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Katherine married David BARCLAY 9th of Mathers, son of George BARCLAY 8th of Mathers and Marjory OCHTERLONY.¹ (David BARCLAY 9th of Mathers was born about 1520 and died in 1560 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"David Barclay of the Mearns and Mathers .... was twice married : first to Mary Rait .... and secondly to Katherine Home or Hume, by whom he had a son John, the progenitor of the Barclays of Johnston and Balmakewan, and a daughter who married Fullarton of Kinabre....

.... Contract between Katherine Home relict of David Barclay of Mathers on the first part, George Barclay son and heir of the said David on the second part, and John Barclay of Johnston brother to the said George on the third part. Whereby in consideration of the said Katherine, her conjunct life-rent in the lands of Johnston, the said John obliges himself to deliver to her on the shore of Leith ten chalders victuall, two parts meal, beer. And the said George in consideration of her terce of the lands of Easter and Wester Mathers obliges himself to infeft the said Katherine in a life-rent of five chalders and a half of victuall, two part meal, third part beer, furth of the lands of Easter Mathers.

Dated 12th December and Registered the 13th 1564 "

from History of the Barclay Family ¹