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CRICHTON, Robert
(About 1478-)
STEWART, James of Beath, Sir
(About 1503-1547)
LINDSAY, Margaret
(About 1496-)
CRICHTON, Robert of Eliock and Cluny, King's Advocate (joint)
(About 1515-1582)
STEWART, Elizabeth
(About 1534-Before 1572)
CRICHTON, Grisel
(About 1568-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DUNBAR, Thomas of Grange, Dean of Moray

2. SINCLAIR, James of Murchil

CRICHTON, Grisel

  • Born: About 1568
  • Marriage (1): DUNBAR, Thomas of Grange, Dean of Moray 21 July 1591(contract) 1 2
  • Marriage (2): SINCLAIR, James of Murchil on 6 October 1621 2

   Other names for Grisel were CRICHTON, Grisell 2 and CRICHTON, Grizzell.1

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Grisel married Thomas DUNBAR of Grange, Dean of Moray, son of Alexander DUNBAR of Cragheid, Dean of Moray and Catherine REID, 21 July 1591(contract).1 2 (Thomas DUNBAR of Grange, Dean of Moray was born about 1562 2 and died by 6th October 1621 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Grisel Crichton was a child by her father's first marriage, and had a charter from her father for the middle part of the Mill of Rossie-Ochill on 2 February 1572, in which she is styled the fourth daughter. She m. by 17 December 1593, to Thomas Dunbar, Dean of Moray."

from Red Book of Scotland




"Before 1616 he (David Brodie) married Katherine, daughter of Mr. Thomas Dunbar of Grange, Dean of Murray, by Grizzell, daughter of Sir Robert Crichton of Eliock and Cluny, and sister of the Admirable Crichton."

from Diary of Alexander Brodie




(at Nairn in 1590)

"Thomas Dunbar of Grange, M.A. ; min. in 1590; trans, to Auldearn in 1591."

(at Auldearn in 1591)

"Thomas Dunbar of Grange, born about 1565, son of Alexander D., dean of Moray; min. of Nairn in 1590; adm. here about 1591, and still in the charge in 1616. He marr. cont. 21st July 1591, Grisell, daugh. of Robert Crichton of Eliock, advocate (she marr. (2) 6th Oct. 1621, James Sinclair of Murkle), and had issue Alexander of Grange, served heir 20th Dec. 1631 ; James of Kirkhill ; Katherine (marr. (1) David Brodie of Brodie : (2) Alexander Dunbar of Westfield) ; Margaret (marr. (1) John Grant of Muckerach : (2) William Mackintosh, son of William M. of Borlum). [Brodie's Diary ; Family of Kilravock ; Moray Writs, 321.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae 1 2 3

Grisel next married James SINCLAIR of Murchil, son of John SINCLAIR Master of Caithness and Jean HEPBURN, on 6 October 1621.2 (James SINCLAIR of Murchil was born about 1568.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Thomas Dunbar) marr. cont. 21st July 1591, Grisell, daugh. of Robert Crichton of Eliock, advocate (she marr. (2) 6th Oct. 1621, James Sinclair of Murkle), and had issue ... "

from Fasti Ecclesiae 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Diary of Alexander Brodie of Brodie and of his son James Brodie of Brodie (The Spalding Club 1863).

2 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

3 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 3 Crichton of Cluny by Gordon MacGregor (2022).

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