Kintyre People


A genealogical database of individuals who lived in Kintyre during the early modern period, from roughly 1500 CE to 1800 CE.

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McBretnick, Murdoch

McBretnick, Murdoch

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  • Name McBretnick, Murdoch  [1]
    • This surname was anglicized as Galbreath.
    Gender Male
    Residence 1710  Druimyeonbeg, Gigha and Cara parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 3 Jul 1710  Tarbert, Kilcalmonell parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    "Murdoch McBretnick in Drumigheonbeg In Giga Guilty of Burying a Child of his in Linnen Cloath within this year by Confession" 
    Person ID I1454  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2026

    Family  
    Children 
     1. McBretnick, Anonymous   d. bet. January and June 1710, Gigha and Cara parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2026

  • Notes 
    • In 1685, John Roy McVretiny, Malcolme, Donald, and Neill in Leim, Neill elder and younger, and Duncan in Ardmenis, Lauchlan in Margmonagich, Lauchlan, Jon Gruame, and Gilvnive in Druimyeoimore, and Neill in Ardlay, all on the Isle of Gigha, were rebels.

      No further information.

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/10.

    2. [S34] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/10.
      "Murdoch McBretnick in Drumigheonbeg In Giga Guilty of Burying a Child of his in Linnen Cloath within this year by Confession"