John Cheyne of Cruvie
M, #2473, b. circa 1525
| Father | Unlinked Cheynes in A. Y. Cheyne, The Cheyne Family of Scotland |
John Cheyne (2473), who will be of Cruvie by 1594 was of the Straloch family according to A. Y. Cheyne, The Cheyne Family, page 63.1
Gilbert Cheyne of Cruvie (2153) (also Crowie) may have been the son (or brother) of John Cheyne of Cruvie (2473).2
An excerpt from A. Y. Cheyne, The Cheyne Family, reads as follows: "A long standing feud between the Chenes and the Keiths is evidenced sin 1594, when John Chene (2473), a cadet of Straloch and portioner of the Cruvie estate, complains against John Keith, fiar of Troup, with his accomplices 'all bodin in feir of wier, on horseback and fute' with long guns, pistolets and swords, came to his half-lands of Cruvie and there 'socht him for bereving him of his lyffe', but, by the providence of God and the help of the country people, he escaped. There-upon the said John Keith wounded the tenants and servants, demolishing his houses, ejected his wife and children and 'maist cruellie and unmercifullie ouerraid Elspett Maitland, his spouse, with horsis and hurte woundit and birst her haill body in sic sorte as sho shortie and immediatlie thairefter pairit with bairne and thairthrou as yit lyis bedfast in point and danger of hir lyffe'. The defender not appearing was pronounced rebel [Reg. Privy Council Scot. V. 129.]."1
Gilbert Cheyne of Cruvie (2153) (also Crowie) may have been the son (or brother) of John Cheyne of Cruvie (2473).2
An excerpt from A. Y. Cheyne, The Cheyne Family, reads as follows: "A long standing feud between the Chenes and the Keiths is evidenced sin 1594, when John Chene (2473), a cadet of Straloch and portioner of the Cruvie estate, complains against John Keith, fiar of Troup, with his accomplices 'all bodin in feir of wier, on horseback and fute' with long guns, pistolets and swords, came to his half-lands of Cruvie and there 'socht him for bereving him of his lyffe', but, by the providence of God and the help of the country people, he escaped. There-upon the said John Keith wounded the tenants and servants, demolishing his houses, ejected his wife and children and 'maist cruellie and unmercifullie ouerraid Elspett Maitland, his spouse, with horsis and hurte woundit and birst her haill body in sic sorte as sho shortie and immediatlie thairefter pairit with bairne and thairthrou as yit lyis bedfast in point and danger of hir lyffe'. The defender not appearing was pronounced rebel [Reg. Privy Council Scot. V. 129.]."1
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