SUTHERLAND William 1775-1858 and Isabella Mackay 1778-1864 – 3rd Great Grandparents

A BIT ABOUT THIS BRANCH OF THE SUTHERLANDS

Donald’s Grandfather was William Sutherland who is described above as a Widower and Pauper when he died on Twelfth March 1853 at Clynelith, Clyne, Sutherland. He married Isabella Mackay whose mother was also a Sutherland.
William’s parents William Sutherland, common labourer and Catherine Sutherland. His son Robert was informant. He was buried at Clyne churchyard.

CLYNE, a parish, in the county of Sutherland, 6 miles (N. E.) from Golspie; containing the village of Brora. This parish is about twenty-four miles in length, from north-west to south-east, and from six to eight in breadth, and contains 65,000 acres; it is bounded on the south-east by the German Ocean. The church, a plain structure, was built about the year 1770. It was repaired and enlarged about 1827, and will accommodate nearly 1000 persons with sittings.

In the well-cultivated district along the coast the surface is tame, but in other parts greatly diversified, presenting the most prominent and characteristic features of Highland scenery. The glens and lakes, adorned with natural wood and plantations, as seen from the vicinity of Killean, which also commands a prospect of the abrupt precipices overhanging Loch Brora, and the lofty mountains of Ben-Clibrig, Ben-Ormin, and Ben-Horn, are among the finest portions of this secluded district.

Beyond Strath-Brora, however, about nine miles from the coast, the general aspect of the scenery becomes bleak and heathy, with extensive tracts of moor and moss, intersected by numerous rivulets, and lofty ranges of hills. In general the coast is low and sandy, and marked by a ridge of sand hills, covered in the more abrupt parts with bent, and in the others with tolerably good pasture.

The river Brora, the principal stream, is celebrated for salmon of a superior size and flavour, it has its source in the forest of Ben-Clibrig, and after a winding course of thirty miles within the parish, discharges itself into the sea at Brora. The largest sheet of water is Loch Brora, which is about four miles long, and varies from a quarter to half a mile in breadth: its banks are clothed with several clumps of natural wood, and extensive plantations of fir; and the bold and precipitous Carrol rock, with the mansion-house of Kilcalmkill, contributes to its interesting and beautiful scenery.

The old Clyne Church and Churchyard which has now gone. This was photographed in 1905
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Denis’s 2nd great grandparents Donald Sutherland and Jane Gordon.

CHILDREN

1. DAVID SUTHERLAND 1799-1867 – DIRECT LINE

see separate dedicated page. David married Isabella Munro.

David’s line. From him Donald is our line.

2. CHRISTIAN or Christie SUTHERLAND 1801-

BAPTISM October 12th William Sutherland, a Wright in Balblan and Isobel Mackay, his spouse had a child baptised in name Christian

She married into the Campbell Clan to Charles Campbell. No further information on this line

3. HELEN SUTHERLAND 1803-1813

She died age 10

4. WILLIAM SUTHERLAND 1806-1874

William married Mary Mackay in Kilchoman in 1823. They had a large family of Sutherlands who resided in and around the Ardvannie, Edderton, Ross and Cromarty area.