Foveran.
567
from the armies of Solway and Werk." ' He married, first, the said Helen Cheyne ,
secondly, Catharine Arbuthnott, widow of Auchinleck of that ilk.= He was succeeded
by his son,
IX. William Turin of Foveran.
He received from his father, Gilbert Turin, a charter of the dominical lands of
Foveran, confirmed by the King, March 29, 1527. There is mentioned, in the charter
of confirmation, the lands of Balgersho, Drummis, Ardoch, Sauchocli, Aitkynshill,
Pitmilane, &c.3 This William Turin is witness to a charter of confirmation of the
lands of Middil Disblair, given to Henry Philippe and Christian Orne, his spouse,
by the Abbot of Lindores ; date 25 August, 1541.-* He takes part in an inquest
at Arnage, 1548,^ and in 1544 he is appointed one of the valuators of the county
of Aberdeen, when Queen Mary appointed the tax rolls, whereby the barony of
Foverne is retoured to be of ^20 auld extent. He married Janet Leslie, who is
mentioned in the following deed : ā "The King confirmed a charter, of date 1550, of
the late William Turing of Fovern, in which, for a sum of money delivered to him, and
for other benefits, he granted to Janet Leslie, in her widowhood, for her life-time, the
lands of Pitmellan, the Miltown of Foveran in the sheriffdom of Aberdeen ; date of
confirmation ā February 9, 1555-6.* William Turin died before this last date, and
was succeeded by his son,
X. Robert Turin de Foveran.
In 1556, May 31, the King confirmed a charter of Robert Turin to Helen Carnegie,
for her life-time, of the lands of Meikle Tibbertaw, Watrachemuir, Balgreschaw,
Aitkynshill, and Drummis, in the barony of Foverne.' In 1563 there is a charter by
the Bishop of Aberdeen to Robert Turin of Foverne and Helen Carnegie, his spouse,
of the lands of Toryleith.** and in 1579-80 he is witness to a retour of Innes of Ardgrain.
He is also mentioned in a band of King James VI., of date 1569, recognising him as
King, and he also, in 1574, signs a band of the barons in the north.' As seen above, he
married Helen Carnegie, daughter of Sir Robert Carnegie of Kinnaird, ancestor of the
Earl of Southesk ; date of marriage, circa 1547. He died before 1580, and was
succeeded by his son,
XI. Sir William Turin, Knight, of Foveran.
He is to be found as a witness to an agreement, of date 1588, anent the marches of
Slains;'" also 1589, he is mentioned in a minute of Privy Council anent carrying out
1 Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, Vol. I. p.
2 Doug. Peer. Fol. p. 31.
3 Reg. RIag. Sig. 1527, No. 437.
4 Charters of Wester Disblair.
5 Charters of Arnage.
6 Reg. Mag. Sig. 1555, No. 1038.
7 Id. 1556, No. 1077.
8 Ant. A. and B. III. p. 85.
9 Id. p. 35 ; Reg. Priv. Coun. I. 653, II. p. 344.
10 .\nt. A. and B. ill. p. 156.
-6S The Thanage of Fermartyn.
the acts of the General Assembly ; also in the same year he is caution for William
loslie of Warderis, that he shall not harm William Leslie of Crichie.' He received
from Tamos M. the honour of knighthood, as is evidenced by retours about to be
quoted. He had issue : ā
I. William, his successor.
n. John, who succeeded to William.
HI. Henry, of Savoch. He married Janet Seyton, probably of the Pitmedden
family, widow of Harvey of Kinmundie, and had issue : ā
I. Rev. John, minister of Drumblade, of whom afterwards.
n. Henry, Cupar-Fife, married Margaret Lawson, and had issue.
HI. Rev. Walter, minister of Rayne ; born 1671; married, 1709,
Anne Ogilvie, daughter of Ogilvie of Badentoul, by Catharine
Dunbar, daughter of Dunbar of Grangehill. They had issue a
son, James, born 1714 ; factor at Campvere. He married
Margaret de Colnet, and had, John, also factor at Campvere,
who married Margaret Tennant, and had issue a son, James,
who succeeded to the baronetcy of Foveran.
IV. Thomas, in Aikenshill and of Mosstown, Logie-Buchan. He married,
and had a son, Alexander, who died in 1664.
