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152 THE LAIRDS OF GLENLVON.
tavour of Alexander Menzies, son of Duncan, and took a
wadset of the Mains of Roro in security for £1,000 Scots,
being balance due him of the price of the property. On
the 22nd May, 1630, " Duncan M'Gregor, alias Gordon,"
and John Dhu M'Gregor, alias Sinclair, his brother, signed
a bond and letter of slaine, whereby they became bound
for all the M'Gregors of their own house of Roro, to keep
the peace with Robert Buchanan of Leny, and his friends,
on condition the latter should pay 1,300 merks, as an as-
sithment for the slaughter of three of their friends, which
sum had been agreed upon by arbiters mutually chosen by
both parties. Duncan had married a daughter of Duncan
Campbell, Laird of Glenlyon, and was succeeded by his son.
VII. Alexander M'Gregor, who fell in the battle of In-
verlochy, fighting under Montrose, 2nd February, 1645, and
was succeeded by his brother.
VIII. Gregor M'Gregor of Roro, who followed Montrose
through all his campaigns. On the 25th April, 1673, he
obtained of Commissary John Campbell, of Glendaruel, his
maternal uncle, a renewal of the Mortgage Right of the
Mains of Roro, the purchase money being the same as in
the transaction of 1633.
IX. Gregor M'Gregor, alias " John Gordon " of Roro,
succeeded his father. He joined in the Rebellion of 171 5,
wherethrough his estate was sadly burdened. He was suc-
ceeded by his son.
X. Duncan M'Gregor, alias Campbell, the last M'Gregor
of Roro. He followed Prince Charles in 1745, and in con-
sequence was so much impoverished as to be under the
necessity of acting as clerk to his uncle, Robertson of
Tullybelton, at Perth. The wadset on the Mains of Roro
tavour of Alexander Menzies, son of Duncan, and took a
wadset of the Mains of Roro in security for £1,000 Scots,
being balance due him of the price of the property. On
the 22nd May, 1630, " Duncan M'Gregor, alias Gordon,"
and John Dhu M'Gregor, alias Sinclair, his brother, signed
a bond and letter of slaine, whereby they became bound
for all the M'Gregors of their own house of Roro, to keep
the peace with Robert Buchanan of Leny, and his friends,
on condition the latter should pay 1,300 merks, as an as-
sithment for the slaughter of three of their friends, which
sum had been agreed upon by arbiters mutually chosen by
both parties. Duncan had married a daughter of Duncan
Campbell, Laird of Glenlyon, and was succeeded by his son.
VII. Alexander M'Gregor, who fell in the battle of In-
verlochy, fighting under Montrose, 2nd February, 1645, and
was succeeded by his brother.
VIII. Gregor M'Gregor of Roro, who followed Montrose
through all his campaigns. On the 25th April, 1673, he
obtained of Commissary John Campbell, of Glendaruel, his
maternal uncle, a renewal of the Mortgage Right of the
Mains of Roro, the purchase money being the same as in
the transaction of 1633.
IX. Gregor M'Gregor, alias " John Gordon " of Roro,
succeeded his father. He joined in the Rebellion of 171 5,
wherethrough his estate was sadly burdened. He was suc-
ceeded by his son.
X. Duncan M'Gregor, alias Campbell, the last M'Gregor
of Roro. He followed Prince Charles in 1745, and in con-
sequence was so much impoverished as to be under the
necessity of acting as clerk to his uncle, Robertson of
Tullybelton, at Perth. The wadset on the Mains of Roro
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