CALDER, Margaret 1 2 4
- Born: About 1678
- Marriage (1): DUNBAR, Alexander 15th of Westfield, Sheriff of Moray on 24 November 1694 in Forres parish, Moray, Scotland 1 2 3
- Marriage (2): MACKENZIE, Roderick 'Ruairi Mor' 6th of Redcastle in 1707 4
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Margaret married Alexander DUNBAR 15th of Westfield, Sheriff of Moray, son of Robert DUNBAR 14th of Westfield, Sheriff of Moray and Elizabeth GORDON, on 24 November 1694 in Forres parish, Moray, Scotland.1 2 3 (Alexander DUNBAR 15th of Westfield, Sheriff of Moray was born about 1673 and died by 1707 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"DUNBAR
ALEXANDER
MARGRET CALDER/FR703 (FR703)
24/11/1694
137 30 / 21
FORRES"
from Index of Marriages
Old Parish Registers
Forres parish Moray
Marriages
"24 Novemb. 1694
Alexr Dunbar of Westfield Shir(blotted at edge of page) Murray & Mistres Margaret Cal(blotted at edge of page) in the parish of Kinloss (blotted at edge of page) contracted & married"
"From the above Sir James Dunbar, eldest son of Sir Alexander, first of Westfield, the estate descended in the male line to Ludovick Dunbar, who succeeded in 1721. He married Margaret, daughter of Ross of Braelangwell. He sold the heritable Sheriffship of Moray, which had been nearly 300 years in the family, to Charles Earl of Moray, and conveyed the estate to Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Dunbar, fifteenth laird of Westfield, by his wife, Margaret Calder, daughter of Sir James Calder of Muirton. He himself died without issue in the year 1744, and in him ended the whole male line of Sir James Dunbar of Westfield, eldest son of the first Sir Alexander Dunbar, Sheriff of Moray, who was only son of James Dunbar, fifth and last Earl of Moray of the name of Dunbar."
from the Parish of Spynie 1 2 3
Margaret next married Roderick 'Ruairi Mor' MACKENZIE 6th of Redcastle, son of Roderick MACKENZIE 'Ruairi Dearg', 5th of Redcastle and Margaret GRANT, in 1707.4 (Roderick 'Ruairi Mor' MACKENZIE 6th of Redcastle was born about 1681 and died on 29 March 1751 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"VI. Roderick Mackenzie, sixth of Redcastle, usually called 'Ruairi Mor,' who married, first, in 1707, Margaret, daughter of Sir James Calder of Muirton, widow of Alexander Dunbar of Westfield (by whom she had seven sons and a daughter), with issue"
from History of the Mackenzies 4
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