LESLIE, James Doctor of Medicine, Principal of Marischal College 1 2 3
- Born: About 1615
- Marriage (1): LUMSDEN, Elspeit 'of Ruthrieston' on 8 June 1647 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1
- Marriage (2): GRAY, Isobel on 18 October 1663 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1
- Marriage (3): BURNET, Margaret after September 1666 2
- Died: 1678
Another name for James was LESLE, James.1
User ID: G878.
General Notes:
"William Leslie (13th Baron of Balquhain) disponed the lands and barony of Balquhain in favour of Mr. James Leslie, doctor of medicine in Aberdeen, 31st March 1659"
from Family of Leslie 3
James married Elspeit LUMSDEN 'of Ruthrieston' on 8 June 1647 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 (Elspeit LUMSDEN 'of Ruthrieston' was born about 1620 and died before 18 October 1663 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"LESLIE
JAMES
ELSPEIT LUMSDEN/FR4038 (FR4038)
08/06/1647
168 / A 120 / 432
ABERDEEN"
from Index of Marriages
Old Parish Registers
Saint Nicholas parish Aberdeen
Marriages
"1647 yeares
Doctor James Leslie and Elspeit Lusden mareit the 8 of Junii"
"James (Leslie), a Doctor of Medicine, Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1661 ; who, by his first wife, Miss Lumsden, Ruthrieston, had a son, John, and two daughters Marjory, married to Robert Bruce, and Anne, married to John Forbes, son of the Laird of Corse."
from Family of Leslie 1 3 4
James next married Isobel GRAY, daughter of Thomas GRAY of Mamewlay, Provost of Aberdeen and Isobel FARQUHAR, on 18 October 1663 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 (Isobel GRAY was baptised on 17 March 1650 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 5.)
Marriage Notes:
"LESLE
JAMES
ISOBEL GRAY/FR4068 (FR4068)
18/10/1663
168 / A 120 / 492
ABERDEEN"
from Index of Marriages
Old Parish Registers
Saint Nicholas parish Aberdeen
Marriages
"Doctor James Leslie (indexed as Lesle but quite clearly Leslie) and Isobel Gray mareit the 18 of October 1663"
"James (Leslie), a Doctor of Medicine, Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1661 .... By his second wife, a daughter of Provost Gray of Aberdeen, he had three daughters Elizabeth, married to George Peacock, and Catherine and Magdalen."
from Family of Leslie 1 3 4
James next married Margaret BURNET after September 1666.2 (Margaret BURNET was born about 1626.)
Marriage Notes:
"Margaret Burnet - relict of John Gordon of Brackley. She is the heroine of the ballad, 'The Baron of Brackley.'
'Doun Deeside cam' Inverey, whistlin' and playin',
And he lichtit at Brackley yetts at the day dawing,' &c.
The ballad writer, we are pleased to find, is correct in calling her 'Peggy'. After Brackley's slaughter she married, as we learn from the same papers, Dr James Leslie, Doctor of Medicine."
from Families of Lumsden
"James (Leslie), a Doctor of Medicine, Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1661 .... married, thirdly, Margaret Bennet, and died in 1678."
from Family of Leslie 2 3
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