Donald Macaulay, 1560–1640?> (aged 80 years)
- Name
- Donald /Macaulay/
- Given names
- Donald
- Surname
- Macaulay
- Nickname
- Dòmhul Cam
- Also known as
- Dòmhnall /Cam/
- Also known as
- Domhul MacDhoughail /MacAmhlaidh/
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Death of a father
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Cause: Died in an attack on Stornoway Castle |
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Note: There is also a tradition that maintains he married a Macdonald of Grimersta, one of the clans 'inserted' between the Macaulays in Uig and the Morrisons in the north, to create a buffer zone between them and diffuse their constant warring. |
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1530–1600
Birth: 1530
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— Uig, Isle of Lewis, Ross-shire Death: 1600 — Uig, Isle of Lewis, Ross-shire |
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Marriage | Marriage — — |
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Marriage | Marriage — July 26, 1610 — |
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1590–1645
Birth: 1590
30
— Brenish, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Ross-shire Death: May 9, 1645 — Auldearn, Nairnshire, Scotland |
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Marriage |
There is also a tradition that maintains he married a Macdonald of Grimersta, one of the clans 'inserted' between the Macaulays in Uig and the Morrisons in the north, to create a buffer zone between them and diffuse their constant warring. |
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His by-name Cam ("squint") is said to originate from a quarrel with an Gobha Ban, the smith at Kneep, during which the smith put out one of Donald's eyes with a red-hot poker. |
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Occupation: Renegade |