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MEMOIRS OF MY ^VNCESTORS/
COLLECTION OF GENEALOGlCAl, MEMORANDA
RESPECTING SEVERAL
OLD SCOTTISH FAMILIES.
WITH
AN APPENDIX CONSISTING OF
A
GENEALOGY OF THE McCALL FAMILY.
BY
HAEDY BERTEAM McCALL.
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TO
TlIK MOST Xoin.K
WILLIAM Iir.XnV AVALTKU MOXTA* ;r DOUOLAS-SCOTT,
Di'KK ov lUccr.Krcii ami <,il'ki:n'siii:ury ;
JIaIIQUESS ok I)CMIRIKS-Sim!K :
Eaul iiF DiiiMi.wrni;, rJriri.Kuiii, SAXQiiiAi; ami ]IaI/Keith;
ViSrOlIXT XlTII, TlICIItTIIOEWIJl.II AMI ItoSS ;
Eaiuin Dounr.As (U- Kinmiunt, Miihilebif,, DmiNOcK,
Sc'iiTT (ir AViii re iii>'ii:it and I'skhai.e;
Kafii, dp [)<)Nia>ti;k, amj Dauhx Tynhai.e :
Kmciit i>r THE most am'ihxt ami most noui.e Okiiek of the Thistee ;
LoIHl-LlEFlENANT OF I >rM FKI ESSHIKE,
i-nC, Elr. ETC.
THIS VOLUMK,
BY
HIS GlIACKS STKCIAL P KK M ISS I O.X .
IS
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KNi. urNiiiaoi) AMI FiKiv Copies ok iiii.s wcikk
AUK riHNTF.O I'Ol! I'lUVATK CIllCULATIOX, OF WHICH
THIS IS No. Q^^ A COPY MAY HI-: SEEN IX THE
I.IPKAHY OF THE BRITISH MrSECM, LONDON, AND IN
THE ADVOCATES' LIliKAKY, EDINBl'IUiH. THE COi'Y-
IIK.HT IS RESERVED.
CONTENTS.
CHAl'TER I.
THE JtcCALLS. — Probable origin of tlie family and Burname — Early notices
of the name in Dumfries-shire — Aneoilotes of John McCall, the strong
man of Glenmanna— Daviil McCall, of Edinburgh, and James McCall,
in New England in the 17th century .. .. .. .. page 1.
CHAPTER n.
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MrCALLS.— The McCalls of Gutfock-
land and Kello-side — The iHindasses of Dundas and of Arniston — •
George McCall emigrates to Philadelphia — Samuel of Glasgow, with his
family — John McCall of the Black House, Glasgow — William, a mer-
chant in Liverpool, and afterwards of Maidenhill. Penrith — lolm
McCall of Walthamstow, with his family — The Family Arms, Ac. page 7.
CHAPTER III.
Margaret Adam, of the house of Adam of Tour— Helen Cross and the
Thomsons, with the arms of tlie last mentioiV'd f.iniily .. pnge 17.
CHAPTER IV.
THE LISTONS. — Tradition as to Norman descent — Early notices of the
name at Saint Andrews, in Linlithgowshire, and elsewhere — William
Liston, of Ovemewliston — Patrick, of Longton and Wheatlands,
identities himself with the Covenanters — The Wilkies — Mr. John
Liston, minister of Aberdour — Patrick, minister of Ayr — Tlie Rt. Hon.
Sir Robert Liston, G.C.B.. Tuikish .Ambassador— Mr. Robert Li-ton
succeeds his father in the njinistry of Aberdour, Moderator of General
Assembly, Ac. — His family — The family arm-. .. .. page 19.
CHAPTER V.
THE SCOT.S, uf Thirlstane — Probable origin of the surname — Anciently
designated of Howpaisb'y — Early lineage — John Scot has a giant of
augmentation to his arms by James V. — Robert, warden of the west
border, marries a daughter of the Bucclcueh family — Sir John, a
zealous royalist, fought for the Stuaits under Montrose — Francis Scot
lost the family estates — Patrick Scot, of TawnlawhiU, the ancestor of
Lord Napier — The family arms, Ac. .. .. .. ... jiage 24.
vni.
THE SCOTTS, of Rucileucli. — Lineage aud outline liistory. fioiii Sii Uiehard
le Scot, anno. I'-'C.o, to Marv;aret Seott, wlio mairied to Rol)ert Scot,
of Tliirlstanc— The descent of tlie Duke- of Biiccleuch . . page ,30.
CH.VPTEK VI.
THE .\LL.iXS. — nigliland descent — Origin of surname explained — Captain
liobert .\llan banislied and tied to Holland — }Iistory of his descendants
in Edinljuigh — David Allan niari'iis the hiiress of lianken, of
Colden — Roliert .\llan, F.K.S.K., iVc, sur>.'eon in Edniburgli — The family
anns, Ac. . . . . . . . . . . page .37.
CH.M'TER VII.
THE HARDIES.— Of French extraction— Supposed origin of the surname
and arms — The Hardies, of Cargarse. for several centuries the chieftains
of this surname and family — Rev. Henry Hardie, minister of Cnlross
—Rev. Prof. Thomas Hardy, D.D.. of Charlestield, with his family—
The family arms, Ac.
THE HALKERSTONS. — Of Danish extraction — David Ilack'ston, of
Katliillet, a iiromincnt leader in the covenanters insurrection, executed
in 1C80 for the murder of the Archbishop of Saint Andrews — .John
Halkerston, of Halkerston Death, town clerk of Culross — The Rankins,
of Colden, Ac... .. ... .. .. .. Page 45.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ANCESTORS of Agnes Young (Mrs. Dr. Hardy.)— Lineage and history
of the Youngs, ministers of Glasgow and of Hutton. Dumfries-shire —
The Meins — The Orrs — Alexamkr Orr. of Beith. a prominent cov-
enanter—The Cranl'urds, of Auchinames, lineage and sketch liistory,
dating from Sir Reginald Craniurd, temp. William, the Lion — The
Dalrymples, of 'Waterside — The families of Hemes, JIcGill,
Copland, <S-c page r,G.
■ CHAl'TER IX.
On the armorial hearings of the several familiis mentioned in the preceeding
part of the work, with some explanations as to origin and signi-
ficance . . . . . . ■ . . . . page 73.
APPENDIX.
A pedigree or genealogy of the descendants of 'William XleCall and
Marion Dundas .. .. ... .. .. page 81.
PREFACE.
Family History i? a study which everyone pursues to
a greater or lesser extent ; everybody likes to know some-
thing about his ancestors : nearly everybodv. I suppose,
repeats to his chiliiren some tales or stories about their fore-
fathers which he has heard from his parents, and if only the
practice of making careful records of such traditions became
more general than it is at present, stores of interesting
information might be preserved for posterity which are now
steadily gliding into oblivion. Such a rcconl is what is aimed
at in the following pages, and they profess to be no more
than this. They are, in fact, simply a collection of such
notes, upon the pedigree of my own family, as I liave, from
time to time been able to gather from various sources, and
arranged into something like readable form.
The most pleasant duty I have in writing tliese few pre-
faratory lines, is to return my since and cordial thanks for the
uniform kindness and assistance which I ha\'e experienced
from a wide circle of relatives and friends, without whose aid
my funily memoirs could not have contained half the infor-
mation which, thus favored, I ha\-e been able to bring
together; and also to acknowledge with ecjual candour and
gratitude the assistance which I have received from the
researches of other writers, amongst which ma\' be mentioned
the works of Nisbct, Douglas, Scot,* Stodart,t &c.
• yiu<ti EccU.ua Sojticaii.c. Ijy the Ilcv. H.-.v Scot. DA).
t Scotliili Arms. Ijy It. 1!. Stoaart. D.'i.i., .if llif Lyoii orUcr.
It is decnioi] unnecessary liere to expatiate upon tlie pleasure
or profit to be deriN'ed from enquir%- into family history, because
it is presLinieil that all who ha\e referred to these pajjes have
already felt some interest in the subject. " It is wise for us,"
as Webster tells us, " to recur to the history of our ancestors.
"Those who do not look upon themscKes as links connecting
" the past with the future do not fulfil their duty in the
"world." Thus it has been in\- aim, as one link in the lon<:
chain of life, to pa\' a tribute of respect to the memory of those
who have gone before, at the same time discharging an obliga-
tion due to those who shall come after ; and I earnestly hope
that mv endeavour to do justice to the subject ma\' be taken
in good part b\- all, and in the spirit in which it is made, and
the pleasure which I myself have found in the work will be
greatly enhanced, if it should in any way contribute to the
edification of others.
HARDY BERTRAM McCALL.
Edgb.\ston-,
Nkar Birmingham,
April ISS4.
A CIIPtMNOLO*; :CAL
LIST OF Tin; KlNtlS OF SCOTLAND,
WITH THE
DATKS OF TIIEIi; SUCCESSION.
Malcolm III.
Eiir.Aii -
Alkx.\niikr I.
IiAvir, I.
.Malcolm IV.
WiLLUM I. -
Al.KXAMiKK II.
Alkxanhii; III,
MAP.dARKT
Jons IUli.iol
Rom;m I.
lUvii. II. -
1057
RODERT II.
10117
IlOBF.KT III.
1107
James I.
1121
James II.
1153
J.AMES III.
1165
JA^^ES IV.
1211
James V.
1219
Mary -
12SG
James VI.
1292
Charles I.
l.TOC
Charles II
1329
James VII.
1371
1390
1400
1437
14C0
148.S
1513
1512
1507
1025
1649
16S5
ERRATA.
On p. 2, line 32, for 2(jth July, 1G38, read " 2Gth July, 1638."
On p. 17, line 20, for 2!ith December, 17.52, read " 2'Jth December, 1750."
On p. 33, line 31, for 17tli April, 1547, read " 17tli April, 1571."
On p. 41, line 5, for Owen's College, Shellieki, read " Wesley College, Sliellield,
and at the Sheffield Medical School."
On p. 57, line 21, for 2Gth March, 1509, read " 2Gth March, 1C59."
On p. 59, line 8, for September, 1793, read "September, 1736."
On p. 61, line 2G, for H'illitiiu read " Al,\T'indi-r."
On p. 70. line 32. for Mr. .\lesander Orr found it necessary to sell Waterside,
read " Mr. Alexander Orr's executors found it necessary,"
etc. ^[r. Orr died in 1771.
On p. 89, line 23,"for /f^nuu/ C/., read '■Hubert Ci."
CHAPTER I.
PROBABLE ORIGIN AND EARLY NOTICES OF THE
McCALL FAMILY.
THE McCALLS of Dmnfries-shirc arc ijcnernlly believed
to be descended from the Highland clan MacAulay. Such is
the tradition at the present time held by man)- of the name in
Dumfries-shire, and the similarity of the armorial bearings of
the famil_\- to those of the Mac.\iilay's (as explained on
page 73) may be taken as a confirmation iif the supposition.
The Mac.\ulays, or Mc.Mlas, were a highland clan of great
antiquit}-, their earliest chieftains ha\ing been designated de
Ardincapill, from the name of their residence in Dumbarton-
shire, which had been in their possession eyer since the days
of King Robert I. They considered themselyes a branch or
sept of the clan Gregor, and in a bond of manrent, or deed of
clanship, entered into 27th Ma_\', 1591, between the MacGregor
of Glenstrae and Mac.\ula\- of .\rdincaplc, tliey describe them-
selyes as originally descended from the same stock, — '■ the
McAlpins of auld;"' frcjm which it would appear that a Celtic
deriyation ma\- be claimed fur the larjuh, although some have
considered that the MacAulays \sere desceiided from a joungcr
son of one of the ancient liarls of Lennox.
2 Mr.MoiRs or Mv Anckstoks.
One of tliis race then (it is assumed), found his way to the
south in very earlv times and settleil in Dumfries-shire, where
his hij^'liiand apiieliation of .\farAula\- would gradually have
become changed to Macaul or McCaU. This is by no means
to be wondered at, when ^\•c consider tlie uncertain character
of tlie orthography of ancient days ; indeed in documents of
so recent date as tlie iSth century, Mr. Samuel McCall of
Glasgow, has himself spelled his name variously, McAulI,
McAall anil McCall. The last mode of spelling is now almost
universalis- adopted, although there are those \\-ho write their
name McAII, which would, indeed, seem the more correct way.
The surname is at least as old as the fifteenth century, for
we find mention made of a Gilbert McCaull — born about
1490-1500 — designed as of That Ilk, who died without male
issue, leaving three daughters co-heiresses, one of whom,
Marion, died before 15th October, 1590, when her grandson,
Thomas McCauIl, was served heir to her crown lands (not
named) in the barony of Tibbers, near Drumlanrig, in
Dumfries-shire.
In the course of the 17th century there were several of the
name in different parts of Dumfries-shire, as appears from
documents in the possession of the various branches of the
family, and also from the iniblic records of the nation. James
Makcaull, in Glenyne. had a charter of the lands of Harlabog,
in the baronv of San(julKir, 20th Jul\', 1624, from James
Crichtoun, of Carco, and Florence Maxwell, his spouse, — the
witnesses being .\ndrew McCaull, in Castle of Sanquhar, and
William McCaull. Ids sun; these lands were subsequently
renunciated bv the said James MakeauU to William, \'iscount
of Ayr, on 14th Maw iCijo. The wills of Johne McCaull, in
Castlemavnes, of Sancjuhar, and of Jonet Blaikloch, his spouse,
were botii [troved <in 20111 July, 165S ; and also on the same
date the will of John MrCaiill, ui Xcther-Dalpedder, also in
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the parish of Sanquliar; a second John McCall, in Nether-
Dalpedder, died between 1659 and 1670, leavinf,' a son — also
John. Georpe McCall, or Makcall. in Drumdells, was heir of
his brother John, of the crown lands of Auchincheane, in
Glencairn parish, 4th September, 1646, and of his nephew
John, of Auchincheane, iSth May, 1647 : — James McCaulle in
Aucliintagg;art, in Sanquhar parish, died in 1654, Icavine; a
son Robert, and a daughter Helen, and was succeeded in
Auchintaggart by George ^[cCaull, whose eldest son, William,
was infefted in the merk-land of Aldcrv, in the barony of
Grenane, and Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in consiileration
and securit}- of 1,300 mcrks borrowed from him by Alexander,
Earl of Galloway. Patrick McCall, in Airkinholme, died be-
fore 1659 ' ^^'illiam McCall, in Conricke, is mentioned in 1660,
and John McCaul was ' martyred ' at Irvine about 16S0, during
the time of the religious persecution on account of his con-
nection with the nonconformists" rebellion ; — Andrew McCall
in Walkm\lne of Glenquhoirs, Thomas in Nether Garoch.
with his son Robert, and John McCall, attorney in Furnetoun
— both in the parish of Kcllo — witness various sasines about
1680-4.
John McCall, in Glenmanna, in the parish of Penpont, was
a character still remembered b\- the country people of the
district on account of his great bodily strength. According
to popular legend, the first evidence of his strength was in the
year 1641, when he was only 20 },'ears of age, and was thus
obtained. During the summer nights his father's cattle were
kept in a fold, from which they frequentl)- broke out and
injured the corn. Early one morning his father sent him to
see if all was right, and he returned so soon that his father
would not believe that he had been, and ordered him to go
again ; he did so, and on his return said to his father, ' If you
go to the door you will now see whether I have been down to
4 Mf.moirs or My Axcf.stors.
the fold.' The father went, and to the astonishment of all,
found the bull lyin^ bound with liis four legs tied to^^iether I
Another feat of his stren.[;th was his carryini; a tree upon his
shoulder. He asked the Duke of Oueensberry for a tree upon
the latter's estate, and the Duke havin,^' heard of McCall's
reputed strength said, " Vou may take such a one as you can
carry on your back.' He cut the tree so that it fell upon a
support in such a manner that he could get his shoulder under
it, and then carried it some distance, or as some say, threw it
over the park wall ; — the tree afterwards required eight horses
to drag it to Glenmanna, wheel carts not being at that time in
use, and there being no roads. This strong man was after-
wards the subject of a wager between the Duke and one of
his guests who prided himself on his powers at throwing the
cannon ball, which was a favorite pursuit in the 17th century.
This was at the time when Drumlanrig Castle was in course
of erection (completed in 1690), and McCall being sent for by
the Duke, the competitors were to try who could throw the
ball higher up the wall of the castle. A large number of
ladies and gentlemen, an<i man\- of the people from the neigh-
bourhood were present to witness this trial of strength, and
the gentleman, who threw first, succeeded in getting the
cannon ball a little more than half-way up the wall, when
Glenmanna, requesting the attendants to see that tliere was
no one on the other side, at once threw it right over. On
another occasion, a party of militar\- men, eleven in number,
who were scouring the country in search of nonconformist
ministers — or ' field preachers." as they were called — came to
Glenmanna and demanded food. It was at that time the
custom for the military to live like freebooters upon the
farmers and country people wherever they happenerl to be,
and ordinary entertainment would not iiave been denieil them,
but they ordered that a calf which they had seen in the byre
The McCali. Family. 5
should be killed for their breakfast, and beiii.L: .s^reatly provoked
by their assuming manners, and having' jireviously secured
their weapons, " the McCall seized them in pairs, and shook
" them together as they had been sheep, and binding their arms
" with a straw rope, he drove them, breakfastlcss, to Sanquhar,
" when he delivered them up to Colonel Douglas, to whom
" he was not a stranger." This is said to ha\e been the last
military e.xcursion made into the district of Scar-water. Many
other tales are told concerning tlie strong man of Glenmanna.
He is said to have pulled up a _\oung tree by the roots near
Mussleburgh, which was long kept as proof of his astonishing
strength ; he also carried a pack of wool (which would weigh
no less than 300 lbs.) across the grass market, at Edinburgh,
and to silence a sheep farmer who provoked him at Edinburgh,
he picked up a wether sheep from his tlock and threw it right
over the West Port ! The faculties of his mind are said to
have been of a superior cast equally with those of his body ;
he is described as of a placid disposition and jmous sentiments,
and he died in 1705, in his S5th jxar, being succeeded in
Glenmanna b\' his son.
The surname does not ajipear to have been numerous,
excepting about Dumfries-shire and Gallowa}-, though isolated
occurrences of it are not wanting in the records of other places.
There was a David McCaull. a merchant-burgess in Edinburgh,
who seems to ha\c been an influential person, and was con-
cerned in se\'eral public transactions about the year ifiio: he
died between 1^)38 and 164J, leaving three daughters, co-
heiresses, namely Christian, Jaiut and Katherine, married to
John Dcnniston, John Rvnd and Ninian Louis, respecti\'el\'.
James McCall made his appearance in New England about
1680, and was made a freeman of Marshfield, Mass., in March
1684; he was afterwards a leading citizen of that town and a
large landowner, holding also manv town offices, and his
Memoirs of Mv Ancestors.
descendants are still in that country. Georfje McCall, from
the parish of Sanquhar, cini.Ljrated to Philadelphia about 1701.
whose descendants have ever since been one of the leadinj;
families there, as is more particularly shown in the appendix
to this book.
CHAPTER II.
LINEAGE OF THE McCALL FAMILY.
But to pass from general notices of the surname to the
consideration of the iineat;c of that branch of tiie familv which
is to form the subject of the present chapter. The immediate
ancestor of this family would appear to be
PATRICK McCALL, who was laird of Guffockland, a small
estate or farm just above the village of Kirkconnel, in the
parish of Sanquhar,* and shire of Dumfries, of which he was
a crown vassal. He was succeeded by his son
JOHN McC.\LL, who had previously farmed the farms of
Spango and Corsebank, and seems to have succeeded to
Guffockland about the year iDio. although he was not formally
retoured his father's heir until 3rd October, 1629. He had at
least three sons and one daughter, namelv (i.) William of
Boghons, (ii.) Patrick, who witnessed a deed at Sanquhar, gth
June, 1594, liii.) Samuel : and (i.) a daughter, married to John
McMath, son of John McMath of Dalpedder. There is an old
deed by John McCall of Guffockland. discharging his eldest
son William of " certain greate summas of monev," and dis-
poning to the said William tive score sheep pasturing on his
* Guffockland is now Kirticonufl parish, which has been a separate parish since
1700, but at the time we speak of it was all included in Scnu/Hft.ir. This takes its
name from an an ancient castle, the remains of which are in tliat parish, the Celtic
words SiiH cliiur si^inifving oUI lort. llie same word may be seen in the name of
the pari:.h of Kfir. aud in O/'-r-laverock, the fort of I.ewarch-Cl;;;,' who is said to
have founded it in tlie lUh centuiy. The ruins of Suuquliar castle were searched
with fjreat care some .years ano liy order of Ills (liact- of Ifuccleuch. and many
interesting olijeets were f jund.
8 Memoirs of Mv Ancestors.
lands at Bo^'hons, &c., executed at Guffockland, 5th May,
1610, and also of the same place and date, a discharge to his
son Patrick in respect of all b\-gone debts.
SAMUEL McCALL, who was the first farmer of the
name in Kelloch-side, is most probably the same Samuel who is
mentioned as son of the preceiiinj; John McCall of Guffock-
land. Kelloch-siile uiow Kello-side) is a neitjhbourin.g farm to
Guffockland, in the same parish of Kirkconnel, and situated,
as its name implies, on the banks or bv the silL- of the Kelloch
or Kello-water, a trilnitary of the river Nith. The old farm-
house which stood beside the stream is now in ruins, and
its site is occupied bv a lar,£;c dair\', the modern buildint,'
being at that end of the farm nearest to the village of Kirk-
connel from which it is about a mile distant. Samuel McCall
was succeeded as a tenant in Kello-side by his son
WILLIAM McCALL, who witnesses the marriage con-
tract of his son Samuel, jth August, 1707, and dying before
1714, was buried with his fathers in Sanquhar churchyard.
The sexton, then a \er_\- old man, pointed out the gravestone
to Robert McCall in iNi4. but it was then very much broken
and worn and no part o( the inscription was legible : there are
several of the name still living in the neighbourhood and many
are brought in from tlie surrounding districts to be buried in
Sanquhar churchwird to this daw
Mr. William McCall made what is called a good marriage.
About the \ear i'j79 he married Marion Dundas, daughter to
Sir James Dimi.Jas, the second baron of Arniston, one of the
Senators of the College of Justice.
The DunJiisses of Arniston derive their origin from a .voun<,'er son of
George Puntlas, of Dundas, who represented a family than which few in
Scotland can lioast a more illustrious descent, whether we consider the
hiyh antiiinity and s|!t/ndour to which heralds and genealogists have
assigned its oii^in, witli a lont; list of nolile alliances, or the production
of a series of men. eminently distinKuished for their services in the
highest ollicps in Scot'iind. If tlie pride of ancestry is ever allowaljle, as
Lord ■\Voodlioiislic tells us. it surelv is where those ancestors have adorned
The McCall Family. 9
the stations which they tilled by that genuine merit, which, independent
of rank, must have entitled them to the respect and esteem of their fellow
citizens.
The surname is of local ori.^'in, being tiiUi-n from the lands of Dundas
in West Lothian, which were obtained by Huttied de DunJas about the
end of the 11th century, from his father, Cospatrick, the grandfather of
Cospatrick, lat Earl of Dunbar and March, wlio is said to have been
descended from the Saxon I'linccs of Euglaml. The history and lineage
of the family may be seen in liurke's Ltiiidcd Gentry, and in almost every
other work on the same subject.
^^'illianl McCnIl and Marion Dundas are said to have had a
large family of sons and daui^diters.
(i.) Samuel was the eldest, of whom presently.
(ii.) George, emigrated in 1701 to the American Colonies,
where he purchased an estate of 15,000 acres of land
upon the Schuzekill rivcr, which he called ' Doiitrlas
Manor,' and there is an act of council, passed 24th
June, 1735, entitled ' .\n Act for more effectual vesting
and settling certain lands in George McCall.' He
married Ann, daughter to Jasper Yeates, Escp. of
Philadelphia, a memloer of the council (of English
descent), b\- his wife, Catherine Sandilands, a grand-
. daughter of Jiiran K}n, of Sweden, who arrived in
America from that countr\- in 1643, and founded
Upland, since called Chester, Pa.
(iii.) Archihald, succeeded his fither as tenant in Kello-side
and was the last of the name there ; he married
Marion Hair who sur\i\ed him, and was buried in
San(]uhar churcluard before 1732. It is said that
this Archibald McCall was father of John McCall
in Nockinhare, in Sanquhar parish, who married
Marion Young and had live sons, John, Samuel,
William, George and Archibald, whose descendants
are now about Dumfries, in the Falkland Islands, and
elsewhere : but the connection is not very clearly
established.
10 Memoirs of Mv Ancestors.
SAMUEL McCALL, the eldest son \\\is born at Kello-side,
1st April, i6Sr, as appears from an entrv in his own hand-
writing in the old fatnilv bible. He was sent when a boy to
the care of some friend of his father in Glasgow, where he was
destined to engage in commercial pursuits. The story so oft
repeated from father to son, must not be omitted here, how
that young Samuel having bid adieu to his parental roof, set
out with his sister, and crossing the Nith proceeded to where
the old coach road passes, not far from the farm, there to
await the conveyance v>hich was to take him to Glasgow ; but
the carrier was longer of coming than had been expected, and
the young people either fell asleep or wandered from the road,
during which time the waggon passed, and Samuel had to
return home and to wait for another opportunit\- to set out on
his journey. It is said that the father became exceedingly
angry at this, which the young man so strongly resented that,
trivial as the circumstance mav appear, it seems to have made
for a time, a breach in the correspondence between Samuel
and his relations in Duinfries-shire. Settled in Glasgow,
however, and left to himself, he quickl\- became, by his own
integrity and industry, a wealthy and influential citizen. He
was made a burgess of Glasgow on the 22nd October, 1708,
was baillic in 1723, and on 13th October. 1736, was nominated
Lord Dean of Guild, which however he declined to accept on
account of his failing health ; — there is an interesting old
'memorial' on this subject, sliewin_g that, according to the
custom of the time, he was imprisoned for a few hours for refus-
ing to accept the office. In 1721. Mr. Samuel McCall pur-
chased of one James Lorrimer a house and grounds, with
brewhouse, &c., situated on the soutii side o{ the Gallowgate,
the property being bounded on the east by the Molendinar
burn, and he seems to have lived here until his death, in 1759 ;
he owned vessels which traded with tlie American Colonies,
where he ha<l extensive landed possessions in \'irginia and
The McCall Family. ii
Maryland, and tdsewherc. His will dated 22nil May, 1751,
was afterwards cancclJL'd by an assi,L;nment of all his property
to his children in various proportions, with liferents to him-
self and his wife, executed on i6tli Januarv, 1759. in the
78th \ear of his a;;e, and 44 da\s In-fore he died. He
was buried in a \ault \\hicii he had made many years
before in the burial ,<,'round of Cdas;;ow Cathedral, and
whicli has been used by his funily until fpiite recent times ;
the stone, which is almost ille,q;il)Ie. bears siinjjlv these words:
" The bur\in,L,' place appointed for Samuel McCidl and Margaret
Adam his spous and their children."
