Kintyre People


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McNeill, Torquil of Ugadale

McNeill, Torquil of Ugadale

Male 1653 - 1728  (75 years)


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  • Name McNeill, Torquil  [1]
    Suffix of Ugadale
    Birth abt. 1653  Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Community-wide Assize Trial 7 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Juror 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 14 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Juror 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 27 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    "Torquill McNeill of Uggadill Guilty of Burying a still born Child of his in Linnen Cloath eighteen months agoe by Confession" 
    Death 1728  Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial 1728  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I308  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2026

    Family 1 Colquhoun, Jean
    Children 
     1. McNeill, Anonymous
     2. McNeill, Anonymous
     3. McNeill, Anonymous
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2026

    Family 2 McKay, Barbara of Ugadale
    Notes 
    • The identity of the child buried in linen in December 1708 is unknown, but given the later date, he or she was likely the child of his second wife, Barbara McKay, rather than his first wife.

      Included with the assize record is a memorial stating that his wife had been pregnant for five months and “that [th]e birth was not tymelie and that the birth was in peenes to the great Danger of the mo[the]r.”

      This note was undoubtedly written in response to the 1690 statute titled “Act anent murdering of children,” which states that if a woman concealed her pregnancy and didn’t call for assistance during the birth, she could be held liable for murder if the child died or went missing.
    Children 
    +1. McNeill, Neil of Ugadale
     2. McNeill, Daniel
     3. McNeill, Charles
    +4. McNeill, Hector
     5. McNeill, Margaret
     6. McNeill, Mary
    +7. McNeill, Elizabeth
     8. McNeill, Isobel
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2026

  • Notes 
    • Torquill McNeill was the son of Lachlan Buidhe McNeill and his first wife, Mary McNeill, d/o of McNeill of Carskey. He assumed the estate of Ugadale upon his marriage to Barbara McKay of Ugadale.

      According to the Tirfergus genealogy, he was first married to Jean Colquhoun by whom he had two sons who died in the army and another child who died young.

      Torquil married second Barbara McKay. They were the parents of the following children:
      1) Neill of Ugadale who married Margaret Crawford and had three sons, John, Charles, and Hector
      2) Donald (or Daniel) died abroad
      3) Charles died abroad
      4) Hector married Elizabeth Campbell, the daughter of Cuthbert Campbell merchant in Boston. They have one son named Neil and a daughter named Betty.
      5) Margaret
      6) Mary
      7) Elizabeth married John McVicar Minister of Kildalton in Islay
      8) Isobel

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/5.

    2. [S17] Monumental Inscriptions.
      Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. Kilkerran Cemetery, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. [1728]
      McNeal, Torquill. Photo added by "Pixturmn." Memorial: 210870170. https://www.findagrave.com/ :
      accessed 7 October 2026.

    3. [S13] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/6.

    4. [S31] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/9.
      "Torquill McNeill of Uggadill Guilty of Burying a still born Child of his in Linnen Cloath eighteen months agoe by Confession"

    5. [S17] Monumental Inscriptions.
      "Torquillus Mcneal
      de Ugadale ..."
      Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. Kilkerran Cemetery, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. [1728]
      McNeal, Torquill. Photo added by "Pixturmn." Memorial: 210870170. https://www.findagrave.com/ :
      accessed 7 October 2026.