My Maternal 20th.Great Scottish Grandmother, Morna MacDougall (MacKenzie)

 

Name: Morna MacDougall (MacKenzie)

Birth: 1244 Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Married: 1269 in Argyll, Scotland to Kenneth MacKenzie, 1st. Laird of Kintail

          Children: (1) John MacKenzie, 2nd. Laird of Kintail

Death: March 18, 1293 (45-53) Canterbury, Kent, England

Place of Burial: 1293 in Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ewan MacDougall, 3rd. Lord of Lorn and Eugena de Ergadia,  of Dunollie

Wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st. Laird of Kintail

Mother of John MacKenzie, 2nd. Laird of Kintail

Sister of Máire ingen Eógain, to Lorn and Argyll; sister to Mary de Ergadia; Mary de Ergadia, Queen of Isle of Man; Maelcoluim Mac DonnChad; Duncan MacDougall, 6th of Dunollie and 2 others

           Dunollie Castle, Scotland built by the MacDougall in 1200's, and abandoned in 1246

Last name: MacDougall

This notable Scottish surname is a an anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "MacDubhghaill", a patronymic from the male given name Dubhghall, composed of the elements "dubh", black, dark, and "gall", stranger. This was frequently used as a byname for Scandinavians, in particular to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. 

The McDougall clan are descended from one, Dugall, eldest son of Somerled of the Isles, and were described by the late Dr. Alexander Carmichael as "one of the most unobtrusive and honoured families in Scotland". In the process of anglicization "MacDhubhghaill" acquired many variant spellings including: McDugal(d), McDougal(l), McDowall, McDuall, McDool, McCool(e) and McCole. 

Early recordings of the surname include: Robert M'Kowele, Lord of Karsnelohe (Ayrshire, 1370); Fergus Macdowylle (Roxburghshire, 1374); Duncan MacCoull of Lorn, justice of the peace for Argyllshire, 1610, and Ewin M'Dougall (Dunaverty, Argyllshire, 1647). Francis Thomas McDougall became archdeacon of the Isle of Wight in 1874, and Sir Patrick Leonard MacDoughall (1819 - 1894), was a distinguished Scottish general.

 A Coat of Arms granted to the family is divided quarterly with a silver lion rampant in the first and fourth azure quarters, and a black lymphad.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Duncan MacKowle, founder of the Priory of Ardchattan, which was dated 1230, in the "Medieval Records of Argyllshire", during the reign of Alexander 11, King of Scotland, 1214 - 1249.
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Clan MacDougall Castle, Scotland