Mr. Samuel McCall was twice married; first to Isobel, eldest
•daughter of Mr. William Blackburn, merchant in Glasgow and
of Margaret Murdoch his wife;* who tlied 7th June, 1713,
leaving of her five chiltlren only one son, Samuel, survi\ing
her. He was brought up by his father in Glasgow, and at the
age of 23 received his patrimony, and emigrated to America,
and from that went trading to China; on the vo\-age back he
was shipwrecked, but was sa\ed cin a hen-coop floating upon
the water. He finally settled in Philaileliihia, and there married
his first cousin Ann, daughter of Mr. George McCall, with
whom he had six daughters but no male issue. He died in
1761.
To return to his father in Glasgow. Mr. Samuel McCall
did not long remain a widower, but married on 20th Januarv,
1714, Margaret Adam, daughter to Mr. JmIiu .\dam, merchant
in Glasgow, a younger of the house of Adam of Tour in
A}rshire. He had with Margaret .Adai'n a large family of sons
and daugliters. which are tully enumerated in the Genealogy
to be found at the end of this work. His five sons who sur-
vived him were :
(i.) John, the eldest, of whom preseiitK-.
• The ori';iii:il mama^'e contract, dat.'d 7th Aiiu'ii--t, 17U7. is now in tlic jios^es.
fiion of Mrs. Williaiu McCall in London.
12 Memoirs of Mv Ancestors.
(ii.) William died unmarried in Glascjow, in 1763, aged 46.
(iii.) James. Of Braehead in Renfrewshire, married Sarah,
daughter of Thomas Reid, Esq., of Saltcoats, and is
the ancestor of the McCalls of Duldowie, county
Lanark, and of tlie McCalls of Glyntown, county
Cork. He died 20th March, iSoj, in his 77th \ear.
(iv.) George, married Marv, daughter of .-\rchibald Smellie,
Esq., of Easterhill, and is now represented by his
grandson, James McCall, Esq., of St, John's Terrace,
Glasgow.
(v.) Archibald, settled in Virginia and there married
Catherine Flood. He died in October, 1S14, leaving
a daughter and sole heiress, Catherine-Flood McCall,
who died unmarried.
MR. JOHN McCALL, the eldest son of the above men-
tioned family, was born at Glasgow, 2jt.h .March, 1715. He
was a merchant in Glasgow, where he built for himself, about
the )car 1775. the 'Black House,' a handsome old mansion,
Avhich formerly stood upon the site now occupied bv the corner
of Queen Street and .\rgyle Street. This was sold at his death
and was taken down about 1N15, althougli a substantial edifice,
to make room for what is now a busy citv thoroughfare, — but
his country residence ' Belvidere,' near Glasgow, is still standing
and is used as a hospital or as_\limi of some sort.
Mr. John McCall was a staunch royalist, and suffered
severely by the .Vniurican Revolution, the whole of his propcrtv
in Virginia and Maryland, which he inherite'd from his father,
being lost through his lo}alt\- and adherence to the I'.ritish
Crown, during the war of Imlcjiendence (178J). His heirs
after the lajise of many }ears received a certam amount frt m
Government, but far beneath what was suftkient to have
indemnified the family for the injuries which he sustained.
H- died on Mli October, 1790, aged 75 years, and is buiied in
the family vault at the Glas.i;ow High Cliurcli\ anl.
The McCali. Family. 13
Like his father, Mr. McCall was twico married ; his first
wife was Marc^aret Craufurd, with wlidir, he liad no issue, and
he married :indly on 12th Septciiiher, 1764, at tlie a^'e of 49,
Helen, daughter to Mr. Robert Cross, mercliant in Glasgow,
— a iad_v considerabl}- his junior. With her he had the follow-
ing issue (besides six daughters) : —
(i.) Samuel, a merehant in Liineriek. who married Margaret,
daughter to William Wallace, Esq., of Limerick, and
died 2nd Ma\-, 1805, in his jbth \ear. His grandson,
Samuel McCall, Escjuire, residing in Glasgow, is the
present lineal representative of the famih'.
(ii.) John, Went to the West Indies and died there unmarried
in Santa Lucia, 3rd Februar\% 1S21, in his 50th year.
(iii.) Robert, died unmarried in Glasgow, 1S2S, aged 52, and
(iv.) \\'illiam, of whom below.
Mr. WILLL\M MeCALL, the ^youngest son, was born at
Glasgow, 13th October, 1770. He went to Liverpool where
he was a merchant during the earlv \ears of his life, and by
some fortunate commercial enterprises at the time of the
Duke of Wellington's wars, rendered himself independent of
professional occupation, when quite a voung man, and pur-
chased of the commissioners of the Crown, about the jear
1813, an estate of some 275 acres of land in the forest of
Ingle\vood, in tlie honor of Penr.th, which he called " Maiden
Hill." It was quite barren forest land when he bought it, and
he built the house which still remains, and li\ed there for about
12 years, and most of his familv was born theve. His design
was to make t!ie jilace a sort of model larm, ilve., and he ex-
pended much time and large sums of money on improving the
estate, and (.lulLaxouring to ren<Ier the land producti\e, in
which lioue\'er he cannot be said to have succeeded, for
Maiden Hill, which is said to liaxe cust him in one wa\' and
another as nnich as -(^40,000, was sold aftiT his death for less
than a quarter of that sum.
14 Memoirs of .^[v Axckstous.
In the snniiiior of 1S25, he let his estate in Ciiinberhnil, and
went hack tn h\e in the neiglibourhood of Liverpool. The
name of his residence tiiere was ' Parksifle,' some distance out
of tlie town in the direction of Wavertree, and he also built
some houses in Falkner Street, which are still in the possession
of tlie funily, and to one of which his widow removed with
her children, after his denth, and lived there for sever.il \ears.
In the sprin- of the year 1831 he went with iiis family to stay
at Beaumaris for the benefit of his health, which had been for
some time previously in a delicate state, and he died tliere,
suddenly, of heart disease while drivin,^;' in his carriage on the
16th July, 1S31. in the 55th year of his age, ileejily regretted
by all who knew him. He was buried in St. James' Cemetery,
Liverpool.
Mr. McCall was possessed of great physical strength in his
younger days, and was considerably above the average stature.
He was a man of the highest and most scrupulous inte^jrit}- of
character, of a placid and quiet disposition, and exceedingly
polished and refined in his manners and address to all with
with whom he came in contact.
He had married at St. Thomas', Li\erpool, on the 15th July,
180S, Agnes, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Mr. Robert
Liston, minister of Aberdowr (the liistor\- of whose ancestors
forms the subject of a subsequent chapter), and their children
who survived inf mcy were :
(i.) John, who died young.
(ii.) William. Of Maiden Hill (wliirh he sold), married
Mary, daughter of Andrew Cree Meiklejohn, Lsq.,
and died at Bristol, 24th November, i8()3, leaving
two sons anil three daughters.
(iii.) Henry, \\\\n lives at W'l'Stbourne. in Ilamiisliire, mar-
ried Sarah, ilauL,diter of Thomas Shaw, Esij., and has
one flauL;hter, Maiy.
(iv.) John, of \\hiim presently.
The McCai.l Family. 15
(i.) Janet, married to Alfred Ritchie, Esq., and died in 185S,
leaving two sons and six daughters.
(2.) Agnes, who died \uung : and
(3.) Helen, married to Thomas-Hardy Bertram, Esq., of
the family of Bertram, of Nisbet and Kersewell ; they
live at Beckenham, county Kent.
Mr. JOHN McCALL, the youngest son, was born at
Maiden Hill, on 22nd June, 1S24, and having lost his father
when only se%en years of age, he was brought up and educated
by his mother, and became a civil engineer, a profession which
he continued to exercise until about the year 1S4S, when he
went to live at Manchester for some years. Three years later
he removed to London, where he became a merchant, and he
has lived for the past eight-and-twent}' years at Walthamstow
in Essex. ' W'oodlands," which was his propert}' there, is now
in the possession of his eldest son, William.
Mr. McCall, married 24th April, 1S47, at the Collegiate
Church of Manchester (now called Manchester Cathedral),
Agnes, the youngest daughter and eventual heiress of Robert
Allan, Esq., F.R.S. Ed., &c., of Edinburgh (see chap vi.), with
whom he had the following issue, besides several children who
died in infanc\- :
(i.) William, now of \\'oodlands, married 15th January', iSjg,
Leonora-EmiK', eldest daughter of Waltcr-Basden
^^'hittingham, Esq., of Walthamstow. and has two
daughters.
(ii.) John, who died in 1S70. ageii 16 years.
(iii.) Hard\-Bertram, the author of this work, born at
Walthamstow, ist December, 1^50, married on 12th
September, 1SS2, at Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill, London,
\'ida-Mary, second daughter of James .Anderson, Esq.,
late of Dundee, and Eli/abeth-.\nn Downes, daughter
of Christopher Downes. of Ripon, Yorkshire his wife.
(iv.) .Mian, went to Tasmania, where he married, 21st Feb-
i6 Memoirs of Mv Axcf.stors.
ruary, iSSj, at St. Paiil's, Glenorcliy, near Hobart,
Ruth-IIfkn, youn;^'cst (]auf,'htcr of Ricliard Shoo-
bridgc, Escj., of Clyilesdalc, near Glenorcliy ; and
(i.) Janet-Sophia, who married at St. Stephen's, Waltham-
stow, 22nd November, 1SS.3, to Ransoine Wallis, Esq.
The arms borne by tliis last mentioned family are : Ouartcrlv,
1st and 4th A~ure a plicon [U\i^'Litt, on a chief of the last tuv spnr-
rowcls and part of the spur, ionics, for McCall. 2nd and 3rd Party
per bend indented ar<^ent and f^^ides, a crescent in chief of the second
and in base a mullet or, for Allan. Crest ; A le,^ in armour coiipcd
at tJic calf, proper, and spurred or. Motto: Dulce PiiRicuLUM.
\n
CHAPTER III.
Margaret Adam and Hi;i.i;x Cross.
Of Marf^aret Adam, the wife of Mr. Samuel McCall of
Glasj,'o\v, and of Helen Cross, the wife of Mr. John McCall,
we have, unfortunately, not been able to trace any long
pedigree; all the information rcsj'CCting their ancistry which
we have been able to arri\e at is embodied in the following
short account.
MARGARET ADAM. John Adam is said to have been a
descendant of the house of Adam of Tour, in Avrshire. He
was born in 1653. and was a merchant in Glasgow, where he
died, igth November, 1704. His wife was Marv Wood, (who
witnesses the marriage contract of her daughter, in 1714,)
with whom he had several children: their eklcft daughter,
Margaret, was born in 1691, and on 20lh Januarv, 1714 w;.s
married to Samuel McCall, Esq., of Glasgow, by whom she had
8 sons and 5 daughters, and dying in December, 1765, was buried
with her husband at Glasgow Cathedral, on Chrisunas-day.
HELl-^X CROSS. George Thomson, born in 1672, was a
banker in Glasgow, and foumler of the present firm of London
Bankers, " Thomson, Bonar ^.'v Co." He married, in .\ugust,
1703 Helen Wells, (born 22nd .-\pril. ifjSr,, died 2i)th Decem-
ber, 1752,) and he diuil on 241)1 b'ebruary, 1734, having had
two sons and eight daughters.
i8 Memoirs or Mv Anxestors.
Aiulrew TlicTinson, of F.iskiiic, the onlv survivint; son, mar-
ried Hflen, c!.iu.i;littT to Samuel ML-Call, Escj. of Glasgow, and
has descendants. His sister, Sarah, born 17th Januarv, 1717,
was married on 29th .\[arch, 1738, to Robert Cross, Esq. a
merchant in Glasgow, whose family does not appear to be
recorded, and he died on 20th September, 1739, only fifteen
months after their marriage, and in the 33rd year of his age.
Two children were born of the marriage, Helen, of whom
presently, and Robina, who seems to have died in youth, and
their mother, Sarah Thomson, died qth December, 1797, in
her Sist year.
Helen Cross the eldest daughter, was born I2tli March,
I739- -As has been said, she lost her father when barelv six
months old ; she was brought up by her mother in Glasgow,
and at the age of 25 she married to John McCall, Esq. of
Belvidere, the brother of her uncle Andrew's wife. She had
4 sons and 6 daughters, detailed elsewhere, and d_\ing 6th
April, iSoS, was buried with her husband in the \ault of his
family at Glasgow Cathedral. Her portrait is still preserved,
now in the possession of Samuel McCall, Esq., in Glasgow.
The arms of the fainil\- of Thomson are: Arg. a stag's head
cabosscd proper, on a cJtiif wavy azure, a cross crossld fUchcc, between
an anchor in dexter and a billet in sinnistcr or.
Crest : a dexter hand holding a bunch of floiccrs proper with the
motto INDUSTRIA MURUS.
i9
CHAPTER IV.
The Family of Liston.
The family of Liston has been one of distinction in the south
east of Scotland from time immemorial. Tradition sa_\'s that
the progenitor was a Norman who came to this country with
William the conqueror, and tirst settled in Essex, where the
family anciently possessed lands, still designated ' Liston
Manor.' Coming down to Scotland, at the time of one of the
English invasions, and seeing the fertility of the Lothians,
some of them are said to ha\"e settled there.
The first of the surname which we ha\'e seen mentioned is
one Roger de Listona, whose name appears as witness to a
charter of Richard, Bishop of St. .Andrew's (anno) 1165 — 78,
and also to a charter of Hugh, Bishop of St. .Andrews, 117S —
8S. Reginald de Listona witnesses a charter of Earl Da\id,
brother to King William the Lion, iiSg — 1214; and Robert
de Liston, chaplain, was also \vitness to a charter of William,
Bishop of St. .Andrews from 1202 — ^2>- Thomas de Listoun,
is mentioned in 1334 ; Symon de Lystone was a notary public
1410 — 13 ; \\'illiam, of Hundby, was Serjeand of the Burgh
of Edinliurgh in 14S3, and John, \'icar of Glammis, was
provost of St. Salvator's College 14SS— 92, professor of
Theolog\- 1496, and en\-o_\- to Denmark in 1491. Thomas
Liston was a doniinican monk at Perth in 1549, Da\id a monk
at New bottle in 1582.
20 Mr.MoiRs or Mv Ancestors.
The family seems also to have been connected with Linlith-
gowshire from very early times. John de Listoun witnesses
a deed at Linlithgow in 1440, anti the names of places in this
county, such as ' Listonshiels,' ' Kirkliston," and ' Overnew-
liston,' seem to imply that the Listons have in times past been
large landowners in that district.
The immediate ancestor of the funily in ijuestion is
WILLLVM LISTOX, who held the lands of Overnewliston
in Linlithgowshire in the days of Oueen Mary. He had
three sons, viz. (i.) Patrick his heir: (ii.) Walter of Muirend,
who liad three sons, Patrick, Walter, and john ; and (iii.)
William, minister of the Gospel, lied to Ireland in troublous
times and died, leaving a son William.
PATRICK LISTOX the eldest son, was laird of Longton
and Wheatlands in the shire of Westlothian, worth five
hundred merks yearly : he was also tenant in Calder county
Edinburgh, and had Overnewliston on the demise of his father.
Of tlie contending religious factions which at this time
caused so much dissension and strife in everv condition of
society in Scotland, the Listons seem to ha\'e adopted the
cause of the Covenanters, — the adherents, that is, to the
Solemn League and Covenant, — for we find Mr. Patrick Liston
attending the proscribed conventicles which were held by the
nonconformists by stealth, in the open air and in caves of the
earth: for which, and for the part he took in the assertion of
religious liberts', he was se(]uestrated for rebellion 15th .\ugust,
1667, and declared forfeit in life and estates, along with his
son and many others who had taken part in the recent rising
in the west ; ■ this was however afterwartis rescinded in 1690.
He liad two sons (i.) William, who was twice married and
had issue, and (ii.) Patrick of whom below.
" See " History of tlio State and Sufforinf; of tlio Chinch of Scotland, from the
liestoralion to llic llevolution," liy W. Cr.oiih-sinNic, GlasL'ow, 1787. — N.B. The
render who would verify this must consult no otlicr edition than that of 1787.
The Family or Listom. 21
PATRICK LISTOX succeeded his fatlier as tenant in
Caldcr and in 0\einc\vliston, and is also mentioned at Kirk-
liston. He married Janet, dau,i^liter of William Wili-;ie, by
whom he had three sons who sur\i\ed liim and se\eral
daughters, and lie died before 1700 and is buried at Kirkhston.
James Wilkio was a farmer in Ilatho-bryc t in the sliirp of Wf-tlothi.iu
and laird tliertof ; In- Ijnd live sons, viz. li:i\iil, James, William who \\ent
to Barbadoes, John in Edinburgh, and Jo<epli. The second son, James
Wilkie had a son William, who was father of the aboveinentiontd Janet
Wilkio who niarrind Mr. Patrii k Ei»ton. Cf this family was Sir Pavid
Wilkie, Ii..V. prineiiiiil [lainter in ordinary to His Majesty (leorye IV.
Mr. Patrick Listen the eldest son of Patrick Liston and
Janet Wilkie was collegiate minister of A\t. Educated at
Edinburgh University, he was ordained on iSth April, 1694,
and he died 9th June, 1700, aged about 32 years, leaving no
male issue. James Liston, the second son. succeeded in
Overnewliston and his grandson was the Right Hon. Sir
Robert Liston, of Milburn Tower, G.C.B., a member of the
privy council of King George IIL and sometime British
ambassador to the Sublime Ottoman Porte.
MR. JOHN LISTOX, the youngest son of Patrick Liston
and Janet \^'ilkie was educated for the ministr\- and admitted
to the e.xercise of spiritual functions — or licinscd as the Scotch
term it — b\- the jireslnterv of Linlithgow, nth September,
1717. In Jul}' 1721 he was presented by Robert, Earl of
Morton to the benefice of Aberdour in Fife, and ordained
minister of that parish by a committee of the S\-nod, 17th
Ma}-, 1723. He was an accomplished scholar, a di\ine of the
old and deej)l\- learned school, and a faithful and conscientious
minister, and he dieil at .AberdciUr. 17th September, 17G4,
in the 42nd vear of his ministry Mr. Liston married 26th
December, 1723, Mar}, }'oungest daughter of hVancis Scot,
Es(]., of Thirlstane, which is one of the most prominent
branches of the ancient border clan of Scot, whose chieftains
distinguished themselves in the affairs of Scotland from very
22 Memoirs of Mv Ancestors.
early days (see chap, v.) She died 2nd July, 1773, havinp;
had 3 sons John, Robert and James, and 4 dauL,diters Anne,
Margaret, Agatha and Janet. The eldest son, John, died in
infancy ; the second
MR. ROI;i:RT LISTON was born 22nd March, 1730; he
was at School in Edinburgh and entered the University there
as student, 13th October, 1743. Licensed by the presbytery
5th September, 1753, he was ordained assistant and successor
to his father in the ministry of Abcrdour on the jnd of April
following; he was unanimously elected moderator of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 17th May, 17S7,
— being the last who filled the chair without being a D.D. —
and he died nth Februar_\-, 1796 in the 66th year of his age,
and the 42ud of his ministry. He published " An Account of
the Parish of Aberdour.'" Mr. Listen marrieti nth Novem-
ber, 1766, Janet, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Henry Hardie,
minister of Culross, and sister to the Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardy
of Charlesfield, whose pedigree is detailed in chap. vii. She
died at Auldcathie, 31st December, 18:4, having had 5 sons
and 5 daughters, namely, (i.) John, died unmarried; (ii.) Henr\-,
minister of Ecclesmachan ha(J two sons, Robert, the eminent
surgeon of this name, and David, professor of Oriental
languages at Edinburgh University; (iii.) Robert, died un-
married ; (iv.) Thomas, a writer in Linlithgow, married
Helen-Margaret, daughter to Gen. I'errier nf Hells\d, Governor
of Dumbarton Castle and had issue; (v.) William, minister of
Rcdgorton, married Mary, daughter to Alexander I'urbes, Esq.
of Aberdeenshire, and had issue, (i.) Anne, married to Mr.
Hugh Meikkjohn, minister of Abcrcorn ; (2.) Marv, died
unmarried ; (3.) Janut, died unmarried ; (4.) Margaret, died
untnarried ; and (5.) Agnes, of whom below.
AGNES LISTON, the youngest daughter, was born at
Aberdour, nth Noveiidier, 17.82. She married at St. Thomas'
Liverpool. 25th July. i.SoS, to William McCali, Es(i. of
Thf. Family or Liston. 23
Liverpool, (afterwards of Maideiihill,) and liad issue (sec p. 8.)
Slie died at Iinerness Terrace, London, 21st I'\bruar_\-, i^6o,
in the j.Sth \ear of her aj^e, and is buried at All Souls'
Cemeter\-, Kensal Green, county Middlesex.
The Arms of the Listons arc : Ciilcs on a cross ra'^nlic arc^cnt,
two frilly jlo'uos slipped in pah- proper. Crest A dcmi lion holding;
in his paiv a iiilly-floiccr proper.
z^
CHAPTER V
Thk Scots.
His ready lances ThiiNtanp brave
AiTaj-eil beneath a banner brisht ;
The treasureil lleur-de-lis he chiims
To wreatlie his shieKl, sinee roj-al James.
Kncamp'd by P'ahi's nio^sy wave,
The proud distinction tiiateful ;,'ave,
For faith midst feudal jais ;
Wliat time, save Thirlstane alone.
Of Scotland's stubborn barons none
AVould march to southern wars ;
And hence in fair renicmbrnncc worn
Yon fheaf of spenis \\\<. crest has borne ;
Hence his hit.'h motto shines, revealed
' Eoaily ay licady ' for the tield.
hay of Ike Last Minstrel, iv, 8.
The most prnliable conjecture respectinj; tlie ori,i,Mn of tliis
ancient surname, says Sir Koliert Douf^las, is that it was
conferred on one of the first inhabitants of tiie Northern part
of Britain wlio visitcti forei,c:n countries, soon after it was
known bv the name of Scotia, or Scotland, — about the tenth
centiHA'. Frcmi his countr\' lie would recei\c the appellation
of the Scot, and retaining; that name after his return heme,
his descendants would of course inherit it. The first occurence
f)f the name in writing's now preser%ed seems to be Uchtrcd
filiiis Scot anion;,' the witnesses to a charter of King Daviil I.
The Scots. 25
to the abbacy of Selkirk. The Scots of Thirlstane derived
themselves from
ARTHUR LE SCOT of Howpaisley, in Eskdale, who
was warden of the \\'cst I'ortkr between Scotland and
Enj^Iand in the days of King David II. He married a dan.i^hter
of Maxwell of Terreglcs, a family which has since l)een
ennobled bv the title of Earl of Nithsdale, and was succeeded
by Ids son
ROBERT SCOT of Howpaisley. commonly called of Esk-
dale, who was Warden of the West Marshes of Scotland.
He married a dan,t,diter of Somer\-ille of Carnwath, with whom
he had a son, William, who succeeded him.
Sir WILLI.\M SCOT of Howpaisley, had to wife Jonet,
dau.ghter to Gladstanes of Cocklaw, and had 2 sons, Sir
Walter, who succeeded, and Adam Scot of Hassendean,
Sir WAETER SCOT of Howpaisley, married a daughter
of Douglas of Cavers : (which family is descended from
Archibald, a natural sen of James, Earl of Douglas and Mar,
and brother to Sir \\ illiam Douglas of Drumlanrig, tlie first
of the Oucensbcrry family, who carried the Douglas Standard
at the battle of Otterburn, Jist July, i^PS, and is now repre-
sented by James Douglas, Esq. of Cavers, county Roxburgh,
who bears the pateinal arms of Douglas within bordure gules.
Crest, A hand holding a bTokm lance, with the motto " Do or
die.") With this lady Sir Walter Scot had several sons; the
eldest was Abbot of Melrose, the second son,
DAVID SCOT of How-Paisley, got the lands of Thirlstane
in Selkirkshire by favor of his elder brother the Abbot, from
wdiich his successors ha\e ever since taken their designation.
He married a daughter of his kinsman, Scott of Robertoun,
and had at least three sons, namely Robot, tlie eldest, who
succeeded ; Walter, commonly called Hardy Watt, who was
killed at the battle of Pavia: and jaiius, who went to Germany.
2G Memoirs or Mv Anci;stors.
ROBERT SCOT succeeded to his father David, and
assumed the dcsi;,'natirtn ' of Thirlstane' ; he married a dau_i;li-
tcr of Johnston of Johnston, (now Marquis of Anandale,) and
had, beside several dau;^diters, 5 sons, viz. Jolm, of whom
presentl}- ; Scot of Hundleshope ; Scot of Drjhope ; Scot of
Mountbenger; and Scot of Bowhill. The eldest son
JOHN SCOT of Thirlstane, was a credit both to his family
and his countr\-, and was honored by King James \'. with a
part of the royal arms of Scotlantl and other suitable figures
to be added to his paternal shield of arms, to perpetuate the
memory of his seasonable services to that monarch. The
grant, which we copy bt,low, is untler the hands of the King
himself and of Sir Thomas Erskine of Brechin, his secretar\- :
"JAMES REX.
" We James, by the Grace of God Kiiif; of Scols
" consideraiid the faith and f^^ood servis of right traist friend John
" SCOT of THIRLSTANE qulia command to our host at Sautra
"edge, icith three score and ten Launders, on Horseback with his
" Friends and Folkn^'crs. And beand willinf:^ to ,eang u'ith us into
" Evf;land, U'lien all our nobles and others refused, he teas ready to
"stake all at our bidding ; for the n'hich Cause it is our i^'ill : And
"we do strictly command and cliari^e our Lion Herauld and his
" Deputis for the Time beand, to f^ivc and to -^rant to the said John
" Scot an Border of Flo'^ccr-dc-Lissa. about his coat of arms, sick
"as in our ]\oyal Banner, and alsesicae an Bundle of Launces above
"his helmet z.'ith the u'ords READDY AY READDY ; that he
"and all his Aftercummers may bruck the '<dmen. as a Pledf^e and
" Taiken of our Good-i.dll and Kindness for his treit' Worthiness.
"And thir our letters seen, ye naeicays failzie to do. Given at
" Falamuirc, lotder our Hand and Privy Casket the x.wii Day of
"July 1542 Years.
" By the Kim^'s special ordinance
•'THOMAS ARESKIXE."
The Scots. 27
This aup^mentation to the family arms is beautifully referred
to in the Lay of tJtc Last Minstrel, in the lines copied at the
commencement of this chapter.
John Scot married a daughter of Scott of Allanhaiigh, which
family \vas descended from Robert Scott the third son of Sir
David Scott of Branxholm and Buccleuch ; (the gcnealogv is
in Nisbet's Heraldry and in Douglas' baronetage.) They had
4 sons and 2 daughters, namely, Robert, who succeeded ;
Simon, called Longspear, who built the tower of Gamelscleugh ;
Andrew, from whom the Scotts of Ranaldburn are descended ;
and Adam of Gilmanscleugh ; Mar<;:;aret married to Johnston
of That Ilk, and Jean married to Johnston of Wamphray.
ROBEIvT SCOT of Thirlstane, who succeeded on the
death of his father, John Scot, was warden-depute of the West
Border between Scotland and England, which he executed
with great reputation and justice, and he signed the association
in support of King James V. in 1567. He married Lady Mar-
garet Scott, sister to the ist Lord Buccleuch and third cousin
to King James \\. of Scotland, (whose pedigree is to be found
on page 30,) and with her had three sons, viz.
