LESLIE, Patrick of Iden (Eden), Provost of Aberdeen, Sir ^{1 2}

   Other names for Patrick were LESLIE, Patrick of Eden, Sir ² and LESLYE, Patrick.⁴

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  General Notes:

"Provost Leslie was the elder son of Patrick Leslie, burgess, by his wife, Isabella Seton, and became proprietor of the lands of Iden, now known as Eden, situated in the parish of King-Edward, on the banks of the Deveron, between Turriff and Banff, by purchase from the Meldrums."

"Provost Leslie was a man of considerable repute, and figured largely in the troublesome times of the civil war, being a most rigid Covenanter, or as Spalding calls him, 'a strong Covenanter,' and later, in 1644, 'a wehement
Covenanter,' while his son Patrick, he characterises as an 'arch Covenanter'. "

from Aldermen and Provosts ^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

"EDEN (FORMERLY IDEN).

The estate of Eden (in Gaelic, Aodann, signifying bare face), extending to upwards upwards of 1000 acres, was originally included in the barony of King-Edward. From the proprietor of the barony it was purchased early in the fifteenth century by the Meldrums of Fyvie (see Fyvie), with whose descendants it continued till about 1630. In 1602, security was lodged for 5000 merks that Thomas Meldrum would answer to the charge of 'fals cunzie' and he was put to the horn for not appearing to give evidence regarding the burning of Frendraught in 1630. In an action in the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire between Andrew Meldrum, Baillie and burgess of Aberdeen, and Patrick Meldrum, respecting the proprietary rights of Eden, decree was granted in favour of the former, 23rd September, 1636. He appears to have sold the estate about 1630, and to have died on 18th May, 1668. (Row's Diary.)

The purchaser was Patrick Leslie, elder son of Patrick Leslie, burgess of Aberdeen, by his wife, Isabella Seton."

from Aberdeenshire Epitaphs ³

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Provost, 1634, of Aberdeen. ¹

2. Provost, 1639-1640, of Aberdeen. ¹

3. Provost, 1642-1643, of Aberdeen. ¹

4. Provost, 1647, of Aberdeen. ¹

Patrick married Jean LESLIE, daughter of John LESLIE 10th of Balquhain and Jean ERSKINE.¹ (Jean LESLIE was born about 1599 and died in November 1630 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Provost was twice married, his first wife being Jean Leslie, a daughter of John Leslie, tenth Baron of Balquhain, by whom he had issue four sons and two daughters."

from Aldermen and Provosts ¹

Patrick next married Isabella CHEYNE, daughter of John CHEYNE Bailie in Aberdeen and Elizabeth CRUICKSHANK.¹ (Isabella CHEYNE was born about 1614 and died in May 1666 ^{1 5}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Jean Leslie having died in November, 1630, the Provost thereafter married for his second spouse Isabella Cheyne, eldest daughter of Baillie John Cheyne and his spouse Elizabeth Cruickshank ... "

from Aldermen and Provosts




" (King Edward parish)

Numerous authors, following Colonel Leslie's Family of Leslie (Vol. III., pp. 412-13), give the date of Sir Patrick's death as 1660, but the following inscription from a tablestone at King-Edward shows that he survived till 16th February, 1674 -

UNDER THE HOPE OF A BLESSED RESURRECTION HERE LYIS SIR PATRICK LESLIE OP EDIN, WHO DEPA, FEB. 16, 1674.

AND DAME ISOBEL CHAINE, HIS LADYE, WHO DEP., 30 APRIL, 1666. P. L. I. L.

The stone lies level with the grass, and has in the centre two large plain shields which had doubtless been intended for the Leslie and Cheyne arms. The one shield i? flanked by the initials S. P. L., for Sir Patrick Leslie, and the other has the initials D. I. C, for Dame Isobel Cheyne, his second wife. The arms, however, have not beeen cut."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions ^{1 3}