Looking for anything on McQuary or MacQuarrie

[McQuary]

Does anyone know anything about the surname McQuary or MacQuarrie? Or do you know of where I might find any information on this surname? If you can help me please post on here or e-mail me at flaminalpha83@hotmail.com thanks. Emily

[Polwarth]

Have you tried http://www.electricscotland.com or http://www.rampantscotland.com ? Both those sites are Scottish owned and have lots of information on many Clans.

Here's some of the info printed on electricscotland re MacQuarrie. It would appear that there is presently no chief of the clan and the title lies dormant. The name is also Irish in origin as well as Scots, so you have to trace back to find out which MacQuarries you are looking for and whether they are Scots or Irish.

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Septs of Clan MacQuarie: MacCorrie, MacGauran, MacGorrie, MacGuire, Macquaire, Macquhirr, Macquire, MacWhirr, Wharrie.

The name Macquarrie derives from the Gaelic personal name, Guaire, meaning "noble" or "proud". According to tradition, Guaire was the brother of Finagon from whom the Mackinnon chiefs descend. This small clan possessed the little island of Ulva lying opposite the west coast of Mull, a small portion of Mull itself and Staffa, famous for "Fingal's Cave", but despite their size they were an ancient clan recorded as members on the councils of the Lord of Isles. It is said that a forme r chief of the clan, Cormac Mor supported King Alexander II in his campaign in Argyll in 1249 and that Hector Macquarrie of Ulva fought with Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn. However the first authentic recording of a a Macquarrie of Ulva is in 1463, witnessing a charter of the Lord of the Isles. In 1609 the Macquarrie chief was one of the Highland chiefs kidnapped by James VI and compelled to sign the Statutes of Iona. After the forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles the Macquarries followed the Macle ans of Duart, who then dominated Mull. Due to this alliance the Macquarries suffered severly at Inverkeithing in 1651 when their chief, Allan and many of their clansmen died alongside the Macleans fighting for Charles II. Lachlan Macquarrie of Ulva the 16th and last chief, who entertained Dr. Johnson and Boswell in 1773 was forced to sell his lands in 1778. He died in Mull in 1818 at the age of 103, leaving the chiefship dormant. The most famous member of the clan was Lachlan Macquarrie cousin to the la st chief who became Governor of New South Wales after Captain Bligh was dismissed. Under his guidance the colony prospered and the foundations of Sydney were begun.

[JOLLY Philippe]

The first name Edward is seldom given to the Macquarrie's or MacQuary's children. I could not find any in the Hebrides, wich are the craddle of the Clan.
One Edward MacQuary is identified as being the first Australian getting a commission in the British Army ca 1811 (he arrived as an infant in NSW in 1790, with his parents) and another one (or may-be the same?) was a member of the Madras Artillery in 1810.
Can anybody tell me from wich part of Scotland does the families of these Edward MacQuary / Macquarie come from.
My interest id that one of these Edward MacQuary may be my ancestor.