LESLIE, John 4th Baronet of Wardis ^{1 2}

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  Research Notes:

AGE

John Leslie is not listed in the baptism registers with his siblings, unless he was the unnamed child of unknown gender baptised in 1719, but that is unlikely, unless he lived till he was over 100, since in volume three of Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 we are told he died in 1825.

His wife Caroline was younger than he; they went on having children until at least 1800, and probably a few years later. John's mother, Margaret Gordon, was baptised in 1696 so John's birth, at the latest must have been about 1740. ³

John married Caroline Jemima LESLIE, daughter of Dr Abraham LESLIE 8th of Findrassie and Jean LESLIE, in 1794.^{1 2} (Caroline Jemima LESLIE was born in 1760 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Dr. Abraham Leslie returned to Scotland .... he having been abroad more than thirty-five years,the greater part of which time he passed in India. He had an only daughter, Caroline Jemima, born in 1760. She succeeded him in the lands of Findrassie, and in 1794 married Sir John Leslie, fourth Baronet of Wardis, in whose family the estate of Findrassie remained till 1825, when his son, Sir Charles Abraham Leslie, sold it to Colonel Grant, of the East India Company's service, who made many improvements on the estate and mansion-house."

from Family of Leslie (vol 2)




"Sir John Leslie, great-great-grandson of Norman Leslie, youngest brother of Sir John Leslie, first baronet, claimed and was allowed the title as fourth Baronet of Wardis. He married, in 1794, Caroline Jemima, only daughter and heiress of Abraham Leslie of Findrassie, by whom he got the estate of Findrassie. He had issue

I. Charles Abraham, his successor, born 4th July 1796.

II. John.

III. Thomas, married Penuel, eldest daughter of John Grant, late of the 78th Regiment, and had two sons.

IV. Caroline Jemima, married to John Murray.

V. Rothes Beatrix, married, 16th July 1831, to Hugh Inglis.

VI. Cecilia Margaret.

Sir John Leslie of Wardis, fourth baronet, died in 1825, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Abraham, fifth baronet."

from Family of Leslie (vol 3) ^{1 2}