HAY, George 7th Earl of Erroll 1
User ID: A219. George married Margaret ROBERTSON, daughter of Alexander ROBERTSON of Struan, 5th Chief of Clan Donnachiadh and Isobel STEWART, 12 November 1528(dispensation).1 (Margaret ROBERTSON was born about 1510.) Marriage Notes: "He (George Hay) married, first, dispensation dated 12 November 1528, Margaret, daughter of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, by Isobel, daughter of John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, and widow of Thomas Innes of Elrick. They were in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity, if the accepted pedigrees are correct, the future Earl being fourth in descent from Joanna of Beaufort by her marriage with King James I., while Margaret Robertson was third in descent from the same lady by her second marriage to the Black Knight of Lorne." George next married Helen BRYSON co-heiress of Pitcullen, daughter of Walter BRYSON of Pitcullen and Unknown, 12 June 1561(contract).1 (Helen BRYSON co-heiress of Pitcullen was born about 1545.) Marriage Notes: "The Earl (of Erroll. George Hay) married, secondly (contract dated 12 June 1561), Helen, daughter and co-heir of Walter Bryson of Pitcullen. Her surname is written Bryson in the earlier, but Bruce (as in Douglas) in the later documents referring to her. She survived him, and married (contract dated 4 November 1575) Patrick Cheyne of Essilmont." |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).
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