BUCHAN, James 11th of Auchmacoy, Major ^{1 3}

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James married Mary FORBES, daughter of Sir John FORBES of Craigievar, 2nd Baronet and Margaret YOUNG, on 29 April 1707 in Logie Buchan parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Mary FORBES was baptised on 24 October 1680 in Leochel and Cushnie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"FORBES
MARY
JAMES BUCHAN/
29/04/1707
216 10 / 288
LOGIE BUCHAN"

from Index of Marriages




"Major James Buchan, 11th of Auchmacoy was the son of James Buchan, 10th of Auchmacoy and Jean Fraser. He married Mary Forbes, daughter of Sir John Forbes of Craigievar, 2nd Bt. and Margaret Young. He died in 1726.

He gained the rank of Major in the Jacobite Army, under his uncle, Maj.-Gen. Thomas Buchan. He gained the rank of officer in the French Army, under King Louis XIV."

from thepeerage.com ^{1 2}