Angus mac-Bean vic-Robert SHAW, 3rd in Tordarroch - Wadsetter

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• FamilySearch ID: K469-TLR
• Name: Aonghais Shaw
• Name: Ay mac Bean vic Robert
• Residence: Inverness-shire, Scotland

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?neas signed the bond of Manrent given by the Chief of Mackintosh in 1609, by the heads of the various banches of the Clan Chattan.
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Bean was succeeded by his son, Angus, who signed the Band of Union among Clan Chattan in 1609 as "Ay mac Bean vie Robert of Tordarroch, for himself and taking the full burden of his race of Clan Ay." As already mentioned, the fact of his signing this band, in common with the chieftains of the other clans forming the confederacy of Clan Chattan, shows that the Shaws of Tordarroch had already attained the position of a distinct sept under their own chieftain, who was directly subordinate to the chief of Mackintosh, the head of the whole confederacy. --- Angus also appears? as Angus Mac Bean? in a Stent Boll of the Parish of Inverness dated the last day of March 1634, in which he is rated at 25 merks for each plough of his lands of Knocknageal. In addition to Tordarroch he was proprietor of part of the Leys in the parish of Inverness, and in a Valuation Boll of 1644 his holding in this parish is valued at ?110 3s. 4:d. Scots, while Tordarroch in Dunlichity Parish is set down as worth only ?61 6s. 8d. Scots. Wester Leys continued in possession of the Shaws down to the beginning of the present century.

Angus married Agnes FRASER OF FARRALINE about 1618 in Scotland. Agnes (daughter of Thomas FRASER, 3rd of Farraline and Janet MACPHERSON, of Cluny) was born about 1595 in Kinchyle, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aeneas SHAW, of Tordarroch was born about 1619 in Tordarroch, Inverness-shire, Scotland; and died.
2. Robert-mac-Angus SHAW, of Tordarroch - Commissioner of Supply for County Inverness was born about 1619 in Inverness-shire, Scotland; died in 1691 in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
3. John SHAW was born about 1621 in of, Tordarroch, Inverness, Scotland; and died.
4. Ephie SHAW was born about 1622 in of, Tordarroch, Inverness, Scotland; and died.
5. William SHAW was born about 1624 in of, Tordarroch, Inverness, Scotland; and died.
6. Catherine SHAW was born about 1625 in of, Tordarroch, Inverness, Scotland; and died.

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• FamilySearch ID: G72M-M94

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Dying without issue, son Angus was succeeded in the headship of the family and in the occupation of Tordarroch by his brother, Bean, or Benjamin, whose daughter Effie, according to the MacPherson Genealogy, married Donald mac Gillicallum (Macpherson) of Essich.
Bean was succeeded by his son

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• FamilySearch ID: GFQV-3N4
• TitleOfNobility: ; 2nd Chief of Clan Ay

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Robert Shaw of Tordarroch, 2nd Chief of Clan Ay was born circa 1450.

He was the son of Adam Shaw of Tordarroch, 1st Chief of Clan Ay.
He married, his wife's identity is unknown.

He held the position of 2nd Chief of the Clan Ay

Children of Robert Shaw of Tordarroch, 2nd Chief of Clan Ay

? Aedh Shaw
? Donald Shaw
? John Shaw
? Mathilda Shaw
? Angus M'Robert Shaw of Tordarroch, 3rd Chief of Clan Ay b. c 1500
? Bean Shaw of Tordarroch, 4th Chief of Clan Ay+2 b. bt 1510 - 1520, d. 1608

Citations

[S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3587. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]

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• FamilySearch ID: GLJW-WM5
• TitleOfNobility: ; 1st Chief of Clan Ay

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James Shaw of Rothiemurchus was killed at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, his son Alasdair "Ciar" succeeded him and recovered their lands from the Comyns. His brother, Adam (Ay) was the founder of Clan Ay, and his sons, Alexander, was ancestor of the Shaws of Dell, James of the Shaws of Dalnavert, Farquhar, progenitor of Clan Farquharson and the fifth was ancestor of the Shaws of Harris and the Isles.