STRACHAN, Alexander younger, of Thornton ^{1 2}

   Another name for Alexander was STRACHAN, Alexander of Monboddo.³

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Alexander married Margaret ROSE, daughter of John ROSE 6th of Kilravock and Isabell CHEYNE.^{1 2} (Margaret ROSE was born about 1402.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This Alexr. Strachan (son of Alexander Strachan and Margaret Hay) afterwards designed of Thornton Married Margaret Ross Daughter of Ross of Kilravock and had John Strachan his Son and heir who had a Charter of his Estate Under the Great Seall of King James the 3d."

from MacFarlane Genealogical Collections



"Alexander Strachan of Thornton married Margaret, daughter of John Hay of Tillibothy and Enzie, by whom he had a son who bore the same Christian name. Alexander Strachan, the younger, succeeded to the patrimonial estate : he married Margaret, daughter of Rose of Kilravock, and had a son, John, his successor (Playfair's Baronetage)."

from Families of Strachan and Wise (1877) ^{1 2}