Family of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll

[Forfarian]

Thanks.

Yes, this agrees with most of the online sources that I would regard as carefully researched and therefore credible. The inescapable conclusion is that the chart I have been sent is wrong. As this chart apparently came from Ancestry, I cannot say that I am in the least surprised, but it is useful to have evidence one way or the other.

[Skoosh]

Oscar Wilde claimed that Burke's Peerage was the greatest work of fiction published in the English language! 

Skoosh.

[Raybistre]

Burke's Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies 2nd ed 1841, has Montgomery of Skelmorlie listed.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hw2sbj;view=1up;seq=653
Hope that works.
It is said that Robert Montgomery the younger married Mary Campbell, 4th daughter of Archibald 7th Earl of Argyll and that they had 3 children. It is also said that this Robert died in the lifetime of his father who died in 1651.
Is it not possible that Mary, widow of Robert Montgomery the younger, then married James, 2nd Lord Rollo?
Ray

[Forfarian]

Is it not possible that Mary, widow of Robert Montgomery the younger, then married James, 2nd Lord Rollo?

Not if the Rollo/Campbell marriage date of 1642 is correct.

[DonM]

A quick search of the NAS has quite a bit on the family and mentions spouse(s) and children.  Whether its the 6th or 7th Earl, I can not say.

Don

[Raybistre]

Montgomery / Campbell marriage contract in 1617
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD3%2f1%2f7%2f2%2f5&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=montgomery+skelmorlie&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y
Ray

[Raybistre]

According to this https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD56%2f143&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=lord+rollo&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y
Lord Rollo's wife was May Campbell who he married in 1642.
May or is it Mary?
Ray

[Raybistre]

The 1617 reference is to a marriage contract. There is no indication as to when the marriage will take place. Mary Campbell is described as the youngest lawful daughter of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, at the time of the contract. She may have been a minor.
The 1642 reference to May Campbell daughter of Archibald, 7th Earl of Argyll, and wife of James, 2nd Lord Rollo, refers to her as the daughter of Anne, 2nd wife of Archibald, 7th Earl of Argyll.
These are of course not original documents, only catalogue entries. Should be checked against the original documents.
Is May a name in use in Scotland at this time or is it a typo for Mary?
Ray

[Forfarian]

Thank you!  That looks like the sort of evidence I was looking for, except that the Rollo/Campbell is a secondary source rather than a primary one - it quotes The Sottish Peerage as the evidence for the marriage.

However the 1617 contract is primary evidence for the Montgomery marriage, and since it was drawn up before the Campbell/Cornwallis marriage it must refer to the Campbell/Douglas daughter.

May is usually used as an alternative for Marjory/Marjorie but it can also be used for Mary.