STRACHAN, William of Monboddo, Sir ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

"Sir James Strachan of Monboddo, the representative of the family of Monboddo, became the representative of the family of Thornton, whose lineal descent from that family was thereafter further proved and confirmed by deed under the Great Seal in 1663, Sir William Strachan, of Monboddo, being particularly designed as lineally descended from the family of Thornton..."

from Burke's Peerage


"So-far as now known, the Wisharts were the only resident proprietors in the east of Fordoun before the time of the Bruce; but in 1342 Thomas Strathdwyne had a grant of the greater part of the old Cumin property in the district. Among other lands which were subsequently acquired by the Strachans were those of Monboddo, from which they assumed their designation; and it is a noteworthy fact (although it cannot be considered as proving to what period the slab belonged), that the coffin slab was found in 1872 in close proximity to the Monboddo burial-place. The Strachans of Monboddo having failed in the male line, the property passed by marriage to one of the Irvines of Drum."

from Notices of St Palladius Chapel, and of a Coffin-Slab, at Fordoun

"Monboddo House (56.89°N 02.42°W) is a historically famous mansion in The Mearns, Scotland. The structure was generally associated with the Burnett of Leys family. The property itself was owned by the Barclay family from the 13th century, at which time a tower house structure was erected. In 1593, the Laird was James Strachan, and thence it passed into the Irvine family and thereafter the Burnetts of Leys."

from Wikipedia ^{3 6 7}

William married.