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Torquil MacNeill (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall MacNèill) was a mid sixteenth century clan chief. In the sixteenth century, there was a clan of MacNeills centred on the Inner Hebridean island of Gigha. In about 1530, the chief of the clan, Niall MacNeill of Gigha, died without a male heir. While Niall's lands passed to his daughter, the chiefship ...
When Torquil MacNeill was born about 1500, in Taynish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Neill MacNeill MacAychin of Dunworich, was 27 and his mother, Mrs Neill McNeill, was 25. He married Mrs Torquil McNeill about 1539, in Gigha, Argyll, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
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- Mrs Torquil Mcneill
Skene also noted that Torquil was not designated with any property, and supposed that the chiefs of his clan were the hereditary keepers of Castle Sween. Earlier in 1472, a Hector Mactorquill Macneill is recorded as the keeper of the castle, and Skene considered this man to be the first record of a chief of Torquil's clan. [2]
In the mid 16th century, a certain Torquil MacNeill was known as the "chief and principal of the clan and surname of Maknelis". The 19th century scholar W.F. Skene considered Torquil to be the last of the hereditary MacNeill keepers of the castle. Skene believed that after Torquil's demise, the hereditary office passed to the MacMillans. During ...
Apr 29, 2022 · 1728. Age 97. Burial of Torquil Parks MacNeill. Kilkerran Cemetery, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. Genealogy for Torquil Parks MacNeill (1631 - 1728) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- 1631
The earliest records tell us that Torquil McNeill of Taynish and Gigha fought with Alexander, 3rd Lord of the Isles in the battle at Lochabar against King James 1st in 1429. Following the battle, they were imprisoned in Tantallon castle until October 1431. Between 1429 and 1449 Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles granted in heritage ...
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Torquil became keeper of Sween Castle in 1449 but the castle passed to the MacMillans through marriage to a female heiress when the male line failed. Torquil MacNeill had a large number of children who formed many minor branches, creating a complicated genealogy (which the MacNeill children were said to be required to recite backwards every Sunday!).
