10. George.
11. Captain John of Castle Leod, who married Geddes, daughter
of his uncle, Simon Mackenzie. He bought the estate of Avoch with
money left him by Admiral George Geddes Mackenzie, his wife's brother.
By this marriage he had issue - George of Avoch, a merchant in London
(with several other sons and daughters), who married Margaret,
daughter of the Rev. William Mackenzie, minister of Glenmuick, with
issue - (1) Geddes, who in 1812, married Sir Alexander Mackenzie,
the celebrated North American explorer, and discoverer of the
Mackenzie River, with issue - Alexander George of Avoch; George
Alexander; and Geddes Margaret; (2) Margaret, who married Thomas
Mackenzie, X. of Applecross, with issue.
George had three other sons and nine daughters by this marriage,
making twenty-three in all. He married, secondly, Elizabeth,
natural daughter of President Forbes of Culloden, who has a sasine
of Meikle Gruinard in 1729 "to Elizabeth Forbes, his spouse,"
with issue - four sons and six daughters, making the extraordinary
total of thirty-three children, nineteen of whom are known to have
married, many of them into the best families in the north.
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