'Duff05'
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Families covered: Duff of Crombie, Duff of Drummuir, Duff of Inverness, Duff of Muirtown
| William Duff, Provost of Inverness (b 1632, d 1715) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (1655) Christian Duff (d c1660, dau of Alexander Duff of Kinloss (Town Clerk of Inverness) by Christian Greenlaws) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alexander Duff, 3rd of Drummuir, Provost of Inverness (b 1657, d 22.08.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'BOTD' (Chapter XXIV ('Alexander Duff of Drummuir'), p365+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1684) Katherine Duff (d 02.1758, dau of Adam Duff, 2nd of Drummuir) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Duff, 4th of Drummuir (b 1698, d 1735, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1717) Isobel Campbell of Clunes (m2. Arthur Gordon of Carnousie (who m1. Mary Duff)) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Archibald Duff, 5th of Drummuir (b 1721, d unm 10.08.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Duff (b 1724) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Catherine Duff (b 1723, a 1750, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Archibald Campbell of Budgate | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Duff of Culbin (Cowbin, Cubine, etc.) (b 1701, d 1743, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'BOTD' (Chapter XXV ('John Duff of Culbin and his descendants the later Duffs of Drummuir'), p389+). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.1725) Mary Gordon (d 22.06.1727, dau of James Gordon of Ellon) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alexander Duff of Davidson (b 24.11.1725, d 24.01.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1771) Magdalene Duff (dau of William Duff, 1st of Muirtown, m2. Bishop Andrew) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Duff, 6th of Drummuir (b 1772, d unm 1836, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Archibald Duff, 7th of Drummuir (b 1773, dsp 1858, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Jones of Guestling | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - William (b 1774, d unm 26.10.1809, WS), Alexander (b 1775, d young), Mary (b/d c1772) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Beth Duff (b 19.06.1727, d 1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Helen Gordon (d 1767, dau of Sir James Gordon, 2nd Bart of Park) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Lachlan Duff, later Gordon-Duff of Park (b 16.07.1741, d 1808, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rachael Hog of Newliston | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Duff of Park (b 14.03.1790, d 05.12.1855, Colonel, 4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.11.1814) Joanna Maria Grant (d 1872, dau of Sir David Macdowall Grant of Arndilly) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Rachel Missing Duff | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1820) Patrick Steuart, 10th of Tanachie & Auchlunkart (d 25.03.1844) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - James (d unm 1801), Roger (d 21.12.1806), Alexander (d Trafalgar 21.12.1806), Helen (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Katherine Duff (b 14.03.1732, d 1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Morison of Bognie | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue (dsp) - James (b 20.11.1729, d 1780, captain), William (b 14.02.1731, d 1761, Master Commander RN), John (b 25.07.1733, d 1794), Anne (b 25.05.1736, d unm 1766), Helen (b 28.09.1737, d 26.11.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | William Duff, 1st of Muirtown (b 1707, d 18.05.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'BOTD' (Chapter XXVI ('Muirtown Family'), p407+) and 'RedBookScot' (Gordon MacGregor, vol 6 (2024 edition), 'Duff of Muirtown', p14+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Baillie of Torbreck (d 06.10.1770) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alexander Duff of Muirtown (b 1737, bpt 05.1738, dvp 1778, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.04.1769) Christian Baillie (b c1747, d 19.12.1776, dau of Hugh Baillie, 20th of Dochfour) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Hugh Robert Duff, 2nd of Muirtown (bpt 30.08.1771, 02.08.1832, Major, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.07.1798) Sarah Louisa Forbes (d 03/05.07.1829, dau of Arthur Forbes, 7th of Culloden) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Huntly George Duff, 3rd of Muirtown (b 05.07.1822, d 27.05.1856, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.06.1847) Helen Fraser (dau of James Fraser of Auchnagairn, m2. Charles Middleton of Middleton Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sarah Georgina Duff (b 11.09.1800, d 21.10.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.08.1825) Wemys Erskine Sutherland (d 21.10.1825, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Emilia Mary Davidson Duff (b 24.01.1802-3, d 19.07.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.10.1824) Alexander Warrand (d 01.07.1836 MD, son of Thomas of Lentran, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jane Dorothea Stratton Duff (b 15.12.1815, d 08.06.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1838) Robert Shirreff (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Alexander Arthur (b 31.08.1799, dvpsp 20.07.1821), Duncan Forbes (b 09.01.1804, dvpsp unm 09.07.1828), Hugh Robert (b 24.11.1805, dvpsp unm 13.01.1830), William John (bpt 08.08.1810, dvp 13.05.1827), Christian Baillie (b 03.01.1808, d 23.04.1825), Louisa Octavia (b 14.11.1813, d 14.07.1814), Maria Louisa (b 17.07.1815, d 06.06.