FRASER, Katherine ¹

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Katherine married Sir John SINCLAIR of Geanie and Dunbeath, son of George SINCLAIR 2nd of Mey, Chancellor of Caithness and Margaret FORBES.¹ (Sir John SINCLAIR of Geanie and Dunbeath was born about 1580.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Katherine .... was married, rather against her will, to Sir John Sinclair of Dunbeath."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹

Katherine next married Robert ARBUTHNOTT Viscount of Arbuthnott, son of Sir Robert ARBUTHNOTT of Arrat, later 17th of that Ilk and Margaret FRASER, on 30 June 1653.¹ (Robert ARBUTHNOTT Viscount of Arbuthnott was born about 1618 and died in 1655 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Katherine .... was married, rather against her will, to Sir John Sinclair of Dunbeath. After his death she was married, 30 June 1653, to her cousin, Lord Arbuthnot. He died in 1655...."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹

Katherine next married Andrew FRASER 3rd Lord Fraser of Muchalls, son of Andrew FRASER 2nd Lord Fraser of Muchalls, Covenanter and Anne HALDANE, on 17 October 1658.^{1 2} (Andrew FRASER 3rd Lord Fraser of Muchalls was born about 1635 and died in May 1674 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"He married, first, 17 October 1658, Katherine Fraser, daughter of Hugh, eighth (see Note below) Lord Lovat, relict of Sir John Sinclair of Dunbeath, and of Robert, first Viscount of Arbuthnott. She died 18 October 1663 .... He had issue by his first wife"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)

Note:

The dates of marriage and death would make Katherine the daughter of Hugh Fraser and Isobel Wemyss.




"Katherine, born in 1622. She was married, rather against her will, to Sir John Sinclair of Dunbeath. After his death she was married, 30 June 1653, to her cousin, Lord Arbuthnot. He died in 1655, and his widow took, 17 October 1658, as her third husband, Lord Fraser of Muchalls. She died 18 October 1663."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}