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GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS 
 
 FAMILY OF 
 
 SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart. 
 
 OF ABBOTSFOED 
 
 WITH A REPRINT OF HIS 
 
 MEMOKIALS OF THE HALIBUETONS 
 
 Eev. CHAELES EOGEES, LL.D. 
 
 HISTOEIOGBAPHEB TO THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY 
 
 OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF 
 
 QUEBEC, MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
 
 AND CORRESPONDING MEMBEE OF THE HISTORICAL AND 
 
 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND 
 
 LONDON 
 PEINTED FOE THE GEAMPIAIST CLUB 
 
 1877 
 
EDINBURGH; 
 
 PRINTED BY Bl'FARLANE AND EK8KINE, 
 
 ST JAMES SQUARE. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Sik Waltee Scott was ambitious of establishing a family 
 which might perpetuate his name, in connection with that 
 interesting spot on the banks of the Tweed which he had 
 reclaimed and adorned. To be " founder of a distinct branch 
 of the House of Scott," was, according to Mr Lockhart, " his 
 first and last worldly ambition." " He desired," continues 
 his biographer, " to plant a lasting root, and dreamt not of 
 present fame, but of long distant generations rejoicing in 
 the name of Scott of Abbotsford. By this idea, all his 
 reveries, all his aspirations* all his plans and efforts, were 
 shadowed and controlled. The great object and end only rose 
 into clearer daylight, and swelled into more substantial 
 dimensions, as public applause strengthened his confidence in 
 his own powers and faculties ; and when he had reached the 
 summit of universal and unrivalled honour, he clung to his 
 first love with the faith of a Paladin." 
 
 More clearly to appreciate why Sir Walter Scott was so 
 powerfully influenced by the desire of founding a family, it 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 is necessary to be acquainted with his relations to those 
 who preceded him. Seldom has man of letters possessed 
 a pedigree so dignified and honourable. On all sides, his 
 progenitors were of the better class, and scions of houses 
 territorially pre-eminent. Of his immediate ancestors some 
 had occupied less conspicuous spheres, but all maintained 
 gentle rank. Dwelling on the memory of his sires, and 
 conceiving through the medium of a powerful fancy the 
 importance of territorial rank, it was not unnatural that he 
 should anticipate for his descendants a portion of that baronial 
 splendour which, in relation to his predecessors, he had 
 depicted so graphically. 
 
 It may not be asserted that in his aspirations the Author 
 of "Waverley" has failed. By forming alliances with the 
 ancient and honourable families of Lockhart, Hope, and Max- 
 well, and other distinguished septs, his descendants have 
 increased their hereditary greatness. And amidst several 
 changes in the succession the name of Scott of Abbotsford 
 has been preserved, as it will doubtless continue to be, so 
 long as the works of the founder are read, which will 
 probably be as long as the English language is understood. 
 
 Sir "Walter Scott especially rejoiced in being the repre- 
 sentative of the House of Haliburton of Newmains. With 
 the great sept of Scott he was connected through a younger 
 branch; but in right of his mother, he was heir of the 
 Haliburtons, and though their lands were sold, their place 
 of sepulture in Dryburgh Abbey remained as at least one 
 spot which he could claim as an inheritance. To his grand- 
 
PREFACE. Vli 
 
 uncle, the last owner of the lands of Newmains and Dryburgh, 
 he was served heir by a jury, so that his representation of 
 the family might be made legally secure. 
 
 The "Memorials of the Haliburtons," a portion of the 
 present volume, appeared under Sir Walter's editorship, in 
 1820, from the press of James Ballantyne & Co., in a thin 
 quarto of sixty-seven pages. The impression, restricted to 
 thirty copies, was intended for private circulation. In 1824, 
 when Sir Walter began more systematically to inquire into 
 the history of his ancestors, he printed thirty additional copies, 
 accompanied by a preliminary notice, dated November of that 
 year. Only a single copy of the second impression has been 
 found ; it was presented by Sir Walter to Mr David Laing, 
 the eminent antiquary, on account of his former copy having 
 lacked a title-page. Both impressions of the "Memorials" 
 were accompanied by an engraving of the Haliburton aisle at 
 Dryburgh, from a sketch by Mr Skene of Bubislaw. That 
 engraving has been reproduced as a frontispiece to the 
 present volume. It represents the tombstone of John Hali- 
 burton, Baron of Mertoun, who died in 1640. The aisle now 
 contains the monumental sarcophagus of the greatest of the 
 race, not a Haliburton, but a Scott — the immortal Author of 
 " Waverley." 
 
 In preparing these genealogical memoirs, I have to express 
 my special obligations to Lord Henry Kerr ; to Mrs Maxwell 
 Scott of Abbotsford, great-granddaughter of the illustrious 
 novelist ; to Miss Anne Butherford Scott, his niece ; and to 
 Bobert Scott, Esq. of Eaeburn, his near kinsman. For many 
 
Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 particulars respecting the novelist's maternal ancestors, I 
 have been indebted to Daniel Eutherford Haldane, Esq., M.D., 
 Edinburgh ; the Eev. William Keith, vicar of Burham ; the 
 Eev. James Eussell, minister of Yarrow ; and to an accom- 
 plished gentlewoman, whom I am not privileged to name. 
 To William John O'Donnavan, Esq., LL.D., the eminent 
 genealogist, I owe many important particulars respecting the 
 families of Haliburton and Eutherford. On the whole, I am 
 satisfied that the reader has no cause to be disappointed 
 respecting either the copiousness or accuracy of my details. 
 
 CHAELES EOGEES. 
 
 Grampian Lodge, 
 
 Forest Hill, Surrey, 
 February 1877. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Genealogical Memoirs op the Family of Sie Walter Soott, Bart., xi 
 
 Memorials of the Haliburtons, . . .... 1 
 
 Preliminary Notice 3 
 
 Declaration of the Persons within named, anent Muir- 
 houselaw's Death, 7 
 
 The Coat-Armours of all the Families of the Name of 
 Halibttrton, 11 
 
 A Short History of the Haliburtons in Driburgh, . 25 
 
 Families of the Name of Haliburton, . . . .63 
 
 Index, .... 71 
 
GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS, 
 
 ETC., ETC. 
 
 In the tenth century a branch of the Scots, a Galwegian 
 clan, settled in the county of Peebles. Uchtredus, filius 
 Scoti, witnessed an inquisition respecting the possessions 
 of the church of Glasgow, in the reign of Alexander I. He 
 witnessed, in 1128, the foundation charter by David I. of the 
 Abbey of Holyrood, and that of the Abbey of Selkirk in 
 1130. But the early pedigree of the House of Scott may be 
 stated succinctly in the words of Sir Walter Scott. From a 
 genealogical MS. in Sir Walter's handwriting, preserved by 
 Lord Polwarth, we quote the following : 
 
 " I. Uchtred Fitz-Scott, or Filius Scott, who flourished at 
 the court of King David I., and was witness to two charters 
 granted by him to the Abbeys of Holyroodhouse and Sel- 
 kirk, dated in the years 1128 and 1130. It is, however, 
 believed that from the days of Kenneth III. the barony of 
 Scotstoun, in Peeblesshire, had been possessed by the ances- 
 tors of this Uchtred, who, being descended from Galwegian 
 forefathers, were called Scots, Galloway being inhabited by 
 the clan to whom that name properly belonged. 
 
