Alexander Calder

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

Alexander may be the son of Robert Calder of Torris.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/26

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
472

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Alexander married Elizabeth Munro. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh Munro, Of Inveran & Auchness and Christian Gray, of Skibo) was born est 1649 in Inveran, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This person may actually be Isobel who married Alexander, son of Robert Calder of Torris (Deeds 1679).

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/21, Q/26

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
472

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Notes:

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/20, Q/21,
R/2

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
472

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Hugh was born at "Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland".

Hugh married Christian Gray, of Skibo. Christian was born est 1621 in Dornoch, , Sutherland, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian (or Christane) was the daughter of George Gray of Skibo, the Sheriff-Substitute of Sutherland.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/21

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
472

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Christian was born at Skibo Castle.

Notes:

Robert Munro of Assynt, I of Inveran and Auchness was Montrose's 'chief scootmaster' in the Carbisdale campaign of 1650. Robert had three sons in Montrose's army.

He was a member of the Assize held at Inverness on 4 Jun 1616 where John, eighteenth Earl of Sutherland, was served heir to his father, Earl John. He was also a member of an Assize held in the Tolbooth, Inverness in 1630, when the same Earl John was declared lawful heir to the three previous Earls of Sutherland.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/19, Q/20,
R/2

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
61, 470-472

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Robert married Margaret Munro. Margaret (daughter of Robert Munro, XVI of Foulis and Elizabeth Rose) was born est 1593; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret was excluded from succession to Foulis by her uncle as heir male, but as heir to her father and grandfather, she had the lands of Kiltearn from David Bishop of Ross.

References:

(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - Q/20, R/1, R/2

(2) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
61, 472

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA