Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch, was the son of Robert Shaw of Tordarroch and Agnes Fraser of Struy.
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He married Anna McIntosh, daughter of Donald McIntosh of Kyllachy and Jean Dunbar, on 6 November 1684.
He died on 22 November 1719.
He accompanied The Mackintosh against the MacDonalds of Keppoch in Brae Lochaber.1 In 1687 he was a witness to the marriage contract of the 19th Chief of Mackintosh.1 In 1698 he was named renewing a commission granted to the 19th Chief of Mackintosh 'for raising fire and sword' against Coll MacDonald, 15th Chief of Keppoch.1 On 18 May 1700 a commissioner named by the 19th Chief of Mackintosh at the Isle of Moy to act for him, on account of ill-health.1 On 22 May 1700 he was in 'an obligation' given by Coll MacDonald, 15th Chief of Keppoch at Fort William.1
Children of Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch, 8th Chief of Clan Ay and Anna McIntosh
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Alexandee, Robert's eldest son and successor, is mentioned as "of Tordarroch " under dates 23rd August 1692, 26th June 1696, and 17th October 1699,3 and as "of Wester Leys" under date 21st October 1697.4 In an Act of 1698, renewing a Commission granted to the nineteenth chief of Mackintosh for raising Fire and Sword against Coll Macdonald of Keppoch and others, he is erroneously described as " younger " of Tordarroch. As "younger of Tordarroch" he had accompanied Mackintosh in 1679 against the Macdonalds in Brae Lochaber.
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He married Anne, second daughter of Donald Mackintosh of Killachie.
Robert Shaw of Tordarroch, son of Angus MacBean Shaw of Tordarroch, and Catherine
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He married Agnes Fraser.
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He signed renewal of the Bond of 1609 with other Clan Chattan Chiefs.
In 1679 he accompanied The Mackintosh to Keppoch against the MacDonalds.
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He was one of the Commissioners appointed to assist The Mackintosh to pursue Archibald MacDonald, 14th of Keppoch and other MacDonalds of his clan 'with fire and sword' in 1681
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He was Commissioner of Supply for County Inverness in 1690.
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He died in 1691
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Children of Robert Shaw of Tordarroch and Agnes Fraser
? Alexander Shaw of Tordarroch ( d. 22 Nov 1719)
? John Shaw
? Donald Shaw
? William Shaw
? Euffin Shaw
? Elspeth Shaw
Citations
- Burkes Peerage
[S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3587. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
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Robert, son of Angus, is the first of his line mentioned by the surname of Shaw, his father being called in the Valuation Eoll and elsewhere " Angus mac Bean," that is "son of Bean." The first mention we find of Bobert is as witness? with Lachlan Mackintosh of Kinrara, brother of the eighteenth chief of Mackintosh and author of the MS.
History of the Mackintoshes to a deed of Benunciation, dated 30th November 1669, by Lachlan Mackintosh of Aberarder in favour of Donald and William MacGillivray.
As Robert Schaw of Tordarroch he is recorded in Vol. iii. of the Commissary Records of Inverness, under date 19th June 1677, as "faithfully giving up debts resting to deceased John m'Ean vie Alister in Tordarroch." Again, as Robert Shaw portioner of Leys he is named a Commissioner of Supply for the county of Inverness in an Act of Parliament of 7th June 1690 ; and, also as portioner of Leys, his name appears in the Valuation Boll of Inverness-shire in 1691, where his portion is valued at ?96 13s. Scots. In this roll, Tordarroch is set down under the Laird of Mackintosh, the superior. Robert died in 1691, leaving three sons
?neas signed the bond of Manrent given by the Chief of Mackintosh in 1609, by the heads of the various banches of the Clan Chattan.
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Bean was succeeded by his son, Angus, who signed the Band of Union among Clan Chattan in 1609 as "Ay mac Bean vie Robert of Tordarroch, for himself and taking the full burden of his race of Clan Ay." As already mentioned, the fact of his signing this band, in common with the chieftains of the other clans forming the confederacy of Clan Chattan, shows that the Shaws of Tordarroch had already attained the position of a distinct sept under their own chieftain, who was directly subordinate to the chief of Mackintosh, the head of the whole confederacy. --- Angus also appears? as Angus Mac Bean? in a Stent Boll of the Parish of Inverness dated the last day of March 1634, in which he is rated at 25 merks for each plough of his lands of Knocknageal. In addition to Tordarroch he was proprietor of part of the Leys in the parish of Inverness, and in a Valuation Boll of 1644 his holding in this parish is valued at ?110 3s. 4:d. Scots, while Tordarroch in Dunlichity Parish is set down as worth only ?61 6s. 8d. Scots. Wester Leys continued in possession of the Shaws down to the beginning of the present century.
Hugh married Mary LINDSAY. Mary was born in 1610 in Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 28 Feb 1678 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Mary LINDSAY was born in 1610 in Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 28 Feb 1678 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Dying without issue, son Angus was succeeded in the headship of the family and in the occupation of Tordarroch by his brother, Bean, or Benjamin, whose daughter Effie, according to the MacPherson Genealogy, married Donald mac Gillicallum (Macpherson) of Essich.
Bean was succeeded by his son
Abt 1660 - 1719 (~ 59 years)