Genealogical memoirs of the Duffs

1 1 2 Genealogical Memoirs of the Duffs.
& money providing for in the Army, Navy, mer-
cantile, or other Genteel employments.
A Gentleman of the name of Dufif, who pos-
sesses a small Estate in the Braes of Angus, was
engaged with Prince Charles in his unsuccessful
Campaign of 1745.
It is now about 150 years since Clunybeg was
beginning to restore the old family of Moldavid,
of which his Great-Great-Grandson, the present
Earl of Fife, is lineal Heir and Representative.
That Estate is now come to be very great,
and will, in all Probability, rise to be among the
greatest in Scotland, for it lies mostly in early
& fertile Countrys ; the farmers are Substantial,
have very much of late come into a Spirit of im-
proving their Ground by every method of Hus-
bandry which the situation of their farms admitts
of, and they are in many places converting heath
and barren ground into Tillage.
Such a prodigious property belonging to that
family & the other branches of the name must
unavoidably excite a vast deal of envy ; but they
who envy them should keep within the bounds of