ARBUTHNOTT, Margaret 1
User ID: B728. Margaret married Patrick JOHNSTON in Belhelvie.1 (Patrick JOHNSTON in Belhelvie was born about 1565 and died on 6 September 1601 1.) Marriage Notes: "On 6th September, 1601, Lord Glamis murdered Patrick Johnston, who was one of his tenants in Belhelvie, and had married Margaret Arbuthnot, believed to be the daughter of John Arbuthnot, first Laird of Cairngall. This outrage, which will be described in detail later, no doubt added to the acrimony of the situation, and quickened Lord Glamis's desire to be rid of the Arbuthnots, who might be meditating revenge for the crime." (page 112) Margaret next married Alexander CHEYNE Burgess and Commissary General of Aberdeen, son of William CHEYNE and Unknown, on 9 July 1603.1 (Alexander CHEYNE Burgess and Commissary General of Aberdeen was born about 1575 and died by about 1605 1.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret, who married .... secondly (9th July, 1603) Alexander Cheyne, a cadet of the ancient family of Cheyne of Essilmont, by whom she had no issue" Margaret next married John GORDON younger, of Corriedown, son of John GORDON of Corriedown and Elizabeth CURROUR, about 1605.1 (John GORDON younger, of Corriedown was born about 1568.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret, who married .... thirdly, probably in 1605, John Gordon of Chapeltown of Essilmont, and of Sheills, by whom it seems certain that she was the mother of Beatrix Gordon, born 1606, who afterwards married Robert Arbuthnot of Scotsmill, and was grandmother of Doctor John Arbuthnot." |