Magnus Fea is one of the early Feas in Shetland and married three times:

(1) Isabel Dickson on 17th October 1751 in Lerwick. Magnus and Isabel had at least one son and a daughter who were baptised in Lerwick:

• Margaret Fea c. 3rd July 1752

• William Fea c. 4th December 1754

(2) Jean Innes on 21st November 1757 in Lerwick. Jean may have been of the Innes family of Fracafield in the parish of Tingwall. Magnus and Jean had a son and a daughter who were baptised in Lerwick:

• George Fea c. 16th February 1759

• Barbara Fea c. 25th June 1760

(3) Margaret Hay on the 1st or 2nd February 1767 in Lerwick. Margaret was the daughter and heiress of Thomas Hay of Clivocast (Brucehall, Unst). Magnus and Margaret appear to have had the following children who were baptised in Lerwick:

• Thomas Fea b. 6th December 1767 who married Jane Green

• James Fea c. 20th November 1768 who married Jane Greig

• Magnus Fea c. 5th April 1771 who married Anne King

• William Fea b. 24th August 1772 who married Elizabeth Bell

• Laurence Fea b. 26th September 1773

• Martha Fea b. 4th December 1774 who married Robert Strong

• Elizabeth Fea b. 4th April 1782

• John Fea who married Anne Bingley

Footnote: Per a small handwritten book prepared by A Francis Steuart, Advocate in Edinburgh in 1891 on the instructions of Charles Ogilvy in Australia.