OGILVY, Janet 1
User ID: G166. Janet married George OGILVY of Milton (of Keith) and of Auchoynany, son of George OGILVY and Unknown, by 16 May 1536(land charter).1 (George OGILVY of Milton (of Keith) and of Auchoynany was born about 1515 and died before 1587 1.) Marriage Notes: " He (George Ogilvy, elder) died before 1536 leaving a son also named George who married his cousin Janet, daughter of Alexander Ogilvie of that Ilk by his first wife Janet Abernethy, second daughter of James, third Lord Saltoun. As mentioned above Alexander had succeeded to the Deskford and Findlater estates on the death of his grandfather and by a Charter signed by him at Findlater Castle on 16th May 1536 he granted a title to the lands of Milton to George Ogilvie (who was both his nephew and his son-in-law) and his wife Janet at a nominal feu-duty of one penny Scots. The boundaries of the estate are described in great detail, an unusual feature in a deed of this period." |