Chapter 10.2.a Part 2 - Brief lives of 14 generations of MacHamish Gunns ('Chief of the Clan' line)
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10.2.a Part 2
The previous caveats of chapter 10.2.a Part 1 apply. As said, proof for – and discussion of - these lives will be mainly found in 10.3.
Each MacHamish Gunn in the following chart has two distinct numbers. The superscript numbers in the name indicate the generation of the person with that number. So CORONER1 GUNN indicates Coroner Gunn was the first generation. The number before the person indicates the seniority of the person. These numbers will be abbreviated to (1,1) later in the text. For example, Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn (12,38) means she was generation 12, seniority number 38.
If there is only a Roman numeral for the end number - for example vi, vii – then commonly that person died without known issue (DWI / dwi) or they have become so remote from the name Gunn I have not further entered them. In other words, the person with only a Roman numeral does not appear in the following generation. Again, seniority will be commonly shown by those Roman numerals but the numbers are not axiomatically accurate.
Generation 1
1. CORONER1 GUNN died no later than 1452. Coroner Gunn had the following child:
2. i JAMES2 Gunn born 1420s.
Generation 2
2. JAMES2 GUNN (Coroner1) was born 1420s. James Gunn had the following child:
3. i WILLIAM MACHAMISH CATTAIG3 GUNN born 1450s.
Generation 3
3. WILLIAM MACHAMISH CATTAIG3 GUNN (James2, Coroner1) was born 1450s.William MacHamish Cattaig Gunn had the following child:
4 i. WILLIAM MACHAMISH4 GUNN born 1480s.
Generation 4
4. WILLIAM MACHAMISH4 GUNN (William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1480s. William MacHamish Gunn had the following children:
5 i UNKNOWN MACHAMISH5 GUNN was born 1510s
ii ALEXANDER5 GUNN was born 1512s. No known issue.
Generation 5
5. UNKNOWN MACHAMISH5 GUNN (William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1510s. Unknown MacHamish Gunn had the following child:
6. i DAVID6 GUNN was born 1530s.
Generation 6
6. DAVID6 GUNN (Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3,
James2, Coroner1) was born 1530s. David Gunn had the following children:
7. i ALEXANDER MACDAVID7 GUNN was born about 1560. He died 1624 or
later. He married BARBARA MACKAY; her niece married Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn (8,9). Barbara was born about 1570.
8. ii WILLIAM BEAG7 GUNN was born about 1561.
Generation 7
7. ALEXANDER MACDAVID7 GUNN (David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4,
William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1560. He died 1624 or later. He married BARBARA MACKAY. She was born about 1570. Barbara’s niece MARY CHRISTIANE (DAME) (LADY FOWLIS) MACKAY married Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn (8,9). Alexander MacDavid Gunn and Barbara Mackay had the following child:
i WILLIAM MHOR8 GUNN was born about 1593, he died without issue.
8. WILLIAM BEAG7 GUNN (David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1561. William Beag Gunn had the following children:
9. i ALEXANDER ‘KILLERNAN’8 GUNN was born about 1590. He died about 1658. He married MARY CHRISTIANE (DAME) (LADY FOWLIS) MACKAY no earlier than April 1635 being when her first husband died. She was born about 1598, based on her first marriage in July 1619[1]. She died by 27 January 1658.[2] Mary’s aunt Barbara Mackay had married Alexander MacDavid Gunn (7,7).
10. ii JOHN IN NAVIDALE OF BORROBLE8 GUNN was born about 1591.
11. iii DONALD ‘SCHOLAR OF KINBRACE’8 GUNN was born about 1592.
12. iv WILLIAM OF ACHENECCAN8 GUNN was born about 1593.
Generation 8
9. ALEXANDER ‘KILLERNAN’8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1590. He died before 1658 (dead by 27 January 1658 and his wife Mary is also dead by this point). He married MARY CHRISTIANE (DAME) (LADY FOWLIS) MACKAY no earlier than April 1635. She was born about 1598 based on her first marriage which has been noted as 1619. She died by 27 January 1658[3]. Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn and Mary Christiane (Dame) (Lady Fowlis) Mackay had the following children:
13. i JOHN ‘KILLERNAN’9 GUNN was born about 1636 (born no earlier than 1636). He married KATHERINE (CHRISTINA) SINCLAIR. She was born about 1640.
14. ii CATHERINE9 GUNN was born about 1637. She married ANGUS MACKAY OF MELNESS (Lt.Col.) on 1 or 8 May 1658 (date mentioned in NRS GD 84/1/27/7). He was born about 1630. He died about 1702. ANGUS MACKAY was the son of Donald 1st Lord Reay, who was the brother of her mother, and so Angus was her first cousin.
iii ALEXANDER9 GUNN was born about 1638. He married CHRISTINA / CHRISTIANA MACKAY before 1668. CHRISTINA was a sister of the preceding Angus Mackay and so two Gunn siblings married two Mackay (half) siblings[4] who were their first cousins. Alexander and Christiana probably lived at Navidale. She was born about 1645.
15. iv DONALD CROTACH9 GUNN was born no later than 1647. He died before 1709. (Dead by 1709, Sutherland Estate documents.) He married MARGARET SUTHERLAND daughter of Captain Sutherland of Torbal.
10. JOHN IN NAVIDALE OF BORROBLE8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1591. John in Navidale of Borroble Gunn had at least the following child:
16. i GEORGE ‘BORROBLE’9 GUNN born about 1639.
11.DONALD ‘SCHOLAR OF KINBRACE’8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1592. Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’ Gunn had at least the following child:
17. i WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE’9 GUNN.
12.WILLIAM OF ACHENECCAN8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1593. William of Achenneccan Gunn had the following child:
18. i DONALD9 GUNN.
Generation 9
13.JOHN ‘KILLERNAN’ 9 GUNN (Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1636 (born no earlier than 1636). He married KATHERINE (CHRISTINA) SINCLAIR. She was born about 1640. John ‘Killernan’ Gunn and Katherine (Christina) Sinclair had the following children:
i ALEXANDER10 GUNN was born about 1658.
ii UNKNOWN MALE 110 GUNN was born about 1660.
iii UNKNOWN MALE 210 GUNN was born about 1662.
14.CATHERINE9 GUNN (Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1637. She married ANGUS MACKAY OF MELNESS (Lt.Col.) on 1 or 8 May 1658[5]. He was born about 1630. He died about 1702. Catherine Gunn and Angus Mackay of Melness (Lt. Col.) had the following children with descendants from many and / or all of them:
i CHRISTINA10 MACKAY.
ii JOHN10 MACKAY.
iii ALEXANDER10 MACKAY.
iv DONALD10 MACKAY.
v ANGUS10 MACKAY.
vi WILLIAM10 MACKAY.
15.DONALD CROTACH9 GUNN (Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born no later than about 1647. He died before 1709. (Dead by 1709 Sutherland Estate documents.) He married MARGARET SUTHERLAND (daughter of Captain Sutherland of Torbal). Donald Crotach Gunn and Margaret Sutherland had the following children:
19. i ALEXANDER OF BADENLOCH LATER OF WESTER HELMSDALE10 GUNN was born about 1681. He died in 1763.[6] He married (1) MARGARET (MARY) MACKAY OF KIRTOMY about 1710. She was born about 1690. She possibly died on 6 June 1746. He married (2) ANNE ROSE about 1753. She was born on 12 September 1733.
20. ii GEORGE ‘CORRISH’10 GUNN was born in 1682. He married ISOBEL POLSON.
21. iii ESTHER10 GUNN was born in 1685. She may have married DONALD MACKAY OF SKERRAY.[7]
22 iv WILLIAM (LT.COL.)10 GUNN was born about 1686. He married ANN ROSS in 1728. She was born in Scotland.
23. v MARGARET10 GUNN was born about 1708. She married JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’ GUNN (originally in Kinbrace). (12,54).
16.GEORGE ‘BORROBLE’9 GUNN (John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). George ‘Borrobol’ Gunn had the following child:
24. i JOHN10 GUNN OF KINSUER & GUAMHAY[8] born about 1660.
17.WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE’9 GUNN (Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6,
Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) William ‘Kinbrace’ Gunn had the following child:
25. i ADAM ‘KINBRACE’10 GUNN who died in 1709.
18.DONALD9 GUNN (William of Acheneccan8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) Donald had the following child:
26. i WILLIAM10 GUNN
Generation 10
19.ALEXANDER OF BADENLOCH LATER OF WESTER HELMSDALE10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1681. He died in 1763 (See Thomas Sinclair page 163 and the 1896 tree). He married (1) MARGARET (MARY) MACKAY OF KIRTOMY about 1710. She was born about 1690. She possibly died on 6 June 1746. Margaret / Mary Mackay was a descendant from Iye Du Mackay as were Barbara Mackay who married Alexander MacDavid Gunn (7.7), Mary Christian (Dame (Lady Fowlis) Mackay who married Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn (8,9) and Lt Col. Angus Mackay Gunn who married Catherine Gunn (9,14). Alexander of Badenloch later of Wester Helmsdale Gunn and Margaret (Mary) Mackay of Kirtomy had at least the following children[9]:
i MARY11 GUNN was born about 1713. She married Major Hugh Mackay of Rearchar Durness 28 July 1737, again part of the Mackay family the Gunns have married into from the start of this section. His section was the ‘Sandwood Mackays’. He was the 3rd son of of the Hon Charles Mackay being a son of Donald 1st Lord Reay. They had one daughter, Elizabeth. She may have died young.
ii ELIZABETH11 GUNN was born about 1715.
iii JOHN11 GUNN was born about 1719.
iv ALEXANDER11 GUNN born about 1722 although there is a suggestion that he was the oldest child (possibly called William), died Holland 1746.
He married (2) ANNE ROSE about 1753. She was born on 12 September 1733. Alexander of Badenloch later of Wester Helmsdale Gunn and Anne Rose had the following children:
i WILLIAM11 GUNN was born about 1755. He died on 10 September 1780 in India. Died without issue.
ii MORRISON11 GUNN was born about 1760. He probably died in the UK, not Gibraltar as is often supposed. Dwi.
Anne Rose remarried after Alexander’s death and had children including a daughter Catherine Ross; Catherine was therefore a half-sister to William and Morrison. Catherine married David13 Gunn (being son iii of Robert ‘Sennachy’ Gunn, (13,70) who was descended from William of Acheneccan (8,12).
20.GEORGE ‘CORRISH’10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1682. He married ISOBEL POLSON. George ’Corrish’ Gunn and Isobel Polson probably had at least the following children:
27. i GEORGE11 GUNN
28. ii ALEXANDER11 GUNN. He married Ann Gunn.
21.ESTHER10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1685. She may have married – or may not have married as contradictory sources tell opposing tales see generation 11 number 29 - DONALD MACKAY OF SKERRAY and, if married, Esther Gunn and Donald Mackay of Skerray had the following child:
29. i UNKNOWN11 MACKAY. Unknown Mackay married JOHN MACKAY OF MOUDALE.
22.WILLIAM (LT.COL.)10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1686. He married ANN ROSS in 1728. She was born in Scotland. William (Lt. Col.) Gunn and Ann Ross had the following children with many descendants:
30. i MARGARET11 GUNN was born on 9 December 1728 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She died on 26 December 1788 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She married JOHAN FREDERICH BROCADES.
ii HELEN11 GUNN was born on 9 January 1731 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She died in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
iii MARY11 GUNN was born on 23 April 1733 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She married LT. DONALD GUNN in 1763. He was born about 1737. He died in 1807.
iv DONALD ROSS11 GUNN was born on 26 September 1735 in Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
v JAMES11 GUNN was born on 16 October 1737 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. He died in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
vi ALEXANDER11 GUNN was born on 4 December 1738 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. He died in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
vii HUGH11 GUNN was born on 29 January 1741 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. He died in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
23.MARGARET10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1708. She married JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’ GUNN (originally in Kinbrace) (12,54) Margaret Gunn and John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’ Gunn had the following child:
31. i ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’11 GUNN was born in 1752. He died on 23 January 1820. He married BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) about 1781. She was born 1760. She died on 5 February 1833.
24.JOHN OF KINSUER & GUAMHAY10 GUNN (George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1660. John Gunn of Kinsuer and Guamhay had the following children:
32. i GEORGE11 GUNN ACHERELATE? AND STRATHMORE. He married a daughter of M. MACLEAN OF DULPHATE.
33. ii ALEXANDER DALNAGLATON AND STRATHMORE11 GUNN was born 7 January 1685. He died June 1765. He married JANET MCLEOD OF DALNATE on 10 August 1716. She was born 1 August 1695.[10]
iii CAPTAIN JOHN11 GUNN 12th Regiment of Foot in 1745 according to the 1896 tree but I lack supportive reference.
