BOYD, Annabella ^{1 2}

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Annabella married Sir Edmund HAY of Talla, son of Sir William HAY of Locherworth and Yester, Sheriff of Peebles and Alicia HAY, by 9 December 1449(Royal grant).¹ (Sir Edmund HAY of Talla was born about 1417 and died before 13 October 1466 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Edmund Hay) married Annabella, said to have been a daughter of Robert (Boyd), first Lord Boyd. If so, she apparently was married,secondly, as first wife, to Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar, who died after May 1517. She was certainly married to Edmund Hay before 9 December 1449, and a comparison between this date and those of the ascertained daughters and sisters of Lord Boyd will show that she is far more likely to have been his sister than his daughter. Edmund Hay was ancestor of the Hays of Barra, Rannes, Mountblairy, Cocklaw, Faichfield, Ranfield, Linplum, Alderstown, Mordington, etc."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹

Annabella next married Sir John GORDON of Lochinvar and Kenmure, son of William GORDON of Stitchill and Lochinvar and Unknown.^{1 2} (Sir John GORDON of Lochinvar and Kenmure was born about 1432 and died after 11 May 1517 ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar) married, first, Annabella, daughter of Robert, Lord Boyd (see quotation from volume 8 below) ... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)




"He (Edmund Hay) married Annabella, said to have been a daughter of Robert (Boyd), first Lord Boyd. If so, she apparently was married,secondly, as first wife, to Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar, who died after May 1517. She was certainly married to Edmund Hay before 9 December 1449, and a comparison between this date and those of the ascertained daughters and sisters of Lord Boyd will show that she is far more likely to have been his sister than his daughter. Edmund Hay was ancestor of the Hays of Barra, Rannes, Mountblairy, Cocklaw, Faichfield, Ranfield, Linplum, Alderstown, Mordington, etc."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8)

Note:
Scots Peerage, volume 5, mentions only Annabella's second husband. That she was previously married is a fact which makes it likely that she was born earlier than her second marriage suggests. ^{1 2}