WOOD, Margaret (or Agnes) ¹

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Margaret married John LESLIE younger, of Balquhain, son of John LESLIE 8th of Balquhain and Elizabeth LESLIE, in February 1539. (John LESLIE younger, of Balquhain was born about 1524 and died before 15 January 1544.)

  Marriage Notes:

"William Leslie, seventh Baron of Balquhain, Marjory Keith, his spouse, John Leslie, his son and apparent heir, and John Leslie, younger, son to the said John, are parties to a contract of marriage between the said John Leslie, younger of Balquhain, and Agnes Wood of Bonnington, dated February 1539.

William Leslie, Baron of Balquhain, resigned the barony of Balquhain in favour of his grandson, John Leslie, younger of Balquhain, styled 'Domino feudo Baronie de Balquhain,' and Agnes Wood his wife, and they received a royal charter of the same from King James V., dated 19th July 1540." (pages 22 and 23)

"John Leslie married, first, Elizabeth Leslie, daughter of Patrick Leslie of Ardoyne, Provost of Aberdeen, and by her had issue
I. John, who married Margaret Wood of Bonnington in 1539, and by her had issue ...." (page 31)

from Family of Leslie ¹