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The Clan MacQueen were of West Highland or Hebridean origin and appear to have been originally associated with Clan Donald. The name is found in many forms, Cuinn, Suibne, MacCunn, MacSween, MacSuain and MacSwan. As early as the thirteenth century there were MacSweens in Argyllshire at Castle Sween, and the name remained in that district in the form of Sween and MacQueen for three or four hundred years thereafter.

MacQueens, MacSwans and MacSweens are numerous in Skye and Lewis, and the MacQueens held lands of Garafad in Skye for several centuries.

Early in the fifteenth century when Malcolm, tenth chief of the MacKintoshes, married Mora MacDonald of Moidart, the bride was accompanied by several of her clansmen, including Revan MacQueen, who settled in the MacKintosh country and subsequently formed septs of the Clan Chattan. Revan MacQueen fought under MacKintosh at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411.

The MacQueens settled in Strathdearn, and in the sixteenth century we find them in possession of the lands of Corrybrough, and figuring prominently in the district. The Clan Chattan Bond of 1609 was signed by Donald MacQueen of Corrybrough, for himself, and taking full burden of John MacQueen in Little Corrybrough and Sween MacQueen in Raigbeg. The lands of Corrybrough passed out of the possession of the MacQueens in the eighteenth century. Robert MacQueen, Lord Braxfield, the eminent lawyer, belonged to a Lanarkshire family of MacQueens. His reputation as a judge of political prisoners was not a flattering one.

Crest: A wolf’s head couped, sable. Badge: Boxwood, Red whortleberry.


	Clan of the Cat \| home Clan Macpherson \| Clan Farquharson \| Clan MacGillivray \| Clan Shaw \| Clan MacBean \| Clan Davidson \| Clan MacIntyre \| Clan MacQueen \| Clan MacThomas Site Index Clan MacQueen The Clan MacQueen were of West Highland or Hebridean origin and appear to have been originally associated with Clan Donald. The name is found in many forms, Cuinn, Suibne, MacCunn, MacSween, MacSuain and MacSwan. As early as the thirteenth century there were MacSweens in Argyllshire at Castle Sween, and the name remained in that district in the form of Sween and MacQueen for three or four hundred years thereafter. MacQueens, MacSwans and MacSweens are numerous in Skye and Lewis, and the MacQueens held lands of Garafad in Skye for several centuries. Early in the fifteenth century when Malcolm, tenth chief of the MacKintoshes, married Mora MacDonald of Moidart, the bride was accompanied by several of her clansmen, including Revan MacQueen, who settled in the MacKintosh country and subsequently formed septs of the Clan Chattan. Revan MacQueen fought under MacKintosh at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. The MacQueens settled in Strathdearn, and in the sixteenth century we find them in possession of the lands of Corrybrough, and figuring prominently in the district. The Clan Chattan Bond of 1609 was signed by Donald MacQueen of Corrybrough, for himself, and taking full burden of John MacQueen in Little Corrybrough and Sween MacQueen in Raigbeg. The lands of Corrybrough passed out of the possession of the MacQueens in the eighteenth century. Robert MacQueen, Lord Braxfield, the eminent lawyer, belonged to a Lanarkshire family of MacQueens. His reputation as a judge of political prisoners was not a flattering one. Crest: A wolf’s head couped, sable. Badge: Boxwood, Red whortleberry.