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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McAlester, Charles

McAlester, Charles

Male - 1785


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  • Name McAlester, Charles  [1]
    Gender Male
    Death bef. 25 June 1785  [2] 
    Person ID I817  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2026

    Father McAlester, Mathew   d. 1768, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Russell, Anonymous
    Family ID F141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Charles' father, Matthew, divided the remainder of his estate between his natural son, Charles McAlester, and his nephew, Charles McNeill, the son of his sister, Ann McAlester, and her spouse, Lauchlan McNeill of Kilchreist.

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Register of Deeds, (National Records of Scotland), D2-204, 544–548.
      In his Trust Disposition, Matthew left £50 to an unnamed cousin, the son of his uncle, Alexander McAllister, tacksman in Arran; £50 to his neice, Isobell McNeill, the daughter of Lachlan McNeill of Kilchrist; £50 to his niece Ann McNeill, the daughter of Lachlan McNeill of Kilchrist; £20 to Robert Campbell, advocate, £10 to Duncan Macdonald, writer in Edinburgh; the remainder of his estate in liferent to his sisters Isobell and Jean, and after their deaths to be shared between his son Charles McAlester and his nephew Lachlan McNeill.

    2. [S28] CS228/MC/5/66, 1.
      "George by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part con[junct]ly and se[ver]ally specially constituted Greeting Whereas it is humbly meant and shown to us by Our Lovite Mrs. Jean McAlister residing in Edinburgh the only sister now surviving of the deceased Mathew McAlister Merchant in Edinburgh. Executive qua nearest in kin decerned and confirmed to the now deceased Isobel McAlister her sister german and disponee and executrix of Charles McAlister natural son of the said Mathew McAlister also now deceased."