DOUGLAS, James of Inchmarlo ¹

   Other names for James were DOUGLASS, James, Mr ² and DOWGLASS, James of Inchmarlie.³

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  Research Notes:

INCHMARLO

Inchmarlo is situated between Bridge of Canny and Banchory, south of Glassel, in Aberdeenshire, formerly Kincardineshire. ⁴

James married Isabel RAMSAY, daughter of David RAMSAY of Balmain and Margaret OGILVY.^{1 2} (Isabel RAMSAY was born about 1606.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Douglas of Inchmarlo, fourth son of No. 373. He obtained a Charter under the Great Seal of the Lands of Inchmarlo in 1664, and married Isabel, daughter of David Ramsay of Balmain, by whom he had four sons: - a) John (No. 377). (b) David Douglas, a writer, who married Margaret Reid. His male line extinct. c) Rev. Archibald (No. 385). (d) Alexander Douglas, Professor of Hebrew in the College of Edinburgh, 1681-92. Died unmarried 27th March 1692."

from The Heraldry of the Douglases




"James Douglass, the fourth son of John Douglass, of Tilwhilly, and Mary Young, or 'Mr. James Douglass' as he is always designated, acquired the lands of Inchmarlo in the parish of Banchory, in 1650, with his patrimony. He married Isobell Ramsay, daughter of David Ramsay, of Balmain, and died in 1672, leaving four sons and a daughter."

from Dingwall Fordyce ^{1 2}