Cousin Flora?

[turpin]

I found this in an offshoot branch of the family tree. Very interesting. I'm sure there was more than one Flora Macdonald on Skye, but the dates match with the '45 and her suffix "the Heroine" suggests this is the one in the stories about Prince Charlie.

I've found quite a lot of Macdonalds in the tree - looks like another kilt option to me.

ID: I80232
Name: Flora MacDonald
Given Name: Flora
Surname: MacDonald
Suffix: the Heroine
Sex: F
Birth: 1722
Death: 4 Mar 1790 in Kingsburgh, Sleat, Skye, Scotland
_UID: 440ADC945026442B8FF422989D16936F9522
Change Date: 26 Feb 2006 at 17:33

Father: Ranald Rev MacDonald
Mother: Marion MacDonald

Marriage 1 Allan MacDonald b: Abt 1720
Married: 6 Nov 1750 in Armadale, Sleat, Skye, Scotland
Change Date: 26 Feb 2006

[auld argonian]

Now that's exciting...and MacDonald is a nice tartan...go to it.

Best

AA

[Cawdorian]

The MacDonald tartan is a good looking tartan. It sounds like you will be ordering another kilt.

[BEEDEE]

Birth dates and marriage dates match, as does her husband's name, so most certainly this is THE Flora Macdonald. Do you know she emigrated to North Carolina, then returned to Scotland after the American Revolution? Somewhat surprisingly she supported the British at that time.

Brian

[McClef]

And here is the lady herself, her statue at Inverness Castle, complete with the obligatory seagull!



More statue, less seagull.



And the plaque on the plinth.

[macwilkin]

Birth dates and marriage dates match, as does her husband's name, so most certainly this is THE Flora Macdonald. Do you know she emigrated to North Carolina, then returned to Scotland after the American Revolution? Somewhat surprisingly she supported the British at that time.

Brian

Many Highland Scots were Loyalists during the Revolution, including Flora and Alan MacDonald. Some historians, such as Duane Meyer, in his The Highland Scots of North Carolina speculate that the experience of exile and deportation after the '45 convinced the Highlanders that getting involved with another rebellion was just too much of a risk. Others cite differences with their Ulster-Scottish neighbours, especially in terms of religion.

Of course, the most famous example of Loyalist Highlanders was at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in early 1776, when a group of Highlanders made a Highland Charge against the Rebel lines shouting, "KING GEORGE & BROADSWORDS!"

Regards,

Todd

[Kid Cossack]

snip!

. . . a group of Highlanders made a Highland Charge against the Rebel lines shouting, "KING GEORGE & BROADSWORDS!"

Regards,

Todd

Now THAT would just HAVE to have been unnerving!

[turpin]

Birth dates and marriage dates match, as does her husband's name, so most certainly this is THE Flora Macdonald. Do you know she emigrated to North Carolina, then returned to Scotland after the American Revolution? Somewhat surprisingly she supported the British at that time.

Brian

I did not know that. thanks for the information. There is so much out there that I am just becoming aware of in my celtic background.

[pdcorlis]

Its amazing what you can find if you shake the family tree! Unfortunately my tree is full of the poorest bunch of farmers you've ever seen. They couldn't afford a tartan if their lives depended on it.