Duncan Allanach
Duncan Allanach
Duncan Allanach are only known from one marriage record and one court case.
Parents
- Father – Unknown
- Mother – Unknown
Birth
On the marriage record, Duncan Allanach is said to be from ‘Bellnagaid’. I suspect this might be either Belnacraige in Glenbuchat or Belnagauld in Strathdon.
Siblings
Unknown.
Marriage
We know from the Parish record in Strathdon & Corgaff that Duncan Allanach married Elspet Tough March 17th 1710.
Children
From ‘A Treatise on Various Branches of the Criminal Law of Scotland’ by John Burnett (Advocate) in 1811 we know that Duncan and Elspet had at least one son.
- William Allanach
Death
It is uncertain when Duncan Allanach or Elspet Tough died.
Life Story
1740
From ‘A Treatise on Various Branches of the Criminal Law of Scotland’ by John Burnett (Advocate) in 1811, it appears that Elspet Tough is charged with murder by preventing Alexander Middleton from pulling her son William Allanach from James Thomson, who appears William has gone on to murder.
It seems that the case set a precedent in Scots Law as it is quoted in a Legal Treatise by an advocate in 1811.
I have asked the National Library of Scotland if they have any further records on this case.
