RUSSELL, Alexander of Moncoffer, Banff & Aden ³

   Another name for Alexander was RUSSEL, Alexander.²

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  General Notes:

"Alexander Russell of Moncoffer, Banff and Aden was born in 1723, and was the son of Alexander Russell of Moncoffer and Catherine Skene...... In 1752 he sold Moncoffer to his cousin, William, Earl of Fife and in 1758 he bought Aden, Aberdeenshire."

from Find A Grave website

Note:

William Duff was 'Earl Fife', not Earl of Fife. ¹

Alexander married Margaret HAY, daughter of Charles HAY 6th of Rannes, Jacobite 1715 and Helen FRASER, 19 December 1747 (possibly banns) in Banff parish, Banffshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Margaret HAY was baptised on 21 December 1728 in Rathven parish, Banffshire, Scotland ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"RUSSEL
ALEXANDER
PEGGY HAY/
19/12/1747
147/ 80 28
Banff"

from Index of Marriages




"In 1748, he married, Margaret Hay, daughter of Charles Hay and Helen Fraser, in 1748."

from Find A Grave website ^{1 2}

Alexander next married Eliza INNES, daughter of Alexander INNES of Rosieburn, Provost of Banff and Katharine ABERCROMBY, in April 1767.¹ (Eliza INNES was born about 1735.)

  Marriage Notes:

"April 1767, he married as his second wife, Eliza Innes, daughter of Alexander Innes."

from Find A Grave website ¹