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Gideon of Elibank Murray
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| Lineage | Murray |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Gideon of Elibank Murray |
Events
child birth: ♀ Margaret Meiklemouthed Meg Gideon's Daughter Murray (Scott) [Murray]
Notes
Auld Wat's son William, captured by Sir Gideon Murray, of Elibank, during a raid of the Scotts on Sir Gideon's lands, was, as tradition says, given his choice between being hanged on Sir Gideon's private gallows, and marrying the ugliest of Sir Gideon's three ugly daughters, Meiklemouthed Meg, reputed as carrying off the prize of ugliness among the women of four counties. Sir William was a handsome man. He took three days to consider the alternative proposed to him, but chose life with the large-mouthed lady in the end; and found her, according to the tradition which the poet, her descendant, has transmitted, an excellent wife, with a fine talent for pickling the beef which her husband stole from the herds of his foes.
From grandparents to grandchildren