25.ADAM ‘KINBRACE’10 GUNN (William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William
Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) probably died in 1709. Adam ‘Kinbrace’ Gunn had the following child:
34 i WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’11 GUNN. He may have died in 1740.
26.WILLIAM10 GUNN (Donald9, William of Acheneccan8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) William Gunn had the following child:
35. i ROBERT11 GUNN.
Generation 11
27.GEORGE11 GUNN (George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). George Gunn probably had the following children:
i ALEXANDER12 GUNN was born about 1755. He married ANN GUNN.
ii JAMES12 GUNN.
iii THOMAS12 GUNN.
iv WILLIAM12 GUNN.
28.ALEXANDER11 GUNN (George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3 James2, Coroner1). He married ANN GUNN. Alexander and Ann had the following children:
36. i WILLIAM12 GUNN was born in 1784 in Corrish, Sutherland, Scotland. He died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. He married HELEN GUNN in 1808 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland. She was born in 1787. She died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland.
ii DONALD12 GUNN.
iii ROBERT12 GUNN.
29.UNKNOWN11 MACKAY. Unknown Mackay may have existed if Esther married Donald Mackay of Skerray; the marriage is of a one in two likelihood. (Esther10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). Unknown Mackay as a daughter of Esther Gunn and Donald Mackay of Skerray married JOHN MACKAY OF MOUDALE according to History of the House and Clan of Mackay[11] but The Book of Mackay pages 257-259 records that John Mackay of Moudale married a daughter of Donald MacEachun Mackay of Skerray and the children below are also credited to them. So, these children may or may not be ‘MacHamish’.
i LIEUT. WILLIAM12 MACKAY OF MOUDALE
ii FOUR DAUGHTERS12 MACKAY OF MOUDALE.
iii GEORGE ‘USA’12 MACKAY OF MOUDALE
37. iv MAJOR DONALD12 MACKAY OF ERIBOLL. He married BESSIE MACKAY OF SKERRAY.
30.MARGARET11 GUNN (William (Lt.Col.)10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 9 December 1728 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She died on 26 December 1788 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She married JOHAN FREDERICH BROCADES. Margaret Gunn and Johan Frederich Brocades had at least the following child:
i JOHANNES WILHELMUS12 BROCADES was born on 16 July 1752 in s’Hertogenboach. He died in 1807 in Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands.
31.ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’11 GUNN (Father’s Line – John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Mother’s line – Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1752. He died on 23 January 1820. He married BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) about 1781. She was born in 1760. She died on 5 February 1833. Alexander ‘Osclay’ Gunn and Barbara Weir (Wheir) had the following children:
38. i CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN was born about 1782, died in 1870. She married DONALD ‘BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN (13,65), eldest son of John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour’12 Gunn (12,46) and Marjorie ‘Rowens & Hempriggs’ Dunbar, on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland.
39. ii GEORGE12 GUNN was born in 1784 in Dunbeath, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 22 October 1855 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He married ANNE RHIND on 2 April 1814 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ROBERT12 GUNN was born in 1792.
40 iv SGT. JOHN12 GUNN was born 1796 (1794?)
41. v MARGARET12 GUNN was born in 1797 in Breakachie, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND on 10 December 1827.
42. vi JAMES ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN was born 1800. He died in 1870 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married CHRISTINA MACLEOD on 15 August 1856 in Osclay, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1884 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
43. vii ADAM ‘USA’12 GUNN was born in 1803.
44 viii WILLIAM12 GUNN. He died on 25 June 1848 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARGARET CORMACK. She was born on 26 December 1811 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 4 January 1898 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
ix ALEXANDER12 GUNN. He died in 1828 in Jamaica.
32.GEORGE11 ACHERELATE? AND STRATHMORE GUNN. (John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He married a daughter of M. MACLEAN OF DULPHATE. George Gunn and Unknown Mclean had the following child:
45. i ‘CHIEF’ HECTOR12 GUNN. He died in 1803. He married JANETTE MACKAY, an Aberach Mackay and, as such, linked to the other Mackays mentioned so far in this outline.
33.ALEXANDER DALNAGLATON AND STRATHMORE11 GUNN (John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 7 January 1685. He died June 1765. He married JANET MCLEOD OF DALNATE on 10 August 1716. She was born 1 August 1695. Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore Gunn and Janet Macleod had the following children:
46. i JOHN ‘DALNAHA STRATHMORE & BRAEHOUR12 GUNN was born on 21 June 1721. He died in 1810[12]. He married MARJORIE ‘ROWENS & HEMPRIGGS’ DUNBAR on 2 July 1745 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 10 January 1727.
47. ii CHRISTIAN12 GUNN. She married JAMES GUNN.
48. iii ANGUS12 GUNN.
49. iv JEAN12 GUNN. She married WILLIAM GUNN.
50. v GEORGE ‘DALNAGLATON’12 GUNN. He died in 1805.
51. vi MARGARET12 GUNN. She married ROBERT ELDER.
34.WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’11 GUNN. (Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William
‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He may have died in 1740. William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’ Gunn had the following children:
52. i ADAM ‘HOUSTRY’12 GUNN. He may have died in 1776.
53. ii ROBERT12 GUNN.
54. iii JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’12 GUNN. He died in 1780. He married MARGARET10 GUNN (10,23) daughter of DONALD CROTACH9 (9,15). She was born about 1708.
35.ROBERT11 GUNN. (William10, Donald9, William of Acheneccan8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) Robert had the following child:
55. i WILLIAM12 GUNN
Generation 12
36.WILLIAM12 GUNN (Alexander11, George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He was born in 1784 in Corrish, Sutherland, Scotland, He died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. He married HELEN GUNN in 1808 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland. She was born in 1787. She died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. William Gunn and Helen Gunn had the following children:
i ROBERT13 GUNN
ii WILLIAM CAMPBELL13 GUNN
iii KATHERINE13 GUNN
iv ANGUS13 GUNN
56. v ANN13 GUNN she married WILLIAM BEGG in 1853. She died in 1859. They had two children; Margaret Begg and Andrew Begg.
vi ALEXANDER13 GUNN.
57. vii DONALD13 GUNN. He married WEMYSS WILLIAMSON. They had one child Helen Gunn.
37.MAJOR DONALD12 MACKAY OF ERIBOLL. It is questionable as to whether Donald descended from Esther Gunn (10,21), daughter of Donald Crotach Gunn, as Esther may or may not have married the supposed Mackay; see Esther’s earlier entry. (Unknown11, Esther10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). Donald married BESSIE MACKAY OF SKERRAY. Major Donald Mackay of Eriboll and Bessie Mackay of Skerry had the following child:
i BARBARA13 MACKAY OF ERIBOLL was born in 1775 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. She died on 17 December 1854 in Keodale, Sutherland, Scotland. She married CAPTAIN MACKAY JOHN SCOBIE OF KEODALE (being a Strathy Mackay) on 29 July 1803 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He was born in 1774. He died on 2 November 1818. Six children.
38.CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1782, died 1870. She married DONALD ‘BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN (13,65) son of John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour’12 Gunn (12, 46) and Marjorie ‘Rowens & Hempriggs’ Dunbar, on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Donald was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland. Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn and Donald ‘Braehour & Brawlbin’ Gunn had the following children. These children are Generation 13 from their mother’s side and Generation 14 from their father’s side; many of the children’s descendants can be readily found. The mother’s side has been given preference when numbering as it is the more direct route back to the Coroner.
58. i JOHN13 GUNN was born 1808 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1885 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He married CATHERINE GUNN IN CAMPSTER in 1836. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. Descendants, but the lines I have traced no longer have the surname Gunn. Catherine (Katherine?) Gunn of Campster was the daughter of John Gunn of Dyke (13,67) whose mother was Christian Gunn (12,47) who married James Gunn Dalgate.
59. ii BARBARA ‘BRAEHOUR’13 GUNN was born on 17 April 1810 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 February 1844 in Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER ‘BUALCHORK & BRAWLBIN’ GUNN on 19 March 1829. He was born in 1789 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 29 March 1847.
iii MARY (MAY)13 GUNN was born in 1812 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1853 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN CAMPBELL. He was born about 1815 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. They had four children; Johan, Donald, William, John.
iv CAPT. ALEXANDER13 GUNN was born in 1814 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1900 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARY INNES CAMPBELL in 1841 in Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1808 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1864 in Braehour. He was the creator of the 1896 Family Tree. They have descendants, including some alive at the time of writing this text.
v JEAN (JANE)13 GUNN was born in 1816 in Braehour. She died in 1910 in Killimister, Caithness, Scotland. She married HUGH MACKENZIE. He was born about 1802 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. He died in 1870 in Winless, Caithness, Scotland. Descendants.
vi WILLIAM13 GUNN was born in 1818. He died in 1838. Dwi.
vii MARGARET13 GUNN was born in 1819 in Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1888 in Newton Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN MACKAY in 1860 in Brawlbin; I have not ascertained if he was linked to the other Mackays in this section. He was born about 1815 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1865 in Newton Watten, Caithness, Scotland.
viii ALEXANDRINA13 GUNN was born in 1825 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1876 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She married DONALD ‘BRAWLBIN & DUNDEE’ GUNN in 1852 in Brawlbin. He was born about 1818 in Brawlbin. He died in 1879 in Dundee. Descendants.
ix GEORGE13 GUNN.
39.GEORGE12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1784 in Dunbeath, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 22 October 1855 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He married ANNE RHIND on 2 April 1814 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. George Gunn and Anne Rhind had the following children:
i ANNE13 GUNN was born in 1815 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1855 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
ii BARBARA13 GUNN was born in 1817 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1817 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
iii JOANNA13 GUNN was born in 1818 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1905 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
iv MARGARET13 GUNN was born in 1820 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1914 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
v ALEXANDER13 GUNN was born in 1821 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
vi GEORGE13 GUNN was born in 1824 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1840 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
vii JOHN13 GUNN was born in 1826 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1826 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
viii HARRIET13 GUNN was born in 1832 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1924 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
ix JESSIE13 GUNN was born in 1835 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1835 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
40.SGT. JOHN12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1796 (1794?). He lived in Aberdeen at some point. Sgt. John Gunn had the following children:
i ANNE13 GUNN.
ii UNKNOWN13 GUNN.
41.MARGARET12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1797 in Breakachie, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND on 10 December 1827. Margaret Gunn and Alexander Sutherland had the following children:
i JOHN13 SUTHERLAND was born on 11 December 1828 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 9 August 1869 in Lybster, Caithness, Scotland.
ii ALEXANDRINA13 SUTHERLAND was born on 4 August 1829 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 January 1905 in Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland.
iii BARBARA13 SUTHERLAND was born on 2 May 1832 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 25 February 1900 in Berriedale, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
iv ALEXANDER13 SUTHERLAND was born on 28 October 1835 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
v WILLIAM13 SUTHERLAND was born on 13 December 1838 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 27 August 1895 in Auckland, New Zealand.
42.JAMES ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1800. He died in 1870 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married CHRISTINA MACLEOD on 15 August 1856 in Osclay, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1884 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. James ‘Osclay’ Gunn and Christina Macleod had the following children:
i JANET 13 GUNN was born on 6 April 1857 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
ii BARBARA 13 GUNN was born on 26 October 1858 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ALEXANDER 13 GUNN was born on 27 July 1860 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1864.
iv DONALD13 GUNN was born on 2 April 1863 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
v ALEXANDRINA 13 GUNN was born on 15 September 1865 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1913 in Latheron.
43.ADAM ‘USA’12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1803. Adam ‘USA’ Gunn had the following children:
i MARGARET F.13 GUNN was born on 5 May 1831 in Ontario, Canada. She died on 20 November 1915 in Ingham County, Michigan, United States of America.
ii MARY ANN13 GUNN was born in June 1836 in Ontario, Canada. She died on 2 September 1888 in Ingham County, Michigan, United States of America.
iii ALEXANDER13 GUNN was born on 8 April 1841 in Niagara County, New York, United States of America. He died on 1 June 1872 in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, United States of America.
iv ROBERT13 GUNN.
v BARBARA13 GUNN.
