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CHEYNE, James 7th of Straloch
(About 1460-About 1518)
CHEYNE, Alexander 8th of Straloch
(About 1495-)
CHEYNE, Clare
(About 1535-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, William 3rd of Craig

CHEYNE, Clare 1

  • Born: About 1535
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, William 3rd of Craig

   Another name for Clare was CHEIN, Clara.2

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Clare married William GORDON 3rd of Craig, son of Patrick GORDON younger, of Craig and Johanna LESLIE. (William GORDON 3rd of Craig was born about 1535 and died in 1607 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"This laird of Craig William 3rd of Craig, (ie grandson of William 2nd) resigned his lands of Johnsleys for a re-grant in favour of himself and Clara Cheyne his spouse, as is shown by the following extract, which is given in Latin......"

"William Gordon, the 3rd laird, married Clara Chein or Cheyne, daughter of the laird of Straloch, by whom he had two sons, viz.:-

I. John, 4th laird of Craig. II. Patrick of Fulzemont or Wheidlemont. According to the Balbithan M.S., he married the laird of Strathloch's daughter (Chein), with whom he begat two sons, viz., John Gordon Vth [IVth], laird of Craig, and Patrick Gordon of Fulzemont (or Whewlemont). Their father, the said William, died 1607."

from Family of Craig 2

Sources


1 Internet Site, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cheyne/p2035.htm citing Lieut. Colonel Archibald Ythan Cheyne, The Cheyne Family in Scotland, Page 48.

2 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Gordon of Craig and Notes on the Cabrach by Douglas Wimberley (1904).

3 Internet Site, The Gordons of Craig by John Malcolm Bulloch ...journals.socantscot.org › psas › article › download.

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