INNES, Alexander of Cotts, 'Craig in Peril', later of Leuchars 1 2
- Born: About 1557
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Marjorie before 1587 1
- Died: 1634 3
Another name for Alexander was INNES, Goodman of Coxton.4
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Noted events in his life were:
1. Succeeded: to brother's estate of Leuchars, 1618-1619. 2
Alexander married Marjorie GORDON, daughter of William GORDON 5th of Gight and Isobel OCHTERLONY, before 1587.1 (Marjorie GORDON was born about 1569.)
Marriage Notes:
"The fourth laird (of Gight) had four sons and (possibly) seven daughters (including):
Daughter married, according to the Familie of Innes (p. 201), John Innes of Blackhills, and was the mother of 'Crag-in-peril' ('sister-son to the laird of Gight'), who married his cousin Marjorie Gordon, daughter of the fifth laird of Gight." (page 38)
"Marjorie married, before 1587, her cousin-german, Alexander Innes of Cotts, who was known as 'Crag-in-Peril'. His mother was a daughter of the fourth laird of Gight ...... Marjorie had a strain of the family blood, for there was 'sum intrigue' between her and Innes, the marriage coming off 'abruptly,' though she was really 'contracted with the Laird of Tolly Barclay' (Familie of Innes, p. 201)." (page 69)
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