LEITH, George of Newrayne 1Cause of his death was murdered.1 User ID: W755. George married Daughter ABERCROMBY, daughter of Adam ABERCROMBY of Auld Rayne and Janet GORDON.1 (Daughter ABERCROMBY was born about 1619.) Marriage Notes: "One of these (daughters of Adam Abercromby), however, became the wife of Alexander's brother George, who was killed by the man who was both his father-in-law and stepfather. 'Upone the -- day of July (1643), Adam Abircrummy killit his wyfe's sone, callit George Leith, brother german (actually half-brother) to the goodman of Harthill, and who also wes mareit to the said Adames owne dochter ... (Spalding ii, 258) " (footnote, page 46) |
1 e-books, The Leiths of Harthill : the story of some turbulent lairds and a royalist martyr by F.L. Bickley (1937).
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