CARNEGIE, Margaret 1
User ID: G700. Margaret married Henry FLETCHER of Saltoun April 1688(contract).1 (Henry FLETCHER of Saltoun was born about 1655 and died in 1733 1.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret (Carnegie), married to Henry, second son of Sir Robert Fletcher of Saltoun, Knight. By marriage-contract, dated April 1688 (the lady being of 'perfect age'), Henry Fletcher secured 40,000 merks to himself and Margaret Carnegie, besides other sums. In 1716 Henry Fletcher succeeded to Saltoun, where he and his wife were the first to introduce machinery into barley mills in Scotland. He died in 1733, survived by Margaret Carnegie, who lived till 27 May 1745. One of their sons was Andrew Fletcher, afterwards a Lord of Session with the title of Lord Milton." (page 78) |