Laggan Farm, near Skipness, Argyllshire, Scotland Sources: -OPR records, years 1783-1854, FHC film # 1041076 Records extracted from the Skipness Old Parochial Register. There are two volumes of these records on the film. The first volume pages run from p. 78-164. The second volume pages run from p. 1 - 38A. Every other page of the second volume is unnumbered, so I have labeled them the number from the previous page followed by the letter A. I have attempted to group together by family. -Skipness, Memories of a Highland Estate, Angus Graham From Skipness: Memories of a Highland Estate: LAGGAN. This place, marked as a group of houses on Roy's map, was last inhabited about 1882 and its remains have now been entirely removed. It occupied a charming site by a small burn, in a sheltered hollow, and was passed by the old road that is marked on the OS map of 1867 as running on to Cnocandonn and Culindrach. Mrs Higginson believed that treasure had been hidden at Laggan, and also records a dubious piece of folklore. 'Malcolm McQuilkan', she writes, 'lived at Laggan he was a shoemaker to trade, he was a very queer man in his way he got the idea if he had two wings he could fly in a good breeze of wind. So he made two round wooden hoops and covered them with sheepskins (these articles were called fasgags) and sewed a lot of feathers all round them. On a very windy day he went up on the top of his house and tried to fly and fell down in the ash-pit.' {notes on names provided by Frank Bigwood, Wflbigwood@cs.com, historical researcher. Many thanks to Frank for his help!} Archibald Taylor & Marget MacGlehollum Rachell, bap 22 Aug 1784, source OPR p. 81 Petter, bap 29 Dec 1785, source OPR p. 83 Marget, bap 15 Dec 1787, source OPR p. 85 Archibald, bap 26 Mar 1797, source OPR p. 96, Ronald MacAlester & Marget Hyndman Kathren, bap 23 Jan 1784, source OPR p 80 Mary, bap 28 Feb 1786, source OPR p. 83 Marget, bap 11 Jul 1791, source OPR p. 89 Donald Duglas & Barbra Calbreth Jean, bap 16 Jul 1786, source OPR p. 83 Kathren, bap 24 Jan 1788, source OPR p. 85 Hector MacAlester & Christian Taylour Rachel, bap 15 Dec 1787, source OPR p. 85 Archibald, bap 22 Nov 1789, source OPR p. 87 Christian, bap 20 Jan 1797, source OPR p. 96 Malcom MacQuilkan & Mary MacKinvine Christian, bap 12 May 1784, source OPR p. 80 John, bap 23 Mar 1788, source OPR p. 85 Barbra, bap 28 Feb 1790, source OPR p. 87 Allan, bap 17 Mar 1792, source OPR p. 90 Mary, bap 18 Oct 1796, source OPR p. 95 Duncan, bap 21 Apr 1799, source OPR p. 100 Alexander Carr & Jean MacKinzie James, bap 6 Dec 1788, source OPR p. 86 Peter Hyndman & Marget MacCollum Jennet, bap 27 Oct 1792, source OPR p. 91 William Hynman & Mary MacMillan Archibald, bap 4 Dec 1794, source OPR p. 92 John, bap 26 Mar 1797, source OPR p. 96 Archibald, bap 29 Dec 1799, source OPR p. 102 Donald MacVicar & Mary MacLellan Dugald, bap 25 Jul 1795, source OPR p. 93 Duncan Red & Barbra MacGlehere Kathren, bap 11 Mar 1796, source OPR p. 94 Marrion, bap 30 Mar 1799, source OPR p. 100 John MacVicar & Kathen Dason Elizabeth, bap 7 Apr 1796, source OPR p. 94 Anna, bap 25 Sep 1797, source OPR p. 97 John Hyndman & Rachell Taylour John, bap 11 Dec 1796, source OPR p. 95 William, bap 17 Feb 1798, source OPR p. 98 Alexander, bap 21 Apr 1799, source OPR p. 100 Archibald MacAlester & Kathren Taylour Archibald, bap 8 Feb 1798, source OPR p. 98 Alexander, bap 13 Jan 1799, source OPR p. 100 