Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Duncan McFarlane
• Occupation: Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; Shoemaker

Notes:

1 - Duncan MACFARLANE , shoemaker was born on 7 Mar 1746 at near Callander. He married Margaret FERGUSON on 10 Aug 1779 at Callander.
(Andrews Ancestors Direct.rtf on file)
2 - Son Malcolm's birth in Callander Parish Register. Parents noted as "of Claish".
[Pat Macfarlane]
Our professional researcher suggested a Duncan b.7 Mar. & bapt. 9 Mar. 1746 s/o Duncan Mcfarlane & Margaret McFarlane in Clash as possibles for Duncan's parents from OPR records.

3 -This Duncan is as far back as we have been able to get with a confirmed lineage in this line. A professional researcher seemed to think Duncans fathers name was probably John as he had two sons of that name. Another researcher suggests his parents may have been Donald McFarlane and Catherine MacGregor whose marriage is shown in Callander parish register.
Naming pattern would seem to suggest that as Margarets parents names are to found in children 3 & 4, that Duncan's parents names would be those of children 1 & 2 i.e. John and Catharine. However LDS Family search shows no Duncan born to parents of those names +/- 20yrs of 1750.
However yet another researcher of this line maintains his parents were Malcolm and Effie McPherson, based I think on Archie's history of the family [following] which records a Malcolm the Slater gravestone at Kilmahog. There is a "Malcolm the Slater" gravestone at Kilmahog but it is not in Gaelic, is currently standing [Aug 2006] and is the stone for Duncan's son Malcolm a slater.

4 - "The first Macfarlane recorded in Callander, was factor ("Tackman" to the Duke of Perth) in the early 1700s. He stayed in in the original part of what is now the Roman Camp Hotel. After the Rising in 1746 by Prince Charles Edward (The Young Pretender) was defeated, the Duke was banished to the West Indies and his estates forfeited to the Crown. The running of the estates was taken over by government commissioners, (i.e. Roman Camp Charters).The Macfarlan (sic) was ousted by the Crown commissioners as he was known to sympathise with the Jacobite cause.
Scotland at this time was in such a state, between Hanoverians, Jacobites, Episcopals and Presbyterians, plus the terrible cruelties of Bloody Cumberland, that there was little or no recorded births, deaths etc. The record was in the church records, i.e. the removal of the church from St Kessog's yard and the first church in the square in Callander, most of the tradesmen employed were Macfarlanes.
There is a gravestone in Kilmahog which has fallen on its face, erected to the memory of Challum Nam Schloter, in English "Malcolm the Slater". He would be a grandson of Macfarlane the Factor. I cannot mind the date on the stone and am trying to have it re-erected.
The next generation were the main contractors of demolishing the church in St Kessog's graveyard, and building the first established church in the Square. The present church is the second, (ref: church centenary account.)
In the church statistical account, where [Macfarlanes] are recorded as being concerned in the building of the first established church in the Square 1760s - 1770s.
At this time there was no compulsory records kept, so the first real record of this particular family is a gravestone in Kilmahog graveyard of a grandson of the first Macfarlane, inscribed in Gaelic "Challum nam Schloter" - Malcolm the Slater. The stone has now fallen on it's face and as it is a considerable [time] since I saw it I cannot remember its exact date and name of his wife etc., but, as far as I remember, he married a Ferguson of Balquhidder or Balmlaig a crofting township on the south side of the Balvaig.
[notes from family historian and Malcolm's descendant Archie Macfarlane in Callander]

5 - 1772 What we know as the Visitor Centre in the square of Callander was St Kessogs Church and was built for the cost of £210.
[ http://www.cyp.org.uk/heritage_project/1740_1790/history/index.htm ]

6 - National Archives throw doubt on Archies assertion that the first Callander Macfarlane was factor for the Duke of Perth prior to the uprising as E777/40 Forfeited Estates: Perth: Petitions and memorials from John Stewart of Boggs, factor prior to the forfeiture 1756-1762
However he may have been factor immediately after the uprising and dismissed during the ten years from 1746-1755 that the estates were under the control of the Lords of the exchequer in Scotland before they were formally annexed to the Commisioners of the forfeited estates in 1755, at which time the above John Stewart was factor.

7 - CLAISH FARM, MOLLANDS ROAD, CALLANDER FK17.
At Claish Farm, evidence the area has been farmed since around 4000 BC was unearthed in 2001. The site at Claish Farm was discovered as a cropmark from the air in 1977, when it was photographed by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland It lies on an upper terrace of the River Teith, a tributary of the River Forth, in central Scotland. A massive farmhouse, dating back 6000 years to the New Stone Age, has been found by archaeologists in Perthshire. The timber building was uncovered near Claish Farm, Callander. Among the discoveries at Claish Farm, Callander, was evidence of ancient living-rooms, bedrooms and a cooking area.
By 2007 Claish Farm includes an area known as Ben Ledi Park.

