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1. MALCOLM1 MACNIVEN was born ABT 1715 in CARGOSTAN, ISLAY,
HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND.
Notes for MALCOLM MACNIVEN:
New York, as quoted in Nevin Genealogica, as well as in the unpublished manuscript of Bessie C. Niven, his cousin:
'The home of the Niven family, Islay or Isla, the ancestral home of our branch of the family is the most southwestern in the inner group of islands lying off the western coast of Scotland, known as the Hebrides. . . . The earliest ancestor of the MacNiven family
that I have been able to unearth was Malcolm MacNiven of Cargostan, Islay. Just when he was born is a matter of uncertainty but probably about 1715. He was a man well to do for those days being a raiser of horses and cattle. The name of his wife is unknown to
me. They had four sons, Daniel, Duncan, Archibald and Neil. Possibly there was a fifth one. '
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Children of MALCOLM MACNIVEN are:
2. i. DUNCAN2 MACNIVEN, b. Cargostan, Scotland.
3. ii. DANIEL MACNIVEN, b. 1742, Cargostan, Islay; d. 1809.
iii. ARCHIBALD MACNIVEN.
4. iv. NEIL MACNIVEN.
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