McBride - Bumpus Genealogy
Farquharson People
Findla Mor (d.1547)
Findla Mor can be regarded as the first Farquharson. He died while
bearing the royal standard at the Battle of Pinkie, near Musselburgh in
East Lothian.
Beatrix Garden (fl.1550)
The widow of Findla Mor, Beatrice Garden was an acclaimed musician,
known widely for her outstanding ability on the clarsach, a small Celtic
Celtic harp, raising the instrument to a new level of sophistication.
Queen Mary presented her with a specially commissioned clarsach,
which is today kept in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh,
one of only two still surviving.
Anne McKintosh (fl.1745)
‘Colonel Anne’ was the daughter of Farquharson of Invercauld.
Whilst her husband, a Captain, was away leading men for the Hanovarian
army, twenty-year-old Anne rallied the Clan MacKintosh for the Jacobite
cause. At the Battle of Prestonpans her husband Angus was captured.
He was sent home on his word he would not take arms against the Jacobites
for one year. When he arrived home his wife welcomed him saying, ‘Your
servant, Captain’. He famously retorted, ‘Your servant, Colonel’.
Anne was imprisoned for six weeks at Inverness after she was found to
have aided Prince Charles in avoiding capture.
Culloden Moor. Francis Farquharson led his clan in this famous battle
Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie (fl.1746) Francis Farquharson, the Baron
Ban, led the Farquharsons at the Battle of Culloden, his three hundred men
positioned in the centre of the front line. He was captured and taken to
London for execution at the Tower. On the morning of his execution
however he was given a reprieve, along with two other Highland officers.
He remained in prison and was eventually given parole, the condition
being he remained in England. In all it was twenty years before he
would return to Scotland.
http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/
Farquhar Beg (d. date unknown)
Farquhar Beg ( son of Donald Farquharson ) was born in Scotland,
and died date unknown in Scotland.
Farquhar Beg (Gaelic for little), who married into the Chisholm
family of Strath Glass (Strath, valley, of the river Glass.) Erchless
Castle, the family seat, an old baronial mansion situated in a
picturesque locality in Strathglass or "Grey Valley," in Inverness-shire,
is still occupied by the Chisholms.
Farquhar died there at the end of the reign of James III, leaving
a large family, of whom the eldest was Donald Farquharson.
Children of Farquhar Beg and unknown are:
Donald Farquharson, b., Scotland, d. date unknown, Scotland.
Donald Farquharson ( son of Farquhar Beg ) was born in Scotland,
and died date unknown in Scotland. He married Isabel Stewart.
Donald Farquharson, who married Isabel, the only child of Duncan
Stewart, commonly called Duncan Downa Dona, of the fmaily of Mar,
and obtained by her the lands of Invercauld and Aberarder in 1520.
He also gained considerable favors for faithfull services rendered
to the Crown. His son and successor was Findlay (Gaelic Fionn-laidh).
Children of Donald Farquharson and Isabel Stewart are:
+ Findla Mor, b. 1512, Near Edinburg, Scotland, d. 10 Sep 1547,
d. 10 Sep 1547, At the Battle of Pinkie.
Married: (1) Reid (2) Beatrix Gardyn
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/l/f/Steven-R-Alford/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0032.html
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, sometimes known as
the Battle of Pinkie,
took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of
the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland.
Commonly called Findla Mor or Great Findla. He was killed at the battle of Pinkie, 1547, while bearing the Royal Standard of Scotland.
Findla Mor (b. 1512, d. 10 Sep 1547)
Findla Mor (son of Donald Farquharson and Isabel Stewart) was born
1512 in Near Edinburg, Scotland, and died 10 Sep 1547 in At the Battle
of Pinkie. He married (1) Reid. He married (2) Beatrix Gardyn.
Commonly called Findla Mor, or Great Findla, from his great size and
strength, was killed at the battle of Pinkie September 10, 1547, while
bearing the Royal Standard of Scotland, and was buried in the Inveresk
churchyard, near Edinburg. By his first wife, a daughter of Baron Reid,
of Kinkardine Stewart, he had four sons, who took the name of Mac Ianla,
the name being derived from Finlay, the Gaelic form of which is Fionn-laidh.
The form Mac Fhionn-laidh (meaning son of Findlay), being pronounced as
nearly as English spelling can show it---Mac-ion-lay, or Mach-un-la.
The 2nd wife of Findla Mor was Beatrix Gardyn, of Balchorie, by whom
he had seven sons who retained the name of Farquharson. From the sons
by his 1st wife sprang the Clan Fhinla, or MacKinlay, which was so closely
allied to Clan Farquharson that they adopted the same war cry and badge.
The MacKinlay Suaicheantas, or badge, is Lus-nam-ban-sith, the foxglove.
The old motto of the clan was "We force nae friend, we fear nae foe."
The MacKinlay tartan, or plaid, is the same as that of the Farquharsons,
excep the yellow lines are replaced by red lines.
This is where all the hard work of our Aunt Marg begins. All of her
research led to Findla Mor, unfortunately she did not get any further back
than that. Thanks to the world of computers and the Internet, I was able
to take it back another 500 years.
All my research is from documentes written by various genealogist. Some
of this research conflicts with what Aunt Marg found. Basically there were
a few missed generations and confused titles, but basically the same.
Children of Findla Mor and Beatrix Gardyn are:
+William MacKinlay, b. 1536, Scotland, d. Bet. 1603 - 1625, Scotland.
Battle of Pinkie - Ferquarson People