HAY, James 4th of Rannes 1User ID: C751. General Notes: "James Hay, fourth of Rannes, was the father of Alexander Hay of Mountblairy, the ancestor of Major General Andrew Hay of Mountblairy, killed at the Battle of Bayonne in 1814 and commemorated in a splendid monument in St Paul's Cathedral in London. Also descended from the fourth laird, through his younger son, the Rev. Adam Hay of Asleid, is Charles Hay, Lord Newton, one of the great 'drinking judges' of the early 19th century, who would regularly consume bottles of port on the bench." James married Margaret GORDON, daughter of Sir John GORDON 2nd of Park and Margaret SIBBALD, in 1645.1 2 (Margaret GORDON was born about 1632 and died before 15 March 1679.) Marriage Notes: "George who married Agnes, Daughter of Guthrie of Guthrie Bishop of Murray, and had James Hay of Rannes who married Margaret: Daughter of Gordon of Park" |
1 Graveyard Inscriptions, Rathven parish Churchyard Banffshire Hay Family Memorial.
2 e-books, Records of the County of Banff 1660-1760 compiled by James Grant (1922).
3 e-books, Gordons of Cairnfield by J. M. Bulloch (1910 privately printed).
4 Internet Site, http://www.clanhay.org/history/the-house-of-talla The House of Talla.
5 Internet Site, http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/Portals/0/bc002.pdf Hay of Rannes Papers Reference BC/2 1600-1723.
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