FLETCHER, Henry of Saltoun ¹

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Henry married Margaret CARNEGIE, daughter of Sir David CARNEGIE of Pittarrow, Baronet and Catherine PRIMROSE, April 1688(contract).¹ (Margaret CARNEGIE was born about 1667 and died on 27 May 1745 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."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