SKENE, Alexander 16th of that Ilk 1
- Born: About 1663 1
- Marriage (1): AEDIE, Jeils on 8 February 1690
User ID: X956.
General Notes:
'XVI. ALEXANDER SKENE OF SKENE 1680-1724.
On the 1 9th March, 1686, when he had attained majority, he was served heir to John Skene of that ilk, his father, in the lands and barony of Skene, with the lake and mills of the same, and was infeft in the same on 13th May, 1686. Four years after, he made a marriage, which brought to the family the lands of Wester Fintray. This was with " Giles Adie, daughter of Mr. David Adie of Newark and Easter Echt, Baillie and Burgess of Aberdeen, and Guild Brother of Edinburgh" (MS.D). Her mother was Katherine Skene, niece of Sir George Skene of Wester Fintray and Rubislaw, who was unmarried, and settled the estate of Wester Fintray on his grandniece, by the contract of marriage between her and Alexander Skene, to which he was a party...' 1
Alexander married Jeils AEDIE, daughter of David AEDIE of Newark, Bailie and Burgess in Aberdeen and Katherine SKENE, on 8 February 1690. (Jeils AEDIE was baptised on 1 February 1674 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.)
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