BRODIE, John ¹

  General Notes:

"These Brodies claim descent from John Brodie. third son of Alexander Brodie, twelfth laird of Brodie. by his second wife, Margaret, widow of Dunbar of Benagefield. This John Brodie married in 1616 Helen M'Kenzie, whose second son, John (" Honest John Brodie." of James Brodies Diary), married Catherine Paterson. and had, with others, Alexander, who came to Glenbuchat and settled at Belnacraig; and John, who married Barbara Cumming. Alexander, who married Jean Morris, and had, with others, William, Alexander, and John. One of the two last-named went south, and the other fled the country to escape the vengeance of Anderson of Candacraig."

from Aberdeenshire Epitaphs ¹

John married Helen McKENZIE in 1616.¹ (Helen McKENZIE was born about 1590.)