James Innes of Elrick (-)

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Father:1Alexander Innes of that Ilk (1494-September 1553), 14. Laird of Innes
Mother:2Elizabeth Abernethy (-)
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He was illegitimate.3
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Was he illegitimate or not?
2018-05-30 23:44:34 Christoffer Owe (Admin):Was he illegitimate as Balfour Paul says, or was he a legitimate son of Alexander's first wife Elizabeth Abernethy? What are the evidence?

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1 Roland William Saint-Clair, The Saint-Clairs of the Isles: Being a History of the Sea-Kings of Orkney and their Scottish Successors of the Sirname of Sinclair (Auckland: H. Brett, General Printer and Publihsher, 1898), The Sinclairs of Stemster and Dunbeath, p. 220-22.
2 Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain - The Kingdom in Scotland 19th Edition Volume 1: Together with Members of the Titled and Non-titled Contemporary Establishment (Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2001), Innes-Ker, p. 767-72.
3 Roland William Saint-Clair, The Saint-Clairs of the Isles: Being a History of the Sea-Kings of Orkney and their Scottish Successors of the Sirname of Sinclair (Auckland: H. Brett, General Printer and Publihsher, 1898), The Sinclairs of Stemster and Dunbeath, p. 220-22.
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