Iye Mac Eth

There is listed another family with two children with the same names as follows By Scottish peerage pg. 158 he is Iye MacEth, who became chamberlain to Walter de Baltrodi, a canon, and afterwards confirmed Bishop of Caithness in 1263." By a daughter of said Bishop he had a son

Iye Mor, who obtained from the Bishop of Caithness, his maternal grandfather, twelve davachs of land in Durness, * as the Lord Rea his old evidents doe testifie. He was succeeded by his son

Donald, who married a daughter of Iye MacNeil of Gigha, an island lying between Kiutyre and Islay. By her he had a son

Iye, who had a bloody and protracted feud with William, Earl of Sutherland. Wlien at last the matters in dispute were submitted to arbitration about 1370, and a court had assembled at Dingwall for the purpose, Iye and his eldest son were murdered' during the night within the castle

the HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY...;ROBERT MACKAY; 1829. pg. 44-48, 557-578 differs on the ancestry of Donald which can be found under his profile on the link above

Iye Mac Eth   Birth: 1208 Scotland Death: 1268 (60) Scotland  who married Conchar MacKay (de Baltrodi) and iye  is said to be son of   Kenneth Mac Eth and ? Mac Eth 

Scottish Peerage pg. 158 gives him as Iye MacEth, who became chamberlain to Walter de Baltrodi, a canon, and afterwards confirmed Bishop of Caithness in 1263." By a daughter of said Bishop he had a son

• * Iye Mor who had a son
  • *Donald, who married a daughter of Iye MacNeil of Gigha who had a son
    • * Iye who had a son Donald], murdered at Dingwall along with his father, left issue 4 sons of whom was:
      • *Angus, of whom follows.

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another source lists as follows:

• * Iye Mor who had a son
  • *Donald, who married a daughter of Iye MacNeil of Gigha who had a son
    • * Iye who had had issue :
      • 2. Farquhar
      • 3. Mariota.
      • 1. Donald, murdered at Dingwall along with his father, left issue 4 sons of whom was
        • Angus, of whom follows.

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Mackay 1: Mackay of Farr, Mackay of Strathnaver

1 TSP Mackay refers to a common ancestry with the family of Forbes. According to TSP Forbes, this may have been through O'Connor of Ochonochor a temp Malcolm Canmore who r. 1058-1093 whose 3 sons were progenitors of the Forbeses, the Urquharts and the Mackays.

We hope to show the connection in due course, purely 'for fun' of course as, in practice, reliable pedigrees for all 3 families can be traced no further back than the 13th century. [As reported on Macgregor1, Douglas's 'Baronage of Scotland' refers to a claim that the Mackays were an early branch of the Macgregors. Such was probably a conceit of an early Macgregor historian.]

