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CUNNINGHAM, Jean 'of Polmaise'
(About 1402-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. ELPHINSTONE, Henry 2nd of Pittendreich

CUNNINGHAM, Jean 'of Polmaise' 1

  • Born: About 1402
  • Marriage (1): ELPHINSTONE, Henry 2nd of Pittendreich 1

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Jean married Henry ELPHINSTONE 2nd of Pittendreich, son of William ELPHINSTONE 3rd of that Ilk, and 1st of Pittendreich and Margaret HEPBURN.1 (Henry ELPHINSTONE 2nd of Pittendreich was born about 1398 and died after 1477 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Henry Elphinstone the second son, succeeded his elder brother in 1435. After the decision granting the Elphinstone lands in East Lothian to his niece, the lands of Pittendreich became the principal estate of the family. He is said to have married Jean Cuninghame, daughter of the Laird of Polmaise, and had by her three sons :

1. James.

2. Lawrence, of whom descended the Elphinstones of Selmys. See also p. 535 infra.

3. John, bailie of Glasgow."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1

Sources

1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).

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