Bencher, Inverness-shire ..Where is it?

[woodvillecaz]

Can anyone tell me where Bencher was (or still is) in 1700? It is somewhere in Inverness-shire? Looked it up and there seems to be a link to Kingussie, and a chapel there but not sure if this is the same place.
Thanks.

[MonicaL]

Hi woodvillecaz

What is your reference to Bencher? Is it referred to in a document for example and in what context?

Monica 

[woodvillecaz]

Hi MonicaL,
I saw in someone's family tree that our common ancestor was from there. Haven't seen the actual document myself though.

[J11]

There is a Glen Banchor and a Banchor Mains Farm in the parish of Kingussie and Insh according to Scotland's Places.

[woodvillecaz]

Hi J11,
Thanks for that I will investigate that area. Still need to locate the documents myself to verify they are our relatives because the later ancestors were from Black Park/Muirton/Scorguie just outside Inverness so wondering how they got from Kingussie to there.
Thanks again.

[Skoosh]

Train from Kingussie.    This is on the main Perth to Inverness road, before the railway there was a stagecoach, in fact the last of these in Scotland ran between the Duke of Gordon Hotel in Kingussie & Tulloch Station on the West Highland line, around the start of the Great War. Inverness, the county town, is exactly where Kingussie folk would drift to for work.

Banchor (pro' banacher) will be right. The Clan Macpherson Museum in Newtonmore, might be worth a try.

Skoosh.

[woodvillecaz]

Thanks Skoosh,
Will have a look into the museum. Thanks for your help and info on routes between the two places.

[larkspur3]

Is the family name Macpherson? Benchar is the seat of an important line of the Macpherson clan. It's also spelled Banchor. Just up the Spey from Kingussie. The Clan Macpherson Museum will have lots of info.

[woodvillecaz]

Hi Larkspur 3,
The name is McRae and there are Shaws and McLeans in the tree too. Will definitely have a look in the museum sometime.
Thanks,
Woodvillecaz.