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    Alexander Flett, of Gruthay

    Alexander Flett, of Gruthay[1]

    Male - Aft 1674

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    • Name Alexander Flett  [2
      Suffix of Gruthay 
      Gender Male 
      Death Aft 1674  [1
      Person ID I3395  Heddle fam tree
      Last Modified 1 Jun 2018 

      Father Magnus Flett, of Gruthay   d. 1667 
      Family ID F423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Children 
       1. Magnus Flett,   b. 1662   d. Yes, date unknown
       2. David Flett, of Gruthay,   b. 28 Feb 1666   d. Yes, date unknown
       3. John Flett,   b. Aft 1666   d. Yes, date unknown
      Family ID F422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
      Last Modified 5 Jan 2008 

    • Notes 
      • The Clouston article shows a record of him alive in 1674, as the laird of Gruthay and respected enough to be one of the lawrikmen of Orkney who would be called upon to settle disputes in another parish.

    • Sources 
      1. [S692] Article - An Orkney Perambulation, by Clouston, (The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 22, No. 87 (Apr., 1925), pp. 182-192. Edinburgh University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25525454).

      2. [S199] John George Flett Moodie Heddle b1872, Personal - JGF Moodie Heddle notes in Heddle family bible, (unpublished).