitimate son of Hugh, third Lord Lovat, called
Hutcheon Franchack, was the founder of this branch, and of eighteen
others in Stratheriick. ^ Simon Eraser, Esq. of Foyers, is their repre- ' *^^ ""' '^'''''•
sentative.
PHOPACHY Though not strictly allied to the Lovat family, a
brief account of this race may not prove uninteresting. The estates of
the family of Fraser of Fiaiid, a brannlx nf tlifi Erasers of Drumelzier, be-
came the property of an heiress in the reign of James IV. Two potent
barons contended for the honour of her hand. Malcolm Fleming, bro-
ther to the Lord Fleming, was the one ; John Tweedie, Laird of Dru-
melzier, the other. The lady plighted her troth to the first, but Tweedie
forcibly carried her off and married her. A long and bloody feud arose
between the Flemings and the Tweedies, in consequence of this step^
in which John Lord Fleming lost his life, 1st November 1524. Agnes
Fraser (such was the name of the heiress of Fruid,) liad an uncle, John
Fraser, who bequeathed to his widow the care of a numerous and youth-
ful family. Tliis lady, of the house of Craigie- Wallace, beheld the dis-
sensions of her native country with alarm, and, to avoid them, she came
north, and threw herself on the beneficence of John Fraser, Bishop of
Ross, her deceased husband's uncle. He received her with open arms,
and provided for her family. Fraser of Phopachy was the fruit of the
alliance between James, grandson of this lady's third son, and Elizabeth,
daughter of William Fraser of Struy, anno 1599.' From Phopachy ' mss. of Fiaseis,
° ... ^ •' ill Advocates'
sprung Fraser of Merkinch, which appears to have been the pati'imony Library, Appendix,
of the eldest son of this house. Phopachy long since reverted to its ancient
proprietors, the family of Lovat ; and the Frasers of Phopachy are nw
represented by Robert Fraser, Esq., of Torbreck, an estate which was