CONGALTON, Anne Lady Gunsgreen ¹

   Another name for Anne was CONGALTON, Anna.²

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  General Notes:

"Following his first wife's death, on 6 January 1660 he married Anne Congalton (d. 1696)...Scougal died of asthma on 16 February 1682 in Aberdeen and was buried in his cathedral. His wife, who survived him by nearly fifteen years, subsequently remarried and became Lady Gunsgreen."

from Dictionary of National Biography

"Congalton or Congleton, Anna, Lady Gunsgreen, relict of Patrick, Lord Bishop of Aberdeen 18 July 1706"

from Register of Testaments

COURT CASE
On 8 December 1702 at the Court of Session the case of John Watt against David Forrest was heard. The case centred on a deed drawn up for Mr Robert Lauder of Gunsgreen, containing a clause
"In case my whole children decease, without heirs of their bodies, I oblige myself to pay a certain sum to my wife."
The sum was 5000 merks, the same amount Robert Lauder had received from her father when he married Anna Congalton. This sum of money had been assigned by the widow to John Watt and he in turn pursued David Forrest, a son in law of Robert Lauder for the amount. Forrest was an heir portioner of Robert Lauder and of his son Major Lauder. By the time of the court case their were no "heirs of their bodies" for Robert Lauder's children had died. However, Margaret, one of Robert's daughters, had had a son, who had never been served heir, and had predeceased his uncle Major Lauder. It could not be maintained that Robert lauder's children had had no heirs, therefore the wife's case was void. She had no claim. ^{3 4}

Anne married Right Reverend Mr Patrick SCOUGAL Bishop of Aberdeen on 6 January 1660.¹ (Right Reverend Mr Patrick SCOUGAL Bishop of Aberdeen was born in 1607, died on 16 February 1682 and was buried in Aberdeen Cathedral, Aberdeen, Scotland ¹.)

Anne next married Robert LAUDER of Gunsgreen, 'portionar of Tyninghame', son of Alexander LAUDER of Gunsgreen, near Eyemouth and Christian CLAPPERTON, after 16 February 1682. (Robert LAUDER of Gunsgreen, 'portionar of Tyninghame' was born about 1601.)