HAY, Marion ²

   Another name for Marion was HAY, Margaret.¹

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Marion married David STRACHAN of Thornton, Justice Clerk to King James IV of Scots, son of John STRACHAN of Thornton and Margaret STRATON.^{1 2} (David STRACHAN of Thornton, Justice Clerk to King James IV of Scots was born in 1445 ² and died in 1521 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"David Strathachin or Strachan of Thornton was Receiver-General for the Thanage of Kincardine from 1480 to 1482 (Exchequer Rolls)" (page 26)

He married Margaret Hay, daughter of William, fifth (see Note below) Earl of Errol. On 4th Dececember 1512, he and his wife received a royal charter of the lands of Brigtoun, in the barony of Thornton (Privy Seal Register, vol. iv., fol. 207)." (page 27)

"Having no children of his own, David Strachan made, in 1521, a formal resignation of his estate in favour of his nephew Alexander, elder son of his younger brother John, reserving his own liferent, that of his wife and of his brother John, and of his wife INIargaret Durham (Playfair's Baronetage)." (page 27)

from Families of Strachan and Wise (1877)




"And to Marion Hay his wife and their heirs This David Strachan Feoditarius de Thornton as I find him designed Executed the Office of Justice Clerk in the beginning of the Reign of King James the 4th Anno 1492 And he Discharged the Office till the 1497 it was Conferred on Mr. Richard Lawson of the Herrigs. This David Strachan of Thornton when he came to be at the head of the family having no Issue Male and it Seems but little prospect of Any Resigns the Fee of the Estate of Thornton in favours of Mr. Alexander Strachan his Nephew by his Brother Reserving his own liferent And a liferent to Marion Hay his Spouse And also a liferent of John Strachan his Brother and a liferent to his brothers wife Margaret Durham all which is Ratified and Approven by a Charter under the Great Seal in 1421, August 1. This David Strachan of Thornton was Married to Marion Hay Daughter to William Earl of Erroll But dying without Issue was Succeeded by his Brother and heir John Strachan of Thornton..."

from MacFarlane's Genealogical Collections

Note:

It is probable that 'fifth' is a typographical error for 'first' here.

Not only is the fifth earl's paternity highly unlikely chronologically, but for David Strachan to formally resign his estate in favour of his nephew in 1521, he must have been very certain his wife would not conceive after that year. This suggests some certainty that she was at the end of her fertility cycle.
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