Genealogical memoirs of the Duffs

Genealogical Memoirs of the Dnffs. 3 1
" lawfull Heir to the antient Family of
" Craighead, lately in Possession of that
" Estate, and originally descended from the
" most noble Thanes or Earls of Fife, and
" she of the most illustrious and Powerful
" Clan of the Grants."
Tho' this Inscription is no proof of the Duffs
being of the same stock with the old Thanes of
Fife, it shows that the Story is not newly
trumped up, but that it was supported a hun-
dred years ago, by an old & invariable tradition.
Keithmoir left three sons, Alexander DufF of
Braco, William Duff of Dipple, and Patrick Duff
of Craigston, and four Daughters.
1. Margaret, married to James Stuart of Les-
murdy.
2. Jean, to Mr. George Meldrum of Cromby,
minister of Glass.
3. Mary, married ist to Dr. Andrew Fraser,
Physician at Inverness, to whom she bore one
daughter, Helen, married to Charles Hay of
Ranas, and by him Mother of a numerous issue.
And after Doctor Fraser's death, she married