The Clan Chattan, the MacPhersons, and the Chattan Confederation played a major role in the history of the central and eastern Highlands.  At the same time, exactly how all these clans came together, as well as where the actual Chattan kindred originated from have been cloudy in my mind for a long time.  So I decided to make it a project and share what I learned.  Join me as I untangle the Clan Chattan, with a focus on the Clan MacPherson, and their origins.  

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Sources:

"AN OLD HIGHLAND GENEALOGY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ASCOTTISH CLAN" by Alan G. MacPherson

      https://www.clan-macpherson.org/museum/documents/alang01.pdf

"MacPherson Country: Genealogical Identities, Spatial Histories, and the Scottish Diasporic Clanscape"  By Paul Basu  https://www.academia.edu/3004463/Macpherson_Country_Genealogical_Identities_Spatial_Histories_and_the_Scottish_Diasporic_Clanscape

 

"Clan Macpherson, 1215 - 1550, How the Macphersons acquired their Clan Lands and Independence"  by Reynold MacPherson, 20 January 2011

 http://www.reynoldmacpherson.ac.nz/publications/Clan%20Macpherson,%201215%20to%201550.pdf