GilkristMcCURDY (MAKURERDY)  [Caution: No firm documentation of his progeny] [Frequently referred to as [Chief ] ]
 b. abt 1425, Isle Of Bute, Scotland

" As far as I am aware the only authentic data on Gilchrist is that he was granted half of the land of Bruchog on the Island of Bute by James IV(?) in c1489 which grant was eventually ratified by the Scottish Privy Council in a General Charter in 1506. Another Gilchrist (McCurdy) was granted land of Bransier at the same time as were several others of the same surname. Anything else about either Gilchrist is pure romance. I will be pleased to be contradicted by anyone who can produce ANY source material contributing any additional facts about either of the Gilchrists. John
" Genforum post  [In McCurdy Forum] from J A I McCurdy  December 13, 2001" [J A I McCurdy is a scholar and  published author of McCurdy geneology]

[ìDonald was the father of Donald Jr. and Alexander; the latter's son Robert was the father of Robert, the Baron of Garratchy, to whom most of the feued lands descended.ì]
This is the first generation of geneological merit. Donald and his son Fingal were killed in battle in 1600 according to Blanchard.

• ìDonald, Jr. was probably born about 1550 and may be properly termed the "Founder of the MacKirdys" as he was the first, so far as known to contract the name from Makurerdy. Of his children we have no authentic account except of his son Fingal, who, with his father was killed in a battle with a Cameron clan in 1600. Fingal's son Donald became his heir. ì

• Blanchard states: "James, the fourth child of Daniel and Margaret (Laughlin) McCurdy, was born in 1706. In 'Historical Genealogy"' p. 73, he is erroneously spoken of as son of John.   He married Polly Cook, and came to America about 1726. He first located on the James River, Vt [editorial note: sic, MD] .but later, 1731, moved to Pennsylvania."
• Reference: "The Ancestral McCurdys" by H. Percy Blanchard. The Covenant Publishing Co., London, 1930, p. x (chart four), p. 39.î

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