LESLIE, Norman ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"On the death of Sir William Leslie and of his sons without issue, the title went to the descendants of Norman Leslie, third son of John Leslie, fifth Baron of Wardis, and brother of Sir John Leslie, first baronet."

from Family of Leslie

"Norman Leslie must have left Ardtannies at the Whitsunday of that year, 1622, (in which year, on 23 May at Inverurie, he was recorded as a witness at the baptism of Meriorie, daughter of Mr Alexander Mitchell) as
his wife and her second son by her first husband, Walter Innes the miller, both died at Whitehaugh, the son on 28th September, and the mother 15th November, 1622."

from Inverurie and the Earldom ^{1 2}

Norman married Marjorie ELPHINSTONE, daughter of James ELPHINSTONE 3rd of Glack and Marjory LESLIE, after 1616.¹ (Marjorie ELPHINSTONE was born about 1582 and died on 15 November 1622 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Elphinstone of Glack, in 1559, married Marjory Leslie, daughter of Alexander Leslie, fourth Baron of Pitcaple. Their daughter, Marjory, married Walter Innes, Miller, and for a time Laird, of Ardtannies, in Inverurie, and died in 1622, leaving a large family."

"In her widowhood she married Norman Leslie, a brother of the unfortunate laird of Wardes, who lost Ardtannies. Marjorie Elphinstone removed with Norman Leslie to Whitehaugh, on Fetternear, where she died. On being buried, she was said to have been awakened from the death-sleep by the gravedigger trying to cut the wedding ring off her finger, and to have gone back to her first home at Ardtannies. The legend has, fittingly, corrupted her name into 'Mary Eerie Orie (Meriorie) Elphinstone'. Norman, by a second wife, was ancestor of the more recent baronets of Wardes."

from Inverurie and the Earldom ¹

Norman next married Marjory LEITH, daughter of John LEITH 3rd of Harthill and Beatrix FRASER, after 15 November 1622.^{1 2} (Marjory LEITH was born about 1595.)

  Marriage Notes:

"On the death of Sir William Leslie (3rd Baronet of Wardis) and of his sons without issue, the title went to the descendants of Norman Leslie, third son of John Leslie, fifth Baron of Wardis, and brother of Sir John Leslie, first baronet. Norman Leslie married Marjory, daughter of John Leith of Harthill, and had issue"

from Family of Leslie ²