Individual Details
David "of Balmulto and Kinneff" Ogilvy
(Abt 1395 - Abt 1439)
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== Biography of David Ogilvy of Balmuto==
David, born about 1395, was fourth and youngest son of Sir Alexander Ogilvy of Auchterhouse presumably by is wife Janet Gray.
In March 1424 he was an exchange hostage for King James I in England. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland iv. 952 see [https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume04edin/page/194] In July, he requested safe conduct for his servant to join him. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland iv. 963 see [https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume04edin/page/196] Initially he was held in the Tower of London then transferred north and by July 1425 was held in York when instructions came to move the hostages to Durham for exchange with others which allowed him to return to Scotland until Martinmas. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland iv. 973 and 983 see [https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume04edin/page/200]
About 1425 he married Christian Glen, youngest daughter of Sir John Glen of Inchmartine and Balmuto and his wife Margaret Erskine while Christian was still under the age of 21 years. Melville Charters 36 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/n23]
Christian had two older sisters and thus on the death of their father they became heirs portioner each with a one third share of the estate comprising Inchmartine, Balmuto and others. Margery the eldest inherited the title of Inchmartine which David's brother gained by marriage to her, Through his marriage to Christian, David gained the title of Balmuto owning one third of that and also one third of Inchmartine, Strathardle, Kinnaird, Elcho, Ardargie, Dron and Auchlaskie in Perthshire, Glen in Peebleshire, Balmuto and Pitconnachie in Fife. Melville Charters 31 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/n21]
He was also described as David Ogilvy of Kinneff. NRS GD26/3/975 see [http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD26%2f3%2f975&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=Kinneff&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=1380&dt=1440&di=y]
Along with his uncle Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen and his brother Andrew Ogilvy of Inchmartine, David designed of Balmuto witnessed a charter to their kinsman Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity at Perth in February 1435. RMS Vol. ii 1550 see [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi02scot#page/324]
He died before 1440 by which time his son Alexander was heir and Christian Glen had married David Aberchirder.
Children of David Ogilvy of Balmuto and Christian Glen
1. Alexander Ogilvy of Kinneff his heir d.s.p. His three sisters were his heir portioners of Christain Glens estate.
2. Margaret Ogilvy who married about 1450 to Sir Silvester Rattray of that Ilk
3. Christian Ogilvy Melville Charters 44 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/n29] Her tocher included part of her father's estate. She married a Lindsay and their son and heir, John Lindsay had son Alexander, who in 1516, held various landsin Strathardle, a ninth-part of Kinnaird and Ardargie, an eighteenth of Elcho, in Perthshire, with one-eighteenth of West Wemyss and other lands in Fife, which he sold to James Bisset of Easter Kinneff. These were Christian Ogilvy's share of the lands which came with her mother Christian Glen.
4. Marjorie Ogilvy Melville Charters 39 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/32] Maijorie Ogilvy married Walter Tulloch of that ilk, as in 1481 Dorothie Tulloch, one of his two daughters, was retoured heir to her grandmother, Christian Glen.
David Ogilvy died in 1439 by which time his son Alexander was heir and Christian Glen had married David Aberchirder.
== Sources ==
== Biography of David Ogilvy of Balmuto==
David, born about 1395, was fourth and youngest son of Sir Alexander Ogilvy of Auchterhouse presumably by is wife Janet Gray.
In March 1424 he was an exchange hostage for King James I in England. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland iv. 952 see [https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume04edin/page/194] In July, he requested safe conduct for his servant to join him. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland iv. 963 see [https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume04edin/page/196] Initially he was held in the Tower of London then transferred north and by July 1425 was held in York when instructions came to move the hostages to Durham for exchange with others which allowed him to return to Scotland until Martinmas. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland iv. 973 and 983 see [https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume04edin/page/200]
About 1425 he married Christian Glen, youngest daughter of Sir John Glen of Inchmartine and Balmuto and his wife Margaret Erskine while Christian was still under the age of 21 years. Melville Charters 36 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/n23]
Christian had two older sisters and thus on the death of their father they became heirs portioner each with a one third share of the estate comprising Inchmartine, Balmuto and others. Margery the eldest inherited the title of Inchmartine which David's brother gained by marriage to her, Through his marriage to Christian, David gained the title of Balmuto owning one third of that and also one third of Inchmartine, Strathardle, Kinnaird, Elcho, Ardargie, Dron and Auchlaskie in Perthshire, Glen in Peebleshire, Balmuto and Pitconnachie in Fife. Melville Charters 31 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/n21]
He was also described as David Ogilvy of Kinneff. NRS GD26/3/975 see [http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD26%2f3%2f975&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=Kinneff&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=1380&dt=1440&di=y]
Along with his uncle Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen and his brother Andrew Ogilvy of Inchmartine, David designed of Balmuto witnessed a charter to their kinsman Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity at Perth in February 1435. RMS Vol. ii 1550 see [https://archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi02scot#page/324]
He died before 1440 by which time his son Alexander was heir and Christian Glen had married David Aberchirder.
Children of David Ogilvy of Balmuto and Christian Glen
1. Alexander Ogilvy of Kinneff his heir d.s.p. His three sisters were his heir portioners of Christain Glens estate.
2. Margaret Ogilvy who married about 1450 to Sir Silvester Rattray of that Ilk
3. Christian Ogilvy Melville Charters 44 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/n29] Her tocher included part of her father's estate. She married a Lindsay and their son and heir, John Lindsay had son Alexander, who in 1516, held various landsin Strathardle, a ninth-part of Kinnaird and Ardargie, an eighteenth of Elcho, in Perthshire, with one-eighteenth of West Wemyss and other lands in Fife, which he sold to James Bisset of Easter Kinneff. These were Christian Ogilvy's share of the lands which came with her mother Christian Glen.
4. Marjorie Ogilvy Melville Charters 39 see [https://archive.org/details/melvillesearlsv300fras/page/32] Maijorie Ogilvy married Walter Tulloch of that ilk, as in 1481 Dorothie Tulloch, one of his two daughters, was retoured heir to her grandmother, Christian Glen.
David Ogilvy died in 1439 by which time his son Alexander was heir and Christian Glen had married David Aberchirder.
== Sources ==
Events
| Birth | Abt 1395 | Angus, Scotland | |||
| Death | Abt 1439 | ||||
| Marriage | Christian Glen | ||||
| Reference No | 11059262 | ||||
| Reference No | 11729658 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Christian Glen (1400 - 1470) |
| Father | Alexander Ogilvy (1380 - 1423) |
| Sibling | Sir Patrick Ogilvy (1392 - 1429) |
| Sibling | Sir Andrew "of Inchmartine" Ogilvy (1395 - 1462) |