LESLIE, James ¹

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James married Janet ARBUTHNOTT 'of Netherdulan', daughter of James ARBUTHNOTT of Lentusch, Merchant and Burgess of Aberdeen and Christian COLLACE.¹ (Janet ARBUTHNOTT 'of Netherdulan' was born about 1557.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James, who got the lands of Daviot from his father. He married Janet Arbuthnot, daughter of the Laird of Netherdulan, and had I. Elizabeth, married to George Watt, Mill of Pitcaple. II. a daughter married to Allan Gordon, Sheriff of Aberdeen, and factor for the Earl of Huntly's woods."

from Family of Leslie

Note:
The 'Laird of Netherdulan', as such, is a mystery. No such laird, indeed no such place, has been found in the form given. However, 'Netherdulan' may be an anglicised form of Lentusche, possibly a Gaelic place name.

It is clear from Memories of the Arbuthnots of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire, (page 119), that though Janet is not listed there as a daughter, there is a confusion about the daughter, Christian's marriage:

"Christian, married James, fifth son of Alexander Leslie, fourth of Pitcaple.⁵"

Now, James was the third son of Alexander Leslie, and John was the fifth son, according to Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869, (vol.3 pages 382 and 383). James married Janet, and John married Christian.

Footnote 5 on page 119 of Memories of the Arbuthnots reads:

"5 Genealogical Collections concerning Families in Scotland, by Walter Macfarlane, 1750-1 : 'Mr. James, fifth son to Alexander, Laird of Pitcaple, after his brother James' death got the lands of Daviot. He married Christian Arbuthnot, daughter to James Arbuthnot of Lentush. He died sans issue.' In the History of the Leslie Farmily, Colonel Leslie mentions a Janet Arbuthnot, 'daughter to the Laird of Netherdulan,' married to John Leslie, third son of Alexander Leslie, fourth Baron of Pitcaple.' "

There is obviously confusion about the two sons, as presented in this footnote:
For, according to Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869, referred to above, James, the third son, who married Janet, did have children; whereas John, the fifth son, married Christian and did not.

Moreover, to confuse things further, John, the fifth son, "got the lands of Daviot after the death of his brother James."

It would appear that there has been conflation of the two marriages, arising from the confusion outlined above, making it likely that there were two sisters involved, as well as two brothers. ^{1 2}