JOHNSTONE, John of that Ilk ¹

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John married Elizabeth JARDINE.¹ (Elizabeth JARDINE was born about 1508 and died in December 1544 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This laird (John Johnstone) was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Jardine, of what family is nowhere stated. She died in December 1544, and an inventory of her effects was given up by her son Robert, and confirmed 26 November 1580."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹

John next married Nicola DOUGLAS, daughter of Sir James DOUGLAS 7th of Drumlanrig and Margaret DOUGLAS, between August and October 1550.¹ (Nicola DOUGLAS was born about 1522 and died after 1576 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This laird (John Johnstone) was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Jardine .... He married, secondly, between August and October 1550, Nicolas or Nicola Douglas, daughter of James Douglas of Drumlanrig. She survived her husband, acted as his executrix, and was still alive in 1576." (page 245)

"James Johnstone, the eldest son of John Johnstone, was still under age in 1545, and there is no certainty as to the date of his birth. On 31 October 1539, however, his uncle Adam granted to him, as lawful son and apparent heir of John Johnstone, some lands in the barony of Corrie. He is named in the entail of March 1543 already referred to, and in February 1545 he, with consent of his father, as his tutor, granted to Nicola Douglas, afterwards his father's wife, the lands of Johnstonholme and others. This grant, made to Nicola Douglas while still unmarried, by the fiar of the Johnstone estates, of lands which afterwards appear as her jointure lands, suggests that she was married to John Johnstone earlier than 1550, unless it had been at first proposed that she should marry the young laird. If so, the plan was not carried out, as he married, at a date which has not been ascertained, Margaret Hamilton" (pages 247-248)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