MENZIES, Margaret ^{1 2}

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Margaret married James GORDON younger fiar of Lesmoir, son of Sir James GORDON elder fiar of Lesmoir and Helen URQUHART, by 19 March 1631.^{1 2} (James GORDON younger fiar of Lesmoir was born about 1609, died in July 1634 ² and was buried in 1634 in Essie Church, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"(1) James (Gordon) He married Margaret Menzies, daughter of the laird of Pitfodels (Balbithan MS.), probably Gilbert. On March 19, 1631, James Gordon, eldest lawful son to Sir James Gordon, younger, knight-baronet, and Margaret Menzies, his spouse, had sasine in Newton-Garie. The Balbithan MS. says he died 'in July, 1634, before his grandfather, and was honourably interred in the Kirk of Essy,' August 6, 1634. The same authority says he had two sons : -

i. James, V. of Lesmoir, second baronet.

ii. A son."

from Lesmoir ²

Margaret next married Patrick OLIPHANT 1st/6th Lord Oliphant, son of John OLIPHANT of Newtyle and Unknown, after July 1634.¹ (Patrick OLIPHANT 1st/6th Lord Oliphant was born about 1580 and died by 16 October 1674 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Patrick Oliphant) married, secondly, Margaret, only daughter of Gilbert Menzies of Pitfoddels, and relict of James Gordon, grandson of the first and father by her of the second Baronet of Lesmoir. By her Lord Oliphant had one daughter :

2. Margaret, born in 1638"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