ABERCROMBY, Hector of Westhall 2 3
- Born: About 1570
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Marjorie 1
User ID: W939.
General Notes:
"Hector Abercromby, the progenitor of Lord Glasfoord, had a royal charter of the lands of Westhalls, co. Aberdeen, 27 June 1590. He had another from the Dean and Chapter of Aberdeen of the barony of Fetterneir, co. Aberdeen, which belonged to the Leslies of Balquhain, and had fallen to the Chapter by reason of nonpayment of the rent, 2 February 1628. The property was afterwards redeemed 20 August 1690 by the Leslie family from Lord Glasfoord."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
"On 15th June, 1625. John Leslie, eleventh baron of Balquhain, mortgaged Fetternear for 11.000 merks to his brother-in-law, Sir Alexander Hay of Delgaty, and to William Hay his son, from whom in 1627 Hector Abercromby of Westhall, second son of Alexander Abercromby of Birkenhog, acquired the mortgage title and rights. ln 1645, Abercromby was declared by Parliament to be a 'malignant,' and warrant was granted for the uplifting of his rents (Acts of Parliament.)"
from History of the Fetternear Estate webpage
"1621. - A curious echo of the vendetta between the Gordons of Leichestoun appears in this year when Leichestoun's kinsmen, John Gordon of Newton and his son George, figure in a dispute. On March 29, the two Newtons complained to the Privy Council that Hector Abercromby of Westhall (the son of Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog who was murdered by the Gordons of Leichestoun in 1594), and Adam Abercromby of Threefield and others all armed went to the Kirk of Rayne on a Sunday in January, and there in 'a swaggering manner searched for George Gordon intending either to kill him or to put some open affront upon him ' ......"
from Newton 2 3 4
Hector married Marjorie GORDON, daughter of John GORDON of Leitcheston and Marjory OGILVY 'Lady Birkenbog'.1 (Marjorie GORDON was born about 1592.)
Marriage Notes:
"... John Gordon's daughter, Marjorie, married Hector Abercromby, the son of the man murdered in 1594."
"1621, May 21. - Renunciation by John Gordon of Leichistoun and Marjorie Ogilvie, his spouse, and Marjorie Gordon, their lawful daughter, with consent of Hector Abercromby of [Westhall], her spouse... "
"Marjorie is not mentioned in the Balbithan MS., but she appears in the sasine of May 21, 1621, as daughter of John Gordon and Marjory Ogilvy, and wife of Hector Abercromby. This Hector had the lands of Westhall and was the son of Alexander Abercrombie who was murdered by Marjorie's brothers in 1594. He carried on a feud to avenge his father's death and in 1621 Marjorie suffered in it. He had a son Alexander who was the father of Patrick Abercromby, author of Martial Achievements of the Scottish Nation (Rose's Tragic History of the Abercrombies, p. 17)."
from House of Gordon (Leichestoun) 1
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