STRACHAN, John Captain of Horse ²

  General Notes:

"In 1632, Captain John Strachan was a Captain of Horse in Alexander Leslie's [SSNE 2916] regiment in Russian service in the mid 1630s....

RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE
Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPT OF HORSE
Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPT OF HORSE
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY"

from St Andrews Insitute ²

John married Kathleen McGONAGLE, daughter of Michael McGONAGLE and Mary McGONAGLE MS UNKNOWN.¹ (Kathleen McGONAGLE was born about 1893 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (James Gordon) marr., prior to admission, Margaret (died 14th April 1792), daugh. of James Lumsden, min. of Towie, and had issue Jean, born 27th May 1772; Alexander, chaplain at Fort-George, born 4th Oct. 1773, died 1st Jan. 1800; Mary, born 6th Oct. 1775, died 17th March 1801. Publication Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,, xiv.). [Scots May., xl. 630.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