McGOWAN, Michael ²

Michael married John GOLDIE, son of John GOLDIE and Mary McMAHON, in 1707.¹ (John GOLDIE was born on 9 Dec 1868 in Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"XI. Hon. Jean Arbuthnott Maitland of Pitrichie. She was served, 10 May, 1704, heir-general and heir of entail to her brother, and she married Hon. Alexander Arbuthnott, Baron of the Exchequer, 1707, third son of the second Viscount Arbuthnott. He took the name and arms of Maitland, and died in 1721 They had issue.."

from The Thanage of Fermartyn




"Alexander (Arbuthnott), married Jean Maitland, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Maitland of Pitrichie, who succeeded her brother in that estate in 1704, when her husband assumed the name and arms of Maitland of Pitrichie in place of those of Arbuthnott. He became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1697, was provost of Bervie and member of Parliament for that burgh 1702-4. He was appointed a Baron of Exchequer at the Union in 1707, and died in June 1721, survived by his wife, who died 22 October 1746. His testament is recorded 22 May 1754."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

Note:

The Thanage of Fermartyn names 'Catharine', on page 156, as the eldest daughter who married Theodore Morison, but on pages 452 and 453 of the same volume, the order of daughters is noted as Jean, Mary, Katherine, Margaret and Elizabeth. ^{1 3}