ABERNETHY, James 3rd of Mayen ^{2 3}

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  General Notes:

"ABERNETHIE
JAMES
JOHN ABERNETHIE/JEAN MOIR FR143 (FR143)
M
22/06/1710
165/ 10 137
Rothiemay"

from Births and Baptisms ²

James married Jean DUFF, daughter of Alexander DUFF of Hatton and Catherine DUFF.¹ (Jean DUFF was baptised on 18 February 1724 in Auchterless parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Abemethy, III. of Mayen, married Jane, daughter of Alexander Duff, I. of Hatton."

from Families of Moir and Byres




"Jane (Duff), who married James Abernethy, third of Mayen." (page 232)

"¹ 'James Abernethy quarrelled at an election dinner in Aberdeen with John Leith of Leithhall, and shot him dead in the street. He eflected his escape, but was outlawed and died abroad (at Dunkirk, 1771). Lord Fife obtained a gift of his life-rent of Mayen for the benefit of Jean Duff and her children.' (Frasers of Philorth)." (page 232, footnote 1)

from Book of the Duffs ^{1 4}