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| ?? Taylor of Whitemires | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? Taylor | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Taylor of Fintry | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Cheyne (dau of Rev. M. Cheyne of Kinnoull) @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Helen Taylor (d 20.11.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1706) William Duff of Braco, Eden & Balvenie (b c1685, d 01.1718) | |||||||||||||||
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| We are not convinced by the identification given by 'BOTD', apparently reporting a report in "the Rose MSS, printed in the Aberdeen Notes and Queries", of the parents of the above-mentioned Helen Taylor. | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Cheyne | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | M. Cheyne (parson of Kinoull) | ||||||||||||||
| 'BOTD' suggests that Rev. Cheyne was "brother to the Laird of Esselmont". We are holding back from placing him on Cheyne03, which shows such lairds, until we gain more confidence in the identification of his alleged family. We are also holding back from placing his wife on Johnstone05 which shows the Johnstons of Caskieben but, somewhat arbitrarily, do make the following tentative connection to the Irvines of Drum. | |||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Johnston (dau of Sir John Johnston of Caskieben by the dau of the Laird of Drum by a "daughter to the Earl of Marischal) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Taylor of Fintry @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | ?? Cheyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Gordon of Haddo, Chancellor of Scotland, Earl of Aberdeen | |||||||||||||||
| On Gordon06 we see Sir George Gordon, 3rd Bart of Haddo, Chancellor of Scotland, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (b 03.10.1637, d 20.04.1720) who m. Anne Lockhart. TCP (''Aberdeen') makes no mention of another marriage by that Earl. | |||||||||||||||
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| Charles Gordon of Glengerack (Glengarrack) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (15.11.1694) Margaret Duff (b 1679, dau of Alexander Duff of Braco) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alexander Gordon of Glengerack (b 1698, dsp Fontenoy 1745, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1721) Jean Helen Ogilvie, Lady Banff | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Gordon of Glengerack (b 1669, d 1747) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | George Gordon, last of Glengerack (b 1710, a 1747 | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Katherine Gordon (b 1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Gordon of Birkenbush | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Magdalen Gordon (b 1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. George Grant of Boharm | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - John (b 1705, d young), Margaret (bpt 06.02.1696), Katherine (b 1701, d young ), Jean (b 1702, d young), Janet (b 1703, d young), Mary (b 1707), Helen (b 1709) | ||||||||||||||
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| William Gordon, 3rd of Farskane | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) Helen Duff (b 1681, d 1735, dau of Alexander Duff of Braco) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Gordon, last of Farskane | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Duff (b 1700, d 1789, dau of James Duff of Crombie) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Gordon, later Gordon-Duff of Eden (b 1735, d unm 19.06.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Gordon (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Jean Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.03.1754) James Miln (in Gothenburg) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Margaret Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. W. Dunbar in Portsoy | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Archibald Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Innes of Edingight | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - William (dsp, MD), James | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | James Gordon 'of Dundee' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Smith of Dundee | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Janet Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. (John) Duff, Provost | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Margaret Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Duff of Elgin | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Elspet Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stewart of Lesmurdie | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jane Stewart | ||||||||||||||
| m. Archibald Duff ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Mary Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Innes | |||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Stewart of Leuchars | ||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Wharton (b 10.1735, d 1816) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Judith Massey | |||||||||||||||
| 1.+ | 3 sons | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Henrietta Mackenzie of Coul | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Mally Wharton (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (13.07.1774) Sophia Henrietta Duff (b 1740, d 1826, dau of William Duff, 1st Earl of Fife, & sister of Arthur Duff of Orton) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Richard Wharton, later Wharton-Duff of Orton (b 1782, d 08.06.1862, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.10.1809) Anne Duff (d 24.01.1829, dau of Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl of Fife, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Mary Duff (b 1781, d 1869) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1811) Daniel Buller | |||||||||||||||
| 7.+ | other issue -Arthur (b 11775, d 1787), son (b 1777, d young), William (b 1779, d 1780), Jane (b 1778, d unm 1821), daughter (b/d 1781) | ||||||||||||||
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| John Meldrum of Laithers | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Duff (dau of John Duff of Muldavit, sister of Adam of Clunybeg) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Peter (or Patrick?) Meldrum of Laithers | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Jean Meldrum possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.02.1710) George Ogilvy, younger of Forglen (dvp 1723) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | George Meldrum of Crombie (b c1616, d 11.1692, minister of Glass) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1680) Jean Duff (d 1725, dau of Alexander Duff of Keithmore, son of Adam of Clunybeg) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jean Meldrum (b c1681, d 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1697) James Duff, later of Crombie (b c1674, d 1709) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Helen Meldrum | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Abercromby of Glassaugh | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Isabel Meldrum | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1715) Archibald Ogilvy of Rothiemay | |||||||||||||||
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| Robert Stewart, Provost of Banff | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Stewart (Stuart) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Duff (b 1712, d 1803, dau of James Duff, 1st of Corsindae) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Margaret Stewart (d 1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1715) Thomas Duff in Banff (b 1690, d 1717, m1. George Milne) | |||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Donaldson of Kinnairdy | |||||||||||||||
| 'BOTD' reports that "The Donaldsons claimed descent from the Macdonalds of Glencoe." | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Duff (b c1692, d 1761, dau of William Duff of Dipple) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Katherine Donaldson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1738) Lachlan Mckintosh ("whose mother was a Duff of Corsindae") | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Elizabeth Donaldson (a 1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicolas Dunbar of Tillienaught | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue - William, Alexander (a 1743), daughter, (others?) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'BOTD' = 'The Book of The Duffs' (Alistair & Henrietta Tayler, 1914)
(1) For Taylor : 'BOTD' (vol 1, Chapter VII ('William Duff of Braco'), p80+)
(2) For Cheyne : 'BOTD' (vol 1, Chapter VII ('William Duff of Braco'), p81)
(3) For Gordon of Glengerack : 'BOTD' (vol 2, Chapter XXXII ('The daughters of Alexander Duff of Braco and Grant Duffs'), p491+)
(4) For Gordon of Farskane : 'BOTD' (vol 2, Chapterr XXXII ('The daughters of Alexander Duff of Braco and Grant Duffs'), p491+) with some support from BLG1952 ('Grant Duff formerly of Eden')
(5) For Wharton : 'BOTD' (vol 2, Chapter XXXIII ('Wharton Duffs of Gordon'), p502+) with some support from BLG1952 ('Wharton-Duff of Orton')
(6) For Meldrum : 'BOTD' (vol 1, Chapter XXVII ('Duffs of Crombie and Duff Gordons'), p445+)
(7) For Stewart : cross-references from elsewhere in the database
(8) For Donaldson :
'BOTD' (vol 1, Chapter XXVII ('William Duff of Dipple'), p94+)
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