CHEYNE, James of Pennan 1
- Born: About 1565
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Elspet in 1600 1
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James married Elspet GORDON, daughter of William GORDON 5th of Gight and Isobel OCHTERLONY, in 1600.1 (Elspet GORDON was born about 1579.)
Marriage Notes:
"Elspet (or Elizabeth) was a sister worthy of her brothers' exploits. She married, in 1600, James Cheyne of Pennan, a James Cheyne (possibly of Esslemont) being charged by the Ellon Presbytery (Feb. 11, 1600) with having performed the ceremony, he 'having no function in the ministrie' (Mair's Presbytery of Ellon, p. 32).
Cheyne belonged to a very lawless family. On March 23, 1619, John Gordon of Buckie made a series of complaints to the Privy Council about Elspet and her husband. 'Of late,' he says, 'in his absence they had molested his tenants on the lands of Esslemont, compelling them with oppin force and violence to yeild unto quhat sumevir is demandit of them.' In June, 1617, Elspet and her spouse went to the dwelling-house of Alexander Anysoun in Cairnhill, tenant of pursuer, assaulted him in a very cruel manner, and swore that he would have his life unless he removed from that town and the lands of Esslemont, or paid 'in name of blak maill' a number of cayne fowls and a yearly pension."
from Gight 1
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