(i.) Sir Robert, his heir.
(ii.) ^^'illiam, the predecessor of the Scotts of Mirr\law ; his
second son Robert acquired the lands of Howpaisle\-,
the ancient possession of the famih', and d\ing
without issue left them to his cousin Patrick Scot of
Tawnlawhill.
(iii.) Walter, who was killed by John Scott of Tushielaw in
a duel at Deucharsw\re, lea\ing two sons, Patrick of
Tawnlawhill, and Simon, besitles daughters.
Sir ROBERT SCOT of Thirlstane. the eldest son, was
twice married, ist to a daughter of Cranston C'f That Ilk, by
whom he had two sons, Sir Robert and Walter, and 2ndl}'
he married Katherine Jardine, daughter to Alexander J.irdine,
Esq., of Applegirth, an ancient and honorable family, which
28 Memoirs of Mv Ancestors.
possessed considerable estate in Galloway and the West
Border, the chieftains of which have distinguished themselves
in the defence of the Scottish borders against the English
and other depredators. With this second wife Sir Robert
had one son, John, of whom below, and several daughters.
Thirlestane was at this time worth 20,000 rnerks j-early —
about £1100 of our mone}-, a considerable sum in those dajs —
but Sir Robert got the estate very much burdened, and in the
year 1631 and 1632 gave two mortgages on the property to
Sir William Scot of Harden, the first for 1,200 merks and the
latter for 20,000 pounds Scots, besides several other encum-
brances.
Sir JOHN SCOT of Thirlstanc, son and heir to the
preceeding Sir Robert is described as 'a steady loyalist and
full of zeal for the cause of His most Sacred Majesty, in
which he united with the noble Marquis of Montrose,
and other truly zealous and honorable patriots, and sustained
great losses in that behalf." He was present at the battle of
Kilsyth 15th August, 1645, where 6000 of the parliamentary
armj' was slain, with but tritling losses on the royalist side;
and he followed the great though ill-fated Montrose through
the whole course of his brilliant but unfortunate %\ars, adhering
to him with unshaken confidence to the \er_\- end. He had
the honor of Knighthood conferred upon him by the hand of
King Charles I., and was sequestrated by tb.e parliament as a
malign.ant in 1642, and afterwards as a rcsolutioner in 1648 ;
and for the share he took in the assertion of the ro\al cause in
Scotland, a fine £2000 was imposed upon his estates, by
Cromueirs 'Act of Grace and Pardon," 12th April, 1654. Sir
John Scot in order to join in the wars had in 1641 entrusted
his first cousin Mr. Patrick Scot of Tawnlawhill with the entire
management of his estates ; and being under a cloud until the
restoration in 1660, and b\ that time l.ieing infirm and unable
to attend to his aftairs he left his son Francis, (at his death in
The Scots.
29
1666,) with luit a small part of the estate in his possession.
Late in life Sir John married Dame Eupham Young relict to
his companion in arms Sir David Ogilvie of Clova, hv whom
he had an onlj- son, Francis, and a daughter, Katherinc.
Mr. FRAN'CIS SCOT was designated 'of Thirlstane,'
altiiough he seems to have hecn little better than a tenant
there; he was in infancy when his father died, and growing
up proved to be of weak intellect and incapable of the manage-
ment of his estates, which remained in the hands of trustees.
He married a daughter of Robert Douglas, Esq. of Auchintully
and died in 1706, leaving a large family of young children,
namely, 5 sons, (i.) John who died unmarried; (ii.) Robert
called Davington ; (iii.) \\'illiam ; (iv.) Francis; (v.) James;
and (vi.) David; and 2 daughters (i.) Anne and {2) Mary.
After the lapse of some years, his son. Mr. Francis Scot, junior,
with the assistance of his brothers, instituted a lawsuit for the
recovery of the estates, which he alleged had been carried off
from his grandfather Sir John, under a deed of trust: it
however appeared that Mr. Patrick Scot of Tawnlawlnll had
made himself master of the property by purchasing the
wadsets* with which it was encumbered, and by the payment
of certain sums of money, and thus Thirlstane passed into
the possession of the younger branch of the faniijv which still
retains it. The grandson of the said Patrick Scot was Sir
William Scot of Thirlstane, who in 1699, married Ladv
Elizabeth, the mistress of Napier, and becoming Lord Napier
in right of his wife, he dropped the patrimonial name of Scot,
and is now represented by his lineal descendant Baron Francis
Napier of Merchistoun, K.T., P.C., &c.
■ MARY SCOT, the youngest daughter of the preceeding Mr.
Francis Scot of Thirlstane was born about the 3-ear 1702.
' T)ie Scottish wadxet corresponds to the Kn<;lisli mnrtqaiif. For further partic-
ulars anont tliis trial see the pullishecl repint of ' T)ie cii.<e </ Fnnicis Scut, qrent
prantlson to Sir Robert Scot of TliirLitiiitc. appellunt, against Francis Lord Xnpi.r
re/pondent' , a copy of which is in the possession of Mrs. William McCall in Loudon.
Tlu- trial \\nR coiuluded in ITU.
30 Memoirs or My An'ckstors.
On 26th December, 1723, she married to the Rev. Mr. John
Liston, minister of Aberdour, and she died on the 2nd of July,
1773, liaving had 3 sons and 3 daup;htcrs ; her grand-daughter
Agnes Liston married to William McCall, Esq., of Maidenhill,
as is more particularl}' shewn in chap. iv.
The arms of the Scots of Thirlstane are ; Or. on a lend azure,
a mullet bctuecyi two crescents 0/ the field, within a double tressiirc
fleuree and counicrflcurce of the second. Crest Six honen:.vi's spears
with pcnons thereat issuing out of a mural crown, three and three
disposed in saltirc. Motto READY AY READY.
SCOTT OF BUCCLEUCH.
The first known ancestor of this splendid race appears to be
Sir RICHARD LE SCOT who lived from about 1265 to
1320. He married the daughter and sole heiress of Murthock-
stone of That Ilk (now Murdiestone), with whom he obtained
a considerable estate in Lanarkshire, and as feudal lord thereof
swore fealt\- to Ring Edward I. of England, at Berwick in
1296, which was the time when Bruce and Baliol were compe-
ting for the crown of Scotland. He was made ranger of
Ettrick Forest which bmught into his possession the lands of
Rankilburn in Selkirkshire.
MICH.AEL SCOTT, probably son to the preceeding. dis-
tinguished himselt at the battle of Hallidon Hill, and was one
of the few who escaped that fatal day. He afterwards
accompanied King Da\id II. to the field of Durham, where he
fell 17th Octubt-r, 1346.
R0131£I\.T SCOTT of Murdiestoun may be the son of the
preceeding Michael. He is thought to ha\'e married Janet
Lockart, probabU' uf the house of Lee,
The Scotts. 31
WALTER SCOTT of Murdiestoun and Rankilburn is the
next mentioned, and is said to have been a gallant and brave
man, and to have performed man)- signal actions for the
service of the crown. lie lost his life at the battle of Homildon
nth Sejitember, 1402. His son
K0B1-:KT SCOTT of Murdiestoun and Rankilburn granted
a charter of the lands of Hinkery, to the monks of Melrose,
28th Mav, 1415, for the remission of his sins and the welfare of
his soul.
Sir WALTER SCOTT son of the last mentioned, made
an excambion in 1446 of the lands of Murdiestone, with Sir
Thomas Inglis of Manor, for half the barony of Branksholm,
in Teviotdale, which he probablv ditl that his estates might be
nearer together. It was most likely this laird who built the
manor house in one of the many ravines or ' clc!i::;I:s' on the
Rankilburn estate called Bnc-clcuch. from which the family has
ever since taken its designation, and he liati several additions
to his lands, granted by James II. for his good ser\ices against
the Douglases, the King's enemies. He died between 1467
and 1470, leaving by his wife, Margaret Cockburn, daughter to
the laird of Heiulerland, two sons; Sir Da\'iil, his heir, and
Sir Alexander who fell at Bannockburn on the side of James III.
nth June, 14SS.
Sir DA\'ID SCOTT seems to be the first to have adopted
the designation Doniinits dc Biikclci.ch, under which lie sat in
the parliament held by James III. in Ediiilnirgh in 14S7.
He was concerned in most of the pulilic transactions ot
Scotland in this reign, and was a conservator of the peace
with England. He married a daughter to Thomas, Lord
Somerville, In' whom he had three sons, Da\id who pre-
deceased him ; William ; and Robert Scott of Allanhaugh
whose descendant married to John Scot of Tliirlstane (see
that family); and two tlaughters, Janet, and Margaret.
32 Mf.moiks of My Ancestors.
DAVID SCOTT the eldest son died during his father's life
time, leaving a son, Sir Walter, of whom below.
Sir \\'.\LTER SCOTT of Hranksholm and Buccleuch was
served heir to his grandfather Sir Da\id, 6th Xoxembcr, 1492.
He accompanied King Janics I\'. to the fatal battle of Flodden
in 1513, being one of the few who escaped the carnage of that
disastrous day, and he died three vears later. He married
Elizabeth, danghter to Walter Ker of Cessford, and had a son
Sir WALTER SCOTT of Branksholm and Bucclench who
was retoured heir to his father, 27th October, 1517. This Sir
^^'alter was in no wav inferior to the best of his ancestors in
courage and intrepidity, and is celebrated by historians for an
aborti\e attempt to rescue King James \'. from the control of
the Earl of Angus at Melrose, on which Sir Walter Scott has
founded TIic Lay of the Last Minstrel. Collecting about a
thousand of his friends and followers at the King's special
request, Buccleuch met the Earl near Melrose, iSth July, 1526,
and a desperate conflict ensued, in which the former was
beaten and narrowlv escaped being slain in the battle. The
next we hear of him is in an encounter with the Earl of
Northumberland in 1532. " Sir Walter ScC'tt being extremely
"obnoxious to the English" sa_\s our authoritw Sir Robert
Douglas, "and ha\ing used satirical expressions towartls
" Henr\- \'III., the Earl of Northumberland detached 1,500
" men, who r;i\agcd and plundered his land and burned P>ranx-
" holm, but failed in their princij'al object which was to kill or
" make him pirisoner." In resentment of this Sir Wrdter and
other border chiefs assembled 3,000 men, whom with consum-
mate skill and valour the}' conducted into En.L;land : they laid
waste a large part Cif Northumberland, baftled and defeated the
English, and returned !:< me leaded with j i t \\ He was after-
wartls Celebrated at the battle of Pinkie in 1547, and linally
lost his life on tlie High Street of Edinl i!i.:,,h in 1552. in an
encounter with Su' Waller Kerr (ancestor to the Duke ot
The Scotts. 33
Roxburj;h). This Sir Walter Scott had married ist. Elizabeth,
daughter to Carmichael of Carmichacl, (which is the family of
the Earls of H}-ndfords and is traced to one William de Car-
michael, anno. 1350,); and 2ndly he married Janet Bethune, a
daughter to Bethune of Creich, a lady who is familiarly known
from the Lay of ike Last Minsird. By his first wife Sir ^^'alter
had two sons, David and William, who both predeceased him,
and he had further issue bv his second wife.
WILLL\M SCOTT the second, but eldest surviving son,
married Grizel, 2nd daughter to John Bethune of Creich, a
sister to his father's second wife, and died during his father's
lifetime, leaving a son
Sir WALTER SCOTT of Branksholm and Buccleugh,
who succeeded to his grandfather. Sir Walter. " He is
described" sa3-s Burke " as a person of rare qualities, wise,
true, stout, and modest." He signed the association in
support of James VL, but subsequeritly turned to the party of
the Queen, to whom he remained faithful notwithstanding her
extorted resignation of the crown, and forced retirement into
England. He married Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter to
David, 7th Earl of Angus, and niece of the regent Morton.
Of this splendid race, long the rivals of royalty, it would be
impossible, as it is unnecessary, here to give any account.
Their history is the history of Scotland ; and the reigning
house of Great Britain at the present time derives its origin
from this illustrious familw whose arms perpetuate the memory
of tlie "good Sir James" Douglas who was entrusted to carry
the heart of King Robert to the holy land.
Sir Walter Scott commenced to rebuild the castle of
Branksholm which had been destroyed and plundered by the
English, and he died on 17th April, 1547, as appears from the
following inscription upon the Castle :
"Sir Tl". Scott of Bi-a?u-/i''iin h;/t. yi.e cf Sir Williati> Sccft of
" Kirhn-iJ Kijt. liiijaii \io irorh ujmn ijn ^Jfth of Marchr l',71 ycir, qnlia
34 Memoirs of My Ancestors.
"dejmrtif af God.-f pleimur ye 17 April 157^. Dame Margaret Douglas
" his ,<pous completit the foresaid work in October 1576." Sir Walter
Scott and Margaret Douglas had a son, Sir Walter who suc-
ceeded ; a person of great distinction in the history of the
Scottish borders, and raised to the peerage by the title of Lord
Scott of Buccleuch, for good services rendered against the
Spaniards in the Dutch wars ; and two daughters Margaret
and Mary.
Lady MARGARET SCOTT the eldest daughter, married
to Robert Scot of Thirlstane, warden-depute of the West
Border, from which marriage is lineall}- descended by four
generations Mary Scot the grandmother of Mrs William
McCall, as is more particularly detailed on p. 27.
This noble family terminated on the direct line with an
heiress, Anne, Countess of Buccleuch, great grand-daughter to
the last mentioned Walter, Lord Scott, and she married in
1663 to James, Duke of Monmouth, K.G., a natural son to
King Charles IL of England, who adopted the surname and
quartered the arms of SCOTT, and who is now represented by
his lineal descendant that estimable nobleman, Walter-Francis
Montagu-Douglas-Scott,* K. G., Duke of Buccleuch and
Queensberry, &c.
This family bore : Or, a bend azure, charged n'ith a niuUel beiu'een
two crescents of the field, which bearing is still carried by the
Dukes of Buccleuch, quartered with the royal arms of Great
Britain.
• His (trace died lOtli AjTil, lfsM4, in liis TStli year, and is suceocdtd by his son,
WillianilJenry-Walter, the tlth I'ukf of Buccleuch and Hth of Queensberry.
3S-36
17o3200
THE ANCESTORS
AGNES ALLAN,
MR. JOHN McCALL.
3*7
CHAPTER VI.
The Family of Allan.
THE ALLANS arc of Highland descent. Tradition says
that the ancestor of tlie family was a McDonald, wlio assumed
his christian name of Allan as a surname, bv which his descen-
dants were ever after designated. Tradition is of course liaMe
to err, as the author has been led to believe has been the case
in the present instance, so far as the name is conccrnetl, and
he attributes the origin of the family to the clan McFarlanc,
on the following grounds.
The tradition above referred to must necessarilv be founded
upon the sayings or writings of Mr. John Allan, the grandfather
of Mrs. John McCall, who was, in his time, the sole represen-
tative of the family; he wrote in July, 17SS, "The Allans were
"Anciently a highland clan, theire originall name is McDonald
" Vide a Dissertation upon the highland clans published by
" the Laird of Buchannan at Glasgow in the 1724 — a Copy
"of which is in the Advocates library," Nothing whatever is
said of the Allans being connected with the McDonalds in the
work referred to, but "the surname of McFarlanc" says the
laird, in his original edition, which is still in the Advocates
library Edinburgh, " is very numerous botii in the West
" and North Highlands There is also a vast
" number of descendants from, and dependants on this sur-
" name and family, of other denominations of which those of
" most account arc a sept termed Allans or Mc Allans, who are
38 • Memoirs of My Anxestors.
" so called from Allan McFarlane their predecessor, a younger
"son of one of the lairds of McFarlane, who went to the
"north and settled there several centuries ago. This sept is
" not only very numerous, but also divers of them of very good
"account, such as the families of Anchorrachan, Balnengown,
" Drummin, iK:c. Thev reside mostly in Marr, Strathdon, and
" other northern counties." As this corresponds substantially
in every point but the name, it seems probable that Mr. John
Allan misread what is said by Buchanan, or perhaps did not
make a note of the name at the time, and tradition since his
da}' has perpetuated the error.
Capt. ROBERT ALLAN, the immediate ancestor of the
family in question, is recorded to have been born in Kircaldie
about the year 165S, and being banished from Scotland when
a young man, for some political offence,* found refuge in
Holland, along with many other fugitives of that disturbed
period, and entered thu naval service under the Prince of
Orange, with whom he is said to have come to this country in
16S8. He was deeply engaged in the English Revolution, and
afterwards returned to his native i)lace, Kirkcaldie ; he sold the
lands which belonged to him there, but (it is recorded) did not
part with the seat in Kirkcaldie church to which they gave
him title. He was afterwards a captain in the royal navy and
distinguished himself in the course of the peninsular wars,
being jircsent at thirteen naval engagements, and he died in
• The nature of the olTcnce is not luentiouctl, but it is to Ije sujiposeil tli.it it Imd
reference to the religious rebellion of that unhappy time. Most of the covenanting
leaders, wlio escaped the executioner's hand, lied to Holland, where their presence
and the storj' of their sulTerinfjs procured tlicin the countenance nf the Prince of
Orange, and were the tir;^t circumstances wl.i.U gave rise to the still greater blow,
which was destined to fall on King James' government. The name still seems to
exist in Holland; for in The 7'imc3 of 13th March, 1873 " Sarah Allan, daughter to
the late William .\IUin, Ks.i., of I'lOttcnlam," was manied at Stamford Hill. There
are also ann« n conbd in the Lvon I'.c^'isler for Allan of Kotteulam.
The Family of Allan. 39
Burntisland about the year 1732, and is recorded to have been
buried " below the blue marble stone next the church" there
—a stone which cannot now be found, or at least identified
Nvith any degree of certainty. Captain Allan had to wife
Eupham Dempster, a daughter of Mr. Dempster, a writer in
Edinburgh, by his wife the eldest daughter of Rankin of
Colden. With this lady he had two sons, Andrew who died
unmarried in 1740, and is buried in his father's tomb in
Burntisland ; and James, of whom below.
Mr. JAMES ALLAN was born in the year 1696. He was
a cloth-merchant in Edinburgh, where he lived at the head of
Forrester's ^^'}■nd and also house property in Roxburgh-close.
His burgess ticket, dated Sth Jan. 1724, constituting him bur-
gess and gild-brother of Edinburgh, is in the custod_\- of the
author, and several other old papers concerning him, from
which it appears that on his death-bed in December, 175S, he
gave all his property to his wife, and to the children of his
daughter, Mrs. Dunsmure, cutting out his only son John ; it
was supposed that he did not know what he was signing and
Mr. John Allan went to law about the property, the cause
lasted nine years and was gi\'en in his (John's) favor.
Mr. James .-Mian married Margaret, daughter to Mr. John
Callender, a cloth merchant at Lcith, by whom he had 11 sons
and 3 daughters, who all died in infanc\' excepting i son and
I daughter, as below. Mr. Allan died gth December, 175S,
and his wife, Margaret Callender, died in July, 1774, and they
are buried in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, beneath the
spot where the tomb of their,great grandson, John Allan, now
stands. Their sur\iving issue was :
(i). John, of \\hom presently.
(i.) Eupham, married to Mr. George Dunsmure, merchant
and baillie of Edinburgh, by whom she had, besides
daughters, two sons, viz., Gcorf^c D., of Kelso, Col,
40 Memoirs of My Ancestors.
of Marines : and Charles D., colonel of a line of regi-
ment, who distinguished himself at the capture of
Seringapatani in 1799, and died about 1S30, leaving
two sons, viz. (John D., in the Indian Civil Service,
died nth June, 1S73, aged 75; and Charles D., Col.
42nd Regiment.)
Mr, JOHN ALL.\N was born 21st October, 1726, at Edin-
burgh, where he lived in Scofs close. He was a burgess of
that cit}-, and succeeded to his father's business, which lie
carried on for many vears, and afterwards became Secretary
to the " Fund for the Widows and Orphans of Ministers of the
Church of Scotland." True to those politics in which his
grandfather had taken a prominent part, Mr. Allan was a
member of the 'Old Revolution Club.' His diploma, dated
1749, is in the author's possession, wherein he declares the
" gratefull sense he has of the Deliverance of the Kingdom of
"Create Brittain and Ireland from Popery and Slavery by
" King William and Oucen Mary of Glorious and Immortal
"memory, And of the further Security of our Religion and
" Liberties by the Settlement of the Crown upon the Illustrious
" House of Hanover, and his zealous attachment to his
" Majesty King George the Second, and our present happy
"constitution In Church and State," &c., &c.
He was twice married, and had seven sons — 4 who survived
him and 3 who died in infanc\' — but no daughters, and he died
in 1S05, in the Sotli _\-ear of his age, and is buried with his
father. His testamentary dispositii>n, which was written by
himself three years before his death, is of the simplest des-
cription, consisting of only a few lines. Announcing himself
to be " advanced in years and not knowing the time of my
departure," he leaves all his jiroperty and belongings to his
wife, and dispensing \\ ith all forms of attestation or witnesses,
quaintly adds " and if any persons shall give her any disturb-
The Family of Aixan. 41
" ancc may all the curses of the Pentateuch li,i;ht upon them."
Mr. Allan married ist on ijth June, 1752 (accc^irdin;^' to the
old style) Mart^aret, dau.t^hter of Mr. David Mitclicll, of Mid
Calder (son of Dr. Mitchell, of Herdmanshiels), with whom
he had three sons, viz. :
(i.) James, born 9th May. 1753, sur^'eon at His Majesty's
Garrison of Chatham, where he ilied unmarried, -77th
May, 17S5, and was buried with his forefathers at
Grcyfriars, Edinburgh,
(ii.) David, born 6th October. 1754. merchant in Edin-
burgh, where he died ist June, 1809. He married
Anne, daughter and sole heiress of James Kankin,
Esq., of Golden, who died 13th October, 1S20, in
her 5gth vear, leaving -\ sons, Joliii. merchant in
Edinburgh ; janics, caj)tain 2 \vd naval infantrv ;
David, surgeon in the Hon. East India Co.'s service :
and William, a lawyer in Edinburgh, beside several
daughters,
(iii.) John, born 24th May, 1756, \vas in the ro\al na\-\',
present at seven sea engagements. He was a captain
in the West Indies in 1788, and is supposed to have
been lost at sea, never havmg been heard ot since.
Secondly, Mr. John Allan married, 21st Mav, 1773 (new
style), Ann, daughter to Mr. Robert Ormston, of Kelso, with
whom he had a son, Robert, of whom below.
.John Manners, smitli, in Carbrrry, in the parisli of Mussc-lburgh,
mariied on tlic 11th Au^Ju^t. KUl'i, ricbt'cca Lesli,., dau^'hter of \Villi;un
Leslie, sniitli, in Dolphin'^ton, in tlie jiaiisli of I'restonpans. Their
daughter, .\gne5 or Ann Manm^r'-:, was born :50tli November, 1712, ami
married on 18th Jannary, 1717, to Mr. Itolioit Ormston, ■■ mercliant-
judwfllcr" in Potterow, and sonietinio of Kul';o, wlm-o dau^^hter. Ann
Orniston, born 5tli Januaiy, 171'.l, was married to Mr. John Alhin. as above.
Mr. ROBERT ALL.\N, the only surviving son of Mr. John
Allan and Ann Ormston, his secf>nd wife, was born at Etlin-
burgh, 6th I'ebruary. 1777. He early de\cloiicd a taste for
42 MFNfOIRS OF MV ANXnSTOKS.
surgical science, and having gone througli tlie proper course
of study and apprcnticesiiip at Edinburgh, lie entered the
naval service, as assistant surgeon, at the age of ig, and when
only 21 was appointed full surgeon to a line of battle ship.
He was on lioard 11. M.S. Nassau, when she was wrecked on
the coast of Holland, 25th October, 1799, and remained on
the vessel two nights after she struck, it being iinjiossible to
communicate with her owing to the territic gale of winil which
was blowing at the time. Those on board suffercil great hard-
ships, to ^\hich more than one hundred of their number
succumbed beft)re they could be rescued, and Mr. Allan liim-
self contracted a se\ere cold, which developed into chronic
bronchitis, from which he was nes'er free for the rest of his life.
Eight )-ears hard service at sea, spent in the acquisition of
practical knowledge, qualified him for the equalh' resp<jnsiblc,
though less arduous task of private practitioner, and as his
health began to break from the se\-ere trials to which he had
been exposed, he returned to his native city lof \^•hich he
was made burgess, 26th October, 1809), and entered into
partnership with his former preceptor, Mr. John Bell.
He was appointed surgeon in ordinary to His Majest}' King
George I\'. when he visited Scotland ; was senior operating
surgeon to the Ro\',d Infirmarv at Edinburgh, and lecturer on
Anatom_\- and Clinical Surgery at the University there ; he
joiiu'd the Royal College of Surgeons, in London, in 180S,
and tiie Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, in the following
year; he was a b'ellow of the Royal Societ\-, of Edinburgh, a
member of the Societe d" Emulation of Paris, the Society of
Scottish .•\ntiquaries, and various other learned institutions.
His principal publications, man_\' of which arc still known and
valued b\' the medical profession, are: "A Treatise on
Lithotomv," EiLiib., iSoS ; "A Dictionary of the Ancient
Language of Scotland," 1S07: " A S_\stem of Surgery," com-
menced in 1819, and com[)lete<-l, in 3 vols., a few days before
Tm: Family or Allan. 43
his death ; " Lectures on tlie Piinci[>Ics, Practice and
Operations of Surj^irN',"" lS;c.
Mr. Allan died on iSth December, 1S26, in the 50th year of
his age, deepiv regretted l)\- a wide circle of Iriends, and is
buried in a separate tomb in Gre_\ hiars churchyard.
" B}' all his professional bretheren," writes the EiUnburf;h
Journal of Medical Science, in an obituary notice, " he was
'respected, and b\' manv of them belo\eil NN'e
'shall merely add, in conclusion, that a milder or more truly
'inoffensive man than Mr. .Mian ne\'er dignified our art; he
'was ever ready and willing to assist the \-ounger members of
'the profession with his advice, and although steady to his
'purpose when in the right, he was at all times open to con-
' viction, and eager to adopt those \'iews which he deemed to
' be founded on just and legitimate induction."
Like his father, Mr. Robert Allan was twice married, ist,
on 22nd April, 180b, to .Anna, daughter of Col. Scott, of
Seafield, by whom he had one son and two daughters, \\z. :
(i.) Robert, born i6th p-ebruary, 1S07, was an army surgeon
(17th regt. ; S7th regt., &c.) for 25 years on active
service in ^Lauritius and elsewhere, and retired on
half-pay iSth February, 1853. He died unmarried, in
London, in 1S7S, and is buried in Highgate Cemetery,
(i.) Anna, born 4th July, iSoS, was twice married, ist to
Mr. Patterson, and afterwards to Mr. Lillie ; but died
childless at Kelso, in Maw 1S66.
(2.) Mary, born loth December, iSio, died unmarried in
Edinburgh, 20th February, 1881, and is interred in
her father's tomb there.
