Sir John Mackenzie

Abt 1607 - 1654  (47 years)

• Name	John Mackenzie
  Title	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1607  [1]
  	Son of Sir Roderick Mackenzie and Margaret Macleod
  Gender	Male
  Property	21 May 1628	London, England   [2]
  	Created a Knight-Baronet of Nova Scotia, and granted 19,000 acres in Nova Scotia, to be called the barony of Tarbat
  Religion	1638	Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland   [3]
  	Covenanter
  Military service	1643	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [3]
  	Colonel of Foot for Inverness-shire, in the Covenanter army
  Military service	1647  [3]
  	One of the 'Engagers' offering to put Scottish forces at the disposal of Charles I
  Imprisonment	Abt 1651
  Title Suffix	of Tarbat
  Death	10 Sep 1654
  Person ID	I46914	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Roderick Mackenzie,   b. Abt 1579   d. Abt 1627 (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Macleod
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Erskine,   b. Younger daughter and co-heiress of Sir George Ersk   d. Aft Jun 1693
  Marriage	1629  [3]
  Marriage Contract	25 Jul 1629  [3]
  Children	1. Sir George Mackenzie,   b. 1630, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland d. 27 Jul 1714, Tarbat, Ross-shire, Scotland (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Property - Created a Knight-Baronet of Nova Scotia, and granted 19,000 acres in Nova Scotia, to be called the barony of Tarbat - 21 May 1628 - London, England Religion - Covenanter - 1638 - Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland Military service - Colonel of Foot for Inverness-shire, in the Covenanter army - 1643 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3777] Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. 3, p69. [S3777] Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. 3, p71. [S3777] Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. 3, p72.