Ronald, bap 29 Mar 1800, source OPR p. 103 Rachel, bap 16 Jan 1802, source OPR p. 108 John, bap 9 Nov 1807, source OPR p. 123 Margarat, bap 20 Mar 1816, source OPR p. 140 Archibald, bap 25 May 1818, source OPR p. 146 Alexr McAlester & Katy Taylor, married 31 Jan 1804, source OPR p. 153 John, bap 10 Apr 1805, source OPR p. 117 {male child}, bap 6 Mar 1809, source OPR p. 126 Archd Crawford & {no name listed} Mary, bap 10 Apr 1805, source OPR p. 117 William McAlister & Ann McQuilkan, m. 29 Oct 1803, source OPR p. 153 Margaret, bap 4 May 1805, source OPR p. 117 Donald, bap 21 ?Jan 1807, source OPR p. 123 Anna, bap 5 May 1810, source OPR p. 128 Chirstin, bap 30 Jan 1814, source OPR p. 135 John, bap 3 Aug 1816, source OPR p. 141 William McAlister & Ann Wilkie Malcom, bap 18 Feb 1826, source OPR p. 9 William McAlister & Ann McQuilkan Elizabeth, bap 12 Sep 1829, source OPR p. 12A Duncan McLean & Jannet McNicol Whitehow {male child}, bap 23 Jun 1822, source OPR p. 4 William McIntosh & Isabel Campbell Dugal, bap 22 Jul 1823, source OPR p. 5A Mary, bap 18 Ma? 1825, source OPR p. 8 Alexander Taylor & Margarat Walker Margarat, bap 23 Nov 1825, source OPR p. 8A John, bap 10 Feb 1828, source OPR p. 11 Archibald Taylor & Katrin McQuilkan Jannet, bap 5 May 1826, source OPR p. 9 Donal Reid & Kathrin McMillan, m. 17 Feb 1816, source OPR p. 16 Isabela, bap 20 Oct 1820, source OPR p 2A Donald, bap 2 Mar 1823, source OPR p. 3 John, bap 25 Dec 1824, source OPR p. 7A Archibald, bap 4 May 1827, source OPR p. 10 Kathrin, bap ?23 Aug 1828, source OPR p. 11A Chirstie, bap 4 Jul 1830, source OPR p. 14 Margarratt, bap 3 Sep 1831, source OPR p. 15 John McTagart & Chirstie McQuilkan Angus, bap 27 Feb 1830, source OPR p. 13A John Wilson m. Margaret Carmichael 10 Jun 1820, source OPR p. 164 James, bap. 10 Jun 1821, source OPR, p. 3 John, bap. 29 Mar 1823, source OPR, p. 5A Ann, bap. 4 Sep 1825, source OPR, p. 8A Peter, bap. 10 Nov 1827, source OPR, p. 10A Kathrin, bap 4 Sep 1830, source OPR p. 14 John, bap. 16 Feb 1833, source OPR p. 16 Margaret, bap. 6 Jun 1835, source OPR p. 18 Christian, bap. 26 Aug 1837, source OPR p. 19A Mary, bap. 14 Mar 1840, source OPR p. 21A Duncan McIntyre & Mary Kinady Margarat, bap 15 Sep 1832, source OPR p. 15A Edward Thomson & Kathrin Campbell Robert, bap 25 May 1833, source OPR p. 16A John McTagart & Kathrin Duglas Ann, bap 16 Nov 1835, source OPR p. 18A Duncan, bap 27 Aug 1837, source OPR p. 19A Kathrin, bap 8 Dec 1839, source OPR p. 21 Alexander, bap 26 Mar 1842, source OPR p. 22A Mary, bap 19 Jun 1944, source OPR p. 24 Christian, b. 25 Dec 1846, bap 18 Feb 1847, source OPR p. 26 Angus Taylor & Janet MacPherson Isabella, bap 5 Nov 1842, source OPR p. 23 Donald, b. 7 Dec 1844, bap 21 Dec 1844, source OPR p. 24A Sarah, b. 15 Jan 1847, bap 23 Jan 1847, source OPR p. 26 Peter MacCallum & Catharine MacAlister Malcolm, b. 8 Apr 1842, bap 26 Nov 1842, source OPR p. 23 Alexander McKinlay m. Ann McAlister, 19 Jan 1833, source OPR p. 34A Ann, bap 7 May 1836, source OPR p. 19 William, bap 18 Aug 1838, source OPR p. 20A John, bap 8 May 1841, source OPR p. 22 Ronald, b. 2 May 1847, bap 5 Jun 1847, source OPR p. 26 Ronald, b. 1 Mar 1850, bap 13 Mar 1850, source OPR p. 27 Alexander, b. 16 Apr 1853, bap 14 May 1853, source OPR p. 28A Donald McAlister & Barbra Taylor Isabella, b. 2 Mar 1851, bap 16 Jan 1855 ? (1853), source OPR p. 29 Mary, b. 2 Jun 1853, bap 16 Jan 1855, source OPR p. 29