1954 - Special Collections

36 YEAR BOO K AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY
PART THREE
FROM GILLESPIE, T HIRD SO N OF GREGOR, 12th CHIEF",
To
ALEXANDER ( II) MAG RU DER
Note ref. #13, A.e.G.S. yb. 1923, is the main reference for this Par t T hree.
Gen. XIII Gillespie MacG regor, 3rd son of Gregor ( Aulin) , 12th Chief. b.
in 1375, and became Bard (o r harper) of his Clan, as was common
for younger sons of Hi ghland Chiefs. H e became the founder
of the MacGruder Line. He left thr ee sons, the eldest was W illiam,
who s.
Gen. XIV William MacG ruder, b. 1413, was a witness to a charter dated
Mar . 10, 1447. H e left a son, Gillespie,
Gen. XV Gillespie ( II) MacGr uder, b. in 1453, and left a son, William Mac
Gruder ,
Gen. XVI W illiam ( II) MacG ruder, b. 1490, and left a son, James Mac
Gruder,
Gen. XVII James ( I) MacG ruder, b. in 1519, began his life as a page of
Lord Drumond, so he and his descendants, as were all the Mac­
Grego rs, staunch Cavaliers and Royalists, supporters of the Stuarts.
He had a son John,
Gen. XVIII John ( I) MacGruder, b. in 1544, was charged with implicat ion
of a riot by the Clan Gregor on the House of Rochastle in 1580.
He had a son Alexander.
Gen. X IX Alexander (1) MacG ruder, b. 1569, m. May 28, 1605, Lady Margaret
Drum ond, widow of Sir Andre Drumond, Lord of Ballyclose,
and nee, Mar gar et Campbell, dau, of Sir James Campbell, Lord
of Abernchiel. H e was also known as Alexander MacGregor. Th ey
had: 1. James, b. 1607, 2. Alexa nder, b. 1610, and 3. John, b. 1614.
(Gen. XX) The eldest son of Alexander (1 ) MacGruder, was James. He was
not in our direct line which comes down thru his brother , Alexa nder
(II ) ; however, mention will be made of him here. See A.e.G.S.
yb. 1923, page 18, which gives in considerabl e detail information
of these sons of Alexander ( I), Gen. XIX.
James MacGruder, alias James MacGregor, was b. about 1607,
and is mentioned in Act of Scottish Parliament, in Feb. 1649, as
one of the few of Lords , Lairds and Free holders, selected by Parliament
in the name of Charles II , to resist the invading Army of
Cromwell. He is descri bed as "James McGrud er, Laird of Cargill"
and it is believed that he was slain at Worcester in 1649. The
Bar ony of Carg ill was a beauti ful hilly country of the Pershire
Hi ghlands near Dunkeld, on the river Tay and was formerly in
possession of the Drumond Fa mily. The name of MacGregor
being proscri bed at thi s time, it is under standable that James was
mentioned as McGrud er and not his real name-MacGregor. As
James was the Laird of Cargill and referred to as Laird of Mac­
Gregor or Chief of the Clan, in the History of Sir Evan Cameron