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I am trying to locate a 1795 list of officers of the 2nd Battalion of the Royals (which I take to to be the 1st (or Royal) Regiment of Foot).  In that year the subject was resident in St. Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh and was identified as "Mr. James Loch, 2nd Battalion Royals" when he married there (on September 19th) Miss Christian MacFarlane, Gentlewoman, who was a resident in Tron Parish.

Any help will be appreciated.


Thank you,

Terrance   

A distant cousin in the 1800s was in India where he was Private Secretary to The Maharajah of Mysore.  While he was there he married a daughter of Henry Gompertz, M.R.S.

I seem to remember that the "S" in M.R.S. stands for "Survey" and the "M" may be for "Madras" but I cannot recall what the "R" means.  Can anyone save me a trip to the library in the morning?

Terrance
 

Any living descendants?


George MacFarlane, who was born on 30 August 1760 in Scotland, and died there in 1844 at Rosneath in Dunbartonshire (buried North West Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).  He became a merchant-burgess of Glasgow on 11 May 1808, having married Helen Stenhouse.  They had, with three other sons and four daughters of whom nothing is known except that some of them went to South Africa, two sons:

..21a.  John MacFarlane, Esq., R.M. [3rd son?], who was born circa 1810 in Scotland, and in 1850 moved to the Horn of Africa where for many years he was the Resident Magistrate at Estcourt in the Weenan District of Natal.  He married Isabella Margaret Rae (born circa 1835, Middleton Hall, Wooler, Northumberland, England), and had two sons:

....22a.  Lt-Col. George James MacFarlane, C.B., C.M.G, V.D., J.P., who was born on 6 June 1855 in South Africa at Pietermaritzburg in Natal, and died there on 14 September 1933 at his estate of Redlands where he had lived for fifty years.  He was educated at Pietermaritzburg High School and became an accountant and later a soldier, stockbroker, and politician.  George served in the Natal Carbineers and saw action in both the Zulu War and the South African War during the latter of which he was wounded and for his services therein he was created both a Companion of the Order of the Bath and a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1901.  He was elected Mayor of Pietermaritzburg and Chairman of the Provincial Council of Natal, and married (12 July 1887, Natal) his first cousin Miss Maria Mary MacFarlane (see 22b. below), with whom he had three sons:

........23a.  George Keith MacFarlane, who was born circa 1888 in Natal, and was living, unmarried, in South Africa in 1930;

........23b.  [First name?] Walter MacFarlane, who was born circa 1890 in Natal, and died before 1930.

........And,

........23c.  Brian Neil MacFarlane, M.C., who was born circa 1892 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, and was living in South Africa in 1930 where he may have died in 1968.  He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry in action in July 1916 at the Trones Wood in the Somme, France during the First World War.  Brian married twice: first to Marguerite Lovell, by whom he had issue next below; and secondly, as her second husband, to Lilian Florence Creswell, formerly Mrs. Leggat, who survived him [Issue?].  By his first wife he had a daughter:

................24a.  Miss Anne MacFarlane, who was born circa 1920 [Where?].

....And,

....22b.  Lt-Col. Thomas John Malcolm MacFarlane, C.M.G., who was born on 11 July 1859 at Bushman’s River, Weenen County in Natal, and lived in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (in 1930) and later (in 1936) at 34 Eighth Street, Lower Houghton, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.  He was mentioned in despatches and was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George for his service in the Natal Guides during the South African War.  A mining engineer, he married twice: first (1893, Natal) to his first cousin Miss Agnes MacFarlane (see 22c. below) [Issue?]; and secondly to Katherine Jones (born Northamptonshire, England; educated privately; emigrated 1897 to Subie, Lydenburg, Transvaal), by whom he had three daughters:

……..23a.  Miss Marjory Elizabeth MacFarlane,  who was born circa [When and where?].  She married J. Ross, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer of the Langlaagte Gold Mine at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa;

……..23b.  Miss Doreen Mary MacFarlane, who was born circa [When and where?].  She married W. B. Eastwood, a farmer in the northern Transvaal in South Africa.   

……..And,

……..23c.  Miss Patricia Frances MacFarlane, who was born circa [When and where?], and was living, unmarried, in South Africa in 1936. 

..And,

..21b.  The Hon. Walter MacFarlane, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Natal, who was born, as the fourth son, on 6 October 1814 at Crossroads, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and died on 22 October 1891 at Pietermaritzburg in Natal.  He was educated at Glasgow University and articled to a lawyer, but he gave it up to emigrate to the Horn of Africa, arriving in Natal in 1849 where he first farmed near Pietermaritzburg before moving on to the Weenen district.  Besides farming he was also involved in politics, becoming President of the Natal Native Commission and later Speaker of the Legislative Council of Natal.  Walter married (1860, Pietermaritzburg) Miss Janet Lee Campbell, eldest daughter of The Rev. William Campbell, Minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Pietermaritzburg.  They had, with two sons and a daughter of whom nothing is known, two daughters and a son:

....22a.  William Campbell MacFarlane, who was born on 26 December 1862 in Natal, South Africa, and died on 13 October 1928 (buried Wayside Inn Cemetery, Waterval Onder, District Waterval Boven, South Africa).  He married (30 April 1902, Natal) Helen Woolly;

....22b.  Miss Maria Mary MacFarlane, who was born circa 1865 in Natal, South Africa, and died there circa 1932.  She married (12 July 1887, Natal) her first cousin Lt-Col. George James MacFarlane, C.B., C.M.G., V.D., J.P., and had issue (for whom see 22a. above).

