macpherson clan traditions is that in 1309 robert the bruce offered the lands of badenoch to the chief of clan macpherson if they destroyed the bruce's enemies, the clan comyn, and the macphersons carried out the king's wishes. the clan macpherson is sometimes known as the "clan of the three brothers" owing to the fact that chief ewan ban macpherson had three sons: kenneth macpherson of clunie, iain macpherson of pitman and gillies macpherson of invereshie.