KEITH, John apparent of Clackriach 1 2
- Born: About 1542
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Catherine 1
- Died: 2 December 1587, Justice Port, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2
Cause of his death was killing by William Gordon 5th of Gight.1
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John married Catherine GORDON, daughter of John GORDON of Ardmachar, 4th of Gight and Marjory GORDON.1 (Catherine GORDON was born about 1550.)
Marriage Notes:
"Catherine (Gordon) married John Keith of Clachriach (Great Seal), who was murdered, December 2, 1589, at the Justice Port, Aberdeen, by her brother, William. This led to a feud between the Gordons and the Keiths. She was probably the mother of William Keith (brother of George Keith of Clachriach), who (with her nephew, John Gordon of Ardlogie) waged a deadly war on Leask of that ilk, 1616."
from Gight
Note:
1
John Keith was killed in 1587, not 1589.
2
Other sources than the above place the murdered John Keith as the grandfather rather than the father of the William Keith who was killed in 1617. 1
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