Secondly, Mr. Allan married, in 1S19, Sophia, youngest
daughter to The Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardy, of Charlesfield,
and relict to Gilbert Bertram, Escp, of Leith, with whom he
had issue as follows.
(i.) John, died an infant.
44 Mr.MoiKS or Mv Anci-.stors.
(ii.) J;iiiics, born iCitli May, 1S26, was educated at tlie Uni-
versity of Edinluir,t;h, at tlie German University at
Gissen, and afterwards at Berlin. He was Master of
Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, I'ellnw of the Chemical
Society, Professor of Chemistry at Owen's College,
Sheffield, a member of the Royal Botanical Society
of Edinburgh, lS;c. ; he died, unmarried, at Sheffield,
19th March, 1S66, uni\ersall\- respected and regretted;
and is buried there,
(r.) Agnes, of whom below.
AGNES ALLAN, the only daughter of Mr. Robert Allan,
by his second wife, was born at Edinburgh, 20th October,
1823. She lost her father when only three years old, and \\-as
brought up and educated by her mother ; the}- lived at Edin-
burgh until the year 1^34, and then for some j-ears at
Dumfries. She was married on the 24th April, 1S47, ^^ ^^lic
Collegiate Church of Manchester — now called Manchester
Cathedral — to John McCall, Esq., youngest son of William
McCall, Esq., of Maiden Hill, and has issue (see that family).
The Allans have kept up a series of famil}' portraits, which
are now in the possession of Mrs. McCrdl, and comprise those
of Captain Robert Allan, R.N., painted by a Dutch artist
about 16S6 ; of his son James Allan, apparentlv of about the
date 1730; of Mr. John .\llan son to the preceding, painted
evidenth- when he %\as ad\anced in years: of Mr. Robert
Allan, I'Mv.S., Edin. painted hv Mr. Li/ars in Edinburgh in
1S13, in the .-;7th \-ear of his age : of his son Mr. Robert Allan,
Arm)' surgeon, {)ainted bv Nash in 184N; and of Mrs. .Agnes
Allan or McCall, painted in i.SSj b}- Miss C<jrkran of London,
R.A.
The arms of this faniib' are: Party per bend indented ardent
and failles, a crescent in chief of the second, and in base a mullet or.
Crest A hiL^hland dirk staiiJni;^ upon a heart proper, w iih the motto
SUI-. Di:0 TUTELA .MICA.
^^
CHAPTER VII.
The Hakdies, — The Halkerstoxs
AND The Rankins.
The Hardies are of French extraction. The tradition is
that two brothers of the name came to this country in days
of old, with the Duke of Albany, on whose return to France,
some of his guards remained behind.
Sir Georf;e Mackenzie, in his manuscript, tells a story as to
tiie supposed origin of the surname and arms, assigning (o the
family, as ancestor, an attendant on King John of France,
when he, and King David II. of Scotland were prisoners in
England. "The chief of this name," says the old MS.,
" Hardie of Cargarse, in Marr. whose predecessor was a
" ffrenchman. and attended on the King off France, quchen
"the King of Scotland and he were prisoners in England.
" The King of England desiring his cupbearer to fill to the
"worthiest, he filled to his master, quhairupon this ffrenchman
" gave him a box upon the ear, at quiiich the King oft France,
"offended, said ' tti cs tout Itardic,' but the King of England,
"well pleased, returned it ' Stia dc shor iiiais Hardie,'* quliair-
" upon he gott that name and coat above set down, and came
"to Scotland with the King of Scotland, and gott the lands of
"Cargarse. Not long since, his successor was prefaultcd for
"killing the laird of Grant, but the fannly was thereafter
" restored bv the friendship of the Marquis of Huntly, whom
• ■• Ho shall be cfiUed licncefoifli Hardio."
■]G MmtoiKs 01 Mv Anti-stoks.
" those of that name have always followed." Nisbet, writing
in 1723, lufrrs to the Hardies havinj; rcccntlj- lost the lands of
Cargarse, which shews that the faniil\- kujU possession of them
for at least 350 }-ears ; at that time several branehes of the
famil\- were said to be tenants and vassals of the Duke of
Gordon.
Robert Hardie was a burgess and guild-brother of Edin-
burgh, whose son,
John Hanlie, .\.M., was edueated for the church, and
laureated at the Edinburgh University, May, 1653. He was
appointed minister of Gordon in 1659, anil was summoned
before the priv)- council of Scotland in 1663, to give account
of some alleged irregularities in the exercise of his spiritual
avocation; and for preaching against poiiery, in 16.S7, was
tried for treason on the 13th Eebruary of the following }"ear,
but the Lords found that "the speeches libelled did not infer
the pains in the indictment."
THOM.\S H.\RDH;. a farmer tenant in the West Craigs
of Corstorphine. near Edinburgh, may be a son, or perhaps a
nephew, of the last mentioned, but there seems no record whicli
will now supply the connecting link. He married Jonet, the
eldest daughter rif William F)r\ec, farmer, in Broxburn, Linlith-
gowshire, and of Mari^aret Mowbray, his spouse ; the marriage
contract, which is in the possession of Miss Hard}-, in Edin-
burgh, is dated J5th March, 1712, and is witnessed b)- Alex-
ander Hardie, farmer, in Easternorton, Gogarstone. brother
to the bridegroom. The_\- are said to ha\'e had several children :
a son, named John, was a merch;int-burgess in Edinburgh,
whose descendants are the family of Professor Lees, of Saint
Andrew's. Another son,
.Mr. in:XRV H.\RI)Ii:, born in 1710, was brought up for
the ministry, and licensed by the presb\terv of Edinburgh,
29th NoNember, I7,;S. He was called to the ministr\- of Cul-
ross, in b'ife, on iSth June, 1741. and was formallv ordained to
that charge on the 3rd September following, and he <lied of
The Hardies. 47
consumption, 4tli May, 175^. in tlic 30tli }ear of his age,
" having been a faithtul and conciuntious minister. " Tlie Kev.
Mr. Hardy marrictl on 6th December, 174,5, Ann Halkerston,
a daughter to tiie ' tcjw n-eierk ' of Cuiross, witii whom he had
two cliilch'cn sur\iving infancw nameh',
Janet, born i6tli October, 1744, who married to the Rev.
Mr. Robert Liston, minister of Aberd(^wr, whose daugliter,
Agnes, L., married to Mr. W'ilHam McCall (see p. 22), and
Thomas, wlio is grandfatiier to Mrs. John McCali, as will
presently appear.
THOMAS HAKDIK, born at Cnlross, -2nd April, 174.S,
lost his father \\hen but an infant. ainJ was brciu,i;ht up b_\- his
mother, whose desire it was that her onI\- son should follow
the calling of his father, in which he afterwards achiexetl
eminence. He studied at the University of lidinbur-h, and
was licensed by the presbytery, igfh February. 1772. On the
2ist October, 1773. he was presented b\- Sir Michat/1 Malcolm,
Bart., to the charge of Ballingra\', in Kinrus-shire, not far
from his natix'e town : and while here he did not live at the
manse, as it was very old, but at Xa\-ity House, with his
mother, which was within his parish. He was minister here for
about ten years, at the end of which time lie was 'translated'
(as it is termed) to the High Church, Edinburgh, \\'here he
continued to minister until his death, 21st Xo\'ember, 179S.
He was appointed regius professor of Ecclesiastical Histor}'
and Divinit\ at the University. 31st July. 17S8, and had the
honor and title of Doctor of Divinity conferied upon him on
4th October, in the same year. ,\mong the names of students
attending his lectures at the University (in 1794) appear those
of Mr. Walter Scott, afterwards Sir Walter Scott, of Abbots-
ford, Bart., the illustrious author of ' Waverley." (S;c., and
Mr. Henry Brougham, afterwards Lord Hemy I]rougham, the
eminent lawvor and statesman, and Lord Chancellor of Eng-
land. Dr. Hardv was unanimously elected Moderator of the
4S Mkmoiks of Mv .\xci:stors.
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, i6th May,
1793, and in October the same year, was appointed chaplain
in ordinarv to His Majesty King Genrf^^e III., and dean of the
chajK-l rcjj-al. He published several sermons, and amongst
other works, "The Principles of Moderation." Ediiib. 1782,
"The Patriot," Ediub. 179.5, &c. Dr. Thomas Hardy — iwho,
b)'the wa\-, spelled his name with a y instead of ic) — inherited
an estate of about 450 acres uf land, c.dled " Charlesheld." in
Westlothian, about 15 miles from Edinburgh, from the Rev.
Dr. Charles \\'ilkie, minister of Ecclesmachan, wln^ had been
a frien<i of his father, the Kev. Mr. Henry Hardie, and trustee
for Ills famil\-. It was, however, so much burdened with life-
rents and annuities to be paid to Dr. W'ilkie's relati\'es, as to
be, in the first instance, a loss rather than a gain to its possessor,
anil wishing to build a house upon the propertw Dr. Hardv
found it necessary to sell " Navitv," which he did, and de\oted
the proceeds to improving ' Charlesfield," where he afterwards
lived for sever, d \-ears previous to his death, and where also
most of his family was born. Dr. Hew Scot, the great
biographer of Scottish Ministers, sa\'s ot him : " He possessed
" an active and vigorous mind, and was no mean observer of
" passing occurrences. He warmh- espoused the moder.ate
" side of the church, but lamented the difference whicli sub-
" sisted, especially on the law of patronage, which stimulated
" him to propose a medium measure, which was, howe\'er,
" allowed to fall to the groun<i. He was an attractive and
"elocjuent preacher, took a lively interest in the beneiiceiit
'' and charitable institutions of the cit\-, and was honored to
" be instrument, d in the foundati(-in of the ' Society for the
" benefit of sons of the clerg\- of the church of Scotland," in
'■ Edinburgh. It is to be regretted that so few o( hi'^ works
"are preserved ft)r the public, which may be ascrilcd to his
"delicate iiealth and premature tleath."
Till; HARnii s. ^tj
Dr. Thomas Hardy married on tlie 2Sth June. 17S0, .\c;nes,
daughter to the Rev. Mr. W'iUiam Young, minister of Mutton,
Dumfries-shire, (tlic history of whose ancestors furms the
subject of a subsequent chapter), and with whom he had
issue,
(i.) Henry, a barrister, died unmarried, in 1807, aged 24.
(ii.) William, an officer in the Hon. East India Company's
service, married Jane Hunter, but died without issue,
in Seringapatam, in 1SJ4, aged 39.
(iii.) CharlesA\'i!kie, minister of Dunning, died unmarried,
at Edinburgh, in 1S14. aged 26.
(iv.) Thomas, a surgeon in Edinbm -h, E.K.C.S.,&c., married
Robina, daughter of Robert Forrester, Esq., treasurer
to the Royal Bank of Scotland, and died in 1S36,
aged 41, leasing 4 sons and 3 daughters, whose
descendants are now the sole representatives of this
family,
(v.) Hugh-Blair died an infant,
(i.) .'\gnes, died unmarried in 1S05, aged 23 years.
(2.) Anne, died unmarried, in Edinburgh, in 1S57, aged 70.
(3.) Janet, died unmarried, at Kirkcudbright, in 1S47, aged 56.
(4.) Sophia, of \vhom presenth'.
Charlesfield was inherited b\' CajHain William Hanly, the
second, but eldest survi\ing son, who being in India, the
management of the estate was in the hands of trustees, and
on his death, in 1S24, Charlesfield p;issed to his }-ounger
brother, Mr. Thomas Hard}-, F.R.C.S., who lived there, and
most of his famih- was born there. After his death the estate
was sold.
SOPHIA HARDY, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Dr.
Hardy, was born at Edinburgh, 24th Jidy, 1792, and married
first to Mr. Gilbert Bertram, a merchant at Leith, — son to
William Bertram, Esq.. of Fountain Bridge, xounger, of
Nisbet and Kersewell, — Inwlininshe had two sons, William
50 Memoirs of Mv Anxkstoks.
B., who died \oung', and Thomas Hard\- B., who married
Helen, )-oungest dau.LjIUcr of William McCall, Esq., of Maiden-
hill, and lives at l-ieckenhani, co. Kent. Mr. Gilbert 13ertram
died in 1S17, and his widow, Sophia Hardv, was afterwards
married a second time to Mr. Robert Allan, I'.R.S., Ed., &.C.,
surgeon in Edinburgh, with whom she had two sons and a
daughter, Agnes A., married to Mr. John McCall, as detailed
in the preceding chapter. Mrs. Allan lost her second husband
in 1S26, and continued in Etlinburgh until the year 1S35, after
which she lived with her familv at Dumfries for about eight
years, and she died at Reading on the Sth Januar\-, 1S45, and
is buried in the cemetery there.
The burying place of the Plardys is in the Canongate
churchyard, Edinburgh, where Dr. Thoinas Hard\- is buried,
with his wife and children, and the vault is still used b)' the
family.
The family arms are: Cities, a dexter hand, fesseii'ise, holding
a dagger point dou-nwards, argent, bet~,cecn tico mullets in chief or.
The crest is a forearm and hand holding a su'ord in pale proper,
with the motto TOUT HARD I.
THE HALKEKSTONS.
The Halkcrstons (pronounced Hackerston) are of Danish
e.xtraction, three brothers of the name ha\ing ancientl\- come
to this country from Denmark. One founded the family of
Halkerston of Halkerston Beath of which more presently; a
second settled in the north of England and is ancestor of the
Yorkshire family of Haggerston ; and the third was Hackerston
or Hackston of Ralhillet in h'ife.
The laird of Rathillet (David Hack'stoni was executed in
16S0 for having j(_)ined in the rebellion of the Covenanters and
more particularl\- for his share in the murder of Archbishop
The Halker?tons. 51
Sharpe of St. Andrews. \\'e learn tliat he commenced his
career by a somewhat profligate mode of Hfc, but being induced
out of curiosity to attend the conventicles of some of the non-
conforming clergy, he adopted their views to the fullest extent.
Riding with a party of these presb\tcrian enthusiasts on Magus
Moor near the town of St. Andrews, in quest of a certain Mr.
Carmichael against whom they bore enmit}', he chanced to
meet the Primate's coach quite unexpectedly, and regarded
the circumstances as an interposition of the hand of Providence,
by which the Lord, as they expressed it, had delivered this
troubler of Israel into their hantls. and resolving upon his
death the\' then and there flragged him from his carriage and
fired upon him with their pistols ; when, finding him not quite
dead, and being led bv their superstition to belie\'e that the
de\'il had charmed his body against lead, they cut him to pieces
with their steel swords.* According to an e\-ewitness, himself
engaged in the transaction, Hack'ston was not one of the
actual perpetrators of the deed, he having a private quarrel
with the Archbishop and fearing lest his taking part therein
might be ascribed to motives of personal enmity ; he however
felt himself free in conscience to be present at the time, and
• It scarcely comes witliin our province to critise or comuient upon the causes of
this murder; all ^\ho have read the history of tlie church referring to this period
must be well aware of the character of Archhishop James Sharpe. Uuder the
pretence of loj-al zeal and desire for the due execution of law, lie acted with unpre-
cedented tyranny and oppression, and with an abuse of power amounting almost to
wanton cruelty, for on one occasion when he rfctived the king's commands that no
more should be put to death on account of the I'ontland rising, he kept the order in
his pocket until he liad seen the exticnie sentence carried out on the last ten
prisoners. The privy council was severe in its enactments against the non-conform-
ists, but it was in the hands of their unscrupulous agents, such as this man. tliat
deeds were committed which made civilisation revolt. Still the doctrine laid down
by Hack'ston is hardly a deftnsible one, that " upon such as nmrdered without law,
justice was to be executed without law I " For further account of him and his doings
see The appendix to Kirt.tnit's Ui>.V}rij n/ Uie Church of Scotluinl, i)ublished by C. K.
SiixniE, EJ. 1817 ; Scuttish Worthies, Leilh. 181C, and most other histories of tluU
period.
52 Memoirs or Mv Anttstors.
the principal actor in the murder was liis hrother-in-law John
Balfour of Kinloch, called Burley, who is familiarly known
from ' 0!J Mortality.'
Rathillet was present at the skirmish at Airs Moss where the
celebrated Richard Cameron was slain, and beiny wounded
there, was made prisoner and brought to Edinburj;h, where he
was compelled to ride throuj^di the streets with his face towards
his horse's tail, Cameron's head, stuck on a halberd pike,
beinj; carried before him, and after some sort of a trial, he was
here put to death with circumstances of great cruelty, his
hands being first struck off, and his heart torn from his body
M-hile he was yet living, and his head was afterwards fixed
upon one of the gates of the city.
But it is time to return from this digression to follow the
fortunes of the family of Halkerston Beath.
There is an old alley in Edinburgh, named, it is said, after
one of this family who lost liis life there in da\s of old,
while defending the port against the English. Our pedigree
commences with
JOHN HALKERSTON of Halkerston Beath, who is
described as a gentlL-man of ancient birth and good estate,
and was ' town-clerk,' of the burgh of Culross in Fife, in which
capacit}- he recei\'ed, in the year 1649, '^ military order from
General Monk which we copy verbatim below. This inter-
esting document, which bears the autograph signature of the
great commonwealth general, is now in the possession of
Miss Hard}' in Edinburgh.
" Gentlemen, — Haveing a Call from God and his people
" to march into England, to assert and maintain the Liberty
"and Being of parliament, our Antient Constitution, and
"therein the l-'reedom and Rights of the People of these
"three Nations from Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Usurpations
"upon their Consciences. P'sons and Estates. And for a
"Godly Ministrv. I doe theirfor request from \ou the magis-
" trates of v Burirh of Culross, c'vc, ivc, &c.. &c., that \e doe
The Hai.kerstoxs. 53
" rcassumc the powr of the Comoiiwcahh in your Burgh.
"And I hereby Authoriz you to suppress all Tuiniults and
"Stirrings and Unlawfull Assemblies. And that \e liould noe
" Correspondenc}- with any of CHARLES STUART'S party
"or his adherents, but apprehend any such as shall make any
" disturbance, and send them to the next Guarrison. And doe
" further desire you to Countenaince and encourage \'; Godly
" ministrie, And all that truely leave God in y Land, and that
"ye continue faithful to owne and assert the interest of the
" Parliamentary Goverm., in \our severall places and Stations.
" I hope niy absence will be very short, but I doe assure j'e
"that I shall procure from the parliament whatever may bee
" for the Good Go\-ernment and Behoofe of tliis Natione. And
" doubt not but to obtaine abaitements in \'our Assess and
" other public burthens according to the proportion of England,
"and what further soever I may bee able, I sh.all not bee
"wantinge in what may promote the happiness and peace of
" this afflicted people. I shall not troulile ye further, but begg
"yr prayers and desire you to assure yourselves that I am,
" Y- faithfull friend and humble ser\-ant,
"GEORGE MOXCK."
" Ed., 5th November, 1G49."
" I desire }Ou to send me word to Berwick under your
"hands how farr ye will comply with my desires, by the 12th
" of November next.
" I desire you that what is behind of y« Last foure months
" of y? Twelvemonthly Assess bee in Readiness against itt be
" called for."
It will be remembered that General Monk was afterwards
one of the first to welcome and assist in the restoration of
His Majesty King Charles IL, of which monarch lie became a
favorite councillor, and was created by him Duke of Albermarle,
Mr. John Halkerston had two sons, namel\-, William,
afterwards of Halkerston Beath, who died 14th October, 1737,
54 Memoirs or Mv Anxestors.
and is buried in Ticatli ciiiirchyard, and John, of whom hclow.
This JOMX HALKMRSTOX was a writer in Dunfermline,
and is saiti to ha\'e afterwards succeeded his fatlicr in tiic
ofTice of town-clerk of Culross; he married Janet Rankin,
daughter of James Rankin, Esq., of Coiden, and of Anne
Bogie, his spouse.
Tiic Rankins, Lairds of Coiden, in Kinrosstiire, were
an ancient funil\- descended from one Sir John de Rankine,
a Flemish knigiit, who settled in Fife in the ijth century. A
sister to the James Rankin above mentioned was mother of
Euphani Dempster, the wife of Captain Robert Allan (see
p. 39), and tlie famiU- terminated in an heiress, Anne Rankin,
who, in 17S3, married to David Allan, Esq., uncle to Mrs.
John McCall. James Rankin was born 30th October, 1652 ;
both iie and his wife, Anne Bogie died upon the same day, viz.,
24th April, 1732, the one at nine o'clock at night, and the
other at six in the morning, and the}' \\ere buried in one grave,
together, at the same time. They were in the 52nd }ear (jf
their married life, and were aged 79 and 71 years respectively.
Several grandchildren also died at the same time, which was a
time of general sickness or plague. There is an old J-Jible
(date about 1579) now in the possession of Miss Liston, of
Auldcathie, which had been in the family of IJogie, lairds of
Kinneston, in Kinrosshire, and was brought by Anne Bogie
from Kinnestiin when she became Mrs. Rankin (anno 16S0).
The entries upon the flydeaf are all in the handwriting of her
son-in-law, John Halkerston, some of which we copy below:
"23 ffebruarie, ijn, John Halkerston and Janet Rankin
"gave up their names to be proclaimed in order to marriage.
" 23d Marc h, Jn. Halkerston ^: Janet Rankine were married
"at Coiden by Mr. John Gill, minister of the Gospel at Cleish.
" lohn Halkerston \- Janet Kanken aught this book,
"God jrive them Grace on it to look.
Tin: IIai.khkstons. 55
" Si christum discis, est ; {M^enda ncscis,
"Si christum ncscis, nihil est; pi^'cnda discis."
" Culross, Monday, 12th October, 1719, betwixt 11 and 12
"at night, J. K. brou,L,dit forth a woman child who was bap-
"tized in the church of Culross by Mr. John Geddes. minister
" of ye Gospel at Culross, ye 22nd of }-e s'" montii, and called
" Anne," &c., &c.
John Halkerston and Janet Rankin had 3 sons and 3
daughters. Mar^^'aret, the eldest, married to Mr. William
Geddes (son of the minister of Culross), whose dau,<:;hter,
Janet Geddes, was the mother of Margaret Ireland, who mar-
ried to Mr. Henry Liston, minister of Ecclesmachan, brother
of Mrs. William McCall. Robert, the youngest, married a
daughter of Johnston of Sands, and had issue ; James,
William and Marie, died young.
ANNE H.-\LKERSTON, the second daughter, was born at
Culross (as above), on 12th October, 1719, and she married at
the age of 24 to the Rev. Mr. Henry Hardie. She lost her
husband in the ninth year of their married life, having had
several children, and she afterwards purchased a small estate,
called Navity, in Ballingray Parish, where she lived with her
son for many years, and was known as ' Lady Navity.' Mrs.
Hardy lived to be S5 years of age, and died on 4th June, 1S05.
She is the grandmother of Mrs. William McCall, and the great
grandmother— through another line — of Mrs. John McCall.
56
CHAPTIIR VIII.
The Anxestors of Agnes Young, wife of the Rev.
Thomas Hakdy, D.D. Tlie Families of Young, Okr,
Ckaufurd, Dalkvmple, Hekkies, Coeland, &c.
THE YOUNGS.
The earliest ancestor of this family on record is
JOHN YOUNG, or ZOUNG. who was the first minister
at North Berwick, after the Ri fiMrnation, having also the
charge of Golyn and Akiharn, \\ith a stipend of 200 merks
yearly. The church of Scotland was, of course, at this
earl)- time in a somewhat unsettled and unorganized condition,
and John Young seems to have been man\^ times removed
•from parish to parish. He left X. Ilerwick in i^f'S, and was
at Dunse for a sh(jrt time, after Nyhich he took the charge of
Jedburgh, whence he was removed, in 1570, to Ir\-inc, in
Ayrshire. He was a member of Convention, 1571, and of the
Assemblies of the Church luld in March 1572, March 1573,
April 157O, July and October 15S0. and April 15S1. In 1589
he was again rcmo\-ed to 1 leith, where also he was the iirst
minister of the rdormed church, and was a[)|)ointed cne of
the \isitors of Ayrshire by the Assembh' in 150;. He nar-
ro\\ly escaped bi nig [ireSLiil at the (.".eiieral Assenddy at
Aberdeen, 2nd July, 1O05, having arri\ed two da\s after it was
Tfie Family of Young. 57
held, but althouc;h approving its proceedings no steps were
taken against him ; he was called before the privy council of
Scotland, 15th Februar}-, 1610, for intercommiining with his
brother-in-law, ' ane knowne trafficquing priest,' and he died
before the 13th August, 1G22. His wife was Margaret Camp-
bell, who survived him, and with whom he had at least one
son, George, of whom below.
Mr. GEORGL YOUNG was born in 1599, and was served
heir to his mother, nth January, 1643 ; he studied at the Uni-
versity of Glasgow, where he was a regent, and obtained his
degree of Artis Magister before 1635, in wiiich year he was ap-
pointed minister of Mauchlin, in Ayrshire. He was a member
of the Commissions of .Assembly, 1642-1644, and was translated
in the latter year to the High Church, Glasgow, where he was
admitted on the 26th May, but some difference arising, he was
in the same year settled at the Collegiate charge, Glasgow. He
was an assessor to the rector of the University in 164S, and
Dean of Faculty in 1651-2, when he acted as Commissioner in
a valuation of Teinds. ^^■ith the majority of his bretheren in
the church, he adopted the cause of the resolutioners,* and he
died on 26th March, 1569.
Mr. Young was twice married, ist to Bessie Sharp, with
whom he had 3 sons. John, Patrick, and George, and 5 daugh-
ters, Mary, Margaret, Bessie, Lillias and Nicolas; secondly,
he married, 4th October, 163S, Eli/abcth, the youngest daughter
of Mr. John Bell, sen., who survived him. His second son,
Mr. PATRICK YOUNG, was educated at Glasgow Univer-
sity, where he was a regent, and about the year 1662 he became
possessed of the lands of Auchenskeoch, in Colvend parish, in
the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, which had formerh- belonged
to the Herries family, and afterwards, on nth June, 1G73, he
had principal sasine of the lands of Clonyard, &c. His wife
• The resolulioncrs were those who adhorcd to tlie cause of King Chiirles II.,
after the murder of his fatlier, sxhile the otlier paitv, called I'rotetters, inclined
rather to a union with the triunii-hant rc]iuljlicans.
58 Memoirs of Mv Anxestors.
was Janet Cutler, Ly whom he had at least three sons, William,
John, and George. Mr. McKerlie, in his ' History of Lands
and their owners in Galloway,' tells us that the second son,
John, had sasine of the j-inerk land of Auchenskeoch in
March i66g (but wh\- does not appear), and the property seems
to have come into the possession of the eldest son William, on
6th July, 1709, We find a stone to William Young, of Auch-
enscuoh, in the old churchyard there, which is no doubt the
same (" Here lyc^ Janet Cutler, spans to Patrick Yoioif;, of Aiiehen-
sceoh, who departed iGth of March, i6gi, crtatis 52, and Williani
Young, of Aiichenscuoh, n-ho died gth March, 1713" j, and William
Young was succeeded by his son Alexander, who married Mary
Herries, and the land subsequently passed out of the possession
of the family. The youngest son, George Young, was brought
up for the ministry, as appears below, and there is an old book
in the possession of the family, which is dedicated to Mr.