 "II. Eichard Scott, son of Uchtred, witnessed a charter 
 
Xll GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 granted by the Bishop of St Andrews to the Abbey of Holy- 
 roodhouse about the year 1158. 
 
 " III. Eichard Scott, son of Eichard, who married Alicia, 
 daughter of Henry de Molla, with whom he received lands in 
 Eoxburghshire, in the reign of Alexander the Second. 
 
 " IV. William Scott, son of Eichard, attended the court of 
 Alexander the Second, and witnessed several of his charters. 
 
 "V. Sir Eichard Scott, son of William, married the 
 daughter and heiress of Murthockstone of that ilk, in the 
 county of Lanark, by which marriage he acquired the pro- 
 perty of Murthockstone, now called Murdieston. He then 
 assumed into his arms ' the bend of Murdiestoun,' and dis- 
 posed thereon his own paternal crescents and star.* He 
 swore fealty to Edward I. in 1296, and died in 1320. 
 
 "VI. Sir Michael Scott of Murthockstone, son of Sir 
 Eichard and the heiress of Murthockstone, was a gallant 
 warrior, who distinguished himself at the battle of Halidon 
 Hill, 19th July 1333. He was one of the few who escaped 
 the carnage of that disastrous day ; but he was slain in the 
 unfortunate battle of Durham, thirteen years after." 
 
 According to Sir Walter Scott, Sir Michael Scott of Mur- 
 thockstone had two sons, the elder of whom carried on the 
 family. John, the younger son, was ancestor of the Scotts of 
 Harden. Eobert Scott, elder son of Sir Michael Scott, died 
 before the 7th December 1389 ; his grandson, Eobert Scott, 
 obtained, in 1420, the half-lands of Branxholm, and died in 
 1426. From James II. Sir Walter, the elder son of Eobert 
 Scott, received extensive lands in acknowledgment of his 
 
 * "An aged knight to danger steeled, 
 
 With many a moss-trooper, came on ; 
 And azure in a golden field, 
 The stars and crescent graced Ms shield 
 Without the bend of Murdieston. " 
 
 — Lay of tlie Last Minstrel. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XU1 
 
 services in suppressing the rebellion of the Douglases in 
 1455. His elder son, Sir David Scott of Branxholm, sat in 
 the Parliament of 1487, as " dominus de Buccleugh;" he died 
 in March 1492. He enlarged and fortified Branxholm Castle, 
 which Sir Walter Scott has portrayed so vividly in the " Lay 
 of the Last Minstrel." 
 
 In his estates, Sir David Scott of Branxholm was, in 1492, 
 succeeded by his grandson, Sir Walter, who was present at 
 the battle of Flodden, and died in 1516, leaving two sons, of 
 whom Sir Walter, the elder, succeeded to the family estates. 
 Sir Walter Scott of Branxholm and Buccleuch was warden of 
 the west marches ; he attained celebrity for a daring though 
 abortive attempt to rescue James V. from the control of the 
 Earl of Angus and the House of Douglas, and which is cele- 
 brated in the " Lay of the Last Minstrel." He fought at the 
 battle of Pinkie in 1547. In October 1552 he was slain in an 
 encounter with Sir Walter Ker of Cessford and his followers, 
 in the High Street of Edinburgh. His widow, Janet Bethune, 
 daughter of the laird of Creich, a woman of undaunted spirit, 
 riding at the head of his clan, sought to avenge his death. 
 
 Sir Walter Scott of Branxholm and Buccleuch was, in 
 1553, succeeded by his grandson, who bore the same Christian 
 name. In 1567 he joined the association in favour of James 
 VI. X but afterwards supported Queen Mary. His castle of 
 Branxholm was destroyed by order of Queen Elizabeth, in 
 reprisal of depredations which he had committed on the 
 English border. He died in April 1574. His son and heir, 
 Walter Scott of Branxholm, was in 1590 knighted by James 
 VI., and was appointed warden of the west marches. He 
 carried on a predatory warfare against the English, and 
 obtained renown for the daring exploit of rescuing Kinmont 
 
XIV GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Will, one of his dependants, from Carlisle Castle, in April 
 1596. The adventure has been celebrated in the ballad of 
 "Kinmont Willie," in the "Minstrelsy of the Scottish 
 Border." When peace was concluded between the kingdoms, 
 Sir Walter Scott of Branxholm became a hostage in England. 
 According to a family tradition, he was brought before Queen 
 Elizabeth, who at first upbraided him, but afterwards compli- 
 mented him on his valour. He afterwards fought bravely 
 under Maurice, Prince of Orange, and on account of his 
 military services, was, on the 16th March, created Lord Scott 
 of Buccleuch. He died in 1611. His only son Walter was, 
 on the 16th March 1619, advanced to the earldom of Buc- 
 cleuch; he commanded a regiment against the Spaniards 
 under the States of Holland, and died in 1633. Francis, his 
 only son, second Earl of Buccleuch, obtained the Dalkeith 
 estates. A zealous royalist, he was fined by Cromwell 
 £15,000 sterling ; he died in 1651, in his twenty-fifth year. 
 Of his two daughters, Mary and Anne, the elder married 
 Walter Scott, of the House of Harden, who was created 
 Earl of Tarras; she died in 1662, without issue. 
 
 Anne, Countess of Buccleuch, second daughter of the 
 second earl, was in her twelfth year married, in 1663, to the 
 Duke of Monmouth, when they were created Duke and 
 Duchess of Buccleuch. The duke's honours were forfeited 
 on his execution in July 1673, but those of the Duchess were 
 unaffected by the attainder. She married, secondly, Charles, 
 Lord Cornwallis. As Monmouth's widow she claimed royal 
 rank, and, sitting under a canopy, was served by pages on 
 their knees; and while exercising a splendid hospitality, 
 insisted that her guests should stand in her presence. She 
 died in February 1732. . In her title and estates she was 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIE WALTER SCOTT, BART. XV 
 
 succeeded by her grandson, Francis, second Duke of Buc- 
 cleuch. When Prince Charles Edward approached Edinburgh 
 in 1745, the duke sent his tenantry to aid in defending the 
 city. He died in April 1751. 
 
 Henry, third Duke of Buccleuch, born in 1746, succeeded 
 his grandfather, the second duke. He devoted himself to 
 agricultural concerns, but will be chiefly remembered as a 
 patron of Sir Walter Scott. To his influence the poet was 
 indebted for the office of Sheriff of Selkirkshire, and his 
 principal clerkship in the Court of Session. On the death of 
 the Duke of Queensberry without issue, in December 1810, 
 he succeeded to that dukedom, and to large estates in Dum- 
 friesshire. He died in January 1811. His eldest son, 
 Charles William Henry, succeeded as fourth Duke of Buc- 
 cleuch. He was an attached friend of Sir Walter Scott, whom 
 he helped in his pecuniary difficulties ; he also bestowed on 
 the poet James Hogg the farm of Altrive in Yarrow, without 
 rent. He died on the 20th April 1819. 
 
 Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, fifth Duke of 
 Buccleuch, and seventh Duke of Queensberry, was born on 
 the 25th November 1806. He married, 13th August 1829, 
 Lady Charlotte Thynne, youngest daughter of the second 
 Marquis of Bath, by whom he has four sons and three 
 daughters. William Henry Walter, Earl of Dalkeith, the 
 eldest son, born 9th September 1831, married, 22d November 
 1859, Louisa, third daughter of the Marquis of Abercorn, 
 with issue ; he is M.P. for Midlothian. 
 
 John, younger son of Sir Michael Scott of Murthockstone, 
 who fell at the battle of Durham on the 16th October 1346, 
 was ancestor of the Scotts of Harden. A lineal descendant 
 in the fourth generation, was William Scott, who, in 1535, 
 
XVi GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 obtained the estate of Harden, Koxburghshire, from his 
 brother, Walter Scott of Synton, in the same county; he 
 died in 1563. The son of this person was Walter Scott, 
 celebrated in Border ballad as " Auld Wat of Harden." A 
 renowned freebooter, he concealed his spoil in a deep glen, 
 on the margin of which stood his castle of Harden. Its 
 locality and the prowess of its owner are, by the poet Ley- 
 den, in his " Scenes of Infancy," described thus : 
 
 " Where Bortha hoarse, that loads the meads with sand, 
 Eolls her red tide to Teviot's western strand, 
 Through slaty hills, whose sides are shagged with thorn, 
 Where springs, in shattered tufts, the dark-green corn, 
 Towers wood-girt Harden, far above the vale, 
 And clouds of ravens o'er the turrets sail. 
 A hardy race, who never shrunk from war ; 
 The Scott, to rival realms a mighty bar, 
 Here fixed his mountain home, a wide domain, 
 And rich the soil, had purple heath been grain : 
 But what the niggard ground of wealth denied, 
 From fields more blessed his fearless arm supplied.'' 
 
 When the last bullock was cooked, a clean pair of spurs, 
 placed before him in a dish, was a signal to Wat of Harden 
 by his wife, that his troopers should proceed on another 
 foray to English pastures. 
 
 The first wife of Wat of Harden was Mary Scott, who 
 in Border song is celebrated as the "Flower of Yarrow." 
 She was daughter of Philip Scott of Dryhope, in Yarrow, 
 and the ruins of whose tower may still be seen near the 
 lower extremity of St Mary's Lake. In his daughter's 
 marriage-contract, he became bound to supply her husband 
 in meat, for man and horse, at Dryhope Tower, for a 
 year and a day, while five barons pledged their bond that 
 at the expiry of that period Harden would remove. To 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XV11 
 
 his father-in-law, Harden promised the profits of the first 
 Michaelmas moon. By the " Flower of Yarrow " he had four 
 sons and six daughters ; he married, secondly, a daughter of 
 Edgar of Wedderlie, by whom he had two sons and a 
 daughter; he died about the year 1629, at an advanced age. 
 
 To the gratitude of an English captive, a beautiful child, 
 whom she rescued from her husband's moss-troopers, the 
 " Plower of Yarrow " owes her celebrity. Under her protec- 
 tion the youth grew up, and he composed, it is believed, the 
 best songs of the Border. His skill and worth are celebrated 
 by Leyden in these lines : 
 
 " His are the strains whose wandering echoes thrill 
 The shepherd lingering on the twilight hill, 
 When evening brings the merry folding hours, 
 And sun-eyed daisies close their winking flowers. 
 He loved o'er Yarrow's Flower to shed the tear, 
 To strew the holly leaves o'er Harden's bier ; 
 But none was found above the minstrel's tomb, 
 Emblems of peace, to bid the daisy bloom ; 
 He, nameless as the race from which he sprung, 
 Saved other names and left his own unsung." 
 
 Sir William Scott of Harden, eldest son of " Auld Wat of 
 Harden," was knighted by James VI. in his father's lifetime ; 
 he obtained charters to various lands in the south-eastern coun- 
 ties, and in 1647 was appointed Sheriff of Selkirkshire. For 
 his attachment to the royal family he was, in 1654, fined by 
 Cromwell in the sum of £3000 sterling. He died in 1655 at an 
 advanced age. His marriage with Agnes Murray, daughter of 
 Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, treasurer-depute of Scotland, was 
 arranged in a singular fashion. In his youth having attempted 
 a foray on Sir Gideon's lands of Elibank, he was overpowered 
 by that baron's retainers, and carried a prisoner to his castle. 
 The story is continued in the words of Sir Walter Scott: 
 
XV1U GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 "The Lady Murray (agreeably to the custom of all ladies 
 in ancient tales) was seated on the battlements, and descried 
 the return of her husband with his prisoner. She immedi- 
 ately inquired what he meant to do with the young knight of 
 Harden. 'Hang the robber, assuredly,' was the answer of 
 Sir Gideon. 'What!' answered the lady, 'hang the hand- 
 some young knight of Harden, when I have three ill-favoured 
 daughters unmarried? No, no, Sir Gideon; we'll force him to 
 marry our Meg.' Now tradition says that Meg Murray was 
 the ugliest woman in the four counties, and that she was 
 called, in the homely dialect of the time, ' Meikle-mouthed 
 Meg.' Sir Gideon, like a good husband and tender father, 
 entered into his wife's sentiments, and proffered to Sir 
 William the alternative of becoming his son-in-law, or 
 decorating with his carcase the kindly gallows of Elibank. 
 The lady was so very ugly, that Sir William, the handsomest 
 man of his time, positively refused the honour of her hand. 
 Three days were allowed him to make up his mind, and it 
 was not until he found an end of the rope made fast to his 
 neck, and the other knotted to a sturdy oak bough, that his 
 resolution gave way, and he preferred an ugly wife to the 
 literal noose. It is said they were afterwards a very happy 
 couple." Eeferring to Sir Walter Scott's relation of the story, 
 Mr Lockhart remarks that the descendants of Meg of Eli- 
 bank " inherited something of her characteristic feature," and 
 that " the poet himself was no exception to the rule." 
 , By his wife Agnes Murray, Sir William Scott of Harden 
 had five sons. William, the eldest son, was knighted by 
 Charles II. immediately after the Eestoration. His son, Sir 
 William Scott of Harden, was a zealous Presbyterian. Hav- 
 ing joined the Earl of Argyle, he was, by order of the Privy 
 
