Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert McKenzie was born about 1722, in Kirkton of Glenisla, Forfarshire, Scotland, his father, William McKenzie, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Ross, was 31.
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Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnich, a patronymic from the personal name Coinneach meaning ‘comely’, Anglicized as Kenneth. Compare the Irish form McKinney 2. The Scottish spelling with -z- indicates palatalization of the -n- (compare Menzies ).
History: This is the name of a Scottish Highland clan, historically associated with the mountainous district of Kintail in nortwestern Scotland, with Cromarty, and with Loch Seaforth (Loch Shiphoirt) on the Island of Harris.
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