GARDEN, Alexander 2nd of Troup ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

"Three Alexanders were born in. Succession. died c.1636 and was "embarrassed by the Denmark experience" and had to sell Banchory. He married 1599 Janet Strachan."

".... was a Major (regiment Unknown) and married ."

".... (1661-1731) married c.1686"

from Garden of Troup Gravestone

"Alexander was a child of about nine years old when his father died and he became laird of Troup. He was served Heir General to Major Alexander Garden of Troup on 14 Aug 1662. Alexander was seised in the lands and Barony of Troup on 28 Aug 1663."

"The 1690 Valuation of Banffshire shows that in the parish of Gamrie, Alexander Garden's estates of Troup and Minenie were valued at £1600."

"Alexander Garden was unsympathetic to the Jacobite cause. He was a staunch supporter of the Revolution Settlement, and on 15th October 1702, took the oath of allegiance to Queen Anne."

"At Edinburgh on 4 June 1706 Alexander Garden was appointed as one of the Justices of Peace for the shire of Banff."

"On 26 Jul 1709 the lands of Laithers were granted to Alexander Garden. These lands are in the parish of Turrif and near to Dorlaithers which had belonged to his Garden forbears in the 15th and 16th centuries,"

"As supporters of the Hanoverians, Alexander Garden of Troup, elder and younger were appointed Deputy Lieutenants for Banffshire on 25 Aug 1715."

"Originally known as Gamrie, Alexander developed it to the village of Gardenstown as a fishing village in 1720."

from Wikitree

"As a country house dweller in Gardenstown, Banffshire for more than 30 years, I have always taken a keen interest in the local Kirk of St John, the burial place of Major Alexander Garden, 1st Laird of Troup and his son Alexander Garden, 2nd Laird of Troup and their wives Betty Strachan, daughter of Alexander Strachan of Glenkindy, and Bathia Forbes, daughter of Sir John Forbes of Craigievar....
These two seventeenth century stones are of huge importance to the history of the village of Gardenstown and should not be lost....
The legends are :
'Here lyes interred the bodye of Major Alexandre Garden of Troupe, who departed this life March 1682 (?), and Alexander garden of Troupe, his son, who departed this life Aprile 27th 1731'
and
'Here lyes interrd the bodies of Betty Strachan spouse to Major Alexander Garden of Troup who departed this life .....( indecipherable) and Bathia Forbes spouse to Alexander Garden of Troup who departed this life....... Not all clear .' "

from Eileen Bishop quoted in Wikitree
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Alexander married Bathia FORBES, daughter of Sir John FORBES of Craigievar, 2nd Baronet and Margaret YOUNG, in 1686. (Bathia FORBES was born about 1665 in Scotland and died between 27 and 28 April 1731 in Gamrie Parish, Banffshire, Scotland ^{2 4}.)