OLIPHANT, Patrick 1st/6th Lord Oliphant ^{1 2}

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Patrick married Elizabeth CHEYNE, daughter of Patrick CHEYNE 8th of Esslemont and Helen BRYSON co-heiress of Pitcullen, by 25 April 1620.¹ (Elizabeth CHEYNE was born about 1576 and died before 1634 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Lord Oliphant's first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Cheyne of Esslemont, relict of Peter Hay of Megginch, who died in 1616. For 'compacting' this marriage the minister of Kilspindie was censured by the Synod of Fife, 25 April 1620. They had a charter of the barony of Drumkilbo in 1624, confirmed under the Great Seal 17 March 1626. She died before 1634. Issue an only daughter :

1. Lilias"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

Patrick next married Margaret MENZIES, daughter of Gilbert MENZIES of Pitfodels, 'William of the Cup' and Margaret IRVINE, after July 1634.¹ (Margaret MENZIES was born about 1610.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Patrick Oliphant) married, secondly, Margaret, only daughter of Gilbert Menzies of Pitfoddels, and relict of James Gordon, grandson of the first and father by her of the second Baronet of Lesmoir. By her Lord Oliphant had one daughter :

2. Margaret, born in 1638"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

Patrick next married Mary CRICHTON, daughter of Sir James CRICHTON of Frendraught and Elizabeth GORDON, about 26 December 1643.^{1 2} (Mary CRICHTON was born about 1628 and died after 31 March 1676.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Mary (Crichton), married to Patrick, Lord Oliphant. 'My Lord Oliphant was gone to marie Frendraught's daughter' 26 December 1643. She was his third wife, and had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"His (Patrick Oliphant's) third wife was Mary, third daughter of James Crichton of Frendraught.This marriage took place late in 1643 or early in 1644. They had from her brother, the first Viscount Frendraught, the lands of Pittendreich and others in Banffshire, erected by a Great Seal charter into the barony of Oliphant November 1646. She survived him, and was alive 31 March 1676."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ^{1 2}