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Families covered: Burnett of Leys, Ramsay of Balmain

                               
Sir Thomas Burnet, 1st Bart of Leys (d 1653)
m1. Margaret Douglas (dau of Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie)
1. Alexander Burnett (dvp 1648)
  m. (1633) Jane (Jean) Arbuthnot (dau of Sir Robert Arbuthnot of that ilk)
  A. Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Bart of Leys (d 1663)
  m. Elizabeth Coutts (dau of _ Coutts of Auchtercoull)
i. Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Bart of Leys (d 1714)
  m. (1677) Margaret Arbuthnot (dau of Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount)
  a. Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Bart of Leys (d 1758)
  m. Helen Burnett (dau of Robert Burnett of Muchalls)
  (1) Thomas Burnett (dvp unm)
  (2) Sir Robert Burnett, 5th Bart of Leys (d unm 1759)
(3) Helen Burnett (d 21.09.1750)
  m. (21.06.1733) George Burnett of Kemnay (b 1714, d 31.10.1780)
  (4) Mary Burnett (dsp)
  m. Alexander Aberdeen of Cainbulg
  b. William Burnett of Criggie (b 1683, d 1747, 2nd son)
  m. Jean Burnett (dau of Robert Burnett of Muchalls)
  (1) Sir Thomas Burnett, 6th Bart of Leys (d 05.1783)
  m. Catherine Ramsay (d 10.12.1798, dau of Charles Ramsay of Balmain family)
  (A) Sir Robert Burnett, 7th Bart of Leys (b 20.12.1755, d 05.06.1837)
m. (16.09.1785) Margaret Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (d 16.03.1849, dau of General Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone of Logie Elphinstone)
  (i) Sir Thomas Burnett, 8th Bart of Leys (b 22.08.1788, d unm 16.02.1849)
  (ii) Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Bart of Leys (b 17.12.1789, d unm 20.03.1856)
  (iii) William Burnett (b 01.08.1798, d 16.04.1840, Captain RN)
  (iv) Sir James Horn Burnett, 10th Bart of Leys (b 22.06.1601, d 17.09.1876) had issue
  m1. (03.02.1831) Caroline Margaret Spearman (d 22.03.1836, dau of Charles Spearman of Thornley Hall)
  m2. (12.07.1837) Lauderdale Burnett-Ramsay (d 04.11.1888, dau of Sir Alexander Burnett Ramsay, 1st Bart of Balmain) @1@ below
  (v) Mary Burnett (d 09.02.1856)
  (vi) Margaret Burnett (d 17.01.1828/36)
  m. (28.04.1826) Thomas Burnett-Ramsay (b 24.02.1786, d 17.12.1857) @2@ below
  (B) Sir Alexander Burnett, later Ramsay, 1st Bart of Balmain (b 30.07.1757, d 17.05.1810)
  m. (14.10.1782) Elizabeth Bannerman (d 11.12.1844, dau of Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bart)
  (i) Sir Alexander Ramsay, 2nd Bart of Balmain (b 14.02.1785, d 26.04.1852) had issue
  m1. (01.08.1811) Jane Russell (d 08.1819, dau of Francis Russell of Blackhall)
m2. (26.12.1822) Elizabeth Ramsay or Maule (d 12.09.1852, dau of William Ramsay, later Maule, 1st Lord Panmure)
  (ii) Thomas Burnett-Ramsay (b 24.02.1786, d 17.12.1857) had issue
  m1. (09.11.1816) Jane Cruickshank (d 11.1823, dau of Patrick Cruickshank of Strathcathro)
  m2. (28.04.1826) Margaret Burnett (d 17.01.1828/36, dau of Sir Robert Burnett, 7th Bart of Leys) @2@ above
  (iii) Robert Burnett-Ramsay (b 27.02.1787, d 20.12.1846) had issue
  m. (05.1817) Margaret Cruickshank (d 08.01.1880, dau of Patrick Cruickshank of Strathcathro)
  (iv) Edward Bannerman Burnett-Ramsay (dsp 26.12.1872, Dean of Edinburgh)
  m. (1829) Isabella Cochrane (d 1858, dau of Robert Cochrane of Nova Scotia)
  (v) Elizabeth Burnett-Ramsay
  m. (07.04.1808) Alexander Renny Tailyour of Borrowfield
  (vi) Lauderdale Burnett-Ramsay (d 04.11.1888)
  m1. (10.07.1832) David Duncan of Rosemont
  m2. (12.07.1837) Sir James Horn Burnett, 10th Bart of Leys (b 22.06.1801, d 17.09.1876) @1@ above
  (vii)+ other issue - Marmaduke (dsp), Sir William (b 27.05.1793, d unm 03.12.1871, Rear Admiral), Edwin Hewgill, Catherine, Helen, Mary, Isabella, Frances
  (C) Catherine Burnett
  m. Alexander Forbes of Schivas
(D)+ other issue (d unm) - Thomas (b 30.07.1757), William (b 19.02.1762, d 26.02.1839, General)
  (2) James Burnett (dsp, captain)
  m1. Anne Purves (dau of Sir William Purves of that ilk, Bart)
  m2. Harriet Anne Leigh (dau of Sir Samuel Egerton Leigh, Bart)
  (3) Margaret Burnett
  m. (1735) George Aitkin (minister of Montrose)
(4) Elspet Burnett
  m. Alexander Smith of Stoneywood of Aberdeen (d 14.05.1796)
  (5) Helen Burnett
  m1. (1753) William Fraser (son of Francis of Findrack)
  m2. (1758) Peter Reid in Aberdeen
  (6) Anne Burnett
  Anne and the following are identified in BLG1952 (Badenach-Nicolson of Glenbervie).