Thomas and his two brothers, John and Henry, are mentioned in the following
record ā "John Mitchell in Auld Aberdeen, along with others, grants having received
two hundred merks owing by John Turing of Foveran, Thomas Turing of Aikenshill,
and Henry Turing of Saak, his other brother-german." "
Sir William Turing, knight, died in 16 13, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
XII. William Turing of Foveran.
Regarding him there is the following retour ā " William Turing, heir of William
Turing, knight (militis), in the lands and barony of Foveran, with the mill, salmon
fishings, the lands of Tilliefour, Tippertie, and Watrichemuir, &c., May 18, 1613.2
William Turing of Foveran, hseres Domini Gulielmi Turing, militis (knight) patris." ā ā¢
William Turing died very young in 16 16, eight days after his marriage. This
epitaph is to his memory ā " Gulielmi Turing, Foverangii, die 8 post nuptias celebratas
mortui memorise."
" Ecce jacet, proavos atavos inter parentes
Turingus, gentis spesque decusque sucne.
Cui dum intentat amor jaculum mors sasva pepercit
Scilicet ut telis perderet ipsa suis." ^
1 Reg. Priv. Coun. IV. pp. 464, 665. 4 Ret. Gen. S504.
2 Leslie's Sheriff Court Records, Abdn. 5 Ant. A. and B. p. 366, Note.
3 Ret. Spec. Abdn. No. 5S5.
Foveran. 569
[To the memory of William Turing of Foveran, who died on the eighth day after the
celebration of his marriage.
The hope, the honour of a noble race,
Here midst his Is:indred Turing finds a place ;
Death paused so long as love's soft dalliance pleased ;
When love abated, Death the victim ceased.] i
He was succeeded by his brother,
XIII. Sir John Turing, Bart, of Foveran.
There is a retour to his brother, William, " in the lands and barony of Foveran, and
in the right of patronage of St. James' situated within the parish church of Aberdeen,
the lands of Tilliefour, the lands of Tippertie and Watrichemuir, parts of the above-
mentioned barony of Foveran." = Also in May 30, 1617, " to his father, William Turing
of Foveran, knight, in the lands called Mains of Inverugie, in the barony of Inverugie."^
On April 9, 1631, there is a sasine of the lands of Meikle Tibbertaw, granted by John
Hay, in favour of John Turing of Foveran ; ā¢ā¢ and on November 16, 1635, there is a
nomination by Andrew Turing in Kinknockie of ye town and lands of Achtingall to
John Turing of Foveran. ^
John Turing of Foveran married Barbara Gordon, daughter of Gordon of Gight.
She is mentioned in the following sasine: ā "To Barbara Gordon, spouse to John
Turing of Foveran, of the Milne of Foveran, &c." Ā° John Turing of Foveran was
created by Charles I., in 1639, ^ baronet ā the patent, according to the custom of the
period, was " hceredibus masulis quibuscunque." Sir John Turing suffered much for
his loyalty both to Charles I. and Charles II. He was at the battle of Worcester.
One of the results of his loyalty was that he was obliged to part with the patrimonial
inheritance ā the lands of Foveran ā which had been in his family for more than three
hundred years.
[Of Turing's tower there are no remains. With regard to it Thomas the Rhymer
has a prophecy, the meaning of which is by no means clear.
" When Turing's tower fiills to the land,
Gladsmoor is near at hand ;
When Turing's tower falls to the sea,
Gladsmoor next year shall be."
It has fallen both to sea and to land, and the remains used in building the present
house of Foveran. A spring of fine water which, in days of old, supplied the tower,
still supplies the present mansion with it copious and refreshing waters.]
Sir John Turing had issue by Barbara Gordon, his wife, a son, George Gordon, who
predeceased him. He married Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie (marriage
contract dated 1652), and left an only son, John Turing, rightly, Sir John Turing, Bart.
1 Lay of the Tarings, p. 49. 4 Sas. Reg. Ho. Edinb.
2 Spec. Rets. Abdn. No. 147. 5 Id.
3 Ret Gen. Banff, No. 37. 6 Sas. Reg. Ho. Edinb.
TJic Than age of Fermartyn.
