'Duff06'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Duff of Bade, Duff of Cairnwhelp, Duff of Drumbulg, Duff of Drummuir, Duff of Elgin, Duff of Torriesoul

                               
Alexander Duff of Torriesoul (d 1566)
m. Elizabeth Rutherford
1. Alexander Duff of Torriesoul (d 1589)
  m. Barbara Rowane (d 1587)
A. Alexander Duff 'of Drummuir' of Torriesoul (d 1606-7, 2nd son)
  m1. Margaret Irvine of Drum
  i. Alexander Duff (dvp / d 1614?)
  ii. Adam Duff 'of Torriesul' of Drummuir (d 10.1645)
  m. (c1607) Jean Gordon of Abergeldie (dau of the Chancellor of Moray)
a. Robert Duff (dvp Alford 02.07.1645)
  m. Eupham Lyon (dau of John Lyon of Cossin, son of the Earl of Strathmore by Catherine Carnegie)
  (1) Adam Duff of Drummuir (d 1682)
  m1. Anne Abercromby (d 1671?, dau of John Abercromby of Glassaugh)
  (A) Katherine Duff (b c1671, d 02.1758)
  m. (1684) Alexander Duff of Inverness
  (B) Mary Duff
  m1. (1686) James Cuthbert of Inverness
  (i) James Cuthbert
  m2. Colin Campbell of Delnies
  (ii) Henrietta Campbell
  m. Hugh Campbell (minister of Tilliemuir)
  (iii) Catherine Campbell
  m. James Cumming of Dalshangie
  (iv) Margaret Campbell
  m. Andrew Ross in Tain
  (v) Anna Campbell
  m. Alexander Peterkin in Forres
  (vi)+ other issue - Alexander of Delnies, Hugh, Archibald, Lachlan, Col, Charles, Mary (dsp)
  (C)+ other issue - Adam (d young), Helen
  m2. (mcrt 21.07.1679, sp) Dorothy Lawson of Newcastle-on-Tyne (sister of John)
  b. Alexander Duff of Invermarkie (dsp?)
  m1. Bessie Gordon
m2. Isobel Robertson
  c. Jean Duff
  m. John Chalmer (minister of Gartly)
  d. Margaret Duff
  m. (16247) William Sanders (minister of Bellie)
  e. Beatrice Duff
m1. (1625) Walter Leslie of Wester Galdwell
  m2. (1631) Thomas Grant of Thomlenan
iii. John Duff in Cullen (a 1643, goldsmith)
  a.+ issue - William (b 1630), Andrew (b 1636), George (b 1637), Alexander (b 1638), John (b 1639)
  iv. Margaret Duff
  m. Adam Fraser of Finzeauch (son of Fraser of Durris)
  v. Mary Duff
  m. George Lesley of Warthill
  vi. Elizabeth Duff
  m. James Adamson of Floors
  m2. Christian Lumsden
  B. ?? Duff
  Either this unnamed son or his brother Adam was father of ...
  i. James Duff of Torriesoul & Bade - continued below
  m. Barbara Gordon
  C.+ other issue - Adam (d young?), Adam
2. James Duff (d 1610, parson of Kinoir)
3. Jane Duff
  m. Patrick Gordon of Daanch
4. Elizabeth Duff
  m. George Gordon of Drumheid

 

 

