GORDON, Margaret ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"The above James Hay (son of James Hay 4th of Rannes and Margaret Gordon of Park) married Margaret Daughter of Gordon of Glengerrack"

from Hay memorial

"BC/2/44 28 Apr 1682 Warrant by Mr James Scougall, Commissary of Aberdeen, absolving Margaret Gordon, relict of the deceased John Gordon of Buckie, and James Hay of Rannes, now her husband, for his interest, fomr [sic] the Cofirmation [sic] of the Testament of the said umquhille John Gordon "

from Hay of Rannes Papers

"Saising was given ult May 1697 to Margaret Gordon, Ladie Ranas, of six chalders of victual yearly, during her lyftyme, out of the lands of Lonhead, Conlesland, Myriecrook and Longshead in Rathven parish, upon a right to her by John Hay of Ranas."

from Records of the County of Banff ^{1 2 3}

  Research Notes:

LADY RANNES

The text of Gordons of Cairnfield identifies "Robert Gordon of Cuffurach" as Robert Gordon 5th of Cairnfield. It also names a likely first wife as "Lady Rannes", that is someone who had been married and presumably was a widow of Hay of Rannes. It does not name her by her maiden name. The text goes on to name a second wife to whom Robert Gordon was married before 21 March 1679 as Euphame Gordon.

The Catalogue of Hay of Rannes Papers, at http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/Portals/0/bc002.pdf, includes an entry, dated 28 Apr 1682, which was a "Warrant by Mr James Scougall, Commissary of Aberdeen, absolving Margaret Gordon, relict of the deceased John Gordon of Buckie, and James Hay of Rannes, now her husband". This is NOT the Margaret Gordon who married Robert Gordon of Cairnfield.

The memorial to the Hay family in Rathven parish churchyard makes it clear that there were TWO Margaret Gordons each married to a James Hay of Rannes!


The sequence of Hay marriages according to the memorial looks like this with the other marriages in italics:

1 a]James Hay 4th of Rannes, son of Agnes Guthrie, married Margaret Gordon of the Park family b]Robert Gordon of Cairnfield married Margaret Gordon of Park, widow of James Hay 4th of Rannes c]Robert Gordon of Cairnfield married Euphame Gordon

2 a]John Gordon of Buckie married Margaret Gordon of Glengerrack b]James Hay 5th of Rannes, son of Margaret Gordon of Park, married Margaret Gordon of Glengerrack, widow of John Gordon of Buckie. ^{1 2 4}

Margaret married John GORDON 5th of Buckie, son of John GORDON of Hilton, fiar of Buckie and Juliana Egidia CAMPBELL.¹ (John GORDON 5th of Buckie was born about 1627.)

  Marriage Notes:

"BC/2/44 28 Apr 1682 Warrant by Mr James Scougall, Commissary of Aberdeen, absolving Margaret Gordon, relict of the deceased John Gordon of Buckie, and James Hay of Rannes, now her husband, for his interest, fomr the Cofirmation of the Testament of the said umquhille John Gordon [sic]"

from Hay of Rannes Papers ¹

Margaret next married James HAY 5th of Rannes, son of James HAY 4th of Rannes and Margaret GORDON, before 28 April 1682.¹ (James HAY 5th of Rannes was born about 1647.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The above James Hay (son of James Hay 4th of Rannes and Margaret Gordon of Park) married Margaret Daughter of Gordon of Glengerrack"

from Hay memorial

Note: The memorial has the date 1684 to the left of this inscription.




"His (James Hay's 4th of Rannes) successor James Hay was during his minority under his uncle John Hay of Echries, as tutor. He married Margaret, daughter of Gordon of Glengerrack, and had issue (i) Charles Hay, born 1688, who succeeded, and (2) James Hay, merchant, Banff, who married Helen Lauder, the Dowager Lady Banff."

"The Sasines of Banffshire show that, on 26th May 1696, James Hay of Ranas got saising in lyfrent, and Charles Hay his sone in fie, of Woodsyde, Carnach and Scotstoune, Westersyde, Longshade, Lonhead, Rathven and seall touns lands and white fishings, Muldavid, Darbreich and Echries, and office of baillie of the said lands and patronage of Rathven and pertinents."

from Records of the County of Banff




"BC/2/44 28 Apr 1682 Warrant by Mr James Scougall, Commissary of Aberdeen, absolving Margaret Gordon, relict of the deceased John Gordon of Buckie, and James Hay of Rannes, now her husband, for his interest, fomr the Cofirmation of the Testament of the said umquhille John Gordon [sic]"

from Hay of Rannes Papers ^{1 2 3}