Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Alexander (Menzies) Menzies IXth of Weem
— married
after 19 Feb 1558 in Scotland
Wife of
James Ross
— married
before 16 Nov 1566 [location unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
This profile is part of the Menzies Name Study.
Catherine (MacGhie) Ross is a member of Clan Menzies.
Birth Catherine MacGhie or Katherine Makgie is estimated to have been born about 1525.
Marriage Katherine Makgie, married Alexander Menzies 9th of Weem Menzies-148.[1] [2]
19 Feb 1558 They entered into a contract on 19 February 1558, that since they had been living together and had sons and daughters between them, that they would marry and she would be granted a life rent of £40 in her widowhood.[3]
Katherine survived Alexander and remarried before 16 November 1566, to James Ross, brother of John Ross of Craigie.[1]
Research Notes
She was the 2nd wife of Alexander Menzies Menzies-148.
Catherine MacGhie (the Red Book reference in the marriage section below is a phonetic spelling, but does not agree with the Nisbet source in the same section) is referenced in the death record of Alexander her husband via 2nd marriage.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2016), rev. 2020, vol. 6, p. 727.
- ↑ Alexander Nisbet. A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical, 2 vols. Edinburgh: printed for J. Mackeuen, 1722-1742.ii.246.
- ↑ MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2016), rev. 2020, vol. 6p, p. 727/28.
- ↑ Alexander's Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248376147/alexander-menzies: accessed 17 November 2023), memorial page for Sir Alexander Menzies (1501–7 Mar 1563), Find A Grave: Memorial #248376147, citing Weem Parish Churchyard, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland; Maintained by Eileen Cunningham (contributor 47612450).
- Gifts and Deposits, National Archives of Scotland GD50/186/6/26.
- Register of Acts and Deeds, 1st Series, National Archives of Scotland, CS7/35/ff.473-7.
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Anthony Hare
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Anthony Hare
explained in the sources section.
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Michael Cayley
What is GD50/186/6/26? Please could this be explained in the sources section.
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