. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. et of Innis-Buie, formed by the parting ofthe water of the Dochart just before it issues into Loch Tay,in which is the most ancient burial place of the family;and outside there are numerous gravestones of other membersof the clan. The lands of the town of Callander chiefly be-long to a descendant of this laird, not in marriage. Archibald Macnab of Macnab, nephew of Francis, succeed-ed as 13th chief. The estates being considerably encumber-ed, he was obliged to sell the pr
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. et of Innis-Buie, formed by the parting ofthe water of the Dochart just before it issues into Loch Tay,in which is the most ancient burial place of the family;and outside there are numerous gravestones of other membersof the clan. The lands of the town of Callander chiefly be-long to a descendant of this laird, not in marriage. Archibald Macnab of Macnab, nephew of Francis, succeed-ed as 13th chief. The estates being considerably encumber-ed, he was obliged to sell the property for behoof of hiscreditors. Many of the clan having emigrated to Canada about thebeginning of the nineteenth century, and being very success-ful, 300 of those remaining in Scotland were induced about1817 to try their fortunes in America, and in 1821, the chiefhimself, with some more of the clan, took their departure forCanada. He returned in 1853, and died at Lannion, Cotesdu Nord, France, Aug. 12, 1860, aged 83. Subjoined is hisportrait, from a daguerreotype taken at Saratoga, UnitedStatpw of America, in 1848:. He left a widow, and one surviving daughter, SophiaFrances. The next Macnabs by descent entitled to the chiefship arebelieved to be Sir Allan Napier Macnab, Bart., Canada; Macnab, 5th Fusileers, and Mr. John Macnab, Glen-mavis, Bathgate. The lairds of Macnab, previous to the reign of Charles I.,intermarried with the families of Lord Gray of , Inchbraco, Robertson of Strowan, &c. The chief cadets of the family were the Macnabs of Dundum,Acharne, Newton, Cowie, and Inchewen. Of one of the latterfamily the following exploit is related. In 1745, a party olsoldiers, sent from the castle of Finlarig, (which means the fieldor plain of Fingal,)to burn the house of Coire Chaorach. nearBenmore, were watched, on their march, by Macnab of Inch-ewen. After setting fire to the mansion, they commenced theirreturn to Finlarig, when it was observed th
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