Family/Spouse: Katherine Mackenzie. Katherine died on 12 Apr 1592. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nicholas (of Pitcalnie) Ross
2. Malcolm (of Cambuscurrie) Ross
3. Christina Ross

Alexander married Janet (of Caithness) Sinclair before 27 Sep 1546. Janet (daughter of John (3rd Earl of Caithness) Sinclair and Elizabeth Sutherland) died before 11 Jun 1558. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George (10th of Balnagown) Ross died on 14 Feb 1615.
2. Katherine (of Balnagown) Ross and died.
3. Janet Ross and died.
4. Margaret Ross and died.
5. Elizabeth Ross and died.

Notes:

See also "The Earls of Ross and Their Descendants" Compiled by FrancisNevile Reid, 1894. (Reprinted from "the Scottish Antiquart: or NorthernNotes & Queries") Reprinted 1987 by Scotpress, Bruceton Mills, WestVirginia (pages 8-11)

Walter + Marjorie (of Freuchie) Grant. Marjorie (daughter of John (2nd of Freuchie) Grant and Margaret Or Muriel (of Deskford) Ogilvy) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See also "The Earls of Ross and Their Descendants" Compiled by FrancisNevile Reid, 1894. (Reprinted from "the Scottish Antiquart: or NorthernNotes & Queries") Reprinted 1987 by Scotpress, Bruceton Mills, WestVirginia (pages 8-11)

David married Helen (of Inverugie) Keith about 1490. Helen (daughter of Sir Gilbert (3rd of Inverugie) Keith and Janet Graham) was born after 1470; died in May 1520. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"According to R. J. Adam in his THE CALENDAR OF FEARN: TEXT ANDADDITIONS, 1471-1667, published by the Scottish History Society in 1991,at 87, 93-94, Helen was a daughter of Gilbert Keith of Inverugy and shemarried David Ross, 7th of Balnagown. John Ross, 5th of Balnagown,resigned Balnagown in 1488, "in association with Gilbert Keith," to hisgrandson David Ross. In 1490, John Ross resigned all his lands to thecrown for regrant to David, and Easter Rarechie and Cullisse wereseparately granted to David and Helen Keith, showing that the granteeswere married in or before 1490. R. J. Adam says that it appears thatJohn had made over the fee of Balnagown to his son Alexander Ross, 6th ofBalnagown, before the latter's untimely death at Aldecharwis in 1487,making it necessary to quickly arrange a protective marriage for David.Helen was probably born no earlier than 1470, meaning that she wasclearly a child of Gilbert's marriage to Janet Graham. THE CALENDAR OFFEARN records Helen's death in May 1520. Through her marriage to SirDavid Ross, Helen became an ancestor of the subsquent lairds of Balnagownas well as of the Rosses of Tollie/Achnacloich."
Douglas Hickling
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(August 2003)

John married Margaret Or Muriel (of Deskford) Ogilvy in 1484. Margaret (daughter of Sir James (of Deskford) Ogilvy and Margaret De Innes) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See also "The Earls of Ross and Their Descendants" Compiled by FrancisNevile Reid, 1894. (Reprinted from "the Scottish Antiquart: or NorthernNotes & Queries") Reprinted 1987 by Scotpress, Bruceton Mills, WestVirginia (pages 8-11)

Alexander + Towye\Dorothy (of Duffus) Sutherland. Towye\Dorothy (daughter of Alexander (3rd of Duffus) Sutherland and Muriel Or Morella Chisholm) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"It seems clear that Gilbert Keith's first marriage was to ______Ogstoun, heiress of Ludquharn, as it was through her that Sir Gilbert became the owner of Ludquharn. The principal source of information onSir Gilbert's family is Sir Robert Douglas's BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND (1798),at l73. He says that Sir Gilbert and his first wife had four sons:
(1) Sir William (of Inverugie), his heir;
(2) John who was given Ludquharn byhis father, but who died without issue so that estate went to the nextson;
(3) Andrew, from whom descended the Keiths of Inverugie; and
(4) Gilbert, who was given the lands of Pelcock in the barony of Kelley.

Although Douglas mentions Sir Gilbert's second marriage, this one to Janet Graham, he says, erroneously, that there were no surviving issue by this marriage. I think it quite possible, and even likely, that,although Sir Gilbert did marry the heiress of Ogstoun, all of his children were by his second wife. Sir Gilbert and Janet Graham were married before 16 June 1455, the date of a bond of relief by her father to cautioners for her tocher. William Keith, identified as Sir Gilbert's son and heir apparent, together with his wife Janet Dunbar, received a crown charter on 31 March 1476. If this grant was made because of the grantees' recent marriage, as was often the case, William may well have been Janet Graham's son in view of her marriage to Sir Gilbert sometime before June 1455. It is difficult to believe that Sir Gilbert had nothing but daughters by his second wife and nothing but sons by his first spouse.

