BETON (BETHUNE), Agnes ³

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Agnes married James OCHTERLONY younger, of that Ilk, son of Alexander OCHTERLONY and Elizabeth LEARMONTH, by 7 January 1558(charter).^{1 2} (James OCHTERLONY younger, of that Ilk was born about 1526 and died by 12 June 1562 ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Repository: National Records of Scotland

Reference:GD16/14/18

Title:

Charter de me by John, perpetual commendator of Aberbrothok, with consent of the chapter thereof, to James Auchterlony of Kelly and Agnes Betoun, his spouse, in conjunct fee, of the lands of Kennymekell. Monastery of Aberbrothok. [Part of seal appended; subscribed by abbot and chapter]. [889.16]

Dates: 15/3/1558"

"Repository: National Records of Scotland

Reference: GD16/16/1

Title:

Charter by John, archbishop of St. Andrews, to James Ochterlony of Kelly and Agnes Betoun, his spouse, in conjunct fee, of the lands of Schannaly with the mill. Edinburgh. [Part of one seal appended, another tag, seal gone]. [1048.1]

Dates: 7/1/1558

from National Records of Scotland ^{2 5}

Agnes next married George GORDON 3rd of Gight, son of George GORDON 2nd of Gight and Elizabeth GORDON.³ (George GORDON 3rd of Gight was born about 1525 and died in 1579 ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"George Gordon married Agnes Beaton (she was alive in 1597), natural daughter of Cardinal David Beaton (murdered 1546) and Mariota Ogilvy, described in the Great Seal as Lady of Melgem, and in G. E. C.'s Complete Peerage as sister of Lord Ogilvy. She had a whole sister, Margaret Beaton, who married the tenth Earl of Crawford. An important reference to Agnes Beaton occurs in the Great Seal :

1577. Nov. 22. The king confirmed the charter of George Gordon of Schives which 'pro observatione promissi facti quondam Mariote Ogilvy domine de Melgem pro variis gratitudinibus sibi ante complementum matrimonii sui prestitis venditit Agneti Betoun conjugi sue, filie dicte Mar., pro tempore ejus vite' - the lands of Gight and others, to be held by the king. . John Gordon of 'Audiaill' is one of the witnesses."

from Gight ³

Agnes next married Sir Patrick GORDON of Auchindown, Sheriff-Depute of Aberdeenshire, son of George GORDON 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth KEITH Countess of Huntly, before January 1583.^{1 3} (Sir Patrick GORDON of Auchindown, Sheriff-Depute of Aberdeenshire was born about 1544 and died on 14 October 1594 in Battle of Glenlivet, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Agnes Beaton, after George Gordon's death, married (before January, 1583) Sir Patrick Gordon of Auchindown, Sheriff-Depute of Aberdeenshire (killed at the battle of Glenlivat, Oct. 1594), the brother of Edom o' Gordon (her first husband's old friend) and of the fifth Earl of Huntly. Thus the Gights and the Huntlys were once more brought together."

from Gight




"As Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun he had a charter from Sir George Barclay of Gartly of the barony of Barkley, co. Banff, 2 April 1582. He must have been knighted not long after, as he appears as Sir Patrick in a charter of the same year.

He and his wife had a charter of Auchindoun and Keithmore 18 December 1590, on the resignation of his brother James, who may have held it in wadset. He sold the lands on 2 May 1592 to Walter Ogilvy of Findlater, who nevertheless got a grant of them as forming part of Sir Patrick's forfeited estates. Sir Patrick was denounced a rebel 22 March 1591-92, for complicity in the attack of Donibristle and the murder of the Earl of Moray, and met his death at the battle of Glenlivet, 3 October 1594.

He married, (see Corrigenda 1 below) before January 1582-83, Agnes Betoun, natural daughter of Cardinal David Betoun and Mariota Ogilvy, and widow (see Corrigenda 2 below) of George Gordon of Gight. By his wife, who survived him, he does not appear to have had issue." (page 539)

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)

Corrigenda:

1

p. 538, last line, after 'married,' insert 'first, shortly before 4 February 1577-78, Jane Leslie, "Lady Moyness" daughter of John Leslie of Parkhill and widow of Sir Alexander Dunbar of Cumnock (Moray Writs, Box xv. No. 850 : cf. Records of the Family of Leslie, ii. 151 ; Douglas's Baronage, 120). She died in August 1579 (Edin. Tests.). He married, secondly.'


2

"p. 539, 1. 2, after ' widow of,' insert 'James Ochterlony younger of that Ilk (Acts and Decreets, xlix. 126 ; Reg. of Deeds, xxvi. 420) and of.' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) ^{1 3 6}