44.WILLIAM12 GUNN. (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He died on 25 June 1848 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARGARET CORMACK. She was born on 26 December 1811 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 4 January 1898 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. William Gunn and Margaret Cormack had the following children:
i JAMES 13 GUNN was born in 1843 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 15 March 1888 in Colombo, Ceylon.
ii WILLIAM13 GUNN was born on 24 May 1848 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
45.‘CHIEF’ HECTOR12 GUNN (George11, Johnof Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He died in 1803. He married JANETTE MACKAY from the Aberach Mackays, being part of the main Mackay family into which many MacHamish Gunns married. ‘Chief’ Hector Gunn and Janette Mackay had the following children:
60. i ‘CHIEF’ GEORGE13 GUNN was born in 1787. He died in 1859. He married MARGARET MACDONALD.
ii JANET / JESSIE13 GUNN. She married WILLIAM MACKAY;
iii ROBERT?13 GUNN.
46.JOHN ‘DALNAHA STRATHMORE & BRAEHOUR12 GUNN (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 21 June 1721. He died in 1810. He married MARJORIE ‘ROWENS & HEMPRIGGS’ DUNBAR on 2 July 1745 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 10 January 1727. John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour Gunn and Marjorie ‘Rowens & Hempriggs” Dunbar had the following children; the seniority is problematic.[13]
i ALEXANDER13 GUNN was possibly born about 1747 in Caithness, Scotland. If he existed he may have died young. He is not mentioned in the 1896 tree.
61. ii JEAN13 GUNN was born about 1749. She married JOHN MACGREGOR on 11 May 1769 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Her seniority is not accurately known; as a female it was traditionally not of importance.
62. iii ANGUS13 GUNN was born about 1750. He married ELIZABETH MATHESON on 12 December 1782 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1752 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
63. iv WILLIAM13 GUNN was born about 1750 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1841. He married JANET SINCLAIR on 3 June 1780 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 22 February 1760 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1841.
64. v GEORGE13 GUNN. Was born about 1757. He married MARGARET GUNN.
65. vi DONALD ‘BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland. He married CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (12,38) daughter of ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (11,31) and BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born about 1782. She died in 1870. Catherine’s Grandmother was MARGARET (10,23) and she was the daughter of ‘CHIEF’ DONALD CROTACH GUNN (9,15). See Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn (12,38) for Donald and Catherine’s descendants.
66. vii JOHN13 GUNN was born about 1766 in Dalnaglaton, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1855 in Bualintagle, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He married BARBARA GUNN. She died before 1855.
47.CHRISTIAN12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) She married JAMES GUNN. Christian Gunn and James Gunn had the following child:
67. i JOHN ‘DYKE’13 GUNN
48.ANGUS12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2,
Coroner1) Angus Gunn had the following children:
i ALEXANDER13 GUNN. He married his first cousin BETTY GUNN daughter of GEORGE ‘DALNAGLATON’ GUNN (12,50). Died 1830.
ii GEORGE13 GUNN. Dwi
49.JEAN12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) She married WILLIAM GUNN. Jean Gunn and William Gunn had at least the following child:
i JANET13 GUNN. She married UNKNOWN (William?) MACKAY of Braemore. Janet Gunn and Unknown Mackay and had the following children, James, Alexander, Donald and John. Mark Rugg Gunn[14] recounts a story about her – ‘Alexander Gunn a farmer of Dalganachan …died of a fever in 1786 at the age of 28 and was buried in Dirlot cemetery. He was at the time engaged to be married to Janet Gunn of the MacHamishes of Kildonan, a renowned beauty … Janet, however, did not die an old maid, she married William Mackay, a farmer of Braelaid, Braemore and had a large family.’ Note that even Mark Rugg Gunn here uses MacHamish to indicate a specific family, it is not a singular title.
50.GEORGE ‘DALNAGLATON’12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He died in 1805. George ‘Dalnaglaton’ Gunn had the following children:
i BETTY13 GUNN married her first cousin ALEXANDER GUNN, son of ANGUS GUNN (12,48).
ii JANET13 GUNN. She married JOHN SINCLAIR of Reay.
iii DONALD ‘DALNAGLATON’13 GUNN. He died in 1840.
iv HESTER?13 GUNN. She died in 1785.
51.MARGARET12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). She married ROBERT ELDER. Margaret Gunn and Robert Elder had the following child:
i JOHN13 ELDER.
52.ADAM ‘HOUSTRY MULBUIE’12 GUNN. (William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He may have died in 1776. Adam ‘Houstry’ – and of Mulbuie - Gunn had the following children:
68. i REV. ROBERT13 GUNN was born in 1775. He died in 1860.
ii REV. WILLIAM ‘GOLSPIE’13 GUNN was born in 1776.
iii ANN13 GUNN. She married ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.
53.ROBERT12 GUNN. (William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) Robert Gunn had the following child:
67. i WILLIAM13 GUNN.
54.JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’12 GUNN. (William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam
‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He died in 1780. He married MARGARET10 GUNN (10,23) daughter of ‘CHIEF’ DONALD CROTACH9 (9,15). She was born about 1708. John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’ Gunn had the following:
31. i ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’ 11 GUNN was born about 1752. He died on 23 January 1820. He married BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) about 1781. She was born in 1760. She died on 5 February 1833.
55.WILLIAM12 GUNN. (Robert11, William10, Donald9, William of Acheneccan8, William
Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). William Gunn had the following child:
70. i ROBERT ‘SENNACHY’13 GUNN.
Generation 13
56.ANN13 GUNN (William12, Alexander11, George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). She married WILLIAM BEGG in 1853. She died in 1859. Ann Gunn and William Begg had the following children:
i MARGARET14 BEGG
ii ANDREW14 BEGG
57.DONALD13 GUNN (William12, Alexander11, George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He married WEMYSS WILLIAMSON. Donald Gunn and Wemyss Williamson had the following child:
i HELEN14 GUNN
58.JOHN13 GUNN (Catherine ‘Osclay’12, Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1808 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1885 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He married CATHERINE GUNN OF CAMPSTER in 1836. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. Of the descendant lines I have traced none now have the name Gunn. The 1896 tree says Katherine (Catherine) Gunn of Campster was the daughter of John Gunn of Dyke (13,67) whose mother was Christian Gunn (12,47) who married James Gunn Dalgate. John Gunn and Catherine Gunn had the following children:
i JOHN14 GUNN was born in 1837 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 9 January 1861 in County Carlow, Ireland.
ii MARGARET14 GUNN was born in 1841 in Carriside, Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 September 1898 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
iii DONALD14 GUNN was born in 1844 in Brawlbin, Reay, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 21 January 1864 Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
iv BARBARA14 GUNN was born on 28 January 1847 in Carriside, Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 3 November 1905 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
v JOHAN 14 GUNN was born in 1855 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 11 October 1868 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
vi WILLIAMINA14 GUNN was born on 19 November 1859 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. She died on 30 April 1950 in Scotland.
vii ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born on 19 November 1859 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He died on 11 May 1945 in Sangomore, Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
59.BARBARA ‘BRAEHOUR’13 GUNN (Mother’s line 1 – Catherine ‘Osclay’12, Alexander’Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) (Mother’s line 2 – Catherine ‘Osclay’12, Alexander’ Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) (Father’s Line – Donald ‘Braehour & Brawlbin’13, John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4,William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 17 April 1810 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 February 1844 in Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER ‘BUALCHORK & BRAWLBIN’ GUNN on 19 March 1829 He was born in 1789 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 29 March 1847. Barbara ‘Braehour’ Gunn and Alexander ‘Bualchork & Brawlbin’ Gunn had the following children:
i CATHERINE14 GUNN was born in 1830 in Scotland. She died in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia in 1912. She married JAMES MILLER[15]. He was born in 1826. He died in 1918 in Australia. Descendants are alive in 2019 in Britain.
ii DONALD14 GUNN was born on 28 March 1832 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 14 February 1901 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He married JANE SURMAN. They had ten children with many living descendants including the author.
iii JANET14 GUNN was born in 1834. She died in 1912 in Victoria, Australia. She married JOHN WATKINS SURMAN who died in Victoria Australia. John was the brother of the above Jane Surman. They had nine children and have many living descendants.
iv JOHN14 GUNN was born in 1836. He died in 1854.
v WILLIAM14 GUNN was born in 1839. He died in 1860.
60.‘CHIEF’ GEORGE13 GUNN (‘Chief’ Hector12, George11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1787. He died in 1859. He married MARGARET MACDONALD. ‘Chief’ George Gunn and Margaret MacDonald had the following children[16] The 1861 census records that Margaret and her children Donald, Margaret and Elizabeth were all living at Truro:
i JESSIE14 GUNN was born about 1826 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. (Possibly Bessie or Elizabeth according to the 1896 tree). She died on 31 May 1887 in Devonport, Devon, England. She married firstly the Aberdeen educated lawyer JAMES ANDREW MILLER on 3 July 1853 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. He was born about 1818 in Trinidad and Tobago. He died[17] on 20 July 1853 in Rhives, Sutherland, Scotland. There was an unknown child from this marriage.[18] She married (2) REV. ARTHUR DIXON on 17 February 1858 in St. Mary’s Truro, Cornwall, England with no further known issue.
ii CHRISTINA MACDONALD14 GUNN was born 3 May 1826. She married[19] DONALD MACLEOD SMITH 1821-1916 in Truro, Cornwall 30 July 1860; he was born in Thurso. The marriage detail identifies her as the second daughter.[20] Donald was a barrister in Edinburgh and Sheriff-Substitute of Elgin. They had five children.
iii DONALD14 GUNN was born about 1828. He died without issue in 1863, in Truro, Cornwall, England. He was a land agent in the 1861 census. His mother Margaret was the Executrix of his will and she lived in Truro.
iv HECTOR14 GUNN was born about 1830. He died without issue in 1874 in Elgin. He had been manager of the Agra Bank in Lahore and at Karachi. He married MARY ELIZABETH MACKILLIGAN in 1863.
v MARGARET14 GUNN was born about 1834 in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. She died in 1916 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. She married MALCOLM CHARLES MACHARDY in 1862 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. He was born in 1829 on the Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He held various agricultural runs in New South Wales, was a magistrate and was involved in banking businesses including being Manager of the Sydney branch of The London Chartered Bank of Australia. He attended at least two Governor’s levees one in Victoria in1863[21] and another in New South Wales in 1871[22] and presumably he attended other such events. He died about 1891 in Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. They had three children. 1. Margaret Edith MacHardy born 1862 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 12 October 1871 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. 2. Ronald MacHardy born 1866 in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. Died in 1923 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. Dwi. 3. Mary Elizabeth MacHardy born 1870 in Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Died 1948. Dwi.
vi ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND14 GUNN was born in 1835 and died in 1915. She married David Arnot, ironmonger on 20 May 1899 at Elgin. She ‘was famed for her pianoforte playing.’[23]
61.JEAN13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) married JOHN MACGREGOR on 11 May 1769 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Her position in the family is not known; as a female it was traditionally not of importance. Jean Gunn and John MacGregor may have had the following children:
i MARJORY14 MACGREGOR was born in 1770 in Caithness, Scotland.
ii DONALD14 MACGREGOR was born in 1774 in Lothian, Caithness. He married ELIZABETH LEITCH on 14 December 1816 in Bower, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ALEXANDER14 MACGREGOR was born in 1776 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 6 July 1862 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He married CHARLOTTE SUTHERLAND on 27 October 1810 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. There are descendants.
iv JOHN14 MACGREGOR was born in 1778.
62.ANGUS13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He married ELIZABETH MATHESON on 12 December 1782 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1752 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. Angus Gunn and Elizabeth Matheson had the following children, but number ii Alexander is questionable.
i JOHN14 GUNN was born on 28 December 1783 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He died in India. He married UNKNOWN UNKNOWN. One son and two daughters were in India in 1896.
ii ALEXANDER14 GUNN (42 REGIMENT HMS (PUBLICAN)) was born on 22 April 1785 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
iii CATHERINE14 GUNN was born on 26 October 1787 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 3 June 1872 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She married DAVID NICHOLSON on 23 April 1819 in Sanday, Orkney, Scotland. He was born on 14 September 1780 in Bower.
iv MARGARET14 GUNN was born on 2 February 1789 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN HENDERSON. Son John Henderson? b 1815? Daughter?
v JEAN14 GUNN was born on 18 November 1791 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married WILLIAM SUTHERLAND. Brawlbin? Descendants.
vi WILLIAM14 GUNN was born on18 May 1801 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. Died 1870?
vii ANGUS14 GUNN was born on 14 May 1805 in Reay, Sutherland, Scotland. He married UNKNOWN UNKNOWN and perhaps had three sons.
