Alexander
"of Craigmyle"
Burnett
Born about in Craigmyle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of James Burnet
and Elizabeth Burnett
Brother of
Jean (Burnett) Arbuthnot, Thomas (Burnet) Burnett of Kemnay, James Burnet, Robert Burnet, Helen Burnet, William Burnet, Margaret Burnet, George Burnet, John Burnet and Mary Burnet
Husband of
Christian (Fraser) Burnett
— married
1649 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alexander (Burnett) Burnett of Craigmyle and Jean Burnett
Died before
before about age 67
in Craigmyle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [uncertain]
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Biography
Please note the normal usage of the surname from this point forward, for this line, was BURNETT. This is likely due to the adoption of the surname of the mother, in whose hands the lands were held, until Alexander inherited.
Alexander Burnett was the eldest son of James Burnett, of Craigmyle, and his wife Elizabeth Burnett, daughter and heir of Thomas Burnet of Craigmyle and Tillihaikie.[1]
Je was admitted to the Bar I2 July 1642, and, in 1646, a Commissioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire, and on the Committee of War for Kincardine. He appears in the Indemnity Act in 1662, and was allowed to purchase his indemnity for acts that might be construed as treason, by the payment of fines, the fine in his case being 2400 pounds.
He died just before 1677 when his son inherits.
Family
He married, in 1649,[2] Christian Fraser, daughter of Thomas Fraser of Strichen. They had a number of children:[3]
- Alexander Burnett, his son and heir.
- Thomas Burnett. His brother, shortly after his father's death in 1677, Alexander Burnett of Craigmyle, was served tutor on Thomas on 3 April 1678. In 1685 he appears before the bailies of Aberdeen. He died unmarried before 1700.
- Elizabeth Burnett. She married (contr. 8 Feb 1688), James Gordon of Corfarroch.
- Anne Burnett. She married George Gordon of Terpersie, died, leaving a son, Charles Gordon.
- Jean Burnett. She was born 1667. Her brother, Alexander, was served tutor to her, 3 April 1678. She married her cousin, Andrew Burnett, son of Thomas Burnett of Kemnay.[4]
Sources
- ↑ The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral branches; page 112
- ↑ The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral branches; page 114
- ↑ The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral branches; page 115
- ↑ The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral branches; page 115
See also:
- The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral branches from the mss. of the late George Burnett, by Burnett, George, 1822-1890, Published 1901
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