Kinchyle in the parish of Dores, Inverness-shire.[2] Faillie, in Strathnairn, and Tomatin, in Strathdearn.
Septs of Clan MacBean
McBain, Bean, MacBean, McBean, McBeath, MacBeth, Macilvain, MacVean, McLavane, McLabane, Bain, White, Whyte, Whyteworth, Whitworth (spellings listed in the Clan Chattan Association's literature, but clearly other variant spellings exist)
Clan branches
Principal branches of the family were MacBean of Kinchyle, MacBean of Faillie, MacBean of Tomatin, MacBean of Drummond, the 'Forbes' Macbeans a cadet of the chiefly line of Kinchyle who were descended from Rev. Alexander MacBean of Inverness
Allied clans
Clan Chattan Clan Mackintosh Clan MacPhail Clan Davidson Clan Macpherson Clan Shaw of Tordarroch Clan Farquharson Clan MacThomas Clan MacGillivray Clan MacQueen MacIntyres of Badenoch the Macleans of Dochgarroch
Rival clans
Clan Cameron Clan Gordon Clan Comyn
Clan MacBean[3] (or Clan MacBain),[4] is a highland Scottish clan of possible Irish origins and is a member and historic sept of Clan Chattan.[4][5]
Gillies MacBean at Culloden, 16 April 1746 Gillies was a Major in the Mackintosh regiment who died at the battle of Culloden. His exploits that day passed into legend, recorded in particular detail within John Prebble's book: Culloden, first published in 1962.
^ abClan MacBain Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^Coventry, Martin. (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. pp. 355. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.
^Clan MacBean and Clan Chattan's own usage of the spelling of the name.
^ abWay, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 206-207.
^Preface, 'Minor Septs of Clan Chattan' by Charles Fraser-Mackintosh
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