WISHART, Elizabeth ¹

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Elizabeth married Robert STRACHAN Headmaster of Montrose Grammar School, son of Reverend Mr John STRACHAN Minister of Strachan parish and Beatrix STRACHAN.¹ (Robert STRACHAN Headmaster of Montrose Grammar School was born about 1655.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Robert Strachan, eldest son of Mr John Strachan, minister of Strachan, became Rector of the Grammar School of Montrose. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr James Wishart, whom he succeeded as Rector of the Grammar School in 1683, and sister of Mr William Wishart, minister of Wamfray, by whom he had four sons and three daughters"

from Memorials of the Families of Strachan and Wise (1877)

Note:

Robert Strachan did not follow James Wishart as headmaster. James Wishart died in 1684 and William Langmuir became master until 1704 when Robert Strachan took over the post. The designation Rector was not in use until 1752. ^{1 2}