could only record genealogical details and only fairly recently could I add
biographical details, and Scotland may have been bloodthirsty, it definitely
has an interesting history. Several of the Scottish families are my
favourites, like the Stewarts/Stuarts and Murrays. The Murrays "only"
because they descend from William the Silent
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@SnPoAM_scs.uiuc.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
To: <gen-medieval@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath
Leo van de Pas wrote:
This is what I received
You may have already heard this from someone else. With respect to
Alexander Sutherland of
Dunbeath, there was an extensive article back in 1982 in "The
Genealogist", vol. 3, by Andrew
MacEwen, the "resident expert in all things Scottish" [at least per the
Sage of Salt Lake City!]
which established pretty clearly that Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath
was the 2nd son of Robert,
6th Earl of Sutherland. CP 12.1 as cited by Doug McDonald is apparently
wrong in saying that
Alexander S. of Dunbeath was different from Alexander, called Master of
Sutherland, who died vp.
The confusion apparently arose rose from Alexander being erroneously
called Master of Sutherland
in early pedigrees and thus assumed to be the eldest son of Robert.
So I think your database is right as it is....
I so. Absent actually reading MacEwen's article, I would tend to trust it!
So that answers that; of course, this doesn't get me any more ancestors.
Doug McDonald
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