Historical memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan Macgregor

MEMOIR OF ROB ROY. I 2 J
of Craigcrostan in the following manner : —
When Macgregor of Macgregor was driven
from his possessions in Glenurchy by the
Campbells, he bought the lands of Inversnait
and Craigcrostan, then of small value, although
of considerable boundaries, extending from the
head of Loch Lomond twelve miles along its
eastern border, and stretching far into the
interior of the country, and partly round the
base of the stupendous mountain of Ben
Lomond. On the demise of the chief in 1693,*
he left his property to a natural brother, Archi-
bald, who was laird of Kilmannan. This per-
son was succeeded by his son Hugh, who
courted a daughter of the laird of Leny ; but
Rob Roy, from what cause is not known, raised
suspicions against him in the mind of the
young lady, who, in consequence, rejected her
lover. He then paid his addresses to a daugh-
ter of Colquhoun of Luss, and their marriage-
* This Gregor Macgregor died at the age of thirty-two, and
was buried on the island of Inchcallich (witch's isle), in Loch
Lomond. He gave instructions some time before his death,
that no woman should, at any after period, be interred in his
grave. Many years having elapsed, the body of a woman was
by accident placed in it, as the people who attended her funeral
were not aware of Macgregor's request. Some of his clan
heard of the circumstance, and holding the promise of their
fathers as sacred and binding on them, they removed the corpse
of the woman from the place, and interred it elsewhere.