LESLIE, Helen heiress of Kinnaird ²

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Helen married James BARROUN Merchant in Edinburgh.¹ (James BARROUN Merchant in Edinburgh was born about 1535 and died before 1573 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (James Beton) marr. (1) 1573, Helen Leslie (died June 1577), heiress of Kinnaird, widow of James Barroun, merchant, Edinburgh"

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹

Helen next married Reverend Mr James BETON (BETHUNE) Minister of Roxburgh parish, then 6th of Creich, son of Robert BETON (BETHUNE) 4th of Creich and Jeanne GRESONER, in 1573.¹ (Reverend Mr James BETON (BETHUNE) Minister of Roxburgh parish, then 6th of Creich was born about 1545 and died about 1618 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

(at Roxburgh parish in 1569)

"James Beaton [Betoun, Bethune] (primus), of Creich and Nether Rires, Fife, second son of Robert B. of Creich, Master of the Household to Mary, Queen of Scots, and Joanna Ivenwall or Gryssoner, maid of honour to the Queen Dowager, Mary of Lorraine [his sister, Mary Beaton, was one of the 'four Marys';] ; became min. of this parish about 1569, on the deprivation of Sir John Ker (last of the Roman incumbents), who did not conform. In 1579 he succeeded his brother David in the family estates, dem., and retired to Creich. He died about 1618. He marr. (1) 1573, Helen Leslie (died June 1577), heiress of Kinnaird, widow of James Barroun, merchant, Edinburgh, by whom he had two daughs., who died unmarr."

from Fasti Ecclesiae




"James Beton of Creich and Nether Rires, brother of the last, married, first, Helen Leslie, heiress of Kinnaird (by whom he had two daughters, both died unmarried)"

from East Neuk of Fife ^{1 2}