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- David Rait, the seventh Laird. The records of this laird are rather confusing, and it is possible that two contemporaneous Davids have been merged. In 1583, when one of his servants was murdered, he was "of Drumnagar", and in 1596, still in Drumnager, he was Sheriff of Kincardine. In 1611, David, as fiar of Hallgreen, appears with William Rait of Hallgreen in a legal document, in 1612 he was heir apparent of Hallgreen, and in 1616 he was Laird of Ballandrow, a property which passed to his son, William, by 1620. In other documents, dated 1621 and 1622, David, fiar of Hallgreen, is specifically called the son of William of Hallgreen. David's father, William, was still alive in 1622, and David is called "of Hallgreen" in 1625 and 1628. His son William had taken over between 1633 and 1637.
David had three wives, apparently two at the same time ? or, more probably there were two David Raits and it has not been able to distinguish between them. In 1596 there is a record of a Catherine "sometime spouse" i.e. deceased, and in 1595, while he was still "apparent heir" to Hallgreen, there was a marriage contract to Elizabeth, daughter of Stratton of Lowrenstoun (Laurencekirk?) in which she was to get rights to Drumnagair, and she was supposed to have married him in 1605. However, in 1604, there was a marriage contract between David, "fiar of Hallgreen" and Margaret Graham, widow of James Straithauchin, apparent heir of Monboddo. Whichever wife is correct, David had six children.
William, the eldest, succeeded as the eighth Laird.
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