WOOD, Elizabeth ¹

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Elizabeth married George BARCLAY 10th of Mathers, son of David BARCLAY 9th of Mathers and Mary RAIT, 11 January 1564(contract).¹ (George BARCLAY 10th of Mathers was born about 1536 and died in 1607 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Erskine .... George Barclay married secondly Elizabeth Wood, of Bonnington, by whom he had three sons, George, Walter and John....

Contract of Marriage betwixt the said George Barclay son and heir of the said David Barclay of Mathers and Elizabeth Wood sister-german to Patrick Wood of Bonnington whereby the said George obliges himself to cause John Barclay of Johnston his brother to renounce the said lands of Nether Weston, and the said Patrick Wood obliges himself to pay the sum of 1000 merks in the name of tocher with his said sister, which sum the said George obliges himself to employ in redeeming as many of the lands in Kirktoun of Aberluthnot as were under reversion and secure the same to the children of the marriage.

Dated 11th January 1564 and Registered penult May 1567."

from History of the Barclay Family ¹