MONCREIFFE, John 8th of that Ilk, Sir 1
- Born: About 1445
- Marriage (1): LIVINGSTON, Margaret
- Marriage (2): STRACHAN, Janet 1
- Died: About 1496
General Notes:
John feuded with John Ramsay of Kilgour who killed his brother. In 1484 he was convicted of misappropriating the lands of Kinmonth.
John married Margaret LIVINGSTON, daughter of Sir Robert LIVINGSTON of Drumry and Easter Wemyss and Unknown. (Margaret LIVINGSTON was born about 1446.)
John next married Janet STRACHAN, daughter of Alexander STRACHAN 4th of Carmyllie and Daughter SETON.1 (Janet STRACHAN was born about 1465.)
Marriage Notes:
"According to the website thePeerage.com, based on Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, (107th edition), Gilbert Strathauchin held the office of Canon of Aberdeen and had a sister, Janet Strathauchin who married John Moncreiffe, 8th of that Ilk, son of John Moncreiffe, 7th of that Ilk and Beatrix Dundas."
Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain notes that after the Laird's death circa 1496, his second wife, Janet Strathauchin and her family carried off the matrix of his heraldic seal and a number of Moncreiffe family deeds. 1
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