Lindsay, Bobby, Grace, Hugh, Caitlin—Evan Lindsey’s children, some of whom fell sick or died during the breakout of bloody flux on the Ridge. [Ashes]
Lindsay, Evan—One of Kenny Lindsay’s brothers, who has decided to settle on Fraser’s Ridge and whom Jamie calls to his side as one of his followers to provide mutual protection against whatever may come. [Fiery Cross, Ashes]
Lindsay, Gordon—A shy young man on the Ridge who is betrothed to a Quaker girl from Woolam’s Mill; Brianna jokingly asks Roger if he’s throwing a stag party for Gordon when Roger asks her to stay at the Big House for the night so he can have a male-only meeting in their cabin. [Ashes]
Lindsay, Kenny—One of Jamie’s comrades from Ardsmuir Prison, who settles on Fraser’s Ridge with his common-law wife, Rosamund. [Fiery Cross, Ashes]
Lindsay, Mrs.—Wife of Evan Lindsay, one of the settlers on Fraser’s Ridge. [Fiery Cross]
Lindsay, Murdo—One of Kenny Lindsay’s brothers, who has decided to settle on Fraser’s Ridge. Claire sets fire to his barley field in order to extirpate a plague of locusts. [Fiery Cross, Ashes]
Lindsay, Rosamund—The common-law wife of Kenny Lindsay, who threatens to kill Ronnie Sinclair if he doesn’t stop bedeviling her while at the Gathering; after waiting too long to seek treatment for an open cut on her hand—opting first to wrap a dead pigeon around the wound, which only causes the infection to get worse—she finally seeks treatment but dies suddenly of an unfortunate allergic reaction to Claire’s penicillin. [Fiery Cross]
x Linzee, Captain John—(1743–1798) Captain of the British schooner HMS Falcon; while attempting to run down and capture two American ships on their way back from the Caribbean, his own ship runs aground and is instead captured by the local militia of Gloucester, Massachusetts, one of the inciting incidents of the early Revolution [Ashes]
Lister, Mr.—Grieving father of Lieutenant Philip Lister. Opposed to his son’s chosen profession, he comes to Lord John to ask for assistance in locating the grandchild Philip fathered when he eloped with the local minister’s daughter; their actions created such a scandal that the girl’s family was dismissed from the congregation. [HS]
Lister, Philip, Lieutenant—The dead officer in charge of the cannon that exploded during the Battle of Crefeld; he is decapitated by a cannon shot shortly before Lord John takes over. Lister is survived by his pregnant wife in Sussex. [HS]
Liston, Captain—A military acquaintance of Lord John’s who witnesses an incident concerning Stephen Bonnet; the incident is related to Jamie in a letter from Lord John. [Fiery Cross]
Little Otto—The private name Roger and Brianna give their unborn child. [Ashes]
Lloyd—One of the survey party assigned to spy on the French forces and killed during a skirmish with the Austrians, allies of the French forces. [SU]
Lockett, Friend—A Quaker farmer who gives Denzell, Rachel, and William vague directions north toward Albany, where the Continental army might be found, but instead the trio find themselves dinner guests of some strange hosts. [Echo]
Loew, Shecky—An acquaintance of Germain’s, who joins his friend Joe Grume in throwing dirt clods and stones at the Duke of Pardloe’s sedan chair (and, incidentally, at Claire), until Germain threatens them off. [MOBY]
Longfield, Herbert—The owner of the land and the shop that housed Wilmington’s newspaper, the Gazette, before the shop was burned and the printer run out of town. [Echo]
Longstreet, Arthur, Dr.—The English surgeon who operates on Lord John after the Battle of Crefeld, removing the fragments of the demolished cannon from Grey’s chest; also cousin to George Longstreet. [BL, HS, CA]
Longstreet, George; Lord Creemore—One of the men who support the accusations of treason and Jacobitism directed at Lord John’s father, Gerard, the Duke of Pardloe; he also courts Benedicta after the death of her husband. Because he dies childless, the title passes to his dying cousin, Dr. Arthur Longstreet. [BL, CA]
Looking at the Sky—A Mohawk woman who was Sun Elk’s wife and Emily’s sister; when Looking at the Sky is kidnapped by an opposing tribe, Sun Elk begins his pursuit to win Emily from Ian. [Ashes]
Lossey, Captain—One of the officers in Lord John’s regiment, he makes sure Lord John has enough supplies and horses for his trek into the Jamaican uplands to the plantation called Twelvetrees. [PZ]
x Louis of France—(1729–1765) The eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XV, he was known as the Dauphin of France. He died before he could inherit the French throne from his father; his eldest son became Louis XVI upon the King’s death in 1774. [BL]
x Lovat, Lord—See “Simon Fraser.”
