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222 Edward Island, with his family, in 1802. He purchased a farm of 800 acres at Vernon River in 1803 and settled on it. He died about 1825. Gailleon, his second son, married a daughter of Hector Og Macneil in Ensary, and had two sons, James and Roderick. Lachlan, third son of Roderick of Brevaig, enlisted in the army at Quebec, and died unmarried.

Rory Og, eldest son of Roderick of Brevaig, was born in Barra in 1777. He taught school for several years. He received 200 acres of his father’s land and gave up school teaching. He was for some time a member of the House of Assembly. He was a well-educated and intelligent man, and was highly respected for his good sense and manliness. He married in 1811 Catherine MacEachern, by whom he had Margaret, Roderick, Marjory, Lachlan, Catherine, Janet, Ann, and Donald. He died in 1850. Roderick, his eldest son, died unmarried about 1851. Donald, his youngest son, also died unmarried. Lachlan, his second son, succeeded General Macneil as chieftain of the Macneils of Barra.

IV. Donald, third son of Roderick of Barra and Isabel Macleod, was tacksman of Vatersay. He married a daughter of Norman Macleod of Greshornish, by whom he had at least two sons. His eldest son, whose name was probably Roderick, succeeded him in Vatersay. There are two poems by Macneil of Vatersay in Ranald Macdonald’s Collection. It is pretty certain that they were composed, not by Donald, but by his eldest son, whose maternal uncle was a man of good poetic ability. Donald’s eldest son died at a comparatively early age, and apparently unmarried.

Angus, second son of Donald of Vatersay, was born about 1728 and graduated at the University of Aberdeen in 1747. He was ordained to the ministry, and inducted into the pastoral charge of South Uist in 1756. He was translated to the parish of Barra in 1771. He was tutor to Roderick Macneil, son and heir of the Roderick who was killed at Quebec. He married Ann, daughter of the Rev. William Macleod of Bracadale, and had one son, Donald. He died in 1773. Donald, his son, died at Jersey without issue in 1724.