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LEITH, Henry 4th of Barnes
(About 1457-)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1460-)
GORDON, George 2nd Earl of Huntly, High Chancellor of Scotland, Sir
(About 1439-1500)
PARTNER, One or more Unknown
LEITH, William of Barnes, then of Edingarioch
(About 1476-)
GORDON, Ann
(About 1480-)
LEITH, Patrick of Edingarioch
(About 1495-Before 1550)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. JOHNSTON, Janet

LEITH, Patrick of Edingarioch 1

  • Born: About 1495
  • Marriage (1): JOHNSTON, Janet
  • Died: Before 1550 1

   Another name for Patrick was LEITH, Patrick of Likliehead.2

   User ID: Z490.

  General Notes:

"The Register of the Great Seal contains a Charter by Jas. V dated at Linlithgow on 8/12/1531 whereby the King confirms the sale by Robert Innes of Invermarky to Patrick Leith of Harthill and his wife Jonete Leslie of (rough translation from Latin) a quarter part of the shady half of the lands of Auchlevin [Auchleven] with a quarter part of the brewery, mill, tofts and crofts of the same; the 4 oxgates of Ardune [Ardoyne] and Buchquhanstoun [Buchanstone] with the toft and croft of the same at the mill of Buchquhanstoun; one oxgate in Hairlaw, all in the lordship of Garioch, to be held of the King in conjunct fee and to the heirs male procreated between said Patrick and Jonete, whom failing the nearest legitimate heirs of Patrick whomsoever."

Patrick then was the progenitor of the Leiths of Harthill.

  Research Notes:

HARTHILL CASTLE

Harthill Castle is in the parish of Oyne.

NOTE

There is some confusion about this Patrick and whether he was a son or brother of George William. Or, George William may have had a brother and a son with this title, the brother dying with no progeny.


Patrick married Janet JOHNSTON, daughter of James JOHNSTON of that Ilk and Clara BARCLAY. (Janet JOHNSTON was born about 1510.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Patrick Leith of Edingarroch, eldest son, married, without issue, Janet, daughter of James Johnston of Caskieben, and died before 1550."

from Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch 1

Sources


1 e-books, Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch by John Davidson (1878).

2 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie from 1067 to 1869 vol. 3 by Col. Leslie (1869).

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