Family/Spouse: Janet Gray. Janet (daughter of Andrew 2nd Lord Gray and Elizabeth (of Atholl) Stewart) died in Oct 1539. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret (of Inverugie) Keith and died.
2. Elizabeth (of Inverugie) Keith died before 13 Nov 1604.

William + Janet (of Westfield) Dunbar. Janet (daughter of James (Sir) (2nd of Westfield) Dunbar and Euphemia (of Cumnock & Mochrum) Dunbar) was born about 1475; 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]

Notes:

Elizabeth Ogilvy is sometimes shown as his wife. However
From Doug Hickling
"James (Sir) DUNBAR, second Baron of Westfield, Sheriff of Moray, etc.,who married his cousin Euphemia (line 16b), eldest daughter andco-heiress of Patrick Dunbar of Cumnock and Mochrum, thus uniting twoDunbar family lines as well as a great deal of real estate."

For sources, etc. see information received from Doug Hickling "THEANCESTRY OF MARGARET DUNBAR, WHO MARRIED ROBERT MUNRO, 14TH BARON OFFOULIS" in Notes under Margaret (of Cumnock) Dunbar

James married Euphemia (of Cumnock & Mochrum) Dunbar in 1474. Euphemia (daughter of Patrick (Sir) (of Cumnock & Mochrum) Dunbar and Margaret Boyd) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andrew Keith of Inverugie (b c1368, d c1448) m. Janet ;

Some sources show or imply that Gilbert was son of Andrew but the dates indicate that, unless Andrew had Gilbert abnormally (for the time) late in life, there was probably an intervening generation with a son who died before Andrew did. It is possible that such a son was called Gilbert and that one or two of the ladies reported below as wives of Gilbert, 3rd of Inverugie, were in fact his mother. It is not known who of those shown as Gilbert's wives was mother of whom.
i. Gilbert Keith, 3rd of Inverugie, 1st of Ludquharn (d c1494)
From Stirnet Genealogy athttp://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/kk/keith03.htm

Mike Wade suggests (November 2020):
1) The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Vol 05 (1437-1454), p394, gives Sir William Keith of Inverugie relief on the death of his father, in 1450. Given that Andrew Keith of Inverugie is believed to have died soon after 1447, that means his son was probably called Sir William.

2) Antiquities of Aberdeen & Banff, Vol 2, p401/2 has a Decree of the Tack of Strabrok in 1478/9. If I am reading it correctly it is referring to a previous agreement made by Sir William Keith of Inverugie and Sir Gilbert Keith, his son. This would corrobarate the previous point.

This Sir William, son of Andrew and father of Sir Gilbert must presumably have died before 1455, since that is the date of the first mention I have found of Sir Gilbert being "of Inverugie".

Patrick + Christian (of Mar) Erskine. Christian (daughter of Robert (12th Earl of Mar) 1st Lord Erskine and Elizabeth Lindsay) was born about 1402; died after 1479. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Doug Hickling
"Alexander (Sir) DUNBAR of Westfield, who was regarded as illegitimateand therefore ineligible to succeed to the earldom. He was amplycompensated by being given the barony of Westfield, and the hereditaryoffice of Sheriff of Moray. He married Isabel, daughter of AlexanderSutherland, third baron of Duffus, from which marriage all of theScottish families of Dunbar are said to be descended."

For sources, etc. see information received from Doug Hickling "THEANCESTRY OF MARGARET DUNBAR, WHO MARRIED ROBERT MUNRO, 14TH BARON OFFOULIS" in Notes under Margaret (of Cumnock) Dunbar

Alexander married Isabel (of Duffus) Sutherland on 3 Jan 1451-1452. Isabel (daughter of Alexander (3rd of Duffus) Sutherland and Muriel Or Morella Chisholm) was born about 1434; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patrick + Margaret Boyd. Margaret (daughter of Thomas (Sir) Boyd) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]