BARCLAY, Alexander 6th of Mathers 1
- Born: About 1446
- Marriage (1): WISHART, Catherine 'of Pittarrow' 1
- Died: About 1493
User ID: W481.
Alexander married Catherine WISHART 'of Pittarrow'.1 (Catherine WISHART 'of Pittarrow' was born about 1448.)
Marriage Notes:
"Alexander Barclay of the Mearns and Mathers was the first of the family whose name is found 'both by old evidents, and his own subscriptions spelled as now, viz., Barclay.'
He married Catherine, daughter of Wishart of Pittarrow, and had a son David, who predeceased him. He is reputed to have been a scholar and a poet, and to have lived to a ripe old age."
from History of the Barclay Family 1
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