John Mackay of Achness

VII. John is traditionally known as a man of pronounced piety, and strongly sympathetic with the persecuted Covenanters. He married Christina, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Munro, the poet preacher of Durness, and had one son, of whom follows :

VIII. Rev. William Mackay,

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THE BOOK OF MACKAY BY ANGUS MACKAY, M.A. (St. Andrews University) Minister at Westerdale, Caithness EDINBURGH : NORMAN MACLEOD, -25 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE CANADA : EDWARD MACKAY, ST. PETER'S MANSE, MADOC,

ONT. M DCCCC VI

THE CLAN-ABRACH BRANCH OF MACKAYS

This John, the eldest son, married Christian, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Munro, minister of Durness, by whom he had an only son, 

• the Rev. William Mackay, minister of Dornoch, who married Jane, daughter of John Dunbar, bailie of Elgin,

 Pg. 558-9 HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY,BY ROBERT MACKAY, 1829

John Mackay, VII of Aberach was, according to historian Angus Mackay, known as a man of “pronounced piet” and strongly sympathetic with the persecuted Scottish Covenanters during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.[19] He married Christina, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Munro, poet and preacher of Durness and left one son, William.[20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackay_of_Aberach