Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of the Clan MacRae Cairn, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Sherriffmuir, Perthshire. Clan MacRae took part in the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. William MacKenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth bravely led the MacKenzies and the MacRaes in support of King James VIII, and great loss of life and property ensued. He survived the battles and the destruction of Eilean Donan Castle, and died on the Island of Lewis in 1740. The Battle of Sheriffmuir took place on November 13th 1715. The night before the Jacobite army under the Earl of Mar camped at Kinbuck while the Government forces commanded by the Duke of Argyll were on the heights above Kippendavie, the high ground of Sheriffmuir intervening between the armies. The battle was indecisive; left wings of both armies suffered defeat, the Jacobites being driven as far as the River Allan and Argyll's left wing driven almost to Stirling. The clans of the ancient Scottish Pictish tribe were the ancestors of the first person to use the name MacRae. It was name for a prosperous person. The Gaelic form of the surname MacRae is Mac Rath, which literally means son of grace or son of prosperity. MacRae has been spelled MacCrae, MacCraith, MacCrath, MacCraw, MacCray, MacCrea, MacCree, MacCreight, MacCrie, MacReagh, MacRae, MacRay, MacRie and many more. John Macrae, aged 24, arrived in Adelaide, Australia, in 1851; Anne Macrae, aged 20, arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship Lysander in 1851; Mary Macrae, aged 16, arrived in Adelaide, Australia, in 1851; Alexander Macrae, aged 18, a farm labourer, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Apelles in 1878; Duncan Macrae, aged 29, a Scottish shepherd from Rossshire, departed on 10th August 1878 aboard the ship Hydaspes and arrived in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 9th November 1878; Blanche MacRae, aged 33, settled in Vancouver, Canada, in 1911; Nancy Macrae, arrived in North Carolina, America, in 1771; Duncan MacRae arrived in New York, NY, America, in 1836; Alexander Macrae, aged 22, immigrated to the United States from Aultchruin, Scotland, in 1908; Agnes Macrae, aged 28, settled in America from Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1909; Anna B. Macrae, aged 19, settled in America from Maryburgh, Scotland, in 1910; Alexander Macrae, aged 25, immigrated to America from Strathcarron, Scotland, in 1913; Bella MacRae, aged 8, landed in America from Stornaway, Lewis and Harris, Scotland, in 1919. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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