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Emilia (Amelia) Duff (bpt 21.12.1772, d 19.02.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.02.1795) Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter (d 23.03.1837) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - William (bpt 27.01.1770, d before 12.1776), William (bpt 13.06.1776), Mary (b 12.04.1774, d 1779) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jean Duff (b 1738, bpt 21.10.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1765 (1775?)) Hugh Falconer of Draikes & Inverness (d 04.07.1775) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Hugh, John, Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Duff (b 1739, d 1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1764) John Forbes of Newe (d 02.02.1792, Major) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Katherine Duff (bpt 24.12.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Macleod (surgeon) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Magdalen Duff (b 1752, d 22.11.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1770-1) Alexander Duff of Davidson (b 24.11.1725, d 24.01.1778) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Andrew Macfarlane, Bishop of Moray & Ross, later of Argyll | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - John (bpt 05.07.1753, dsp), Katherine (bpt 07.01.1741, d young), Mary (bpt 26.09.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Duff (b 1684, d 1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lachlan Mackintosh, 20th of Mackintosh, 21st of Clan Chattan (dsp 1731) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary/Margaret Duff (b 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.11.1709) William Gordon, younger of Lesmoir (b c1690, dvp 1725) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - William (b 1693, dsp young), Alexander (b 1696, d infant), James (b 1700, d young), Lachlan (d 1712), daughter (b 1688, d infant?), Janet (b 1689, d unm), Katherine (b 1704, d 1739), Magdalen (b 1710, dsp (infant?)), Henrietta (Hendret, d 1712) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Andrew Duff (b 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1666) Jane Lockhart of Inverness (d 1690) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | James Duff of Crombie (b c1674, d 1709) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'BOTD' (Chapter XXVII ('Duffs of Crombie and Duff Gordons'), p414+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (c1697) Jean Meldrum (b c1681, d 1725, dau of George Meldrum) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Duff of Crombie (b c1701, d 1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1730) Elizabeth Dalrymple (b 1713, d 1781, dau of Sir Robert Dalrymple of Castleton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir James Duff of Cadiz, 1st Bart (b 1734, d unm 11.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| The baronetcy was inherited by a nephew, a son of his sister Anne by her second marriage. | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Duff (b c1738, d 21/4.08.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.06.1762, sp) William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair (d 27.07.1768) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.07.1769) Alexander Gordon (b 1739, d 13.03.1792, Lord of Sesion as Lord Rockville) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Janet Duff | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 3rd Bart of North Berwick (d 14.02.1800) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Hugh (d unm 1767), Thomas, William | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Duff (b 1699, d 1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Gordon of Ardmeallie | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Archibald, James | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Duff (b 1700, d 1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Gordon of Farskane (son of William of Farskane) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Helen Duff | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Alexander Barclay of Towie | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Joan (b 1698, d young), Janet (b 1707), daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Mary Duff (b c1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Baillie of Dunain | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Jean Duff (b 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.06.1700) William Gordon of Birkenholm | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Magdalene Duff (b 1677, dsp 1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Cuthbert of Draikies | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Robinson of Inverness (physician, son of a Provost of Inverness) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. James Duff of Corsindae | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Catherine Duff (b 1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Munro of Teaninich | |||||||||||||||
| 8.+ | other issue - Adam (b 1676, d young), William (b 1681, dsp), Beatrix (b 1678, d young, Margaret (b 1681, d young), Isabell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (1691, sps) Jean Fraser (sister of Robert Fraser of the family of Daltalich, widow of Rev. Alexander Clark of Inverness) | |||||||||||||||
| 13. | child (d young) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Gordon-Duff of Park and Drummuir'), 'The Book of The Duffs' (Alistair & Henrietta Tayler, vol 2 (1914)), referred to above as 'BOTD', starting with Chapter XXIII ('Provost William Duff', p354+), and as reported above
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