63.WILLIAM13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1841. He married JANET SINCLAIR on 3 June 1780 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 22 February 1760 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1841. William Gunn and Janet Sinclair had the following children:
i ISABEL14 GUNN was born in 1780. She died in 1855.
ii BARBARA14 GUNN was born on 21 January 1791 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 14 April 1863 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ELIZABETH14 GUNN was born in 17 November 1795 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
iv HON. DONALD14 GUNN was born in September 1797 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 30 November 1878 in Manitoba, Canada.[24]
v JOHN14 GUNN was born on 22 March 1800 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
vi MARJORY14 GUNN was born in 1803 in Braehour, Caithness, Scotland.
vii WILLIAM ‘WARANGA’14 GUNN was born on 21 November 1804 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 22 October 1888 in Waranga, Victoria, Australia. He married CECILIA CORMACK on 26 July 1850 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 5 February 1820 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. Descendants.[25]
viii JANET14 GUNN was born on 22 March 1806 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
ix ROBERT14 GUNN was born on 23 May 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 May 1880 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He may have married Janet Manson with children.
x ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born on12 September 1809 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 12 April 1868 in Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
64.GEORGE13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He married MARGARET GUNN. George Gunn and Margaret Gunn had the following children:
i WILLIAM14 GUNN was born about 1787. Dundee? Son Robert in Edinburgh, with sons.
ii ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born 1788 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1875 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married ANN WATERS in 1814 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died before 1888. Many children.
iii REV. ANGUS14 GUNN was born in 1790 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
iv MARJORY14 GUNN was born in 1798 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
v JOHN14 GUNN was born in 1803 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1855 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARGARET MACKENZIE in 1832 in Braehour. She was born about 1811. They had four children. 1. Angus Gunn born 1834. Died 15 April 1904 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2. Margaret Gunn born 1838. Died on 29 August 1909. She married EDWARD CUNNINGHAM. He was born in 1838 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 3. John Gunn born 1843. 4. Barbara Gunn. She died on 4 November 1887 in South Australia. She married JAMES TUCKER.
65.DONALD’ BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland. He married CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (12,38) daughter of ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (11,31) and BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born about 1782. She died in 1870. Catherine’s Grandmother was MARGARET (10,23) and she was the daughter of ‘CHIEF’ DONALD CROTACH GUNN (9,15). Because Donald and his wife are both MacHamish descent lines, the generation and numbers here are awkward; the numbers 58 for John and 59 for Barbara here reflect their descent from their mother’s side. In the interests of the reader’s and my sanity I have decided not to have different MacHamish (generation, numbers) for any one individual.
58. i JOHN14 GUNN was born 1808 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1885 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He married CATHERINE GUNN OF CAMPSTER in 1836, a MacHamish generation 14. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. Descendants, but are any alive today? Catherine Gunn of Campster[26] was the daughter of John Gunn of Dyke (13,67) whose mother was Christian Gunn (12,47) who married James Gunn of / in Dalgate.
59. ii BARBARA ‘BRAEHOUR’14 GUNN (13,59) was born on 17 April 1810 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 February 1844 in Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER ‘BUALCHORK & BRAWLBIN’ GUNN on 19 March 1829. He was born in 1789 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 29 March 1847. Her children can be found with her at the full entry for generation 13 number 59.
iii MARY (MAY)14 GUNN. Was born in 1812 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1853 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN CAMPBELL. He was born about 1815 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. They had four children; Johan, Donald, William, John.
iv CAPT. ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born in 1814 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1900 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARY INNES CAMPBELL in 1841 in Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1808 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1864 in Braehour. He was the creator of the 1896 Family Tree. They have descendants, including those alive at the time of writing.
v JEAN (JANE)14 GUNN was born in 1816 in Braehour. She died in 1888 in Newton, Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She married HUGH MACKENZIE. He was born about 1802 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. He died in 1870 in Winless, Caithness, Scotland. Descendants.
vi WILLIAM14 GUNN was born in 1818. He died in 1838. Dwi.
vii MARGARET14 GUNN was born in 1819 in Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1888 in Newton, Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN MACKAY in 1860 in Brawlbin. He was born about 1815 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1865 in Newton, Watten, Caithness, Scotland. Probably at leasty one son, Hector.
viii ALEXANDRINA14 GUNN was born in 1825 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1876 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She married DONALD ‘BRAWLBIN & DUNDEE’ GUNN in 1852 in Brawlbin. He was born about 1818 in Brawlbin. He was Governor of the Dundee Poorhouse and Alexandrina was Matron, previously he had been a wine and spirit merchant. He died in 1879 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Descendants.
ix GEORGE14 GUNN?
66.JOHN13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, WilliamMacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in Dalnaglaton, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1855 in Bualintagle, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He married BARBARA GUNN. She died before 1855. John Gunn and Barbara Gunn had the following children:
i MARGARET14 GUNN. Dwi.
ii JOHN14 GUNN. Dwi.
67.JOHN ‘DYKE’13 GUNN. (Christian12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3,
James2, Coroner1). John Gunn had the following child:
i CATHERINE14 GUNN. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. She married JOHN GUNN of Durness in 1836. He was the eldest son of Donald ‘Braehour & Brawlbin’ Gunn (13,65) and Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn (12,38). Descendants, but are any alive today? I have traced the line as far as I can but it was a diminishing family. None of the most recently alive had the surname Gunn.
68.REV. ROBERT13 GUNN. (Adam ‘Houstry’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1775. He died in 1860. He married three times. Rev. Robert Gunn had the following children:
i GORDON14 GUNN
ii WILLIAM14 GUNN
iii REV. THOMAS14 GUNN
iv ADAM ‘ASSYNT’14 GUNN
v CECILY14 GUNN
vi MATILDA14 GUNN
vii NANCY14 GUNN
viii MARGARET14 GUNN
ix JANET14 GUNN
69.WILLIAM13 GUNN. (Robert12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) William Gunn had the following child:
i ADAM ‘DUNBEATH’14 GUNN. Adam had two children – William ‘Clyth’ Gunn and John ‘Latheron’ Gunn. William had a son David born 1830. John had a son Alexander.
70.ROBERT ‘SENNACHY’13 GUNN. (William12, Robert11, William10, Donald9, William of Acheneccan8 Gunn, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). Robert ‘Sennachy’ Gunn may have married twice and may have had the following children, no known order.
i ALEXANDER14 GUNN. Alexander (merchant in Thurso) had two children; Robert ‘London’ Gunn born 1890, dwi, and Isabella Gunn who married WILLIAM MCDONALD, Thurso. Was this the Alexander Gunn ‘merchant in Thurso’ involved in the Chiefship debate of the 1800s and who in the early 1820s was the Treasurer of the ‘Loyal and United Benevolent Society of the Clan Gunn’? See Appendix 3.
ii WILLIAM14 GUNN born 1778 Achaneccan Farm, Kildonan. He died in 1861 in Durness. He married ISABELLA SYME. They had William Gunn ‘Officer’ Durness (and other children) who had William, Factor at Castle Leod.
iii DAVID ‘CATECHIST’14 GUNN. He died in 1827 in Olgrinbeg, Scotland. He married (1) CATHERINE ROSS. Catherine Ross is of interest because she was the daughter of the Rev. Ross and Anne Rose. Anne Rose had been first married to ‘Chief’ Alexander Gunn of Badenloch later Wester Helmsdale (10,19). This makes Catherine Ross a half sister to ‘Chief’ William Gunn and Morrison Gunn (both generation 11). Catherine and David had a son John and a daughter Chirsty (Achreny Mission). She married James Bain. She died 16 July 1900.
iv JAMES14 GUNN and OTHERS.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Hector_Munro,_1st_Baronet accessed 20 August 2018 which probably drew its information from page 84 Alexander Mackenzie, History of the Munros. https://archive.org/stream/historyofmunroso00mack/historyofmunroso00mack_djvu.txt accessed 20 August 2018.
[2] She was dead before her daughter Catherine (9,14) as shown by Catherine’s marriage contract. National Records of Scotland (NRS) GD 84/1/27/7.
[3] NRS GD 84/1/27/7.
[4] Pages 142-143, A. Mackay, The Book of Mackay records that Angus was the fourth child from the first marriage and Christian was the fifth child of the third marriage, being the twelfth child in total.
[5] Date mentioned in NRS GD 84/1/27/7.
[6] Page 163, Thomas Sinclair, The Gunns and the 1896 tree.
[7] There are two main books concerning the Mackay history and genealogy and they offer totally different views about Esther’s marriage. Page 314 of A. Mackay’s The Book of Mackay does not support her marrying Donald Mackay of Skerray. The Book of Mackay records Donald’s marriage to Margaret Munro and the details of their children. It seems unlikely that a second marriage would have been totally missed. However page 572 of Robert Mackay’s History of the house and clan of Mackay, containing for connection and elucidation, besides accounts of many other Scottish families, a variety of historical notices, more particularly of those relating to the northern division of Scotland during the most critical and interesting periods; with a genealogical table of the clan does record Esther’s marriage to Donald Mackay of Skerray with children. So, feel free to make a choice or do more research…
[8] ‘Kinsuer and Guamhay’ are the best that can be read from the 1896 tree. That tree was, as said, created by a direct descendant of this John Gunn.
[9] Dates and children from page 149 Thomas Sinclair The Gunns, and elsewhere.
[10] Burke’s Peerage gives a different descent for Alexander Dalnaglaton; I find its descent highly implausible and this is made clear in the next section where I discuss these lives in detail. Even if Burke’s Peerage was correct it still means lines from him are descendants of the Coroner.
[11] Page 572, Robert Mackay History of the House and Clan of Mackay.
[12] The Australian Prime Minister the 1st Viscount Stanley Bruce CH MC PC 1883-1967 was meant to have a Braehour (Gunn?) connection in his background see page 19 ‘The Brisbane Courier’ 31 March 1927. The 1868-1870 trees suggest that the Gunn family of the well-known Australian author Mrs Aeneas Gunn’s husband descends from this line. Both possibilities deserve further exploration.
[13] The 1896 tree gives a different sequence for the children.
[14] Page 204, Mark Rugg Gunn, Clan Gunn.
[15] For an image of his rope works see https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160891516/view accessed 31 July 2019.
[16] It is possible that there was a ‘Jannet’ Gunn born 20 October 1824, more likely Jannet and Jessie are the same person.
[17] A death note gives Jessie as the ‘eldest daughter’ of George Gunn, Rhives. See http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-alexander-henderson/history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci/page-24-history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci.shtml accessed 4 September 2018.
[18] See http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-alexander-henderson/history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci/page-24-history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci.shtml accessed 4 September 2018.
[19] There is a suggestion that she married JOHN GORDON with at least one child; Jessie Gordon b. 1846, died Campbell Island, Mississippi, USA with descendants. I find this marriage markedly less convincing than the one given in the main text.
[20]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WfEIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA316&dq=gunn+reverend+arthur+dixon&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx_tD7w6HdAhXrAsAKHbGTApE4ChDoAQg7MAQ#v=onepage&q=gunn%20reverend%20arthur%20dixon&f=false accessed 4 September 2018.
[21] Page 6, ‘Leader’, Melbourne, 19 September 1863.
[22] Page 2, ‘Evening News’, Sydney NSW, 23 May 1871.
[23] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cn0aE1nRKrwC&q=elizabeth+sutherland+gunn&dq=elizabeth+sutherland+gunn&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFseGf46HdAhVlOMAKHZoJBiQQ6AEIMDAB accessed 4 September 2018.
[24] For an interesting biography of him see https://www.redriverancestry.ca/GUNN-DONALD-1797.php which also includes his children or http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gunn_donald_10E.html. He has many descendants alive at the time of writing.
[25] For a biography of his son William Gunn J.P. see http://www.cemeterymapping.net.au/Rushworth/Obituaries/William%20Gunn%20November%201921.pdf accesed 5 September 2018.
[26] The 1896 tree. See, as well, pages 175-177, Thomas Sinclair, The Gunns.
10.2.a Part 2
The previous caveats of chapter 10.2.a Part 1 apply. As said, proof for – and discussion of - these lives will be mainly found in 10.3.
Each MacHamish Gunn in the following chart has two distinct numbers. The superscript numbers in the name indicate the generation of the person with that number. So CORONER1 GUNN indicates Coroner Gunn was the first generation. The number before the person indicates the seniority of the person. These numbers will be abbreviated to (1,1) later in the text. For example, Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn (12,38) means she was generation 12, seniority number 38.
If there is only a Roman numeral for the end number - for example vi, vii – then commonly that person died without known issue (DWI / dwi) or they have become so remote from the name Gunn I have not further entered them. In other words, the person with only a Roman numeral does not appear in the following generation. Again, seniority will be commonly shown by those Roman numerals but the numbers are not axiomatically accurate.
