Memorials of four old families

PREFACE.
In the following attempt to trace the origin and descent of the Kilmartin
family, and of that of Inverawe, of which they are cadets, recourse has been
had to such sources of information as were available to me. I failed to
find any reliable table of the descent of either ready to hand, and the
pedigree here given is constructed from particulars derived, as to the earlier
portion, from various documents or authorities, which are generally quoted,
and as to the later portion, from various members of the two families.
For the general early history I had to rely to some extent on the
'■ Origines Parochiales Scotia?," Acts of the Scottish Parliament, the
Register of the Privy Council, Nisbet's Heraldry, Principal Campbell's
Account of the Clan Iver, and occasional references to the Inverawe family
in Histories of Scotland.
For many details, both of the earlier and later history of both families,
I have to thank many correspondents, who replied to my enquiries, and
especially the following : — Lord Archibald Campbell ; the Captain of Dim-
staffnage ; Mr M'Isaac, Oban ; Mrs Campbell of New Inverawe ; Miss
Campbell of Auchindarroch ; Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch ; Mr James
M'Kinnell, schoolmaster and session clerk, Kilmartin ; the present Camp-
bell of Kilmartin, his mother (my wife), and his aunt, Miss Mary Campbell,
Lochgilphead ; and Mr Dugald M'Lachlan, clerk to the County Council,
Argyllshire. Many of the above kindly lent me papers, or after searching
their repositories, copied out anything they found that would help me, thus
affording me reliable information. The documentary evidence I got from
the Captain of Dunstafmage, Poltalloch and Mr M'Kinnell was especially
valuable, and enabled me to replace various conjectures I had previously
made by facts.
I hoped to have found more entries in the Retours of Service of Heirs
than I did, but these are comparatively few for the county of Argyle : and
I have had no opportunity of consulting any old registers of births,
marriages, and deaths. I regret that I have been unable in some instances
to ascertain even the names of the wives of a few of the lairds, or anything