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YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR
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John MacGregor b. 944 m. Alpina, dau. of Angus, great gra ndson
of Achaius, broth er of King Kenneth The Great. John was a
contemporary of Malcolm II. Slain in batt le 1004. He left Gregor
(ca lled Garbh for stout) who s. ( MacGrego r chiefs line)
Gregor MacGr egor, born 974, styled Laird of Glenurchy, m. dau.
of Campbell of Lochow, father of Gillespie who m. Eva O'Duin
and became Lai rd of Lochow, ancestor of the Dukes of Argyle.
Gregor fought with David I aga inst the Normans and the Danes
1035-1040. H e was a strong supporter of Duncan I, son of Malcolm
III, Kin g of Scotland 1057-1093, and greatly resented the
murder of Duncan I by MacBeth. They had :
1. Sir J ohn MacGr egor, called "forwa rd into battl e" who s.
( MacGrego r chiefs line)
2. Gregor who became Bishop of St. Andrews.
Sir John MacGregor, the eldest son, became Laird of Glenurchy
( dl 113), in the reign of Alexander I (1107-1124) . H e m. an
English Lady of great beauty, who came to Scotland with Margaret
Aethling, Princess of England and m. Malcolm III. Sir John possessed
Royal powers during that reign. One son (Gregor) became
Bishop of Dunk eld, and Lord Chancellor of Scotland 1157. Hi s
eldest son, Sir Malcolm MacGregor s. ( MacGrego r chiefs line)
Sir Malcolm MacGregor (of th e Castles) , Laird of Mac Gregor,
lived durin g the reign of Kin g David I ( 1124- 1153) and died in 1164,
in the reign of King Ma lcolm IV. H e rn. Marj ory, youngest dau .
of William, Lord Lindsay, the first Lord Crawford, and Chief of
the Army, and nephew of the Kin g David. Malcolm was a man of
great physical strength and courage, and distinguished himself
by saving the life of his King on a great hunt, whereupon the
King Knight ed him on th e spot. T his is the story : In the grea t
forest, the King, on hor seback, had cornered a wild boar , and
was the custom, dismounted to give the death stroke in th e throat
with his spear, but he missed the animal. T he infuri ated beast was
gathering himself to charge the defenseless King, when Malcolm
sprang to the rescue. H e pulled up an Oak sapling by the roots,
and holding it between King David and the boar , asked permi ssion
to kill the animal. Th e Kin g replied, "E'en do, and spare not."
Malcolm then killed the boar with his hunting knife.
King David created Malcolm MacGre gor Lord of Glenurchy, and
added to his ancestral bann er- "an oak tr ee eradicated," and the
motto : "E'en do and Spair nocht", Ori ginally the MacGregor
arm s bore a Pin e tree eradicated in bend sinister proper, but since
the episode recount ed above it has born e an Oak tree instead.
Sir Malcolm and Marjor y left three sons :
1. William MacGre gor , fr om whom ar e descended the Mac ­
Gregor chiefs line, s.
2. Gregor MacGregor, Bishop of Inverness, 1314.
3. Achaius MacGregor, from whom descended the MacKays.
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