....And,

....22c.  Miss Agnes MacFarlane, who was born circa 1870 in Natal, South Africa.  She married (1893, Natal), as his first wife, her first cousin Lt-Col. Thomas John Malcolm MacFarlane, C.M.G. (see 22b. above).


Terrance

 

The barons of Arrochar who became the chiefs of clan Macfarlane descended from the Gaelic earls of Lennox.  A younger son of the 2nd Earl of Lennox was the founder of this family, Gilchrist, whose great-grandson, Parlan, in turn became the name-founder of the clan.  From his son, Malcolm, onwards the surname MacFarlane became fixed.  There are instances of a cadet taking his father's Christian name as surname, such as MacAllan (son of Allan MacFarlane) and Thomson or Thomason (son of Thomas MacFarlane).  Many of the rank and file of the clan took other names designating their vocation, such as Stalker and Miller, while others adopted names from motives of prudence when the clan came into conflict with the authorities.  As a result clan Macfarlane has many associated Sept surnames and some bearing these names were originally Macfarlanes.  From the ancestral lands of Arrochar the Macfarlanes spread throughout the Highlands and to Northern Ireland. Today Macfarlanes are found around the world.

MacFarlanes world-wide are needed to take part in a study of the Y-chromosome which only males carry.  [But please see paragraphs 4 and 5 below.]  Given the nature of Scottish clans all MacFarlane [however spelt] males and all males bearing any of the Sept surnames of the clan are urged to take part in this important project.  It is hoped that the results will reveal the genealogical ties between the chiefs, their cadet houses and the various septs.

The MacFarlane Project aims to find out what DNA says about our ancestry.  Who are we and where did we come from?  We know that our clan chiefs descended from the earls of Lennox but can we confirm that the earls and their ancestors the mormaers of Lennox descended from the kings of Munster?  Do all those with the surname MacFarlane, any variant, have a common ancestor?  Can we identify cadet houses?  Which associated Septs were originally Macfarlanes?  DNA testing will help us find the answers to these questions and more.

Our host lab FamilyTreeDNA.com has the world’s largest yDNA (direct male line ancestry) and mtDNA (direct female line ancestry) database and tests more yDNA markers and mtDNA markers than any other lab in the world, and now they also offer the new autosomal block DNA testing.  What is autosomal block DNA?  It is the DNA found in blocks between the yDNA of your direct male line and the mtDNA of your direct female line, so now any male can test for the full range of his DNA and any female can do the same!  Autosomal block testing will enhance DNA evaluations and provide additional insight into the relationships between individuals with any DNA match (yDNA or mtDNA) up to 6 generations back (and possibly as many as 9) thus better defining branches in a family tree.

Because of the new Family Finder DNA test we can now accept anyone who descends from a MacFarlane (of any variant spelling) or someone with a Sept surname (any variant) within six generations; this overides the old limitation to participation by males only bearing these surnames.  Please check the list below to see if you find your surname there.  To participate meaningfully in this project, you will need to share your ancestry back to the earliest known MacFarlane/etc. in the form of a pedigree chart, family group sheets, or a GEDCOM file.  You do not need to be a member of any of the clan Macfarlane societies in the world to participate, although you may wish to make such an association in order to meet many more of your probable kin.

Project Surnames

Allan, Allanach, Allanson, Allison, Arrell, Arrol, Barclay (in Ulster), Bart, Bartholomew, Bartie, Bartson, Brice, Bryce, Caa, Callander, Caw, Condey, Condeyie, Condy, Cunnison, Galloway (in Stirling), Grassick (in Montrose), Grassie (in Aberdeen), Greusaich, Griesch (in Aberdeen), Gruamach, Kennson, Kinnieson, Kinnison, Knox, Leaper, Lechie, Lennox, MacAindra, MacAllan, MacAllen, MacAndrew, MacAndro (in Dunbarton), MacCaa, MacCause, MacCaw, MacCondey, MacCondeyie, MacCondy, MacEach, MacEachern, MacEoin, MacErrachar, MacErracher, MacFarlan, MacFarland, MacFarlane, MacFarquahar, MacGaw, MacGeoch, MacGilchrist, MacGreusach, MacGreusich, MacInally, MacInnes, MacInnis, MacInstalker, MacIock, MacJames, MacJock, MacKindlay, MacKinlay, MacNair, MacNaiyer, MacNayer, MacNeur, MacNider, MacNiter, MacNoyer, MacNuyer, MacRobb, MacWalter, MacWilliam, McFarlan, McFarland, McFarlane, Michie, Millar, Miller (in Dunbarton), Monach, Monachock, Nacfaire (in France), Parlan, Robb, Smith (in Dunbarton), Spruell, Stalker, Thomason, Thomson, Weaver, Webster, Weir, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wylie, Wyllie.

Please use the link below to learn more:

   www.familytreedna.com/public/MacFarlane

An open appeal for anyone who has access to the 1841 census for Alloa ...

I need a look up for Thomas Gibson, who is said to have been born circa 1780 in Clackmannanshire which may not be accurate, but in any case he should appear with his wife Hannah [Stewart].

Any help in this matter will be appreciated.

Terrance