FORDYCE, William of Aquhorthies, then of Monkshill ^{1 2}

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William married Issobell DAVIDSON, daughter of Alexander DAVIDSON of Newton of Cusalmond, then of Gight, jure uxoris, Jacobite 1715 and Marie GORDON (MRS DAVIDSON) 10th of Gight, on 13 September 1731 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Issobell DAVIDSON was baptised on 11 December 1705 in Fyvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³ and died before 1738 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"FORDYCE
WILLIAM
ISABEL DAVIDSON/
13/09/1731
168 / A 130 / 265
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages




"Isobel Davidson, baptised Dec. 11, 1705, married (as his first wife) William Fordyce of Monkshill, Aquhorties, who bought the lands of Monkshill from her brother, Alexander, in 1744 (Thanage of Fermartyn, p. 80). She was dead before 1738, when Fordyce married Margaret, daughter of Walter Cochrane of Dumbreck, Provost of Aberdeen (Scottish Notes and Queries, May, 1900). Isobel Gordon had one son

William Fordyce of Monkshill, Captain in the Marines, who was the grandfather of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Attorney-General, 1858-9. Captain Fordyce sold Monkshill to George Gordon, XII. of Gight, in 1768."

from Gight< ^{1 2}

William next married Margaret COCHRANE, daughter of Walter COCHRANE of Dumbreck, Provost of Aberdeen and Margaret BUTLER, in 1738.² (Margaret COCHRANE was baptised on 30 April 1682 ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Isobel Davidson .... was dead before 1738, when Fordyce married Margaret, daughter of Walter Cochrane of Dumbreck, Provost of Aberdeen (Scottish Notes and Queries, May, 1900)."

from Gight ²