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ABERCROMBY, Alexander of Pitmedden
(About 1532-1593)
LESLIE, Margaret
(About 1550-)
GORDON, John of Leitcheston
(About 1533-1622)
OGILVY, Marjory 'Lady Birkenbog'
(About 1558-)
ABERCROMBY, Hector of Westhall
(About 1570-)
GORDON, Marjorie
(About 1592-)
ABERCROMBY, Alexander
(About 1610-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SETON, Jean of Newark

ABERCROMBY, Alexander 1 2

  • Born: About 1610
  • Marriage (1): SETON, Jean of Newark 1

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  General Notes:

"He (Hector Abercromby) had a son Alexander who was the father of Patrick Abercromby, author of Martial Achievements of the Scottish Nation (Rose's Tragic History of the Abercrombies, p. 17)."

from House of Gordon (Leichestoun)




"Alexander Abercromby, eldest son of Hector Abercromby, obtained a confirmation of the above charters from Pope Clement X., 20th September 1670 ; and the barony of Fetternear remained in the possession of the Abercrombys until it was redeemed by Patrick, Count Leslie, fifteenth Baron of Balquhain, in 1690."

from Family of Leslie 2 3


Alexander married Jean SETON of Newark.1 (Jean SETON of Newark was born about 1620.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander, who married Jean, daughter of John Seton of Newark."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1

Sources

1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Leichestoun by J.M. Bulloch assisted by D. Wimberley.

3 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 3 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

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