URQUHART, John of Craigfintry, Tutor of Cromarty ^{2 3}

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John married Eldest Daughter GORDON, daughter of John GORDON of Cairnborrow and Edinglassie and Bessie GORDON.¹ (Eldest Daughter GORDON was born about 1555.)

  Marriage Notes:

"His (John Gordon's) eldest daughter married the Laird of Eden Meldrum, and after his death she married the Laird of Craigston Tutor of Cromarty her name was in the Said House of Craigston."

from Balbithan MS ¹

John next married Jean ABERNETHY, daughter of Alexander ABERNETHY 6th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy and Alison KEITH.² (Jean ABERNETHY was born about 1560.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Jean, married .... secondly, again as a second wife, to John, second son of Alexander Urquhart of Cromarty and Beatrix Innes his wife. It is a curious fact that this John married, as his third wife, in 1610, his second wife's first husband's grandchild by a former marriage, viz. Elizabeth Seton, only daughter of Alexander Seton, eldest son of Alexander Seton of Meldrum above mentioned."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ²

John next married Elizabeth SETON heiress of Meldrum, daughter of Alexander SETON younger, of Meldrum and Christina FRASER.² (Elizabeth SETON heiress of Meldrum was born about 1592.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Fraser) married, secondly .... Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Seton of Meldrum, widow of John Urquhart of Craigfintrie"

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ²