LEITCH, William ³

William married Nancy LEITCH MS UNKNOWN. (Nancy LEITCH MS UNKNOWN was born about 1815.)

William next married Ann Hepburn McCORMICK, daughter of Charles McCORMICK and Mary HOWDEN.^{1 2} (Ann Hepburn McCORMICK was born on 5 Jul 1872 in Calton, Glasgow, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"(William ((Oliphant)), who married about 1489 Christian Sutherland, daughter and heir of line of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus.[....] had issue [....])

(8) another daughter is said to have been married to George Gordon of Coclarachie."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)




"George Gordon, of Milton of Noth in the parish of Rhynie, also designed 'of Coclarachie' in right of his second wife, was a son of Patrick Gordon of Fulzemont. According to the Balbithan MS. (p. 51) he was the fifth son, but according to Lord Huntly's Records of Aboyne (p. 210) he was the fourth son.[....]

George Gordon of Milton of Noth married (I) a daughter of Oliphant of Berridale, widow of Calder of Asloun, and by her had (Rec. of Aboyne, p. 210) :

1. George, afterwards of Coclarachie.

2. James.

3. Bessie (see Note below). Probably this is the Bessie Gordon who married Laurence Leith of Kirkton of Rayne, from whom descend Leith-Hay of Leithhall (Burke's Landed Gentry Leith-Hay)."

from Coclarachie

Note:

Bessie Gordon was Laurence Leith's second wife, and the timeline of the Leiths suggests that she was the granddaughter, rather than the daughter of George Gordon and his first wife. ^{1 2}

William next married Mary McCORMICK, daughter of Charles McCORMICK and Mary HOWDEN, about 1517.¹ (Mary McCORMICK was born in 1876-1877 in Glasgow, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth Winton was the second wife of George Gordon of Milton of Noth, and her only child, Jonet Gordon, succeeded to a fourth part of Coclarachie."

from Coclarachie ¹