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KINCRAIG, AND THE FAMILY OF MITCHELL.
Alexander Mitchell acquired, in 1857, the property of Kincraig, formerly called
Latch or Lotch, from Andrew Robertson of Foveran, part of whose estate of Foveran it
had formed. Mr. Mitchell, who was formerly a merchant and shipowner at Newburgh,
was J. P. and Commissioner of Supply for the county of Aberdeen. He married
Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Patrick Robertson, Montrose, and had issue one
son and two daughters : —
I. Patrick Andrew, born January 4, 1840 ; accidentally drowned in the river
Ythan by the upsetting of a pleasure boat, on January 7, 1867.
1. Isabella Margaret, married, 21 May, 1868, Charles B. Glover, shipowner,
Aberdeen, and has issue, a son and two daughters.
2. Anne, married Rev. James Elmslie Duguid, F.C. minister, Newmachar.
Mr. Mitchell died 18 — , and was succeeded by his two daughters.
The family of Mitchell has been for almost three centuries settled in the county of
Aberdeen, and owned at different times considerable landed property there. The
estate of Colpnay, now Orrok, was at one time owned by a branch of this family.
The first of the family from whom the Mitchells of Stow, Mitchell-Innes of Ayton,
Kincraig, Thainstone, &c., are descended, was
I. Thomas Mitchell.
He was son of Ale.xander Mitchell, burgess, Aberdeen, and his wife, Janet Beidie ;
was also a merchant burgess of Aberdeen, and latterly, circa 1650, one of the baillies
of that city. He married Marjorie Moir, who died in September, 1664,' and had issue
at least five sons and two daughters : —
I. Alexander, baptised 1656.
n. Thomas, baptised January, 1659." He was a merchant in Aberdeen, and
Provost of that city from 1698 to 1700, also from 1702 to 1704. He
bought, in 1702, the lands of Easter Beltie and Arnsley from Forbes 01
Learnie, and in 1717 those of Thainstone from Forbes of Tolquhon.' He
married first, in 1692, Janet, daughter of Patrick Leslie of Eden, Provost
of Aberdeen ; secondly, Isabella, a daughter of Alexander Paton ; and
thirdly, Jane, daughter of Mr. Thomas Mercer.
I Tombstone St. Nicholas Churchyard; Giirs 2 Reg. of St. Nicholas.
Houses of Moir and Byres, p. 89. ^ tJill's Houses of Moir and Byres, p. 89.