Alistair McNEILL OF CARSKEY

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Carskey / Carriskey, Argyll, Scotland

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Stewart writes,'Another name of localinterest is McVicar, which firt occurs in the person of GILQUHANE McVICAR, joint tenant with HECTOR MACNEILL, Carskey, of the Mull Of Kintyre in 1591. However it has to be noted that in 1505 the rector of KilBlaan (Southend) was Sir Morice McNeill who had a let of the KilBlaan lands. He died in 1527 and was succeeded by GILLICALLUM McNEILL alias McPERSONE who was tenant of Kilchattan, Cristlach and Dalnauchliek, also in the Southend district. We can see the tentative adoption of the surname McPHERSON by the son of a parson and no doubt the McVICARS got their name the same way and perhaps even from the same man. Certainly there were in later times strong family connections between the CARSKEY MACNEILLS and the MCVICAR family.' Stewart further writes, 'By 1636 the old 4 mkland of the Mull of Kintyre occupied in 1505 by Hector MacNeill, Carskey, and Neil McMolan had been divided into several small farms named after their occupiers, BALLEVCICCAR the occupiers being JON MCVICCAR, HEW MCVICCAR and DUNCANE his brother'. (Stewart 1993).

Alistair married.