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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS.<br />

Those also or the surname <strong>of</strong> MACKAY carry bear-heads <strong>of</strong> the same- tincture and<br />

tu Id with the Forbcsses, upon the account they derive their descent from one Alexander,<br />

a younger son <strong>of</strong> Ochomicher, the progenitor also <strong>of</strong> the Forb'-ssc*, who came<br />

from Ireland to Scotland about the end <strong>of</strong> the twelfth century.<br />

The fourth in descent from the abovementioned Alexander, was, Donald oi<br />

Strathnaver, (as by the Manuscript <strong>of</strong> the Family) whose son and successor wu<br />

Y More from him ; begun the surname <strong>of</strong> Mackay, (/.<br />

e. I' bis<br />

sort*), whose greatgrandchild<br />

\\as Angus Mackay, father <strong>of</strong> Y, alias Odo : Mackay He was much in<br />

favour with King James IV. who gave to him the lands <strong>of</strong> Alexander Sutherland<br />

<strong>of</strong> Delred, as by a charter <strong>of</strong> the date 1499, (in<br />

rotulis<br />

"<br />

Juc

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