_Ollaghair Olaf_or_Olaus Odhar GODREDSON _
_Leod OLAFSON _______________|_Christina ROSS __________________________
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!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, pp. 247-248. The island of Berneray in the Sound of Harris was held continuously from about 1350 to 1807, by two distinct MacLeod families. From 1633 to 1807, it was held by Sir Norman MacLeod of Berneray and his descendants. From about 1350 to 1633, it was held by the old MacLeods of Berneray, a family descended from Malcolm, 3rd Chief, who was styled in the island of Pabbay, 'Gillechalum cas reamhar Mhicleoid' or 'the stout-legged Malcolm MacLeod'. According to the Genealogy of the Clan, compiled in 1768, probably by Norman, 22nd Chief, "the second son of Malcolm (third chief) was called Tormod and of him are descended the McLeods of Herries, who posses'd Bernera until Sr. Normand McLeod gott it as his patrimony". More than half a century later, the BANNATYNE MANUSCRIPT has this to say, "Tormod the second son of Malcolm was settled in Bernera in Harris where his race continued to the time of Rory More, who gave Bernera to his son, Norman. In the Island of Pabbay in Harris there are still several families of this race. They call themselves CClan vic Gillicallum coss Ravir vic Leod. They were a high-minded spirited race, and in my time, although poor and powerless, their pride of Descent had rather increased than dimminished". Norman MacLeod (1st) displaced Clann mhic Bhaic or Clan mhic Phaice, who had held the island for some 150 years previously. This ancient family was descended from an illegitimate son of Paul Mac Bok or Mac Phauck, who was the Sheriff of Skye -- a man of great power and authority and who had been the constant friend of Olave the Black, King of Man and the Isles, in his adversity and prosperity and through whose means chiefly, Olave recovered his kingdom. Leod the progenitor of the Clan MacLeod was fostered in his household. When Paul died, he left no legitimate heirs and he bequeathed his property -- Sleat, the east side of Trotternish, Snizort and the whole of Harris to his foster son, Leod. It is interesting to note that South Harris and the Small Isles had originally belonged to the MacCrimmons -- afterwards the famous hereditary pipers of the MacLeods. They were deprived of these territories by Paul MaPhauch's ancestors. Although Paul had will his properties to his foster son, Leod, descendants of Paul's natural son continued for several generations to hold the lands of Berneray, Ensay and several other places in Harris from the MacLeods. "In the course of time, they fell into decay and a few peasants only now remain of a race once numerous and powerful. They are called Clan Vic Phaick". There are families in Berneray yet descended from the MacCrimmons and Clann Mhic Phaic or more correctly Clann Mhic Bhaich. Of Norman MacLeod, 1st of Berneray, nothing is known beyond the name. As brother of Iain Ciar 4th Chief, he must have been a man of considerable consequence in his day and he left issue.