Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wannan reshe ya samo asali ne daga James Burnet na Lagavin, ɗan na uku na James Burnett na Craigmyle da matarsa Elizabeth Burnett. A shekara ta 1642 James ya auri Isobel Forbes wanda ya mutu ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka James ya auri Elizabeth Irvine, 'yar Robert Irvine na Monboddo da Elizabeth Douglas na Glenbervie. Kimanin 1671 James ya sayi Monboddo daga surukansa. Baya ga Monboddo, wanda ya zama wurin zama na wannan reshe, James ya sami Kair, Whitefield, Sillyflat, Hallgreen, Johnshaven da Ballandro a Kincardineshire da Aberdeenshire. Jikansa, James Burnett, Laird na uku na Monboddo ya goyi bayan Stuart kuma an kama shi a yakin Falkirk Muir
Ka yi haƙuri. An tsare shi a kurkuku na ɗan lokaci amma ya sami 'yanci ta wurin abokanansa masu iko. Amma abubuwan da suka biyo baya sun sa ya sayar da duka sai dai Monboddo da Lagavin, wanda ya sayar wa babban ɗansa, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, laird na huɗu wanda ya tashi ya zama fitaccen malamin da alƙali.