'Menzies02'
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Families covered: Menzies of Comrie, Menzies of Culdares, Menzies of Menzies, Menzies of Weem
| Sir Alexander Menzies of Menzies and Weem (b 1504, d 1563) | |||||||||||||||
| The Red and White Book identifies Menyeis as "the 50th Menzies" and "13th Baron of Menzies". | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet Campbell (dau of Sir James (sb John?) Campbell of Lawers) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Robert or James Menzies of Menzies and Weem (b 1523, d 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1540) Barbara Stewart (dau of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Alexander Menzies of Menzies and Weem, 'the Poet' (b 1566, d 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ((mcrt 10.12.1588, sp) Margaret Campbell (d 08.09.1598, dau of Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Bart of Glenorchy) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c12.1599) Elizabeth Forrester (d 11.11.1613, dau of Sir John Forrester of Carden) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Menzies (dvpsp before 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Duncan Menzies of Menzies and Weem (b 1600, d 1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1622) Jean Leslie (dau of James Leslie, Master of Rothes) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Alexander Menzies, 1st Bart of Weem (b 1623, d 03.1694) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 04.05.1653) Agnes Campbell (dau of Sir John Campbell, 4th Bart of Glenorchy) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Menzies (b 1660, dvp 1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sandilands (b 22.02.1663, dau of Walter Sandilands, 6th Lord Torphichen) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Alexander Menzies, 2nd Bart of Weem (b 1682, d 1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Campbell (d 04.1736, dau of Neil Campbell of Ardmaddie) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Robert Menzies, 3rd Bart of Weem (b 1704, dsp 04.09.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.10.1729) Mary Stewart (d 30.12.1773, dau of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Bute) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Christian Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mackintosh, 21st of Mackintosh, 22nd of Clan Chattan (dsp 24.09.1740/1) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue (d young) - Alexander (bpt 08.06.1705), James (bpt 12.06.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | James Menzies (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Christian Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1713) Patrick Stewart, younger of Ballechin (dvp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) John Farquharson, 9th of Invercauld (d 1750) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Katharine Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Menzies of Cutterallers | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | James Menzies of Comrie (b 1663, d 1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 11.1694) Anna Campbell (dau of Neil Campbell of Ardmaddie) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Menzies of Comrie, later of Ferntoweror Fernton (captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Campbell (dau of Patrick Campbell of Monzie, Lord of Session) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Catharine Menzies (b 12.01.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Preston, younger of Valleyfield (dvp) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Anne Menzies, Baroness Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody (b 04.04.1747, d 11.02.1821) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.11.1767) Sir Ralph Abercromby of Tullibody (b 25.10.1735, d 28.03.1801, Major General) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | James Menzies in Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Stevenson | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Menzies, 4th Bart of Weem (b 22.06.1739, 26.03.1800) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1797) Charlotte Murray (b 23.10.1775, d 31.05.1832, dau of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Robert (dsp 1763), Jane Campbell (b 01.06.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Neil Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bothwell (d 24.05.1783, dau of Henry Bothwell, 'Lord Holyroodhouse') | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Robert Menzies, 5th Bart of Weem (b 1745, d 08.03.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Ochiltree (d 01.1830, dau of Duncan Ochiltree of Linsaig) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Neil Menzies, 6th Bart of Weem (b 16.08.1780, d 20.08.1844) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.06.1808) Emilia Balfour (dau of Francis Balfour of Farnie) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.12.1816) Grace Charlotte Conyers Norton (dau of Fletcher Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Vere Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Archibald Butter of Faskally (Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Robert Menzies (b 1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Arnot | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Menzies (b 25.07.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Janet Macdonald Menzies | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Menzies in Glasgow (b 11.05.1781, d 14.01.1832) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Campbell (cousin of Sir James Campbell of Stracathro, Lord Provost of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - John (b 24.06.1770, d young), Alexander (b 22.02.1776, d young), Robert (b 20.11.1783), Duncan (b 01.05.1786), William (b 18.04.1793), Archibald (b 21.04.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | James Menzies (b 21.01.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Menzies | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Margaret (b 31.10.1755), Catherine (b 16.03.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Duncan Menzies (b c1710, minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Clugh | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Philip Menzies (b c1757, dsp 1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Roberts (dau of Samuel Roberts of Borsell) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (F) | Vere Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Stewart of Kilichassy (General) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Annie Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Campbell of Edinchip | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Susanna Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1712) Robert Fleming of Moness | |||||||||||||||
| (I) | Christian Menzies (b 27.06.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mackenzie of Kincraig | |||||||||||||||
| (J) | Henriet Menzies (b 31.07.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Fergus Fergusson | |||||||||||||||
| (K) | Emilia (Amelia) Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Adam Fergusson (Moderator of the General Assembly) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Neil Fergusson of Pitcullo, Fife probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from the book which provided the connection to the Bisset family. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Colquhoun (dau of Sir George Colquhoun, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Adam Fergusson of Woodhill, Upper Canada | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Ann Fergusson (d 08.06.1759) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1758) Thomas Bisset (b 1731, d 10.1800, minister of Logierait) | |||||||||||||||
| (L) | Mary Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gorry (commissary of Ross) | |||||||||||||||
| (M)+ | other issue - Agnes (b 1694), Alexander (b c1700), Thomas (b c1711) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Susan Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Neil Campbell of Ardmaddie (b 1630/1, d 04.1692) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Alexander Campbell of Finab (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jean Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1698) Mungo Campbell of Netherplace | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Emilia Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Fleming of Moness | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Marjory Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Trotter (to Portugal) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Jean Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Campbell of Finnab | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 14.11.1662) Alexander MacNab of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 16.08.1683) Duncan Campbell (brother of Mungo of Kinloch) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Margaret Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Robert, William (d Worcester), Helen (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (c1614) Marjory (Margaret) Campbell (b c1582, dau of Alexander Campbell, Bishop of Brechin) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Alexander Menzies of Rotonell had issue | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | William Menzies of Corse had issue | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Helen Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 06.07.1624) Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawers (d Auldearn 09.05.1645, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Grizzel Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1627) Sir Thomas Stewart of Grantully (b 1608, d 1688) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Margaret Menzies (d 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1641) Colin Campbell of Mochaster (b 1616, d 22.10.1668) | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Jean Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Robertson of Lude (d 1673) | |||||||||||||||
| ix.+ | other issue - Thomas of Inchaffray, Robert of Glassie, George of Dalrawer, David of Morthly, Archibald (WS) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Duncan Menzies of Comrie had issue | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Barbara Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.08.1638) James Stewart of Wester Cluny or Clunie | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Helen Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Beaton of Megumor Melgund | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Grizel Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Grant of Ardnilly (brother of John of Freuchie) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1546) William Robertson of Struan (?) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine MacGhie | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | James Menzies of Culdares | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Campbell (dau of Archibald Campbell, younger of Glenlyon) wife of James, presumed ancestress of the undermentioned | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection to Agnes, whose marriage eventually took Culdares into the Steuart family, was found in BP2003 (Menzies of Menzies). | |||||||||||||||
| A. | _ Menzies (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | James Menzies of Culdares (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Agnes Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Steuart of Cardney and Arntullie (d 1686) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Susanna Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 22.07.1674) Robert Campbell of Glenfalloch (b 19.03.1647) | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - George, Thomas of Drone, Alexander of Carbloxis | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'The "Red and White" Book of Menzies' by D.P. Menzies of Mengieston (2nd edition, privately printed 1908) with some support from BP1870 (Menzies)
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