INNES, James of Rothmackenzie, then of Crombie 1 3 5
Another name for James was INNES, James of Fynnarsie (Findrassie).6 User ID: W154. General Notes: "James Innes was the son of Robert Innes of Cromy (that is Crombie, in the parish of Marnoch), who was the second son of Alexander Innes of that ilk (died 1491), armour-bearer to James III., by Janet Gordon, daughter of the first Earl of Huntly. James Innes of Rathmakenzie, who was his wife's cousin-german, fell at Pinkie, 1547, James married Catherine GORDON, daughter of William GORDON of Gight and Janet OGILVY.1 2 3 (Catherine GORDON was born about 1500.) Marriage Notes: "I think the 'Catherine Gordon of Gight,' who married James Innes of Rathmakenzie, as noted in the Familie of Innes (p. 201, and also in the Great Seal), was a daughter of the first laird, and may have been named after his half-sister, Lady Catherine Gordon, who married Perkin Warbeck." James next married Margaret INNES, daughter of James INNES of Leuchars and Unknown, after 24 May 1543.4 (Margaret INNES was born about 1530.) Marriage Notes: "Robert (Innes, of Cromy and Rathmakenzie) had two sons: 1. James Innes of Rathmakenzie, married first to Catharine Gordon of Gicht, secondly to Margaret Innes, daughter of Laird Alexander(see Note below)." |
1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1903) Gight.
2 e-books, Ane Account of the Familie of Innes compiled by Duncan Forbes of Culloden 1698 (1864).
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).
4 e-books, Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club 1934 www.banffshirefieldclub.org.uk The Barony of Crommey in Marnoch WM by Thomas Innes of Learney.
5 e-books, Ane Account of the Familie of Innes compiled by Duncan Forbes of Culloden 1698 (Spalding Club 1864).
6 e-books, Gordons of Cairnfield by J. M. Bulloch (1910 privately printed).
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