Person:Alexander Tulloch (7)

Had at least 10 sons, of whom six were killed in the Battle of Culloden on 16/4/1746.

The following story is recounted:

"Old Bailie Tulloch of Nairn appears to have been an interesting character. He was a wealthy merchant, and the hand of his daughter was sought for by more than one suitor on the look-out for a rich wife. The chief of the Tulloch family in Moray was [Alexander] Tulloch of Tanachie, (now called Invererne), and with the view doubtless of the old merchant's gear helping to maintain the decaying glories of the ancient house, young Tanachie made a desperate effort to secure the prize. The old Bailie was a Covenanter, while the Tanachie Tullochs were on the other side in Church and State politics, and rather suspected of leanings to Popery. On the llth of June, 1684, old Tanachie and his son John, and the scapegrace Lord Doune, son of Lord Moray, after a bout of drinking, drove into Nairn during the night time and carried off the young lady. She was engaged, it appears, to Bishop Colin Falconer's son, and the Laird of Brodie says there was a great talk in the country about the abduction. The Tullochs of Tanachie were compelled to restore the lady to her father's house. On the hereditary Sheriff of Moray declining the Test, Lord Doune had been made Sheriff Principal, and he appointed Tulloch of Tanachie his deputy a precious pair of Sheriffs....the Bailie's daughter Anna, who had been abducted by the Tullochs of Tannachie, was happily married to her first lover, Alexander Falconer, the Bishop's son...The adjacent lands of Grieship have a somewhat interesting history. Originally belonging to the burgh, they are found at an early time in the possession of the Thanes of Cawdor, then of old Bailie Tulloch, probably under wadset. His daughter, who was abducted by the Tullochs of Tannachy, and afterwards married William Falconer$$, the third son of Colin Falconer, Bishop of Moray, inherited the Grieship lands. They were succeeded by their eldest son Alexander."

- History of Nairn

$$ possibly an error and should refer to Alexander. Per Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000, William Falconer, son of Bishop Colin Falconer, married Alexander Tulloch's daughter Elizabeth.

The "Baillie Tulloch" could have been John Tulloch, listed as Baillie in 1651 when he was fined for not conforming to the Episcopalian Church. (see ref above p278) There is a "Tulloch, John, son to the late Alexander Tulloch, burgess of Nairn" listed in the Edinburgh Register of Apprentices, 1583-1666, to "Donald Bayne, bower" on 13 July 1642. A testament is registered in 1708 to a William Tulloch, son of John Tulloch, Bailie of Nairn.

This post refers to the descendants of Bishop Colin Falconer.