STRACHAN, Alexander ²

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  General Notes:

"Sir Patrick Strachan's deed of Entail, dated 4th February 1715, shows that, failing male heirs of his body, the succession was to go to heirs female, the eldest succeeding without division; failing these to Alexander Strachan (who signed in 1727, the birth register of a son of John Innes,yr of Edingight, and Jane Duff of Craigston, who were married in 1720), his brother german, and heirs male of his body; whom failing to Captain Alexander Southerland of Kinminity (this Kinminity is shown in old maps of Banffshire), and the heirs male of a marriage then contemplated, the lady being --Gresden, 'his future spouse'; whom failing to Alexander Southerland, son to the said Alexander Southerland by the deceast Mary Dunbar; whom failing to James Gordon, eldest lawful son of George Gordon of Clastyrum, and Violet Strachan, sister to the said Sir Patrick, and their heirs male; whom failing to John Innes, eldest son to John Innes of Edingught, and Helen Strachan, sister to the said Sir Patrick... whom failing to James Innes, second son of said John Innes; whom failing to Alexander Innes, the third son, whom failing to Thomas Innes, the fourth son; and failing all these to the said Sir Patrick's nearest heirs 'whatsomever.' "

from The Strachans of Glenkindie




Alexander Strachan was referred to in a baptismal record in Strathdon parish:

Old Parish Registers
Strathdon parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms
1703
"9 Decr - Duncan Calum in the cottertown of Glenkindy had a daughter baptized MARY witneses, Alexr Strachan brother german to the Laird of Glenkindy, & Mich strachan in fermtoun"




"Strachan
Alexander
7/7/1732
brother-german to Sir Patrick S. of Glenkindy
Testament Testamentar and Inventory
Aberdeen Commissary Court
CC1/6/13"

from Wills and Testaments ^{3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Witness: at baptism of Alexander Innes, 12 July 1727, Grange Parish Church, Banffshire, Scotland. ^{3 5} Signed the baptism register at christening of a son of John Innes of Edingight and Jane or Jean Duff, married in 1720.

Alexander married Janet STRACHAN, daughter of William STRACHAN Merchant in Old Aberdeen and Isobel CALUM.¹ (Janet STRACHAN was baptised on 24 June 1703 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ^{6 7}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"I leave all the foresaid as said is to thes my said children (lawfully procreat and begotten between me and my spous janet strachin daughter to William Strachin in New Morlech) in fee

Item I nominat and appont the said janet strachin my lawfull spouse sole executrixe and only Tutorixe my said lawfull children with full power to her my said spous to full use and dispone to uplift and gather my debts and sumas of money or any thing belonging to me as said above and to grant discharges therfor as ampley and fully I could doe my self" etc

from Wills and Testaments ¹