CUMING, William of Craigmill ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for William was CUMING, William of Logie.¹

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  General Notes:

"William Cuming, the eldest son by a third marriage of James Cuming of Relugas and Presley, was the first of the Craigmill Cumings, and his full brother George was an officer under Gustavus Adolphus Douglas' Baronage)."

from History of Moray




"Craigmiln and Logie.

William Cuming, third son of James Cuming in the Milntown of Tulliduvie, born about 1630, had first a wadset of Logie. The lands of Craigmiln, Branquhillis, &c, a part of the patrimony of Altyre, had been obtained some 450 years ago (MS. dated circa 1800) as a part of the forestry of Drumynd and Tulloch. Altyre is the superior, and Lord Moray his superior, to this day.

March 27, 1628. (in sidebar)

Robert Cuming of Altyre wadset the lands of Craigmiln, &c, to William Farquharson of Kellas. 1636, They came to James Sutherland of Duffus, who conveyed them in 1641 to William Brodie of Milntown, who sold the said lands to William Cumin of Craigmiln, designed lawful son to the deceast James Cumin of Relugas, 1st January 1662. William Cumin, whilst he resided at Logie, married Katharine, daughter of John Brodie of Windyhills, and had many descendants ; one of whom, William Cumin, his grandson (see Note below) by his eldest son, Alexander Cumin of Craigmiln, and Mrs Elizabeth Tulloch his wife, was an officer in the French service, secretary and aide-de-camp to Prince Xavier of Saxony. He had a genius for a military life ; and as early as the 1745 - by the persuasion of his friends connected in that cause, which involved so many families in Scotland - along with his father, joined the Duke of Perth. They were both on the field of Culloden, 16th April 1746. The father, in anxiety about his son, waited searching for him, was surrounded and taken prisoner with many others to Inverness, thence to London, where, by hardships and cold, he died in July of that year ; but the son escaped and went to France, where he got a commission in Lord John Drummond's regiment, and acquired the rank of colonel in the army of Louis XVIII. , having in the course of the late troubles undergone great hardships and the forfeiture of his estate. He married a French lady, by whom he had two sons, Andrew and Thomas, who appear to have married and settled in Demerara - and a daughter, married tto a French nobleman."

from Bruces and Cumyns

Note:

William Cuming, son of Alexander Cuming and Elizabeth Tulloch was the great-grandson, not the grandson, of this William Cuming. ^{1 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Burial: of a son of William Cumming, 8 May 1676, at 'Aldern' (possibly Alter/ Altyre). ⁶ "(1676 May) 8. This day was for the burial of the Bishop's wyf, but I was not cald to it : and also the burial of a son of William Cumings of Craigmil at Aldern : I went ther. ... I past this efternoon with Mr. James Urquhart, and I found som kindlings. Oh ! soon it is extinguished."

from The Diary of Alexander Brodie

William married Katharine BRODIE, daughter of John BRODIE of Windyhills and Elizabeth YOUNG, 22 August 1652(banns) in Alves parish, Moray, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Katharine BRODIE was born about 1635.)

  Marriage Notes:

" BRODIE
KATHREIN
WILLIAM CUMING/
22/08/1652
125
10 / 152
ALVES"

from Index of Marriages

Old Parish Registers
Alves parish Moray
Marriages

"Upon the 22 of August 1652 William Cuming sone Law^ll to James (? faint at edge of page) Cuming of Tillidibie gave up his marriage bonds w^t Kathrein Brodie (faint at edge) daughter to Joⁿ Brodie of Lancott to be proclamed"




"William (Cuming) of Craigmiln, born circa 1630, who married Katharine, daughter of John Brodie of Windyhills, and left numerous descendants, some of whom settled in Holland, France, and Demerara, and made fortunes"

from Bruces and Cumyns ^{1 2 3}