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Balfour 1

: Balfour of Strathor
'Fife P&H' reported: "some etymologists have explained the name as having been derived in a roundabout fashion from bal, a town or residence, faidh, the foot or point, and orr, the designation of the river near whose margin the house stood."
Siward a 1033
1. Osulf
A. Siward
i. Octred of Strathor a 1141
a. Michael de Balfour
1 William de Balfour
This William was ancestor of the Balfours of Balfour. 'Fife P&H' reported: "In the reign of Robert II, this branch of the family terminated with an heiress who married Sir Robert Bethune, and from him descended the Bethunes of Balfour". [Robert II reigned 1371-1390.]
2 Michael de Balfour of Stathor a 1187
A Sir David de Balfour of Strathor a 1269
i Sir Michael de Balfour of Strathor d Falkirk 1298
a Sir David de Balfour of Strathor d 1318
m Isabella MacDuff dau of MacDuff of Reres
1 Sir Malcolm de Balfour of Strathor
A Sir Michael de Balfour of Strathor
m Marjory
i George Balfour of Strathor
a Sir John Balfour dvp 1460
1 Sir Michael Balfour of Strathor
m Janet Ogilvy dau of Sir Andrew Ogilvy of Inchmartin
A Michael Balfour, 1st of Munquhanny d Flodden 09.09.1513
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m Marjory Durie or Drury
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ii John Balfour of Balgarvie d by 1485
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iii David Balfour of Carrolshire ?

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