BURNETT, Alexander of Kynneskie

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  General Notes:

"Another charter was the same day (5 November 1543) granted by Hamilton to Leys and his wife, of Easter Slowy in the same barony, there being successive remainders to their sons William, Alexander, and John (the heir apparent) the feu-duty being 3 2s. 3d.; and the other conditions the same. Both these charters were duly confirmed by the Queen, as patroness of the prebend, on 24th February, 1543-4 (Reg. Mag. Sig.)."

"Alexander, to whom there is a remainder in Hamilton's charter of Easter Slowy.....and was put in possession of Kynneskie, which his posterity inherited for three generations."

from The Family of Burnett of Leys

Alexander married Elspeth CHALMERS, daughter of CHALMERS of Cults and Unknown.¹ (Elspeth CHALMERS was born about 1537.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Burnett) married Elspeth, daughter of Alexander Chalmer of Cults, sister of his brother William's wife, probably without dispensation, and was put in possession of Kynneskie, which his posterity inherited for three generations."

from Family of Burnett of Leys ¹