Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - O lenei lala e tupuga mai iā James Burnet o Lagavin, o le atalii lona tolu o James Burnett o Craigmyle ma lana avā o Elizabeth Burnett. I le 1642 na faaipoipo ai Iakopo ia Isobel Forbes, o lē na maliu i se taimi puupuu mulimuli ane ai, ona toe faaipoipo ai lea o Iakopo ia Elizabeth Irvine, o le afafine o Robert Irvine o Monboddo ma Elizabeth Douglas o Glenbervie. Pe tusa o le 1671 na faatau ai e Iakopo Monboddo mai i ona uso-i-tulafono. I le faaopoopo atu i Monboddo, lea na avea ma nofoa o lenei paranesi, na maua ai e Iakopo Kair, Whitefield, Sillyflat, Hallgreen, Johnshaven ma Ballandro i Kincardineshire ma Aberdeenshire. Na lagolagoina e lona atalii o James Burnett, le alii lona tolu o Monboddo le itu a Stuart ma na puʻea faapagota i le Taua o Falkirk Muir
. Sa falepuipui o ia mo sina taimi, ae na faasaʻolotoina o ia ona o le uunaʻiga a ana uō malolosi. Ae o mea na tutupu mulimuli ane na mafua ai ona ia faatauina atu mea uma vagana ai Monboddo ma Lagavin, lea na ia faatauina atu i lona atalii matua, o James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, o le lona fa laird na tulaʻi e avea ma tagata atamamai ma faamasino.