Macrae of Clunes
Macrae of Clunes had three sons who left Clunes. One went to Brahan, near Dingwall. Another went to Argyleshire, where he married the heiress of Craignish. Another son is said to have gone to Kintail.
According to the Rev. John Macrae, the most probable cause of the migration of the Macraes to Kintail, or, at all events, of that branch of them which afterwards became the most important, was that, though they do not appear to have been very numerous, they were becoming too crowded in the old home at Clunes. Three sons of Macrae of Clunes are said to have left home in this way, but the old man himself remained in Clunes all his days, enjoying the esteem and confidence of the Lords of Lovat, four of whom were fostered in his house.