Young, of Auchenskeoch, congratulating him upon the success
of his son, the minister of Hutton.
Mr. GEORGE YOUNG, .A.M., was born in 1676, and was
educated at St. Andrew's University, where he graduated 6th
March, 1696. He was licensed by the presbytery of Linlith-
gow on 22nd May, 1700, and ordained to the ministry of
Hutton and Corrie, in Dumfries-shire, 7th May, 1702. Sub-
sequent to 1770 he had also the charge of Whitekirk, which
was fallen off from the jiarish ; he was succeeded in the
benefice by his third son, William, of whom presentl}', and he
died 14th February, 1749, in the 74th year of his age, and
47th of his ministrv. He married Sophia, daughter to the
Rev. Mr. John Mcin, .A.^L, minister of Westerkirk, with whom
he had 4 sons and 6 daughters, v'\/.., John, George, William
and Henry; Elizabeth, Sophia, Kirstin (Cliristian), Mar\-,
Margaret and Alison.
John Miin, A.M., born 1G52, w.ts lanrc.itcd at tlie Edinburph Vni-
vcT.sity, Kith -\u;^u->t, lij'.ri. Licensed by the presbytery of Kelso on tlie
ICth of February, in tlie last mentioned year, he was instituted in 10'J3
Tin; Family of Young. 59
to the ministry ot Wcstrrkirk, near li.inrliolm, in Puiiifries-sliire, and he
died Ist May, 1720, leaving; a daughti r, Sojiliia, married to the Rev. Mr.
George Yourf;, minister of llulton. Slic had 10 cliildien. as above, and
died in November, ITiH).
Mr. WILLI.J^M YOUNG, born 29th October, 1710, was
presented to tlie charge of Hutton and Corrie, in succession
to his father, by George, Marquis of Annandale, September
1793, and was ordained assistant and successor on 29th Dec-
ember following. He ministered here for nearly 25 \ears, and
died 2gth June, 1761, in the 51st year of his age. Mr. Young
married (contract dated ist June, 1750) Agnes Orr, daughter
to the Rev. Mr. Alexander Orr, minister of Hoddam, with
whom he had two sons and a daughter, naineh', George, who
died unmarried ; Alexander, of Harburn, W'.S., died 1S42, in
his 85th year (whose son, ]Villi\vii, assumed the surname of
Herries in addition to his own, and by his wife, the Hon.
Amelia de Saumarez, was father of Alexander Young-Herries,
Esq., of Spottes, Galloway, the present representative of the
family) ; and .-\gnes, of whom below.
AGNES YOUNG, the only daughter, was born in 1762,
and on 2Sth June, 17S0, married to the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Hardy, minister of Ballingray, with whom she had nine
children. She possessed a superior and highly cultured mind,
entered with great interest into charitable and benevolent
work in her husband's parish, and was universally respected
and beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. Hardy died very
suddenly while walkint: in the a\enue at Charlesfield, on 4th
June, 1S12, and is buried with her husband at Canongate
churcln'ard, Edinburgh. Her youngest daughter, Sophia
Hardy, married to Mr. Robert .\llan, F.R.S., Ed., &c., and is
mother of Mrs. John McCall.
The arms borne b\' this family of YOUNG are: Argent
three piles sable, on a chief "f the last as many a>imilets or. Crest :
A lion issuing out 0/ a i^reath gules, holding a sic'ord in pale proper.
Motto: ROBORI PKUUENTIA PR.EST.\T.
6o MiiMoiR?; OF Mv Ancestors.
THE ORRS.
The surname of Orr is of hish antiquity; we have seen it
mentioned in writs of James IV. 's time, and the present family
is traditional!}' said to be ilescended from a writer to the signet
of the name in Edinburgh, in the reign of Queen Mary. The
Orrs are not at the present time numerous in Edinburgh, but
are more frequently to be met with in Glasgow and about
Renfrewshire, where there are some heritors of the name. Our
pedigree commences with
Mr. ALEXANDER ORR, A.M., who was born about 1650 ;
he was educated at the Glasgow University, where he studied
for the ministry, and took his degree 13th July, 1671. This,
it will be remembered, was the time oi the persecution, as it is
emphatically called, and Mr. Orr being a prominent person
among the Covenanters, and bringing himself into collision with
the Priv_\' Council, which was trying to force prelacy upon the
Church of Scotland, and likely, it was said, to end in poperj-, he
suffered great privations in that behalf, and according to tradi-
tion in the family, was chained on his back for six weeks, in
prison, for baptizing his own child, after haN'ing been formally
deprived of the exercise of spiritual functions. A letter to him
from his wife, dated Kilbarchan, 19th September, 168S, seems
to have been written by her either in prison, or else in hiding
from their persecutors. He steadily refused the offer of the In-
dulgence* made to him by the Government, and it was not until
• Thougli refusing the Iitdulriinre, — which Wiis a sort of license to preach with-
out interference on tlie jiart of the Ciovernmcnt, on tlie holder coniplyinj^ with
certain regulations, — Mr. Alexander Orr seems to have identilied himself with
what was known as the moihrate jiarty in the church. — that paity, namely-, which
was willing to acknowledge the king's interest, and would be content with a free
exercise of their own religion, without insisting on the Divine right of Presbytery,
with full power to predominate over all other forms of worship ; conceiving it best,
in fact, to limit tliiir demands to what it might be possible to attain. But those
who urged these modern views termed by the more rigid sectaries, Eriistiaux and
The Family or Okr. 6i
after the Revolution, thnt he was regularly appointed, in 16S9,
to the ministry of Buith, in Ayrshire, and he was a member
of Assembly in 1692 ; translated to Alyth in 1699, he declined
for some reason to accept the charge, and having a call to St.
Quivox, he was admitted there 31st July, 1700, where he con-
tinud to minister until his death, 2Sth September, 1710. He
married Barbara, daughter to William Craufurd, Esq., of
Auchinames, with whom he had at least 2 sons, Alexander, of
whom below, and Aicliibdld. born 24th Julv, 1691.
Mr. ALEXANDER ORR, of Hazelside, the elder son, was
born in 16S6, he was brought up for the same profession as his
father ; was licensed by the presbytery 22nd June, 1715, and in
the following year was called to the charge of Muirkirk, in .Ayr-
shire, where he was admitted, 5th June, 1717. On 26th Feb-
ruary, 1729, he had a call to Hoddain, in Dumfries-shire, which
he accepted, and was admitted there on the loth July following,
where he ministered with great conscientiousness and reputa-
tion for eight and thirty years, and he died on igth June, 1767,
in the Sist year of his age, and the 51st of his ministry. Mr.
Orr married, in 1722, Agnes, the eldest daughter and co-heir
of John Dalrjmple, Esq., of \\'atersidc, with whom he had
3 sons,
(i.) Alexander, who succeeded to Waterside in right of his
mother, 1766. and died before 17SS, leaving 2 sons,
John. Surgeon, Hon. East India Company's service,
and WilHain, Colonel, Hon. East India Compan\'s
service, who was drowned at sea \\ith the whole of
his family.
Laodiceanx, and accounted bj- tlicm "a snare upon Mizjiali, and a net spread upon
Tabor." It may be mentioned, in passinR, that this singular mode of expressing
themselves in tlie language of the ancient fatliers, was by no means uncommon
among the old Puritans; who concci\cd themselves, a sort of chosen people sent
fortli to extirpate tlie lieathen like the Jews of obi, and they applied the latter's
writings and jirojihecies to tlair own case, ;,'eneially in a most indi-criniinate
manner, and in some instances witli even ludicrous ellect.
62 Memoirs of My Anxestors.
(ii.) Patrick, born 12th October, 1727.
(iii.) John, emigrated to \'irginia, and has descendants in
' that country.
And 3 daughters,
(1.) Agnes, of whom presently.
(2.) Barbara, born loth October, 1723, married 5th October,
1767, to the Re\'. Mr. John Craig, minister of Kirk-
patrick-b'leming (afterwards of Ruthwell), and died
5th January, 1S04, leaving a son, Alexander, factor to
Murray of Broughton ; and a daughter, Agnes, mar-
ried to the Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D., the succeeding
incumbent to her father in Ruthwell.
(3.) Susan, married (176S) to her first cousin, William
Murra}-, Esq., younger, of Murraythwaite.
AGNES ORR, the eldest daughter of the Rev. Mr. Alex-
ander Orr and Agnes Dalrymple, was born 9th November,
1722, and died on nth June, 1S09, and was buried in the
Canongate churchyard, in Edinburgh. She married, on ist
June, 1750, to the Rev. Mr. William Young, minister of
Hutton, with whom she had a daughter, Agnes, married to
Dr. Thomas Hardy, of Charlcsfield, who had, with other
children, a daughter, Sophia Hardy, the mother of Mrs. John
McCall.
This family bore : Giilcs tlirce piles in point argent with a
bordure of ilie same, on a chief or, a torleau between two crosses
crossht fitchee of the first. Crest: A cornucopia proper. Motto:
Vn^TUTI FORTUNA COMES.
CRAUFURD OK AUCHINAMES.
The und(jubted ancestor of this family is Sir RANALD or
REGINALD DE CRAUFURD, a person of great distinction
in tlie affairs of Scotland in the dajs of King William L,
Thk Family of CRAUFUKn. 63
who acquired the extensive tiaronv of Lcnidonn, in Ayrshire,
by marriage with Margaret de Loudoun, the sole heiress,
about the j-car 1200. He is styled ' Vicecomes de Air,' an here-
ditary office, similar to that of Hip^h Sheriff of the county, and
he died in 1226, bein.e^ succei-ded bv his son.
HUGH DE CRAUFURD, of Loudoun, heritable sheriff
of Ayrshire, who died in 1246, leaviuij two sons, (i.) Hup;h de
Craufurd, who succeeded his father in Loudoun, and whose
daughter, Margaret Craufurd, married to Sir Malcolm Wallace,
of Eldersley, and was mother of the immortal patriot. Sir
William Wallace ; and (ii.) Ranald, or Reginald, of Crosbie,
of whom below.
Sir REGINALD CRAUFURD, who acquired the fourteen
pound land of Crosbie, in .Ayrshire, was also a person of great
eminence, and one of the valiant supporters of Robert le
Bruce in his arduous attempts to restore Scottish liberty. He
distinguished himself at the memorable battle of Bannock-
burn, in 1314, and afterwards had the twelve pound land of
Auchinamci, in Renfrewshire, conferred upon him by King
Robert in 1320, in recognition of his seasonable services.
RANALD CRAUFURD, of Auchinames and Crosbie,
witnesses a charter of Robert, the High Steward, in 1358, and
is supposed to be a son to the preceding Sir Reginald.
THOM.\S CRAUFURD, of .\uchinames, is the next men-
tioned, and is stated to be grandson to Sir Reginald Craufurd ;
he succeeded to the estates of .Auchinames and Crosbie, and
had also the six-pound land of Manock and Gills, the live-
merkland of Auldmuir, and the five-merkland of Whiteside, all
in the shire of Ayr. " .\s this gentleman was possessed of a
very fair estate," says Nisbet, " so he was zealous to bestow a
part of it upon those uses which were then judged to contribute
most to the promoting of piety, and procuring Salvation,
both for his own soul, and to the souls of his near relations,"
as appears from a charter dated 24th October, 1401, resigning
certain lands to the monks of Paisley for the perpetual endow-
64 Mi:moiks of Mv Anci-stors.
merit of a cliapcl in tlic parisli of Kill>,ircliaii, to be sacred to
St. Mar)- the \'ir^Mn, " pro salute aniiiue inc;e," as it is ex-
pressed ill the charter, " et aniinaruin uxoruin inearum, et
anim;e Re^'inaldi de Craufiuxl, avi inei, . . . et aniinarum
omniiiin tidcHuin dcfiinctoruin," lVc. Tliomas Craufurd mar-
ried the daughter and heiress of Malcolm Galbraith, with
whom lie had a son, Archibald, who succeeded him.
This ARCHIBALD CKAUFURD had a charter of the
family estates upon the resi;;nation of his father, f^ranted by
King James I., in the 21st year of his reign, being the year
1427. He is stated to have married Margaret Douglas,
daughter and co-heir of Sir William Douglas, of Peircetoun,
with whom he had 2 sons, Robert, who succeeded him, and
Thomas, ancestor to the Craufurds of Thirdpart.
ROBERT CRAUFURD, of Auchinames, was twice mar-
ried, firstly to Isobel Douglas, a sister of Archibald, si.xth Earl
of Angus, (who married Margaret, of England, sister to King
Henry VHI.) ; aiul secondly, to Marion, daughter to Houstoun
of Houstoun, b\- whom he had (at least) three sons, namely,
James, Henry, and Robert. He accompanied King James I\'.
to the fatal battle of Fiodden, and there lost his life, 9th
September, 1513.
JAMES CRAUI'URD, of Auchinames, the eldest son to
the preceding Rubert, had sasine of the estates i8th June,
14S4, during his father's lifetime. He gave a charter of the
lands of \\'liiti.side to \\'illiam Wallace, of Craigie, on 4th
November, I52(), ami was succeeded by his son,
THOMAS CRAUl'URD, of Auchinames, who married
Marion Montgomery, daughter to the laird of Hazelhead, and
died in 1541, leaving three sons, all successively lairds of
Auchinames, vi/.,
(i.) John, of Anchinanies, married Giles, daughter to W'illiam
CunninglKiiiic, seccuid laird of Craigcndsr but was
killed at tlie battle of Pinkie, loth September, 1547,
without i>-uc.
Thk Family or Craii-ukd. 65
(ii.) \\'illiai'n succeeded to his brother Jolm, and married
Aiinabelia Chalmers, daughter to Chalmers of Gad-
girth, with whom he had one son, JaDics, who pre-
deceased him, leaving; an only child, Jane Craufurd,
heiress of Crosbie.
And (iii.) Patrick, of whom below.
PATRICK CRAUFURD, the youngest son of Thomas
Craufurd, inherited Auchinames on the death of his brother
William, and is formally infeft 13th April, 15S5, but he lost
the land of Crosbie, which descended to the grand daughter of
his brother William, .'\uchinames married a daughter of John
Frazer, third laird of Knock, and had a son, William, who
predeceased him.
This WILLIAM CRAUFURD had married Margaret
Houstoun, daughter to Sir Patrick Houstoun of that ilk — the
marriage contract being dated loth October, 15S7 — and had
an only son, Patrick, who succeeded to his grandfather.
PATRICK CRAUFURD is seized of Auchinames on the
death of his grandfather Patrick, and also acquired Crosbie,
the old possession of the family, by marriage with his second
cousin, Jane, the daughter and sole heiress of James Craufurd,
of Crosbie. He died in January, 1649, leaving six sons,
namely, (i.1 William, of whom presentl}' : (ii.) James W.S. who
was father to Mr. Patrick Craufurd, Councillor of Law, at
London ; (iii.1 Captain Robert. (A Nethermains : (iv.) John :
(v.) Patrick : (vi.) Hugh, minister of Cumnock ; besides several
daughters.
WILLIAM CRAUFURD, of Auchinames, was infeft in the
twelve pound land of Auchinames, 12th Mav, 1649. He married
Anna Lamont, daughter of Sir Colin Lamont, of Ineryne,
Argyllshire, and of Barbara Semple, daughter to Robert, fourth
Lord Semple, his wife. They hatl an only son, Archibald, after-
wards of .Auchinames. who died without male issue, and several
daughters : liarbara married to the Rev. Mr. .Mexander Orr, as
66 ^fKMOIRS or ^^v An'ckstors.
below, another daiisHtcr married to Houstoun, of Houstoun,
another to Kennedy, of Kilbcnzie, and a fourth to Boyd, of
Trochrig.
The LAMONTS, of Ai;;_vloKlnrc, wore a family of hit;h antiquity and
great respectability, dntinp, it is said, from the 11th century. Some
interesting particulars of tlani are t-'iven in ' Skene's Highland Clans.'
The SE.MI'LES trace their pedigree to Ivobert de Senipill, who wag
steward or chamberlain of Kcufrew in Alexander III.'s reign, and whose
name appears among the witnesses to a charter of Malcolm, Earl of
Lennox, in I'iSO. Tlie lineage is in Dour/las' Peerage. They bore Arg.
a chevron cJiecqtnj pu. ami of the field betueen titrce bugles sa. garnished
of the second. Motto : KEEP TKYSTE.
BARISAKA CKAL'I'URI), daughter to the last mentioned
William, of Aucliinaincs, married the Rev. Mr. Ale.xander
Orr, minister of I-5eitii, and afterwards of St. Quivo.x (see
p. 6i). There is a letter which was written by her to her hus-
band, Mr. Orr, dated Kilbarchan, September igth, ibSS ; and
Mrs. Campbell Robertson has a book which belonged to Mrs.
Orr, ha\ing been given to her by her mother ; on the fly-leaf
is wxiiien " Barbara Craitfurd a!i,i;ht litis book, Anne Lamont,
" Lady Auchinamcs." Hergrantl daughter, Agnes Orr, married
to the Rev. Mr. William Young, whose daughter, Agnes, is the
grandmother of Agnes Allan, wife of Mr. John McCall, as is
more particular!}' set forth in other parts of this work.
The most ancient bearings of the Craufurds, of Auchinames,
were: Ardent, two spears sallircicisc. Crest ; ,-1 plurni.x in flames
proper, with tlie motto C,OU SHAW THE RIGHT. The
bearing of two spears in saltire was, according to tradition in
the family, granted to the first laird of Auchinames by King
Robert I., as a special mark of ro\al fa\or, the device being
allusi\'e to his achievements at Bannockburn.
DALRYMPLE OF WATERSIDE.
D.-\Ll'i\'M PLII has been one of the leading surnamcB in
A\rshire and Dumfriesshire e\er since the time when sur-
Thk Family of Dalkympi.e. 67
names first began to be used. It is of local origin, being
taken from the barony of Dalryinple in the first mentioned
county, which, after having been lield by the family for at least
three generations, was alienated about the year 1371, by
Malcolm and Hugh de Dalrymple to John Kennedy, of Dunure.
John Dalrymple held lands in Edinburgh in 13G9, and was
provost of that burgh in 1392, and for many generations this
was one of the leading burgess families there. Gilbert de
Dalrympill was one of the Scotch prisoners released out of
the Tower of London, 12th April, 1412, and the Earls of
Stair trace their pedigree to a William Dalrymple, who
acquired Stair by marriage with Agnes Kennedy, sole heiress
of that barony, about the year 1450.
According to popular legend the Dalrymples of Waterside
were descended from some of the old clergy of Durisdeer, and
it is seen that the family held the lands of Inglistoun and
Annistoun, lying within the barony of Durisdeer, for nearly
100 years. John de Dalrymple had a charter of these lands,
dated 20th April, 139S, from ' his kinsman,' Robert Stewart,
Lord of Durisdeer, and they were resigned by John Dalrvmple,
sometime of Laich, to his superior, William Stewart, of
Rosyth, Baron of Durisdeer, about the year 1495. Stoddart,
in his " Scottish Arms." says that Duncan Dalrumpill, who
had a charter of King Robert III., confirming to him the office
of Toshia-Daroche in Nithsdale, was probably the ancestor of
the Waterside family. The first distinct mention of the name
in connexion with this estate, is Morrise Dalrymple, in Water-
side, who, in I55>', sat on an assize together with John
Dalrymple, of Stair.
Waterside is in the parish of Keir, in Dumfriesshire, three
miles for Thornhill, and lies on the right bank of the Scar,
just above where the latter Hows into the river Nith.
MALCOLM DALRVMPLE. in Waterside, is mentioned
in 15S5 as having intcrcommuned with the Earl of Morton,
.and again Malcolm is mentioned in 1619.
68 Mf.moirs of My Axcf.stors.
JOHN DALRYMPLE, of Waterside, who died in 1625,
aged 65, buried in Keir churchyard, may be a son, or perhaps
brother of the forej^oing Malcoiin. He liad 2 sons, vi/., John,
of wliom below, and Malcohn, who is witness to a sasine of
Waterside, in September, 1633. The elder son,
JOHN DALRYMPLK, in 1629, had a wadset (mortgage)
over the property of Waterside in security of 4,000 uierks bor-
rowed from him by Robert Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale, and
Dame Elizabeth Beaumont, his spouse, and in the following
year, namely, on 23rd February, 1630, the estate of Waterside,
with which his ancestors had long been connected, came for-
mally into his possession b}- charter of that date, to be holden
of the Earls of Nithsdale. The witnesses to the charter are
James Maxwell, of Tinwald, Thomas Grierson. of Barjarg, John
Grierson, of Nether Keir, and provost John Corsane, of Dum-
fries. Mr. John Dalrymple's wife was Kathcrine Thompson, by
whom he had several children, of whom may be mentioned
John, who succeeded him, of whom below.
JOHN DAERYMPLE, of Waterside, had a charter of
9th August, 1671, as son and lieir to his father, from John
^Laxwell, Earl of Nithsdale ; the witnesses are William,
son of the Earl, and Thomas Dalr\mple. apothecar\-. He
had to wife Elizalieth, daughter of Mr. William Herries,
of Harthwaite, and tlie_\' had many children. A daughter,
narr.ed Isobel, was married to the Rev. Mr. .\lex. Ba\ne,
minister of Keir, whose daughter, Mary, married the Rev. Mr.
William l-'orrester, minister of St. Mungo, and afterwards
of Carstairs, and their grand-daughter, Robina P'orrester, was
Mrs. Thomas Hardy, of l^dinburgh (see ji. 49). Another
daughter, Kathcrine, died 19th January, 1752, and is buried
at Keir. The eldest son was John Dalr) inpic, who succeeded,
of whom presentl)'.
Mr. William Herries, merchant burf,'ess of Edinburgh, had an only sou
Kobcrt, who was cdiicatecl for the ministry and laun.'ated at the KdinlnuRh
I'niversily, on 2-2nd Fcl)uiary. \Wi. He wa'^ i>resented to the benefice
Thi-: Family of Dalkymple. 69
and VicaraRO nf niyfo-liilc for Prysdalo* by Kin- .T.-imc!; VI., 21tU Dec,
ICIC, he sisnefl tlie petition in favor of the liliertie^ of tlic Kirk. 27tli .Tune,
lt;i7, and wa,; made hnvfte?'; of Kdinl,iin;li, 17th .Tune. 1(;20. Hi.s wife was
Janet Macki-on of the parish of S.>utli I,.ith. wlioni he married on lOtli
September, li;i8, and %vitli ^^}lom lie had a son, William Herries, of
Harthwaite an.l Ilalldykes, who nianied Mai ion, dau-hter to the Rev. Mr.
Francis MeGill, and is father of F.lii-ahcth Herries who married to Mr.
John Pahymple, laird of \Vaterside, as ahove.
The MeGILLS are numerous in Galloway and are .supposed to be
descended from a son of Earl Gille, a Nor.seman, who was a powerful
border chief in the reicn of Macbeth, and married a sister of Sifrurd II. of
Orkney, who died in the year 1014. Mr. Francis JIcGiU liorn in ir,.s;( was
licensed by the presbytery of Jedburgh. Oth November. ICll, instituted to
the ministry of Kirkmich.Tl. Duuifries-shire in 1(120, and continued to
minister there until his death, 2i^lh February, 1G(',4, The Kev, Mr.
McGill married on 31st May, 1020, Elizabeth McMoran, who died 21st
March, 1G70, at the great a-e of !).3. and with her he had two daughters,
Margaret, who appears to have predeceased him, and :Marion. The latter,
who was served heir to her father, C.th May, ir,fil, mairied to Mr. \Viniam
Herries of Harthwaite, and their daughter Elizabeth was man-ied to Jlr.
John Dalrymple of Waterside, as before.
Mr. JOHN DALRYMPLE of" Waterside, the son of John
Dalrymple and Elizabeth Hcnies, fourth of the name in
succession, had a precept of Claix- Constat dated 24th August,
1697, as son and heir to his father, by William, Earl of
Nithsdale, and on 4th March, 1710 he had a charter of lands,
and superiority of the forty shillin;,' land of Waterside, with
consent of James Ma.xwell of Gribton. He was Chamberlain
to the Duke of Oueensberry, whose receipts appear signed by
him from 30th November, 1708 to 13th M.trch, 1730, when he
was succeeded in the otTice by his second son, William, who
continued until 174S. His wife w.is Agnes Copland, daughter
to Provost John Copland of Dumfries (see p. 70), with whom
he had two sons, ;ind three tiaughlers. viz. :
(i.) Hugh, died 27th March, JJ22. aged z^.
(ii.) William, of Waterside, died unmarried 21st March,
1760, a,ged 58 and is buried at Keir.
(i.) Agnes, of whom presentl}'.
70 MENfOIRS OF My AN'CF.STORS.
(2.) Susan, married to Dugald Maxwell, Esq. of Cowhill,
and has descendants.
(3.) Elizabeth, married to William Murray, Esq., of Murray-
thwaite, and has descendants. (See Burke's Landed
Gentry. 1879.)
Waterside died 20th July, 1731, aged 65, and is buried in
Keir churchyard, being succeeded by his second, but eldest
surviving son, William, who died unmarried, and the estates
devolved upon his sisters.
AGNES DALRYMPLE the eldest daughter, born in 1697,
was married to the Rev. Mr. Alexander Orr, minister of Muir-
kirk, and afterwards of Hoddam, and became coheiress of
Waterside with her sisters Susan and Elizabeth, on the death
of their brother in March, 1760. Mrs. Orr herself survived
her brother only two months, and dying in May 1760, left
besides other children, a daughter, Agnes, who married to the
Rev. Mr. William Young, minister of Hutton Corrie. and is
great grandmother to Mrs. John McCall ; and a son, Alex-
ander Orr, W.S., who by special arrangement between the
heirs portioners became possessed of Waterside, 8th August,
1766. The estate at this time comprised the fort\- shilling
land of ^^'aterside ; the seven merk land of Kirkpatrick,
called the Gait, comprehending the dominical lands of the
same ; Upper and Nether Bascar, all except Waterside lying
within the parishes of Closeburn and Dalgarno ; the fourteen
shilling land of Lochfoot called the Merkland, and part of the
lands of Cowi:ill in the parish of Holywood, all pertaining to
the said Alexander, &c.
In consequence of the failure in 1772, Messrs. Douglas
Heron and Co.'s Bank, which half ruined most of the smaller
lairds in Dumfries-shire, and to meet the pecuniary rights of
his children, Mr. .Vlexander Orr found it necessary to sell
Waterside, and it was j)urchased by George Hoggan, Esq.,
the ancestor of the present projirietor, for ^"4,300, the charter
of sale bearing date 6th August, 17S2.
The Family of Copland. 71
Tlie arms of the Dalryniples of Waterside were Or, on a
saltin- azure, nine lozenges of the field, witliin a bordiire engrailed
gules. For CTCsl; a rock proper. Motto, FIRM.
COPLAND.
