SCOTLAND: THE MACKAY FAMILY TREE
Research and Introduction prepared by Graham Tate in 1986
The surname "Mackay" is the English equivalent of the Gaelic "Macoidh", Mac meaning "son" and Aoidh derived from Aed, meaning red or the fiery one. (This is Elizabeth Mackay Balderston talking: I attributed my father's, usually a kind and gentle man, temper and dazzling flashes of wit to his being the "son of the fiery one.") The Mackays until about 1700 were from Sutherland, whereas Reverend William Murray Mackay was of the Mackays of Caithness who possibly moved there after the Clearances in Sutherland.
RED, Earl of Moray, 1085
ANGUS, Earl of Moray, 1130
MALCOLM McETH, Earl of Ross, 1166
DONALD MCETH
KENNETH McETH,
ILYE McETH, 1210
ILYE MOR II, Bishop of Caithness, 1265
DONALD III
ILYE IV, 1307
DONALD V, 1370
ANGUS VI, 1403
ANGUS VII DHU: Sisters of Lord of the Isles
NEIL VIII
ANGUS ROY MACKAY IX ILYE RAY MACKAY, 1500
DONALD MACKAY, 1550
ILYE OHU XII Married HELEN MCLEOD
DONALD BALLOCH MACKAY
SIR DONALD MACKAY Married CHRISTINE MONROE
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MACKAY married ELIZABETH CORBETT
REV. JOHN MACKAY, 1677-1758 married CATHERINE MACKAY
ELIZABETH MACKAY married REVEREND ANEAS SAGE 1694-1774
REVEREND DONALD SAGE Married ELIZABETH MACINTOSH
1789-1869
CHRISTIAN Married WILLIAM MURRAY MACKAY
1827-1903 1828-1899
REV.WILLIAM MACKINTOSH MACKAY Married ISABELLE 1865-1947 1878-1953
Their children were:
ISOBEL M REV. JOHN HAMILTON
HELEN M REV ROBERT JOHNSON
NORMAN M ISOBEL
REV. DONALD MACKAY M PEGGY MCCOAKU
1912-
REVEREND DONALD SAGE MACKAY M. HELEN L. SMITH 1863-1908 1861-1910
THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALL BORN IN AMERICA.
THEY ARE LISTED IN MACKAY FAMILY , USA
ISOBEL MACKAY Married REV. DAVID HAMILTON
HELEN MACKAY Married MAURICE TAIT
THEIR CHILDREN ARE:
KENNETH TAIT, 1959; GILLIAN, 1960; GRAHAM TAIT, 1965
REV. DONALD MACKAY M. PEGGY MACASKLE
THEIR CHILDREN ARE: DONALD SAGE MACKAY, 1946
FIONA, 1947; ALISON, 1950 ALAN, 1954
DONALD SAGE MACKAY M. LESLIE WAUGH.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE CAROLINE, 1988; LESLIE; AND SIMON.
FIONA, 1947 M. ALAN SKINNER.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE: WILL AND KATRINA
ALISON, 1950 M. PHILIP BRYCELAND.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE NATHAN, EVAN AND KYLE.
ALAN MACKAY, 1954 M. ISHBEL.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE DONALD SAGE MACKAY,
