Silvester Rattray, of Craighall. 16th Laird

SILVESTER RATTRAY OF CRAIGHALL

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

[ no date]: Tack of teinds of Mr Silvester Rettray, minister and parson of parish kirk of Rettray, to Silvester Rettray of Craighall, of teinds of town and lands of Kynballacht and others in parish of Rettray, diocese of Dunblane, sheriffdom of Perth. Endorsed as recorded in books of Exchequer, 9 May 1656.
National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Rattray Family of Craighall, Perthshire, reference GD385/216

Genealogy

Stirnet: Rattray 01

Biographical Summary

Silvester Rattray, of Craighall, infeft in all his father's lands by a charter under the great seal, dated 26 Oct. 1604. He m. Agnes, dau. of Lambie of Dunkenie, and had two sons, viz., David, his heir; and Silvester, bred to the church, progenitors of the Rattrays or Persie.

Source: Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 2, By John Burke, p. 1100

"Of Craighall, 1604"

This person and their pedigree are currently documented from "The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families together with Their Paternal Ancestry" Compiled by Joseph Foster, 1885

[Source: http://www.archive.org/details/royallineageofou02fost ]

Silvester Rattray, of Craighall. 16th Laird. Married Agnes d/o John Lambie of Dundenee. Died 1613.

• Dawn Stapylton-Adkins. James Rattray & His Descendants in South Africa 1822-1992, self-published, Cape Town, 1992