Kintyre People


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

First Name Last Name
McNachtan, Neil elder

McNachtan, Neil elder

Male


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  • Name McNachtan, Neil  [1]
    Suffix elder
    Gender Male
    Residence 1710  Gartvaigh, Southend parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 14 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    "Neil McNachtan elder in [Ga]rtvay guilty of killing of ane black Fish harvest last by his Confession" 
    Person ID I814  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • 9 Sep 1687 - Rental of Patrick McNachtane, tacksman of lands in the parish of Kilcolmkill. The lands of Kerramenoch (Keramenach) and Gartvaich (Gartvaigh) in the parish of Kilcolmkill. SC54/20/8/11/19

      In 1691, Patrick McNauchtane in Gartevaigh received a tack to Kerromenach & Gartevaigh.

      In 1692, Patrick and Neill McNachtan were listed as fencible men in Kilcolmkill, Gartvaich and Lepenstra.

      In 1694, Patrick, Thomas, and Neill McNauchtan occupied three hearths in Gartvay.

      Angus Martin claimed that there were McNaughtons in Gartvaigh from at least 1505 until c. 1815. See KF, p. 388.

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/6.

    2. [S13] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/6.
      "Neil McNachtan elder in [Ga]rtvay guilty of killing of ane black Fish harvest last by his Confession"