OGILVY, Walter of Milton and Auchoynany ^{2 3}

   Another name for Walter was OGILVY, Walter 'Goodman of Milton' (Keith Parish).

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Walter married Margaret GORDON, daughter of John GORDON of Cairnborrow and Edinglassie and Bessie GORDON, in 1600.^{1 2} (Margaret GORDON was born about 1563.)

  Marriage Notes:

"His (John Gordon's) Second daughter Margaret Gordon first maried the Goodman of Craighead Mr John Duff... ; after the Craigheads Death she married the goodman of Milton Ogilvie in the parish of Keith...."

from Balbithan MS




"Margaret Gordon, after the death of John Duff, married (in I600) Walter Ogilvie of Auchoynany, who in 1573 had bought the property of Clunybeg from Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun, and her son Adam Duff was placed by her 'in Ardrone' in 1611 and subsequently in Clunybeg. He was still of Clunybeg in 1656 when his words to Margaret Ogilvie (his half-sister), married to John Stewart. of Ardbreck, arc quoted as evidence before the Kirk-Session of Botriphnie" (pages 39 and 40)

" .... the mother of Adam Duff in Ardrone married, after the death of Adam's father (which occurred in 1593), Walter Ogilvie of Auchoynany, and had a son John Ogilvie, and a daughter Margaret, married in 1618 to John Stewart of Ardbreck, Adam Duff being procuratoi'," (page 41)

from Book of the Duffs ^{1 2}