AUCHINLECK, Janet 1
User ID: H978. Janet married Sir James BALFOUR of Denmylne and Kinnaird, Baronet, son of Sir Michael BALFOUR of Denmylne, Comptroller of the household of Charles I and Joanna DURHAM, in June 1654.1 2 (Sir James BALFOUR of Denmylne and Kinnaird, Baronet was born about 1598 and died on 14 February 1657 1 2.) Marriage Notes: "Sir James (Balfour) concluded an industrious, and, it would appear, a most blameless life, in February, 1657, when he must have been about sixty years of age. He had been four times married: 1st, to Anna Aiton .... 2d, to Jean Durham ....3d, to Margaret Arnot .... 4th, to Janet Auchinleck, daughter of Sir William Auchinleck of Balmanno, by whom he had two daughters." Janet next married William LOVELL of Cunnoquhie.2 (William LOVELL of Cunnoquhie was born about 1615.) Marriage Notes: "Janet Auchinleck, m. firstly, in June of 1654, Sir James Balfour, 1st Baronet of Denmiln, (he was widow of Ann, daughter of Sir John Aytoun of that Ilk, and also of Jean, daughter of Sir James Durham of Pitkerro, as well as Margaret, daughter of Sir James Arnot of Fernie, and d. on 14 February 1657), and had issue; and surviving him, she m. secondly, to William Lovell of Cunnoquhie by whom she had further issue." |
1 e-books, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers and Thomas Thomson vol. 1 Half-vol. 1 Sir James Balfour (1875).
2 e-books, The Red Book of Scotland vol 1 by Gordon McGregor (2022) Auchinleck of that Ilk.
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