I5503: Sarah BARNETT (ABT 1840

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Clan Donnachaidh History by James E. Fargo, FSA Scot.
"Who are the Donnachaidhs, the "Children of Duncan"? Their ancestors were known to the Romans as the Kaledonioi, one of the eleven tribes of the northern Pictish nation. The Kaledonioi inhabited that part of Scotland now known as Atholl in Perthshire. One of the first recorded entries on this people occurred in the year 84 A.D., when they fought in the great battle known as Mons Graupius against the Romans.

The Clan Donnachaidh descends from King Malcolm II who reigned from 1005 to 1034 and was the last king in the direct male line to descend from Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Scots and Picts in 843 A.D. and is considered the founder of Scotland. One of Malcolm's three daughters, Bethoc, married Crinan, the secular hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld. Through her, the Abbot's son, Duncan, was installed by Malcolm as the King of Cumbria in 1018."
http://www.robertson.org/long.html

"Born: 954 - Died: 1034 - Marriage: Not Known - Offspring: Bethoc, Donada and another daughter. The title of 'last of the Alpin rulers' fell to Malcolm II, and thankfully for Scotland Malcolm II had more on his mind than blood and war, and by 1034 a true - and well defined Scottish Kingdom had emerged. It might seem by this remark that Malcolm II was completely different to his predecessors, but in fact he wasn't in his early days. He had gained the throne by murdering Kenneth III and his son in the town of Perth. He even tried the usual march south to claim back the southern regions, but was swiftly defeated and forced to return home. So he turned his attention north and tried his hand at the Scandinavians based in Moray. Again he was unsuccessful.

Now rather than war he set about the plans to marry off his daughters to the Scandinavians and at least try and get some kind of foot hold in the north. This was not such a hot idea, and after many 'in-house' fights and battles he once again turned his attentions to the south and Lothian. This time with success.

He regained the lands and struck a bargain with the English that Lothian and south of the Clyde would be his so long as he didn't change the traditions and language of the area. Thus formed the border between Scotland and England again which remains today. As for who was next in line for the crown? Malcolm II sorted that one out for good. He himself had no sons and so he named Duncan - the son of his eldest daughter Bethoc to be king after him, and then proceeded to slaughter the remaining male descendants of Kenneth III.

When Malcolm II finally died in 1035, at the ripe old age of 80 (which was amazing for a king), Duncan was proclaimed King of Alba and inherited the lands from the Tweed in the south, to Moray in the north - and this is where we leave the unflagging efforts of the 'House of Alpin' and what they managed to achieve."

MACKENNETH, Malcolm II King of Scotland Children

"While this King Malcolm, has been identified with Malcolm MacKenneth (grandfather of Duncan), King of Southern Scotland, by Messrs. Skene and Robertson and by all later writers founding on them, there is no certainty that they were the same. In some points the probabilities favor the view taken originally by Mr. Skene in his Highlanders, that the Norse sagas, in their first mention of King Malcolm, really referred to Malcolm mac Maelbrigdi, Mormaor of [p.239]Moray, the "ri" who died in 1029, and who was the ruler of the Scotland best known to Earls Sigurd and Thorfinn. (See "The Norse Sagas," Appendix P.)"

From: CHILDREN OF THE MIST: THE STORY OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS!

The Siol Alpin
In the Highlands of Scotland are SEVEN CLANS that claim descent from the royal line of King Alpin I who was the 28th and last king of the Dalriadic Scots. This Alpinian family, better known as the SIOL ALPIN, is one of the least discussed and more mysterious of the clan alliances in Highland history. The seven families or clans that make up this confederation are the MACNABS, the MACGREGORS, the MACKINNONS, the MACQUARRIES, the GRANTS, the MACAULAYS and the MACFIES.

There has never been a Clan MacAlpin living on its own clan lands, and with its own hereditary chiefs and chieftains. The present-day MacAlpin (with or without the e) almost certainly belongs to one of the above-mentioned clans of the Siol Alpin.

