Individual Details

Jane "Fair Maid of Moray" Cumming

(Abt 1425 - )

== Biography ==The name of this lady is said to be Jane according to some sources and to others it seems to have been lost but she was was born about 1425. She was the daughter of the [[Cuming-44|Thomas Cuming of Altyre]].
Although there is no evidence that she ever married [[Seton-179|Sir Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly]] , nevertheless they seem to have cohabited at some point and she bore him at least 2 daughters, Janet who married the Laird of Innes and Margaret who married the Laird of Kilravock.
== Sources ==
* *The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland*The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)*The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun*The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]*A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm*A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.*The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland*A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke*Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland*Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
* Family Records of the Bruces and the Cumyns by Cumming-Bruce

    Events

    BirthAbt 1425
    Reference No22645522
    Reference No24714676
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseSir Alexander "1st Earl of Huntly" Seton (1410 - 1470)
    ChildJanet Gordon (1442 - 1473)
    FatherSir Thomas Cuming (1410 - )
    MotherMargaret Gordon (1412 - )
    SiblingAlexander "of Altyr" Cuming ( - 1555)
    SiblingJohn "of Earnside" Cuming (1430 - )