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Clan MacBean was known as an ever war like clan. If he accepted them, they became a Sept of his Clan and they gave their loyalty to this new Chief. If a family moved further away and found themselves in another Clans area, they could ask for protection from that Chief. The Chief gives the Clan members protection and the Clan Members give their loyalty to the Chief. As the families became larger and moved to other surrounding areas to take up residence, they were still responsible to the Chief of the whole family – Clan. If he called for the clan to gather for battle, it was their duty to respond by showing up. In return, they helped in what ever he needed them to do. He was the one that had to be sure that they had enough to eat and clothes on their backs. There was a Chief that was the ruler over the whole family.
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People of the same lineage settled in the same area. Some times you will find M’ which means the same as Mac. Later the lines and dots were dropped altogether. As time passed, many people dropped the a and put a line underneath the “Mc” with two dots to show that the a was suppose to be there. Many records show the names spelled the way the recorder spelled it, not the way the family spelled it. You can find one family member that spelled his name one way and his brothers spelled it another way. For a long time, everything was spelled phonetically. This is why there are so many spellings of the sound. It is prounounced MacBain in Scotland. The “bh” in the Gaelic has a “bv” sound. Our Gaelic name is MacBheathain, meaning “Son of the Lively One”. It is not a castle by any means, but a good sized home and can be seen by driving down the road past the turn off to the park.Īlternate versions of and additional information about the Clan’s history can be found on Wikipedia, Electric Scotland, Alan Bean’s Clan MacBean Page, and Strathnairn Heritage Association. Although the original home of Kinchyle has been lost to the clan, it still exists and is in very good shape. He was able to buy a small piece of the old lands of Kinchyle and has established a park that all clan members may visit. After several years of follow-up research and applications to the Lord Lyon, he became the 21st Chief of Clan MacBean. It was discovered that the Chieftainship had been vacant for almost 200 years. In the mid-1900’s Hughston McBain was interested in his heritage and started doing research. Some through the military, some through exploration, and some through transportation as prisoners. Many Clan members came to North America during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. At that time, the 15th Chief of Clan MacBean, Donald MacBean, was in the British Army and fighting in North America following the loss at the Battle of Culloden. William McBain – 16th Chief of Clan MacBean, immigrated to Canada in the early 1800’s, bringing the Chieftain lineage to North America. The lands of Kinchyle were lost through taxation in the late 1700’s. It is the MacBeans of Kinchyle that the Chieftainship is passed through to our present Chief, James McBain of McBain – 22nd Chief of Clan MacBean. There are several notible family groups, such as the MacBeans of Faillie, the MacBeans of Tomatin, the MacBeans of Pittanie, and the MacBeans of Kinchyle. Our Lands were located on the south side of Loch Ness. Due to the enmity of Angus Og of Islay they eventually withdrew to Rothiemurchus. Eva came from Lochaber and after their marriage they lived for some time at Tor Castle in Glenloy.
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We carry the blood of both Clans and as the MackIntosh was also the Chief of Clan Chattan, our families have always been close. This is how Clan MacBean is considered part of Clan Chattan’s Federation of Clans. When the Mackintosh granted him land, he rightly took his place as a clan chief.
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“Bean” means lively one and “mor” means great. Her father was from the Royal family of Loern of the Ancient Celtic Kingdom of Dal Riad and this was also the family that Bean Macdhomhil Mor came from. It was custom that a new heiress would bring a following of her own kinsmen with her to her new married home. One of our ancestors came with Eva as part of her family that moved with her when she married. Clan MacBean started when Dougal Dall, 7th Chief of Clan Chattan (pronounce Hattan) gave his daughter, Eva, heiress to his Chieftainship of Clan Chattan, in marriage to Angus MackIntosh, the 6th Chief of Clan MackIntosh in 1291.