FARQUHARSON, Findla Mhor of Auchriachan, 1st of Invercauld ^{1 2}

   Other names for Findla were FARQUHARSON, Findla More ⁴ and FARQUHARSON, Findlay of Invercauld.⁵

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  General Notes:

"Donald's son and successor, Findla or Findlay, commonly called from his great size and strength, Findla Mhor, or great Findla, lived in the beginning of the sixteenth century. His descendants were called MacIanla or Mackinlay. Before his time the Farquharsons were called in Gaelic, clan Erachar or Earachar, the Gaelic for Farquhar, and most of the branches of the family, especially those who settled in Athole, were called MacEarachar. Those of the descendants of Findla Mhor who settled in the Lowlands had their name of Mackinlay changed into Finlayson."

from Electric Scotland - Farquharson ²

Findla married Daughter STEWART 'of Kincardine'.¹ (Daughter STEWART 'of Kincardine' was born about 1510.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Findla 'Mor' Farquharson, 1st of Invercauld was the son of Donald Farquharson and Isobel Stewart. He married, firstly, unknown daughter Stewart, daughter of unknown Stewart of Kincardine."

from thepeerage.com ¹

Findla next married Beatrix GARDEN, daughter of Alexander GARDEN Portioner of Dorlaithers and Fourth Daughter GORDON.¹ (Beatrix GARDEN was born about 1512.)

  Marriage Notes:

Beatrix was a noted harpist, about whom legend has grown up connecting her with Mary, Queen of Scots. The legend may merely be part of the many stories linking historical individuals with people of high status like Queen Mary.

"Beatrix Gardyn was a daughter of Gardyn of Banchory and became the second wife of Finlay More Farquharson. There had been four sons of his first marriage but as they in turn all seem to have produced daughters it was one of the progeny of his marriage to Beatrix who eventually became Farquharson of Invercauld. According to the 'Broughdearg' manuscript, a history of the 'name' of Farquharson compiled in 1733, Beatrix had five sons and five daughters by Findlay More, before he was killed at the battle of Pinkie in 1547. Beatrix was a busy lady, especially as following the death of her first husband she went on to marry John Tarlochson of Monzie and have several more children by him including the son whose line purchased Lude in 1621.

The manuscript history names and accounts for the descent of each of her children with Finlay More and if accurate means that if it is assumed that Beatrix was pregnant at the time of Finlay's death in 1547 her marriage must have occurred at the latest by 1537 and with the minimum female age for marriage in Scotland at that time being twelve years then she would have been born sometime before 1525. The lady seems to have been remarkably robust having outlived her second husband and she was still apparently alive in 1596 when she and her son Alexander Robertson took out a loan of £1000 secured over the lands of Inchmagranoch. While those lands were described in the contract as Alexander's, his mother clearly still had an interest in an estate which she and her late husband John Tarlochson of Monzie first acquired in 1564."

from https://www.wirestrungharp.com website ^{1 6}