STRACHAN, John of Thornton, Sir 3
- Born: About 1514
- Marriage (1): LIVINGSTON, Margaret 1 2
- Died: 20th August 1587, Aberdeen, Scotland
Other names for John were STRATHAUCHIN, John of Thornton in the Mearns 4 and STRAUCHAUCHIN, Johne.
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General Notes:
John Strachan of Thornton purchased the Lenturk lands and baronetcy from John Strachan of Lenturk, soon after 1546. The lands of the Barony of Lenturk, acquired by the Strachans of Thornton, were then sold about fifty years later by Alexander Strachan of Thornton to Alexander Irving and his wife, Agnete Forbes.
from A History of Clan Strachan
"John Strachan of Thornton in the Mearns21 May 1588"
from Testaments of Marykirk people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
"Strathauchin
John
21/5/1588
of Thornton in the Mearns
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/19"
from Wills and Testaments 3 5 6
Noted events in his life were:
1. Signed bond of Barons in the North, 1574. 7
John married Margaret LIVINGSTON, daughter of Alexander LIVINGSTON 2nd Dunipace, Lord Dunpace and Elizabeth HEPBURN.1 2 (Margaret LIVINGSTON was born about 1516.)
Marriage Notes:
"GENEALOGICAL CHART QF LIVINGSTONES OF DUNIPACE.
15. Margaret = 15a. John Strachan of Thornton"
from Lands and Lairds
"On the 29th October 1590, he (Alexander Strachan of Thornton) obtained confirmation of charters of the lands of Innoqulne and others in the countv of Aberdeen, which belonged to 'the late John Strachan of Thornetovm and Margaret Levingston, his spouse' (Privy Seal Eegister, vol. Ixi., fol. 64)."
from Memorials of Strachan and Wise (1877) 1 2
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