COUTTS, William 'appearand of Auchtercoull' ¹

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William married Janet GORDON, daughter of Sir Alexander GORDON elder, 1st Baronet of Cluny (of the First House) and Violet URQUHART of Craigfintry.¹ (Janet GORDON was born about 1607.)

  Marriage Notes:

"In 1621, William Coutts, ' appearand of Auchtercoull,' William and Janet Gordon, his wife, obtained a charter of the historic estate of Ardtannies from John Leslie, the unfortunate baronet of Wardes ; and in the following year they were infeft therein. William Coutts appears in 1622 as residing at Ardtannies, and on 15th October of that year their son, Alexander, was baptized, one of the witnesses being Sir Alexander Gordon of Cluny, father of Janet Gordon."

"Auchtercoul remained in the family of Coutts till 1729, when it was acquired at a judicial sale by William, second Earl of Aberdeen, for the sum of £65,937."

from Memoirs of the Families of Colt and Coutts




"In 1621, John Leslie of Wardes gave a charter of Ardtannies to William Coutts, appearand of Auchtercoull, and Janet Gordon, his wife ; which couple had a son, Alexander, christened there in 1622, and Robert, the year after ; the baronet of Cluny, Sir Alexander Gordon, and his son, and the laird of Wardes, being witnesses."

from Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch ^{1 2}