Anna Bethune, of Creich

Notes

"John Moncreiff, of Moncreiff, co Perth, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir of William Moncreiff of the same (who sat as a minor Baron [S] 1579), by Anne, daughter of Robert Murray, of Abercairnie, sat (as 'Laird of Easter Moncreiff') as a minor Baron [S] 1605, and was created a Baronet [S] as 'of Moncreiff', 22 April, sealed 22 June 1626, with rem. to heirs male whatsoever, and with grant of, presumably, 16,000 acres in Nova Scotia, entitled the Barony of Moncreiff, of which he had seizin in the same month of June; was M.P. [S] for Perthshire, 1639-41. He married firstly Anne, daughter of David Beaton, of Creich. He married secondly, in or before 1635, Mary, daughter of William (Murray), 2nd Earl of Tullibardine [S], by his 2nd wife Dorothea, daughter of John (Stewart), 5th Earl of Atholl [S]. She died December 1650 'att Moncreiffe at Stratherne', and he died shortly afterwards."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 310