Generation 1
1. CORONER1 GUNN died no later than 1452. Coroner Gunn had the following child:
2. i JAMES2 Gunn born 1420s.
Generation 2
2. JAMES2 GUNN (Coroner1) was born 1420s. James Gunn had the following child:
3. i WILLIAM MACHAMISH CATTAIG3 GUNN born 1450s.
Generation 3
3. WILLIAM MACHAMISH CATTAIG3 GUNN (James2, Coroner1) was born 1450s.William MacHamish Cattaig Gunn had the following child:
4 i. WILLIAM MACHAMISH4 GUNN born 1480s.
Generation 4
4. WILLIAM MACHAMISH4 GUNN (William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1480s. William MacHamish Gunn had the following children:
5 i UNKNOWN MACHAMISH5 GUNN was born 1510s
ii ALEXANDER5 GUNN was born 1512s. No known issue.
Generation 5
5. UNKNOWN MACHAMISH5 GUNN (William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1510s. Unknown MacHamish Gunn had the following child:
6. i DAVID6 GUNN was born 1530s.
Generation 6
6. DAVID6 GUNN (Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3,
James2, Coroner1) was born 1530s. David Gunn had the following children:
7. i ALEXANDER MACDAVID7 GUNN was born about 1560. He died 1624 or
later. He married BARBARA MACKAY; her niece married Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn (8,9). Barbara was born about 1570.
8. ii WILLIAM BEAG7 GUNN was born about 1561.
Generation 7
7. ALEXANDER MACDAVID7 GUNN (David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4,
William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1560. He died 1624 or later. He married BARBARA MACKAY. She was born about 1570. Barbara’s niece MARY CHRISTIANE (DAME) (LADY FOWLIS) MACKAY married Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn (8,9). Alexander MacDavid Gunn and Barbara Mackay had the following child:
i WILLIAM MHOR8 GUNN was born about 1593, he died without issue.
8. WILLIAM BEAG7 GUNN (David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1561. William Beag Gunn had the following children:
9. i ALEXANDER ‘KILLERNAN’8 GUNN was born about 1590. He died about 1658. He married MARY CHRISTIANE (DAME) (LADY FOWLIS) MACKAY no earlier than April 1635 being when her first husband died. She was born about 1598, based on her first marriage in July 1619[1]. She died by 27 January 1658.[2] Mary’s aunt Barbara Mackay had married Alexander MacDavid Gunn (7,7).
10. ii JOHN IN NAVIDALE OF BORROBLE8 GUNN was born about 1591.
11. iii DONALD ‘SCHOLAR OF KINBRACE’8 GUNN was born about 1592.
12. iv WILLIAM OF ACHENECCAN8 GUNN was born about 1593.
Generation 8
9. ALEXANDER ‘KILLERNAN’8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1590. He died before 1658 (dead by 27 January 1658 and his wife Mary is also dead by this point). He married MARY CHRISTIANE (DAME) (LADY FOWLIS) MACKAY no earlier than April 1635. She was born about 1598 based on her first marriage which has been noted as 1619. She died by 27 January 1658[3]. Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn and Mary Christiane (Dame) (Lady Fowlis) Mackay had the following children:
13. i JOHN ‘KILLERNAN’9 GUNN was born about 1636 (born no earlier than 1636). He married KATHERINE (CHRISTINA) SINCLAIR. She was born about 1640.
14. ii CATHERINE9 GUNN was born about 1637. She married ANGUS MACKAY OF MELNESS (Lt.Col.) on 1 or 8 May 1658 (date mentioned in NRS GD 84/1/27/7). He was born about 1630. He died about 1702. ANGUS MACKAY was the son of Donald 1st Lord Reay, who was the brother of her mother, and so Angus was her first cousin.
iii ALEXANDER9 GUNN was born about 1638. He married CHRISTINA / CHRISTIANA MACKAY before 1668. CHRISTINA was a sister of the preceding Angus Mackay and so two Gunn siblings married two Mackay (half) siblings[4] who were their first cousins. Alexander and Christiana probably lived at Navidale. She was born about 1645.
15. iv DONALD CROTACH9 GUNN was born no later than 1647. He died before 1709. (Dead by 1709, Sutherland Estate documents.) He married MARGARET SUTHERLAND daughter of Captain Sutherland of Torbal.
10. JOHN IN NAVIDALE OF BORROBLE8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1591. John in Navidale of Borroble Gunn had at least the following child:
16. i GEORGE ‘BORROBLE’9 GUNN born about 1639.
11.DONALD ‘SCHOLAR OF KINBRACE’8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1592. Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’ Gunn had at least the following child:
17. i WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE’9 GUNN.
12.WILLIAM OF ACHENECCAN8 GUNN (William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1593. William of Achenneccan Gunn had the following child:
18. i DONALD9 GUNN.
Generation 9
13.JOHN ‘KILLERNAN’ 9 GUNN (Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1636 (born no earlier than 1636). He married KATHERINE (CHRISTINA) SINCLAIR. She was born about 1640. John ‘Killernan’ Gunn and Katherine (Christina) Sinclair had the following children:
i ALEXANDER10 GUNN was born about 1658.
ii UNKNOWN MALE 110 GUNN was born about 1660.
iii UNKNOWN MALE 210 GUNN was born about 1662.
14.CATHERINE9 GUNN (Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1637. She married ANGUS MACKAY OF MELNESS (Lt.Col.) on 1 or 8 May 1658[5]. He was born about 1630. He died about 1702. Catherine Gunn and Angus Mackay of Melness (Lt. Col.) had the following children with descendants from many and / or all of them:
i CHRISTINA10 MACKAY.
ii JOHN10 MACKAY.
iii ALEXANDER10 MACKAY.
iv DONALD10 MACKAY.
v ANGUS10 MACKAY.
vi WILLIAM10 MACKAY.
15.DONALD CROTACH9 GUNN (Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born no later than about 1647. He died before 1709. (Dead by 1709 Sutherland Estate documents.) He married MARGARET SUTHERLAND (daughter of Captain Sutherland of Torbal). Donald Crotach Gunn and Margaret Sutherland had the following children:
19. i ALEXANDER OF BADENLOCH LATER OF WESTER HELMSDALE10 GUNN was born about 1681. He died in 1763.[6] He married (1) MARGARET (MARY) MACKAY OF KIRTOMY about 1710. She was born about 1690. She possibly died on 6 June 1746. He married (2) ANNE ROSE about 1753. She was born on 12 September 1733.
20. ii GEORGE ‘CORRISH’10 GUNN was born in 1682. He married ISOBEL POLSON.
21. iii ESTHER10 GUNN was born in 1685. She may have married DONALD MACKAY OF SKERRAY.[7]
22 iv WILLIAM (LT.COL.)10 GUNN was born about 1686. He married ANN ROSS in 1728. She was born in Scotland.
23. v MARGARET10 GUNN was born about 1708. She married JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’ GUNN (originally in Kinbrace). (12,54).
16.GEORGE ‘BORROBLE’9 GUNN (John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). George ‘Borrobol’ Gunn had the following child:
24. i JOHN10 GUNN OF KINSUER & GUAMHAY[8] born about 1660.
17.WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE’9 GUNN (Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6,
Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) William ‘Kinbrace’ Gunn had the following child:
25. i ADAM ‘KINBRACE’10 GUNN who died in 1709.
18.DONALD9 GUNN (William of Acheneccan8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) Donald had the following child:
26. i WILLIAM10 GUNN
Generation 10
19.ALEXANDER OF BADENLOCH LATER OF WESTER HELMSDALE10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1681. He died in 1763 (See Thomas Sinclair page 163 and the 1896 tree). He married (1) MARGARET (MARY) MACKAY OF KIRTOMY about 1710. She was born about 1690. She possibly died on 6 June 1746. Margaret / Mary Mackay was a descendant from Iye Du Mackay as were Barbara Mackay who married Alexander MacDavid Gunn (7.7), Mary Christian (Dame (Lady Fowlis) Mackay who married Alexander ‘Killernan’ Gunn (8,9) and Lt Col. Angus Mackay Gunn who married Catherine Gunn (9,14). Alexander of Badenloch later of Wester Helmsdale Gunn and Margaret (Mary) Mackay of Kirtomy had at least the following children[9]:
i MARY11 GUNN was born about 1713. She married Major Hugh Mackay of Rearchar Durness 28 July 1737, again part of the Mackay family the Gunns have married into from the start of this section. His section was the ‘Sandwood Mackays’. He was the 3rd son of of the Hon Charles Mackay being a son of Donald 1st Lord Reay. They had one daughter, Elizabeth. She may have died young.
ii ELIZABETH11 GUNN was born about 1715.
iii JOHN11 GUNN was born about 1719.
iv ALEXANDER11 GUNN born about 1722 although there is a suggestion that he was the oldest child (possibly called William), died Holland 1746.
He married (2) ANNE ROSE about 1753. She was born on 12 September 1733. Alexander of Badenloch later of Wester Helmsdale Gunn and Anne Rose had the following children:
i WILLIAM11 GUNN was born about 1755. He died on 10 September 1780 in India. Died without issue.
ii MORRISON11 GUNN was born about 1760. He probably died in the UK, not Gibraltar as is often supposed. Dwi.
Anne Rose remarried after Alexander’s death and had children including a daughter Catherine Ross; Catherine was therefore a half-sister to William and Morrison. Catherine married David13 Gunn (being son iii of Robert ‘Sennachy’ Gunn, (13,70) who was descended from William of Acheneccan (8,12).
20.GEORGE ‘CORRISH’10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1682. He married ISOBEL POLSON. George ’Corrish’ Gunn and Isobel Polson probably had at least the following children:
27. i GEORGE11 GUNN
28. ii ALEXANDER11 GUNN. He married Ann Gunn.
21.ESTHER10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1685. She may have married – or may not have married as contradictory sources tell opposing tales see generation 11 number 29 - DONALD MACKAY OF SKERRAY and, if married, Esther Gunn and Donald Mackay of Skerray had the following child:
29. i UNKNOWN11 MACKAY. Unknown Mackay married JOHN MACKAY OF MOUDALE.
22.WILLIAM (LT.COL.)10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1686. He married ANN ROSS in 1728. She was born in Scotland. William (Lt. Col.) Gunn and Ann Ross had the following children with many descendants:
30. i MARGARET11 GUNN was born on 9 December 1728 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She died on 26 December 1788 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She married JOHAN FREDERICH BROCADES.
ii HELEN11 GUNN was born on 9 January 1731 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She died in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
iii MARY11 GUNN was born on 23 April 1733 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She married LT. DONALD GUNN in 1763. He was born about 1737. He died in 1807.
iv DONALD ROSS11 GUNN was born on 26 September 1735 in Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
v JAMES11 GUNN was born on 16 October 1737 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. He died in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
vi ALEXANDER11 GUNN was born on 4 December 1738 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. He died in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
vii HUGH11 GUNN was born on 29 January 1741 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. He died in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
23.MARGARET10 GUNN (Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1708. She married JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’ GUNN (originally in Kinbrace) (12,54) Margaret Gunn and John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’ Gunn had the following child:
31. i ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’11 GUNN was born in 1752. He died on 23 January 1820. He married BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) about 1781. She was born 1760. She died on 5 February 1833.
24.JOHN OF KINSUER & GUAMHAY10 GUNN (George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1660. John Gunn of Kinsuer and Guamhay had the following children:
32. i GEORGE11 GUNN ACHERELATE? AND STRATHMORE. He married a daughter of M. MACLEAN OF DULPHATE.
33. ii ALEXANDER DALNAGLATON AND STRATHMORE11 GUNN was born 7 January 1685. He died June 1765. He married JANET MCLEOD OF DALNATE on 10 August 1716. She was born 1 August 1695.[10]
iii CAPTAIN JOHN11 GUNN 12th Regiment of Foot in 1745 according to the 1896 tree but I lack supportive reference.
25.ADAM ‘KINBRACE’10 GUNN (William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William
Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) probably died in 1709. Adam ‘Kinbrace’ Gunn had the following child:
34 i WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’11 GUNN. He may have died in 1740.
26.WILLIAM10 GUNN (Donald9, William of Acheneccan8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) William Gunn had the following child:
35. i ROBERT11 GUNN.
Generation 11
27.GEORGE11 GUNN (George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). George Gunn probably had the following children:
i ALEXANDER12 GUNN was born about 1755. He married ANN GUNN.
ii JAMES12 GUNN.
iii THOMAS12 GUNN.
iv WILLIAM12 GUNN.
