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694 Tl^^ TJianage of Fcrmartyn.
III. James, of Knockleith, ancestor of the Urquharts of Craigston. He married
Margaret, daughter of Fraser of Tyrie, by whom he had a son,
John, a captain in the army, his heir, who first purchased the lands of
Craigston, and thereafter the estate of Cromarty." He married his cousin,
Jean, daughter of William Urquhart of Meldrum, by whom he had a
numerous issue, of whom only three sons and four daughters survived.
IV. Patrick, M.D., Professor of Medicine in King's College, Aberdeen ;
married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Andrew Muir, his predecessor in office,
and had issue.
V. Alexander, Captain, who was killed in service in 1685.
I. Elizabeth, married first, Sir George Gordon of Gight, and had issue a
daughter, the heiress of that family. She married secondly, Major General
Thomas Buchan, a son of the family of Auchmacoy.
Patrick Urquhart of Meldrum died 1664, and was succeeded by his son,
XIX. Adam Urquhart of Meldrum.
In his younger years, when his elder brother was alive, he served in the army
abroad.' After his return home, he had the honour to serve his Majesty Charles II. as
Lieutenant of a troop of Horse Guards, commanded by his uncle, the Earl of Airlie,
and thereafter, upon the representation of the said Earl, he was made Captain of the
same troop, and enjoyed it as long as he lived. He was for many years the representa-
tive in parliament of the county of Aberdeen. He married, in 1667, Lady Mary
Gordon, daughter of Lewis, Marquis of Huntly, and sister of George, first Duke of
Gordon, by whom he had four sons and three daughters : — •
I. John, his heir.
II. James, of Byth. He married Jean, daughter of Patrick Porterfield of
Comiston, by Anne Douglas, his wife, daughter of William, Lord Mording-
ton, by whom he had a numerous issue, but only two sons and two
. daughters survived — I. James, his heir. II. Captain Adam. i. Mary.
2. Elizabeth.
in. Adam.
IV. Lewis, both churchmen in France.
1. Mary, became a nun at Dieppe.
2. EHzabeth, married David Ogilvie of Clova.
3. Anne, married Sir Florence Odonachie, and had issue.
Adam Urquhart of Meldrum died at Edinburgh, 10 November, 1684; and Lady
Mary, his relict, was married to James, Earl of Perth, Lord High Chancellor of Scot-
land. After the Revolution she went to France, and died at St. Germains, in March,
1726. He was succeeded by his son,
I Douglas' Baronage, fol. p. 164. 2 Douglas' Baronage, fcl. p. 164.