Dame Susan Menzies

Abt 1658 -

• Name	Susan Menzies
  Title	Dame
  Birth	Abt 1658	Weem, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Legal	10 Apr 1695	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Successfully petitioned the Privy Council for military assistance from the garrison of Fort William to pursue "some persones Liveing in the remote places of Argyle and the Issles for Certaine depredations" committed on the Ardmaddie estate in 1685
  Name	Susana Meinzies  [1]
  Person ID	I37641	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Alexander Menzies,   b. 1623   d. Mar 1693/94 (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Campbell,   b. Abt 1639
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1653  [2]
  Family ID	F31843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lord Neill Campbell,   b. 1630, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d. Bef 30 Apr 1692 (Age < 62 years)
  Marriage	1685
  Marriage Contract	1685  [3]
  	Contract of marriage between Lord Neil Campbell and Susanne Menzies, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Menzies of that ilk
  Children	1. Susan Campbell,   b. Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Christian Campbell,   b. Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d. Apr 1736  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Neil Campbell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Alexander Campbell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F23393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Colonel Alexander Campbell,   b. 1669
  Family ID	F31443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1658 - Weem, Perthshire, Scotland Legal - Successfully petitioned the Privy Council for military assistance from the garrison of Fort William to pursue "some persones Liveing in the remote places of Argyle and the Issles for Certaine depredations" committed on the Ardmaddie estate in 1685 - 10 Apr 1695 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3797] Privy Council of Scotland, Scottish Privy Council Records Database, The, (Name: Universities of Stirling and Dundee; Location: Stirling and Dundee; Date: 2024-;), D1695/4/9. https://spcr.ac.uk/act-10-april-1695-edinburgh-2 [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/3/70.2. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/63/2.15,16 Papers of the Campbell Family, Earls of Breadalbane.