Talk:George Mackay of Skibo

There are two (at least) appearances of the surname "Morsion" in the roll of Mackay's company- which probably indicates that the source of the version which appears here is a photocopy of a publication which contains literals. At least one other printed version of this list can be found elsewhere on the net, with the same apparent literals. The correct version of the surname seems, in fact, to have been Morison, and the "Hugh Morsion" in particular may be an obstacle to researchers, since there is certainly a Hugh Morison (one of two, in fact) associated with the Iter Boreale plantation in Jamaica, (which is itself a title subject to misprints - it often appears in Scots sources as "Herboreale" among other versions, but it also has other links with the Sutherland area) where he was an overseer, who may well have been either the listed man, or very close kin. Wikipedia etiquette shouldn't prevent checking thisDelahays (talk) 10:07, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have checked the source and it indeed should be Hugh "Morison" so I have corrected the article. It was just a typo. The source which I have and that is being quoted in the article is: MacLeod Ruairidh, H. F.S.A. Scot. (1984). Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Volume LIII. p. 361 and pp. 370 - 371. Quoting from the Loudoun Papers held in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California. However, I should also point out that there was another book published in 2006 called Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration 1725-1775 - The Northern Highlands, by David Dobson which quotes from MacLeod and his Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Volume LIII, but in Dobson's book the spelling of all the men in George Mackay of Skibo's company with this surname has been changed to "Morrison" from "Morison". As MacLeod is the source for Dobson and as MacLeod actually visited the Huntington Library to view the original documents then it is likely that MacLeod is correct.QuintusPetillius (talk) 11:34, 23 December 2021 (UTC)