LESLIE, John of Middleton, Minister of Rothes parish, Reverend Mr ²

   Another name for John was LESLY, John.³

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John married Grizel DOUGLAS, daughter of James DOUGLAS of Inchmarlo and Isabel RAMSAY, on 22 July 1673 in Banchory Ternan parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Grizel DOUGLAS was born about 1647.)

  Marriage Notes:

"LESLY
JOHN
GIRSALD DOUGLAS/FR43 (FR43)
22/07/1673
252 10 / 36
BANCHORY TERNAN"

from Index of Marriages




(at Rothes in 1663)

"John Leslie of Middleton, born about 1632, eldest son of John L. of Middleton in Birnie; educated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1650); ord. 4th Nov. 1663; dep. by the Committee of Assembly for the North, July 1694. He retired to Middleton, and died Oct. 1697. He marr. (1) 22nd July 1673, Grizel, daugh. of James Douglas of Inchmarlo, and had issue John, served heir 4th Feb. 1698; George (at Aberdeen Univ. 1704); Isobel ; Anna: (2) (cont. 27th July 1691), Elizabeth, daugh. of Walter Stewart, min. of Ellon. [Index to Services.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 6)


(at Rothes in 1663)

"John Leslie, his son, John, succeeded to Findrassie; his daugh., Isobel, had a child by Thomas Crevey, min. of Newhills."

from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 8)




"The daughter, Grizel Douglass, was married in 1673 to Mr. John Leslie, of Middletown (now Findrassie), minister of the Parish of Rothes, who is stated in Scott's Fasti to have been deposed by the Commission of the General Assembly in 1694 for 'habitual swearing'! "

from Dingwall Fordyce< ^{1 2 3 4}

John next married Elizabeth STEWART, daughter of Reverend Mr Walter STEWART of Fortrie, Minister of Ellon parish and Elizabeth FORBES, 27 July 1691(contract).² (Elizabeth STEWART was born about 1682.)

  Marriage Notes:

(at Rothes in 1663)

"John Leslie of Middleton .... marr. (2) (cont. 27th July 1691), Elizabeth, daugh. of Walter Stewart, min. of Ellon. [Index to Services.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae ^{1 2}