Lowens, Mr.—A neighboring farmer acquaintance of Lord Dunsany. [SP]
Lowry, John—A bewildered young farmer from Woolam’s Mill who is the object of admiration by a group of young unmarried girls playing a marriage prediction game during Hogmanay at the Big House. [Fiery Cross]
Lucianne—Cecile Beauchamp’s cousin, who—according to Cecile’s husband, Percy—shares an intimate relationship with Cecile. [Echo]
Lucy—One of Hal’s dogs, a spaniel with a new litter of pups. [SP]
Ludgate, Captain—One of two former superintendents appointed by the Crown to oversee the maroons and act as their emissary with the British settlers. [PZ]
Lyle, Mr.—Mysterious man Jamie meets while in Paris with Jenny, after Ian’s death. He invites Jamie to attend a salon, where Jamie entertains the crowd with tales of the Americas, much to the amusement and horror of the salon attendees. [Echo]
Lyon, Milford (identified in early editions as George Lyon)—A neighbor of Phillip Wylie, he proposes a discreet business arrangement with Jamie for the secret sale and distribution of illegal whisky in the colonies. [Fiery Cross]
Lyons, William—Local Edenton smuggler and associate of Neil Forbes, he meets with Forbes shortly before Roger and Ian find Forbes demanding information on the abducted Brianna’s whereabouts. [Ashes]
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MacAllister, Alistair—One of Jamie’s comrades who died on Culloden Moor; during a conversation with the Cherokee, Jamie recalls his name and the manner of his death, envisioning MacAllister’s broken body lying in front of him. [Ashes]
MacAllister, Mr.—One of the Lallybroch tenants, living near Broch Mordha. [Echo]
MacArdle, Maisie—One of the fisher-folk and mother of six children, she is married to a former boat builder and is the great-niece of Seaumais Buchan. [Ashes]
MacBean—Scottish settlers who proclaim themselves in attendance at the bonfire on the final night of the Gathering. [Fiery Cross]
Macbeth and Fleance—Two characters in Shakespeare’s “Scottish play,” Macbeth, and the secret names given to conspirators involved in the Jacobite plot to kill King George and sit James Stuart in his place. [BL]
MacBeth, Grannie—One of Claire’s patients on Fraser’s Ridge, who has a long list of recorded medical complaints. [Ashes]
MacCammon, Robert, Major—One of the officers under Jamie’s command at Monmouth. [MOBY]
x MacDonald, Allan—(ca. 1720–1792) Seventh of the Kingsburgh MacDonalds and husband of famous Scottishwoman Flora MacDonald, who helped Prince Charles escape after Culloden. In Scottish fashion. the owner of a plantation or estate was sometimes referred to by the estate name; hence Allan is sometimes referred to as “Kingsburgh.” [Ashes]
x MacDonald, Anne and Fanny—(unknown) The adult daughters of Flora and Allan MacDonald, who attended Jocasta’s barbecue with their famous mother. [Ashes]
MacDonald, Annie—The girl Roger and Brianna hire at Lallybroch in the twentieth century to help take care of the children and house; she is technically Fiona’s replacement now that Fiona has a home and family of her own. [Echo]
MacDonald, Donald, Major—A semi-retired Scottish officer with the British army, the soon-to-be-unemployed major uses Jamie’s influence to help him secure a position with Governor William Tryon as the commander of the North Carolina militia. To Jamie’s regret, he and MacD
onald meet as enemies at Moore’s Creek Bridge, where he shoots the gravely wounded MacDonald to save him from drowning. [Fiery Cross, Ashes]
x MacDonald, Flora—(1722–1790) The famous Scotswoman who helped Prince Charles escape Scotland after the defeat at Culloden by disguising him as her maid Betty. Later she was a British Loyalist who moved to North Carolina; her husband fought for the Crown and was captured during the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. Claire meets her at River Run, where a barbecue is being held in Flora’s honor. [Ashes]
x MacDonald, Hugh—(ca. 1700–1780) Flora MacDonald’s stepfather, whom Jamie met once on Skye when he and his father, Brian, went there on a matter of sheep. [Ashes]
MacDonald, Matthew—The young man with whom Rachel and Ian are staying on the Ridge; he notifies Claire that Rachel’s water has broken. [MOBY]
MacDonald, Private—One of the soldiers of the Fort William garrison, whom Roger and Brian meet on their visit to the fort. The private is suffering from a bad cold. [MOBY]
MacDonald, Robert—Major MacDonald’s father from Stornoway on the Isle of Harris, he was a Scottish acquaintance of the late Hector Cameron. [Fiery Cross]
MacDowell, Widow—A resident of Fraser’s Ridge with whom Jenny Murray, Germain, and Fanny will stay when the family returns to the Ridge. [MOBY]
MacDuff, Mr.—One of the residents of Fraser’s Ridge, whose wife and sister were both stricken by the bloody-flux epidemic. [Ashes]
