MacKinnon Line — Link to Donald Disputed
Mary Kennedy
b. 1765
Needs research
Life
Mary Kennedy is named in the 1873 death record of Donald Mackinnon at Torrin, Strath, Skye, as the mother of the deceased and wife of John Mackinnon, a crofter. An earlier version of this archive made her the mother of Donald McKinnon of Tiree after FamilySearch's tree merged two men named Donald; the Tiree Donald's 1790 baptism names only his father, John McKinnon. Kennedy families do appear on Tiree in later records (an Archibald McKinnon was christened there in 1796 to John McKinnon and Flora Kennedy), but none is shown to be this woman. Kept as an unattached entry.
Timeline
- 1765Born1765 — Strath, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Claims in the record
1765 — Strath, Inverness-shire, Scotland
John MacKinnon (b. 1765, Strath)
Donald Mackinnon of Strath (b. about 1790; d. 6 Jan 1873) — and possibly, unproven, the Tiree Donald McKinnon christened 1790
Kennedy — popularly derived from Scots Gaelic 'Ceannaidheach' (unverified)
Compiled descendant genealogy records; no parish register entry has been seen
No Kennedy of any spelling appears in the 1776 or 1779 Tiree name lists, so a Tiree birth in 1765 is unlikely. This is consistent with her coming from elsewhere; where is not yet known.
John Mackinnon (a crofter) and Mary Kennedy are named as parents in the 1873 death record of Donald Mackinnon at Torrin, Strath, Skye (aged 83; wife Christy, whose parents were Angus Mackinnon and Catherine Robertson). FamilySearch's tree merged that man with the Tiree Donald McKinnon (christened 1790), which is where this couple came from. They are probably the parents of the Strath Donald, not of ours. Kept as an unattached family.
Places
Sources
Probable
Compiled family genealogy (not independently confirmed; no parish register entry seen)
Research next
See John MacKinnon's entry. The Strath death record can be checked on ScotlandsPeople (Strath, 1873).