THE FAMILY OP SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XIX 
 
 Council, confined in the prison of Edinburgh ; while on the 
 15th November 1683, he was subjected to a penalty of £1500 
 sterling, on account of his wife having withdrawn from the 
 parish church. The penalty was in reward of service be- 
 stowed by Charles II. on Sir George Mackenzie, the cele- 
 brated King's Advocate * Sir William Scott died in 1707, 
 and was succeeded by his only brother, Eobert Scott of 
 Iliston. Eobert Scott died without issue in 1710, when the 
 estate devolved on the nearest heir-male, Walter Scott, 
 descended from Sir Gideon Scott of Highchester, second 
 son of the first Sir William of Harden, and grandson of 
 "Auld Wat." Sir Gideon, who was Sheriff of Eoxburghshire, 
 married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Hamilton of 
 Preston, by whom he had two sons. Walter, the elder son, 
 married, in his fourteenth year, Mary, Countess of Buccleuch, 
 a child of eleven years ; he was consequently created Earl 
 of Tarras, but for life only. The countess died two years 
 after her marriage; the earl succeeded to Harden in 1672, 
 and died in 1693. Having joined the Duke of Monmouth, 
 he was attainted and condemned for high treason, but his 
 life was spared, and his honours and lands were restored 
 to him. By his second wife, Helen, daughter of Thomas 
 Hepburne of Humbie, he had three sons. His grandson, 
 Walter Scott, M.P. for Eoxburghshire from 1747 to 1765, 
 married Lady Diana Hume Campbell, daughter of the third 
 Earl of Marchmont and Baron Polwarth. The only son 
 of this marriage, Hugh Scott of Harden, succeeded, in 1835, 
 in establishing his right to the title of Lord Polwarth. His 
 elder son, Walter Hugh Scott, succeeded him in 1867 as 
 
 * Crookshank's History of the Church of Scotland, vol. ii., pp. 222, 225, 
 286. 
 
XX GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 fifth Baron Polwarth. His lordship is chief of the clan 
 Scott. 
 
 The third son of Sir William Scott of Harden, by his wife, 
 Agnes Murray, was Walter Scott of Eaeburn. A Biblical 
 student, he read the Old Testament Scriptures in the original 
 tongue. He and his wife Isobel, a daughter of William Mak- 
 dougal of Makerstoun, embraced the doctrines of the Quakers, 
 and were consequently, at the instance of their relatives, sub- 
 jected to severe and bitter persecution. A petition was, in 
 June 1665, presented to the Privy Council by Sir William 
 Scott of Harden, praying that his brother of Baeburn's three 
 children might be removed from his keeping, on account of 
 his obnoxious opinions. The petition, which was approved 
 by the laird of Makerstoun, Baeburn's brother-in-law, was 
 entertained by the Lords of the Privy Council, who enjoined 
 the removal of the children ; they subsequently incarcerated 
 Eaeburn, first in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, and afterwards in 
 the prison of Jedburgh. From Mr Scott of Eaeburn we are 
 favoured with the following excerpts from the Privy Council 
 minutes, relative to this affair : 
 
 "Apud Edin., vigesinw Junii, 1665. 
 "The Lords of His Maj. Privey Council having received 
 injounction that Walter Scott of Eaeburn and Isobel Mak- 
 dougal, his wife, being infected with the errors of quakerism, 
 doe endeavour to breid and traine up William Scott, Walter 
 Scott, and Christian Scott, their children, in the same profes- 
 sion, do y r for give order and command to Sir W m . Scott 
 of Harden, the said Baeburn's brother, to seperate and take 
 away the said children from the custody and society of the 
 said parents, and to cause educate and bring them up in his 
 owne house, or any other convenient place, and ordaine 
 letters to be direct at the said Sir William's instance against 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXI 
 
 Eaeburn for a maintainance to the said children, and that 
 the said Sir William give an account of his diligence with all 
 conveniency." 
 
 "Edin., 5th July 1666. 
 " Anent a petition presented be Sir W m . Scott of Harden 
 for himself, and in name and behalf of the three children of 
 Walter Scott of Eaeburn, his brother, showing that the Lords 
 of Councill, by an act of the 22d day of June 1665, did grant 
 power and warrand to the Petitioner to seperate and take 
 away Eaeburn's children from his family and education, and 
 to breid them in some convenient place where they may be 
 free from all infection, in their younger years, from the prin- 
 cipills of quakerism; and for the maintainance of the said 
 children did ordaine letters to be direct against Eaeburn, and 
 seeing the Petitioner in obedience to the said order did take 
 away the said children, being two sounes and a daughter, and 
 after some paines taken upon them in his own family, he sent 
 them to the city of Glasgow to be breid at schools, and there 
 to be principled with the knowledge of the true religion ; and 
 that it is necessary the Councill determine what shall be the 
 maintainance for which Eaeburn's three children may be 
 charged; as likewise, that Eaeburn himself, being now a 
 prisoner in the Tolbooth of Edin., where he daily converses 
 with all the quakers who are prisoners there, and others who 
 daily resort to them, whereby he is hardened in his pernitious 
 opinions and principills without all hope of recovery, unless 
 he be seperate from such pernitious company, humbly, 
 therefore, desiring that the Councill might determine upon 
 the soume of money to be paid by Eaeburn for the education 
 of his children to the Petitioner, who will be countable there- 
 fore ; and that in order to his conversion the place of his 
 imprisonment may be changed. The Lords of His Maj. 
 Privey Councill having at length heard and considered the 
 foresaid Petition, do modify the soume of two thousand 
 pounds Scots, to be paid yearly at the term of Whytsunday 
 
XXli GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 be the said "Walter Scott of Eaeburn, furth of his estate, to 
 the Petitioner, for the entertainment and education of the 
 said children, beginning the first term's payment thereof at 
 Whytsunday last for the half-year preceding, and so furth 
 yearly at the said term of Whytsunday in time coming, till 
 furder order. And ordaine the said Walter Scott of Eae- 
 burn to be transported from the Tolbooth of Edin r . to the 
 prison of Jedburgh, where his friends and others may have 
 occasion to convert him ; and to the effect he may be secured 
 from the practice of other quakers, the Lords do hereby dis- 
 charge the magistrates of Jedburgh to suffer any persons 
 suspect of their principills to have access to him — and in 
 case any contraveen, that they secure their persons till they 
 be punished y r for ; and ordain letters to be direct hereupon 
 in form as effeirs." 
 
 Deprived of her husband's society, Eaeburn's wife, when 
 her children were snatched from her, "followed them from the 
 house of Lessudden to Makerstoun, where, on being excluded 
 from entering, she fell upon her knees and prayed that 
 those who thus forcibly separated the child and parent might 
 have no heir-male to succeed them, a petition which seems 
 to have been granted, as the male line of both uncles became 
 extinct." * 
 
 Under the care of the knight of Harden, William and 
 Walter Scott, the sons of the laird of Eaeburn, were thoroughly 
 educated. William, the elder son, succeeded to Eaeburn ; he 
 married Anna, eldest daughter of Sir John Scott, Bart, of 
 Ancrum, and died 6th August 1699 ; his widow married 
 secondly, in 1702, John Scott of Synton. With a daughter, 
 Isabel, married in 1711 to John Eutherford, M.D., he had a 
 son, Walter, who succeeded to Eaeburn. 
 
