BARCLAY, David of Mearns ^{1 2}

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David married Janet IRVINE, daughter of Alexander IRVINE 5th of Drum, Sheriff of Aberdeen and Daughter LINDSAY.^{1 2} (Janet IRVINE was born about 1463.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David Barclay of Mathers died before his father (who survived until 1497), and left, by Janet his wife, daughter of Irvine of Drum, a son, Alexander Barclay, who succeeded his grandfather. (Playfair's Baronetage.) David Barclay of Mathers married Janet Irvine, daughter of Irvine of Drum. This is shown by charters of the lands of Falside, etc., in the Mearns.- (Nisbet's Heraldry.)" (page 52, footnote 2)

from Irvines of Drum




"About the year 1480, upon the marriage of his son David to Jonet, daughter of Irvine of Drum, Alexander of Mathers made over to him the old family property in the Mearns, reserving Mathers for his own lifetime. Robert Barclay (Urie III) states: 'This marriage with Drum's daughter is vouched for by several documents in the family, viz., an antient MS. wrote a.d. 1578, entitled Genealogy of the Barons of the Mearns, as also by charters upon the lands of Falside and Slains in the Mearns.' " (page 168)

from A History of the Barclay Family ^{1 2}