ABERCROMBY, Hector of Westhall 2 3
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." 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." |
1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Leichestoun by J.M. Bulloch assisted by D. Wimberley.
2 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Newton by J.M. Bulloch assisted by D. Wimberley.
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).
4 Internet Site, http://hector.davie.ch/davie/Fetternear.html.
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