LEITH, Janet co-heiress of Barnes ^{1 2}

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Janet married Alexander SETON 4th of Meldrum, son of William SETON 3rd of Meldrum and Elizabeth LESLIE, about 1522.^{1 2} (Alexander SETON 4th of Meldrum was born about 1488 and died about 1527 ¹.). The cause of his death was killed by Master of Forbes.

  Marriage Notes:

"IV. - Alexander Seton 4th of Meldrum (p. 137), son of William, was, in 1512, served heir to his grandfather in the Lordship of Meldrum. He was killed at Aberdeen in 1527. He married - 1st Agnes, daughter of Patrick Gordon of Haddo, ancestor of the Earls of Aberdeen, and had by her two sons, William of Meldrum and Alexander of Mounie. By his second wife, Janet, daughter and co-heiress of George Leith of Barnes he had John Seton of Disblair (Blair), who got a charter, in 1526, of the lands of Auchleven (whence he began the house later known as Licklyhead), Drumrossy, and others, inheriting also Blair (Disblair) from his mother."

from The Seton Family ¹

Janet next married Sir James GORDON 3rd of Abergeldie and Midmar, son of Sir George GORDON 2nd of Abergeldie and Midmar and Margaret STEWART.² (Sir James GORDON 3rd of Abergeldie and Midmar was born about 1487 and died on 10 September 1547 in Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Gordon, III. of Abergeldie.

(Son of II. : killed at Pinkie, 1547.)

On April 24, 1523, the young laird, 'having arrived at the years of "discretion and marriage," petitioned his guardian [Walter Ogilvie in Boyne] that he might be "coupled" in lawful matrimony. Ogilvie . . . offered him his choice of two damsels in every respect equal to himself Janet Sinclair and Elizabeth Ogilvie' (Records of Aboyne, p. 221). But he scorned them both and married Janet Leith, daughter and coheir of George Leith of Barnes, and widow of Alexander Seton of Meldrum. He was returned heir to his father only on October 6, 1534. In 1528 he had confirmation of a charter by John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (his uncle or grandfather), of the lands of Grandoum, Auchmull, Perslie, and others (Great Seal)."

from Abergeldie ²