1954 - Special Collections

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YEAR BOOK AlIIERICAN CLA N GREGOR SOCIETY
twice. Thi s John of Glenstr ae became the 13th Chief in the
Hereditary line of ollr present e llief-Sir Malcolm Mac­
Gregor, of MacGregor. Th e continuation of this broth er's
line will fottow in PART T wo.
3. Gillespie, 3rd son, was the Crui ter or Harper. He was the
bard of the Clan-wrote and sang its praises, and his descendant
s were known as the MacCruiters, pronounced Cruder or
Gruder. He was b. in 1375 and became the ancestor of A lexander
( II) Magruder, the Progenitor of the America n Clan
Gregor Society. T he continuation of this line witt fottow
in P ART T HREE.
4. Gregor-the 4th son from whom the family of Ruat h, Shruth,
or Roro descend.
5. Dougal MacGregor, last son, catted Coulciar, the Dar k Dou ­
gal, from whom are descended those catted MacCoulciar. He
is the ancestor of Ciar, the ancestor of Donald MacGregor,
of Glen Gyle, said to have been a Lt. Col. in the service of
Jam es II (1437-1460) . H e m. a dau. of Campbell of Glen
Fattoch, and owned land between Loch Lomond and Loch
Katrine. Their children were :
1. MacGregor, of Glen Gyle.
2. Rob Roy Campbett MacGregor, the celebra ted "H ighland
Rebel", who m. Mary Helen Campbett. He was b.
c. a. 1664, d. 1734, age 70 years . Rob Roy, wife-Mar y
Helen, and their two sons, Cott and Robert, are bur. in a
lot at an old church near Edenchip, only a few miles
from the seat of our H eredita ry Chief Sir Malcolm
MacGr egor.
"Some may ask of what good is it to stir dry bones, to dig into the lives of
mell dead and gO/ie, to make public the activities of men long since gone fr om the
earth! Th e answer is f ound in Lonqjellours immortal lines:
" L ives of great men of t remind liS
W e COI l make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind lIS
Footprints on the sands of tim e.
" Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing over life's solemn main,
A forl orn and shipwrecked brother,
Se eing, may take heart again."
LONGFELLOW.
" T here is a moral and philosophical respect f or our ancestors which eleva te
the character and improve the heart."-WEBSTER.