• General Notes

  Prefix: Sir X
  Suffix: 10 th Laird of Drum
  Title: 10 th Laird of Drum
  Sex: M
  
  Event: Drum Castle, Other Birth Places Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Event: Drum Castle Other Death Places Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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  Suffix: Lord
  
  Also known as Sir Alexander Irvine, X
  
  Became the 10th Laird of Drum in 1630. Alexander and Magdalene had at
  least 13 children. There were at least 3 unnamed daughters who died in infancy.
  
  HISTORICAL FACTS:
  Alexander Irvine, X, was educated at University of Aberdeen. His name
  appears on the Ides of 1614. In 1634 he was appointed sheriff of
  Aberdeen. As one of the commissioners of Aberdeen, he received an order
  in 1638 to cause the people to subscribe to the king's covenant and bond
  and he was one of the few commissioners in the North who aided the
  Marquis of Huntly in that work. There was an outbreak of hostilities in
  1639 between the religious factions. Lord Montrose sent 500 highland men
  to the lands of Drum. Siege was laid to Drum Castle when Alexander was
  absent and Alexander's wife, Margaret Scrimgeour, surrendered to the
  armies and promised to turn over her husband when he returned to Drum.
  (Nice gal!) Alexander was sent to prison at Edinburgh Tolbooth and was
  also fined 10,000 merks (whatever they were). He obtained his freedom in
  1641 and for awhile subscribed to the Covenant, but he later refused the
  Covenant. After the Restoration Charles II renewed to Alex's son the
  offer of an earldom at Aberdeen of which a patent to his father had been
  prevented from receiving the great seal by the outbreak of the
  revolution, but Alexander XI declined the honor.
  
  (SOURCES: We have no "paper" documentation which links the Irwins of
  Pennsylvania to the Irvines of Scotland, but we do have much "handed
  down" material from various families that give proper credence to this
  saga. The above facts were furnished from Irwin Family Records released
  by H.G. Forbes Ervine at Drum Castle in Aberdeen, Scotland.
  
  H.G. Forbes in a postscript wrote: "The saying -- born at Drum Castle --
  does not necessarily mean of the direct line. In many cases wives and
  concubines came and had their children at Drum or on the estate in order
  to give them a right to come under the protection of the Laird of Drum,
  and also to have the prestige of having been "born at Drum."
  
  From William Parkin's Webpage: "Sir Alexander IRVINE, X (b.1596 Drum
  Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland; d.May 1658 Drum Castle) m. Lady Magdalene
  SCRINGEOUR, d/o Sir John SCRIMGEOUR & Margaret SEATON, on 2 Jul 1617 at
  Drum Castle. Alexander was the son of Sir Alexander IRVINE IX & Lady
  Marion Margaret DOUGLAS. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen &
  appointed sheriff of Aberdeen in 1634. In 1638, as a commissioner of
  Aberdeen, he was ordered to cause the people to subscribe to the king's
  covenant and bond. As a result of hostilities over the Covenant, he was
  imprisoned by Lord Montrose at Edinburgh Tolbooth from 1639-41. For
  awhile he subscribed to the Covenant but later refused it. As a result of the hostilities, he was unable to assume the earldom of Aberdeen. He is reputed to have had 13 children. "
  
  Also known as Sir Alexander Irvine, X
  Became the 10th Laird of Drum in 1630. Alexander and Magdalene had at
  least 13 children. There were at least 3 unnamed daughters who died in infancy.
  
  HISTORICAL FACTS:Alexander Irvine, X, was educated at University of Aberdeen. His nameappears on the Ides of 1614. In 1634 he was appointed sheriff ofAberdeen. As one of the commissioners of Aberdeen, he received an orderin 1638 to cause the people to subscribe to the king's covenant and bond,and he was one of the few commissioners in the North who aided theMarquis of Huntly in that work. There was an outbreak of hostilities in1639 between the religious factions. Lord Montrose sent 500 highlandmento the lands of Drum. Siege was laid to Drum Castle when Alexander wasabsent and Alexander's wife, Margaret Scrimgeour, surrendered to thearmies and promised to turn over her husband when he returned to Drum.(Nice gal!) Alexander was sent to prison at Edinburgh Tolbooth and wasalso fined 10,000 merks (whatever they were). He obtained his freedom in 1641 and for awhile subscribed to the Covenant, but he later refused the Covenant. After the Restoration Charles II renewed to Alex's son theoffer of an earldom at Aberdeen of which a patent to his father had been prevented from receiving the great seal by the outbreak of the revolution, but Alexander XI declined the honor.
  (SOURCES: We have no "paper" documentation which links the Irwins ofPennsylvania to the Irvines of Scotland, but we do have much "handeddown" material from various families that give proper credence to this saga. The above facts were furnished from Irwin Family Records released by H.G. Forbes Ervine at Drum Castle in Aberdeen, Scotland.
  H.G. Forbes in a postscript wrote: "The saying -- born at Drum Castle --does not necessarily mean of the direct line. In many cases wives andconcubines came and had their children at Drum or on the estate in orderto give them a right to come under the protection of the Laird of Drum, and also to have the prestige of having been "born at Drum."
  From William Parkin's Webpage: "Sir Alexander IRVINE, X (b.1596 DrumCastle, Aberdeen, Scotland; d.May 1658 Drum Castle) m. Lady MagdaleneSCRINGEOUR, d/o Sir John SCRIMGEOUR & Margaret SEATON, on 2 Jul 1617 atDrum Castle. Alexander was the son of Sir Alexander IRVINE IX & LadyMarion Margaret DOUGLAS. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen &appointed sheriff of Aberdeen in 1634. In 1638, as a commissioner ofAberdeen, he was ordered to cause the people to subscribe to the king'scovenant and bond. As a result of hostilities over the Covenant, he was imprisoned by Lord Montrose at Edinburgh Tolbooth from 1639-41. For awhile he subscribed to the Covenant but later refused it. As a result ofthe hostilities, he was unable to assume the earldom of Aberdeen. He is reputed to have had 13 children. "
  
  
  Source: Dave's Bohemian, Canadian, and Southern Kin
  
  http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david_hughey&id=I2486
  
  Thank you David V. Hughey for sharing this information
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Details of Alexander     X 's family with Magdalene   SCRIMGEOUR