Search found 2 matches

by George H Macdonald
Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: Ancestral Search
Topic: Iain Liath/MacIain Leith/McEan Lea - MacLeay
Replies: 5
Views: 14503

Re: Iain Liath/MacIain Leith/McEan Lea/McLea/McLey - MacLeay

Donald, Your suggestion that the Kilmorack McLeas may have some connection to the Contin MacLeays is certainly worth looking at. I think it can be accepted that the McLeays came into Contin/Strathconon at an early date and the earliest recorded spelling of the name as M’Conleif, would suggest their ...
by George H Macdonald
Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:20 pm
Forum: Ancestral Search
Topic: Iain Liath/MacIain Leith/McEan Lea - MacLeay
Replies: 5
Views: 14503

Iain Liath/MacIain Leith/McEan Lea - MacLeay

I hope you will forgive someone from another clan intruding on your forum but perhaps you will find the following information interesting. Several years ago, when I was researching my Macdonald family roots in the Parish of Kilmorack, Inverness-shire, a couple of my cousins [1st and 4th] independent...