 Ranald was the first of this family to occupy lands in Uist.A tack was given to the family by Clanranald in the 17th century.In 1900, Angus and Archibald Macdonald state that there were still members of the family using the patronymic in Arisaig and Uist, though the gentlemen of the family assumed the surname Macdonald by the 18th century.