Cameron Of Erracht

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"The first member of this family was Ewen Cameron, son of Ewen, thirteenth Chief of Lochiel, by his second wife Marjory MacIntosh. The family were known locally as Sliochd Eoghainn'ic Eoghainn, or 'the children of Ewen, the son of Ewen."'

Allan Cameron's 1775 Letter

The American Archives website featured a letter from Allan Cameron to Duncan Cameron (v4:342)

Intercepted Letter transmitted to Congress by General Washington, with his Letter dated December 18, 1775. ALLAN CAMERON TO DUNCAN CAMERON. On board the ship William, Norfolk Harbour, in Virginia, November 11, 1775.

"No doubt, sir, you would have heard of an unfortunate accident that had happened between one Mr. Cameron, of Mursirloch, and I, in the year ' 72, at which time I believe you was at Fort-William, in Lochaber."

"From the above circumstances, I dare to say you will, and justly, conclude that I am a son of Mr. Cameron, of Erracht."

1467 Manuscript

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"Erracht in Lochaber is at the foot of Glen Loy, five miles north of Fort William, about halfway between the foot of Loch Eil and the foot of Loch Arkaig. In the fifteenth century the seat of the Cameron family was still on an islet called Eilean na Craoibhe at the foot of Loch Eil. The captains of Clan Cameron then moved to Torcastle c. 1527 and to Achnacarry c. 1650.9  Torcastle is on the west bank of the Lochy, three miles south of Erracht; Achnacarry is further north, near the foot of
Loch Arkaig." [Source]

John Cameron MacPhee

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"John Cameron MacPhee was born in 1815 in Fort-William." "...grand-uncle, General Sir Allan of Erracht who originally raised the 79th Cameron Highlanders...".  He died 11 September 1880.

Jewell Adopted The Cameron Name

From Bear Alley blog, The Man With The Expanding Name:

"...Jewell adopted the name Cameron by deed-poll and became known as Louis Charles Richard Duncombe-Jewell Cameron. But just to confuse matters further he dropped Louis as a first name and became Ludovick. As Ludovick Cameron he claimed to be the chieftain of Erracht, where the local clan Cameron raised the 79th or Cameron Highlanders."

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Daughter Of Cameron Of Clunes

From Rootsweb:


[A story of] the first Bishop of Upper Canada, the Reverend Alexander (Maigstir Alastair) Macdonell, popularly known among his own folk as "Easbuig Mhor," the Big Bishop.
   
Alastair Mhor was a direct descendant of the Chief of Glengarry, Donald Macdonell; his father, Angus MacAileen Macdonell, was a well-known Scottish bard. He married the daughter Of Cameron of Clunes, whose youngest daughter, Margaret, was the mother of Colonel Duncan Cameron, C.B., 79th Foot Cameron Highlanders. Another daughter was the ancestress of Colonel Fraser.

The Macdonells were Roman Catholics, but the Camerons were Protestants. Angus MacAileen Macdonell had been twice married, his first wife being a daughter of Grant of Glen moriston, and her son, to whom the Bishop was much attached, became a Colonel in the army.  

Neither side would yield (on burying Mrs. MacDonell, nee Cameron), so her body, in its coffin was set, for a time, in the blowing heather at the side of the trail, while, in the accustomed way, men with swords were chosen to settle the argument. It was a test of skill, not of enmity since the clans were friendly, so the duellists fought with f1ats of their swords to guard against casualties. When the Macdonells won, they lifted the coffin to their shoulders and the Camerons quietly fell in line behind.

Upon one occasion, when Maigstir Alastair returned to Scotland, he met on Princess Street in Edinburgh, Sir Allan Cameron of Erracht, a boy with whom he had played in his youth and a cousin on his Mother's side of the family.  Sir Alan recognized him and, clapping him on the shoulder, almost shouted in his delight at seeing him, "And is it yourself, Alastair Mhor? I thought the devil had you long ago!"  Immediately, Alastair got back at him with, "Och, no, Alan of Erracht; he has no room for me, what with Hell being already filled with my mother's relations."

The Camerons Of Erracht

History of the Camerons, with genealogies of the principal families of the name:

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