LESLIE, Bessie ¹

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Bessie married Gilbert MENZIES of Findon, 'Banison Gib', Provost of Aberdeen, son of David MENZIES and Margaret FOTHERINGHAM of Powrie family.¹ The marriage ended in separation. (Gilbert MENZIES of Findon, 'Banison Gib', Provost of Aberdeen was born about 1475 and died on 27 September 1543 ^{2 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David Leslie, first Baron of Pitcaple, granted a charter to Robert Culan, burgess of Aberdeen, of an annual rent of four merks Scots, from the half of the lands of Crechmond, with the mill, in the regality of the Garioch, 16th April 1472. He left no lawful issue, but he had an illegitimate daughter, Bessie, married, first, to Gilbert Menzies of Findon, from whom she was separated, and, secondly, to the Laird of Landro, in the Mearns."

from Family of Leslie

Note:

1

This 'failed' alliance is not referred to in Aldermen and Provosts, but the date and name suggest it was this Gilbert Menzies.

2

The 'Laird of Landro in the Mearns' has not yet been identified. 'Landro' may refer to Ballandro or Balandro, near Johnshaven in Benholm parish, Kincardineshire. If so, the 'laird' may refer to one of the Lundin/Lundy family. ^{1 3}