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LEITH, Norman 3rd of Barnes
(About 1425-)
LESLIE, Elizabeth
(About 1442-)
GORDON, George of Cushnie and Hallhead
(About 1435-)
MORTIMER, Janet
(About 1440-)
LEITH, Henry 4th of Barnes
(About 1457-)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1460-)
LEITH, Patrick of Harthill
(About 1507-1597)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. LESLIE, Clara

2. GORDON, Second Daughter

LEITH, Patrick of Harthill 1 2 3 5

  • Born: About 1507
  • Marriage (1): LESLIE, Clara 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): GORDON, Second Daughter 4
  • Died: 1597 1

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  General Notes:

"Instrument by the said Sir John Stewart constituting Patrick Leith, brother of William Leith of Bernes, and Hendrie Leytht, his bailies for resigning the saids lands in the hands of the said Bishop in favour of Patrick Leith of Harthill. Signed 27 Oct. 1564."

"Charter of Sale by Patrick Leytht of Harthill with consent of James Gordoun of Tuliangous, the first feuar to Alex. Leytht of Mongary, the brother of the said Patrick, his heirs and assignees, of the said lands of Fowlislie with the pertinents lying in the parish of Tulenessil, and that for certain sums of money, with which and other monies the said Patrick redeemed from the Queen's donator the extent of the lands and moveables of the said James Gordoun, who was then an exile, to be held in fee for payment to the said Bishop of the feu duties, &c, mentioned in the preceding charter, dated 22 Dec. 1564."

from Family of Gordon of Craig 6


Patrick married Clara LESLIE, daughter of John LESLIE 2nd of Wardis, Provost of Aberdeen and Annabella CHALMER.1 2 3 (Clara LESLIE was born about 1515.)


  Marriage Notes:

"... Clara (Leslie), married to Patrick Leith of Harthill ... "

from Aldermen and Provosts




"II. Clara, married to Patrick Leith of Harthill. Patrick Leith of Harthill, and Clara Leslie, his spouse, got a charter from King James V. of the lands of Auchleven, Ardour, Buchanston, Harlaw, and others, dated 8th December 1531." (page 279)

from Family of Leslie




"I. Patrick Leith, son of Henry Leith of Barnes, got Harthill from his father. He married Clara, daughter of John Leslie, second baron of Wardes. They had a Crown Charter in 1531, of Auchleven, Ardoyne, Buchanston, Harlaw, &c. He subscribed at Aberdeen, in September, 1574, the Bond of the Barons of the North, promising allegiance to King James."

from Earldom of the Garioch 2 3

Patrick next married Second Daughter GORDON, daughter of James GORDON of Auchenhuive, Bailie in Strathbogie and Bessy RUTHERFORD.4 (Second Daughter GORDON was born about 1549.)


  Marriage Notes:

"His (Thomas Gordon's) Brother James Gordon of Achenheiff succeeded, who married Bessy Rutherford with whom he begat two daughters, the Eldest Barbara Gordon married the Laird of Assloon Alexander Calder, the Second married the Goodman of Harthill Leith ... " (page 62)

from Balbithan MS

Note:


The Leiths of Harthill does not mention her. Strathbogie lay to the north of Leith lands; the Gordons were powerful and, in the 1590s, troublesome. Patrick's loyalty to the Roman Catholic and Protestant factions varied. A link with the Gordons at the time might have been seen as a kind of insurance policy. 4

Sources


1 e-books, The Leiths of Harthill : the story of some turbulent lairds and a royalist martyr by F.L. Bickley (1937).

2 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 3 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

3 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

4 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1903) Balbithan MS.

5 e-books, Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch by John Davidson (1878).

6 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Gordon of Craig and Notes on the Cabrach by Douglas Wimberley (1904).

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