The progenitor of this branch was Donald “ Glas”, younger of the two natural sons of William 13th chief by a dau. of Paul MacVurich. If the Kinrara MS is correct in stating that these sons were born after the death of William’s wife, Donald could not have been born before 1500, so that if he is the Donald Glasche M’Kintosche concerned in the heirship of Petty in 1513 (p. 100, note) he must have been a mere boy at the time. There is no doubt, however, that he is the Donald mac William vic Lachlan who witnesses the bond of 1521 between Mackintosh and Calder. In 1524 he pursued the murderers of the 14th chief, and in 1528 is denounced, with his brother, as a leader in the proceedings against Lord Moray. Donald had two sons, James and William, both sometimes called “Glas”. The latter, mentioned in 1564 as in Gellovie and in 1568-9 as in Rait, m. the elder dau. of Robert Farquharson of Invercauld. From the Macpherson genealogy Donald appears to have had a daughter, who was wife of Ewen Macpherson and mother of the Andrew in Cluny found 1591-1660.
James, commonly called James M’Conil (or M’Coil) Glas, occasionally James Glas or James Mackintosh alias Glas, (In P.C. Reg. under date 22 July 1611 his sons Lachlan and William are described as sons of James Williamsone M’intoshe - the William of this description of course being his grandfather.) took a leading place in the clan under Lachlan Mor, 16th chief, and was included after that chief’s heirs-male in the destination of Benchar, &c., granted by Huntly 27 June 1568 (p. 149, ante). He first appears in 1564, receiving sasine in Dunachton, &c., on the chief’s behalf, and from this time down to 1603 he is frequently found in the Mackintosh Writs, Privy Council and Sasine Registers and elsewhere, being described variously as “of” or “in” Gask or Strone. These lands, in each case extending to four ploughs (a davoch), and Pitgowan, two ploughs, were obtained by him in wadset from Huntly in 1568; he also had wadsets of Clune and Gellovie from Mackintosh, and held Ettrish on lease, so that he was a considerable landholder. In April 1589 he and the chief are at Aberdeen during the king’s stay there, and on the 28th James finds caution in 5000 marks, through Ogilvie of Findlater and John Grant of Freuchie, that he will enter his son Lachlan before the Privy Council on 20 May as a pledge for keeping good rule under the General Band, and two days later (his “hand at the pen,” being unable to write) he signs a band ordained by the Council to be signed by faithful subjects in defence of the true religion. He is also in the list of “landlords and bailies of lands” required in 1590 to find surety for keeping good rule (p. 163, ante). These entries in the Privy Council Registers, coupled with the fact that he is the only Badenoch man in the caution lists, besides Mackintosh himself, show that he was regarded as the leading man in that district, and it may fairly be assumed that he acted as Huntly’s representative there as well as deputy to the chief of Mackintosh. Although a good clansmen, he was compelled in his later years - like his contemporary Angus Williamson - to give his band of manrent to Huntly, his landlord, after that noble’s reconciliation with Mackintosh. In this band, dated 17 Oct. 1597, he and his sons Lachlan and William give their “faythfull, leill, trew, and honest band and serweis” to Huntly “as thair onllie natywe lord .... aganis all and quhatsumevir”, while the earl receives them in his favour and maintenance as his “proper natyw tenenttis and serwandis, frelie without gruge or querell, as gif thai had newir offendit his lordship” - evidently a reference to their having acted with their chief against him in 1591-4.
James’s wife was Isobel Mackenzie, and his sons were Lachlan and William - the latter, styled “of” and “in Rait”, one of the curators of the 17th chief in his minority. The Rev. L. Shaw in his MS. History gives a Donald as only son of James, and says that he commanded a company at Glenlivet, but this is clearly wrong. James’s last appearance in the Mackintosh Writs is in Nov. 1603, and on 10 Jan. 1605 he is spoken of as deceased - “Lachlan M. son and heir of deceased J.M. of Gask; and William M. his brother.”
Lachlan probably occupied Strone during his father’s later years, as he is styled “of Strone” in the Mackintosh-Mackenzie band of friendship in 1597, his father being styled “of Gask” in the same band. On 23 June 1606 he received sasine in the lands of Ardinsche (or Balnespic) on charter of wadset by Pat. Grant of Rothimurcus, and in 1610 he obtained a fresh wadset of Strone, Pitgowan, and other lands in Laggan and Kingussie parishes, sasine being given 18 Feb. 1627. From this time the family is usually styled of Strone, although the style of Gask is still occasionally found. In 1619 he gives a charter of alienation of Gask, “with that part of land called the Moy of Craigohilzerich”, &c. to William, his lawful son and apparent heir, and Agnes Mackintosh his future spouse, and their heirs-male, whom failing, the heirs whomsoever of William. In 1620 he is infeft in the lands of Laggan, near Grantown, on assedation by John Grant of Freuchie, and in Croftmaluac in Kingussie par., which had been held by his father; in 1634 he receives from the chief a wadset of Dalmagerry in Moy par., with heritable remainder to his son Lachlan by Christina Dunbar, also a lease, to himself and the same son, of Kincraig in Alvie parish.
