3 Celts & Company • "MACMILLAN"Believed to be of descent from Methlan, son of a 13th-century Buchanan chief, MacMillans became known about then around Loch Arkaig, with a branch by Loch Tay. From here in the 16th century their chief possession became Knapdale through marriage with a MacNeill heiress; and in Galloway also a branch developed who were later to achieve note as Covenanters.
At first dependent on the Lords of the Isles, the MacMillans afterwards lost their clan lands to bigger neighbors, the Lochabar group becoming fighting followers of the Camerons, whilst some from Knapdale avoided Campbell 'protection' by migrating to Arran. The Baxter sept claim descent from a Chief's son who once eluded pursuit by assuming the guise of a busy baker.
Septs: BAXTER, BELL, BLUE, BROUN, BROWN, MACBAXTER, MACNAMELL
"MACMILLAN." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.74. Print.
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