' The family of Copland," says Dr. Ramage, of Wallace
Hall, ■ seems, like the Lauries, of Maxwelltown, the Corsanes,
of Meiklckiiox, and other noted families of Dumfriesshire, to
have been honorable burj,'esses of Dumfries, and to have raised
themselves to eminence by their industry and integrity.' The
Coplands claim to have sprung from a Yorkshire knight, who
captured King David II. at the memorable battle of Neville's
Cross. The first of the name which we have seen mentioned
is John Copland, 12th October. 160S. in a general inquest,
where he is styled merchant burgess of Dumfries and heir to
John Copland, his second cousin. Then in St. Michael's
churchyard, in Dumfries, there is a stone, with the date 1620,
to John Copland, no doubt the same John who is designated
burgess of Dumfries. Coming down some seventy vears, the
next stone to be found bears the words, "Here lyes the body of
John Copland, of Dalheattie, late Provost of Dumfries, i.-ho died
February, 1695. aged 7S years, vpon ic'hose soid Almighty God
have Mercie and Pity." He was therefore born in 1617, and
may be the son of the before mentioned John, who died in
1620. Mr. McDowall tells us that he was chief magistrate in
1680-1-2 and J. during which period the persecution of the
Covenanters raged over the district, and such svmpathy with
its victims was shown by him and his immediate predecessors,
Provost.s Bishop and Craik, that Claverhouse complained of
72 Memoirs or Mv Ancestors.
them to his superior officer, designating tiicni ironically as
" the li'dl-affcded magistrates of Diunfrics."*
The lands of which Mr. John Cojiland was possessed in the
parish of Holj'wood, but which have long since passed out
of the family, comprised the 40/- land of Gulliehill ; the 20/-
land of Dardryne : the two merkland of Marteinlon ; one
mark lands of Fuird, Over Broomrig and Spreard ; the 10/-
land of Mid-Broomrig ; and the 6/8 land of Stewarton. Mr.
Provost John Copland married Agnes Hairstanes, by whom he
had at least i son and i daughter, viz. : —
William, who was retoured heir, 20th May, 16S7, during
his father's lifetime, and was twice provost of Dum-
fries. He died in 17 15.
And Agnes, who married Mr. John Dalrymple, of Waterside,
and is great-great-great grandmother, in direct female
line, of Mrs. John McCall.
The familv is now represented by Charles Copland, Esquire,
lineally descended from the above mentioned William Cop-
land ; who succeeded to the family estates on the death of his
brother William, who was killed by a fall from his horse in
Hyde Park, in i.Sjo.
• John Graliameof Clavt-rhouse has been felicitously characterized by Sir Walter
Scott as uniting; the seemingly inconsistent qualities of courage with cruelty, and a
disinterested and devoted loyalty to his prince, with a disregard of the rights of his
fellow-subjects. He was the uuscruimlous ageut of the Scottish jaivy council in
carrying out the merciless severities of the Government against the nonconformists
during the reigns of Charles II. and James VII. ; but it must not be forgotten that
he afterwards redeemed his character by the zeal and chivalrous loyalty with which
he asserted the cause of the latter monarch after the lievoliition, by the consummate
military skill with which he supported it at the battle of Killiecraukie, and by his
own death in the arms of xictory.
n3
CHAPTER VIII.
On the Heraldic Bearixc.s of some oe the Families
mentioned in tiiis.book.
McCALL. — There are two distinct coat of arms at the
present time borne by different branches of the McCall family.
We shall treat first of the more ancient bearing which appears
on an old silver seal that belonged to Mr. Samuel McCall, of
Glasgow (1681-1759), and has ever since been borne by some of
his descendants; this is: Azure a phcon argent on a chief of the
last two spur-rowels and part of the spur gules. The pheon
(which is the emblem of human life) and the stars, or spur-
rowcls, were the ancient bearings of the McAu]a\s of Ardin-
caple, upon which the above coat has doubtless been founded.
The first record extant of the arms for the name of McCauU
js in the ^\'orkman's MS. (anno ifi23), ' Argent, a pheon po}'nt
upwards, azure, bet\\ixt two stars (or mollets) in chief gules,'
which is verv similar to the coat above stt down, except that
the tinctures are countcrchanged for difference, and the
position of the pheon, — which is now borne with the point in
base, — is re\'ersed. The Crest \\hich accompanies this shield
on the old seal referred to, is : \ grifiin's head between wings,
and this has been used by some of the family until coin-
parativeK- recent times, but has now gi\en place eiuirel)- to a
leg in armour as exiilained belmv.
74
Mkmoiks of My Axcestors.
The more modern arms of McCall, wliich are now used bj'
many of the familj-, were assumed by the sons of Mr. James
McCall, of Braehcad, at some time previous to 1805, but no
steps were taken to register them until 1S63, in which year
there was a patent of the Lord Lyon, King at Arms, granted
to the late Mr. James McCall, of Daldowie, dated September
ist, and setting forth the blazon as follows : Gules two arrows
saltircwise between three buckles, argent, surmounted by a
fesse checqu\- of the second, and sable, within a bordure
engrailed or. This coat also is founded upon the bearings of
the clan Macaulay, and to explain properly its origin, it will be
necessary to premise that the Macaulays, themselves, changed
their arms to indicate vassalage to the Stewarts, Earls, and
afterwards Dukes, of Lennox, of whom Ardincaple was held.
They took the fesse checquy of Stewart, adding the buckles
of the Lennox branch, and expanding their pheon or arrow-
head into crossed arrows. Thus the McCalls founded their
more modern arms upon this bearing of the Macaulays, differ-
encing the tinctures and adding the bordure, which is a
frequent manner of indicating the origin or descent of one
family from another.
The crest granted with this shield is : A leg in armour
couped at the calf proper, and spurred or ; with the motto
DULCE PERICULUM, which is also a .Macaulay bearing ;
and it has been said that this Crest and Motto are now
universally borne by the family, though some use the older
shield, and some the more modern. Both these, as has been
seen, point to the same origin, and there is nothing incon-
gruous or inconsistent in the using of either, although the former
may possess the more fitting heraldic significance, as the
McCalls were a separate family in Dumfries-shire before
the change referred to took place in the arms of the parent
clan.
Hi:KALni( I'liAKiNc.s. 75
DUNDAS. — The arms of Dumlas, — Arj^cnt, a lion ram,
pant, gules, — are founded upon the beaiin.i; of Cospatricus-
comes the proj:;cnitor of the faiiiil\- with which they are almost
identical, saving only the tinctures which are changed for
difference, and the bonhirc of roses omitted. This latter was
carried by Cospatrick as an augmentation to liis arms, and
affords a beautiful illustrati(.)n of the conception of fitness by
the early heralds, having been granted to the hrst bearer as a
special mark of honor in recognition of his ser\'ices in preserving
the peace of the border between Scotland and England.
These arms have ever since been borne b}- the Dundas of
Dundas, and the Arniston famil\- use the same, within a bor-
dure azure, as borne bv the present laird. Sir James Dundas,
the father of Mrs. William McCall, howe\'er, had the bordure
ermine in allusion to his official capacitv as a senator of the
College of Justice. The crest worn without difference b_\' the
families of Dundas and of Arniston is: .\ lion"s head aftronte
strugglint: throuLdi an oak bush. Motto: ESSAYMZ.
LISTON. — The arms of this famiK', as on page 23, are
said to be of great anticpntx-. The Right Hcui. Sir Robert
Listen, G.C.B., (who was a second cousin to Mrs. William
McCall), registered the coat at the Lyon office in 1S17, and was
granted for crest an antique plough proper, which he took to
shew his descent from a farmer, and the motto, with this crest,
POCO A POCO, was intended to convey I'urrow b\- I'urrow
■ — allusive to the plough. Sir R(jbert, on his being constituted
(in icSij) a knight grand crossol the Most Honourable .Military
Order of the liath, was granted supporters to his arms, ' in con-
sideration,' as it is exi:)ressed in the grant, ' of his great Merit,
Prudence, \'irtue. Generosity, X'aloiir and Loyalty." These were,
on either side of his shield. An owl, wings ele\ated proper.
76 Memoirs of Mv Anxestors.
charged on the breast with a crescent, argent within an orle of
seven estoiles or, in the claw an ohve branch also proper ; the
crescent and stars being no doubt taken from the arms of
Turkey, to which country he was British Ambassador for
man)' years.
SCOT of Thirlstane. — There appears to have been two
families of Scot who, at the time when armorial insignia came
into use, assumed two distinctive shields. The one was Scot
of Balwyrie, who bore : Argent, three lion's heads, erased
gules; the other, the ancestor of the Scots of Buccleuch,
Thirlstane, &c., bore a mullet and two crescents. Sir Richard
le Scot, who, in the reign of Robert le Bruce, married the
daughter and heiress of Murthockstone of that Ilk, assumed
the cognizance of that house, which was : Or, a bend azure,
into his own armorial bearings, disposing thereon his crescents
and star. The use of the double tressure, taken from the
royal arms, was a special grant of augmentation to John Scot
and his successors, for his services to King James V., as is
explained on page 26, where also the significance ot the motto
is explained, but the use of six spears or lances as crest, seems
to be more ancient than the date of that grant of augmenta-
tion, as they appear accompanying the arms on a ver\- old
plate of lead in the possession of the family, which must be at
least as old as the 15th century.
SCOTT of Buccleuch.— This family represented the direct
line of descent from Sir Richard le Scot, of Murthockstone,
and bore the crescents and star upi,in the bend, without differ-
ence, as upon page 34: there have been many other families
of note and distinctinn ileriveil from the sauie stock, aticl bear-
HuRAI.niC HEARINGS. 77
ing the same arms variously differenced. The illustrious Sir
Walter Scott, of Abbotsford, wrote that he was descended
from a branch of this famil_\- before the marriaj^e with the
heiress of Murthockstone. He bore the stars and crescent
without the bend.
JARDINE of Applegirth, bore arms almost identical
with the Johnston's, except that they have mulkts in the place
of cushions; namely: Argent, a saltire and chief gules, the last
charged with three mullets of six points of the field. For
Crest : A mullet of six points, with the Motto, CA\'E ADSUM ;
as in the Lvon Register.
ALLAN. — The arms given for this family on page .^4, are
as recorded by Guillim in 1724, mentioned by Mr. John .Allan,
in 1788, and appearing on book-plates, seals, &c., which
belonged to the famil}-. We have not seen any explanation
as to their origin, but find the same coat, with various slight
differences, used by several different families of the name. In
the Ljon register, p. 239 (anno i()q6), is "James Allan, writer
to His Majesty's signet, Bears parted per bend, indented
argent and gules, two crescents in chief and a mollet in base
counterchanged," but the crest and motto i\re different. One
old seal, which belonged to the author's grandfather, had a
heart in base in place of the mullet, Init this ajipears to be
exceptional.
HARDY. — The arms of this family, as on page 50, are
said to date from the 14th century, having been originally
granted by King David II.; their origin is explained in a
previous chapter. They are mentioned by Sir (jeorge
Mackenzie, temp. Charles I., and by Guillim, 1724.
78 Memoirs or Mv Ancestors.
YOUNG. — The bearing; f;ivcn for this family on page 59,
is recorded in the Lyon's re^^'istcr, and also cut upon the tomb-
stone in the Canoni^ate churchyard. Alexander Young, Bishop
of Edinburgh, afterwards Bishop of Ross, who has always
been regarded as a connection by this family, registered arms
in 1673, alike in every respect, e.xcepting that the chief was
gules instead of sable, and that he differenced the middle pile
with a mullet. The achievement referred to on the tombstone
has also a mullet on the middle pile, but upon what authority
we are unable to say.
ORR — The arms of Orr, as on page 62, appear on book
labels and other articles, which belonged to Mr. Alexander
Orr, of W'aterside ( 1725-1 J.SS). They are precisely identical
with the bearings given by Nisbet, in 1742, for John Orr, of
Barrowfield, "who has now," says this writer, at the date
mentioned, "got a great estate, and is originally extracted
" from the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, in the Baron\- of
" Cambusnethan."
DALRYMPLE of Waterside.— The arms for Dalrymple
are at least as old as the year 1402, as the seal of James de
Dalrymple, of Inglistoun and Annistoun, appended to an
instrument of this date, has eight lozenges in saltire, charged
with a buckle in chief, to indicate vassalage to the Stewarts, of
whom the said lands were held. The Earls of Stair bear the
arms, as on page 70, but without the bordure which was
distinctive of the Waterside family.
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APPENDIX No. I.
GENEALOGY OF THE McCALL FAMILY
?/
A COMPLETE GENEALOGY
FAMILY OF WILLIAM McCALL.
W'lLLLAM McCALL was a farmer tenant in Kello-side,
near Sanquhar, in Dumfries-shire, which he held of the Duke
of Queensberry ; he married Marion Dundas, daughter to Sir
James Dundas, the second baron of Arniston, and died about
1710, and is buried in Sanquhar churchyard. McCall : Azure,
a phtTon ayf;cnt, on a chief of the last two spur-rowcls and part of
the sfur gules- Dundas: Argent, a Hon rampant, gules, unthin a
bordure ermine. Their famil}' :
(i.) Samuel, born at Kello-side, 1st April, i6S[, merchant
in Glasgow, where he died ist March, 1759. He
married first)}-, Isobel, daughter of \\'illiam Black-
burn and Margaret Murdoch, spouses, who died
7th June, 1 71 J. Argent on a pale sable, three goats'
heads erased of the field. Secondly, Samuel married
21st January, 1714, Margaret, daughter of John
Adam, }oung(-r, of Tour, and Marv Wood, spouses,
who died December, 1765.
(ii.) George emigrated, about 1701, to the American Colonies,
where he purchased an estate of 15,000 acres of land
upon the Schuzekil! ri\ er. which he called ' Douglas
Manor," and there is an act of muncil passed 24th
82 Mkmoirs oi- Mv Axckstoks.
June, 1735, entitled ' An Act for more effectnal vesting
and settliii.t,^ certain lands in Geor<^e McCall." He
married, qtli Au;;ust, 171''), Ann, tlau;^hter to Jasper
Ycates, Esq., member of the council, and Catherine
Sandilands, his wife, and had 5 sons and b daughters;
see ib.
(iii.) Archibald >ucceeded his father as tenant in Kello-side.
He m. Marion Hair, who survived him, and is buried
in Sancjuhar church3ard. His will proved 14th
December, 1731.
SAML'F.L McCALL, with his first wife, ISOI'.EL T.LACK-
BURN, had 3 sons and i daughter, viz. :
(i.) William b. i6th July, 1709, d. 19th May, 1713.
(ii). Samuel, b. I9tli SeiUember, 1710, went to Philadel-
phia in 1733, where he was a merchant, and was
appointed Mayor and Commissioner of the Peace
1st January, 1741 : and d. April 1761. He married
his cousin .\nn, daughter of George McCall and
Ann Ycates, and had 6 daughters, viz., A)iii, who
married John D'jw, and died before 1S06, basing had
two children (Samuel, who predeceased her, and
Ann), Isulicl. Catherine, Mai;^ayct, Elinor and Marx.
(iii.) George, b. 2Mh Sejjtember, 1711, d. 22nd .Vjird, 1713.
(l.) Margaret, b. i (th .\ugust 170S, d. 2()th Jannar\- 1710.
SAMU1:L MrCALL, with his second wife. MAKGARET
AD.AM, had S SDUs and 5 daughteis. viz. :
(i.) John, b. -'7th March, 1715, mcrciiant in Glasgow, where
lie d. <Sth Ortobrr. 1700. He m. firstK Margaret
Craufurd, who d. >. 11. : aiu! secondK', Helen, daughter
Gent.ai.ogv. S3
of Robert Cross and Sarah Tliomson, spouses, with
whom lie had 4 sons and 6 dau;:,diters. See page S4.
(ii.) Wilham. b. 4th January. 1717, d. unm. in Glasgow,
(iii.) James, b. 12th January, 1719, d. 1726; buried at
Glasgow Cathedral.
(iv.) George, b. 14th March. 1720. d. voung.
(v.) James, b. 31st Mav, 1726. Of Rraehead, co. Renfrew,
d. in Glasgow. 20th March, 1S03; m. 27th January,
1761, Sarah, daugiiter of Thomas Reid, Esq., of Salt-
coats, and Elizabeth Boyd, spouses, who d. 27th
November, 1S22. Ar,:::;. an eagle displayed sable, sur-
vtounicd by an escutcheon gn. ; a bordurc of the last.
They had 4 sons and S daughters. See ib.
(vi.)- George, b. loth April, 1731, merchant in Glasgow,
where he d. 20th February. 1810; m. 4th March,
1765, Mary, daughter to Archibald Smcllie, Esq.,
of Easterhill. A-^)ire a bend or, betwixt a lion ram-
pant in chief, and a bugle in base, argent. They had
9 sons and 7 daughters. See ib.
(vii.) Robert, b. 2nd September, 1732, d. 20th Ajiril. 1734,
buried at Glasgow Cathedral.
(viii.) Archibald, b. 2Sth April. 1734, went to Virginia, where
he m. Catherine Mood, ami d. in October 1814,
having had 2 daughters. Catherine-Flood McCall, his
sole iieiress. who died unmarried, and Elizabeth, who
predeceased her fither.
(i.) Mary, born 2nd May, 1721, died unm.
(2.) Marion, b. 4th June, 1723. m. to John Anderson, mer-
chant in Glasgow, and liad 3 sons and 4 daughters.
See ib.
(3.) Margaret, b. 5th Se})tember. 1727, d. 2r)th July, 1760,
burietl at Glasgow Cathedral.
84 Mf.moirs of Mv Anxfstoks.
(4.) Helen, b. 25th September, 172S, d. 1729, buried at
Glas^'ow Catliechal.
(5.) Helen b. 4tb Januar\-, 1730, d. 23rd September, 17S0,
m. 13th November, 1749, Andrew Thomson, Esq.,
of Faskine, banker in Glasgow, who d. 24th February,
1797, aged 7S. Argent, a staff's head cabosscd ppr., on
a chief wavy, a crois crosslct fitchee betwixt an anchor in
dexter and a billet in sinnister, or. They had 8 sons and
5 daughters. See ib.
3ofjn Wh'Cair and iTcll'lt CCniSS had 4 sons and 6
daughters, vi/. :
• (i.) Samuel, b. i6th September, 1769, merchant in Limerick,
where he d. 2nd Ma\-, 1S05, and is buried there.
He m. Margaret, daughter to William Wallace, Esq.,
of Limerick, who d. in Glasgow. 1S62, and is buried in
the McCall's vault there. They had 3 sons and i
daughter. See page 85.
(ii.) John, b. ist .\pril, 1771, went to Santa Lucia, in the
\\'est Indies, and there d. s. p. 3rd Februar\', 1821.
(iii.) Robert, b. i6th May, 1775, d. s. p. leg. in Glasgow,
1828.
(iv.) William, b. 13th October, 1776. Of Maiden-hill, near
Penrith, and Parkside, Liverpool, d. lOth July, 1831.
He m., 25th Jul\-, 180S, Agnes, youngest daughter
of the Rev. Robert Liston, and Janet Hardy, spouses,
who d. in London, 21st I'"ebruar\', i860, aged 78.
Gules, on a cross raf;uli'e arf;. two f;illy flou'crs slipped
in pale ppr. Thev had 6 sons and 3 daughters.
See page 86.
(l.) Sarah, b. 20th .Nugust, 1765, d. 18 ',5. m. 30th Novem-
ber, 17N6, til .Mexamler ]^>nnar, Esq., (son of the
Genealogy. 85
Kev. John Bonar, minister of Perth), who d- 22nd
April, 1S20. They had 3 sons and 7 dauj;hters. See
page 87.
(2.) Margaret, b. 4th August, 1766, d. 1836, m. 26th Feb-
ruary, 17S6, to James Shortredge, Esq., (who changed
his name to Spreull) of Glasgow, who d. in 1S24,
aged 64. They had 5 sons and 5 daughters. See
page 8S.
(3.) Helen, b. 25th .\ugust, 17^)7, m. 21st September, 1789,
to Robert McNair, brewer in Leith. They had 4 sons
and 6 daughters. See ib.
(4.) Marion, b. 24th May, 1772, d. 1S49, m. 1812, to John
Mackintosh, merchant in Glasgow, who d. in 1846.
They had 2 sons and i daughter. See page ib.
(5.) Grace, b. 23rd September, 1773, d. at Perth, 27th
January, 1S52, and is buried there. She m. 3rd
September, 1799 to John Caw, Esq. (son of John
Caw and Jean Ranken), merchant, and sometime
provost of the city of Perth, who d. at Harrogate,
7th August, iSog, and is buried at Perth. They had
2 sons and 4 daughters. See ib.
(6.) Elizabeth, b. 19th January, 1779, d. unm., in Glasgow,
1845.
SAMUEL McCALL and MARGARET WALLACE had
3 sons and i daughter, viz. :
(I.) John, b. at Limerick, iSth November, iSoi. Merchant
in Glasgow, where he d. 1842. and is buried at the
Cathedral vault there. He m. at Liverpool, Eliza-
Mona, daughter of Captain Henry Grice, Royal
Marines, of Sandal Castle, Yorkshire, who d. 1S43,
and is buried witli her liiisband. They had 2 sons
and =, (lauglUers, see ib.
86 MitNtoiRS OK Mv Ancestors.
(ii.) William, b. 30th January, 1S03, d. 22nd July, 1S03.
(iii.) Samuel, b. 6th September, 1805, d. 20th May, 1S06.
(i.) Mercy, b. 7th July, 1S04, d. 6th May, 1806.
WILLIAM McCALL and AGNES LISTON had 6 sons
and 3 dauf,'hteis, \i/. :
(i.) John, b. at Liverpool. 2nd June, 1S09, d. at Edinburgh,
22nd April, 1S21, buried at Calton Hill Cemetery,
there.
(ii.) William, b. at Liverpool, 14th May, iSii, educated
at Glasgow University. Of Maiden-hill, which he
sold, and lived at .Manchester; d. at Clifton, 24th
November, 1863, buried at Arno's \'ale Cemetery,
Bristol. He m. at Edinburgh, 5th June, 1S55, Mary,
only daughter of Andrew-Cree Meiklejohn, Esq., and
had 2 sons and 3 daughters, see ib.
(iii.) Robert, b. at Maiden-hill, 23rd February, 1R17, d.
gth May, 1S17, and is buried in Penritii churchyard.
(iv.) Samuel, b. at Maiden-hill, 4th February, 1S19, d.
17th Feliniary, iSig, buried in Penrith churclnard.
(v. Henry, b. at .Maiden-hill, 30th July, 1820. Property,
Faulkner Street, Li\eriiool, lives at Westl>ourne,
Hampshire; m. at St. Bride's, Liverpool, 14th
August, 1S45, Sarah, daughter to Thomas Shaw, of
Birkenhead, with whom he has i daughter, Mayy.
(vi.) John, b. at Maiden-hill, 22nd June, 1824, merchant
in London. Of Woodlands, \\'aIthamstow, co.
Essex; m. at Manchester Cathedral, 24th April,
1847, .Agnes, only daughter and eventual heiress of
Robert .Mian, Esq., IMv.S., of Edinburgh. Party
per bend indented art:;, and ^u., a crescent in chief of the
second, and in ba'^e a mullet nr. The\- had 5 sons and
3 ilaughters, see lb.
Gfnkai-ogv. 87
(i.) Janet, b. at Liverpool, 21st Januar\', 1813, d. 1858,
buried at Niiniiead Ceiiuterv, c(i. Kent ; ni. at St.
Aphaj^'e, Greenwich, in 1S40, to Alfred Ritchie, Esq.,
afterwards of Stroud, co. Glouce.ster, who d. 3rd July,
1879, ''"'J 's buried with his wife. They had 2 sons
and 6 dau^;hters : see ib.
(2.) A{;nes, b. at Maidendiill, 9th .\pril, 1S15, d. at Li\erpool
in iSj-j, burietl in Hope Street Cemetery, there.
(3.) Helen, m. at St. John's, Paddin.Ljton, 7th June, 1S48,
to Thomas-Hanly Bertram, Esip, of the family of
Bertram of Nisbet. Lives at Beckenham, co. Kent.
Gules oil an iiiescutcJiLon or, bd^^'ccn eii;lit crosses patce
in orle, arp;., an anvil ppr. They have no family.
SARAH McCALL and ALEX.ANDER BONAR had 3
sons and 7 dau,L;iiters. viz. :
(i.) John B., b. 25th October, 1793, (ii.) Alexander B.
b. 10th .Vu^'ust, d. 2ist August, 179S, (iii.) Alexander
B., b. 9th October, iSoi, d. iiSo5; (i.) Helen B., b.
6th December, 17S7, m. 1S19, to William Flemming,
and had 2 sons and i dauy;hter (Thomas F., m. NL A.
Murdoch, Alcxaiulcr F., in. Eii]ihemia Craig, and
Sarah F.), (2.) Christian B. b. 20th July, 17S9, (3.)
Sarah B., b. 9th June, 1791, (4) Elizabeth B., b. 13th
July, d. 16th July, 1795, (5-) Margaret B., b. 21st June,
1796, m. 1.^22, to Andrew 'I'awse, Esij., W'.S. of Edin-
burgh, who d. 1N51, ha\ing had 3 sons and 3 daugh-
ters (John T., Alexiinder T., Andrew T.; Sarah T,
Christina T., and .Mdri:aret T.) ; (G.) Ann B., b. 24th
September. 1799. d. 1^05, (7) lilizabeth li., b. 27tli
June, 1S03, (1.
88 Memoirs of My Ancfstoks.
MARGARET McCALL and JAMES SHORTREDGE,
or SPRI-:ULL, liad 5 sons and 5 dau,c;htcr?, viz. :
(i.) John S.. b. 27th April, 1791, d. 1S45, m. 1S27, Marf,'aret
Ann Buchanan, and had 2 children (James S. and
Joan S., both died younj,'). (ii-) James S., b. 3rd
December, 1795, m. 1S53, Margaret-Lamb Finlayson,
and d. s. p. 1S76. (iii.) Samuel S. b. 3rd September,
1800, d. inf. (iv.) Samuel S., b. 15th November, iSor,
d. unm. 1S79. (v.) William S., b. 8th February,
1804, d. 1S24. (I.) Marf^aret S., b. 13th October,
1787, d. 1S52, m. 1S08, Michael Xeilson. and had 3
sons and 6 daughters ('jrtJ/Ji-s A'., Michael N., John N. :
Margaret A'., Janet X., Helen X., Margaret X.. Cliris-
tian M. X. and Hannah X.) (2.) Helen S. b. ist July.
1789, d. 1877. (3.) Hannah S., b. 14th February,
1793, d. 1S81. (4.) Janet S.. b. 1798, d. 1811. (5.)
Sarah S.
HELEN" McCALL and ROBERT McNAHi had 4 sons
and 6 daughters, vi;;. :
(i.) Daniel McN., b. 8th April, 1794. (ii.) Robert McN., b.
27th I-\bruary, 1796, d. 23rd April, 1796. (iii.) Jnhn
McN., b. J4th .-\ngust, 1802. brewer in Leith. (iv.)
Robert McN., b. 25th December, 1803, m. first. Mar\'
More, and had i daughter (Mary McX.i, m. secondly,
Harriet-Catherine Garstin, and had 4 sons and 4
daughters rjohn McX., Robert MeX.. Alfred MeX.,
and Albert McX. : Louisa McX.. Rosa H. .MeX.. flora
McX., 7in<\ Helen McX. J (i.) Helen, McN.. b. 17th
July, 1792. d. 22nd October, 1^03. (2.) Janet McN.,
b. 19th Sei)tember, 1797. (3.) Grace McN., b. 17th
December. 1799. (4.) Helen McN.. b. iitii (October.
