RAIT, William 6th of Drumnagair and Hallgreen ¹

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William married Margaret GARDYN 'of Leys'.¹ (Margaret GARDYN 'of Leys' was born about 1540 and died by 1578 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"William Rait, the sixth Laird. In 1557 he petitioned the Lords of Council for his recognition (by delivering the relevant charters to him) as the heir to the deceased David Rait of Drumnagar (probably his grandfather). This implies that William, the fifth Laird, was already dead by that date, but William the sixth was still suing John of Silliflett in 1569/70 for payments due from Drumnagar, and he did not obtain a charter to the lands of Drumnagar until 1574. Clearly the inheritance was not straightforward.

This William also extended the property interests of Hallgreen into the county of Forfarshire (Angus) by obtaining, in 1597, a charter for the whole of Cononsyth in the parish of Carmyllie, Forfarshire, from the Gardynes. He still held that property in 1603, when he sold Pressock in the barony of Gardyne in Forfarshire. By 1574 he was married to Margaret, daughter of Garden (or Gardyne) of Leys...."

from The Raitt Stuff ¹

William next married Marjorie BARCLAY, daughter of David BARCLAY 9th of Mathers and Katherine HOME, in 1578.¹ (Marjorie BARCLAY was born about 1550.)

  Marriage Notes:

"and in 1578 he (William Rait) was married to Marjorie, daughter of Barclay of Mathers. William had at least six children, but, in the absence of birth records, there is no indication of which wife was the mother."

from The Raitt Stuff ¹