Scottish Clans - Clan Macfie or MacPhee
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Published on 13 January 2009
COLONSAY is the ancient home of the MacDuffies or MacPhees, a branch of the great Clan Alpine. The early history of the clan is unknown, but Donald MacDuffie witnessed a charter at Dingwall in 1463. The clan was prominent in the history of the Western Highlands, and MacFie of Colonsay was one of the principal chiefs who met Bishop Knox and signed the famous “ Statutes of Iona” in 1609.
Colonsay passed out of the possession of the clan some years later. In 1615 Malcolm MacFie of Colonsay joined in the rebellion of Sir James MacDonald, and was later delivered to the Earl of Argyle by Coll Kitto MacDonald. In 1623 Coll Kitto was charged with cruel slaughter of Malcolm and serveral of his followers. Colonsay passed to the MacDonalds and then to the MacNeills who brought fame to the island.
When MacFies were dispossessed, some of them followed the MacDonalds and others settled in the Cameron country of Lochaber, and supported that clan at the Battle of Culloden. In Galloway the name took the forms of MacGuffie and MacHaffie.
Ewen MacPhe who lived in the middle of the nineteenth century was famous as the last of the Scottish “ outlaws.” He enlisted in the army, but deserted as the result of a misunderstanding and settled with his family on an island on Loch Quoich. He recongnised no law and no landowner, resided rent free, and defended his home with firearms, his wife being as proficient in their use as her husband. He held it until in his old age he indulged in sheep stealing when he was apprehended and ejected.
Crest: A demi-lion rampant, proper. Badge: Pine.
COLONSAY is the ancient home of the MacDuffies or MacPhees, a branch of the great Clan Alpine. The early history of the clan is unknown, but Donald MacDuffie witnessed a charter at Dingwall in 1463.
COLONSAY is the ancient home of the MacDuffies or MacPhees, a branch of the great Clan Alpine. The early history of the clan is unknown, but Donald MacDuffie witnessed a charter at Dingwall in 1463. The clan was prominent in the history of the Western Highlands, and MacFie of Colonsay was one of the principal chiefs who met Bishop Knox and signed the famous “ Statutes of Iona” in 1609.Colonsay passed out of the possession of the clan some years later. In 1615 Malcolm MacFie of Colonsay joined in the rebellion of Sir James MacDonald, and was later delivered to the Earl of Argyle by Coll Kitto MacDonald. In 1623 Coll Kitto was charged with cruel slaughter of Malcolm and serveral of his followers. Colonsay passed to the MacDonalds and then to the MacNeills who brought fame to the island.
When MacFies were dispossessed, some of them followed the MacDonalds and others settled in the Cameron country of Lochaber, and supported that clan at the Battle of Culloden. In Galloway the name took the forms of MacGuffie and MacHaffie.
Ewen MacPhe who lived in the middle of the nineteenth century was famous as the last of the Scottish “ outlaws.” He enlisted in the army, but deserted as the result of a misunderstanding and settled with his family on an island on Loch Quoich. He recongnised no law and no landowner, resided rent free, and defended his home with firearms, his wife being as proficient in their use as her husband. He held it until in his old age he indulged in sheep stealing when he was apprehended and ejected.
Crest: A demi-lion rampant, proper. Badge: Pine.