James Duff of Torriesoul & Bade - continued above
m. Barbara Gordon
1. James Duff of Bade & Cairnwhelp (d by 1684)
  m. Jean Gordon (a 1684)
  A. James Duff of Cairnwhelp, last of Bade (a 1709)
  i. James Duff of Cairnwhelp
  ii.+ other issue - Thomas, Margaret, Jean (b 1690)
  B. Adam Duff 'of Drumbulg' of Edindiach (a 1662)
  m. Janet Strachan (a 1662)
  i. Alexander Duff of Drumbulg
m. (1671) Helen Grant
  a. Robert Duff, Provost of Elgin (d 1758, Bailie of Elgin, Dean of Guild)
  m. Helen Sutherland
  (1) John Duff, Provost of Elgin (b 1719, d 1792)
  m. Janet Gordon (dau of James Gordon of Dundee, "of the Farskane family")
(A) Robert Duff of Ladyhill (b 1754, d 1828, Major) 
  m1. Clementina Stewart (d 1813)
  (i)+ issue - Margaret (b 1804, d 1807), Clementina (b/d 1813)
  m2. Margery Dawn
  (iii)+ other issue including George (had issue), Robert (had issue)
  (B) Anna Duff (b 1748, dsp bur 27.04.1776)
  m. Patrick ("Tiger") Duff (General) @@ below
  (C)+ other issue - Helen (b/d 1749), Margaret (b 1750), Helen (b 1751, d 1752), Jean (b 1753)
  (2) Patrick Duff (b 1725, d 1787, Town Clerk of Elgin, 4th son)
  m. Anne Fraser
  (A) Alexander Duff (b 1751, dsp 1782, 2nd son)
  m. (22.08.1776) Eliza Angling Mackintosh
  (B) Patrick Duff (b 1762, d 1821, Town Clerk of Elgin)
  m. Margaret Fraser
  (i) Anne Duff (b 1788, dsp)
  m. _ Mason
  (ii)+ other issue (dsp) - Patrick (b 1791, d 1861, Town Clerk of Elgin), George (b 1794), Thomas (b 1796), Arthur (b 1799, d 1860), Alexander (b 1800, d 1854, WS), Thomas (b 1813), Elizabeth (b 1790), Margaret (b 1797), Mary A(nne?) (b 1802), Helen (b 1804)
  (C)+ other issue - Robert (b 1750, d 1752), Sophia (b/d 1752), Elizabeth, Helen, Marianne
  (3) Helen Duff (b 1728, d 1760)
  m. Robert Allan
(4)+ other issue - Alexander (b 1721, d 1747, surgeon), Robert (b 1723, d 1727)
  b. Patrick Duff of Ballintomb (a 1730)
  m. Jean Gordon
  (1) John Duff of Pitchaish (d 1790)
  m. (mcrt 07.08.1739) Mary Gordon (dau of James Gordon of Letterfourie)
  (A) James Duff (b 1741, d 1812)
  m1. Jane Gordon of Cairnfield
  (i) James Gordon Duff (b 1788, 1845) had issue
m1. Frances Williamson (dsp 1826)
  m2. Emma Jones (d 1880)
  (ii)+ other issue - Maria (b 1785, d 1802), Jane Stewart (b 1786, d 1829)
  m2. Anne (d 1807, Mrs Bradford)
  (B) Patrick "Tiger" Duff of Carnousie (b 1742, d 02.02.1803, General)
  m1. (c1774) Anne Duff (dsp 1776) @@ above
  m2. Dorothea Hay (d 05.02.1803, sister of General Andrew Hay of Mountbairy)
  (i) Patrick Duff (b 1797, d 14.09.1825) had issue
  m.(1818) Penelope Gordon of Aberdour
  (ii) George Duff (b 1799, d 1848, Major) had issue
  m. (1826) Janet Barnes
  (iii) Maria Duff (b 1796)
  m1. (1822, sp) Francis Garden-Campbell of Troup
  m2. (13.08.1827) James Ramsay ("brother of the Laird of Barra")
(iv)+ other issue - Adam (b 1801, d 10.04.1836, Captaion), Margaret Sinclair (b 1795, d 1817)
  (C) John Duff (d 1828, Colonel, youngest son)
  (i) Mary Duff (b c1784, dvp 22.05.1809)
  m. (1807) James Gibbon
  (D)+ other issue - Robert (dsp 1807), William (d 12.1807, Colonel), Margaret (d unm 1822), Anne (d unm 1813)
  (2) ?? Duff
  (A) Robert Duff
  (3) Margaret Duff
  ii. Beatrice Duff
  m. George Duff of Ediniach ("Clunybeg's son")
  iii.+ other issue - George (b 1637), John (b 1638), Adam
  C. daughter
  m. George Ogilvie in Cairnie
  D.+ other issue - Robert of Robieston (a 1668), John of Burnend

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'The Book of The Duffs' (Alistair & Henrietta Tayler, vol 2 (1914), Chapter XXII ('Duffs of Torriesoul'), p339+)
(2) For lower section : 'The Book of The Duffs' (Alistair & Henrietta Tayler, vol 2 (1914), Chapter XXX ('Duffs of Dade and Cairnwhelp', p452+) & Chapter XXXI ('The Family of 'Tiger Duff of Carnousie', p466+))
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