2 According to TSP, the first of the family to settle in Strathnaver was ...

• Iye MacEth b about 1220 a c1260, chamberlain to Walter de Batrodie, Bishop of Caithness m _ dau of Walter de Batrodie, Bishop of Caithness
• 1. Iye Mor Mackay b about 1250
• A. Donald Mackay b about 1280
• m _ MacNeil dau of Iye MacNeil of Gigha
• i. Iye Mackay b about 1310 d 1370
• a. Donald Mackay b about 1330 d 1370
• 1 Angus Mackay b about 1350
• m _ Macleod dau of Torquil Macleod of the Lews
• A Angus Du Mackay of Strathnaver b about 1370 d 1433
• m1 before 08.10.1415 Elizabeth Macdonald sister of Donald, Lord of the Isles
• i Neil 'Vass' Mackay of Strathnaver b about 1400 a 1437
• m ?? Munro dau of George Munro of Fowlis by Isobel Ross
• a Angus Roy Mackay of Strathnaver b about 1430 d c1486
• m ?? Mackenzie dau of Mackenzie of Kintail
• 1 Ive Roy Mackay b about 1460 d 1517
• m/p. _ O'Beolan dau of Norman O'Beolan, son of Patrick of Carloway
• A John Mackay of Strathnaver b about 1495 d c1529 m Margaret Fraser dau of Thomas, Lord Lovat probably wife of John and mother of ...
• i daughter m Hugh Moray of Aberscross
• ii Margaret Mackay m Walter Murray of Polrossie
• B Donald Mackay of Strathnaver b about 1500 d 1550 m Helen Sinclair dau of Alexander Sinclair of Stemster
• i Iye Du Mackay of Farr b about 1530 d 1572 m1/p. Helen Macleod dau of Hugh Macleod of Assynt below Dispensation for this marriage to his cousin was not obtained so the issue were deemed illegitimate.
• a John Beg Mackay d 1579
• b Donald Balloch Mackay of Scoury or Scourie m Euphemia Munro dau of Hugh Munro of Assint
• m2 Christina Sinclair dau of Sinclair of Dun
• c Huistean Du Mackay of Farr b c1562, d 11.09.1614 m1 div Elizabeth Sinclair dau of George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness m2 12.1589 Jane Gordon dau of Alexander Gordon, Earl of Sutherland
• d William Mackay, 1st of Bighouse b about 1563 d 1612 m Isabella Mackenzie dau of Rorie Mackenzie of Ardfalie
• e Eleanor Mackay m Donald Bane Macleod of Assynt
• f Jane Mackay m Alexander Sutherland of Beridale
• g Barbara Mackay m Alexander Macdavid of Clan Gunn
• ii daughter b about 1532 m John Mackay of Aberach
• iii Florence Mackay b about 1534 m Neil Macleod of Assynt
• C Angus Mackay b about 1500 d before 1511
• D daughter b about 1500 m Hugh Macleod of Assynt
• i Neil Macleod
• ii Helen Macleod m Iye Du Mackay of Farr d 1572 above
• E daughter b about 1503 m Alexander Sutherland b 1491, d 1519/20, son of John, 8th Earl of Sutherland
• 2 John Riavach Mackay b about 1462 d Flodden 1513
• 3 Neil Naverach Mackay b about 1563 m _ Sutherland dau of Hutcheon Sutherland of Croystoun
• A John Mackay of Croystoun
• 4 daughter m Hector Mackenzie of Auchterneed
• 5 daughter m _ Sutherland of Dirlot
• b John Roy Mackay
• 1 William Reed Mackay
• c Elizabeth Mackay m John Ian Mac-gill-eoin of Lochbuy a chieftain of Maclean m2 ?? Macdonald dau of Alexander Macdonald of Keppoch, brother of Donald of the Isles
• ii Ian Aberach Mackay ancestor of the Aberach Mackays
• m _ Macintosh dau of _ Macintosh of Mcintosh Not known by which wife were ...
• iii+ other issue - Roderick, William, Angus
• B Rorie Gald Mackay d Dingwall 1411
• 2 Neil Mackay 4th son
• A Neil Mackay
• i Paul Mackay ancestor of the Polson Mackays
• 3+ other issue - Huistean Du, Martin in Galloway
• b. Farquhar Mackay of Melness a 1380, physician to King Robert II
• c. Mariota Mackay

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p. Alexander Stewart, Lord of Badenoch

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Iye Mor MACKAY [4623]

• ABT 1230 - ____
• BIRTH: ABT 1230, of Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland [4622]
• Father: Iye or Hugh) MAC ETH (Mackie)
• Family 1 : Conchar BALTRODI
• MARRIAGE: 1263, of Caithness, Scotland
• Donald MACKAY
• +Gilcrist Mac Ymar MACKAY

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                                _Hugh (Mackie) MAC ETH _+

                               | (1165 - ....) m 1190   

_Iye or Hugh) MAC ETH (Mackie)_| | (1200 - ....) m 1229          | |                               |_ M'CAY ________________+ |                                 (1175 - ....) m 1190    |

|--Iye Mor MACKAY | (1230 - ....) | ________________________ | | |_______________________________|

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[4623] FHL "The Mackays of Strathnaver," pg 305a; The Book of McKee pg 281 - 1263 became chamberlain to the Bishop of Caithness, Walter de Batrodi and married his daughter; temple dates from Ordinance Index which gives birth as 1241; redone with birth date 1263 - 21 Aug 1991, 23 Nov 1991, and 4 Feb 1992 Seatt

Blackcastle Manuscript p 7 states: "Hugh Mackay, the eldest son [of Hugh], succeeded his father and lived in the Reign of King Alexander III, and from his great size and portly figure was called Hugh More Mackay."