STRACHAN, Alexander of Thornton, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"He (John Strachan of Thornton) married Margt Durham Daughter of Durham of Grange A Right Antient family in the Shire of Forfar and had Alexander Strachan of Thornton his Son and heir who Married Margaret Hay daughter of Hay of Dalgetty in Aberdeen Shire And again Isobell daughter of David Falconer of Halkerton And had Issue John Strachan of Thornton his heir And Severall Daughters which brought a great Alliance to the family. One was Married to Wood of Balbegno, Margt to William
Ramsay of Balmain in the Mearns And afterward to Ugston of that Ilk. Jean to Henry Graham of Morphy in the County of Kincairden and all Had Issue."

from Macfarlane Genealogies

Note 1:

It seems unlikely that Isobell Falconer, mentioned above as the wife of Alexander Strachan, was the daughter of David Falconer of Halkerton. The dates suggest she was his sister.

Note 2:

The daughters of this Alexander Strachan should be viewed in their own individual files for a more correct view of them.




Alexander Strachan was Justice Depute and lieutenant to the Earl of Angus. He was appointed justiciar in 1547 to try the Earl of Rothes for the murder of the Archbishop of St. Andrews.

from Memorials of the Families of Strachan and Wise ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Laird, 1521, of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland. ¹ "Having no children of his own, David Strachan made, in 1521, a formal resignation of his estate in favour of his nephew Alexander, elder son of his younger brother John, reserving his own liferent, that of his wife and of his brother John, and of his wife Margaret Durham (Playfair's Baronetage)."

from Memorials of Strachan and Wise

Alexander married Margaret HAY.¹ (Margaret HAY was born about 1490.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Strachan married, first, Margaret Hay of Dalgety..."

from Memorials of Strachan and Wise (1877) ¹

Alexander next married Isabel FALCONER, daughter of Sir George FALCONER 3rd of Halkerton and Elizabeth ERSKINE.¹ (Isabel FALCONER was born about 1490.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Strachan married, first, Margaret Hay of Dalgety, and secondly, Isabel Falconer of Halkerton (Macfarlane's MSS.)."

from Memorials of Strachan and Wise ¹