1805. (5.) .-\gnes .\IcN., 1). 2Gth November, i.'Sf)7. ni.
Gkntai onv. .S(j
Graham Smith, aiul liad two dau^^hters, wlio d. unm.
(6.) Elizalieth McX., \>. loth August. US09.
MARION McCALL and JOHN MACKIXTOSII had 2
sons and i dau.i^ditcr. \iz. :
(i.) John M., morc'nant in Glas.ujdW, m. Jessie Jarvie, and
had I son and 5 dauf^hters (jolin M. and Marion M.,
Jessie M ., Mai-f^arci M., Rohina M . ancl Catherine M.)
(ii.) Elicnczer M. (i.) Marion M.
GRACE McCALL and JOHN CAW had 2 sons and 4
daughters, viz. :
(i.) John C. hvcs at Halifax, m. i^tli October, 1S35, Fann\-,
daughter of Croft \\\irmald, Esq., of Harrogate,
surtjcon, and of Mary Wilkinson, his wife. They had
6 sons and 3 daughters (John C, Cro/t-]]'. C, Arthnr-
W. C, George-Frederick C. h. 1 1/7 '45, d. 25/5/64,
Hcrbert-K. C, h. 10/11,50. d. s. p., and Ed'uard-A. C;
Eleanor-W . C, m. 30 10 '56, her cousin, John Baxter
Caw, Fattny-G. C. and Isabel. -M. C.i (ii.) Samuel C,
b. 25th .May. 1S05. d. at Singapore. 7tii September,
1825. (i.) Helen, C. b. 12th July, iSoo, d. 14th
April, iSri2. (2.) Jean ('. m. 23rd. .\pril, 1S32, John
Cleland, Esq., of Perth, surgeon, and has 2 sons
{Ronald CI. and John CI.) (3.) Grace C, b. 7th
September, iSoG. d. at Marseilles, 27th June, 1S64,
m. iSth March, 1S45, I^dward Caird, Esi]., of Dundee,
property, b'inart. Loch Long: they had i son and 2
daughters (Edicard-B. C.. Eli-.a-G. C. and Eiiiina-
G. C.) (4.) Anne C. b. 2()tli September, iNoS, d.
25th A)>ril, 1801J.
go MrNfoiRs of Mv Antkstoks.
JOHN McCALL and ELIZA MONA GRICE had 2 sons
and 5 daughters, viz. :
(i.) Samuel, who resides at Glasgow.
(ii.) John-Henry-Grice. In holy orders, Scaleby Rectory,
near Carlisle, m. November, 1S7S, Emily-Augusta,
daughter of the late General Munsey, of London,
and has one daughter, vi/., Einily-Mona.
(i.) Isabella, b. at Glasgow, 25th August, 1S31, d. 2nd
October, 1S52.
(2.) Margaret-Wallace, b. iSth May, 1S33, d. young.
(3.) Eliza-Mona, b. i:th January, 1835, d. 23rd October,
1835-
(4.) Eleanor-Jane, b. 5th October, 1S37, d. 27th Jul\-, 1853,
buried at the Glasgow High Churchyard.
(5.) Eliza-Mona, m. at Glasgow, 7th June, 1S59, to her
cousin, James McCall, Esq., and has issue, see ib.
WILLIAM McCALL and MARY MEIKLEJOHN had
2 sons and 3 daughters, viz. :
(i.) William, (ii.) ThoiTias, (i.) Agnes, {2.) Annie, (3.) Mary.
JOHN McCALL and AGNES ALLAN had 5 sons and
3 daughters, viz. :
(i.) William, b. at Greenwich. Of Woodlands, Waltham-
stow, m. at Walthamstiiw, I5tli Januarw 1S79,
Leonora-EmiI\-, eldest daughter of Walter-Bastien
Whittingham, Est]., of Walthamstow. and has two
daughters, nanieh', Winnifrcd-Marion b. at Monte-
Video, S. A., and Janct-Lconora, b. at Walthamstow.
(ii.) Robert, b. at Chelsea, 24th September, 1S52, d. 27th
same month, buried at lirompton Cemetery, co. Kent.
(iii.) John, b. at Blackheath, 23rd October, 1S54, d. at Wal-
thamstow. fjth December, 1S70. buried at St. Mar}"s
churchyaril, there.
GF-NEALOGV. QI
(iv.) Hard)-- Bertram, h. at Walthamstow, n\. at Holy
Triiiit_v, Tiilse Hill. London, 12th September, 1SS2,
Vida-Mary, second daughter of James Anderson,
Esq., late of Dundee. Arf^oit, a saltire engrailed
between four mullets gules, on a chief azure, a blazing
comet proper.
(v.) Allan, b. at Walthainstow, ni. at St. Paul's, Glenorchy,
Tasmania, 21st I'ebruary, 1S83, Ruth-Helen, youngest
daughter of Richard Shoobridge, Esq., of Clydesdale,
near Glenorchw
(I.) Agnes, b. at Worcester, 15th July, 1S4S, d. iSth July,
1848, and is buried at the Old Claines churchyard,
near Worcester.
(2.) Sophia, b. at Denton, co. Lancaster, 20th March, 1S50,
d. at Reading, 15th June, 1S51, and is buried there,
in the grave of her grandmother, Sophia Hard}-.
(3.) Janet-Sophia, m. at St. Stephen's, Walthamstow, 22nd
November, 1S83, to Ransome Wallis. Esq.
JANET McCALL and ALFRED RITCHH',. had 2 sons
and 6 daughters, viz. :
{1.) Alfred R., m. at St. Thomas," Portman Square, London,
6th November, 1873, Eli/abeth-Mary, daughter of
William Henry Grieve, Esq., of .Abergavenny, and
has 3 sons and 2 daughters [Wil/red R., Alfred-Julian
R., Albany-Herbert R. : Marwu-Elizabeth-Agncs R., and
Janet-Helen R.), (ii.) Clement K., m. at St. Leonard's,
Streatham, London. 2iSth January, 1875, Amy,
youngest daughter of John Stewart .Margetsnn, Esq.,
of Streatham, and has 2 daughters (Hannah R. and
Margaret R.J (i.) Agnes-Mary R, (2.) Janet R., m.
in 1863 to lid\\ard-]5arnard Sampson, Esq., and
lives in \'irginia, U.S.A., having 4 sons and 5 daugh-
ters, vi^.: (A Ijred-Eduuird 5., Lwnel-Baynard S.. Gordon
92 Memoirs or Mv Antkstors.
S., Alexandcr-Elli'i S. ; Janet S., Mary-Ircnc S.. Af^nes
S., Georc^iana S., and Marion S. » (3.) Marion R., (4.)
Edith R., (5.) Julia R., m. at Brimscombe Church,
near Stroud, Gtli October, i>S75. to the Kev. John-
Livingston Booth, minister of Stobo, Peeblesshire,
and had 2 sons and i dauf:^liter, viz.: (Alfred-Patrick
B., b. 3/4/7S, d. s/g'jS, Julian-Livingston B., and
- Nora-Janet B.J (6.) Helen R.
• JantCG iBlcCall and l^.tV.lIj il\citi had 4 sons and 8
daughters, viz. :
(i.) Samuel, b. 7th No\cmber, 1761. Banker in Cork.
Inherited Braehcad from his father, and also became
possessed of considerable landed property in co. Cork.
He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Hewit Poole, Esq., of
Mayfield, and of Dora, daughter of Jonas Morris, his
wife. Azure sciiu'e-de-lis, a lion rampant, arp;ent. He
'' had 2 sons and 4 daughters, and d. 1S06. (See Burke"s
Landed Gentr\', iS4f), where, however, much about
the family is incorrectly stated.)
(ii.) Tliomas, b. 2nd November. 1765, of Craigheatl. near
Bothwell, CO. Lanark, in. Martha, daughter of Charles
Denroche, Esq., b\- a daughter of Dormon of Raffeen,
CO. Cork, (whose grand-daughter and sole heiress m.
Robert Hedges White, Esq., of Glengariffe, nephew
to the Earl of Bantry.) They had 7 sons and 10
daughters. See page 94.
(iii.) John b. 4th July, 177S (twin brother with James), of
Ibro.x Hill, co. Lanark, d. s. p. i.Sth October, 1833, m.
Isabella, eldest daughter of .-\rchibald Smith, Esq.,
of Jordan Hill, by Isabella luiing, his wife. Mrs.
McCall d. Sth February, 187 1, aged about 8(). Gu.,
Gen'f.ai.ogv. 93
a chevron ermin: bcticccn two crescents in chief and a garb
in base, within a bordiire engr. or.
(iv.) James, b. at Braeliead, 4th Jiilv, 177S. Educated at
Glasgow Uni\crsit_\'. Of Daldowie, co. Lanark ; a
magistrate and deput\'-lieutenant of the county ; d. at
Daldo\\ie, 7th September, 1S66, and is buried at
Baiilieston. He m. Anna C. J., daughter of Henricus
Fehrszen, Esq., of the Cape of Good Hope, .and of
Sarah de Wei, his wife, and had 9 sons and 2
daughters. (See Walford's County Families, 1S60.)
(i.) EHzabeth, b. 23rd December, 1762, d. 3rd Januar}', 1763.
(2.) EHzabeth, b. 20th April, 1764, d. 1S07, m. David
Russell, Esq., of \\'oodside, co. Stirling, and had i
son and i daughter.
(3.) Margaret, b. i7tli November, 1766, d. inf.
(4.) Sarah, b. 9th April, 1768, d. unm. 3rd July, 1849.
(5.) Marion, b. 21st December, 1771, d. i8th May, 1773.
(6.) Helen, b. 7th September, 1775, d. 1823, m. Henry
Wallis, Esq., third son of Henr\- W'allis, of Drishane
Castle, CO. Cork, and Elizabeth Paul, his wife. Ermine,
a bend gu. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
(7.) Mary, b. 4th April, 17S1, d. iSig, m. Fultcn McKerril,
Esq., of Brabloch, near Paisle\', fourth son of John
McKerril, Esq., of Hillhouse, Ayrshire, and of Mar-
garet Fulton, his wife. Ar.ure on a /esse or, three fusils
gules, a bordure cngr. of tlie second. They had 3
daughters.
(8.) Margaret, b. 17th December, 1783, d. unm. 26th Mav,
1871,
SAMUEL McCALL and ELIZ.VHETH POOLE had 2
sons and 4 daughters, viz. :
^i.) James, of Braehead and Ghntown, whicii he inherited
from his father. The former estate he- sold, and he
94 MEsroiRs or Mv Axckstors.
built Glyntown House. Lieutenant-Colonel 8th
Hussars, m, Elizabeth Kerridi^e, and d. s. p. in 1875.
(ii.) Safnuel. b. 20th April. 1804. Of Camden Place, Cork,
and afterwards of Glyntown, which he inherited in
1875. Captain 5th Dra;jocin Guards, m. first, .-\nn,
daughter of — Gibson of Whitby, Yorkshire, who d.
in 1S60, and had 4 sons and 8 daughters. Secondly,
he m. in 1866, Kate, daughter of Peter Campbell,
Esq., of Mount Jura, .\rgyllshire, and had 2 sons and
I daughter, (see ib.) He d. at Cork, igth .April, 1S83.
(i.) Elizabeth, d. unm. at H\eres, in France, 1873.
(2.) Anna, d. unm. at Paris, in 1S17.
(3.) Dorothea and (4.) Sarah, both died voung.
THOMAS .McCALL and MARTHA DEXKOCHE had
7 sons and 10 daughters, \iz. :
(i.) James, d. inf. (ii.) James, d. inf.
(iii.) Thomas, 1). at Castle Mahon, 7th February, 1S09, mer-
chant in Glasgow, d. loth July, 1874: ni. 13th [une,
1S45, Anne-Nisbet. daughter of Robert Lockhart,
Esq., of Castle Hill, co. Lanark. Ar\;., a man's
heart, f;u., uithm a fcttcrlotk sa.. on a chief a~., three
boars' heads erased of the fl>st. They had 9 sons and i
daughter. See page 99.
(iv.) John, b. at Castle Mahon, loth July, iSio, d. unm.
at Strathleven, 29th May, 1864, and is buried at
Blant}rc.
(v.) Charles, b. at Castle Mahon. 17th August, 1813, d. unm.
(vi.) Robert, b. at Greenock. 13th July, 1816. d. unm.
(vii.) William, b. at Greenock, 21st November, 1818, Colonel
7gth reg., standard bearer to the Oueen"s bodv guard,
d. unm. JOtli December, 1875, buried at lllantyre.
(i.) .Amie, b. at Lapps Island, 7tli October, 1799, d. unm.
CiENFALOGV. 55
(2.) Sanih, b. at Castle Malic m, in. AlcxandiT-Dunlnp,
Anderion, Esq., M.D., Physician in Glasj^^ow, who d.
13th May, 1871. They had 4 sons and 4 dau^diters.
See page 100.
(3.) Martha, b. at C. Mahon, 17th January, 1S02, d 6th
Februar\', iSt^i.
(4.) Maria, b. at C. Mahon gth August, 1S03, d. unm.
(5.) Eliza, m. Archibald Smith, Esq. (third son of Archibald
Smith, of Jordan Hill, and Isabella Euing, his wife,)
who d. at Row, 2jnd March, 1SS3. in his 8Sth year.
They had 2 sons and 4 daughters, see page 100.
(6.) Emily, (7.) Charlotte, (8.) Barbara, m. William Ley-
cester, Esq., of Ennismore, near Cork, son of Joseph
Leycester, Esq., M.P., for that city, and has i son
and 2 daughters, see page loi.
(9.) Helen, m. Colin Dunlop, Esq., of Quarter. Ar^^., a
double-headed eagle, displayed gii., a bordiirc azure. They
had 3 sons.
(10.) So})hia, b. at Craighead, January 1S21, d. nnm.
JAMES McCALL and ANNA C. J. FEHRS2EX had g
sons and 2 daughters, \\z. :
(i.) James, b. at Dublin, igth March, 1S17, d. at Athens,
loth December, 1841.
(ii.) Henry, of Daldowie. which he inherited from his father,
and of Auchinames, in Renfrewshire, J. P. for co.
Lanark. (See Burke"s Landed Gentry, 1879.)
(ill.) John-Oloff, of Ballyhooly, Fermoy, co. Cork, where
he has extensive landed propcrt\-.
(iv.) Thomas, b. at Dublin. 17th March, 1S22, d. nth April,
1824.
(v.) Samuel, b. at Dublin, 27th December, 1823, f'- 23rd
March, 1842, buried at Baillieston.
(vi.) Thomas, b. at Dublin. 4th Oct., 1S26, d. 21st May, 1S28.
96 Memoirs or Mv Anxestors.
(vii.) George, b. at Daldowie, Lieut. -Colonel 4th b.itt. The
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). See Army List. J. P.
for CO. Lanark.
(viii.) Frederick, b. at Daklouie, 30th November, 1832. Of
Lochbrae, New Kilpatrick, J. P., d. 24th Mav, 1SS2,
and is buried in tlie parish church\-ard there. ^L^rricd
6th December, 1S71, Charlotte, dau.:;hter of Wilham
Froggatt Robson, Esq., of London, and had i son
and I daughter, namely, James-Fyo^f:;att-de-\Vct and
Frances-Catrina.
(ix.) Robert, b. at Daldowie, 15th July, 1S37, d. 12th Feb-
ruary, 1S61, buried at Baillicston.
(i.) Sarah, m. first, to Lieut. -Colonel Robert-Dennistoun
Campbell, C.H., by whom she had a daughter, Robcria-
C, who d. inf. ; and secondly, she m. to Colonel
Alexander Maxwell, CD., (now General), second son
of William-Hall Maxwell, Esq., of Dargavel, by whom
she had i son and i daughter, viz. : James McCall M.
and Mary- Alexandra M.
(2.) Anna, resides at Daldowie.
ELIZABETH McCALL and DAVID RUSSELL had i
son and i daughter, viz. :
(i.) James R., Lieut. -Col. Stirlingshire Militia, late of 7th
Hussars, m. Mary, daughter of John Stirling, Esq.,
of Kippinda\ie, Perthshire, and had 5 sons and 4
daughters, viz. (Sir David R., K.C.B., Colonel 84111
regt., afterwards Major-General, d. 16 1/84, aged 74 ;
John R., Admiral R.N., in. Catherine I-"orbes. ami
lias issue, Henry R., James R., and Graiiam R., who
m. his cousin, Henrietta Stirling, and assumed the
surname of Somervell ; Mary R., Eliiahcth R., Cath-
erine, R., and Marion R.. \\ Im m. to William Houston,).
(i.) Sarah R., m. James Crawford, and has 6 sons and 5
Genealogy. (jj
daughters, (JoJin C, David-R C, who m. Alice Chat-
terton, and has issue, James C, Andrei-:' C, James C.
who in. Euplirosne Sarcll, and Joseph C, wlio m.,
Sarah Bass, and has issue ; Elizabeth C, Janc-T. C,
who m. to James Ewin,^;, of Strathlc\-en, Enphcmia C,
Sarah C, and Marion C .)
HELEN McCALL and HENRY WALLIS had 3 sons
and 3 daughters, viz. :
(i.) Henry W., d. unm. (ii.) James W., who m. first,
Janet Fisher, by whom he had 2 sons and i daughter,
viz.: (Henry-A. \V. and James U'. ; Helen-S. ]V.)
secondly he m. Louisa h'orbes, and had 2 sons and
3 daughters, viz. : fCharles-S. W. and John McC. W. ;
Mary-H. W ., Catherine-F. W., and Ada W.J (iii.)
John W. (i.) Sarah W., ni. to William Smith, Esq.,
of Carbeth Guthrie, and had 4 sons and 2 daughters,
viz. : (Ilcnry-W. S., a minister. John-Guthrie S., who m.
Anne P. Dennistoun, and has issue: Williaiii S., who
m. E. C. Crozier, and has issue, and Ja)nes S., who
m. Christina Smith : Jane S., who m. to J. Macredie,
and Helen S.) (2.) Helen W. (3.) Margaret W.,
who m. to George Dennistoun, Esq., and had i son,
{James D., who. m. C. Gorebooth, and has issue).
MARY McC ALL and FULTON McKERRIL had 3
daughters, viz. :
(1.) Mary McK., m. to Donald Smith, Esq., and had 2
sons and 3 daughters, viz. {Alexander S., m. 30/11/69,
G. Noad, and Fulton S., Mary S., Anna-Matilda S.,
m. 6/7/70, S. Deacon, and Helen S.)
(2.) Margaret McK.
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(3.) Sarah McK., m. to P. C. Herschfield, and had i son
and 4 dauL^htors, viz. fjohn-Charlcs H., m. September
1S74, Janc-Elizabcth Chahncrs, d. s. p.: Mary-Jane
H., m. December 1S74, Alexander H. ^!cXair, Clara-
A-Fanny H., m. February 1S70, Sebastian Kcenigs-
berger, Flora-Emily //., m. 10 7 74, Robert-Shand-
Kynoch Shand, Esq., of Hillside, Kincardine, and
Sarah-McKcrril-Mona H.)
SAMUEL McCALL, with his first wife. ANN GIBSON,
had 4 sons and 8 daughters, viz. :
(i.) James, ^vho went to Australia, where he m. Dorcas
Finch, who d. in 1876. Of Glyntown, which he
inherits from his father. He has i son and z daugh-
ters, nameh', (Jaiiics, Aniic and Mcrcic.)
(ii.) William, d. unm. in 1S63, aged 27.
(iii.) John, Captain in the merchant service.
(iv.) Alfred, in Australia, (i.) Emma, b. 1S31, d. unm.
(2.) Ann, born 1832, m. Robert Dargaville, Esq., of co.
Cork, They went to .\ustralia, and she d. s. p. 187S.
(3.) Elizabeth, b. 1S33, m, James-Foy McCreight, Esq., of
Courtmasherry, son of William McCreight, of Umera
Park, CO. Cork. She died, leaving one son, viz.,
(William McCr.)
(4.) Minnie, m. first to Simeon Massey, of Masseycourt,
who d. s. p. ; secondly, she m. Dr. Charles Matthew,
surgeon-major, who d. in India in 1877. They had
3 sons and 2 daughlcrs, viz., (Charla M.. Robert M.
and Theodore M ; Violet M. and Minnie M.J
(5.) \'ictoria, d. unm. 1S61, aged 21, (twin sister with Rosina.)
(6.) Rosina, m. 1S67, Charles Duffield, Esq., of co. Carlow,
and had 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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(7.) Flora, m. first, to Captain Allcock Chambers, of Glcn-
gariffe, bv whom she had i son and i daui^hter, viz.,
(Rciijivniit C. and Bcumina C.) Secondly, slie m. to
Thomas-Ponsonby-Carew McCrei^ht, Esq., son of
William McCrcif;ht, of Umera Park.
(8.) Alice, m. 1S63, to Robert-John Jago, Esq., of Kinsale.
CO. Cork, and has 3 sons and 3 daughters, vi,:. (Robert
J., Charles J. and Ethdrcd J. ; Mary J., Eli^abdh J.,
and A nnie J.)
■ SAMUEL McCALL. with his second wife, KATE CAMP-
BELL, had z sons and i daughter, viz. :
(i.) Colin-Campbell.
(ii). James-Samuel.
(i.) Christina-Grace.
THOMAS McCALL and ANXE-NISBET LOCKHART
had 9 sons and i daughter, viz.
(i.) Thomas-Charles, b. 2Sth Marcli, iS46,d. 20th February,
(ii.) Tliomas-Denroche, b. 20th September, 1S47, drowned
in Ce_\lon, 1S72.
(iii.) Henry-John, of Holmwood, Largs, m. 5th August,
1879, Isabel, only daughter of William-Alston Djkes,
Esq., sometime provost of Hamilton, and has i
daughter, viz., {Agncs-Andrca-Vrquhart.)
(i\'.) William-Lockhart, lives in Gloucestershire, m. 2Sth
April, 1880, his cousin, Barbara-H.-J., daughter of
William Le\cester, Esq., and Barbara McCall, his wife.
They have 2 sons, viz. (Harold-Williain-Lockhart) and
Rnlfh Lcyccstcr.
(v.) Frederick-James, b. 31st May, 1853, d. nth November,
1856.
(vi.) John-Charles, resides at Udston, Hamilton.
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(vii.) Robert, resides at Glasgow.
(viii.) Edward-Gra-Miie, b. 4th Ma}-, 1S61, d. March, 1S62.
(ix.) Albert-Alexander.
(i.) Eliza-Anna-Lockhart, m. 6th January, 1S79, to Gramme
McLaverty, Esq., son of McLaverty of Kiel, Argyll-
shire. They live at Hamilton, and have 2 sons, viz.
{Roiiald-Gnrjitc-McL. and Ivcr-Edmomi-de-Brim McL.)
SARAH McCALL and ALEX.-DUNLOP ANDERSON
had 4 sons and 4 daughters, viz.
(i.) Andrew-George .\., who lives in Australia, ni. 27th Feb-
ruary, 1S6S, Elizabeth-Mary-Synott Manifold, and
had issue, 3 sons and 6 daughters, viz. (Claude-Alex-
ander A., Robcrt-DenrocJie A., b. 18/8/71, d. 3/6 '72,
and Herbcrt-Geoy^e A., b. 4/11/72. d. 19/3/73; Alice-
Selon A., Bcatrice-Mary-Synott .•!., Mar^arct-Lorn A.,
Rose-hobel A .. Eth.cl-Diinlup A . and Jessie-Caroline A .)
(ii.l Thomas-McCall A., M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine
at Glasgow University, m. 2otli July, 1864, Margaret-
Richardson Ronaldson, and had issue i son and 6
daughters, viz., (Thotna%-McCall A . \ Catherine-Edith
A., Sarah-Alice A., Jane-Bertram A., Ada-Margaret A.,
d. 5/1 1/78, aged 7 years, Mary-Constance-McCall A.,
Helen-Muriel A.)
(iii.) Alexander-Dunlop .\., mr.jor in Imlian Army (say 23rd
Punjaub Pioneers), d. in battle, 2nd December, 1S78,
at Peinar Khotah, in the Afghan War. (iv.) James
A., in Australia, (i.) Martha A., (2.) Jessie A., (3.)
Margaret- Lorn A., and (4.) Sarah A.
ELIZA McCALL and ARCHIBALD SMITH had 2
sons and 4 daughters, viz.
(i.) Archibald-John S., d. inf. (ii ) Thomas S., in the Civil
Service in India, (i.) Martha-Denrochc S. (2.)
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Isabella S., d. youn.c;. (3.) Elizabeth-Maria-Lydia
S., m. 1S65, to Captain W'iiliam-Henry Edye, R.N.
(now Admiral), and has i son, viz. ( Hcnry-J.-B. Edye J.
{4.) Emily-Anne S.
BARBARA McCALL and WILLIAM LEYCESTER
had I son and 2 daughters, viz.
(i.) Joseph-W. L., m. 1SS2, Helen-Wrey Reeves. (i.)
Martha-C.-D. L., m. Eebruary 1S73, Edward-H.
Reeve, Esq., and has 2 sons, viz. (Edward-Hoarc R.
and William-Leycestcr R.) (2.) Barbara-H.-J. L., m.
28th April, 18S0, her cousin, W'illiam-Lockhart
McCall, Esq., and has issue (see under W. L. McCall,
ante.;
HELEN McCALL and COLIN DUNLOP had 3 sons
viz.
(i.) George D., lives at Garnkirk. (ii.) Colin D., lives at
Auchenraith, near Hamilton, m. 22nd September,
186S, Mary Crum, and has i son and i daughter,
viz. (Colin- John D. and Agnes-Mary-Helcn D.) (iii.)
Thomas D.
©rm-jtC iBlrCCall and iBhlVy i3mcllic had 9 sons and
7 daughters, viz. :
(i.) Samuel, b. 15th July, 176S, d. unm. 2.Stli March, 1S55.
(ii.) Archibald, b. 4th August, 1771, d. 2jrd March, 1781.
(iii.) George, b. 2nd October, 1772, d. nth April, 1814.
Captain R.N., m. .Ann Wilson, and had a daughter,
Margaret, who died joung.
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(iv.) John, b. 6th Xoveinbcr, 1773, d. iSth May, iSoS.
(v.) Ricliard, b. 4tli ScpHombcr, 1776,1!. 17th January, 1777.
(vi.) Wilhani, b. iSth December, 1777, d. unm. in Jamaica,
14th August, 1S02.
(vii.) James, b. nth February, 17S0, merchant in Glasgow,
where he d. 4th May, 1S53, m. 3rd March, iSii,
Janet, daughter of Alan Ker, Esq., of Greenoch, and
of Ann Dow, his wife, and had 2 sons and i daughter.
(viii.) Henry-Ritchie, b. jSth March, 17S3, d. nth October,
(ix.) Archibald, b. 21st August, 17S5, d. 21st July, 1S42, m.
Elizabeth, daughter of the Kev. Dr. David Dow,
minister of Cathcart, and of Jean Keid, his wife.
They had i son. (See page 103.)