  m. George Wilson (minister of Edzell then Kinnaird)
  (A) James Wilson (d 18.10.1829, minister of Farnell then Kinnaird)
m. (11.11.1797) Joan Nicolson of Glenbervie (b 01.05.1766, d 22.11.1847, dau of Sir William Nicolson, Bart of Glenbervie and Upsetlingtoun)
  (i) George Wilson (b 15.01.1801, d unm 1823)
  (ii) Helen Mill Wilson (b 1798)
  m. David Smith
  (iii) Anne Wilson, later Badenach-Nicholson of Glenbervie (b 1799, d 03.10.1878)
  m. (1831) Robert Badenenach of Arthurhouse (d 1837)
  Glenbervie passed to one of their sons.
  (iv) Marion Mill Wilson (b 15.06.1809)
  m. (1838) John Bremner of Glassaugh
  c. Katherine Burnett
  m. (1702) Sir William Seton, Bart of Pitmedden (bpt 06.03.1673, d 1744)
  d. Mary Burnett (d 05.06.1754)
  m. (02.10.1712) Sir John Carnegie, 2nd Bart of Pittarrow (bpt 27.01.1673, d 03.04.1729)
  e. Elizabeth Burnett
  m. (1715) George Beattie in Montrose
  f. Jean Burnett
  m. (1722) George Lauder of Pitscandlie
  g. Margaret Burnett
  m. (1721) James Ogilvie of Melros
  h.+ other issue - Robert, Thomas, John, Charles (d unm), others (d young)
ii. William Burnett of Balfour
  m. Margaret Douglas
  iii. Robert Burnett
  iv. Elizabeth Burnett
  m. (1671) Alexander Ogilvie of Kempcarne
  v. Margaret Burnett
  m1. Alexander Burnett of Monboddo (dvp 1691)
  m2. Andrew Burnett (parson in Aberdeen)
  B. Thomas Burnett of Clerkseat (dsp)
  C. Robert Burnett of Glenbervie had issue
  m. Katherine Douglas (dau of Sir William Douglas, Bart of Glenbervie)
D. Jean Burnett
  m. John Skene of that ilk (d 1680)
  E. Margaret Burnett (b c1637) apparently of this generation
  m. (c1654) Patrick Gordon, 9th of Hallhead (d 1683)
2. Robert Burnett (d 1670)
  m. Katherine Pierson (dau of Alexander Pierson, Lord Southall)
  A. Thomas Burnett
3. Jane Burnett
  m1. (1632) Sir William Forbes, Bart of Monymusk
  m2. (sp) Robert Cumyn of Altyre (a 1662)
4. Katherine Burnett
  m. (1638) Robert Gordon of Pitlurg (b 1609, d 18.04.1681)
m2. (1621) Jane Moncreiff (dau of William (probably not Sir John) Moncreiff of that ilk)
5. Thomas Burnett had issue
  m. Bessie Burnett (dau of William Burnett of Sauchen, parson of Kinnerney)
6. Elizabeth Burnett
  m1. Sir Robert Douglas of Tilliwhilly
  m2. ?? Fullerton of Kinnaber
7. Anne Burnett
  m. Andrew Cant (principal of Edinburgh University)
8.+ other issue - William, James

Main source(s): BP1934 (Burnett of Leys) with some input from BP1934 (Ramsay of Balmain)
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