The article in Douglas's BARONAGE states that Gilbert Keith, the youngest son of Sir Gilbert, was given Pelcock in 1487, by a charter witnessed by his three older brothers. On that date John, the second son, was still alive, but he had not yet been given Ludquharn. In 1492, John having died, the estate of Ludquharn was given to Andrew Keith, the third son. The dividing up by Sir Gilbert of his estates among his sons suggests that they were relatively young men when they witnessed the 1487 charter and that most, if not all, of the sons were children by Janet Graham. Sir Robert Douglas in his BARONAGE referred to a 1490 charter identifying Janet Graham as Sir Gilbert's spouse. I suspect that, had he known of the 1455 bond relief on Janet's tocher, Douglas would have assigned Janet as the mother of all of Sir Gilbert's children.

Sir Gilbert Keith and Janet Graham are known to have had at least three daughters. You correctly show two of them: Elizabeth and Janet, but I suggest that you add Helen to the list. According to R. J. Adam in his THE CALENDAR OF FEARN: TEXT AND ADDITIONS, 1471-1667, published by the Scottish History Society in 1991, at 87, 93-94, Helen was a daughter of Gilbert Keith of Inverugy and she married David Ross, 7th of Balnagown. John Ross, 5th of Balnagown, resigned Balnagown in 1488, "in associationwith Gilbert Keith," to his grandson David Ross. In 1490, John Rossresigned all his lands to the crown for regrant to David, and Easter Rarechie and Cullisse were separately granted to David and Helen Keith,showing that the grantees were married in or before 1490. R. J. Adam says that it appears that John had made over the fee of Balnagown to hisson Alexander Ross, 6th of Balnagown, before the latter's untimely death at Aldecharwis in 1487, making it necessary to quickly arrange a protective marriage for David. Helen was probably born no earlier than 1470, meaning that she was clearly a child of Gilbert's marriage to Janet Graham. THE CALENDAR OF FEARN records Helen's death in May 1520. Through her marriage to Sir David Ross, Helen became an ancestor of the subsquent lairds of Balnagown as well as of the Rosses of Tollie/Achnacloich.

"Altlhough Janet Graham's death date is not recorded, she was still alive on 7 May 1491, when she and her husband Gilbert Keith of Inverugy received a crown charter. RMS: 2030. According to SP 3: 565, Margaret (of Erroll) Hay married Sir Gilbert Keith, as her second husband, after 1486, that being the year in which her first husband Alexander Fraser, fourth of Philorth, died. Since Janet Graham was still married to Sir Gilbert on 7 May 1491, it is clear that Margaret Hay's marriage to himcould not have occurred until after that date and it seems unlikely that they had issue. Margaret subsequently married Robert Douglas of Lochleven circa 1500.

The more recent sources of information on the Ogston family are A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE FAMILIES OF OGSTON, by Alexander Ogston,printed in 1876, and the same author's SUPPLEMENT to that work, printed in 1897. Neither compilation claims that Sir Gilbert and his Ogston wife had any children, and the earlier work says that their marriage occurred about 1470, a date which clearly cannot be supported in view of the fact that Sir Gilbert had by that time been married to Janet Graham for at least 15 years. If Alexander Ogston is off by at least 15 years on the date of the Ogstoun-Keith marriage, one cannot rely on either of his compilations, especially his speculation as to the bride's origins. "

Douglas Hickling
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(August 2003)

(Research):The Scots Peerage, Vol 2, p337, says that Mary, who married William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, was the daughter of Sir William Keith of Inverugie.

However, if you look at manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/6100 there is an entry that says:
"Indenture between William, 1st Earl of Caithness and his son, and Sir Gilbert Keith of Inverugie and Mary his daughter, 26 July 1477." which suggests that she was actually the daughter of Sir Gilbert Keith of Inverugie.

Gilbert married Janet Graham before 16 Jun 1455. Janet (daughter of Patrick 1st Lord Graham and Christian (of Mar) Erskine) was born about 1440; died after 7 May 1491. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Muriel Mackintosh. Muriel (daughter of Malcolm 10th Chief of Mackintosh and Moira (of Clanranald) Macdonald) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James + Margaret De Innes. Margaret (daughter of Robert (11Th of That Ilk) De Innes and Daughter (of Drumlanrig) Douglas) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]