FRASER, Janet ¹

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Janet married Alexander CUMMING of Altyre, son of Sir Thomas CUMING 'Baron of Altre' and Unknown.¹ (Alexander CUMMING of Altyre was born about 1475 and died by 16 May 1553 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Cumyn, second born but eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Thomas Cumyn of Altyre, married, during his father's lifetime, 'Janet,' daughter of Sir William Fraser of Cowie and Philorth, progenitor of the Lords Saltoun.
It is probable that the charter from John, Lord of the Isles, of 19th August 1496, was in restitution of this lady's dower. By her he left two sons:
1, Thomas ; and, 2, Ferquhard."

from Bruces and Cumyns

Note:

The author of Family Records of the Bruces and the Cumyns appears to be referring above to William Fraser, 2nd of Philorth, as he later notes that "Sir William Fraser of Cowie and Philorth died in 1441." (page 462)

This would, of course, mean Janet Fraser would have to have been born before 1442 at the latest. This seems an unlikely timeline if her husband, Alexander Cumming, did not die until the early 1550s.

The Frasers of Philorth lists a Janet Fraser who married George Baird of Ordinschivas. She was a daughter of Alexander Fraser, 4th laird of Philorth and sister of William Fraser 6th of Philorth. However the dates do not allow that she was married to George Baird before her marriage to Alexander Cumming, so she is not the Janet Fraser in question. ^{1 2}