LEITH, James of New Leslie, ancestor of Leiths of Leith Hall and Leiths of Freefield ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for James was LEITH, James of Leith-hall.⁴

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James married Margaret STRACHAN, daughter of Alexander STRACHAN 7th of Glenkindie and Margaret FRASER.^{1 2} (Margaret STRACHAN was born about 1625.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret Strachan, a daughter of the 'great Covenanter,' Alexander Strachan of Glenkindie, as mentioned above, was married to James Leith of Leith-hall, about 1660 - for her second son, Alexander Leith, the first of Freefield (who purchased Glenkindie from his cousin, Sir Patrick Strachan's bankrupt estate in 1738 for his son Alexander), died in 1754, aged 90. This would give the year of his birth as 1664. She was sister of Alexander Strachan, younger, who was laird of Kemnay. By this marriage the Leiths of Glenkindie are descended from the Strachans."

from The Strachans of Glenkindie




"James Leith built the House of Leith-hall, and his descendants were designed 'of Leith-hall'. In 1650, as eldest lawful son of John Leith of Bucharne and New Leslie, he had a Crown charter of New Leslie, Christ's Kirk, Peill, Syde, and Arnbog. He married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Strachan of Glenkindie ; and from their two sons, John and Alexander, descended the two families of Leith-Hay of Leith-hall, and Leith of Freefield and Glenkindie."

from Inverurie ^{1 2}