In consequence, however, of the troublous times, and the loss of the family estates, it is
not recorded that he ever publicly assumed the title. He died unmarried in 1682,
upon which the representation of the family devolved on his second cousin,
XIV. Rev. John Turing,
minister of Drumblade. He was the son of Henry Turing of Savoch by his wife, Janet
Sevton, born at Savoch, 1569. Henry Turing, as has already been said, was the third
son of Sir William Turing. Rev. John Turing, rightly the third Baronet of Foveran,
married Jean, daughter of Rev. John Dunbar of Forglen, by whom he had four sons
and three daughters : ā
I. Alexander, born 1702, of whom afterwards.
H. John, born 1704, died 1738.
HI. James, born 1709.
IV. Robert, born 171 1 ; married, 1755, Mary Taylor, a widow, and died 1764.
They had issue one son, Robert, born 1760 ; died a Major in the army in
1 80 1 ; a daughter, Mary, who married her cousin, John Turing, son of
John Turing, and grandson of John Turing, Cupar-Fife, above mentioned.
(See No. XL)
Rev. John Turing of Drumblade died in 1734, and was succeeded in the represen-
tation of the family by his son,
XV. Rev. Alexander Turing,
minister of Oyne, and representative of the Turings of Foveran. He was born 1702 ;
married, 1740, Anna Brown, who died in 1807, and had issue : ā
I. Inglis, born 1743, died in Jamaica 1791.
H. Robert, born 1745 ; was served heir, after the death of his elder brother,
to Sir John Turing, the first Bart., in 1792.
HI. '-
I. , daughter, married Rev. John Duff, DT)., minister of King-Edward,
and had several children. One daughter married Rev. Charles Gibbon,
minister of Lonmay, and had issue.
2. ā , married Rev. Mr. Bruce of Shotts.
3. , married Baillie Cruickshank, Banff.
Rev. Alexander Turing, minister of Oyne, died 1782, and was succeeded in the
representation of the family by his second surviving son,
XVI. Sir Robert Turing, Bart.
He was born in 1744 ; was served heir to his great grand-uncle. Sir John Turing,
the first Bart., in 1792.' He was educated as a physician, and went to the East Indies,
I Decen. Rels. Banff, 1792.
Foveran. 571
where he amassed a considerable fortune. While there, he married, and had two
daughters, one of whom married General Askell, and died some years after her father.
Shortly after Sir Robert's return home, he married, as his second wife, Ann, daughter of
Colonel Campbell of Glensaddel, county of Argyle, who died a few years after her
marriage. Upon this he came north, and resided in Banff, where he made himself
extremely useful and popular in the district. His remains rest in Banff churchyard,
and a tablet has been placed to his memory in the parish church of Banff.
" Sacred to the memory of Sir Robert Turing, Bart, of Foveran, who departed this
life the 21st of October, 1831, aged 85 years."
" This earth has claimed his own, the mortal clay
Must share the general destiny, decay ;
Life has gone forth, and we must yield the grave
What human love in vain essayed to save.
It's but a little dust that moulders here,
The Christian's soul has sought the Christian's sphere.
The good have many friends, and he who sleeps
Beneath this stone was one the mourner weeps.
Regretting, not repining, at the doom
Which gave the aged rest, though in the tomb.
And now with the deep love of many years,
With earnest prayers and meek, though bitter tears,
To mark the memory of a father's claim.
His children raise this tablet to his name."
The title and representation of the family passed on Sir Robert's death to his cousin,
the British Consul at Rotterdam,
XVII. Sir James Henry Turing, 3rd Bart.
He was, as above mentioned (No. XL), the eldest son of John Turing, factor,
Campvere, by Margaret Tennant, his wife, and grandson of James Turing, also factor,
Campvere, by Margaret de Colnet, his wife, which James was the only son of Rev.
Walter Turing, minister of Rayne, by Anna, his wife, daughter of James Ogilvie of
Badintoul, younger brother of Rev. John Turing of Drurnblade, above mentioned. Sir
James Henry Turing was born 10 December, 1791. He married Antoinette, daughter
of the late Sir Alexander Ferrier, Conservator of Scotch Privileges at Rotterdam, and
had issue : ā
I. John Alexander, died in infancy.
n. James Henry, born 1824, died 1836.
HI. Robert Fraser, who succeeded to the baronetcy.
