'Burnett02'
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Families covered: Burnett of Leys, Ramsay of Balmain
| Sir Thomas Burnet, 1st Bart of Leys (d 1653) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Douglas (dau of Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alexander Burnett (dvp 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1633) Jane (Jean) Arbuthnot (dau of Sir Robert Arbuthnot of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Bart of Leys (d 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Coutts (dau of _ Coutts of Auchtercoull) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Bart of Leys (d 1714) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1677) Margaret Arbuthnot (dau of Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Bart of Leys (d 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Burnett (dau of Robert Burnett of Muchalls) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Burnett (dvp unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Robert Burnett, 5th Bart of Leys (d unm 1759) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Helen Burnett (d 21.09.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.06.1733) George Burnett of Kemnay (b 1714, d 31.10.1780) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Burnett (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Aberdeen of Cainbulg | |||||||||||||||
| b. | William Burnett of Criggie (b 1683, d 1747, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Burnett (dau of Robert Burnett of Muchalls) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Burnett, 6th Bart of Leys (d 05.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Ramsay (d 10.12.1798, dau of Charles Ramsay of Balmain family) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Robert Burnett, 7th Bart of Leys (b 20.12.1755, d 05.06.1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1785) Margaret Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (d 16.03.1849, dau of General Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone of Logie Elphinstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Thomas Burnett, 8th Bart of Leys (b 22.08.1788, d unm 16.02.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Bart of Leys (b 17.12.1789, d unm 20.03.1856) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | William Burnett (b 01.08.1798, d 16.04.1840, Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sir James Horn Burnett, 10th Bart of Leys (b 22.06.1601, d 17.09.1876) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.02.1831) Caroline Margaret Spearman (d 22.03.1836, dau of Charles Spearman of Thornley Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.07.1837) Lauderdale Burnett-Ramsay (d 04.11.1888, dau of Sir Alexander Burnett Ramsay, 1st Bart of Balmain) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Burnett (d 09.02.1856) | ||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Margaret Burnett (d 17.01.1828/36) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.04.1826) Thomas Burnett-Ramsay (b 24.02.1786, d 17.12.1857) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Alexander Burnett, later Ramsay, 1st Bart of Balmain (b 30.07.1757, d 17.05.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1782) Elizabeth Bannerman (d 11.12.1844, dau of Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Alexander Ramsay, 2nd Bart of Balmain (b 14.02.1785, d 26.04.1852) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.08.1811) Jane Russell (d 08.1819, dau of Francis Russell of Blackhall) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.12.1822) Elizabeth Ramsay or Maule (d 12.09.1852, dau of William Ramsay, later Maule, 1st Lord Panmure) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Burnett-Ramsay (b 24.02.1786, d 17.12.1857) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (09.11.1816) Jane Cruickshank (d 11.1823, dau of Patrick Cruickshank of Strathcathro) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.04.1826) Margaret Burnett (d 17.01.1828/36, dau of Sir Robert Burnett, 7th Bart of Leys) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Robert Burnett-Ramsay (b 27.02.1787, d 20.12.1846) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1817) Margaret Cruickshank (d 08.01.1880, dau of Patrick Cruickshank of Strathcathro) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Edward Bannerman Burnett-Ramsay (dsp 26.12.1872, Dean of Edinburgh) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1829) Isabella Cochrane (d 1858, dau of Robert Cochrane of Nova Scotia) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Burnett-Ramsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.04.1808) Alexander Renny Tailyour of Borrowfield | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Lauderdale Burnett-Ramsay (d 04.11.1888) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.07.1832) David Duncan of Rosemont | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.07.1837) Sir James Horn Burnett, 10th Bart of Leys (b 22.06.1801, d 17.09.1876) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (vii)+ | other issue - Marmaduke (dsp), Sir William (b 27.05.1793, d unm 03.12.1871, Rear Admiral), Edwin Hewgill, Catherine, Helen, Mary, Isabella, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Catherine Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Forbes of Schivas | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas (b 30.07.1757), William (b 19.02.1762, d 26.02.1839, General) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | James Burnett (dsp, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Purves (dau of Sir William Purves of that ilk, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Harriet Anne Leigh (dau of Sir Samuel Egerton Leigh, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1735) George Aitkin (minister of Montrose) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elspet Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Smith of Stoneywood of Aberdeen (d 14.05.1796) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Helen Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1753) William Fraser (son of Francis of Findrack) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1758) Peter Reid in Aberdeen | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Anne Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| Anne and the following are identified in BLG1952 (Badenach-Nicolson of Glenbervie). | |||||||||||||||
| m. George Wilson (minister of Edzell then Kinnaird) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Wilson (d 18.10.1829, minister of Farnell then Kinnaird) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.11.1797) Joan Nicolson of Glenbervie (b 01.05.1766, d 22.11.1847, dau of Sir William Nicolson, Bart of Glenbervie and Upsetlingtoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Wilson (b 15.01.1801, d unm 1823) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Helen Mill Wilson (b 1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Smith | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Wilson, later Badenach-Nicholson of Glenbervie (b 1799, d 03.10.1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1831) Robert Badenenach of Arthurhouse (d 1837) | |||||||||||||||
| Glenbervie passed to one of their sons. | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Marion Mill Wilson (b 15.06.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1838) John Bremner of Glassaugh | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Katherine Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1702) Sir William Seton, Bart of Pitmedden (bpt 06.03.1673, d 1744) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Burnett (d 05.06.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.10.1712) Sir John Carnegie, 2nd Bart of Pittarrow (bpt 27.01.1673, d 03.04.1729) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1715) George Beattie in Montrose | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Jean Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1722) George Lauder of Pitscandlie | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Margaret Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1721) James Ogilvie of Melros | |||||||||||||||
| h.+ | other issue - Robert, Thomas, John, Charles (d unm), others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Burnett of Balfour | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Douglas | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1671) Alexander Ogilvie of Kempcarne | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alexander Burnett of Monboddo (dvp 1691) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Andrew Burnett (parson in Aberdeen) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Burnett of Clerkseat (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Burnett of Glenbervie had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Douglas (dau of Sir William Douglas, Bart of Glenbervie) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Jean Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Skene of that ilk (d 1680) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Margaret Burnett (b c1637) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1654) Patrick Gordon, 9th of Hallhead (d 1683) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Robert Burnett (d 1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Pierson (dau of Alexander Pierson, Lord Southall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Jane Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1632) Sir William Forbes, Bart of Monymusk | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Robert Cumyn of Altyre (a 1662) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Katherine Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1638) Robert Gordon of Pitlurg (b 1609, d 18.04.1681) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1621) Jane Moncreiff (dau of William (probably not Sir John) Moncreiff of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Thomas Burnett had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bessie Burnett (dau of William Burnett of Sauchen, parson of Kinnerney) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Elizabeth Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Robert Douglas of Tilliwhilly | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? Fullerton of Kinnaber | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Anne Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Cant (principal of Edinburgh University) | |||||||||||||||
| 8.+ | other issue - William, James | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Burnett of Leys) with some input from BP1934 (Ramsay of Balmain)
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