HAY, Alexander younger of Arnbath, Jacobite 1715 ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Alexander was HAY, Alexander of Rannieston.²

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  General Notes:

"HAY
ALEXANDER
ALEXR HAY/
M
24/11/1687
121/ 10 5
Auldearn"

from Births and Baptisms




"Hay, Alexander, younger, of Arnbath

Was imprisoned and claimed to have been forced to join the Jacobite cause. After his release he went abroad and in his sixties was said to be a very rich man, probably by selling Spa water."

from Jacobites of 1715 ⁴

Alexander married Katherine MURRAY, daughter of Reverend Mr William MURRAY Minister of Inverurie and Magdalen GELLIE, on 19 April 1716 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Katherine MURRAY was born about 1695.)

  Marriage Notes:

"HAY
ALEXANDER
KATHARIN MURRAY/
19/04/1716
168/B 60 405
Old Machar"

from Index of Marriages




".... Katherine (third daugh.) (marr. 1716, Alexander Hay of Rannieston)"

from Fasti Ecclesiae




"A contract of marriage was entered into, in 1716, on the part of Alexander Hay, younger, of Rannieston, and Katherine Murray, third daughter of Mr. William Murray, minister of Inverury, to which their fathers were also parties, the consent of Margaret Brodie, spouse of Alexander Hay, of Rannieston, father of the bridegroom, being given. "

from Family Record of Dingwall Fordyce< ^{1 2}