Bond of Caution (1712)

This is a legal document found by Dr Scott Buie in 2004 amongst the archives of the Court of Session in Edinburgh. It required his sifting through many ancient documents one by one. Unfortunately he discovered it after his seminal book on Jura names had gone off to the printers. This transcription therefore contains names not included in his book. The names are dealt with in the order they appear in the document and, for brevity, little additional detail or comment is added unless necessary.

The document itself is written in an ‘ideosyncratic’ hand with some italic and secretary hand features. The names are largely clearly written although the writer has sometimes muddled his capital "P"s and "C"s. Names were mostly written phonetically, as there was little standard spelling, so they vary a bit. There are 109 names in all. The prevailing convention in recording names was to write the ‘Mac’ in lower case, the defining surname with a capital. Thus "McLean" is written "mcLean". It appears that all the heads of household in the upper part of Jura are named in the document, including cottars. Some who are known to live in Jura in 1712 but have not been included in the list, probably lived in houses sublet to them by those named. Therefore the list is not complete for all the householders, only those who were tenants of the Campbell landlord and paying rent to him. No-one from Dhamsgeir, Feolin, Inver or Cnockbreac, in the southern part of Jura, is listed. There is no obvious explanation for this as people are recorded from the south making for Cape Fear in 1754, and are declared owing money to the Campbell estate. One would expect some names on the list from these locations, but there are none. Place names are typed in ‘bold’ and are mostly on Jura. There are none from Colonsay, but a few from Scarba and Lunga. The modern name is appended alongside where different from the place name on the document.

Names

 * Donald Mclean of Tarbatt – p201, 1704.
 * Archibald Campbell of Carsaig (in the parish of Kilfinichin, Isle of Mull) Probably a barony. The owner of the Campbell estate on Jura.
 * Ardfine (Ardfin)
 * Angus mcPhersone – not recorded. (poss. father of Christine, Martin & Mary. c.f. pp. 232 & 233, 1705 – 1712)
 * Malcome mcCranie – not recorded. (poss s. or g/s of Donald; c.f. p137, 1660)
 * Duncan mcPhetrish - not recorded. (poss. father of Archibald, c.f. p234, 1716 & Murdoch, p237, 1707)
 * John Campbell – p. 49, 1703 & 1714. (‘baylee’ of Jura - a barony official)
 * Malcome Clerk – p. 61, 1704-1709
 * Neill Buie – p.32, 1705-16 (a "cotter")
 * Broastill (Brosdale)
 * Donald mcPhetrish – p. 235, 1723
 * Soerlie mcDougald – p. 164, 1714-1729
 * Allane mcDougald – p. 144 & 145, 1706-1715
 * John mcDougald – p. 158, 1708, 1716 & 1719
 * Dougald mcDougald – p. 152, 1704-1708
 * Stroans (Strone)
 * Alexander mcKey – not recorded (poss. known as ‘Hector’ p. 187, 1709)
 * Malcome Thomsone – not recorded.
 * Hugh mcDougald – p. 156, 1707-1714
 * Dougald mcIllinchaell – not recorded
 * Sanaig (Sannaig)
 * John Campbell – not clear – p. 49, 1702 & 1724.
 * Achleik (uncertain place between Sannaig and Crackaig, probably the ruins near to the ‘Dunan’ in Sannaig woods)
 * Duncan Black – p.11, 1713-1717
 * Duncan mcCallum – (prob.) p.124, 1714
 * Malcome mcNeill – not recorded
 * Donald Campbell – p. 41, 1714
 * Cranelage (Cracaig)
 * Neill mcChetrish (almost certainly McPhetrish) - p.238, 1728
 * Donald mcArthur – p.115, 1706 & 1707
 * Knocknafeolleman (Craighouse)
 * Duncan mcDougald – not recorded
 * John mcKissaig (almost certainly McIsack) p. 184, 1704 & 1707
 * Archibald mcSheill – not recorded. (poss. under McGill p.172, 1713.)
 * Charles mcArthur – not recorded
 * Angus mcGrinaid – not recorded
 * John mcPhaile – not recorded (poss. p. 230, 1707)

Keill (Keills)

 * Donald mcInalie – not recorded
 * John mcInalie – not recorded
 * Angus mcInalie – not recorded
 * Archibald Clerk – not recorded

Erine (Feolin Farm)

 * John mcLean – p. 204, 1705 & 1708

Lergiebreck (Leargybreck – a short distance from Feolin farm)

 * John mcArthur – p. 118, 1705 & 1708
 * Malcome Leith – not recorded – (poss. mcCleisich, p. 134, 1704, 1706 & 1711)
 * Gilbert Buie – p. 26, 1704-1712
 * Angus & John mcShiells – not recorded

Cnockrome (Knockrome)

 * Angus mcChay – not recorded
 * Hew mcCraine – not recorded (poss. father of ‘Ard’;  c.f. p.136, 1704)
 * Archibald mcCraine – (son of Hew) c.f. p.136, 1704
 * Archibald Buie – p. 19, 1705 & 1712
 * John Buie – p. 28, 1712 (2)

Arderneill (Ardfernal)
Donald mcLean – not recorded, (but ? father of Hugh p. 201, 1733.) Gilbert mcKey – p. 186 & 187, 1704-1708. Malcome mcCraine – p. 139, 1708 & 1712. John mcSuine – not recorded. (son of Mr John mcSuine below.) Hector Buie – p.27, 1705 & 1707.