(r.) Christian, b. 15th April, 1766, d. Sth May, 1771.
(2.) Margaret, b. gth April, 1767, d. 27th May, 1776.
(3.) Mary, b. aSth June, 1770, m. 23rd June, 1793, to John
Taylor, Esq., of Kirkton-hill, near Montrose, and has
6 sons and 5 daughters. (See p. 103.)
(4.) Christian, b. 3rd July, 1775, d. 12th December, 1761.
(5.) Margaret, b. igtli January, d. 4th March, 1779.
(6.) Catherine, b. 2nd January, 17S2, d. 1S27, m. iSog, to
John Brown, Esq., of Langside, and had 3 sons and
4 daughters. (See p. 104.)
(7.) Margaret, b. 25th May, 17^14, d. unmarried.
JAMES McCALL and JANET KER had 2 sons and i
daughter, viz. :
(i.) George, b. loth January, :Si6, lived at Glasgow, where
he d. 15th March, 1^56, m. at Abbeyside, Kinlos,
iSth October, iN54, Grace, daughter of James Milne,
Esq., of Forres, and had i son, janics, who d. inf.
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in Ma)-, 1S56. His widow has since married to Joseph
Prestwick, Esq., Professor of Geolop)- at Oxford.
(ii.) James. Of St. Jolin"s Terrace, Glasgow, m. 7th June,
1859, his cousin, Eli^a-Mona, daughter of John
McCall. Esq., of Glasgow, and Eliza-Mona Grice,
his wife. They had 2 sons and 4 daughters. (See
page :o5.)
(i.) Anne, resides at Hillhcad, near Glasgow.
ARCHIBALD McCALL and ELIZABETH DOW had
1 son, \iz. :
(i.) {Cc>l.) George, sometime master of the horse to King
Louis Philippe of Prance. Lived at Chantilly, near
Paris, m. Mary, daughter of Bonamy Dobree, Esq.,
Governor of the Bank of England, and had 3 sons
and 3 daughters. (See p. 105.)
MARY McCALL and JOHN TAYLOR had 6 sons and
5 daughters, viz. :
(i.) Robert T. Of Kirkton Hill, m. and had 2 sons and i
daughter, viz. {Gco>\^c T., now of Kirkton Hill, and
Robert T., d. unm. ; Mari^arci T., m. to R. Hepburn,
Esq., of Ricarton). (ii.) Simon T.
(iii.) George T., m. Christian Jopp, and had 4 sons and 2
daughters, viz. (Simon T.. Gco7's;c-Kciih T., m. Miss
Cooper, W'illidui-Stacarl T., Alexander T. ; Eleanor T.,
m. to — Thornbury, and Christian-. M-K. T., m. to —
Watson), (iv.) John T.
(v.) Patrick T., m. Margaret Russell, and had 2 sons and 3
daughters, viz. (John T. and Campbell T. : Catherine T.,
Margaret T. and Fanny T.J (vi.) Hercules T.
(i.) .Mary T., m. to W. Hunter, and had 4 sons and 3 daugh-
ters, viz. {DaviJ H ., m. Weni_\ss Henderson, Douglas
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H., m. O. Farrin,t;ton, William //., in. C. Gray, and
John II., Capt. 72nd re.cjt. ; ja)u- II., Ann H. and Mary
II., who in. to Col. Townsend.)
(2.) Jane T. (3.) Margaret T. (4.) Christina T., and (5.)
Catherine T.
CATHERINE McCALL and JOHN BROWN had 3 sons
and 4 dau^diters, \iz. :
(i.) Thomas B. (ii.) George B. (iii.) John 15.
(1.) Mary B., m. to Hugh McTavish, Esq., and had 2 sons
and 4 daughters, viz. (Huf;h-G. McT.. killed in the
American ^\'ar, and John McT., unin. in S. America:
Catherine McT., m. to Donald Mcintosh, and has
issue, Mary-Ann-C. McT., m., but d. s. p., Christina-
McCall McT., d. unni., and Janc-E. McT., m. and has
issue.)
(2.) MartliaB., in. to Alexander S. Cleland, Esii., and had 2
sons and 3 daughters, viz., (John-James C, d. and
Alexander-Henry C. ; Mary C .. m. .Andrew Philps, and
has issue, Cathcrine-A . C, m. to — Glasford, who is
now deceased, lca\'ing issue : and Christina-McCnll C.
lives with hur mother in Edinburgh.)
^3.) Catherine I]., m. to Uaniel I-"razer, Glasgow, and had
2 sons and 2 daughters, viz. (Jamcs-G. F., bar-
rister, l~ell. Trin. Coll., Cambs. : and Sanincl-.McCall
F.; Christma-McCall F., and habella-c. F., m.
to Professor Steggall, Dundee College, and has
issue.)
(4.) Christina B.. in. to William D"Esterre Roberts, Esq,
They live at Ha\re, and had 5 sons and 5 daughters,
viz. ( 11');;. -D'i:. R., m. .Miss Roberts, his cousin, lives
at Havre, Norcoll-D'E. R., Richanl R., A.-A.-B. R.,
and W.-E.-G. R. ; Chnslina-McCall R.. m. — Stokes,
and has issue, M.vion-D'E. R.. m. Re\-. Donald
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McLlhhI, ininisti.r (if Scotcli Ciuircli, l^ondvn, Catherine
K., (.\.,'jane A'., in. M.LttliLW Rcnnison, Glasgow, and
Sarah-G. R.)
JAMES McCALL an.l ELIZA MOXA MrCALL had 2
sons and 4 daui^ditcrs, vi/.
(i.) Janies-Gc(ir,L;e.
(ii.) SamiK-l-Jolni.
(i.) Mar^'arct-ldeanora, d. July, iSjg, aged 17 years.
(2.) ]-diza-Miina, d. (ulv. L'^JQ. aged 15 years.
(3.) Janct-AiHi, d. 20th July, 1S69, aged 5 months.
(4.) (iracc-Ann.
COL. GEORGE McCALL and ^L\RY DOBREE had 3
sons and 3 daughters, vi/.
(i.) George, b. at lieaumarris, m.
(ii.) Henr\-]>lack\v<)od, b. near Dieppe.
(iii.) Archibald-Xofl-L.icke, b. at Guildford. Priest of the
Church of Rome,
(i.) Caroline-Amelia, li\ing in a Protestant sisterhood at the
Cape of Good Hope.
(2.) Mary-Dobree, ni. to Palcoiier Atlee, Esq.
(3.) Oliva-Louisa, b. at Chantillw near Paris, m. to Andrew
Ward, Esq.
iBLivion iBh'd.ill and jloint iH^^cv^•uul liad 3 sons
and 4 daughters, viz.
(i.) William A., in the Hon. E. L Co.'s service, m. Eliza
Cox, and had a daughter, who m. to Major in
India, (ii.) John A., d. in India, (iii.) Robert A., d. in
India; (i.) Marion .\.. m. to the Rev. — Hunter,
De\onshire, (2.) Elizabeth .-\.. d. unm., (3.) Helen .\.,
d. unm., (4.) Sarah .\., d. unm.
io6
Memoirs or Mv Anti:stors.
iBclcit iHii-Call :ui,i iHubrcUt ^iluimiuTit had 8 sons
and 5 dauc^litcrs, \iz.
(i.; George T., b. cjth March, 1751, in. 17th July, 1775,
Elizabeth Allan, nf Bardowie, and had issue; secondly
he in., 24th I'ebruarN', iSoo, Mart,Mret Graham, of
Limekilns, and had hirther issue. (ii.) Samuel T.,
b. 5th Ma_\-, 1754, d. 17th I'Y'bruary, 1709. (iii.) John
T., b. 17th Octulier, 175S, d. i.Sjd. m. in 1784, Helen
Middleinore. (iv.) .Andrew T., b. igth November,
1762, d. iSji, m. .\nn Henderson, (v.) James T.,
b. nth April, i7fu, d. 1857, ■"• '" i'So7, Ann Archer.
(vi.) William T., b. 8th Au:.;ust, 1707, d. 1840, m.
1795, Sarah Lane, who d. 1821. (vii.) Samuel T., b.
30th June, 1769, d. inf. (viii.) Samuel T., b. 17th
November, 1773, m. Miss Ha\\vo(jd, and d. 1853.
(l.) Margaret T., b. 31st October, [752. d. 1791, m. first to
James Johnstone, and secondly to Dr. Robert Cleg-
horn. (2.) Helen T., b. 2nd July, 175b, d. 2nd April,
1759- (3-) Helen T., b. 8th December, 1760, d. 7th
January, 1853. (4.) Rebecca, b. 23rd October, 1765,
d. 25th .April, 1769. (5.) Rebecca T., b. nth January,
1771, m. to Duncan Flunter, and d. in 1829.
GEORC.i: M< CALL (younger son of William McCall,
Kcllo-side, and M.irion Dundas) and .ANN A'E.ATLS had 5
sons and 6 daughtiTS, \iz.
(i.) Jas[ier, m Magdalm Hollock ( :- Collet), and d. s. p. 1747.
His widow m. again to |ohn Swift,
(ii.) Saimul, b. 1721, a memlur of the council, m. .Ann,
daughter to Captain John Searle. ;md had 2 sons and
r.ENFtAI.OGV. 107
4 dau;:;Iiter5. (See below.) He was appointed bj- the
governor of the prt)\ince, to settle the accounts of
the oftiLcrs of tlie unfortunate Braddoch Campaign,
31st January, 1756, and he d. 1762.
(iii.) Georf,e, b. i6th April, 1724, m. Lydia Abbot (?) who is
said to ha\'e possessed great i)ersonal beauty, and is
mentioned in Watson's list of belles. She d. in 1762,
having had 3 daughters. See p. loS.
(iv.) Captain William, had charge of a scouting party in
17S2, he d. unm.
(v.) Archibald, b. 172S, was reputed one of the wealthiest
merchants in Philadelphia, in the East India trade,
and several of his sons made trips thither. He d.
1799, having m. 25th June, 1762, Judith, daughter to
Peter Kemble. Esq., President of H. M. Council of
New Jerscx', and sister to the wife of General the
Hon. Thomas Gage, Commander of the British
forces while in possession of Philadelphia, before the
revolution. They had 12 sons and 6 daughters. See
p. loS.
(I.) Catherine, m. to John Inglis, and had 3 sons and 3
daughters. See p. 109.
(2.) Ann, m. her cousin, Samuel McCall, from Scotland, and
liad 6 daughters, see p. (S2.
3-) Marv, in. to William Plumstead, and had 3 sons and 2
daughters. See p. iio.
(4.) Margaret, m. to Joseph Swift, and had 5 sons and 6
daughters. See ib.
(5.) Elinor, m. to Andrew Elliot. Esq., of Greenwells, co.
Roxburgh, collector of Customs at New York, and
had 2 daughters. See ib.
(6.) Jane. d. young.
j&aillUCl iil'i'Call and iHini rn\uil' had 2 sons and 4
daughters, \\/..
loS ^f^.\[OIRs or Mv Anckstors.
(i.) John-Scaric, of St. Christophers, West Indies, d. s. p.
(ii.) George, d. s. p.
(i.) Ann, b. 30th March, 1744, m. in 1703, to Thomas
Wilhn<(, and d. 3rd I-\-bruary, ij^i, having had 5 sons
and 5 daughters. Sec ib.
(2.) EHnor. (5.) .Margaret. (4.) Catherine.
©CUniC iHh-(l*alt and CyMa iBliliOt had 3 daugh-
ters, viz.
(i.) Mary, d. unni.
(2.) Catherine, in. — Batii, and had several sons, two were
in the army, and one a lawyer in Ireland.
(3.) Lydia, m. firstiv to C. Cattle, of large estate in South
Carolina, by whom she had i son and 3 daughters,
viz. {Williaiii C. ; a dd!is;htcr, m. to Colquhnun, and
had issue : a daughter, m. to Preston ; and Maria C .,
d. unm.) Slie m. secondly to Gen. Guest, and had
I son, \'iz., States Guest.
Bvrrjib.-llb iWl-ii'all an.i jlnbitll ilUMllliIC had 12 sons
and 6 daughters, \'iz.
(i.) George, b. 25th August, 1763, d. ist June, i7f)4.
(ii.) Peter, b. 2nd March, 170b, d. 26th December, 1769.
(iii.) Archibald, b. nth October, 1767, m. 2nd .Ma\', 1792,
Elizabeth Cadwalader, and had 4 sons and 5 daughters.
Sec ib.
(iv.) George, b. 2nd May, 1769, d. 17th April, 1799, m.
Margaret Clyiner, and had 2 sons. See ib.
(v.) Samuel, b. 4th May, 1770, d. 5th November, 1772.
(vi.) Peter, b. 1773, mercliant in Philadelphia, ni. Sarah
Gibson, a descendant of John Gibson, one of the early
mayf)rs of I'hiladclphia, and had 3 sons and i daugh-
ter, see ib.
(vii.) Samuel, d. unm. 31st Iannar\, 1.^42.
(viii.) Jasper, b. 5th Xo\'ember, 1779, d. iSoo.
(ix.) Kirhard, b. 9th Ortdber, i7.So, d. unm. iS^j.
Gf.seai.ogy. log
(X.) William, h. ijtli September, 17S3, d. loth March, 1S40,
ni. I'^rances-Harriet, daughter to the Hon. Samuel
Sitgreaves, of Kaston. Penns\-lvania, Jurist, and some-
time U.S. minister to the Court of St. James'. Mrs.
McCall d. at Mount Wallah, ist July, 1S51, having
had 2 daughters. See ih.
(xi.) Robert, b. zMx September, 17S5, d. unm. 1S54.
<xii.) Henry, b. 27th September. 17SS, d. June, i''^54, m.
24th Ma\-, 1S17, Lise Jones, and had 4 sons. See ib.
(i.) Mary, b. 2Sth July, 1764, m. Lambert Cadwaladcr, and
had I son, vi^^., Thonms C. %slio m. Maria Gouveoneur,
and had 2 sons and 3 daughters, viz., (John-Lambert
C, Richard C: Emily C, Mary C. and ^Laria C.)
(2.) Ann, b. 2n(i Mav, 1772, m. 1796, to WilHam Read, Esq.,
son of Mr. Chief Justice George Read, of the State
of Delaware, and had 4 sons and i daughter, viz.
(Gcoycrc R., ]\'i!lian! R.. Joint R., Saniiicl R.: and
Mary R., who m. to Coleman P'isher, Esq., and had
issue.)
(3.) ^Largaret. d. unmarried in 1S60.
(4.) Harriet, d. unmarried in 1847.
(5.) Gertrude, b. 23rd July. 177.^, d. in infanc\-.
(6.) Catherine, b. 2<)th June. 17S2, d. unm. 1859.
(I^alljinilir iBU'Cl'.lll and Jlulin ,"lnalil-. had 3 sons and
3 daughters, viz.
(i.) John L, Admiral in the British Nav\-, (served with Ad-
miral .Moore) m. his cousin. Miss Inglis. and had issue.
Lived in Edinburgh, (ii.) Samuel L. m. Miss Aitchi-
son, of Norfolk countv, and died, leaving a tine estate.
He had one child, who d. \oung, and his widow m.
.again to Dr. Currie. (iii.) George L, tmmarried, in
rens\l\ania in 1S05.
no Memoirs or Mv Ancf.stors.
(i.) Ann I., m. to Gilbert Barclay, Esq., of Scotland, and d.
before 1S05, leaving i daughter, Kaic B.
(2.) Mary I., m. — Heron, an English West India gentle-
man. The\- lived near ]->ristol, Eng., and had 2 sons
and 4 daughters, viz. ( Julian //., in the army. Oliver
//., in the nav\-, Mary II., Ildcna H., a daughter m.
to — Middleton, said to be of the family of Baron
Middleton, of Middleton, co. Warwick; and a daiif^litcr
m. to — Lumley, said to be of the family of Lumley,
Earls of Scarborough.)
(3.) Catherine L, d. unm., in Pennsylvania.
MARY McCALL and WILLL\M PLUMSTEAD had
3 sons and 2 daughters, viz.
(i.) William P., d. s. p. (ii.) Clement P., d. s. p. (iii.) George
P., m., and had 2 sons and 2 daughters, \'iz. (William
P.rClcmcnl P.: .l/.uj P. and Margaret P.) (i.) Ann
P., d. s. p. (2.) Catherine P., d. s. p.
MARGARET McCALL and JOSEPH SWII'T had 5
sons and 5 daughters, viz.
(i.) George S. ; (ii.) William S. ; (iii.) Joseph S., who m.,
and had 4 sons and 5 daughters, viz. (Joseph, John.
George and Samuel: Mary. IIlIcu. Elizabeth, Martha
and Margaret S.) (iv.) John S., who d. unm. : (v.)
Samuel S., m. Mary Shipper, and had 3 sons and 4
daughters, viz. {William. Samuel and Joseph, who m.
his cousin Eliza-M. \\'i!liiig. and d. in i,S.S2 : Mar-
garet, Mary, Eli~abeth and Sarah S.) (i.) Elinor S.:
(2.) Mary S. : (3.) Margaret S. : (4.) Martha S. ; and
(5.) Elizabeth S.
ELINOR McCALL and ANDREW ELLIOT had 2
daughters, viz.
(i.) Helena E., m. to Admiral Digbx. in the English Na\y,
and d. s. p. (2.) Elizabeth E., m. to William Shaw,
loth Lord Cathcart, and had 10 iJiildren (see
GkNT.AI.OGV. Ill
Diiuglis' Scoltish Pccrui^e). Her ladjship was ap-
pointed Governess to the Nounpier pirincesses in Jan-
uary, 1793, and one of tlie ladies of the bed-chamber
to tlie Uueen in October. 1795.
ARCHir.ALI) McCALLan.l ELIZABETH CADWALA-
DER had 4 sons and 5 dauj^'htcrs, viz.
(i.) Jolin.
(ii.) Archibald.
(iii.) Edward, who d. at Lima in 1S74, leaving a son, John.
(iv.) George-Archibald, a graduate of West Pont, 1822,
afterwards a General in the regular arms', taking a
prominent part in the late rebellion (See Mores
Rebellion Rccotds, published a few j-ears since). He
m. Elizabeth McMurtrie, and d. in February, 1S68,
ha\ing had 3 sons and 2 daughters. See p. 114.
. (i.) Mary. (2 ) l-:iizabeth. (3.) Harriet. (4.) Margaret.
(5.) Ami.
GEORGE McCALL and >L\RGARET CLY^^£R had 2
sons, viz.
(i.) George, d. unm. in 1S73, aged 78 j-ears.
(ii.) William, b. 1797, m. Mar_\- Dickenson, and had a son,
Willuvn.
PETER McCALL and SARAH GIBSON had 3 sons
and I dauLjhter. viz.
(i.) Charles, d. young.
(ii.) John-C]ibs(m, many jears United States Consul at
Tampico, Mexico, m. Josephine-Don-Miguel Becerra,
and had 3 sons and 2 dau,L;hters. See p. 114.
12 Mi:mo[ks cu" Mv Anci-stoks.
(iii.) Peter, b. at Trenton, New Jersey, 1807. ,;,'radiiatetl at
Princeton Culle^'e, 1^26, took a prominent part in
connection with Gen. Patterson in (juellinL; the native
American riots in 1S44; Mayor of Philaiicl[)hia, 1S45,
and sornetinie member of the select council of that
city. He ni., in 1S46, Jane-Uyrd Mercer, daughter to
Col. John Mercer, of Cedar Park, West River, Mar\--
land, and had 1 son and 3 dau,i;hters, see p. 114. Mr.
McCall afterwards attained great distinction as a
member of the Philadelphia bar, he was counselor of
law and Provost of the law academy there. }>rofessor
of law at (and one of the Trustees of) the University
of PennsN l\'ania, and he died at his country seat,
Overbrook, in Montgomery County, joth October,
18S0, and is buried in the vault of his family at
' Christ Church, Philadelphia.
(i.) Anna-Maria, d. young.
WILLLAM McCALL and FRANCES-HARRIET SIT-
GRE.W'ES had .: sons and 4 daughters, viz.
(i.) Samuel, b. 12th June, iSio, d. iNjS.
(ii.) Thomas Cadwalader, b. 21st January, 1823, d. nth
July, 1844.
(i.) Harriet-Gage, m. 25th June. 1834, to the Hon. Chris-
to])her Adams, of Mount Wallah, in Louisiana, and
of New Orleans, and had 5 sons and 2 daughters,
viz., (Hairy-McCall .4.. d. young ; Edi.\trJ-\Vhite A.,
m. 14 10 6S, Julia-ljiddle Henderson, ami has issue.
HichayJ-McCall .•!., d. inf. : Si!,i;n\ncs A . : Chnstuphcr
A.; Francc^-llaynd A. and Eliz.ibcth-Ellis A.)
(2.) Maria-L-Penderson, d. 1^54.
(3.) Emily-Bertie, d. young.
(4.) Susan Sitgreaves, d. 1S23. aged 4 years.
Genkai-Ogv. 113
HENRY McCALL and LISE JONES had 4 sons, viz.
(i.) Kicliard, ni. in 1S40, Olive Wilson, and had 5 sons and
9 daughters. See p. 115.
(ii.) Edward, d. 1S23, aged 4 years,
(iii.) Henrv, ni. in 1S44, Charlotte Willcock, and had i son
and I daughter. See p. 115.
(iv.) Evan-Jones, m. Angele Loringer, and had 3 sons and
I daughter. See p. 116.
ANN McCALL and THONLAS WILLING had (besides
three children uho d. inf.) 5 sons and 5 daughters, viz.
(i.) Charles W., b. 1766, d. 1799, was twice married,
and had issue, (ii.) Thomas-Ma}-ne W.. b. 17G7,
d. 1S23, m. Jane Nixon, and had issue ; (iii.) George
W., b. 1774, d. 1S27, m. first a lady whose name is
not recorded, secondly to Miss R. Blackwell, and had
issue; (iv.) Richard W., b. 1775, d. 1S5S, m. Eliza
Moore, and had issue ; (v.) ^Villiam-Shippe^ \\'., b.
1779, d. 1S21, m. Maria-Wilhelmina Peters, and had
issue.
(I.) Anne W., b. 1764, d. iSoi, in. to William Bingham,
Esq., of Philadi-Iphia, a senator of the United States,
and had i son and 2 daughters (see below) ; (2.) Eliza-
beth W., 1). 17OS, d. 1S5S, m. to Major \\illiam
Jackson, and has no sur\-iving issue ; ^3.) Mary ^^^,
b. 1770, d. 1S52, m. to Henry Clymer, and had issue;
(4.) Dorothy W., b. 1772. d. 1S47, m. to her cousin-
gcrman, Thomas-Willing Francis, and had issue ;
and (5.) Abigail W., b. 1777, d. 1S41, m. to Richard
Peters and had issue.
ANNE WILLING (daughter to Ann McCall and Thomas
Willing) and WILLIAM BINGHAM had i son and 2 daugh-
ters, viz.
(i.) Willi. im I), (i.) Anne-Louisa B., m. 23rd .\ugust, 179S,
to the Right Hon. .Mcxander Baring (afterwards
114 * MEMOIRS oi- Mv A.vcr.sTORS.
raised to the pceraj;e by the title of Baron Ashburton
of Ashburton), second son of Sir Francis Baring,
Bart., banker in London, and had issue. (See Burke's
Peerage). (2.) Maria-Matilda B., m. to Henry Baring,
Esq., a brother of her sister's husband, with whom
she had a large family.
GEORGE McCALL and ELIZABETH McMURTRIE
had 3 sons and 2 daughters, viz.
(i.) Archibald, (ii.) George, (iii.) Richard.
(I.) Emily, m. in iSSo, to Charles Bradford, Esq.
(2.) Elizabeth.
J0HN-Gn3S0X McCALL and JOSEPHINE-DOX-
MIGUEL BECERRA had 3 sons and 2 daughters, viz.
(i.) Charles-Archibald, m. Cornelia White, and has 3 sons
and I daughter, viz., (JoJin-Gibsun, Williain-Whitc,
Robcrt-Kemble, and Helen.)
(ii.) John-Gibson,
(iii.) Rudolph, m. Mary Steinbrenner, and had 2 daughters,
viz., (Ei)iina and Annetta.)
(i.) Sarita, m. Francis Bond, Esq., and had 4 daughters, viz.,
(Joschinc B., Adelaide B., Eliza-C. B., and Frances B.)
(2.) .A daughter.
PETER McCALL and JANE BYRD .NH^RCER had i
son and 3 daughters, \-iz.
(i.) Mercer, b. 6th September, 1S49, d. April, 1S71.
(i.) Gertrude.
(2.) Edith, m. in 1S7S, to S. Keating, Esq., and had 3 daugh-
Genealogy. 115
ters, viz., (Editli-GcrtruJc K., Elizabeth K., and Mar-
garet-McCall K.J
(3.) Jaiic-Hyrd.
RICHARD McCALL and OLIVE WILSON, had 5
sons and g dauf;httrs, viz.
(i.) Richard. (ii.) Jaines-Wilson. (iii.) Robert, d. (iv.)
Jones, d. (v.) William d. 1880, aged 31.
(I.) Lise, in. to Frederick Freret, Esc]., and hail S sons
and 5 daughters, viz., (Frcdcrick-Willuvn ]■., Richard-
McCall F., Blaisc-C. F.. d., Robert /•"., I'lnccnt-R. F.,
Edward F., d., Picrtc-Saiivc F., and Euf^ciie-Bavclay F.
d. ; 0!ive-F., Funny-S. /'., Lisc F.. d.. Eugenic F., d.,
Lise-D. F.)
(2.) Melanie, m. Louis Hewett, Esq., and had 3 sons and 7
daughters, viz., (James H. d., Riehard-McCall H., d.,
Louis-Charles H . : Clara IL, d., Oliva-Wilson //., An-
gcle H., Melaiue-Briiigier II.. Fannic-Fearn H., Coralia-
Wilson IL, and Ilarriet-McCall //., d.)
(3.) Olive, m. to Jolin-Grayson hijrd. Esq.
(4.) Catherine.
(5.) Charlotte, m. Emlid Borland, Jun., Esq., and has 2
daughters, viz., (Olive B. and Elizabeth B.J
(6.) Harriet.
(7.) Marie, m. W. T. Morchead, Esq., and has i son, viz.,
(Richard-McCall M.J
(8.) Blanche, ,/.
(9.) Faniu'.
HENRY McCALL and CHARLOTTE WILLCOCK
had I son and i daughter, viz.
(i.) Henry, m. Phcehe Ingersoll.
(i.) Mcta, m. to Count Alphonse de Diesbach, anil has i
son, Ladislaus de D.
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Mkmoiks or Mv Ancicstors.
EVAX-JOXES McCALL an.l AXGF.LE LORIXGER
had 4 sons and i danL;lUei", vi/.
(i.) Hcnrx", m. Lily Le,L,a^ndre, and had 3 sons, vi^., (Evan-
Jones, Hcniy-Gcorf^e, and Einilc-Lc^tJidrc, d. inf., 1SS3.
(ii.) Charles.
(iii.) Eugene, d. 1S71, ag;ed 22.
(iv.) Edward, d. 18.S2, aged 31.
(I.) Adele.
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