Notes:

3rd Chief (1395-1425): Duncan, son of Malcolm, received from Duncan, 8th Earl of Lennox, at his house at Inchmirin, a charter of the lands of Arrochar in 1395. He married Christian Campbell, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow, and had two sons: John and Thomas. John succeeded him as chief, and Thomas was the progenitor of the Clachbuy family, some of whom went to the western isles and called themselves Thomsons. Duncan died in 1425, during the reign of King James I (1406-1437).


Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane

© November 2012 at www.clanmacfarlane.org

DNA:
Somewhere around 1350 a new SNP appears (FT64717, which currently has 11 downstream distinct lines based on 9 named SNPs and 2 unnamed. If a Cadet MacFarlane does not carry this SNP, then they descend from one of the earlier chiefs.

Family/Spouse: Christian Campbell. Christian was born about 1375; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Macfarlane, 7th Baron of Arrochar 4th Clan Chief was born about 1395; died in 1441.
2. Thomas Macfarlane, of Clachbuy was born about 1400; died in DECEASED.

Notes:

2nd Chief (c.1344-1373): Malcolm, was designated "Macfarlane" as the son of Pharlan; hence the surname of the family which his posterity have enjoyed ever since. He obtained from his cousin. Donald, 6th Earl of Lennox, a confirmation of the said lands and islands, "in as ample a manner as his predecessors held the same, as the charter itself, yet extant expressly bears," granted about the year 1344. Malcolm married, but who the lady was is not known. By her he had a son, Duncan.



Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane

© November 2012 at www.clanmacfarlane.org

Malcolm + Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1st Chief (c.1314-c.1329): Pharlan, son of Maldwin: lived in the reign of King David Bruce, son of Robert the Bruce (1329-1371). He had three sons: Malcolm, his heir; Dugald, who obtained from King David II a charter of land for the baronies of Kirdavy and Armyshaw; Donald, called McNayr (probably after the last listed of his three baronies), who obtained from King David II a charter of land for the baronies of Easter Fossach, Brachearn and Stronmachnair in Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire.

Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane

© November 2012 at www.clanmacfarlane.org

DNA:
The men carrying the MacFarlane surname have the distinct SNP, BY674 plus three more. The other surnames, Black, Lennox that share most of the same STRs, do not carry BY674, so it must have begun with Pharlan.

Parlan-Pharlan + Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3rd Baron (c.1296-c.1314): Malduin, son of Duncan, was a firm supporter of Robert the Bruce, along with his contemporary, Malcolm, 5th Earl of Lennox. He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn (1314).


Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane

© November 2012 at www.clanmacfarlane.org