Marjory Sutherland of Dunbeath

Marjory Sutherland

• Born after 1424 in Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland
• Died before 1480 in Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland
• Father:  Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath 
• Mother:  Catherine Chalmers
• Spouse: William Sinclair, Third Earl of Orkney, First Earl of Caithness (abt. 1404 - bef. 1480) - married before 15 Nov 1456

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A castle is first recorded on the rocky peninsula at Dunbeath in 1428, when the lands belonged to the Earl of Caithness. The first recorded laird was Alexander Sutherland. It later became the property of the Clan Sinclair through the marriage of the daughter of Alexander Sutherland to William Sinclair (1410–1484), the first Sinclair Earl of Caithness. The Sinclairs replaced the earlier structure with a four-storey tower house in 1620.

Married 

1. bef 15 Nov 1456 to William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Lord, Chancellor, b. Abt 1430 as 2nd wife  Children 

• > 1. Oliver Sinclair, of Roslin
• > 2. William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness
• > 3. Marjory Sinclair
• > 4. Margaret Sinclair
• > 5. Elizabeth Sinclair
•   6. Alexander Sinclair
•   7. Susan Sinclair
•   8. George Sinclair
•   9. Robert Sinclair
•   10. Arthur Sinclair
•   11. Katherine Sinclair
•   12. Mariot Sinclair
• > 13. Eleanor Sinclair, b. 1457, Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland

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Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutherland-148

Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath’s family

Historians have long debated this branch of the Sutherland and the parentage of his large family. It has become clear that Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath and his wife Mariot MacDonald of the Isles only had one child who lived, their daughter Marion Sutherland who married William Calder 7th Thane of Calder. This is based on the fact that Alexander left his property to his legitimate heir, Marion.

In his very detailed will, Alexander left items of property to his children by Katherine Chalmers also referred to as “Kateryn of Chaumer”. These children included his daughter Marjory Sutherland who married William Sinclair who went on to become the 1st Earl and Countess of Caithness.

Sources

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2. Medieval, royalty, nobility family group sheets (filmed 1996), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. Medieval Family History Unit, (Manuscript. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996), FHL film 1553977-1553985..
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10. Histoire de la maison royale de France anciens barons du royaume: et des grands officiers de la couronne (1726, reprint 1967-1968), Saint-Marie, Anselme de, (3rd edition. 9 volumes. 1726. Reprint Paris: Editions du Palais Royal, 1967-1968), FHL book 944 D5a; FHL microfilms 532,231-532,239., vol. 8 p. 807.
11. Arthur B. W. MacEwen, "Marjory Sutherland: Countess of Caithness and Orkney" in The Genealogist, Volume 13 (1999).

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References

1. http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I473&tree=Dodge
2. http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10921.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sinclair,_1st_Earl_of_Caithness
5. William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was married three times, first to Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas; secondly to Marjory Sutherland, daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, and lastly to Janet Yeman.
6. WikiTree contributors, "Marjory (Sutherland) Sutherland Countess Orkney (aft.1424-1480)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutherland-148 : accessed 12 October 2024). cites
7. Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 2, p. 334. < Archive.Org >