KING, William 2nd of Newmill, Sheriff-Depute of Elginshire ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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William married Ann TULLOCH, daughter of Thomas TULLOCH of Tannachy, younger and Catrin DUNBAR, on 31 August 1715 in Forres parish, Moray, Scotland.^{1 2} (Ann TULLOCH was baptised on 20 February 1696 in Forres parish, Moray, Scotland,⁵ died on 1 September 1716 ¹ and was buried in 1716 in Greyfriars, Elgin, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"TULLOH
ANNE
WILLIAM KING/FR716 (FR716)
31/08/1715
137
30 / 44
Forres"

from Index of Marriages




"William King succeeded his father in 1715. He was bred to the law, and was much engaged as an arbiter in settling disputes. He held a high position in the Burgh and County, and was on an intimate footing with the nobility and gentry. He was appointed Sheriff-Depute of the County of Elgin by the Earl of Moray in 1741, and was in office during the eventful years of 1745 and 1746. He resigned office in 1748, when the Heritable Sheriffship was abolished. He seems also to have acted as Convener of the County.

Mr. King married - first, Ann Tulloch, daughter of Thomas Tulloch of Tannachy, who died 1st September, 1716, aged twenty-one, and left no issue. She was interred in the Greyfriars' Church, where a monument was erected to her memory, with the following inscription :

Hic requiescit quod reliquium est mulieris ornatissimae Annae Tulloch, filiae viri spectatissimi Thomae Tulloch de Tannachy, Gulielmi King, hodie de Newmiln nuptam datae quae, 1 September, A.AE.C, 1716, AEtatis 21, ad celestes obiit."

from Annals of Elgin ^{1 2}

William next married Marjory GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON of Dykeside and Salterhill and Margaret BRODIE, on 30 October 1733 in Drainie parish, Moray, Scotland.^{2 3} (Marjory GORDON was baptised on 28 February 1712 in Drainie parish, Moray, Scotland,⁵ died on 7 March 1798 in Elgin parish, Moray, Scotland ^{1 3 4} and was buried in 1798 in Greyfriars, Elgin, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
MARJORY
WILLIAM KING/
30/10/1733
130/ 20 101
Drainie"

from Index of Marriages




"Marjory Gordon (1713-1798) married William King of Newmill (1692-1764). She had four sons. William, Joseph, Alexander, and George, who all died unmarried, and two daughters..."

from Gordons of Salterhill




"He (William King) married, in the year 1734 - second, Marjory Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon of Dykeside, by his wife Margaret Brodie, by whom he had a family of ten children, of whom six died young. Those who attained maturity were as follows : -

Margaret, born 19th September, 1735, married Dr. Alexander Munro, but had no family ; William, afterwards of Newmill, born 6th October, 1736; Barbara, born 12th October, 1741, named after her aunt, Mrs. Anderson of Linkwood, married to William Stewart of Lesmurdie, and had issue, Francis, Alexander, and William, and a daughter, Marjory, married to Peter Farquharson of Whitehouse ; and Joseph, afterwards of Newmill, born 13th July, 1744. In addition to the property which Mr. King acquired as heir to his father, he in 1718 adjudged from James Stewart of Castlehill, the lands of Castlehill, Rashcrook, and Tomshill, in Birnie ; and in 1741, through his wife, Marjory Gordon, he succeeded to the lands of Dykeside, Eastertown of Tullybardine, Hillhead, Newton of Birnie, and Mill of Birnie.

Mr. King, in his early days, was a strict Episcopalian, but finding that the clergy of that persuasion were generally disaffected to the Government, he became a Presbyterian, preferring his loyalty to his religion, and he brought up his family as Presbyterians. [....]

She (Marjory Gordon) was also interred beside her husband in the Greyfriars, where a monument was erected to their memory, on which the following inscription was placed :

'To the Memory of William King of Newmiln,
who died the 21st day of October, 1764, aged seventy-two years ;
and of Marjorie Gordon, his spouse,
who died the 7th day of March, 1798, aged eighty-six years.
This marble is dutifully inscribed by William King, now of Newmiln, their eldest son'."

from Annals of Elgin ^{1 2 3}