Margaret Burnett Burnett

Not a known wife of Patrick Canaday

Biography

http://www.thepeerage.com/p39997.htm#i399969

Margaret Burnett was born circa 1635.2 She was the daughter of Alexander Burnett and Jane Arbuthnott.3 She married Patrick Gordon, 9th of Hallhead, son of George Gordon, 8th of Hallhead, circa 1654.1,3 She died after 1690.3

Children of Margaret Burnett and Patrick Gordon, 9th of Hallhead

1. John Gordon, 10th of Hallhead+4
2. Charles Gordon, 11th of Hallhead4 d. a 1726
3. Robert Gordon, 1st of Esslemont and 12th of Hallhead+4 d. 7 Sep 1737
4. Mary Gordon+3

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https://www.patrickspeople.scot/our%20family/1561.htm

The historical judgment about whether Patrick Gordon, 9th of Hallhead, married this Margaret Burnett, appears to be still in the balance, at least according to THE BURNETT BANNER on the web.

Final word?

The burden is on the historians to prove it, but the odds are Patrick married this Margaret.

Margaret married Patrick GORDON 9th Laird of Hallhead, son of George GORDON 8th Laird of Hallhead and Unknown, about 1654. (Patrick GORDON 9th Laird of Hallhead was born about 1630 and died in 1683.)

Patrick & Margaret's grandson may have been the philosopher and historian Dr. Adam Ferguson whose dates were 1723-1816. Scholarly works about him refer to his being descended from the Earls of Argyll through his mother Mary Gordon, and this Margaret Burnet was descended from the Earls of Argyll.