MacFreckles, Dr.—A young freckled Scottish surgeon with the British army, so called by William. [MOBY]
MacGregor, Alexander—A young Scottish man imprisoned at Fort William by Captain Jonathan Randall, he took his own life rather than suffer further abuse—both physical and emotional—as Randall’s captive. Upon his death, his small Bible was given to Jamie by the prison surgeon. [Ashes]
MacGregor, Mairi—Young Alexander’s long-lost sister, Jamie vowed after Culloden that he would find her and give her Alexander’s Bible and tell her that Alexander had been avenged. [Ashes]
Macken, Mrs.—Wife of a Continental officer engaged in the Battle of Monmouth. Jamie carries a wounded Claire to Mrs. Macken’s door, and that startled lady gives them shelter. Denzell Hunter uses her kitchen table for his surgery on Claire, and Jamie and Claire occupy a small attic room while Claire recovers. [MOBY]
MacKenzie, Alexander—Jamie Fraser’s alias while employed at Helwater, although the family knows his true identity as a paroled Jacobite prisoner. Known to young William as “Mac,” the kind Scottish groom. [BL, SP, Echo]
MacKenzie, Amanda Claire Hope; Mandy—Daughter of Brianna and Roger MacKenzie, sister to Jem, granddaughter to Jamie and Claire Fraser. Born in the eighteenth century with a serious heart defect, her survival through advanced medical intervention is the pivotal point in the family’s decision to return to the twentieth century. [Ashes, Echo, MOBY]
MacKenzie, Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie; Bree—Daughter of Claire and Jamie Fraser; stepdaughter of Frank Randall. Married to Roger MacKenzie, mother of Jeremiah/Jem and Amanda/Mandy MacKenzie. Having followed her mother into the past in hopes of saving her parents from a reported house fire, Brianna runs headfirst into life in the eighteenth century. In short order, she acquires a maid, becomes handfast with Roger, who has followed her, runs afoul of the pirate Stephen Bonnet and is raped by him, and becomes pregnant with a child whose father is unknown—all before she actually finds either of her parents. But find them she does, and she reunites with Roger, who is rescued from the Indians Jamie and Ian gave him to under the mistaken impression that he was the rapist. Now she and Roger MacKenzie hope to be formally married at the Gathering at Mount Helicon (there being few Catholic priests in the colonies, and even fewer in the Carolina backcountry) and eventually are—but the rising tide of politics threatens their happiness, and when Roger is hanged at the Battle of Alamance, Brianna struggles to help him heal and overcome the depression of losing his voice. An ongoing conflict between them concerns children: Roger, an orphan, has always wanted children of his own, and Brianna knows he still does, in spite of having taken Jeremiah as his son. Brianna, though, knows that having more children is a) a dangerous proposition in this place and time, and b) would likely tie her permanently to the past. Their relationship also has problems owing to the fact that she’s much better at eighteenth-century skills, like hunting, than Roger is—and he’s struggling hard to find a place and a sense of purpose in the past. Eventually, they find their way together; Roger discovers his true vocation as a minister, and Brianna risks becoming pregnant again for his sake. At this point, she’s kidnapped by Stephen Bonnet, who has a small but profitable sideline in slaves and has several potential buyers for a white woman of known breeding potential. She escapes Bonnet, and he’s captured by Jamie and Roger, then sentenced to drown as a pirate. Knowing that Bonnet fears drowning more than anything, Brianna shoots him out of mercy. The child she’s carrying is born—a lovely little girl named Amanda—but has a serious birth defect of the heart: something easily correctible in the twentieth century with a modern hospital’s facilities but impossible in the eighteenth century. In anguish, Claire tells Brianna that she can’t help, and Roger and Bree make the desperate decision to travel through the stones again, with their children. The journey is successful, and so is Amanda’s surgery. The MacKenzies settle down at Lallybroch, and Brianna begins to forge a career as an engineer, while Roger, once more dislocated in time and place, begins to pick up the pieces of his life and vocation. One of the men at Brianna’s work, though, Rob Cameron, accidentally discovers the family’s secrets. He kidnaps Jem, and after verifying that the boy probably really can pass through the stones, secrets him in a maintenance tunnel under the Loch Errochty dam. Cameron then decoys Roger and his ancestor Buck into actually going through the stones to rescue Jem, while Cameron goes to Lallybroch to