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MacFarlane Line – Deep Ancestry

Neil McFarlane

b. 1742

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Kyle DerryWyn DerryBeverly J. (Hartle) DerryCatherine A. MacKinnon HartleJohn MacKinnonNeil Chambers McKinnonChristina McFarlaneNeil McFarlane

Life

Neil McFarlane is your 5× great-grandfather on the Christina McFarlane side of the MacKinnon line. Born in 1742 on the Isle of Tiree, Argyll, he married Marion McLean (also from Tiree) and together they had a daughter Christina McFarlane (b. 1802, Kilkenneth, Tiree). The McFarlane (MacFarlane) name comes from a powerful Highland clan — Clan MacFarlane of Loch Lomondside — though many McFarlane families spread throughout the islands and Argyll in the 18th century. Tiree is one of the flattest and most fertile islands in the Hebrides, historically known for its agricultural communities.

Timeline

  1. 1742
    Born1742 — Isle of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland

Claims in the record

1742 — Isle of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland
Marion McLean (b. 1769, Tiree)
Christina McFarlane (b. 1802, Kilkenneth, Tiree)
Clan MacFarlane — Argyll and Loch Lomondside
Confirmed via descendant genealogy records

Sources

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Confirmed via descendant genealogy records

Research next

Search Scottish Old Parish Registers for Tiree (Kirkapol / Kilchoman parishes) in the 1740s for Neil McFarlane's baptism. The OPR for Tiree is partially digitized on ScotlandsPeople — search for McFarlane entries 1740–1805.