Lindsay, Sir Alexander 1a

Birth Name Lindsay, Sir Alexander
Gender male
Age at Death about 71 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1310 Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland    
Death 1381 Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland   2

Age: 71y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Lindsay, David12991357-10-13
Mother de Abernathy, Maria12951355-11-19
         Lindsay, Sir Alexander about 1310 1381
    Sister     de Lindsay, Beatrix about 1312 1378
    Brother     Lindsay, Philip 1312
    Sister     Lindsay, Margaret about 1314 1372
    Brother     Lindsay, Sir William about 1321 1393-01-07
    Brother     de Lindsay, James 1327 1358-11-11
    Brother     de Lindsay, David 1331

Families

Family of Lindsay, Sir Alexander and Stirling, Catherine

Married Wife Stirling, Catherine ( * 1338 + 1378 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1358 Glenesk, Angus, Scotland   3a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Lindsay, Janet Heiress of Ormiston1355
Lindsay, David13591407-08-12
Lindsay, Euphemeabout 13601415-10-00
Lindsay, Beatrice13601416-05-15
Lindsay, William13611438
Lindsay, Alexander of Baltrody13621398
Lindsay, Walter13671424

Source References

  1. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I28073 Caldwell and related families
      • Source text:

         

        ID: I28073
        Name: Mary MacDougall 1
        Sex: F
        Birth: ABT 1249 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland 1
        Death: 10 OCT 1303 in Dunblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1
        Birth: ABT 1249 in Lorne, Scotland 1

         

         

        Father: Laird of Lorn Eoghan MacDougall b: ABT 1225 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland

        Marriage 1 Sir Hugh de Abernethy b: ABT 1240 in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland
        Children
        Has Children Sir Alexander de Abernethy b: ABT 1270 in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland

        Sources:
        Title: mary de abernethy.ged
        Note:
        Source Medium: Other

        Text: Date of Import: 9 Jul 2005

      • Citation:

        e-mail: michaelneuman@earthlink.net

  2. mary de abernethy.ged
  3. LTY2-JCJ FamilySearch.org
      • Source text:

        Catherine, daughter of Sir John Stirling of Edzell and heiress of Glenesk. [Burke's Peerage]

        About the middle of the fourteenth century the male line of the Stirlings of Glenesk failed in two co-heiresses. One of these ladies, Catherine Stirling, was married to Sir Alexander Lindsay, third son of Sir David of Crawford, and she was the mother of the first Earl of Crawford. The other daughter was married to Robert de Atholia, grandson of Angus - Lord of the Isles. He succeeded to the Invernessand Moray portion of the Stirling estates; Sir Alexander Lindsay inherited the Angus section of them, and they formed a noble domain.

        Catherine Stirling died some time before 1378, as Sir Alexander Lindsay had married his second wife, Marjory Stuart, cousin to Robert, Duke of Albany, prior to that date.

        Local tradition says Catherine Stirling had a deformed brother known by the sobriquet of ‘Jackie Stirlin,' who was heir to the property. He was to marry the daughter of a neighbouring baron, but this union did not approve itself to Sir Alexander and his lady. Remonstrance proving of no avail, the laird was despatched at a place a little to the north of the Castle, and the body was buried in the family vault. The crime embittered the latter days of the Lord of Edzell, and he made atonement for the murderous deed of his youth by large gifts to the Church. He rebuilt the Church of Finhaven, and gifted it to the Cathedral of Brechin, then went on a pilgrimage to Palestine.

        The prebendary had a stall in the choir of Brechin, and said mass daily for his safe conduct. Gifts to the Church and penance have ever been Rome's panacea for crimes, even of the blackest dye. We are told of a better way. The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin."

        Sir Alexander Lindsay profited little by his pilgrimage and the daily masses for his soul. They did not stay the hand of the avenging angel, he having struck the penitent down long before he reached Palestine. 5565

        Links

        http://www.patrickspeople.co.uk/ancestors%20of%20isabella%20gordon/2152.htm
        http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/18/40167.htm

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTY2-JCJ