Cruvie was acquired by John Anstruther, Esq. of Ardit, sheriff of Fife, early in the present century, and the estate was purchased by the late David Gillespie of Mountquhanie after the sheriff's death. Wester Cruvie and Brighouse are now the property of Mrs. Jessie H.E Dunning, wife of Major R.H Dunning, Devonshire. The lands of Logie were bought by Mr. Walter Bowman about 1750. Regarding this proprietor, Leighton relates the following curious particulars :- " This gentleman executed a very strict entail of his property, and alongwith it he entailed his library under the most particular injunctions for its preservation. He had travelled much on the Continent, and appears to have collected a considerable porton of the books there. The library contains, among others, many valuable editions of the ancient classics, particularly a fine edition of Plinyl's Natural History, and a splendily illuminated edition of Ptolemy. It also contains a valuable collection of engravings, a great number of maps and charts, and a well-preserved copy of Bleau's Atlas. By the terms of the entail, the heir is prohibited from lending the books; but he is bound to keep a suitable room for the library in his house, and to allow free access to it to the neighbouring gentleman there to read and study. He is also bound to have a bason with water and a towel, that the books may not be soiled with unclean hands; women and children are expressly prohibited from having access to the library." Logie house is now the seat of George Millar, Esq. of Logie.

Forret was formerly a barony giving territorial title to the family of Forret of that Ilk. John de Forret resigned the lands to his son Robert in 1470, reserving the life-rent to himself; and Robert was succeeded in 1507 by his son, John Forret, who obtained the erection of the lands into a barony. In 1526 it was in the possession of John Forret and Elizabeth Kinneir, his wife, whose son David became laird of Forret in 1545. Thomas Forret, whose name is enrolled amongst the Scottish Protestant Martyrs, was a member of this family. His father was master-stabler to James IV, and after Thomas had acquired the rudiments of education in Scotland, he completed his studies at Cologne. On his return to his native country he was admitted a canon regular in the monastery of St. Colm's Inch, and there devoted himself to the study of the Scriptures in the original, and imbibed those principals to which the Romish Church was then opposed. He was afterwards appointed vicar of Dollar, and his efforts at elevating the minds of his parishioners above the superstitions of the time attracted the notice of ecclesiastical superiors. He was repeatedly summoned before the Bishop of Dunkeld and the Archbishop of St. Andrews to answer the charge of heresy preferred against him. As his replies were considered unsatisfactory, he was at length condemned to death, and was burned at the Castle Hill of Edinburgh in 1538.

John Forret of that Ilk, who was laird in 1565, signed the famous Fife Band, engaging to support Queen Mary and Darnley against the Lords of the congregation. His two sons, David and John, were amongst the turbulent lairds that kept the county in turmoil during the reign of James VI., and their names appear in the register of the Privy council as offenders against the peace of the realm. David Forret succeeded to the estate about 1586, and both he and his son John were living in 1606. With the latter the connection of the family with Forret was terminated, and the name disappeared from the rollof Fifeshire lair. Alexander Forret, who seems to have been a younger brother of the last Forret of that Ilk, was engaged in the Thirty Years' War with Gustavus Adolphus, and distinguished himself so conspicuously that he was raised to the rank of Swedish noble.

The estate was acquired by Sir David Balfour, fourth son of Sir Michael Balfour of Denmiln, circa 1650, and when that eminent lawyer was promoted from the post of Lord Advocate to a seat on the bench in the Court of Session, he took the designation of Lord Forret. He was one of the Commissioners for the County of Fife in the Parliament of 1685. His death took place shortly after the revolution of 1688. His successor, Michael Balfour, was attainted for his concern in Mar's rebellion of 1715, and the estate of Forret was acquired by the York Buildings Company for the sum of £143 13s 7d. The lands were sub-divided into Easter Forret and Wester Forret, and were purchased by different proprietors. These properties now belong to the Misses Millar, sisters of the laird of Logie. Denbrae, which belonged in Sibbald's time to James Preston, uncle of Sir John Preston of Prestonhall, is now associated with the name of Sir William Fettes, Bart., lord-provost of Edinburgh, and founder of Fettes College there. This eminent public benefactor was born at Edinburgh on 25th June, 1750, and educated at the High School. When only eighteen years of age he began business as a tea and wine merchant in the High Street of his native city, and being of an enterprising turn of mind, he launched into speculations that were exceptionally successful. For many years he was a contractor for the military stores, and in 1800 he was chosen a director of the British Linen Company, in which concern he latterly held a large amount of stock. He entered the Town Council of Edinburgh at a comparatively early age, and was chosen as bailie in 1785 and again in 1799. In 1800 he was unanimously elected Lord-Provost of Edinburgh, and was re-elected in the following, and again in 1805 and 1806. His public services were recognised in 1804, when he was created a baronet. On his first elevation to the provostship, he retired from business, and confined his attention to the improvement of several estates which he purchased in various parts of Scotland. Amongst these were Comely Bank, near Edinburgh, Arnsheen in Ayrshire, Redcastle in Inverness-shire, Denbrae in Fifeshire, and Gogar Bank in Midlothian. In 1787 he married Maria, daughter of Dr. John Malcolm of Ayr.