{"id":717,"date":"2015-06-27T11:43:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T11:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leith-hay.org\/?page_id=717"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:55:36","slug":"genealogy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/leith-hay.org\/?page_id=717","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A history of the Leith Hall family can be sourced from the work titled the Baronage of Scotland: Containing An Historical and Genealogical Account of Gentry of that Kingdom Collected from the Public Records and Chartularies of This Country, the Records and Private Writings of the Families and Works of Our Best Historians Vol 1. published in Edinburg in 1798.<\/a>This volume compiled in the mid to late 1700\u2019s stops at John Leith IV on his father\u2019s passing in 1863 and does not include the details of Alexander Leith and the later Leith-Hay family. The continuation with less details and omission of the primary source can be accessed by opening the later work and copy of the original of the Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 by John Burke in the 1830\u2019s digitised by Google. (Leith-Hay family history<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tree on this site will follow John Leith\u2019s descendants although the above Scot\u2019s Baronage also provides details on the earlier cadet families branching out until that time. The images below follow James Leith\u2019s family. His image is unconfirmed and it is unclear if any of him exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here for information about the first recorded Leith\u2019s from this family from the 1320\u2019s onwards. William Leith of Barnis or Ruthrieston Provost of Aberdeen and his son Laurence also Provost between 1401-3 and also possibly after the Battle of Harlaw in 1411<\/a>.<\/a> Sourced from the Memorial of the Aldermen, Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note the correct information regarding Mary Forbes is at https:\/\/electricscotland.com\/webclans\/htol\/leith-hay.html<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was married in 1784 (typo in the tree). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was the daughter of Thomas Forbes of Ballogie and Christian Cumine. This is based on the fact that her marriage record states that her father was Thomas, not Charles, and an inscription on a tablet (which now seems to be missing – this is stored in a cellar at the Hall now) in Kennethmont Kirk which was recorded by the indefatigable Andrew Jervise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NTS and the Leith-Hay web site both say that Mary was the daughter of Charles Forbes of Ballogie. I think the error originates with Burke’s Peerage, and has been copied by many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is correct – Thank you to Anne Burgess<\/p>\n\n\n

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