 * MS. in possession of Robert Scott, Esq. of Raeburn. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XX111 
 
 Walter Scott of Eaeburn married, 19th November 1703, 
 Anne, third daughter of Hugh Scott of Gala, by Isabella, his 
 wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Ker of Cavers, and had by her 
 one son, William, and two daughters, Isobel and Anne. In 
 a field near Selkirk, still known as Baeburn's Meadow, he 
 fell mortally wounded, on the 3d October 1707, by the hand 
 of one of the Pringles of Crighton, with whom he had engaged 
 in mortal combat. His widow married Henry Macdougal of 
 Makerstoun, and afterwards Home of Eccles. 
 
 William Scott of Eaeburn, born in 1704, married, in 1743, 
 Jean Elliott, by whom he had a daughter, Anne, who married 
 Thomas, second son of Eobert Scott at Sandyknowe, and an 
 only son, Walter, who succeeded to the family estate. 
 
 Walter Scott of Eaeburn, married, in 1772, Jean, third 
 daughter of Eobert Scott at Sandyknowe, by whom he had 
 five sons and a daughter, Barbara. Eobert, the second son, 
 born 6th November 1774, engaged in merchandise at Prince 
 of Wales Island; he died at London, 5th September 1836. 
 Hugh, third son, born 22d December 1777, was employed in 
 the Marine Service of the East India Company; he latterly 
 purchased the estate of Draycott, Derbyshire, where he 
 established his residence. He married Sarah, only daughter 
 of William Jessop, Esq. of Butterley Hall, Derbyshire ; and 
 died without issue, 13th January 1852. 
 
 Walter, the fourth son, died unmarried in 1802. John, the 
 fifth son, born 18th March 1781, joined the Indian Army, 
 and became major in the 8th regiment of Native Bengal 
 Cavalry; he died unmarried on the 28th June 1832. 
 
 William Scott of Eaeburn, eldest son of Walter Scott of 
 Eaeburn and his wife, Jean Scott, was born on the 6th July 
 1773. He succeeded his father in the lands of Eaeburn, and 
 
XXIV GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 died on the 5th April 1855. He married, on the 25th May 
 1806, Susan, eldest daughter of Alexander Horsbrugh of 
 Horsbrugh, Peeblesshire, by whom he had four sons and eight 
 daughters. The daughters were — Violet, Jean, Susan, Eliza- 
 beth Barbara Haliburton, Charlotte, Mary, Sarah, and Anne 
 Eutherford. Walter, the eldest son, born 18th September 1811, 
 was drowned in H.M.S. "Acorn," in 1828; Alexander, the 
 second son, born 19th October 1813, died 24th August 1843. 
 William Hugh, fourth son, born 12th July 1822, obtained the 
 estate of Draycott, Derbyshire, on the death of his uncle Hugh, 
 in 1852. In 1863 he married Sarah, eldest daughter of Alfred 
 Fellows, Esq. of Beeston House, Notts, by whom he has two 
 sons, Hugh, born 9th June 1865, and Haliburton, born 31st 
 May 1870, and two daughters, Susan Lilias and Cicely Violet. 
 
 Bobert Scott, third son of William Scott of Baeburn, born 
 5th November 1817, succeeded his father in the estate 
 of Baeburn in 1855. He married, 10th September 1861, 
 Louisa, eldest daughter of William Campbell of Ederline, 
 Argyleshire, by whom he has a son, Walter, born 11th 
 September 1866, and four daughters, Matilda Wishart, Susan 
 Horsbrugh, Louisa, and Violet G-eorgina Margaret. 
 
 Walter Scott, second son of the Quaker laird of Baeburn, was 
 born about the year 1653. At the University of Edinburgh 
 he contracted the friendship of the celebrated Dr Archibald 
 Pitcairne ; they were together members of a Jacobite club, 
 in which the conversations were conducted in Latin. He was 
 called " Beardie," from a vow he had made never to shave 
 his beard till the exiled House of Stuart should obtain 
 restoration. " It would have been well," wrote Sir Walter 
 Scott, " that his zeal had stopped there. But he took arms 
 and intrigued in their cause, until he lost all he had in the 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXV 
 
 world, and, as I have heard, ran a narrow risk of being hanged, 
 
 -had it not been for the interference of Anne, Duchess of 
 
 Buccleuch and Monmouth." He married Jean, daughter of 
 
 Campbell of Silvercraigs, connected with the House of Blyths- 
 
 wood,* with whom he got a small fortune ; he also derived a 
 
 moderate revenue for managing his nephew's estate of Rae- 
 
 burn, and the estate of Makerstoun, belonging to his mother's 
 
 family. "Writing in 1807, while on a visit to Mertoun House, 
 
 the residence of Hugh Scott of Harden, afterwards Lord Pol- 
 
 warth, Sir Walter Scott thus refers to his ancestor " Beardie " 
 
 in the introduction to the sixth canto of " Marmion :" 
 
 " My Christmas still I hold 
 "Where my great-grandsire came of old, 
 With amber beard, and flaxen hair, 
 And reverend apostolic air — 
 The feast and holy-tide to share, 
 And mix sobriety with wine, 
 And honest mirth with thoughts divine : 
 Small thought was his, in after-time, 
 E'er to be hitched into a rhyme. 
 The simple sire could only boast, 
 That he was loyal to his cost ; 
 The banished race of kings revered, 
 And lost his land — but kept his beard. " 
 
 "Beardie" died at Kelso on the 3d November 1729. His 
 
 remains were deposited in the Abbey of Kelso. In his 
 
 religious devotedness he seems to have resembled his father. 
 
 From a poem on his death, supposed to be written by Sir 
 
 William Scott of Thirlestane, Bart., ancestor of Lord Napier, 
 
 Mr Lockhart, in his " Life of Scott," quotes these lines : 
 
 ' ' His converse breathed the Christian. On his tongue 
 The praises of religion ever hung; 
 
 * To his connection with the Campbells, Mr Lockhart remarks, "Sir 
 Walter owed many of these early opportunities for studying the manners of 
 the Highlanders, to which the world are indebted for 'Waverley,' 'Rob 
 Roy, ' and the ' Lady of the Lake. ' " 
 
XXVI GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Whence it appeared he did on solid ground 
 
 Commend the pleasures which himself had found. . . 
 
 His venerable mien and goodly air 
 
 Fix on our hearts impressions strong and fair. 
 
 Full seventy years had shed their silvery glow 
 
 Around his locks, and made his beard to grow : 
 
 That decent beard, which in becoming grace 
 
 Did spread a reverend honour on his face. " 
 
 Beardie's portrait, painted for Dr Pitcairne, is now at 
 Abbotsford. 
 
 " Beardie " had three sons. Walter, the eldest, married and 
 had children, who settled in America ; his race in the male 
 line is extinct. William, the third son, was father of James 
 Scott, well known in India as one of the original settlers in 
 Prince of Wales Island. 
 
