Full Name: Ellen Caitriona Sileas MacKenzie Fraser (Written in My Own Heart's Blood, chapter 107) Birth: 1691 Death: 1729 Parents: Jacob MacKenzie and Anne Grant Siblings: Colum (b. 1693), Dougal (b. 1694), Janet (b. 1697, d. 1721), Flora (b. 1700, d. 1700), Jocasta (b. 1702) Husband: Brian Fraser (m. 1617, d. 1740) Children: William Simon Murtagh MacKenzie Fraser (b. 1617), Janet (Jenny) (b. 1619), James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser (Jamie) (b. 1721), and Robert Brian Gordon MacKenzie Fraser (b. 1729 and d. 1729) Ellen was very strong headed (a red head), tall, and an artist. She wanted to marry for love, so she refused Malcolm Grant's proposal (her brother Colum wanted to have the Grants as an ally) and ran off with Brian Fraser instead. Since neither family would approve, they hid away until she was VERY pregnant. Her oldest son Willie died at age 11 of smallpox. Ellen and her fourth child died in childbirth. Her granddaughter Brianna strongly resembled Ellen.