LEITH, James ¹

  General Notes:

In his son William's christening record in 1714 James was recorded as 'James Leith fermer in Robslaw. One of the witnesses was William Strachan.

James married Janet NORIE on 17 Jul 1687 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ (Janet NORIE was born about 1660.)

James next married Eliza Jane MILLER, daughter of Alexander MILLER and Susanna BURNS.² (Eliza Jane MILLER was born on 16 Jun 1876 in Benburb district, County Tyrone, Ireland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Morison of Bognie. He acquired the lands of Bognie from Sir James Crichton and his wife, Elizabeth Gordon, in 1635. The charter is 'Jacobus Crichton de Frendraught consensu et assensu meae conjugis Elizabethse Gordon, Alexandro Moresone in Bognie et Elizabethaj Gairden ejus spouse diutius viventi totas et integras villas E. and W. Bognie, cum domibus, &c.' From the above charter, we find that his wife's name was Elizabeth Gairden, a sister of Rev. Alexander Gairden, minister of Forgue."

from Thanage of Fermartyn ²

James next married Margaret HOGG on 29 Dec 1698 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Margaret HOGG was born about 1670 and died before 10 Aug 1703.)

James next married Margaret DAVIDSON on 10 Aug 1703 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Margaret DAVIDSON was born about 1680.)