John MACLEOD (XII of Gesto)

• BIRTH: ABT 1658
• DEATH: BEF 1718

• REFERENCE: GESTO

1. Roderick MACLEOD
2. [Daughter] MACLEOD
3. Rev. Murdoch MACLEOD
4. [Daughter] MACLEOD

                                                              _Neil MACLEOD __________
                                           _Murdo MACLEOD ___|_Daughter_of MACASKILL _
                     _John MACLEOD _______|
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                    |                     |_Flora MACDONALD _|________________________
 _John Mor MACLEOD _|
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|                   |_Maria MACDONALD ____|
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|--John MACLEOD 
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|                                                             _Alexander MACLEOD _____
|                                          _Donald MACLEOD __|_Margaret MACKINNON ____
|                    _John MACLEOD _______|
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|_Margaret MACLEOD _|
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                    |_Catherine CAMPBELL _|
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Notes

!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. 272, 283. Succeeded to the Gesto tack. John MacLeod received possession of the tack of Gesto held by his elder brother, Murdo, until 1708. In 1714, when George I became King of Great Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Mar, anxious to display his influence in the Highlands, persuaded a large number o fHighland Chiefs and Chieftains to sign an address of Loyalty to him. Among the signatories were several of the prinipal men of the Clan MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan, whose Chief happened to be a minor at the time. Among these, we find the signature of John MacLeod of Gesto. The new King, however, had been warned against 'Bobbing John', Earl of Mar, and refused to receive him or the Address of Loyalty. Such behaviour of course was interpreted in the Highlands as a gross discourtesy and overt proof that the new King was not well disposed towards them. John MacLeod 12th of Gesto, who was dead by 1718, married his first cousin, a daughter of the Rev. John Bethune of Bracadale and his wife Marion, daughter of John MacLeod 2nd of Drynoch. They had issue.