Capt. Robert MacNab, 2nd of Dundurn, Perthshire, Scotland

Male Abt 1740 - Abt 1785  (~ 45 years)


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  • Name Robert MacNab  [1
    • Among the many lands owned or protected by the Fletchers, MacNabs and related clans, Ardbrecknish (Ardvrecknish), Argyllshire, Scotland (today in the United Kingdom), lies along the south shore of Loch Awe, the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, some distance to the northeast of Glasgow. As one leaves Loch Awe to the north, following along the River Orchy, the Bridge of Orchy is found lying just south of the much smaller Loch Tulla. Nestled just a little north of Loch Tulla is Achallader. And almost due east of Ardbrecknish is Loch Earn, with Ardvorlich on its south shore and Dundurn to the east. Southward lies Callander near Loch Venachar, to the east of which one finds Drumvaich, Doune and Dunblane.

      Modern communities of the area with interactive map: Loch-Awe.Com
    • Royal Forester of Glenartney. Captain in the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch).
    Title Capt. 
    Suffix 2nd of Dundurn, Perthshire, Scotland 
    Born Abt 1740  Glendochart, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1785 
    Buried Clan MacNab Burial Grounds, Killin, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in the traditional burial ground reserved for the chiefs of Clan MacNab.
    Person ID I9279  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2021 

    Father Robert MacNab, 1st of Dundurn, Perthshire, Scotland,   b. 06 Jul 1710 
    Notes 
    • (Janet as mother?)
    Family ID F26713  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Stuart 
    Married
    • "He was known to have another wife or mistress before Jean Stewart. Burke's calls her Mary Stuart with unknown parents."
      —A quote from someone's family tree, alluding to a source. I have not seen this source reference.
    Children 
    +1. Flora MacNab,   b. 1761,   d. 1819, Glen Orchy, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +2. Lt. Allan MacNab,   b. 1768, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 May 1811, Fuentes d'Onoro, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F2102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jean Stewart, of Ardvorlich,   b. Abt 1748, Balimeanach, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 15 Nov 1771  Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Note: Previously, Flora MacNab and Lt. Allan MacNab were incorrectly shown on this site as children of Robert & Jean Stewart MacNab.
    Children 
     1. Capt. James MacNab
     2. Capt. Robert MacNab
    Family ID F26856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    MacNab  Tartan
    MacNab Tartan
    Excerpt: The Scottish Clans and their Tartans

    Histories Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell - (PDF 39MB)
    Compiled by Jesse Howell Finch - Public Domain (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S18785] The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell 1867-1949 of Elmira New York.
      Relatives of Flora McNab wife of Archibald Fletcher are given in detail in the Fletcher Sketch but her father is not named. It is stated here that Alan MacNab (1798-1862) later Sir Alan MacNab, (Premier of Canada) was the son of Flora's father, and that he and Flora's grandsons (John Fletcher, eldest, was born 1796/7) went to John Strachen's school in Toronto.
      The ancestry of Sir Alan McNab is found in Edinburgh in his registry of a coat-of-arms. Dated 1 March 1847 he stated he was the eldest son of Lieut. Alan MacNab of the 71st and 3rd Regiments, Principal and Aide-de-Camp of Gen. Simcoe (first Grnor of Canada); that his mother was Anne Napier; that Lieut. Alan was the eldest son of Captain Robert MacNab of Dundurn, Perthshire of the 42nd, Royal High Regt. and a cousin german (first cousin) of John MacNab of MacNab of that ilk (same family) the Chief of the Clan (XVth Chief)".


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