James (Abercromby) Abercromby of Pitmedden

Born [date unknown] in Scotland

Husband of Marjory (Hay) Abercromby — married 13 Jul 1527 (to before 1540) in Tolquhon, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1546 in Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Biography

James Abercromby, of Pitmedden, son of George Abercromby and Christian Barclay, on 13 July 1527, had charter of Pitmedden.^[1]

At Tolquhon, on 13 July 1527, he married Marjory Hay, daughter of William Hay, 4th Earl of Errol, and Lord High Constable of Scotland. On the day of his wedding, his father granted to him by charter the lands of Pitmedden with the greater part of the Barony, reserving certain rights and liferents therein to himself and his own spouse, Christian Barclay.

James was murdered at Towie in 1546 by "the Balquhain Leslies and their immediate following, as it did not extend to any other branch of the Leslie name."

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.James Abercomby, Vol IV, pps 179-180

• Debrett's "Peerage and Baronetage."
• "The Family of Abercromby," compiled by Cavendish D. Abercromby (a brother of Sir Robert Abercromby, 7th Baronet of Birkenbog), William Smith & Sons, The Bon-Accord Press, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1927.