 Eobert Scott, second son of "Beardie," chose the nautical pro- 
 fession, but being wrecked near Dundee in his trial voyage, he 
 refused again to venture upon the ocean. By this course he 
 offended his father, who refused to help him ; he consequently 
 renounced his father's politics and became a Whig. From 
 his relative, John Scott of Harden, he obtained the lease of 
 Sandyknowe, a pastoral farm in the county of Roxburgh. 
 His only capital was a sum of £30, which he borrowed from 
 an old shepherd named Hogg, whom he took into his em- 
 ployment. " With this sum," writes Sir Walter Scott, " the 
 master and servant set off to purchase a stock of sheep at 
 Whitsun-Tryste, a fair held on a hill near Wooler, in North- 
 umberland. The old shepherd went carefully from drove to 
 drove, till he found a hirsel likely to answer their purpose, 
 and then returned to tell his master to come up and conclude 
 the bargain. But what was his surprise to see him galloping 
 a mettled hunter about the race-course, and to find he had 
 expended the whole stock in this extraordinary purchase 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXV11 
 
 . . . The thing, however, was irretrievable, and they 
 returned without the sheep. In the course of a few days, 
 however, my grandfather, who was one of the best horsemen 
 of his time, attended John Scott of Harden's hounds on this 
 same horse, and displayed bim to such advantage that he sold 
 him for double the original price. The farm was now stocked 
 in earnest ; and the rest of my grandfather's career was that 
 of successful industry. He was one of the first who were 
 active iu the cattle trade, afterwards carried to such extent 
 between the Highlands of Scotland and the leading counties 
 in England, and by his droving transactions acquired a con- 
 siderable sum of money. He was a man of middle stature, 
 extremely active, quick, keen, and fiery in his temper, stub- 
 bornly honest, and so distinguished for his skill in country 
 matters, that he was the general referee in all points of dis- 
 pute which occurred in the neighbourhood. His birth being 
 admitted as gentle, gave him access to the best society in the 
 county, and his dexterity in country sports, particularly 
 hunting, made him an acceptable companion in the field as 
 well as at the table." 
 
 At Sandyknowe Sir Walter Scott spent a portion of his early 
 youth. The farm surrounded Smailholm Tower, a Border 
 keep, rising among a cluster of wild rocks, within two miles 
 of Dryburgh Abbey. Sir Walter has celebrated the locality 
 in his ballad, " The Eve of St John." In the introduction to 
 the third canto of " Marmion " he recalls this home of his 
 infancy in these lines : 
 
 ' ' It was a barren scene, and wild, 
 Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; 
 But ever and anon between 
 Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; 
 And well the lonely infant knew 
 Recesses where the wall-flower grew, 
 
xxviii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 And honey-suckle loved to crawl 
 
 Up the low crag and ruined wall. 
 
 I deemed such nooks the sweetest shade 
 
 The sun in all its round surveyed ; 
 
 And still I thought that shattered tower 
 
 The mightiest work of human power; 
 
 And marvelled as the aged hind 
 
 "With some strange tale bewitched my mind, 
 
 Of forayers, who, with headlong force, 
 
 Down from that strength had spurred their horse, 
 
 Their southern rapine to renew, 
 
 Far in the distant Cheviots blue, 
 
 And, home returning, filled the hall 
 
 With revel, wassail-rout, and brawl. 
 
 Methought that still with trump and clang 
 
 The gateway's broken arches rang ; 
 
 Methought grim features, seamed with scars, 
 
 Glared through the windows' rusty bars. 
 
 And ever, by the winter hearth, 
 
 Old tales I heard of woe or mirth, 
 
 Of lovers' slights, of ladies' charms, 
 
 Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; 
 
 Of patriot battles, won of old 
 
 By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold." 
 
 The poet thus gratefully commemorates his grandfather, 
 the tacksman of Sandyknowe : 
 
 ' ' Still, with vain fondness, could I trace, 
 Anew, each kind familiar face, 
 That brightened at our evening fire ! 
 From the thatched mansion's grey-haired sire, 
 Wise without learning, plain and good, 
 And sprung of Scotland's gentler blood, 
 Whose eye, in age, quick, clear, and keen, 
 Showed what in youth its glance had been, 
 Whose doom discording neighbours sought, 
 Content with equity unbought. " 
 
 Rohert Scott of Sandyknowe died in 1775. He married 
 Barbara, second daughter of Thomas Haliburton of Newmains, 
 who represented a respectable branch of the ancient House of 
 Haliburton. According to a writer in the " Memorials of the 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXIX 
 
 Haliburtons," * the family were first styled Burton, and came 
 from England with Edgar Atheling, in the reign of Malcolm 
 Canmore. The father of Sir Walter Scott in 1792 wrote 
 thus :f "In Berwickshire, and not far from the town of Green- 
 law, there are two farms, the one of them called Meikle 
 (large) and the other the Little Haliburton. These lands 
 seem to haye been the earliest possessions which the Hali- 
 burtons had, and whether these lands gave rise to the surname 
 of Haliburton, or that the Haliburtons, after acquiring them 
 affixed that name, is not a clear point. It is, however, a 
 known fact that the Haliburtons long remained the pro- 
 prietors of these lands." The name Burton is derived from 
 the Norse bur, a storehouse, and dun, pronounced toon, a fort 
 or castle. At one of the two Burton farms was erected a 
 chapel (a pendicle of the church at Greenlaw), and there- 
 after the locality was known as Haly (Holy) Burton. 
 Walter, son of David, under the designation of Walterus 
 de Halyburton, confirmed a gift made by his father in 
 1176, of the church of Halyburton to the Abbey of Kelso. 
 About the year 1200, Henry de Halyburton was witness 
 to a charter by Adam of Morham, knight, granting to 
 Eichard of Bickertoune certain lands at Dunipace.^: Sir 
 Henry Halyburton swore allegiance to Edward I. in 1296, 
 for his lands in Berwickshire, and on the 23d May 1308, he 
 became one of the sureties for the liberation of Bishop Lam- 
 berton of St Andrews, then confined in Windsor Castle. His 
 son, Sir Adam, had three sons. Sir Walter, the eldest, was 
 High Sheriff of Berwickshire; he died about the year 1385. 
 Sir John, the second son, a brave soldier, fell at the battle of 
 
 * Memorials of the Haliburtons, p. 10. t Ibid,, p. 68. 
 
 X Chartulary of Cambuskenneth Abbey, p. ] 11. 
 
XXX GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Nisbet, in 1355 ; he married the daughter and eo-heiress of 
 William de Vallibus, Lord of Dirleton, through whom he ob- 
 tained that estate. His son, Sir John Halyburton of Dirleton, 
 who died in 1392, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John 
 Cameron, with whom he got extensive possessions in the 
 counties of Perth and Haddington. Sir Walter, his eldest 
 son, was one of the hostages for James I. in 1424 ; he was 
 appointed High Treasurer in 1439, and in the following year 
 was created a Lord of Parliament. By his wife, a daughter of 
 the Eegent Albany, and widow of the Earl of Eoss, he had 
 four sons, John, second Lord Halyburton of Dirleton, Walter, 
 Eobert, and William. Walter, the second son, married 
 Catherine, daughter and co-heiress of Alexander de Chisholm, 
 through whom he acquired the barony of Pitcur, Forfarshire, 
 to which he had a charter in 1432. To the family of Pitcur 
 belonged James Halyburton, Provost of Dundee, a zealous 
 promoter of the Eeformation, who died in 1588; also the 
 Eev. Thomas Halyburton, Professor of Divinity at St Andrews, 
 author of " The Great Concern of Salvation." 
 