28.ALEXANDER11 GUNN (George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3 James2, Coroner1). He married ANN GUNN. Alexander and Ann had the following children:
36. i WILLIAM12 GUNN was born in 1784 in Corrish, Sutherland, Scotland. He died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. He married HELEN GUNN in 1808 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland. She was born in 1787. She died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland.
ii DONALD12 GUNN.
iii ROBERT12 GUNN.
29.UNKNOWN11 MACKAY. Unknown Mackay may have existed if Esther married Donald Mackay of Skerray; the marriage is of a one in two likelihood. (Esther10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). Unknown Mackay as a daughter of Esther Gunn and Donald Mackay of Skerray married JOHN MACKAY OF MOUDALE according to History of the House and Clan of Mackay[11] but The Book of Mackay pages 257-259 records that John Mackay of Moudale married a daughter of Donald MacEachun Mackay of Skerray and the children below are also credited to them. So, these children may or may not be ‘MacHamish’.
i LIEUT. WILLIAM12 MACKAY OF MOUDALE
ii FOUR DAUGHTERS12 MACKAY OF MOUDALE.
iii GEORGE ‘USA’12 MACKAY OF MOUDALE
37. iv MAJOR DONALD12 MACKAY OF ERIBOLL. He married BESSIE MACKAY OF SKERRAY.
30.MARGARET11 GUNN (William (Lt.Col.)10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 9 December 1728 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She died on 26 December 1788 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She married JOHAN FREDERICH BROCADES. Margaret Gunn and Johan Frederich Brocades had at least the following child:
i JOHANNES WILHELMUS12 BROCADES was born on 16 July 1752 in s’Hertogenboach. He died in 1807 in Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands.
31.ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’11 GUNN (Father’s Line – John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Mother’s line – Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1752. He died on 23 January 1820. He married BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) about 1781. She was born in 1760. She died on 5 February 1833. Alexander ‘Osclay’ Gunn and Barbara Weir (Wheir) had the following children:
38. i CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN was born about 1782, died in 1870. She married DONALD ‘BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN (13,65), eldest son of John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour’12 Gunn (12,46) and Marjorie ‘Rowens & Hempriggs’ Dunbar, on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland.
39. ii GEORGE12 GUNN was born in 1784 in Dunbeath, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 22 October 1855 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He married ANNE RHIND on 2 April 1814 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ROBERT12 GUNN was born in 1792.
40 iv SGT. JOHN12 GUNN was born 1796 (1794?)
41. v MARGARET12 GUNN was born in 1797 in Breakachie, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND on 10 December 1827.
42. vi JAMES ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN was born 1800. He died in 1870 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married CHRISTINA MACLEOD on 15 August 1856 in Osclay, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1884 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
43. vii ADAM ‘USA’12 GUNN was born in 1803.
44 viii WILLIAM12 GUNN. He died on 25 June 1848 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARGARET CORMACK. She was born on 26 December 1811 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 4 January 1898 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
ix ALEXANDER12 GUNN. He died in 1828 in Jamaica.
32.GEORGE11 ACHERELATE? AND STRATHMORE GUNN. (John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He married a daughter of M. MACLEAN OF DULPHATE. George Gunn and Unknown Mclean had the following child:
45. i ‘CHIEF’ HECTOR12 GUNN. He died in 1803. He married JANETTE MACKAY, an Aberach Mackay and, as such, linked to the other Mackays mentioned so far in this outline.
33.ALEXANDER DALNAGLATON AND STRATHMORE11 GUNN (John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 7 January 1685. He died June 1765. He married JANET MCLEOD OF DALNATE on 10 August 1716. She was born 1 August 1695. Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore Gunn and Janet Macleod had the following children:
46. i JOHN ‘DALNAHA STRATHMORE & BRAEHOUR12 GUNN was born on 21 June 1721. He died in 1810[12]. He married MARJORIE ‘ROWENS & HEMPRIGGS’ DUNBAR on 2 July 1745 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 10 January 1727.
47. ii CHRISTIAN12 GUNN. She married JAMES GUNN.
48. iii ANGUS12 GUNN.
49. iv JEAN12 GUNN. She married WILLIAM GUNN.
50. v GEORGE ‘DALNAGLATON’12 GUNN. He died in 1805.
51. vi MARGARET12 GUNN. She married ROBERT ELDER.
34.WILLIAM ‘KINBRACE HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’11 GUNN. (Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William
‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He may have died in 1740. William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’ Gunn had the following children:
52. i ADAM ‘HOUSTRY’12 GUNN. He may have died in 1776.
53. ii ROBERT12 GUNN.
54. iii JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’12 GUNN. He died in 1780. He married MARGARET10 GUNN (10,23) daughter of DONALD CROTACH9 (9,15). She was born about 1708.
35.ROBERT11 GUNN. (William10, Donald9, William of Acheneccan8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) Robert had the following child:
55. i WILLIAM12 GUNN
Generation 12
36.WILLIAM12 GUNN (Alexander11, George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He was born in 1784 in Corrish, Sutherland, Scotland, He died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. He married HELEN GUNN in 1808 in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland. She was born in 1787. She died in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. William Gunn and Helen Gunn had the following children:
i ROBERT13 GUNN
ii WILLIAM CAMPBELL13 GUNN
iii KATHERINE13 GUNN
iv ANGUS13 GUNN
56. v ANN13 GUNN she married WILLIAM BEGG in 1853. She died in 1859. They had two children; Margaret Begg and Andrew Begg.
vi ALEXANDER13 GUNN.
57. vii DONALD13 GUNN. He married WEMYSS WILLIAMSON. They had one child Helen Gunn.
37.MAJOR DONALD12 MACKAY OF ERIBOLL. It is questionable as to whether Donald descended from Esther Gunn (10,21), daughter of Donald Crotach Gunn, as Esther may or may not have married the supposed Mackay; see Esther’s earlier entry. (Unknown11, Esther10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). Donald married BESSIE MACKAY OF SKERRAY. Major Donald Mackay of Eriboll and Bessie Mackay of Skerry had the following child:
i BARBARA13 MACKAY OF ERIBOLL was born in 1775 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. She died on 17 December 1854 in Keodale, Sutherland, Scotland. She married CAPTAIN MACKAY JOHN SCOBIE OF KEODALE (being a Strathy Mackay) on 29 July 1803 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He was born in 1774. He died on 2 November 1818. Six children.
38.CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born about 1782, died 1870. She married DONALD ‘BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN (13,65) son of John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour’12 Gunn (12, 46) and Marjorie ‘Rowens & Hempriggs’ Dunbar, on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Donald was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland. Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn and Donald ‘Braehour & Brawlbin’ Gunn had the following children. These children are Generation 13 from their mother’s side and Generation 14 from their father’s side; many of the children’s descendants can be readily found. The mother’s side has been given preference when numbering as it is the more direct route back to the Coroner.
58. i JOHN13 GUNN was born 1808 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1885 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He married CATHERINE GUNN IN CAMPSTER in 1836. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. Descendants, but the lines I have traced no longer have the surname Gunn. Catherine (Katherine?) Gunn of Campster was the daughter of John Gunn of Dyke (13,67) whose mother was Christian Gunn (12,47) who married James Gunn Dalgate.
59. ii BARBARA ‘BRAEHOUR’13 GUNN was born on 17 April 1810 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 February 1844 in Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER ‘BUALCHORK & BRAWLBIN’ GUNN on 19 March 1829. He was born in 1789 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 29 March 1847.
iii MARY (MAY)13 GUNN was born in 1812 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1853 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN CAMPBELL. He was born about 1815 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. They had four children; Johan, Donald, William, John.
iv CAPT. ALEXANDER13 GUNN was born in 1814 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1900 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARY INNES CAMPBELL in 1841 in Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1808 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1864 in Braehour. He was the creator of the 1896 Family Tree. They have descendants, including some alive at the time of writing this text.
v JEAN (JANE)13 GUNN was born in 1816 in Braehour. She died in 1910 in Killimister, Caithness, Scotland. She married HUGH MACKENZIE. He was born about 1802 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. He died in 1870 in Winless, Caithness, Scotland. Descendants.
vi WILLIAM13 GUNN was born in 1818. He died in 1838. Dwi.
vii MARGARET13 GUNN was born in 1819 in Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1888 in Newton Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN MACKAY in 1860 in Brawlbin; I have not ascertained if he was linked to the other Mackays in this section. He was born about 1815 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1865 in Newton Watten, Caithness, Scotland.
viii ALEXANDRINA13 GUNN was born in 1825 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1876 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She married DONALD ‘BRAWLBIN & DUNDEE’ GUNN in 1852 in Brawlbin. He was born about 1818 in Brawlbin. He died in 1879 in Dundee. Descendants.
ix GEORGE13 GUNN.
39.GEORGE12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1784 in Dunbeath, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 22 October 1855 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He married ANNE RHIND on 2 April 1814 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. George Gunn and Anne Rhind had the following children:
i ANNE13 GUNN was born in 1815 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1855 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
ii BARBARA13 GUNN was born in 1817 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1817 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
iii JOANNA13 GUNN was born in 1818 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1905 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
iv MARGARET13 GUNN was born in 1820 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1914 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
v ALEXANDER13 GUNN was born in 1821 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
vi GEORGE13 GUNN was born in 1824 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1840 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
vii JOHN13 GUNN was born in 1826 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1826 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
viii HARRIET13 GUNN was born in 1832 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1924 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
ix JESSIE13 GUNN was born in 1835 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1835 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
40.SGT. JOHN12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1796 (1794?). He lived in Aberdeen at some point. Sgt. John Gunn had the following children:
i ANNE13 GUNN.
ii UNKNOWN13 GUNN.
41.MARGARET12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1797 in Breakachie, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND on 10 December 1827. Margaret Gunn and Alexander Sutherland had the following children:
i JOHN13 SUTHERLAND was born on 11 December 1828 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 9 August 1869 in Lybster, Caithness, Scotland.
ii ALEXANDRINA13 SUTHERLAND was born on 4 August 1829 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 January 1905 in Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland.
iii BARBARA13 SUTHERLAND was born on 2 May 1832 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 25 February 1900 in Berriedale, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
iv ALEXANDER13 SUTHERLAND was born on 28 October 1835 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
v WILLIAM13 SUTHERLAND was born on 13 December 1838 in Pultneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 27 August 1895 in Auckland, New Zealand.
42.JAMES ‘OSCLAY’12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1800. He died in 1870 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married CHRISTINA MACLEOD on 15 August 1856 in Osclay, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1884 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. James ‘Osclay’ Gunn and Christina Macleod had the following children:
i JANET 13 GUNN was born on 6 April 1857 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
ii BARBARA 13 GUNN was born on 26 October 1858 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ALEXANDER 13 GUNN was born on 27 July 1860 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1864.
iv DONALD13 GUNN was born on 2 April 1863 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
v ALEXANDRINA 13 GUNN was born on 15 September 1865 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1913 in Latheron.
43.ADAM ‘USA’12 GUNN (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1803. Adam ‘USA’ Gunn had the following children:
i MARGARET F.13 GUNN was born on 5 May 1831 in Ontario, Canada. She died on 20 November 1915 in Ingham County, Michigan, United States of America.
ii MARY ANN13 GUNN was born in June 1836 in Ontario, Canada. She died on 2 September 1888 in Ingham County, Michigan, United States of America.
iii ALEXANDER13 GUNN was born on 8 April 1841 in Niagara County, New York, United States of America. He died on 1 June 1872 in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, United States of America.
iv ROBERT13 GUNN.
v BARBARA13 GUNN.
44.WILLIAM12 GUNN. (Grandmother’s line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5,William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1 Father’s Line – Alexander ‘Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He died on 25 June 1848 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARGARET CORMACK. She was born on 26 December 1811 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 4 January 1898 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. William Gunn and Margaret Cormack had the following children:
i JAMES 13 GUNN was born in 1843 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 15 March 1888 in Colombo, Ceylon.
ii WILLIAM13 GUNN was born on 24 May 1848 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
45.‘CHIEF’ HECTOR12 GUNN (George11, Johnof Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He died in 1803. He married JANETTE MACKAY from the Aberach Mackays, being part of the main Mackay family into which many MacHamish Gunns married. ‘Chief’ Hector Gunn and Janette Mackay had the following children:
60. i ‘CHIEF’ GEORGE13 GUNN was born in 1787. He died in 1859. He married MARGARET MACDONALD.
ii JANET / JESSIE13 GUNN. She married WILLIAM MACKAY;
iii ROBERT?13 GUNN.
