Captain William Ban ws the second son of Farquhar and therefore not the first in line to inherit the Clan Chieftainship. He was called Captain “Ban” due to his fair complexion. he married his cousin Janet McIntosh, the daughter of Angus McIntosh of Kyllachy, on 9 Feb 1714, probably just before his father died in the same year. They had four surviving children—Lachlan Lia, the eldest; William; Jean or Jean Roy; and Lucy. Lucy died in 1734, the same year as Captain Ban.232