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MONEYPENNY, Elizabeth 'of Pitmilly'
(About 1699-1783)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. LESLIE, Alexander 5th (7th) Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville, Lord of Session

MONEYPENNY, Elizabeth 'of Pitmilly' 1 2

  • Born: About 1699
  • Marriage (1): LESLIE, Alexander 5th (7th) Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville, Lord of Session on 10 March 1726 1 2
  • Died: 15 May 1783, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2

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Elizabeth married Alexander LESLIE 5th (7th) Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville, Lord of Session, son of David MELVILLE THEN LESLIE 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville and Anna WEMYSS, on 10 March 1726.1 2 (Alexander LESLIE 5th (7th) Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville, Lord of Session was born about 1699 and died on 2 September 1754 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Leslie) married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of David Monypenny of Pitmilly, and had issue [....]

III. Lady Elizabeth, married to John, second Earl of Hopetoun."

from Family of Leslie




"He (Alexander Leslie) married, secondly, 10 March 1726, Elizabeth Monypenny, daughter of Alexander Monypenny of Pitmilly, with whom he received a dowry of 9000 merks. She survived him, and died at Edinburgh 15 May 1783, aged eighty-four."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1

Sources


1 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 3 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).

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