take care of what he sees as unfinished business with Brianna, against whom he has a grudge for her superseding him at work. Left alone to protect her children from what appears to be an increasing threat (Cameron has colleagues), and fearing that she’ll never see Roger again, Bree flees Scotland for America, where she asks her mother’s old friend Joe Abernathy for help. Finally, she makes the dangerous decision to return to Scotland and take Jem and Mandy through the stones to find Roger. Safely arrived in the past, they go to Lallybroch as a place to begin their search; Bree and Jem encounter Brian Fraser in the graveyard, and Brian is overcome with joy, thinking that he’s seeing his wife, Ellen, and their eldest boy, Willie, again. He passes out from the shock, and Brianna leaves, feeling that she can’t bear to destroy his happiness. Shortly thereafter, she finds Roger and the family is reunited—but then the question is: where shall they go, and how? Through space, from Scotland to the New World? Through time, either back to the 1980s, where Cameron is still a danger, or to 1779, where Jamie and Claire theoretically are? The decision is made, and at the end of Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, we see them arrive on Fraser’s Ridge, the family completely reunited. [All]
MacKenzie, Colum—Chief of the MacKenzies of Leoch, brother to Ellen, Dougal, Jocasta, Flora and Janet; uncle to Jamie Fraser. Father (presumably) to Hamish, heir to the leadership of the clan. Intelligent and cunning although crippled as a young man by disease, Colum leads the clan in everything except war—in those instances he leaves matters in the hands of his younger brother, Dougal. Suspicious of Claire and who she might or might not represent, Colum dies shortly before Culloden and before his suspicions are made known to anyone, even his own brother. [All]
MacKenzie, Dougal—War chieftain of Clan MacKenzie, brother to Colum, Ellen, Jocasta, Flora, and Janet; uncle to Jamie Fraser. Father to four daughters: Margaret, Eleanor, Molly, and Tabitha (Tibby), unacknowledged father of Hamish MacKenzie, and secret father of the bastard child (later known as William Buccleigh MacKenzie) born to Geillis Duncan. Jamie kills Dougal the night before Culloden, to prevent Dougal from killing Claire as a witch. [All]
MacKenzie, Hamish—Jamie�
��s cousin, claimed to be the son of Colum but actually the unacknowledged son of Dougal. Post Culloden, he is forced from his home and country, conscripted into the British army at age twelve, and sent to Nova Scotia to fight for a king who killed his clan and kin. He later finds his way to the Patriot side to take up arms against the British. [Echo]
MacKenzie, Jacob (aka Jacob Ruaidh, or Red Jacob, and Seaumais Ruaidh)—Late chieftain of clan MacKenzie; father of Ellen, Colum, Dougal, Jocasta, Flora, and Janet; grandfather of Jamie Fraser and Jenny Murray. According to Young Ian, he was reputed to be a fierce warrior, able to put the Iroquois to shame for pure cruelty. [Ashes, Echo]
MacKenzie, Jeremiah Alexander Ian Fraser; Jem; Jemmy—The precocious oldest child of Brianna and Roger MacKenzie, grandson of Claire and Jamie Fraser, born in the eighteenth century to twentieth-century parents, he is fiercly protective of his family and is quite resilient on his own merits. [All]
MacKenzie, Jeremiah Buccleigh; Jemmy—Son of William Buccleigh MacKenzie and Morag Gunn, he is Roger MacKenzie’s great-great-great-grandfather. As an infant, he narrowly escapes death from smallpox and drowning on the Gloriana, where Roger helps to hide him, thereby saving his life and future generations. [Fiery Cross, Echo, MOBY]
MacKenzie, Jeremiah Walter; Jerry—Roger MacKenzie’s father, a WWII hero who was supposedly shot down in his RAF Spitfire over the English Channel in 1941. Married to Marjorie Wakefield MacKenzie. In fact, Jerry was being trained for a secret mission to Poland and, in the course of this, crashed near a stone circle in Northumbria. Staggering into the circle, he ends up in 1739 and in the hands of the hostile inhabitants—from whom he is eventually rescued by two mysterious strangers (Roger and Buck), who take him back to the stone circle and urge him to go through, clinging to the thought of his wife, Marjorie. He does and arrives safely in 1945, where he finds himself in the middle of an air raid. Rushing down into a subway-station shelter, he sees Marjorie coming down the stairs, little Roger in her arms. The roof begins to cave in, and Marjorie, catching sight of Jerry, heaves the child over the railing to safely. Jerry catches the boy, but his bad knee gives way and he falls onto the Tube tracks, fracturing his skull but preserving the boy in his arms. [All, LW]
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