IV. Alexander, born 1835, died 1882.
V. Henry, born 1843; married Jemina Mary Catharine, daughter of Morris
S. A. Chabot of Rotterdam, and has issue a son and a daughter.
VI. Edward (twin with his brother, Henry) died 1882.
1. Antoinette Mary Campbell; married, 1842, Right Rev. Henry Mac-
kenzie, D.D., late Bishop Suffragan of Nottingham.
2. Salvadora Mary, married, 1847, John Peter of Kirkland, N.B.
The TJianage of Fermartyn.
3. Eliza, married, 1853, W. C. Hoyack.
4. Amelia Radley.
5. Grace, married Adrian Moens of Rotterdam.
6. Ellen, married, 1861, Pierre Charles John, second son of P. T. M.
Fauchay of Rotterdam.
7. Isabella.
S. Catharine.
9. Agnes, married Benjamin Laning of Rotterdam.
[John Turing, factor at Campvere, had, besides James Henry, who became third
baronet, another son, John Robert, who married Jane Stewart Eraser, and had issue : ā
L Rev. John, M.A., rector of Edwinstone, who married Fanny Montagu
Boyd, and had issue four sons and four daughters ā I. Arthur Henry.
n. Julius Matthewson. HI. Harvey. IV. Alexander. i. Dora.
2. Agnes. 3. Margaret.]
Sir James Henry Turing died at Rotterdam, February 13, i860, and was succeeded
by his eldest surviving son,
XVIII. Sir Robert Fraser Turing, 4th Bart.
He was born August 29, 1827 ; married Catharine Georgina, daughter of Walter S.
Davidson of Lowndes Square, London, and of Saxonbury, Kent, and has issue : ā
I. James Walter, born January 3, 1862.
1. Catharine Antoinette, born 1854.
2. Ann Eliza, born and died 1855.
3. Blanche Amelia.
4. Florence Ellen.
5. Julia.
Arms of the Turings of Foveran. ā Or, on a bend gules ; three boars' heads of
the first ; crest, a hand holding a helmet ; supporters, two stags. Motto ā " Audentes
fortuna juvat."
From the Turings, Foveran probably passed by purchase to a family of the name of
Forbes.
Robert Forbes of Foveran.
On November 7, 1673, John Forbes, writer, is served heir of his father, Robert
Forbes, formerly at the church of Foveran, in the dominical lands and manor place of
Foveran, (Sec. ; also in the town and lands of Pitgerso and Drums. The lands were held
of the King and his successors for service and relief.' The next owner is Alexander
Forbes of Foveran.
"\\ e are unable to say if he was of the same family as the above-mentioned John
I .-Vnt. A. and 13. III. p. 93.
Foveran.
573
Forbes, but he was descended of the family of Tolquhon. Sometime between 1673 -^nd
1681, he got possession of Foveran. In 1681, he obtained an Act of Parliament
ratifying and confirming a charter, passed under the great seal, of the barony of Foveran,
in favour of Alexander Forbes himself, in life-rent, and Samuel Forbes, his eldest son, in
fee. This Alexander, as above mentioned, was descended from Tolquhon, as the
following deduction shows.
John Forbes of Bandley,
the second son of Alexander Forbes, sixth Laird of Tolquhon, married, 156 ā , Eliza-
beth, daughter of William Keith of Tulloch, and by her had three sons : ā
I. Duncan, of Culloden.
II. John, an officer in the P'rench Guards.
III. Patrick, called Black Patrick, Baillie of Inverurie, The said Patrick
married Barbara, daughter of Walter Barclay of Drums, by whom he had
issue one son,
I. Alexander Forbes of Foveran,
who obtained, as above narrated, a ratification by Parliament of a charter, under the
great seal, of the lands of Foveran. He was married three times, first to Margaret,
daughter of Samuel Hunter, apothecary in Edinburgh, and by her had issue : ā
I. Samuel, his successor.
II. John, of Knaperna, in the parish of Udny.
I. Rachel, married, in 1681, to Patrick Chalmers, an eminent physician in
Aberdeen ; issue, thirteen children.
He married secondly a daughter of Jaffray of Kingswells, and widow of Baillie
Skene of Aberdeen. Thirdly, he married Katharine Gordon, by whom he had no issue.
