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ROSS, David 7th of Balnagowan
(About 1460-1527)
KEITH, Elene
(About 1469-)
GRANT, John 2nd of Freuchie, 'Am Bard Ruadh', 'The Red Bard'
(About 1460-1528)
OGILVY, Margaret
(About 1466-)
ROSS, Walter 8th of Balnagowan
(About 1488-1527)
GRANT, Marion
(About 1499-)
ROSS, Alexander 9th of Balnagowan
(About 1517-1592)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SINCLAIR, Janet

2. MACKENZIE, Catherine

ROSS, Alexander 9th of Balnagowan 1 2

  • Born: About 1517
  • Marriage (1): SINCLAIR, Janet 1
  • Marriage (2): MACKENZIE, Catherine 2 3
  • Died: 25 October 1592, Ardmore, Easter Ross, Scotland 3
  • Buried: 1592, Fearn, Easter Ross, Scotland

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Alexander married Janet SINCLAIR, daughter of John SINCLAIR 3rd Earl of Caithness and Elizabeth SUTHERLAND.1 (Janet SINCLAIR was born about 1518.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Janet (Sinclair), married to Alexander Ross of Balnagown."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)




"He (Alexander Ross) died at Ardmore 25th October 1592, buried at Ferne, having married, first, Janet, daughter of John, third Earl of Caithness. Charter to him and Janet Sinclair his wife of the lands of Eister Rarichies, 26th September 1546 (Great Seal)."

from Rossiana 1 3

Alexander next married Catherine MACKENZIE, daughter of Kenneth MACKENZIE 10th of Kintail and Elizabeth STEWART.2 3 (Catherine MACKENZIE was born about 1543, died on 12 April 1592 in Daan, Easter Ross, Scotland 3 and was buried in 1592 in Fearn, Easter Ross, Scotland 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Catherine (Mackenzie), who, as his second wife, married Alexander Ross, IX. of Balnagown, with issue - one son Nicholas Alexander, who died on the 21st of October, 1592."

from History of the Mackenzies




"He (Alexander Ross) married, secondly, Katherine, daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail; she died at Daan 12th April. 1592. was buried at Ferne, and, with
various daughters, had
21. Nicholas, first of Pitcalnie.

72. Malcolm. (died s.p.)"

from Rossiana 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).

2 e-books, History of the Mackenzies by Alexander Mackenzie (1894).

3 e-books, Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross by Harmon P Read (1908).

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