Katherine Hay (1520 - aft. 1590)

Born 1520 in Megginch, Perth, Scotland

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Died after 1590 after age 70 in Scotland

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Biography

1520 Birth

Her birth year is estimated as 1520, to place her in the same generation as her second husband George, born 1522.

Catherine Hay of Megginch was aunt to the first earl of Kinnoull, by whom he had five sons and four daughters; ^[1]

Katherine Hay was the daughter of Peter Hay, 3rd of Megginch and Margaret Crichton. ^[2]

1540 First Marriage to Robert Moncur

Katherine Hay, was married, first, to Robert Moncur of Balluny, from whom she had a grant of a quarter of the lands of Easter Balluny in liferent 9 November 1550, ^[3]

For purposes of estimation, imagine her first marriage year as about 1540.

1560 Second Marriage to George Drummond

Katherine Hay was married secondly, to George Drummond of Blair. ^[3]

She had a grant to herself, her husband, and her younger son George Drummond, of the fishings on the Erecht 29 September 1570, and another to herself and her husband and their son Henry of the lands of Middle Drymmels and others 7 February 1588-89. ^[3]

In 1570 she already had a younger son George, old enough to be named in a document, so estimate her second marriage taking place in 1560.

George Drummond was the first laird of Blair. ^[1][2]

George Drummond was the son of George Drummond, 3rd of Ledcrieff and Janet Halyburton. ^[4]

1590 Still living and Mentioned in Charter

She is mentioned as wife of George Drummond of Blair, and relict of Robert Moncur de Balluny in a charter of 22 August 1590.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} David Malcolm. Genealogical Memoir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond. Edinburgh, 1808 https://books.google.com/books?id=hTEwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=Blair+%22George+Drummond%22&source=bl&ots=dwczdxFHL4&sig=Z1SRhH3CehfpcAFyZRx1JNGXXHk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicjaGKsuLOAhWBWx4KHe8lC6QQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Blair%20%22George%20Drummond%22&f=false. Accessed August 27, 2016
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, page 2189. Cited by The Peerage. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. http://www.thepeerage.com/p34408.htm#i344079. Accessed Jan 3, 2017
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} The Scots Peerage: James Balfour Paul, ed. Founded on Wood’s Edition of Sir Robert Douglas, The Peerage of Scotland. Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1908. Volume 5, p. 218-219 https://books.google.com/books?id=v0lmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=%22Peter+Hay+of+Megginch%22&source=bl&ots=D59jW0toOI&sig=u1WvG270wKShml48YCu8sGdQcNE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4ro70puLOAhVIXh4KHUbYAywQ6AEIPjAG#v=onepage&q=%22Peter%20Hay%20of%20Megginch%22&f=false. Accessed August 27, 2016
4. ↑ Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online. http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Cited by The Peerage. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. http://www.thepeerage.com/p34408.htm#i344079. Accessed Jan 3, 2017