(Research):Only birth of a Duncan in Callander OPR's for 1710-1749 Batch # C113362
Name Duncan Mcfarlane
Gender Male
Christening Date 10 Aug 1749
Christening Place CALLANDER,PERTH,SCOTLAND
Birth Date 08 Aug 1749
Father's Name Malcom Mcfarlane
Mother's Name Elsie Mcphearson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11336-2
System Origin Scotland-ODM
GS Film number 1040071, 0102696

IGI results for Name: Duncan McFarlane, Event: Birth, Event Range: 1740-1760, Father Name: John, Country:Scotland, State or Province:Perthshire
Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 3 December 1758 ABERFOYLE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Janet Mclauchlen

Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 1 March 1747 COMRIE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Mary Mcleran

Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 1 March 1747 COMRIE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Margt. Mclaren

Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 3 August 1743 KINCARDINE BY DOUNE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Mary Fergusone

Duncan Mcfarland
christening: 4 July 1760 LOGIERAIT,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarland
mother: Els. Ferguson

Duncan Mcfarlan
christening: 14 April 1741 ABERFOYLE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlan
mother: Christian Mcfarlan

Duncan married Margaret Ferguson on 10 Aug 1779 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret was born on 1 Apr 1750 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Apr 1750 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Macfarlane was born on 10 Aug 1780 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 10 Aug 1780 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died before 21 Mar 1795 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
2. Catharine Macfarlane was born on 16 May 1782 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 19 May 1782 in Parish Church, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 24 Sep 1863 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
3. Peter Macfarlane was born on 23 Mar 1784 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 26 Mar 1784 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
4. Elizabeth McFarlane was born on 21 Feb 1786 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 23 Feb 1786 in Parish Church, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 5 Jan 1864; was buried in Kilmahog Graveyard, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
5. Anne Macfarlane was born on 12 May 1788 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 May 1788 in Parish Church, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
6. John Macfarlane was born on 21 Mar 1795 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 21 Mar 1795 in Parish Church, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
7. Malcolm Macfarlane was born on 20 May 1796 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 25 May 1796 in Parish Church, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 12 Dec 1866 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Kilmahog Graveyard, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Duncan McFarlane
• Residence: Claish (Clash) Farm, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

1 - Following the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, the lands of the Duke of Perth, including the Barony of Callander, were annexed to the Crown. Subsequently the various farms of the Barony were divided up, and a Surveyor's Report of 1774 mentions that they had formerly been cultivated on a 'runrig' basis, particularly on the farms of «b»Clash,«/b» Ballivichlachlan and Greenock. 'These the surveyor......has laid off in a regular manner in 14 divisions and which at present goes under the name of the 14 Lots of Callander; adjacent to these farms was a Muir which was pastured in common by them and the farms of Gartehonzie and West Mains.'
These divisions have long since disappeared, through amalgamation, and the current pattern has reverted to The Mollands (formerly Lot 1), the much expanded «b»Clash«/b» (formerly Lot 3), Balvalachlan (formerly Lot 9) and the Braes of Greenock (formerly Lot 11), leaving a small portion of Lot 7 to the current 'The Lots' and similarly a portion of Lot 14 to Cockhill Cottage. The collective name 'Lots of Callander' now appears on the Ordnance Survey maps as referring only to the ex-farmhouse of Lot 7. In earlier days, Balvalachlan was known as 'Boglots'.
[http://www.callanderheritage.co.uk/]

2 - "The first Macfarlane recorded in Callander, was factor ("Tackman" to the Duke of Perth) in the early 1700s. He stayed in in the original part of what is now the Roman Camp Hotel. After the Rising in 1746 by Prince Charles Edward (The Young Pretender) was defeated, the Duke was banished to the West Indies and his estates forfeited to the Crown. The running of the estates was taken over by government commissioners, (i.e. Roman Camp Charters).The Macfarlan (sic) was ousted by the Crown commissioners as he was known to sympathise with the Jacobite cause.
[notes from family historian Archie Macfarlane in Callander]

3 - Hearth Tax 1694 [for Callander]
Figures are number of hearths«u»«b»
«/b»Earl of Perths interests:«/u»
Jon & Duncan M' Farlands 3

[This is probably the Roman Camp Hotel which was originally the Earl of Perth's Hunting Lodge. If Archie's research is correct it would indicate that this Duncan was descended from either the John or Duncan shown in the hearth tax return.]

4 - Connection to John the Jacobite rebel extremely tentative but his participation would certainly have been sufficient to have him dismissed as factor after the '45, & his name tallys with that of one of the Duke of Perths hunting lodge occupants at the 1694 hearth tax survey.-Ed.

Duncan married Margaret McFarlane on 21 Dec 1744 in Callander, Perth, Scotland. Margaret was born on 27 Feb 1723 in Easter Kirktown, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Mar 1723 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margaret McFarlan

Notes:

1 - In the Callander PRs I found a Margaret Macfarlane born 27 Feb 1723 at Easter Kirktown, bap 7 Mar 1723 Callander. She is the only Margaret Macfarlane born between 1714 and 1731. Daughter of Duncan Macfarlane and Elison McInnes which ties up nicely with the family naming pattern. Sadly the records start a year or two too late to find Duncan.
[E-mail message from Pat Macfarlane (Mum) rec: 24 Mar 2010]

2 - Callander Parish Registers commence 1710.