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CUMMING, William of Inverallochy, Marchmont then Lyon King of Arms, Sir
(About 1466-)
CUMING, William of Inverallochy
(About 1495-)
CUMMING, William of Inverallochy
(About 1540-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GRANT, Elizabeth

CUMMING, William of Inverallochy 1 4

  • Born: About 1540
  • Marriage (1): GRANT, Elizabeth on 21 January 1580 1 2 3

   Another name for William was CUMING, William of Inverallochy.2

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William married Elizabeth GRANT, daughter of John GRANT 4th of Freuchie,'the Gentle' and Margaret STEWART, on 21 January 1580.1 2 3 (Elizabeth GRANT was born about 1548.)


  Marriage Notes:

"On 21st January 1580, William Cuming of Inverallochy granted to Isobel, daughter of John Grant of Freuchie, in liferent and to the heirs-male to be born betwixt himself and her, his lands of Inverallochy, in terms of a marriage-contract of the same date. This Isobel is apparently identical with Elizabeth, as the latter is called by both these names."

from Chiefs of Grant




"Elizabeth, Elspet, or Isabel, by first marriage. On 19 January 1560-61, and again in November 1561, she was contracted to William Fraser of Strowie, but there is no evidence that the marriage was completed. She was ultimately married (contract 15 February 1564-65), as his first wife, to John Leslie, younger of Balquhain, with issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7 page 463)

"p. 463, 1. 2 from foot, after 'issue,' insert 'She obtained decreet of divorce against him for adultery 30 July 1576 (Hist. Records Fam. of Leslie, iii. 73), and was married, secondly, to William Cumming of Inverallochy (Aberdeen Hornings, 7 May 1584)."

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) 2 3 5

Sources


1 e-books, The Rulers of Strathspey: A History of the Lairds of Grant and Earls of Seafield by the Earl of Cassillis (1911).

2 e-books, The Chiefs of Grant vol. 1 by William Fraser (1883).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 Index (1914).

4 e-books.

5 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).

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