Alexander Sutherland 
Alexander was born about 1400 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland. Alexander's father was Henry Sutherland and his mother was Margaret Mureff. His paternal grandparents were Nicholas Sutherland and Mary le Cheyne. He was an only child. He died about 1484 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Laird of Duffus
Alexander Sutherland, succeeded his father Henry in Torboil, and hisuncle, apparently in Duffus, before 13 March 1433-34, when he grantedtwenty-one oxgangs of the lands of Strabrock or Broxburn in West Lothian,to Rober Crichton of Sanquhar. He held also from David Lindsay, Earl ofCrawford, the lands of Ledbothy in Forfarshire, which he sold in or about1445 to Richard Lovell of Balumby. In 1444 he seems to have paid a visitto England to Pontefract Castle, where his chief, John, Earl ofSutherland was then residing as one of the hostages for the ransom moneyof King James I, and obtained from him a confirmation of the lands ofTorboil in succession to his father and grandfather, the destinationbeing to Alexander himself and to the lawful heirs-male of his body. In aCrown writ of 21 July 1541, cited later, he is referred to as SirAlexander Sutherland of Duffus, but no other evidence of his knighthoodhas been found. He was alive in 1469 and 1478, and was apparentlydeceased about or before 1484, though the evidence on the last point isnot conclusive. He married, before 19 March 1433-34, Muriel, daughter ofJohn Chisholm of Chisholm, with whom he obtained the lands ofQuarrelwood, Greschip, and others near Elgin. At the date named she, withher husband's consent, resigned in the hands of the Prior of Coldinghamthe lands of Paxton and Aldencraw, in Berwickshire. [The Scots PeerageIII:192-193]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1231 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland d.<07 Jul 1307 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
- b.~ 1289 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle of Halidon Hill, Berwick-on-Twee, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1314 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland d.> 1363 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<24 Jul 1326 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
- b.~ 1230 in Caernarvonshire, Wales d.> 1295
- b.~ 1360 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland d.< 1434 in Torboll, Sutherland, Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Inverugi, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1245 in Inverugi, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.>17 Jul 1296
- b.~ 1228 in Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- b.~ 1275 in Inverugi, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1350
- b.~ 1220 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland d.< 1269
- b.~ 1255 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1400 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1484 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Morayshire, Scotland
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They had two sons and two daughters, named William, Angus, Isobel and Dorothea.
Family Notes
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Children
Isobel Sutherland
Isobel was born about 1430 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland. She died after June 12th, 1502.
William Sutherland
William was born about 1435 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland. He died before 1484 in Berriedale Castle, Caithness-shire, Scotland.
Sources/Citations
A Genealogical Deduction of the Family Rose of Kilravock; T Constable, Ed {1868 @ 38-39, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999} @ 893, History of the Chisholms; Alexander MacKenzie {1891} @ 25, Chisholm Genealogy; William Garnett Chisolm {1914}, The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000} @ III:192-193
A Genealogical Deduction of the Family Rose of Kilravock; T Constable, Ed {1868 @ 38-39, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999} @ 893, History of the Chisholms; Alexander MacKenzie {1891} @ 25, Chisholm Genealogy; William Garnett Chisolm {1914}, The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000} @ III:192-193
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