Hector Morrison of Morvern, married Marion McLean of Ardnacross, both of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. They had eleven children, ten of whom were born in Scotland. In 1806, Hector and Marion emigrated to PEI and settled in Flat River. Neil Morrison from the Isle of Mull, whose Morrison family members on PEI corresponded with, was probably Hector's brother who remained on Mull and never married. This Morrison family was related to the Rankin family through the marriage of Coun Douly Rankin to Flora Morrison.

Neil Rankin, from the Isle of Coll, married Catherine MacLean and was the piper to "MacLean of Coll." He and Catherine had six children, the second of whom was Coun Douly. Born ca. 1770, C. D. Rankin, as he was often addressed, married twice. His first wife was Flora Morrison, who died in 1841, after whom he married Margaret McLaine. C. D. Rankin emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1806, and lived in Charlottetown, Belfast, and Point Prim. C. D. was a member of the legislative council from 1806 to 1810, as well as a sheriff and militia commander. C. D. Rankin died on the 4 February 1852, in Charlottetown. C. D. Rankin's oldest son, George H., was born circa 1806. He married Jane Hancock in 1840, and died on the 17 November 1858, in Tanton, Nova Scotia.