Mary Frederica Elizabeth (Mackenzie) Stewart Mackenzie (1783 - 1862)

Born 27 Mar 1783 in Tarradale , Cromartyshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Hood RN — married 6 Nov 1804 (to 24 Dec 1814) in St Michael, Barbados, West Indies

Wife of James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie MP — married 21 May 1817 in England

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1862 at age 79 in Brahan Castle, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary (Mackenzie) Stewart Mackenzie is Notable.

Mary (Mackenzie) Stewart Mackenzie is a member of Clan Mackenzie.

Mary was born in 1783^[1] in Tarradale Cromarty shire. Mary Mackenzie ...was the eldest daughter and heiress of Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth. Also known as "Lady Hood Mackenzie", or by the sobriquet "The Hooded Lassie",

Mary, married Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood on 6 November 1804. ^[2]

On the death of Sir Samuel, Mary married Alexander Stewart Mackenzie in May 1817. ^[3]

As Lewis Heritor, she gave encouragement to Baptists and preachers. She invited Evangelists to preach in the female seminary that she lead in Stornoway. She also aided Alexander Macleod the new Minister of Uig whom she encouraged to take up the post of preacher. At one point Macleod approached her to extend the church building in Uig.Macleod was later in the midst of a revival in UIg.

^[4] She died in 1862 and was buried in Fortrose. She was Chief of the Clan Mackenzie being succeeded by her eldest son (Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie); this is disputed - see | wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia Profile - Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie

1. ↑ Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1DD-3Y3 : accessed 20 August 2015), Margaret Frederica Elizabeth Mackenzie, 27 Mar 1783; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 990,661.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Frederica_Mackenzie
3. ↑ Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMY-2VX : accessed 20 August 2015), James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie and Mary Frederica Elizabeth Mackenzie, 21 May 1817; citing Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,066,690.
4. ↑ The People of the Great Faith the Highland Church 1690 1900 Douglas Ansdell Acair Ltd 1998

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Acknowledgments

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