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GARDEN, Alexander 2nd of Troup
(About 1661-1731)
FORBES, Bathia
(About 1665-Between 1731)
GRANT, Francis of Cullen, Baronet of Monymusk, Senator of the College of Justice, Sir
(About 1658-1726)
MELDRUM, Jean
(1674-)
GARDEN, Alexander 3rd of Troup, Advocate, Mr
(About 1689-1740)
GRANT, Jean
(1695-)
GARDEN, Peter of Delgaty
(1722-1785)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BALNEAVES, Katherine heiress of Campbell of Glenlyon

GARDEN, Peter of Delgaty 1

  • Baptised: 20 December 1722, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 3
  • Marriage (1): BALNEAVES, Katherine heiress of Campbell of Glenlyon
  • Died: 11 October 1785, Turriff parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2
  • Buried: 1785, Turriff parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2

   Other names for Peter were GARDEN, Peter 3 and GARDYN, Patrick.2 3

   User ID: X824

  General Notes:

"GARDYN
PATRICK
ALEXANDER GARDYN/JEAN GRANT FR4580 (FR4580)
M
20/12/1722
685/1 170 91
Edinburgh"

from Index of Baptisms




"Peter (Garden) bought Delgaty Castle in Aberdeenshire from Earl of Errol in 1763."

"Peter died in 1785 and was buried in Turiff kirkyard where his gravestone stands. His eldest surviving son Francis Garden inherited the title of Troup from his uncle Francis Garden of Troup MP...."

from Wikitree webpage 2 3

  Research Notes:

NAMES

It is not unusual in Scotland and Ireland for the Christian names Peter and Patrick to be interchanged.


Peter married Katherine BALNEAVES heiress of Campbell of Glenlyon. (Katherine BALNEAVES heiress of Campbell of Glenlyon was born about 1740.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Peter (Garden) married Katherine Balneaves, great granddaughter and heiress of Campbell of Glenlyon. His heir assumed the additional surname and arms of Campbell."

from Wikitree webpage




"Petere Garden of Delgaty .... m. daughter and eventual heiress of Henry Balneaves, 2nd of Edradour"

from The Red Book of Scotland 2

Sources


1 e-books, History of the Parish of Banchory Devenick by John A. Henderson (1890).

2 Internet Site, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Garden-183 Sources cited on the website.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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