| Name |
Robert Sutherland |
| Suffix |
of Rosehaugh |
| Born |
c 1630 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence: |
1650 |
Burghead, Morayshire  |
| POSSIBLY the Robert Sutherland noted as a boat owner in Burghead. |
| Residence: |
1 May 1668 |
Burghsea, Moray |
| NRS GD139/512/1: Sutherland of Forse papers contain a letter written by Robert Sutherland in Burghsea to George Sutherland of Forse re meal |
| Property: |
1672 |
Duffus, Morayshire |
| Robert (then residing in Burghsea) purchases the lands known as the King's Third of Duffus for 2,000 merks |
| Residence: |
1685 |
Inchkiel, Duffus |
| Register of the Privy Council of Scotland Vol X p533: 1685 Roll of the heritors and freeholders in Murrayshyre: Robert Sutherland of Inschkeill |
| Religion: |
Jan 1685 |
Eastertoun, Duffus, Morayshire |
Register of the Privy Council of Scotland Vol X p385:
2 January 1685 The said day compeared Robert Sutherland of Eastertown, ane of the elders of Dufus, and Mr Alexander Clerk, scollmaster at Duffus, and being solemnly sworne be William Cuming of Auchray and interrogat upon every ane of the interogatters drawn up for the ministers and elders within the district of Murray, both of them depones negative and that they know of no persons guiltie of any of the crymes mentioned in the interrogatters within ther paroch or any wher else within the district, and this is the truth as we shall answer to God. [Signed] Robert Sutherland, Mr A Clark. |
| Residence: |
Held lands of Eastertown, also of Wester Inchkeil from 1681. Kirk Elder, testament 16th March 1686 [The Lands & People Of Moray Part 18 - The South And East Of The Parish Of Duffus] |
| Residence: |
Robert's designation was variously 'of Rosehaugh', 'of Inchkeil' or of 'Eastertoun', but the family became known as the Sutherlands of Rosehaugh. |
| Died |
23 Jul 1685 |
| Buried |
Sutherland Enclosure, St Peters Old Churchyard, Duffus, Morayshire, Scotland |
- On the east wall of the Sutherland enclosure is a mural panel, 46 by 36 inches, flanked by two pilasters, the dexter having at its base the letters I C, and on its capital three garbs (for Cumming), while the sinister has the letters W S at its base and its capital erased. Beneath the panel, on the wall, is a skull in relief and two bones. This monument would probably be crowned with a pediment which is now lost. The inscription reads in italic capitals:
THIS MONUMENT IS EREC / TED BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND / OF ROSEHAUGH IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT SUTHERLAND OF / ROSEHAUGH HIS FATHER WHO / DIED 23 JULY 1685 AND OF ELIZ / ABETH INNES HIS MOTHER / WHO DIED 4 OCTOBER 1691 AND / OF JEAN CUMING SPOUS TO / THE SAID WILLIAM WHO DIED / 14 OCTOBER 1690 & C
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| Person ID |
I122 |
Grant |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2022 |
1630 - 1685 (~ 55 years)
![Gravestone in the Sutherland Enclosure at Duffus, Moray, Scotland: On the east wall of the enclosure is a mural panel 46 inches by 36.5 inches, flanked by two pilasters, the right pilaster having at its base I C (for Jean Cumming) and on its capital three garbs (the device of the Cummings of Altyre), while the left pilaster has the letters W S (for William Sutherland) at its base and its capital damaged [likely it would have shown the three stars of the Sutherlands of Duffus]. Beneath the panel, on the wall, is a skull in relief and two bones (for death). This monument would probably have been crowned with a pediment which is now lost. The inscription reads in italic capitals: THIS MONUMENT IS EREC / TED BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND / OF ROSEHAUGH IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT SUTHERLAND OF / ROSE-HAUGH HIS FATHER WHO / DIED 23 JULY 1685 AND OF ELIZ / ABETH INNES HIS MOTHER / WHO DIED 4 OCTOBER 1691 AND / OF JEAN CUMING SPOUS TO / THE SAID WILLIAM WHO DIED / 14 OCTOBER 1690 & C [children]](photos/thumb_Sutherland%20gravestone.jpg "Gravestone in the Sutherland Enclosure at Duffus, Moray, Scotland: On the east wall of the enclosure is a mural panel 46 inches by 36.5 inches, flanked by two pilasters, the right pilaster having at its base I C (for Jean Cumming) and on its capital three garbs (the device of the Cummings of Altyre), while the left pilaster has the letters W S (for William Sutherland) at its base and its capital damaged [likely it would have shown the three stars of the Sutherlands of Duffus]. Beneath the panel, on the wall, is a skull in relief and two bones (for death). This monument would probably have been crowned with a pediment which is now lost. The inscription reads in italic capitals: THIS MONUMENT IS EREC / TED BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND / OF ROSEHAUGH IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT SUTHERLAND OF / ROSE-HAUGH HIS FATHER WHO / DIED 23 JULY 1685 AND OF ELIZ / ABETH INNES HIS MOTHER / WHO DIED 4 OCTOBER 1691 AND / OF JEAN CUMING SPOUS TO / THE SAID WILLIAM WHO DIED / 14 OCTOBER 1690 & C [children]")