BREBNER, James of Towie of Clatt ^{1 2 3 4}

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  General Notes:

"Brebner
James
12/5/1750
in Towie of Clatt
Testament Dative and Inventory
Aberdeen Commissary Court
CC1/6/31A"

from Wills and Testaments ³

James married Margaret GORDON, daughter of George GORDON 8th of Knockespock (3rd group), Burgess of Aberdeen and Mariori MOIR.¹ (Margaret GORDON was baptised on 21 June 1687 in Clatt parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Gordon) : married James Brebner in Towie. She was the ancestress of the present laird of Knockespock."

from Terpersie




"Margaret (Gordon), who married James Brebner, in Towie of Clatt, whose descendant became 12th laird under the entail."

from Gordon of Knockespock




"George Gordon (8th of Knockespock) was succeeded in Knockespock by his son James, the West Indian nabob, and the latter was succeeded in turn by the descendants of his sister Margaret, who married a Brebner, then by the descendants of his sister Barbara, who married a Grant, and, thirdly, again, by the descendants of his elder sister, the Brebner- Gordons, who are now known as Fellowes Gordon - a peculiarly complicated story of succession."

from The Making of the West Indies ^{1 5 6}