46.JOHN ‘DALNAHA STRATHMORE & BRAEHOUR12 GUNN (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 21 June 1721. He died in 1810. He married MARJORIE ‘ROWENS & HEMPRIGGS’ DUNBAR on 2 July 1745 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 10 January 1727. John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour Gunn and Marjorie ‘Rowens & Hempriggs” Dunbar had the following children; the seniority is problematic.[13]
i ALEXANDER13 GUNN was possibly born about 1747 in Caithness, Scotland. If he existed he may have died young. He is not mentioned in the 1896 tree.
61. ii JEAN13 GUNN was born about 1749. She married JOHN MACGREGOR on 11 May 1769 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Her seniority is not accurately known; as a female it was traditionally not of importance.
62. iii ANGUS13 GUNN was born about 1750. He married ELIZABETH MATHESON on 12 December 1782 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1752 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
63. iv WILLIAM13 GUNN was born about 1750 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1841. He married JANET SINCLAIR on 3 June 1780 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 22 February 1760 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1841.
64. v GEORGE13 GUNN. Was born about 1757. He married MARGARET GUNN.
65. vi DONALD ‘BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland. He married CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (12,38) daughter of ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (11,31) and BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born about 1782. She died in 1870. Catherine’s Grandmother was MARGARET (10,23) and she was the daughter of ‘CHIEF’ DONALD CROTACH GUNN (9,15). See Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn (12,38) for Donald and Catherine’s descendants.
66. vii JOHN13 GUNN was born about 1766 in Dalnaglaton, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1855 in Bualintagle, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He married BARBARA GUNN. She died before 1855.
47.CHRISTIAN12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) She married JAMES GUNN. Christian Gunn and James Gunn had the following child:
67. i JOHN ‘DYKE’13 GUNN
48.ANGUS12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2,
Coroner1) Angus Gunn had the following children:
i ALEXANDER13 GUNN. He married his first cousin BETTY GUNN daughter of GEORGE ‘DALNAGLATON’ GUNN (12,50). Died 1830.
ii GEORGE13 GUNN. Dwi
49.JEAN12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) She married WILLIAM GUNN. Jean Gunn and William Gunn had at least the following child:
i JANET13 GUNN. She married UNKNOWN (William?) MACKAY of Braemore. Janet Gunn and Unknown Mackay and had the following children, James, Alexander, Donald and John. Mark Rugg Gunn[14] recounts a story about her – ‘Alexander Gunn a farmer of Dalganachan …died of a fever in 1786 at the age of 28 and was buried in Dirlot cemetery. He was at the time engaged to be married to Janet Gunn of the MacHamishes of Kildonan, a renowned beauty … Janet, however, did not die an old maid, she married William Mackay, a farmer of Braelaid, Braemore and had a large family.’ Note that even Mark Rugg Gunn here uses MacHamish to indicate a specific family, it is not a singular title.
50.GEORGE ‘DALNAGLATON’12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He died in 1805. George ‘Dalnaglaton’ Gunn had the following children:
i BETTY13 GUNN married her first cousin ALEXANDER GUNN, son of ANGUS GUNN (12,48).
ii JANET13 GUNN. She married JOHN SINCLAIR of Reay.
iii DONALD ‘DALNAGLATON’13 GUNN. He died in 1840.
iv HESTER?13 GUNN. She died in 1785.
51.MARGARET12 GUNN. (Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). She married ROBERT ELDER. Margaret Gunn and Robert Elder had the following child:
i JOHN13 ELDER.
52.ADAM ‘HOUSTRY MULBUIE’12 GUNN. (William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He may have died in 1776. Adam ‘Houstry’ – and of Mulbuie - Gunn had the following children:
68. i REV. ROBERT13 GUNN was born in 1775. He died in 1860.
ii REV. WILLIAM ‘GOLSPIE’13 GUNN was born in 1776.
iii ANN13 GUNN. She married ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.
53.ROBERT12 GUNN. (William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) Robert Gunn had the following child:
67. i WILLIAM13 GUNN.
54.JOHN ‘HOUSTRY DUNBEATH’12 GUNN. (William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam
‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He died in 1780. He married MARGARET10 GUNN (10,23) daughter of ‘CHIEF’ DONALD CROTACH9 (9,15). She was born about 1708. John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’ Gunn had the following:
31. i ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’ 11 GUNN was born about 1752. He died on 23 January 1820. He married BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) about 1781. She was born in 1760. She died on 5 February 1833.
55.WILLIAM12 GUNN. (Robert11, William10, Donald9, William of Acheneccan8, William
Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). William Gunn had the following child:
70. i ROBERT ‘SENNACHY’13 GUNN.
Generation 13
56.ANN13 GUNN (William12, Alexander11, George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). She married WILLIAM BEGG in 1853. She died in 1859. Ann Gunn and William Begg had the following children:
i MARGARET14 BEGG
ii ANDREW14 BEGG
57.DONALD13 GUNN (William12, Alexander11, George ‘Corrish’10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) He married WEMYSS WILLIAMSON. Donald Gunn and Wemyss Williamson had the following child:
i HELEN14 GUNN
58.JOHN13 GUNN (Catherine ‘Osclay’12, Alexander ‘Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born 1808 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1885 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He married CATHERINE GUNN OF CAMPSTER in 1836. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. Of the descendant lines I have traced none now have the name Gunn. The 1896 tree says Katherine (Catherine) Gunn of Campster was the daughter of John Gunn of Dyke (13,67) whose mother was Christian Gunn (12,47) who married James Gunn Dalgate. John Gunn and Catherine Gunn had the following children:
i JOHN14 GUNN was born in 1837 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 9 January 1861 in County Carlow, Ireland.
ii MARGARET14 GUNN was born in 1841 in Carriside, Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 September 1898 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
iii DONALD14 GUNN was born in 1844 in Brawlbin, Reay, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 21 January 1864 Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
iv BARBARA14 GUNN was born on 28 January 1847 in Carriside, Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 3 November 1905 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
v JOHAN 14 GUNN was born in 1855 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 11 October 1868 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
vi WILLIAMINA14 GUNN was born on 19 November 1859 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. She died on 30 April 1950 in Scotland.
vii ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born on 19 November 1859 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He died on 11 May 1945 in Sangomore, Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
59.BARBARA ‘BRAEHOUR’13 GUNN (Mother’s line 1 – Catherine ‘Osclay’12, Alexander’Osclay’11, Margaret10, Donald Crotach9, Alexander ‘Killernan’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) (Mother’s line 2 – Catherine ‘Osclay’12, Alexander’ Osclay’11, John ‘Houstry Dunbeath’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) (Father’s Line – Donald ‘Braehour & Brawlbin’13, John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4,William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 17 April 1810 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 February 1844 in Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER ‘BUALCHORK & BRAWLBIN’ GUNN on 19 March 1829 He was born in 1789 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 29 March 1847. Barbara ‘Braehour’ Gunn and Alexander ‘Bualchork & Brawlbin’ Gunn had the following children:
i CATHERINE14 GUNN was born in 1830 in Scotland. She died in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia in 1912. She married JAMES MILLER[15]. He was born in 1826. He died in 1918 in Australia. Descendants are alive in 2019 in Britain.
ii DONALD14 GUNN was born on 28 March 1832 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 14 February 1901 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He married JANE SURMAN. They had ten children with many living descendants including the author.
iii JANET14 GUNN was born in 1834. She died in 1912 in Victoria, Australia. She married JOHN WATKINS SURMAN who died in Victoria Australia. John was the brother of the above Jane Surman. They had nine children and have many living descendants.
iv JOHN14 GUNN was born in 1836. He died in 1854.
v WILLIAM14 GUNN was born in 1839. He died in 1860.
60.‘CHIEF’ GEORGE13 GUNN (‘Chief’ Hector12, George11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1787. He died in 1859. He married MARGARET MACDONALD. ‘Chief’ George Gunn and Margaret MacDonald had the following children[16] The 1861 census records that Margaret and her children Donald, Margaret and Elizabeth were all living at Truro:
i JESSIE14 GUNN was born about 1826 in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. (Possibly Bessie or Elizabeth according to the 1896 tree). She died on 31 May 1887 in Devonport, Devon, England. She married firstly the Aberdeen educated lawyer JAMES ANDREW MILLER on 3 July 1853 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. He was born about 1818 in Trinidad and Tobago. He died[17] on 20 July 1853 in Rhives, Sutherland, Scotland. There was an unknown child from this marriage.[18] She married (2) REV. ARTHUR DIXON on 17 February 1858 in St. Mary’s Truro, Cornwall, England with no further known issue.
ii CHRISTINA MACDONALD14 GUNN was born 3 May 1826. She married[19] DONALD MACLEOD SMITH 1821-1916 in Truro, Cornwall 30 July 1860; he was born in Thurso. The marriage detail identifies her as the second daughter.[20] Donald was a barrister in Edinburgh and Sheriff-Substitute of Elgin. They had five children.
iii DONALD14 GUNN was born about 1828. He died without issue in 1863, in Truro, Cornwall, England. He was a land agent in the 1861 census. His mother Margaret was the Executrix of his will and she lived in Truro.
iv HECTOR14 GUNN was born about 1830. He died without issue in 1874 in Elgin. He had been manager of the Agra Bank in Lahore and at Karachi. He married MARY ELIZABETH MACKILLIGAN in 1863.
v MARGARET14 GUNN was born about 1834 in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. She died in 1916 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. She married MALCOLM CHARLES MACHARDY in 1862 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. He was born in 1829 on the Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He held various agricultural runs in New South Wales, was a magistrate and was involved in banking businesses including being Manager of the Sydney branch of The London Chartered Bank of Australia. He attended at least two Governor’s levees one in Victoria in1863[21] and another in New South Wales in 1871[22] and presumably he attended other such events. He died about 1891 in Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. They had three children. 1. Margaret Edith MacHardy born 1862 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 12 October 1871 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. 2. Ronald MacHardy born 1866 in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. Died in 1923 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. Dwi. 3. Mary Elizabeth MacHardy born 1870 in Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Died 1948. Dwi.
vi ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND14 GUNN was born in 1835 and died in 1915. She married David Arnot, ironmonger on 20 May 1899 at Elgin. She ‘was famed for her pianoforte playing.’[23]
61.JEAN13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) married JOHN MACGREGOR on 11 May 1769 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Her position in the family is not known; as a female it was traditionally not of importance. Jean Gunn and John MacGregor may have had the following children:
i MARJORY14 MACGREGOR was born in 1770 in Caithness, Scotland.
ii DONALD14 MACGREGOR was born in 1774 in Lothian, Caithness. He married ELIZABETH LEITCH on 14 December 1816 in Bower, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ALEXANDER14 MACGREGOR was born in 1776 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 6 July 1862 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He married CHARLOTTE SUTHERLAND on 27 October 1810 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. There are descendants.
iv JOHN14 MACGREGOR was born in 1778.
62.ANGUS13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He married ELIZABETH MATHESON on 12 December 1782 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1752 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. Angus Gunn and Elizabeth Matheson had the following children, but number ii Alexander is questionable.
i JOHN14 GUNN was born on 28 December 1783 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He died in India. He married UNKNOWN UNKNOWN. One son and two daughters were in India in 1896.
ii ALEXANDER14 GUNN (42 REGIMENT HMS (PUBLICAN)) was born on 22 April 1785 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
iii CATHERINE14 GUNN was born on 26 October 1787 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 3 June 1872 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She married DAVID NICHOLSON on 23 April 1819 in Sanday, Orkney, Scotland. He was born on 14 September 1780 in Bower.
iv MARGARET14 GUNN was born on 2 February 1789 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN HENDERSON. Son John Henderson? b 1815? Daughter?
v JEAN14 GUNN was born on 18 November 1791 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She married WILLIAM SUTHERLAND. Brawlbin? Descendants.
vi WILLIAM14 GUNN was born on18 May 1801 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. Died 1870?
vii ANGUS14 GUNN was born on 14 May 1805 in Reay, Sutherland, Scotland. He married UNKNOWN UNKNOWN and perhaps had three sons.
63.WILLIAM13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1841. He married JANET SINCLAIR on 3 June 1780 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 22 February 1760 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1841. William Gunn and Janet Sinclair had the following children:
i ISABEL14 GUNN was born in 1780. She died in 1855.
ii BARBARA14 GUNN was born on 21 January 1791 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 14 April 1863 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
iii ELIZABETH14 GUNN was born in 17 November 1795 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
iv HON. DONALD14 GUNN was born in September 1797 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 30 November 1878 in Manitoba, Canada.[24]
v JOHN14 GUNN was born on 22 March 1800 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
vi MARJORY14 GUNN was born in 1803 in Braehour, Caithness, Scotland.
vii WILLIAM ‘WARANGA’14 GUNN was born on 21 November 1804 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 22 October 1888 in Waranga, Victoria, Australia. He married CECILIA CORMACK on 26 July 1850 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She was born on 5 February 1820 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. She died in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. Descendants.[25]
viii JANET14 GUNN was born on 22 March 1806 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
ix ROBERT14 GUNN was born on 23 May 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 May 1880 in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He may have married Janet Manson with children.
x ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born on12 September 1809 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 12 April 1868 in Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. Dwi.