Ardmeanish (Ardmenish)

 * Mr John mcSuine – well recorded drunken ex-minister of Jura
 * John mcphetrish – p. 236, 1704

Lagg

 * John mcIllerioch – p.76, 1707,1709 & p.77, 1713
 * Neill mcLean – p. 208, 1705 & 1708 (but died 1707/08. Son Neill b. 1708 may have been nominated head of household in 1712 or alternatively Neill (1723)
 * A Neill McLean ‘in Lag’ emigrated on the ‘Mary’ in 1754. His name was crammed in (almost illegibly) as an additional passenger in a list ‘for Cape Fear’. NAS GD 64/5/21, c.f. Neil Mc___, p.109 – actually Niel McLean )
 * John mcIlichallum vic Illierioch – not recorded
 * John mcDunan vic Illierioch – not recorded
 * Neill mcIlliphedir - p. 179, 1706
 * Donald mcIllierioch – p.69, 1708 and p.69 1711, p.70, 1714 (married twice)

Corrienadacher (Corrynahera)
John Lamont – p.105, 1724
 * Donald mcIllierioch – p. 69, 1704, 1706, 1708, 1709 & 1714.
 * Duncan Lamont – p.104, 1706-1722
 * Mickell mcIllierioch – p.87, ?1708, 1716, 1718-23. p. 88 1724 & 1733
 * Malcome mcLean - 2 of that name pp. 206 & 207, 1707-1717

Tarbert

 * Archibald Campbell of Krackaig – p.38, 1711
 * Malcome mcLeane – prob. p. 206; 1707, 1709 & 1712, p. 207, 1716
 * Lauchlane mcLean – p. 206; 1712
 * John mcLissaig – (prob. McCleisich) p. 133, 1711-1717
 * Donald mcIllierioch – p.69, 1704 & 1709; p.70, 1711 & 1714
 * Donald Clerk – p. 58,1704 & 1709
 * John Brown – not recorded
 * Archibald mcLean – not recorded
 * John mcShill – (prob. Shaw) p.261, 1708, 1711, 1714, 1716 & 1719
 * Gilbert mcIllierioch – p.75, 1704 – 1712
 * John mcArthur – p.118, 1704, 1709 & 1713. p.119, 1716

The first named in this group, Archibald Campbell of Krackaig, almost certainly lived in Tarbert but the place name is not mentioned. Most of the others did and the assumption here is that the scribe, having written Krackaig, simply omitted to write ‘Tarbert’.

Ardlussa

 * Archibald Campbell of Ardlussa – p.37, 1702
 * Duncan mcKellar – p 191, 1706 – 1715
 * Donald mcNeill – p. 220, 1728
 * Donald mcNeill – Same as above, probably written twice by mistake.
 * Gilbert mcInnish – p.181, 1711 & 1713
 * John mcInnish – pp. 181 & 182, 1704 – 1722
 * Dougald mcCosham – poss. p.283, 1704 (mcO’Shenoge)
 * Alexander mcLaivortie – poss. mcLarty or mcLaortich in Ardlussa
 * Neill Shaw – p.270, 1704

Knockintavill (Barnhill)

 * Donald Shaw – p.253, 1707 & 1713
 * Malcom Shaw – p.264, 1704 - 1721.
 * Neill Shaw - p.270, 1705, 1709 & 1712
 * John Shaw – p.261, 1709(2), 1716
 * Neill mcLean – not recorded

Kenoucktrich (Kinuachdrach)

 * Archibald Campbell – p.38, 1709 & 1720
 * Donald Shaw – c.f. p.253, 1707
 * Neill Shaw – p.270, 1708 or 1716
 * Donald mcCatna – c.f. p.129, 1706

Muillbuy (On Scarba, island N. of Jura)

 * John Shaw – p.261, 1717
 * John Shaw – poss. p.261, 1709 & 1712
 * John mcLean – c.f. p.204, 1714
 * Donald mcEnlea – c.f. p.193, 1713 & 1715
 * John mcEachairne – c.f. p.167, 1719
 * John mcDougald – c.f. p.158, 1734
 * John mcInlie – c.f. p.193, 1713 & 1715
 * Lauchlane mcLean – c.f. p.206, 1706 – 1712
 * John mcDougald – p.158, 1734
 * John mcInilie – c.f. p.193, 1713

Killmory (Scarba)

 * Lachlan mcLean – p.206, 1706 & 1710
 * John mcDougald – not recorded. (c.f. p.158, 1734)
 * Dougald mcDougald – not recorded

Luggea (Island of Lunga, N. of Scarba, part of Jura parish)

 * Hector Campbell – not recorded
 * Murdoch Campbell – p.53, 1710 & 1719
 * Cathraine mcLugais – p.210, 1707-1712

Ardfine (Ardfin, Jura)

 * Archibald Thomsone – p278, 1713 – 1723

Source

 * Dr Lindsay D Neil, February 2006.

Reference

 * Scott Buie, The People of the Parish of Jura. Scotland, 1506– 1811, 2003.
 * Peter Youngson, Jura. Island of Deer, Birlinn, 2001.