Rothiemurchus, in Inverness-shire
See The First Appearance of "Macrae" as a Surname
So far as at present known, the name Macrae is first mentioned as a surname in the year 1386, in an agreement made, at Inverness, between the Bishop of Moray and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, better known as the Wolf of Badenoch, with regard to some land in Rothiemurchus, in Inverness-shire, which was formerly occupied by a certain Cristinus M'Crath (Christopher Mcrae), who was then dead.1