Author Topic: MacGregor in Kirkmichael, Banffshire  (Read 19142 times)

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Re: MacGregor in Kirkmichael, Banffshire
« Reply #18 on: Friday 31 October 14 05:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Jeff for the information.. I do not think we relate close, but maybe way back at John Oig Macgregor 1700 or so...You know your tree goes way back... Annie

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Re: MacGregor in Kirkmichael, Banffshire
« Reply #19 on: Friday 05 August 16 14:47 BST (UK) »
There's a pedigree of Kirkmichael  MacGregor's in a publication on the life of  "Willox The Warlock", Gregor Willox MacGregor.  The usual adopted surname subterfuge as the name MacGregor couldn't appear on a legal document.
 Gregor's father Robert had a tack of Gaulrigg in Kirkmichael & Robert's older brother John was forester to Grant of Rothiemurchus. Much intermarriage with Cameron's therein & worth purchasing for the life of the Warlock alone.

 Known for his hunting of witches, curing sick beasts & tracking down thieves with the aid of a magic stone & the bit from a kelpie's bridle. Willox is a  "must"  addition to anybody's family tree. Born in the 1750's & died 1833 & buried at Duthil.  "Willox the movie?"  I shouldn't be surprised!

The book, "Gregor Willox the Warlock," is obtainable from the Aberdeen & North-East Family History Society. Under a tenner from,

http://www. publications@anesfhs.org.uk

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