Mary Blue

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Buried:
1855. Erected by Hugh Gillies, Beallochroy in memory of his wife Mary Blue who died 22 nd Dec 1847 aged 53 years.

Mary married Hugh Gillies on 16 Sep 1818 in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Hugh Gillis from Glasgow with Mary Blue daughter of Miller at Ardelay


1841 census Scotland
Place: Kilcalmonll-Kilberry-Argyllshire
Civil Parish: Kilcalmonll,Kilberry
Address: Ballachroy
GILLIES Hugh M 50 Spirit Dealer Argyllshire
GILLIES Mary F 45 Argyllshire
GILLIES Margaret F 20 Argyllshire
GILLIES Nelly F 15 Argyllshire
GILLIES Malcom M 15 Argyllshire
GILLIES Dugald M 14 Argyllshire
GILLIES John M 12 Argyllshire
GILLIES Hugh M 9 Argyllshire
GILLIES Jenny F 7 Argyllshire
GILLIES Donald M 5 Argyllshire
GILLIES Neil M 2 Argyllshire

1. Margaret Gillies was born about 1819 in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
2. Isobell Gillies was born on 6 Jun 1821 in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
3. Nelly Gillies was born on 2 Mar 1823 in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
4. Malcolm Gillies was born about 1825 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
5. Dugald Gillies was born on 30 Jan 1827 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
6. John Gillies was born on 15 Oct 1828 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
7. Jannet Gillies was born on 14 Mar 1830 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; died before 1834 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK.
8. Hugh Gillies was born on 29 Feb 1832 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
9. Janet Gillies was born on 24 May 1834 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; died on 28 Jun 1898 in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA.
10. Donald Gillies was born on 30 Jun 1836 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
11. Niel Gillies was born on 22 Aug 1838 in Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.

Notes:

Died:
died Ardelay

Malcom married Isabella Galbraith. Isabella was born about 1749; died on 23 Feb 1827 in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK; was buried in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died Ardelay

Notes:

Died:
died at Ardelay

Buried:
Sacred to the memory of Donald Blue, miller, Ardelay who died April 1778 aged 69 years and of Merran McNeil his wife who died Sep 1758 aged 46 years.

Donald married Merran MacNeill. Merran was born about 1711; died in Sep 1758 in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK; was buried in Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Sacred to the memory of Donald Blue, miller, Ardelay who died April 1778 aged 69 years and of Merran McNeil his wife who died Sep 1758 aged 46 years.

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Married:
Source Kintyre Magazine 23
The Blues of North Kintyre
Ian MacDonald
A letter to our editor from Mr. John Blue of Plano, Texas, asking for confirmation that the family originally McGORME or McGURMEN had originated in Knapdale before spreading to Kintyre and the nearby islands, was sent to me and the subsequent research on the families produced some interesting details on the families in Kintyre and Knapdale. The old Gaelic surname was found to vary from being written as McGURMEN, McGURMAN, McGURMAINE, depending on the locality. The earliest traces, however, were found in North Kintyre in the parish of Kilcalmonell and later in Killean parish to the south, before several listed as rebels in the 1685 rising by the Earl of Argyll were located in the Tayvallish peninsula of North Knapdale. The remainder both in Knapdale and Kintyre remained loyal and are all listed as fensible men of various parishes in 1692.
The family were renowned meal millers and operated the mills at Ballochroy, Tayinloan (Largie), Killean, Glachaig, Glenbarr and Kylipole (Calliburn) during the 18th and 19th centuries. Several were weavers, shoemakers and farmers in various parts of Kintyre. Later generations became shoemakers, slaters and builders in Campbeltown, whilst others left their native shores to settle in America and Canada. The earliest member traced was Malcolm Blue, a tenant at Kilhammag in Kilcalmonell Parish, Barony of Knapdale in 1627.
On 26 February 1627 John MacDonald, heritable proprietor of the 8 merklands of KILCHAMAG, GARNAGRENOCK and MUCKROY issued a Precept of Warning to the four pretended tenants of his lands in Knapdale. It was written in Edinburgh, signed by himself and witnessed by Charles McAlester and John McKay. The warning was sent to Adam McKay, sheriff in Kintyre to execute. It ordered Malcolm MoIlgorme and the other three pretended tenants to flit, remove with their spouses, bairns and stock, etc. before Whitsunday 1627.
The warning was to be made at the next preaching of God's word or prayers in the parish church of Kilcalmonell allowing 40 days for the completion and compliance. No further details were found until 1685 when Donald, Donald jun., Iver and John (Blue) McGurman living on the island of Gigha took the oath of allegiance on 10th Sept. 1685 at Campbeltown together with a number of others from the Glen Barr area of Kintyre who had fled to the island for safety. By then Angus and Dugald McIlguirme were located on the farms of Ducheran and Barmollach in Saddell, then part of Killean Parish whilst Duncan McIlguirme was farmer at Amod, also nearby in Barr Glen.
When emigration from Kintyre, due to high rents and oppresion, commenced about 1730 Malcolm Blue, his spouce More (Sara) Smith, and their three young sons left, it is believed with the Neil McNeill batch of colonisers about 1746/47. Their three sons were Daniel, Duncan and John and five more children were born near Campbelltown (Fayetteville). Subsequently several other members of the family also emigrated to the Cape Fear area the main port of arrival being Wilmington, North Carolina. On 2nd September 1748 the Presbyterian Community in Bladen Country petitioned the Synod of Argyll to send them out a minister. Malcolm Blue was one of the signatories of the original which is preserved in the Archives of Inverary Castle. His son John 1745-1781 was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary McKay and their eldest son John married Effie Gilchrist, the only daughter of John Gilchrist and Flora Currie. The Gilchrist family farmed at North Loch Kiarran near the village of Clachan before emigrating in 1771 to North Carolina. Their grandson, Rear Admiral Victor Blue, was accorded every possible military honour when he died in 1928. In an illustrious career in the Navy he was decorated many times and served in the North Sea Fleet, being commander of U.S.S. Texas in World War I.
After the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and the onset of less troubled times the most of the Blue families located in the Largieside area of Kintyre. The oldest grave stones known to the writer are in