According to Charles MacKinnon:

When the earnest Lowlanders, bent on giving surnames to Highlanders who had no surnames and spoke little English, realized the difficulty of their task, they must soon have discovered that the way to find out the 'name' of a Highlander was to question him about his chief. The clansmen had listened to the bardic recitals of clan genealogy from their earliest childhood, back to the FIRST man to settle on the land (and beyond.) Thus a MacKinnon might say that his chief was the son of Fingon (or Findanus) or he might easily say that he was the son of Alpin ('son' meaning 'House of') — for the early MacKinnon chiefs were all known as So-and-so of the House of Findanus (who gave the clan his name) who was of the House of Alpin (who gave the clan their lands). — Scottish Highlanders, p. 244.

Early Highland histories tended to dismiss the Siol Alpin as a fanciful, if not fictitious, piece of Highland boastfulness and nonsense. The reason for this is quite obvious — they searched the clan histories for the Siol Alpin and found absolutely nothing. They tried to compare it to another great confederation — the Clan Chattan — and could find no similarity. Based on this, they dismissed the Siol Alpin altogether. The evidence for the common descent of these SEVEN CLANS from the House of Alpin is traditional — as is the greater part of Highland history. However, bardic traditions (as we have seen) are far more ACCURATE than the garbled history of the early chronicles written by the Catholic monks. Any historian who summarily dismisses the traditions of a people is simply a FOOL. There is NO DOUBT that these clans shared the same COMMON ORIGIN; and the fact that it was ROYAL is nothing out of the ordinary! Most of the west Highland Celtic clans were CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH BOTH IRISH AND DALRIADIC (ARGYLL) ROYALTY.

The royal House of Alpin, which lasted down to the reign of Malcolm II (1005-34), gave widely separated grants of land to the younger sons of the family, thus keeping them well separated. This old and effective policy of divide and rule prevented the younger sons and their descendants from combining to put one of their number in place of the current ruler. Only a fool allowed younger sons and cousins to congregate together. Because of this policy the seven clans were widely scattered: Three are Hebridean and lived on islands, three are west Highland, and the Grants settled in the other side of Scotland — to the northeast.

According to this arrangement the original MacKinnon lands were in Mull; and from here they spread to Arran and Skye. The Grant lands were in Strathspey and Glenmoriston, while the MacNab lands were in Perthshire on the western shore of Loch Tay. The MacAulays had their seat at Ardincaple in Dumbartonshire; the MacFies in Colonsay, and the MacQuarries had lands in Mull near the MacKinnons. The MacQuarries also owned the island of Ulva, to the west of Mull. The proud MacGregors had a number of possessions, their early principal seat being Glenarchy. They also had estates at Glenstrae, Glenlyon, Glengyle, Glenlochy and Balquhidder — most of which was taken by the Campbells.

The clans of the Siol Alpin share a common plant badge—the pine. The MacFies and the MacKinnons have the same Alpin war cry of "Cuimhnich bas Alpein," meaning "Remember the death of King Alpin." The MacGregors were more boastful, adopting as their motto "S Rioghal mo dhream" — which means "ROYAL IS MY RACE." However, they are not alone in royal ties, nor are the rest of the Siol Alpin clans. From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bbunce77/Misc_Mahaffeys. html

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My Southern Family

Sarah BARNETT

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I5503

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Valentine BURNETT

1788 - ABT Feb 1844

ID Number: I66467

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James DILLARD Sr.

15 Oct 1727 - 24 Aug 1794

ID Number: I89242

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King MALCOM II MACKENNETH of Scotland

0954 - 25 Nov 1034

ID Number: I18488

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ISABEL MONTLHERI

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ID Number: I53863

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Frank PACKER

ABT 1880 - ____

ID Number: I7873

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Elizabeth Allison PENDLETON

27 Dec 1856 - ____

ID Number: I20034

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Sarah PORTER

ABT 1682 - AFT 1722

ID Number: I37942

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My Southern Family

Sarah BARNETT

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I5503

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Valentine BURNETT

1788 - ABT Feb 1844

ID Number: I66467

Notes

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James DILLARD Sr.

15 Oct 1727 - 24 Aug 1794

ID Number: I89242

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King MALCOM II MACKENNETH of Scotland

0954 - 25 Nov 1034

ID Number: I18488

Notes

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ISABEL MONTLHERI

____ - ____

ID Number: I53863

Notes

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Frank PACKER

ABT 1880 - ____

ID Number: I7873

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Elizabeth Allison PENDLETON

27 Dec 1856 - ____

ID Number: I20034

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Sarah PORTER

ABT 1682 - AFT 1722

ID Number: I37942

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