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MACGILLELANE: Gilbert McGillelane or McGillolane was captain of Clan Connan of Galloway in the reign of David II (RMS., I, App. II, 912), and Ingeram M'Gillelan made an assedation (lease) of land in the barony of Redcastle, near Lunan, 1372 (RMS.
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MACGILLELANE: Gilbert McGillelane or McGillolane was captain of Clan Connan of Galloway in the reign of David II (RMS., I, App. II, 912), and Ingeram M'Gillelan made an assedation (lease) of land in the barony of Redcastle, near Lunan, 1372 (RMS., I, 515). Gilbert Dow McGillalane lived in Bute in 1552 (RMS.), and Angus Mcgilelan was a rebel in Kilberrie paroch, 1685 (Commons, p. 4). See also Macclellan.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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