64.GEORGE13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). He married MARGARET GUNN. George Gunn and Margaret Gunn had the following children:
i WILLIAM14 GUNN was born about 1787. Dundee? Son Robert in Edinburgh, with sons.
ii ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born 1788 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1875 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married ANN WATERS in 1814 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died before 1888. Many children.
iii REV. ANGUS14 GUNN was born in 1790 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
iv MARJORY14 GUNN was born in 1798 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
v JOHN14 GUNN was born in 1803 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1855 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARGARET MACKENZIE in 1832 in Braehour. She was born about 1811. They had four children. 1. Angus Gunn born 1834. Died 15 April 1904 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2. Margaret Gunn born 1838. Died on 29 August 1909. She married EDWARD CUNNINGHAM. He was born in 1838 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 3. John Gunn born 1843. 4. Barbara Gunn. She died on 4 November 1887 in South Australia. She married JAMES TUCKER.
65.DONALD’ BRAEHOUR & BRAWLBIN’13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born on 16 June 1765 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died on 3 January 1861 in Caithness, Scotland. He married CATHERINE ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (12,38) daughter of ALEXANDER ‘OSCLAY’ GUNN (11,31) and BARBARA WEIR (WHEIR) on 3 March 1807 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She was born about 1782. She died in 1870. Catherine’s Grandmother was MARGARET (10,23) and she was the daughter of ‘CHIEF’ DONALD CROTACH GUNN (9,15). Because Donald and his wife are both MacHamish descent lines, the generation and numbers here are awkward; the numbers 58 for John and 59 for Barbara here reflect their descent from their mother’s side. In the interests of the reader’s and my sanity I have decided not to have different MacHamish (generation, numbers) for any one individual.
58. i JOHN14 GUNN was born 1808 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1885 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. He married CATHERINE GUNN OF CAMPSTER in 1836, a MacHamish generation 14. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. Descendants, but are any alive today? Catherine Gunn of Campster[26] was the daughter of John Gunn of Dyke (13,67) whose mother was Christian Gunn (12,47) who married James Gunn of / in Dalgate.
59. ii BARBARA ‘BRAEHOUR’14 GUNN (13,59) was born on 17 April 1810 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died on 28 February 1844 in Caithness, Scotland. She married ALEXANDER ‘BUALCHORK & BRAWLBIN’ GUNN on 19 March 1829. He was born in 1789 in Caithness, Scotland. He died on 29 March 1847. Her children can be found with her at the full entry for generation 13 number 59.
iii MARY (MAY)14 GUNN. Was born in 1812 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1853 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN CAMPBELL. He was born about 1815 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. They had four children; Johan, Donald, William, John.
iv CAPT. ALEXANDER14 GUNN was born in 1814 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1900 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. He married MARY INNES CAMPBELL in 1841 in Caithness, Scotland. She was born in 1808 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1864 in Braehour. He was the creator of the 1896 Family Tree. They have descendants, including those alive at the time of writing.
v JEAN (JANE)14 GUNN was born in 1816 in Braehour. She died in 1888 in Newton, Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She married HUGH MACKENZIE. He was born about 1802 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. He died in 1870 in Winless, Caithness, Scotland. Descendants.
vi WILLIAM14 GUNN was born in 1818. He died in 1838. Dwi.
vii MARGARET14 GUNN was born in 1819 in Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1888 in Newton, Watten, Caithness, Scotland. She married JOHN MACKAY in 1860 in Brawlbin. He was born about 1815 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1865 in Newton, Watten, Caithness, Scotland. Probably at leasty one son, Hector.
viii ALEXANDRINA14 GUNN was born in 1825 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1876 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She married DONALD ‘BRAWLBIN & DUNDEE’ GUNN in 1852 in Brawlbin. He was born about 1818 in Brawlbin. He was Governor of the Dundee Poorhouse and Alexandrina was Matron, previously he had been a wine and spirit merchant. He died in 1879 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Descendants.
ix GEORGE14 GUNN?
66.JOHN13 GUNN (John ‘Dalnaha Strathmore & Braehour12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, WilliamMacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in Dalnaglaton, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He died in 1855 in Bualintagle, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. He married BARBARA GUNN. She died before 1855. John Gunn and Barbara Gunn had the following children:
i MARGARET14 GUNN. Dwi.
ii JOHN14 GUNN. Dwi.
67.JOHN ‘DYKE’13 GUNN. (Christian12, Alexander Dalnaglaton and Strathmore11, John of Kinsuer & Guamhay10, George ‘Borrobol’9, John in Navidale of Borrobol8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3,
James2, Coroner1). John Gunn had the following child:
i CATHERINE14 GUNN. She was born about 1817 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland. She died in 1871 in Sutherland. She married JOHN GUNN of Durness in 1836. He was the eldest son of Donald ‘Braehour & Brawlbin’ Gunn (13,65) and Catherine ‘Osclay’ Gunn (12,38). Descendants, but are any alive today? I have traced the line as far as I can but it was a diminishing family. None of the most recently alive had the surname Gunn.
68.REV. ROBERT13 GUNN. (Adam ‘Houstry’12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) was born in 1775. He died in 1860. He married three times. Rev. Robert Gunn had the following children:
i GORDON14 GUNN
ii WILLIAM14 GUNN
iii REV. THOMAS14 GUNN
iv ADAM ‘ASSYNT’14 GUNN
v CECILY14 GUNN
vi MATILDA14 GUNN
vii NANCY14 GUNN
viii MARGARET14 GUNN
ix JANET14 GUNN
69.WILLIAM13 GUNN. (Robert12, William ‘Kinbrace Houstry Dunbeath’11, Adam ‘Kinbrace’10, William ‘Kinbrace’9, Donald ‘Scholar of Kinbrace’8, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1) William Gunn had the following child:
i ADAM ‘DUNBEATH’14 GUNN. Adam had two children – William ‘Clyth’ Gunn and John ‘Latheron’ Gunn. William had a son David born 1830. John had a son Alexander.
70.ROBERT ‘SENNACHY’13 GUNN. (William12, Robert11, William10, Donald9, William of Acheneccan8 Gunn, William Beag7, David6, Unknown MacHamish5, William MacHamish4, William MacHamish Cattaig3, James2, Coroner1). Robert ‘Sennachy’ Gunn may have married twice and may have had the following children, no known order.
i ALEXANDER14 GUNN. Alexander (merchant in Thurso) had two children; Robert ‘London’ Gunn born 1890, dwi, and Isabella Gunn who married WILLIAM MCDONALD, Thurso. Was this the Alexander Gunn ‘merchant in Thurso’ involved in the Chiefship debate of the 1800s and who in the early 1820s was the Treasurer of the ‘Loyal and United Benevolent Society of the Clan Gunn’? See Appendix 3.
ii WILLIAM14 GUNN born 1778 Achaneccan Farm, Kildonan. He died in 1861 in Durness. He married ISABELLA SYME. They had William Gunn ‘Officer’ Durness (and other children) who had William, Factor at Castle Leod.
iii DAVID ‘CATECHIST’14 GUNN. He died in 1827 in Olgrinbeg, Scotland. He married (1) CATHERINE ROSS. Catherine Ross is of interest because she was the daughter of the Rev. Ross and Anne Rose. Anne Rose had been first married to ‘Chief’ Alexander Gunn of Badenloch later Wester Helmsdale (10,19). This makes Catherine Ross a half sister to ‘Chief’ William Gunn and Morrison Gunn (both generation 11). Catherine and David had a son John and a daughter Chirsty (Achreny Mission). She married James Bain. She died 16 July 1900.
iv JAMES14 GUNN and OTHERS.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Hector_Munro,_1st_Baronet accessed 20 August 2018 which probably drew its information from page 84 Alexander Mackenzie, History of the Munros. https://archive.org/stream/historyofmunroso00mack/historyofmunroso00mack_djvu.txt accessed 20 August 2018.
[2] She was dead before her daughter Catherine (9,14) as shown by Catherine’s marriage contract. National Records of Scotland (NRS) GD 84/1/27/7.
[3] NRS GD 84/1/27/7.
[4] Pages 142-143, A. Mackay, The Book of Mackay records that Angus was the fourth child from the first marriage and Christian was the fifth child of the third marriage, being the twelfth child in total.
[5] Date mentioned in NRS GD 84/1/27/7.
[6] Page 163, Thomas Sinclair, The Gunns and the 1896 tree.
[7] There are two main books concerning the Mackay history and genealogy and they offer totally different views about Esther’s marriage. Page 314 of A. Mackay’s The Book of Mackay does not support her marrying Donald Mackay of Skerray. The Book of Mackay records Donald’s marriage to Margaret Munro and the details of their children. It seems unlikely that a second marriage would have been totally missed. However page 572 of Robert Mackay’s History of the house and clan of Mackay, containing for connection and elucidation, besides accounts of many other Scottish families, a variety of historical notices, more particularly of those relating to the northern division of Scotland during the most critical and interesting periods; with a genealogical table of the clan does record Esther’s marriage to Donald Mackay of Skerray with children. So, feel free to make a choice or do more research…
[8] ‘Kinsuer and Guamhay’ are the best that can be read from the 1896 tree. That tree was, as said, created by a direct descendant of this John Gunn.
[9] Dates and children from page 149 Thomas Sinclair The Gunns, and elsewhere.
[10] Burke’s Peerage gives a different descent for Alexander Dalnaglaton; I find its descent highly implausible and this is made clear in the next section where I discuss these lives in detail. Even if Burke’s Peerage was correct it still means lines from him are descendants of the Coroner.
[11] Page 572, Robert Mackay History of the House and Clan of Mackay.
[12] The Australian Prime Minister the 1st Viscount Stanley Bruce CH MC PC 1883-1967 was meant to have a Braehour (Gunn?) connection in his background see page 19 ‘The Brisbane Courier’ 31 March 1927. The 1868-1870 trees suggest that the Gunn family of the well-known Australian author Mrs Aeneas Gunn’s husband descends from this line. Both possibilities deserve further exploration.
[13] The 1896 tree gives a different sequence for the children.
[14] Page 204, Mark Rugg Gunn, Clan Gunn.
[15] For an image of his rope works see https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160891516/view accessed 31 July 2019.
[16] It is possible that there was a ‘Jannet’ Gunn born 20 October 1824, more likely Jannet and Jessie are the same person.
[17] A death note gives Jessie as the ‘eldest daughter’ of George Gunn, Rhives. See http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-alexander-henderson/history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci/page-24-history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci.shtml accessed 4 September 2018.
[18] See http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-alexander-henderson/history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci/page-24-history-of-the-society-of-advocates-in-aberdeen-hci.shtml accessed 4 September 2018.
[19] There is a suggestion that she married JOHN GORDON with at least one child; Jessie Gordon b. 1846, died Campbell Island, Mississippi, USA with descendants. I find this marriage markedly less convincing than the one given in the main text.
[20]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WfEIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA316&dq=gunn+reverend+arthur+dixon&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx_tD7w6HdAhXrAsAKHbGTApE4ChDoAQg7MAQ#v=onepage&q=gunn%20reverend%20arthur%20dixon&f=false accessed 4 September 2018.
[21] Page 6, ‘Leader’, Melbourne, 19 September 1863.
[22] Page 2, ‘Evening News’, Sydney NSW, 23 May 1871.
[23] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cn0aE1nRKrwC&q=elizabeth+sutherland+gunn&dq=elizabeth+sutherland+gunn&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFseGf46HdAhVlOMAKHZoJBiQQ6AEIMDAB accessed 4 September 2018.
[24] For an interesting biography of him see https://www.redriverancestry.ca/GUNN-DONALD-1797.php which also includes his children or http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gunn_donald_10E.html. He has many descendants alive at the time of writing.
[25] For a biography of his son William Gunn J.P. see http://www.cemeterymapping.net.au/Rushworth/Obituaries/William%20Gunn%20November%201921.pdf accesed 5 September 2018.
[26] The 1896 tree. See, as well, pages 175-177, Thomas Sinclair, The Gunns.