'Burnett01'
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Families covered: Burnett of Crimond, Burnet(t) of Leys
| This family was in England before the Conquest and so was probably of Saxon origin. It achieved some importance in Wiltsthire, Bedfordshire, etc.. The first known was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burnard (a 1086, in Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, etc.) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roger filius Burnard (a temp Henry I who r. 1100-1135) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Burnard | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Odo Burnard (a 1192) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martilda | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Roger Burnard | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Gilbert, Stephen | ||||||||||||||
| The branch of this family that we focus on in this page was descended from a descendant of one of the above, possibly the last Roger, who settled in Scotland in the 12th century. The first on record of this branch was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Alexander Burnard (a 1323) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Symon Burnard | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Burnard (a 1378) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Burnard | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Burnard or Burnet of Leyis (d 1454) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Burnet of Leys | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Forbes (dau of Alexander Forbes of Echt) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Alexander Burnet of Leys | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Lichtoun | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Alexander Burnet of Leys (a 1567) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet Hamilton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Marjory Forbes (dau of John Forbes, 6th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| It is not clear which wife was mother of Alexander's children. | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Burnet of Leys | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lumsden (dau of John Lumsden of Cushnie) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Alexander Burnet of Leys | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Arbuthnot (dau of Robert Arbuthnot of Fiddes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Alexander Burnet of Leys (d 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Gordon (dau of Alexander Gordon of Lesmoir) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Alexander Burnet (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Sir Thomas Burnet, 1st Bart of Leys (d 1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Douglas (dau of Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1621) Jane Moncreiff | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | James Burnett of Craigmyle | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1608) Elizabeth Burnett (dau of Thomas Burnett of Craigmyle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Robert Burnet of Crimond (d 1661, judge as Lord Crimond) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.02.1620) Beatrix Maule (dau of William Maule of Glaster) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Rachel Johnston (dau of James Johnston in Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Sir Thomas Burnett of Crimond | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1662) Janet Bruce (bur 30.04.1699, dau of Robert Bruce of Broomhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Euphemia Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Roberton (d 06.1719) | |||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | Helen Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Craufurd, younger of Auchenames and Crosbie (dvp 1695) | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | son | ||||||||||||||
| ((d)) | Gilbert Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1670) Margaret Kennedy (dsp 1685, dau of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassillis) | |||||||||||||||
| ((e)) | Rachel Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Thomas Nicolson of Cockburnspath | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Sir Thomas Hamilton of Preston & Fingalton (d 1672) | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Anne Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Baillie of Jerviswoode (d 1646) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi)) | Katherine Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Maitland of Auchincrieff | |||||||||||||||
| ((vii)) | Helen Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1617) John Allardyce of that ilk (b c1595, d 02.11.1631) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Robert Graham of Morphie (d c1666) | |||||||||||||||
| ((viii)) | Barbara Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1607) Sir Robert Innes, 1st Bart of Balvenie (d before 02.1642) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ix)) | Isobel Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Cheyne of Arnage | |||||||||||||||
| ((x)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Forbes of Echt | |||||||||||||||
| ((xi)) | Janet Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alexander Skene of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Alexander Comyn of Culter | |||||||||||||||
| ((xii)) | Mariot Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Symmer of Balyordie | |||||||||||||||
| ((xiii))+ | other issue - George, John | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Thomas Burnet in Bralatree (physician) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Foys | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Duncan Burnet in Norwich (physician) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Marsham (dau of Robert Marsham of Little Melton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Janet Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Keith of Auquhersk | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Elizabeth Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Skene | |||||||||||||||
| ((F))+ | other issue - Robert, Gilbert (a 1649, professor and author), John, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Isabel Burnett | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1555) Robert Arbuthnot, 1st of Fiddes (d before 30.07.1606) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Thomas (parson of Methlik), Andew of Cowcardie, William of Slowie, Alexander of Kynneskie | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Christian Burnet | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1480) Alexander Comyn of Culter | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter possibly of this generation | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Dischington of Ardross (d after 1402) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Burnett of Leys) with input/support on the earliest generations from 'The Family of Burnett of Leys' (edited by Colonel James Allardyce, printed for the New Spalding Club, 1901)
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