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FACTS AND TEADITIONS.
The clan Cameron were vassals and followers of the clan Donald till
about the middle of the sixteenth century ; and the name M'Conell was
used only by the chiefs ; therefore, it is very improbable that any cadets
sprung from that clan, who might settle in Ayrshire and Galloway,
would use the name M'Conell.
The following list of the chiefs of the Clan Cameron is taken from
Cameron's " Memoirs of Lochiel," in the Edinburgh Subscription
Library : —
" John Ochtery, A.r>. 1320 to 1333.
Allan M'Ochtery.
Ewen M' Allan, first.
Donald M'Ewen, first, M'Coilduy.
Ewen M'Conell, 1441, M'Coilduy.
Donald Dow M'Conell, his brother.
Ewen M'Conel Duie.
Donald M'Ewen, second.
Allan M'Conell Duie, first, 1472, married Marion, the daughter of Angus
Maodonald, of the Isles.
Ewen M' Allan, second.
Donald M'Ewen, third.
Ewen M'Conell.
Donald Dow M'Conell, second, 1561.
Allan M'Conell Duie, second, or M'lan Duie*
John M' Allan.
Ewen M'lan, or Sir Ewen.
John M'Ewen.
Donald M'lan, died 1748."
" Annals of the Four Masters, with Notes by M'Dermott." ] 846.
P. 571 :—
" The MacDonnells of Antrim and the Hebrides were originally descended from
* Gregory says, p. 203 : — " The contemporary records style him, in numerous instances,
Maclandiiy. Occasionally, no doubt, he appears as MucConnell Duy ; but this is evidently
the well-known style of the chief of the Camerons, derived from a remote ancestor."
FACTS AND TEADITIONS.
The clan Cameron were vassals and followers of the clan Donald till
about the middle of the sixteenth century ; and the name M'Conell was
used only by the chiefs ; therefore, it is very improbable that any cadets
sprung from that clan, who might settle in Ayrshire and Galloway,
would use the name M'Conell.
The following list of the chiefs of the Clan Cameron is taken from
Cameron's " Memoirs of Lochiel," in the Edinburgh Subscription
Library : —
" John Ochtery, A.r>. 1320 to 1333.
Allan M'Ochtery.
Ewen M' Allan, first.
Donald M'Ewen, first, M'Coilduy.
Ewen M'Conell, 1441, M'Coilduy.
Donald Dow M'Conell, his brother.
Ewen M'Conel Duie.
Donald M'Ewen, second.
Allan M'Conell Duie, first, 1472, married Marion, the daughter of Angus
Maodonald, of the Isles.
Ewen M' Allan, second.
Donald M'Ewen, third.
Ewen M'Conell.
Donald Dow M'Conell, second, 1561.
Allan M'Conell Duie, second, or M'lan Duie*
John M' Allan.
Ewen M'lan, or Sir Ewen.
John M'Ewen.
Donald M'lan, died 1748."
" Annals of the Four Masters, with Notes by M'Dermott." ] 846.
P. 571 :—
" The MacDonnells of Antrim and the Hebrides were originally descended from
* Gregory says, p. 203 : — " The contemporary records style him, in numerous instances,
Maclandiiy. Occasionally, no doubt, he appears as MucConnell Duy ; but this is evidently
the well-known style of the chief of the Camerons, derived from a remote ancestor."
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