Neil MACLEOD (VII of Gesto)

Father: John MACLEOD
Mother: Daughter_of CHISHOLM

Family 1: Daughter_of MACASKILL
  1. John MACLEOD
  2. Norman Tormod MACLEOD
  3. Murdo MACLEOD
  4. Roderick Rorie MACLEOD
Family 2: Daughter_of MACKINNON 

                                                                   _Malcolm MACLEOD _
                                                  _Murdo MACLEOD _|__________________
                         _MacMhurchaidh MACLEOD _|
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 _John MACLEOD _________|
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|--Neil MACLEOD 
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|_Daughter_of CHISHOLM _|
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Notes

!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, p. 266. Neil succeeded his father in the lands of Glenelg and Gesto. In his case, we are on firm ground so far as evidence is concerned. He is on record in 1616 and stated to be dead by 1626, according to the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland. He was one of the leading members of the Clan MacLeod, chosen by Sir Roderick Mor MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan for 'exhibition' before the Privy Council as a guarantee that he and the clanwould obey the laws of the realm. In the Register of the Privy Council he is styled 'Neil mc Tormoit' and his son Murdo, who is immediately mentioned after him, is called Murdo mc Tormoit. The patronymic, mac'ic Tharmaid, has been syncopated to 'Mac Tormoit' and used in this case as the surname. Neil MacLeod of Gesto married (1) a daughter of the Chief of the Macaskilss, with issue. There were apparently other sons, not named, who settled in France and Germany. Neil MacLEod of Glenelg and Gesto married (2) a daughter of MacKinnon of Strath, with further issue, whose descendants are long since extinct. Neil was dead by 1626 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Murdo.

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