This daughter, who is described as a bewitching beauty, was taken to wife by Lachland McGillivray, a Scotchman engaged in the Indian trade.
A son was born who, at the age of ten, was sent by his father to Charleston to be educated, where he remained nearly seven years receiving instruction both in English and Latin.

This son, Alexander, was intended by his father for civilized life, and when he was seventeen he was placed with a business house in Savannah.

During the Revolutionary War the father took the Tory side and his property was confiscated.

The son took refuge with his Indian kinsfolk, and acquired in their councils an ascendancy which also extended to the Seminole tribe.

His position and influence made his favor an important object with all powers having American interests.
During the war the British conferred upon him the rank and pay of a colonel.