In the Band of 1609 Lachlan comes next after Angus Williamson of Termit, and takes burden for William of Rait, his uncle, “and remanent of that surname [Mackintosh] descended of that place and house.” In 1620 he gives bond for his “sons, being of perfect age, his men and tenants”, that they will serve and attend Sir Lachlan Mackintosh of Torcastle “at all oistings and huntings and waponshawings as required”.
He m. 1st Jonet Grant, by whom he had William and John (who appears as “lawful son” in 1619-20), and 2nd Christina Dunbar, by whom he had Lachlan, mentioned above and in 1642, who in 1645 (Band of Combination in view of Civil War) is described as brother to William M. of Strone, and in 1656 renounces the wadset of Dalmagerry. (An Angus, brother of William of Strone, is mentioned in 1678. - Ant. Notes, ii. 339.) Lachlan of Strone appears to have been dead in 1644, when his eldest son,
William appears as of Strone in Val. Roll. As already mentioned, he had Gask from his father in 1619, and in 1636 as “of Gask” he had a charter of Keanpoill, Cairnmor, &c. in Rothimurcus from Alexander Dunbar of Grange with consent of John Grant of Rothimurcus. He was married three times - 1st to Agnes Mackintosh; 2nd to Isobel, lawful dau. to Andrew Macpherson of Grange, as appears from a disposition of 24 Feb. 1627 by his father of part of Gask; and 3rd to Mary Robertson (daughter or sister of John Robertson first of Inshes), as appears from the charter of Keanpoill &c. in 1636. He died between 1645 and 1648, leaving by either first or second wife James, his successor, and by the third, Lachlan, of the Balnespick family.
James, who is called “fiar [equivalent to younger] of Strone” in 1645 (Bond of Comb.) but in 1648 “of Strone”, was leader of the Mackintoshes of Badenoch in Montrose’s wars. In 1664 he signs the engagement to accompany the chief to Lochaber. He d. between Ap. 1674 and Ap. 1676. The name of his wife does not appear.
Lachlan, his son, is infeft in Strone, Gask, and Pitgowan 29 Ap. 1676. He accompanied Mackintosh to Brae Lochaber in 1679, in 1687 was appointed chamberlain of the Duke of Gordon’s lands in Kingussie parish, in 1691 is found in Val. Roll, and in 1698 is named in the Act of 22 Feb. as a commissioner against Keppoch. He was an officer in the Mackintosh regiment in the ’15, was taken to London after the surrender at Preston, and on 18 May 1716 was sentenced to death, but was reprieved on the 22nd. To purchase his release and pardon he had to borrow money, and in connection with the transaction he gave a heritable bond for an annual rent of 1000 merks Scots out of the lands of Strone and Pitgowan, in favour of Duncan Mackintosh and his wife Helen Gordon, on which sasine was taken 25 June 1716. In 1722 he renounced the lands altogether in favour of John Gordon of Glenbucket, then appointed chamberlain to the Duke of Gordon, and from this time the family rapidly decayed, apparently ruined by the Jacobite Rising. As one of the principals of Clan Chattan he witnessed the agreement with Cluny in 1724, and was one of those for whose consent to redemption of the wadset granted in 1720 provision was made in the deed. He d. 1730, having been twice married, 1st to Jean Cuthbert, with issue James and Robert; 2nd to the widow of Dallas of Cantray, with issue Duncan, minister of Ardersier (ordained 1729, d. 1736).
James, eldest son, who continued to be styled “of Strone”, obtained a wadset of Clune from Mackintosh in 1729 (sas. 31 Aug. 1731) and in 1732 was present at the unsealing of the repositories at Dalcross on the arrival of William 21st chief. His wife was Anna, dau. of Alex. Macdonald of Tulochcrom, and according to the Rev. L. Shaw he died in Jamaica, leaving two sons, William and Angus, with whom the writer’s information as to the family ceases. The elder son is mentioned in the Mack. Writs in 1756, but in November of the same year his uncle Robert, tacksman of Termit, “eldest son in life of the decd Lachlan Mackintosh of Strone”, signs the consent to the redemption of the Kinlochlaggan wadset, and as the deed of 1726 had provided for the consent of the heirs-male of those named in it, it may be assumed that both William and Angus were dead when Robert signed.
"The Mackintosh and Clan Chattan" by A.M. Mackintosh, Edinburgh, 1903
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