 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Macbean akaberekwa musi wa 28 Chikumi 1725, mwanakomana waReverend Alexander MacBean weInverness nemukadzi wake Marjory, mwanasikana waJohn MacBean, mwanakomana waWilliam MacBean weInverness; kunyangwe vamwe vakamududza semwanakomana waJohn MacBean Sheriff Clerk weInverness uyo aive mukoma waWilliam MacBean weFaillie muStrathnairn; izvi hazvina kururama sezvo mwanasikana wemurume iyeye Margaret akaberekwa makore matatu mushure mekunge Rev. Alexander aroora mukadzi wake Marjory. Akapinda muRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich, semudzidzi-matross musi wa16 Chikunguru 1743, uye akabuda semutevedzeri-moto musi wa25 Kurume 1745. Mavhiki matatu mushure mokugadzwa kwake muna 1745 Macbean akafamba neuto kubva kuGhent, uye akanga achitungamirira pfuti mbiri muhondo yeFontenoy musi wa 30 April 1745. Panhau dzokumuka kwavaJacobite muScotland, mapoka mana evarwi veuto raDuke weCumberland akatumirwa kumusha. Macbean akabatana neuto raCumberland paLichfield, uye akashanda pakukombwa kweCarlisle muna Zvita 1745. Muzhizha rakatevera akadzokera kuLow Countries, uye akaita mishandirapamwe ya174648, achitungamira battalion ye19th Regiment of Foot muhondo yeRoucoux, uye chikwata chemapfuti maviri muhondo yeVal. 