IRVINE, James 1st of Brucklaw 1 2
- Born: About 1560
- Marriage (1): IRVINE, Lucretia 1
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James married Lucretia IRVINE, daughter of Robert IRVINE of Tillylair, then Murthill and Johanna LESLIE.1 (Lucretia IRVINE was born about 1562.)
Marriage Notes:
"Brucklaw, a castle in the parish of New Deer. James Irvine, third son of Alexander Irvine of Drum and Lady Elisabeth Keith, was styled of Brucklaw. He married his cousin, Lucretia Irvine (Fortrie's sister), daughter of Robert Irvine of Tillielair. - (MSS.)
1552 to 1598. - This James Irvine had a charter from his father dated 5th February, 1598. - (Nisbet's ' Heraldry.') He left two sons - John, who succeeded him in Brucklaw; and Gilbert of Altrie, ancestor of Irvine of Saphock. - (Ibid.) John Irvine of Brucklaw died, without male issue, before 1679. In the beginning of the eighteenth century Brucklaw appears in possession of another family of the name of Irvine - Adam Irvine, son of the parson of Towie. - (S.C. ' Antiquities,' I., p. 406.))" (page 177)
from Irvines of Drum 1
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