 Henry Haliburton, descended from the Lords Halyburton, 
 received from Archibald (the Grim), Earl of Douglas, in August 
 1407,* the lands of Muirhouselaw, in Berwickshire. His 
 son married Isabel de Mertoun, heiress of Mertoun, and their 
 son, William Haliburton, succeeded to the maternal estate of 
 Mertoun. William was father of four sons, Walter, David, 
 George, and William. Walter, his eldest, succeeded him 
 in the lands of Mertoun. On the 16th December 1584 
 Henry Haliburton obtained service as heir to Mark Hali- 
 burton of Mertoun, his father, in the lands of Mertoun. 
 He was in these lands succeeded by his son, John Hali- 
 
 * Memorials of the Halitmrtons, p. 43. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXXI 
 
 burton, 29th April 1601* John Haliburton of Mertoun 
 died in 1640, and is commemorated by a tombstone in the 
 Haliburton aisle of Dryburgh Abbey. That tombstone is 
 thus inscribed : 
 
 " Sub hoc tumulo hie jacet Johannes Haliborton, Barro de 
 Mertoun, vir religione et virtute clarus mortuar 17 Augusti, 
 anno Christi 1640, setatis 65. 
 
 " Homo est bulla rebus in humanis ; nil fas dixisse beatum 
 fatalem donee verterrit hora rotam." t 
 
 At the centre of the inscription, the tablet displays the 
 shield of John Haliburton of Mertoun ; J also the family 
 escutcheon of his wife, Jane Sinclair, with her initials, I. S. 
 On the 13th August 1652, Helen and Euphame Haliburton 
 were served heirs-portioners of Andrew Haliburton of Mer- 
 toun, their father. § 
 
 The second or third son of William Haliburton of Mertoun 
 was George Haliburton, who received the lands of Muir- 
 houselaw. John Haliburton of Muirhouselaw had a daughter, 
 Agnes, who married George Haliburton of Dryburgh and 
 Newmains : he died in 1606. Andrew Haliburton of Muir- 
 houselaw, living in 1573, had a daughter, Jean, married, 20th 
 May 1595, Stephen, son of Andrew Douglas of Tympendean. 
 Adam Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, living 1613, married 
 Beatrice, daughter and co-heiress of John [or James] Boswell, 
 
 * Inquisitiones Speoiales, Berwick, 11, 21. 
 
 + The inscription may "be translated thus: "Under this tombstone lieB 
 John Haliborton, Baron of Mertoun, who was remarkable for his piety and 
 goodness. He died on the 17th of August, a.d. 1640, aged 65 years. Human 
 life is as a vapour, and a, man may not be pronounced happy, till time has 
 turned the fatal wheel." 
 
 X Memorials of the Haliburtons, p. 13. 
 
 § Inquisitiones Generales, 3669. 
 
XXXU GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 burgess of Kinghom. He had issue— John, " appearand of 
 Muirhouselaw," curator (1597) to Thomas, son of James 
 Haliburton of Dryburgh, judge and commissioner, 1601-28, 
 and heir to his mother, 1640. He married Margaret, 
 daughter and heiress of David, son of George Boswell of 
 Bowhill, and had issue. John Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, 
 born in 1634, was served heir to his grandfather, David 
 Boswell, in 1653. He died in 1704, and by his wife Jean, 
 daughter of Mark Pringle of Clifton (she died 1703), had 
 two sons, John and Patrick. John succeeded to Muirhouse- 
 law. He died in 1705, leaving a son, Thomas. 
 
 Thomas Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, born 27th January 
 1692, married, 10th December 1708, Elizabeth, second 
 daughter of George Eutherford of Fairnington. On the 1 5th 
 May 1716, he fell mortally wounded by the hand of his 
 brother-in-law, George Eutherford of Fairnington, with whom 
 he contended about a matter of boundary.* 
 
 The Eutherfords of Fairnington had rather a fancy for 
 killing Haliburtons, for in 15 — Henry Haliburton was 
 killed by George Eutherford of Fairnington, who was " obliged 
 by the Haliburtons to pay sixty merks for the said blood- 
 shed to Thomas, Henry's son."-f- George Eutherford of 
 Fairnington was on an inquest at Jedburgh in 1601 ; he was 
 living in 1647. In 1674 George Eutherford was served heir 
 to his father, George Eutherford of Fairnington. In 1692 he 
 was succeeded in the estate by his son George. This George 
 Eutherford married, 11th March 1686, J Barbara, daughter of 
 John Haliburton of Kewmains. She died in 1750, leaving 
 two sons, George, born 5th December 1691, and David; also 
 
 * Memorials of the Haliburtons, pp. 7-10, 57. f Ibid., p. 34 
 
 \ Ibid., p. 48. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXXlii 
 
 Margaret, who married Eobert Pringle of Clifton, and Eliza- 
 beth, who married, first, Thomas Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, 
 and, secondly, George Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, Lord 
 Provost of Edinburgh.* 
 
 Patrick, second son of John Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, 
 engaged in merchandise at Edinburgh, and became Dean of 
 Guild of that city. He married a daughter of Erskine of 
 Shielfield, by whom he had three sons — John ; a second whose 
 Christian name is unknown; and George, born 1685. 
 
 George Haliburton was a merchant in Edinburgh. He 
 was appointed Dean of Guild in September 1739, and elected 
 Lord Provost in September 1740. He died on the 3d Sep- 
 tember 1742, and his remains were deposited in the Grey- 
 friars Churchyard. 
 
 George Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, Lord Provost of 
 Edinburgh, married Elizabeth Eutherford, widow of his 
 cousin, Thomas Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, by whom he 
 had three daughters. Helen, the youngest daughter, died 
 unmarried. Janet, the eldest daughter, married, 12th Nov- 
 ember 1741, the Eev. James Nicolson, minister of Banchory, 
 Devenick, by whom she had three sons, Cadogan, George 
 Haliburton, and Charles, who ultimately became chaplain to 
 the British Embassy at Constantinople.-f" 
 
 Davidona, second daughter of Lord Provost Haliburton, 
 married, in 1756, William Dallas, of Edinburgh, representa- 
 tive of the family of Dallas of St Martin's, Boss-shire, by 
 whom she had five sons and two daughters. Lieutenant- 
 General Sir Thomas Dallas, G.C.B., the eldest son, born 1st 
 January 1757, was a distinguished officer. He died 12th 
 
 * Memorials of the Halitrartons, pp, 57, 58, 
 f Fasti Eccl. Scot., iii. 493. 
 
 
XXxiv GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 August 1839. He is "represented by his grandson, Thomas 
 Yorke Dallas Yorke, Esq. of Walmsgate, Lincolnshire. 
 
