Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
He could also have been styled Malcom MacLeod at Raasay, indicating that he was a tacksman of his Chief. There was also the habit of refering to people by their territorial designation-- in other words in ordinary correspondence and in conversation he would have been called "Raasay" to distinguish him from the half dozen or so other "Malcom" MacLeods living in the area.

This practice continues down to the present day-- John Duncan of Sketraw would be as correctly refered to as "Sketraw" as "Duncan of Sketraw".
Interesting little tidbit of information there. Ok, I will probably Google this one but "Tacksman?" I'm not really sure where he stood with his clan, or who his father was. It becomes a lot harder to find the ancestors when they were in Scotland.

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