COLVIN, James

James married Ann LUNDAY, daughter of John LUNDY and Sarah DAVIDSON, on 9 Feb 1885 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (Ann LUNDAY was born on 4 Nov 1863 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland and died on 16 Apr 1913 in Edinburgh, Scotland.)

James next married.^{1 2 3 4} The marriage ended in divorced 30 july 1576.

  Marriage Notes:

"Isobel or Elizabeth, contracted to William Fraser of Strowie on 29th November 1561, married in 1564 to John Leslie, younger of Balquhain. Divorced from him she afterwards, in 1580, married William Cumming of Inverallochy."

from Chiefs of Grant




According to The Rulers of Strathspey, John Leslie and Isobel Grant were divorced about 1577.




"Elizabeth, Elspet, or Isabel, by first marriage. On 19 January 1560-61, and again in November 1561, she was contracted to William Fraser of Strowie, but there is no evidence that the marriage was completed. She was ultimately married (contract 15 February 1564-65), as his first wife, to John Leslie, younger of Balquhain, with issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7 page 463)

"p. 463, 1. 2 from foot, after 'issue,' insert 'She obtained decreet of divorce against him for adultery 30 July 1576 (Hist. Records Fam. of Leslie, iii. 73), and was married, secondly, to William Cumming of Inverallochy (Aberdeen Hornings, 7 May 1584)."

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda)




"John Leslie, tenth Baron of Balquhain, married, first, in 1564, Elizabeth Grant, daughter of the Baron of Grant. The marriage-contract is dated 15th February 1564, and by it William Leslie, ninth Baron of Balquhain, obliged himself to infeft his eldest son and apparent heir, John Leslie, and his future spouse, Elizabeth Grant, in the lands of Kirkhill.J By Elizabeth Grant John Leslie had issue

I. John, who succeeded as eleventh Baron of Balquhain.

II. William, who succeeded his nephew John as thirteenth Baron of Balquhain. John Leslie is said to have divorced his first wife, Elizabeth Grant."

from Family of Leslie ^{1 2 4 5 7}

James next married on 21 Jan 1580.^{1 5 6}

  Marriage Notes:

"On 21st January 1580, William Cuming of Inverallochy granted to Isobel, daughter of John Grant of Freuchie, in liferent and to the heirs-male to be born betwixt himself and her, his lands of Inverallochy, in terms of a marriage-contract of the same date. This Isobel is apparently identical with Elizabeth, as the latter is called by both these names."

from Chiefs of Grant




"Elizabeth, Elspet, or Isabel, by first marriage. On 19 January 1560-61, and again in November 1561, she was contracted to William Fraser of Strowie, but there is no evidence that the marriage was completed. She was ultimately married (contract 15 February 1564-65), as his first wife, to John Leslie, younger of Balquhain, with issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7 page 463)

"p. 463, 1. 2 from foot, after 'issue,' insert 'She obtained decreet of divorce against him for adultery 30 July 1576 (Hist. Records Fam. of Leslie, iii. 73), and was married, secondly, to William Cumming of Inverallochy (Aberdeen Hornings, 7 May 1584)."

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) ^{1 2 6}