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     Margaret Pearson was the daughter of John Pearson.² She married Thomas Burnett, 1st of Kemnay, son of James Burnett and Elizabeth Burnett, in 1650.¹ She died in February 1689.¹
     From 1650, her married name became Burnett.

     Thomas Burnett, 2nd of Kemnay was born in 1654.¹ He was the son of Thomas Burnett, 1st of Kemnay and Margaret Pearson.² He married Elizabeth Brickenden, daughter of Richard Brickenden, in 1713.¹ He died on 26 February 1729.¹
     He was a member of the Court circle of Electress Sophia of Hanover, (mother of King George I), as which discussed various intellectual questions of the day with, among others, the mathematician and philosopher Leibniz.¹ In 1702 at Bastille, Paris, France, he was arrested on the prompting of Jacobites at Court of titular James III and VIII (the Old Pretender), which was situated at St. Germains, near Paris, and imprisoned 18 months in the Bastille, but released through intervention of the Electress and her niece, the Duchess of Orleans.¹

     Richard Brickenden lived at Inkpen, Berkshire, England.¹

     Elizabeth Brickenden is the daughter of Richard Brickenden.² She married, secondly, Dr. George Lamont.¹ She married, firstly, Thomas Burnett, 2nd of Kemnay, son of Thomas Burnett, 1st of Kemnay and Margaret Pearson, in 1713.¹
     Her married name became Lamont.¹ From 1713, her married name became Burnett.

     George Burnett, 3rd of Kemnay was born on 9 September 1714 at Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^1,2 He was the son of Thomas Burnett, 2nd of Kemnay and Elizabeth Brickenden.³ He married, firstly, Helen Burnett, daughter of Sir Alexander Burnett of Leys, 4th Bt. and Helen Burnett, on 21 June 1733.¹ He married, secondly, Janet Dyce, daughter of James Dyce of Disblair and Agnes Baxter, in 1752 at Disblair, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^1,2 He died on 3 October 1780 at age 66.¹

     Robert Chichester Young was born on 4 July 1887.¹ He was the son of George Lawrence Young and Anne Harvey.¹ He married Amy Isabel Stuart on 30 September 1913.¹ He died on 25 December 1941 at age 54.¹

     Helen Burnett was the daughter of Sir Alexander Burnett of Leys, 4th Bt. and Helen Burnett.² She married George Burnett, 3rd of Kemnay, son of Thomas Burnett, 2nd of Kemnay and Elizabeth Brickenden, on 21 June 1733.¹ She died on 21 September 1750.¹

     Alexander Burnett, 4th of Kemnay was born in 1735.¹ He was the son of George Burnett, 3rd of Kemnay and Helen Burnett.² He married Christian Leslie, daughter of Professor John Leslie, in 1781.¹ He died on 30 December 1802.¹
     He was Secretary of the Embassy and Chargé d'Affaires to Prussia.¹

     Christian Leslie was the daughter of Professor John Leslie.² She married Alexander Burnett, 4th of Kemnay, son of George Burnett, 3rd of Kemnay and Helen Burnett, in 1781.¹ She died on 14 February 1842.¹
     From 1781, her married name became Burnett.