He was succeeded by his son,
II. Sir Samuel Forbes, 1st Bart, of Foveran.
He was born in Edinburgh 1653 ; served heir to his father, 26 August, 1697 ;
created in 1700 a baronet. He was author of a history of Aberdeenshire, published in
the first volume of "Antiquities of the Spalding Club.'" He built the house of
Tillery. He was one of the four commissioners of Aberdeenshire to the Scottish Parlia-
ment from 1693-1698, and from 1700-1701, He married a daughter of Udny of that
ilk, and by her had three sons and one daughter : ā
I. Alexander, his successor.
IT. John.
III. Patrick.
I. Anne, who died 1762.
Sir Samuel Forbes died July 16, 171 7, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
I Ant. A. and B. pref. pp. x., xi.
TJic Thanage of Ferniartyn.
III. Sir Alexander Forbes, 2nd Bart, of Foveran.
He was served heir to his father, March 13, 1718, and heir special, 21 October,
i-iS :' also, on the same date, heir-general to his grandfather, Alexander Forbes of
Foveran. He married Jane, daughter of Major George Skene of Caraldstone,'' by whom
he had issue : ā
I. George, an officer in the Dutch service, who, along with Professor David
Fordyce of Marischal College, Aberdeen, and eight other persons, was
drowned near the island of Uishe in East Friesland, while on their passage
from Rotterdam to Leith, September, 1751.^
H. Alexander, who died December 27, 1752.''
1. Bell, married, 28 September, 1749, to Robert Sitton.
2. jean, married, 13 August, 1754, to Lieutenant James Macfarlane of that
ilk.
3. Betty, married, 17 October, 1755, to Dr. Archibald Hamilton, physician,
Edinburgh; died at Edinburgh, 5 March, 1761.3
4. Katharine, died at Aberdeen, 25 May, 1756.
Sir Alexander Forbes of Foveran, Bart., died before 1755, and being predeceased by
both his sons, he was succeeded in the title by his second cousin, John Forbes, son of
Samuel Forbes of Knaperna. About the same time Foveran came into the possession
of a burgess family of Aberdeen, the Robertsons.
I. John Robertson of Foveran.
He was a stocking merchant and sometime Provost of Aberdeen. He acquired
Pitmillan first, and afterwards Foveran, sometime about 1757. He married Janet
Mitchell, and had issue, at least three sons and a daughter :ā
I. Joh.n, who succeeded his father,
n. Andrew, who succeeded his brother.
HI. Thomas, advocate, Aberdeen.
I. Marjory, married to James Legertwood of Tillery.
John Robertson of Foveran died 17 ā , and was succeeded by his eldest son,
II. John Robertson of Foveran.
He enjoyed the estate but a short time, and dying was succeeded by his brother,
III. Andrew Robertson of Foveran. "
He acquired the whole estate of Foveran in 1795. With regard to him there are the
following retours : ā Andrew Robertson of Foveran to his brother, John Robertson, son
1 Decen. Rets. 1718. 3 Scots' Mag. 1751.
2 Skene's History of Skenes, N.S.C., 4 Id. 1763.
pp. 38, 42. 5 Aberdeen Journal .ind Scots' Mag.
Foveran. eye
of John Robertson of Pitmillan, Provost of Aberdeen, heir of provision general, April
12, 1794; to his father, John Robertson, &c., heir general, April 12, 1794;' to his
brother, Thomas Robertson, advocate, Aberdeen, who died September 17, 1795, heir
of provision general and special in Greigs, Ardo, Grayshillock, &c., being parts of the
barony of Foveran. Ā°
Mr. Robertson continued the business of a stocking merchant, which at that time
was a flourishing one. He built the present house of Foveran near to the ruins of
Turing's tower. He married Jane, daughter of Mr. Davidson of Newton, and had issue :
I, John.
T. Julia, married to David Sandieman of Kirkwood, and had issue.
Andrew Robertson died 18 ā , and was succeeded by his son,
IV. John Robertson of Foveran,
He married Mary, daughter of David Stewart of Dalguise, Provost of Edinburgh, by
Anne, daughter of Robert Fordyce of Broadford, Aberdeen. A tablet has been placed
to his memory in the church of Foveran. He had issue : ā
I. Andrew, his successor.
n. Stewart.
HI. John.