 By a second marriage, Lord Provost Haliburton had a son, 
 who succeeded him in the lands of Muirhouselaw, and who 
 had two sons living in 1792, John and David.* In 1824 the 
 lands of Muirhouselaw were possessed by David Haliburton, 
 on whose death they became the possession of the family 
 of Marjoribanks.-f- 
 
 David, second or third son of William Haliburton of 
 Mertoun, married Eupham Gledstanes, daughter of the Baron 
 of Gledstanes, by whom he had five sons. He rented lands 
 from the Abbey of Dryburgh, respecting which he had a dis- 
 pute with James Stewart, the abbot, which, in May 1535, 
 was submitted to the arbitration of James V., who decided 
 against the abbot. In 1536 the differences were finally ad- 
 justed, and a contract of marriage concluded between Walter, 
 eldest son of David Haliburton, and Elizabeth Stewart, the 
 abbot's daughter. J Of this marriage was born a daughter 
 Elizabeth, who in 1559 married Alexander Erskine, of the 
 family of Balgonie, and who received with her the lands of 
 Nether Shielfield, which her father had feued from the abbey. 
 On the lands of Shielfield Alexander Erskine erected a man- 
 sion, and there established his residence. It was occupied by 
 his representatives till the year 1793, when their lands at 
 Dryburgh passed to another family. 
 
 Thomas Haliburton, second son of David, and younger 
 brother of Walter Haliburton, had a lease of lands from the 
 Commendator of Dryburgh. He married Elizabeth Pennie, 
 by whom he had six sons. George, the eldest son, had a 
 
 * Memorials of the Haliburtons, p. 64. 
 
 t Ibid., p. 3. + Ibid., pp. 27-31. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXXV 
 
 charter of feu-farm of various lands at Dryburgh, on which 
 in 1572 he erected a mansion. By his wife Agnes, daughter 
 of John Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, he had a son James, 
 who espoused Margaret, daughter of Kobert Haig of Bemer- 
 side, by whom he had three sons, Thomas, John, and James, 
 and a daughter Margaret, who married John Erskine of 
 Shielfield. 
 
 Thomas, eldest son of James Haliburton, received in 1637 
 a disposition of the lands of Over and Nether Mains, to which 
 in January 1638 he had a charter under the Great Seal; he 
 was thereafter styled of Newmains. He died 30th January 
 1673. By his wife Mary, daughter of John Haliburton of 
 Mertoun (who died 7th June 1667), he had three sons, John, 
 David, and William, and three daughters, Janet, Margaret, 
 and Elizabeth. 
 
 John Haliburton, eldest son of Thomas Haliburton of New- 
 mains, succeeded his father in 1673. He married, 27th De- 
 cember 1666, Margaret, second daughter of John Butherford 
 of Edgerston, by whom he had six sons and six daughters ; 
 he died 3d March 1688. In his lands of Newmains he was 
 succeeded by Thomas, his eldest son* 
 
 Thomas Haliburton of Newmains, born 7th June 1670, 
 succeeded his father in 1688. He married, 13th January 
 1701, Janet, only daughter of Bobert Campbell of North- 
 woodside, Dean of Guild, Glasgow, by his second wife, Jean, 
 daughter of James Dunlop f of Garnkirk. Practising as an 
 
 * Memorials of the Haliburtons, pp. 33-49. 
 
 t The family of Dunlop of Dunlop have been traced to the thirteenth cen- 
 tury. Neill Fitz Robert de Dulop appears in the Ragman Roll. Janet, daughter 
 of Constantino Dunlop of Dunlop, who died in 1505, married James Stewart, 
 Sheriff of Bute, great-grandson of Robert II. ; while his son John carried on the 
 succession. His descendant, James Dunlop of Garnkirk, father of the second 
 wife of Mr Robert Campbell, resisted the arbitrary measures of Charles II., and 
 
XXXvi GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 advocate in Edinburgh, he acquired substance, and added to 
 the family estate. 
 
 In 1587 the abbey lands of Dryburgh were annexed to the 
 Crown. By a charter, dated 27th March 1604, James VI. 
 erected these lands, and the abbey lands of Cambuskenneth, 
 and the lands of the Priory of Inchmachome, into the lordship 
 of Cardross, which he conferred on John, Earl of Mar. The 
 grant was subsequently confirmed by Act of Parliament, and 
 on the 10th June 1610, the Earl of Mar was created Lord 
 Cardross. The title descended to David Erskine, his grandson 
 by Henry, his second son. Henry, third Lord Cardross, son 
 of David, sold in 1682 that part of the lordship of Cardross 
 called "the abbacie of Dryburgh," to Sir Patrick Scott, 
 younger of Ancrum, by whom that part of the lordship, com- 
 prehending the ruins of the abbey, was, in January 1700, sold 
 to Thomas Haliburton of Kewmains. This appears from a 
 Crown charter, dated 12th February 1733, in favour of the 
 said Thomas Haliburton, and John Haliburton, merchant in 
 Edinburgh, his eldest son; whom failing, to Eobert Haliburton, 
 his second son, " of all and whole that portion of the lordship 
 of Cardross, formerly the abbacy of Dryburgh." The charter 
 contained those parts of Dryburgh which Thomas Haliburton 
 held in feu, and on which his ancestor built a residence.* 
 
 In the " Memorials of the Haliburtons," p. 60, Thomas 
 Haliburton names " John Coutts, merchant in Edinburgh," as 
 his " wife's brother." This statement of relationship claims 
 further attention. 
 
 was in consequence imprisoned in the Castle of Edinburgh from. 1665 to 1677. 
 From this family sprung Mrs Dunlop of Dunlop, the early friend and corre- 
 spondent of the poet Burns, and John Dunlop, the ingenious author of the 
 " History of Fiction." 
 * Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh, 1847, preface, xxxii. -xxxiv. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. XXXVU 
 
 The family of Coutts belong to the north of Scotland. Mr 
 Thomas Cowtis, perpetual vicar of Cargyll, is named as sitting 
 in the consistory court held in St Giles' Church, Edinburgh,* 
 on the 13th November 1524. f "William Coutts of Auchintoul 
 settled in Montrose. At the close of the sixteenth century, 
 he became provost of that burgh. His grandson Patrick 
 settled in Edinburgh. In 1697, or previously, he married 
 Jean Dunlop, widow of Eobert Campbell of ISTorthwoodside, 
 Dean of Guild of Glasgow, and mother of Janet Campbell, 
 wife of Thomas Haliburton of Newmains. Of this marriage 
 were born two sons and a daughter, as shown by the follow- 
 ing extracts from the Baptismal Eegister of Edinburgh : 
 
 " 1698. Apr. 5th. — Patrick Coutis, merchant, and Jean 
 Dunlop, a daughter named Christian. Witnesses — Dr David 
 Dickson, docter of medicine ; Mr James Eobertson, advocate ; 
 Thomas Dunlop, chirurgeon apothecary; Thomas Crombie 
 and Mr Archibald Dunlop, merchants. Born on Saturday, 
 19th of March last, afternoon." 
 
 "1699. Augt. 11th. — Patrick Coutis, merchant, and Jean 
 Dunlop, a son named John. Witnesses — Mr James Eobertoun, 
 advocatt ; