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Rh {| The dates given are the dates of birth. Of course, they are only approximations. At the same time they can scarcely be over five or ten years astray in any case.
 * | 1
 * | William and Donald
 * | Lachlan
 * | Ewen
 * | 1350
 * | 2
 * | William
 * | Suibhne
 * | Donald Dubh
 * | 1320
 * | 3
 * | Ferchar
 * | Seth
 * | Allan
 * | 1290
 * | 4
 * | William
 * | Leod
 * | Millony
 * | 1260
 * | 5
 * | Gillemichael
 * | Seth
 * | Paul
 * | 1230
 * | 6
 * | Ferchar
 * | Ferchar
 * | Gillepatrick
 * | 1200
 * | 7
 * | Seth
 * | Gilchrist
 * | Gillemartan
 * | 1170
 * | 8
 * | Aigcol
 * | Malcolm
 * | Millony
 * | 1140
 * | 9
 * | Donald
 * | Paul
 * | 1110
 * | 10
 * | Muireach
 * | Gilleroth
 * | 1080
 * | 11
 * | Neil
 * | Suibhne
 * | Gillemartan Og.
 * | 1050
 * | 12
 * | Seth
 * | Gillemorgan
 * | 1020
 * | 13
 * | Nechtan
 * | Gillemartan Mor.
 * | 990
 * | 14
 * | Gillecattan
 * | Gille-ewen
 * | 960
 * }
 * | 12
 * | Seth
 * | Gillemorgan
 * | 1020
 * | 13
 * | Nechtan
 * | Gillemartan Mor.
 * | 990
 * | 14
 * | Gillecattan
 * | Gille-ewen
 * | 960
 * }
 * | 14
 * | Gillecattan
 * | Gille-ewen
 * | 960
 * }
 * }

The first genealogy is the genealogy of the Mackintoshes. It is clearly an old and genuine genealogy. If it were a manufactured article, there would be no blanks between Aigcol and Neil. It will be noticed that the Mackintoshes are not derived from Gillecattan. There is thus, then, no historic ground for concluding that they were of Clan Chattan origin. It is impossible to trace them back farther than Neil, of whose origin we know nothing. Ferchar, son of Seth, appears as a witness in 1234. He was steward or tòiseach of Badenoch, and would be known among the people as Fearchar Tòiseach or an Tòiseach. It is possible, then, that some Mackintoshes have derived their name from him. Malcolm Mackintosh, Callum Beg, must have been born about 1380, and could not appear in a genealogy written in 1385, if his father were living. He was a son of William, son of William,