Margaret Cheyne

      Margaret Cheyne was documented in A. Y. Cheyne, The Cheyne Family in Scotland, on pages 66 and 88-89.¹

Margaret Cheyne married Alexander Annand of Auchterellon.²

There were several sasines in Aberdeenshire dated 24 May 1603, 21 May 1608, 3 June 1603, 24 December 1618, 22 January 1623 and 1 August 1634 that included Margaret Cheyne (2271), spouse of Alexander Annand of Auchterellon.³

Margaret Cheyne (2271) was mentioned in an action in Littlejohn, Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire/. The entry for the said action reads as follows: "May 18 (1608). Judicial Ratification. Margaret Cheyne, wife of Alexr. Annand of Auchterellon. This was the ratification of a wadset of the lands of Cuikstoun, In Ellon, for 400 merks, to Archibald Beanis for himself and Cristiane Annand, his wife in conjunct fee, &c."⁴

Margaret Cheyne (2271) and her husband, Alexander Annand of Ochtirellon (2276) were mentioned in Mair, Records of Ellon. The said entry reads as follows: "A memorial of the Annands in Ellon Churchyard on part of the old church wall, bears at the top the date of 1326. It is not supposed, however, that the family had settled in Ellon at so early a date. Their arms are in the centre and on the left hand side it is told that Alexander Annand Baron of Ochterellon died, 9th July 1601, and his wife, Margaret Fraser, daughter of Philorth, in Augt... On the right side '(in Latin)' 'Here lies Alexander Annand of Ochtirellon, son of the said Alexander, who died ... and his wife, Margaret Cheyne, daughter of Essilmont, who died ...'. The dates of the latter have never been filled, as they had been intended by the latter Alexander, who must have erected the memorial; and the reason most probably is that he and his family had departed from Auchterellon and the parish, before his death. At least the family of Udny is in Auchterellon by 1626". The aforementioned wall was part of the old church and is now preserved in the grounds of the new parish church of Ellon. Images of the preserved wall are attached.^5,6

Alexander Annand of Auchterellon was made a bailie of the Barony of Urie, 25 August 1624. The entry in The Barony Court of Urie. reads "The said day Alexander Annand, elder of Ochterallane, was constitut, creat, and ordeanit bailzie of the barrouny of Wry, who gie his ayth de fidelj administratione ay and quhill he be dischargit". A footnote followed "Alexander Annand succeeded his father in the lands of Auchterellon, in Aberdeenshire, in July 1601. He married Margaret, daughter of Cheyne of Esslemont (Pratt's Buchan, p. 264). Annand evidently resided in Wrie at this period, as he is subsequently designed 'Alexander Annand, Elder, in Finlawstoun', see p. 59, infra".⁷