John Robertson of Foveran died 1826, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
V. Andrew Robertson, the last of Foveran.
He was a J. P. and a D.L. for Aberdeenshire. He sold in 1857 portions of the
estate of Foveran to Mr. David Gill of Aberdeen, who called his portion Blairythan,
and another portion was sold to Mr. Alexander Mitchell, Ythan Lodge, who called it
Kincraig. The largest portion, including the mansion-house, was sold to Miss Christina
Mackenzie, youngest daughter of Roderick Mackenzie of Glack, by Christina, second
daughter of John Niven of Peebles, county of Forfar, who bequeathed it to her first
cousin,
Major-General Roderick Mackenzie of Foveran.
He was the son of Major Forbes Mackenzie, a brother of Roderick Mackenzie of
Glack, and married, in 1878, Caroline Sophia, daughter of J. A. Beaumont of
Wimbledon Park, and has issue a daughter : ā
Florence Mary.
The Mackenzies of Glack are descended from the Mackenzies of Hilton, county of
Ross, the oldest collateral branch of the Kintail or Seaforth Mackenzies, and appear so
in that family tree.
I Decen. Rets. 1794. 2 Decen. Rets. 1795.
T I L L E R Y.
TiLLERV belongs to Colonel Alexander Chambers Hunter, but at one time it formed
part of the possessions of the Turings of Foveran.
From 1510-1540, Andrew Udny, second son of Ranald Udny of that ilk, is designed
of it. He married Isabella Panton, daughter of Panton of Pitmedden. In 1538, Henry
Udnv of Minnes, now in Tillery, is mentioned,' and in 1650, Robert Udny of Crabadona,
now in Tillery, is also to be found. The Setons of Minnes possessed Tillery about the
same time, and built a house upon it.- It afterwards came into the possession of Forbes
of Foveran.
Sir Samuel Forbes, Bart., rebuilt the house that had been built by the Setons
of Minnes. Tillery House stands on a flat ground, and, according to a chronicler
in the '' View of the Diocese," owes a good deal more to industry than to
nature. " There was no coat of armour," says the same writer, " but instead
a variety of figures well cut and amusing to the beholder." The avenues
beginning at some distance from the house are numerous. When one comes
near the house, he Iinds a little quaint parterre, walled about with four fair
gates, opposite one another, for the healthy and refreshing benefit of the four
circling winds. Upon each side of the gates were various inscriptions. On one was the
date 1 7 15, beneath which was the following line ā "Scotia moesta dole, propria tunc
prole perdita." " Grieve, O sad Scotland, whilst thine own progeny then has perished."^
The house was rebuilt by the Chambers-Hunter family, but not a trace is left of the
quaint inscriptions and figures. In 1 745-46, William Forbes of Tillery was served heir
to his father, William Forbes of Tillery, who died September 2, 1745 ; heir special in
East and West Tillieve, and in Tillieve, with its pendicles, Howland and Shellyford.-*
From the Forbeses, shortly after the above date, Tillery was purchased by James
Legertwood of Tillery. He was the grandson of William Legertwood in Fornetty,
parish of Foveran. John, a brother of said William was, in 1696, in Orchardtown, and
in the " Poll Book " is described as a gentleman. He left to his brother's family the
sum of ;!^26,777 17s Scots, a large sum considered at that time. They were : ā
I. William, who resided in Dublin, and who was served heir to his uncle,
March 5, 1717.
II. Robert, in Mains of Tillieve. He married, and had a son, James.
1 Stodart's Sketch of Udny Family in the Genealogist. 3 Ant. A. and B. I. p. 370.
2 Ant. .\. and E. I. p. 3S6. 4 Decen. Rels. 1746.
Tille)y. z^yy
III. James, of Warminster, county Wilts.
IV. Alexander, sometime student of divinity, and sometime in Orchardtown,
of whom afterwards.
1. Elspet.
2. Margaret, wife of George Lyon in Netiier Minnes.
3. Anna, married George Cliristie, burgess of Aberdeen.
4. Isobel, married Patrick Shand.
II. Alexander Legertwood, sometime in Orchardtown.
He married Margaret, daughter of William Ferrier, burgess, Aberdeen ; marriage
contract dated 17 18.' They had issue at least one son, the above-mentioned.
III. James Legertwood of Tillery.
He was sometime convener of the county of Aberdeen, and largely interested
himself in the improvement of the roads in the district, which at that time were little
better than bridle paths. He married Marjory, daughter of John Robertson of
Pitmillan, burgess of Aberdeen, afterwards of Foveran.- They had issue : ā