This Celtic clan formed one of the branch-clans of the Clan Chattan. MacBain of Kinchyle is the chief line and the early Chiefs might seem to have been Sword bearers to the MacGillichattan and to have come North with Eva the Heretrix of Clan Chattan.
Their Chief in the early fourteenth century was Bean MacMilmor. A division of the clan was “out" with Lochiel in " the '45," but on all other occasions they have mustered under the banner of Macintosh, and have acknowledged him as their high Chief.
The Chief of the clan was a Major in the Macintosh battalion of Prince Charlie's army. Father and son fought for the Prince. At Culloden Major Gillies MacBean, a man of gigantic stature, placed himself in the gap of a wall, and mowed down the English with his broadsword. Thirteen, including Lord Robert Kerr, fell to his hand before his enemies closed upon him, then, with his back to the wall, he fought desperately, until, pierced by English bayonets, he could fight no more.
The Bains or Baynes of Tulloch, in Ross-shire, have never used the prefix Mac. The present chief owns a small part of the ancestrial land at Kinchyle.

Chief: MacBain of that Ilk.
Clan Seat: Kinchyle, Inverness-shire.
Tryst: Kinchyle.
Plant: Boxwood.
Memorials: Dunlichity Kirk.