John "Smooth John" MacNab
Abt 1590 - 1653 (63 years)
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Name John "Smooth John" MacNab Born Abt 1590 Eillean Ran Castle, Loch Tay, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Name Smooth John Died 1653 Ellanrayne Castle, Loch Tay, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland Person ID I9337 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 12 Feb 2025
Father Finlay MacNab, 12th of MacNab, b. Abt 1570, Glendochart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1656 (Age 86 years) Relationship natural Mother Katherine Campbell, b. Abt 1570, Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F2564 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Daughter Campbell, b. Abt 1610, Glenlyon, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Children 1. Daughter MacNab, b. Abt 1635, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Alexander MacNab, 13th of MacNab, b. Abt 1637, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 12 Feb 2025 Family ID F2565 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Smooth John MacNab led the clan in its slaughter of Clan Neish on Loch Earn, Christmas 1612. He also led Clan MacNab in support of the Duke of Montrose in the Civil War. They played a notable part in the victory of Kilsyth, but John was captured after unsuccessfully defending Montrose's own Castle Kincardine. He escaped under a sentence of death in Edinburgh and led 300 clansmen to crushing defeat at Worcester on 3 September 1651. John survived the battle but died not long afterwards, killed by marauding members of the Commonwealth army. (Other accounts claim he died at Worcester.)
John's exact birth year is not known, but he was old enough that in 1612 he was able to lead his four brothers and other MacNabs in the attack on the McNieshes.
- Smooth John MacNab led the clan in its slaughter of Clan Neish on Loch Earn, Christmas 1612. He also led Clan MacNab in support of the Duke of Montrose in the Civil War. They played a notable part in the victory of Kilsyth, but John was captured after unsuccessfully defending Montrose's own Castle Kincardine. He escaped under a sentence of death in Edinburgh and led 300 clansmen to crushing defeat at Worcester on 3 September 1651. John survived the battle but died not long afterwards, killed by marauding members of the Commonwealth army. (Other accounts claim he died at Worcester.)