Sophia Hay
Sophia Hay (d. 1642) was a Scottish noblewoman.
She was a daughter of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and Elizabeth Douglas.[1]
She married John Gordon, Viscount of Melgum. He died in the fire at Frendraught Castle in 1630.[2] They had a daughter, Henrietta Gordon.
Sophia Hay features in Gilbert Blackhall's, A Breiffe Narration of the Services Done to Three Noble Ladyes. Blackhall, a Catholic priest, met her in 1637, and joined her household at Aboyne Castle.[3]
References
- ^ Records of Aboyne (Aberdeen, 1894), p. 526.
- ^ Records of Aboyne (Aberdeen, 1894), p. 526.
- ^ John Stuart, A Breiffe Narration of the Services Done to Three Noble Ladyes (Aberdeen, 1844).