Grampian Club > Memorials of the Strachans, baronets of Thornton, Kincardineshire, and of the family of Wise of Hillbank, formerly Wyse of Lunan, in the County of Forfar

Memorials of the Families of Strachan and Wise. 1 3
family in Kincardineshire/ and secondly, Janet Ross, to
whom, in 1503, ''a reasonable third part" of his lands of
Thornton was reserved in a legal instrnment. He had
five sons — David, his successor ; John, who married
Margaret, daughter of Sir William Durham of Grange ;
William, who probably founded the Monboddo branch ;
Andrew, probably founder of the Tullifroskie House ;
and George, supposed to have founded the Carmylie,
Bridgton, and Claypotts branches.
David ^ Strachan of Thornton, married Margaret Hay,
a daughter of William, fifth Earl of Errol. In 1512, a royal
charter of the lands of Brigtoun, in the barony of Thorn-
ton, was granted by James V. to David Strathachin, and
Margaret Hay his wife. Being without issue, he in 1521
made a formal resignation of his estate in favour of his
nephew Alexander, son of his younger brother John, reserv-
ing his own liferent, that of his wife, and of his brother
John, and his wife Margaret Durham.
^ Macfarlane's Manuscripts.
^ In liis Baronetage, Playtair describes David Strachan of Thornton as Justice-
Clerk from 1492 to 1497. The name does not occur in the List of the Great Officers
of State prepared by Goodal, and appended to his Edition of "Scots Staggering
State." Nor is he named as Justice-Clerk by Dr George Mackenzie or Sir James
Balfour.