BURNET, Alexander younger of Leys ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Alexander was BURNET, Alexander.¹

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Alexander married Jean ARBUTHNOTT, daughter of Sir Robert ARBUTHNOTT of Arrat, later 17th of that Ilk and Margaret FRASER, on 25 October 1633 in Arbuthnott parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ (Jean ARBUTHNOTT was born about 1620.)

  Marriage Notes:

"BURNET
ALEXANDER
JEANE ARBUTHNOT/
25/10/1633
250/ 10 22
Arbuthnott"

from Index of Marriages




"Alexander, Younger of Leys, admitted an honorary burgess of Aberdeen in 1633, and in the same year married Jean, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Arbuthnot of that Ilk, and sister of the 1st Viscount Arbuthnot Her tocher was 20,000 marks, and her father-in-law gave her the life-rent of Pittenkeirie, Brathinche and Invercanny, of Tillihaikie and Brigend, and of Wester Slowie, Borrowstoun and Cowcardie. We have found him in May, 1639, a petitioner against Montrose's proposal to block up the harbour of Aberdeen in order to oppose the landing of a Royalist force, and his name appears on the Committees of War for Kincardineshire in 1644 and 1646. He died in June, 1648 ; and his widow, in 1651, married Patrick Gordon of Glenbucket The issue of Alexander Burnett and Jean Arbuthnot were three sons and two daughters, each (except the eldest son) provided for by their grandfather. Sir Thomas, to the extent of 40,000 marks"

from Family of Burnett of Leys




"Jean, married, first, prior to 23 November 1633, to Alexander Burnett, eldest son of Sir Thomas Burnett, first Baronet of Leys, who predeceased her in 1648, leaving issue ...."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ^{1 3}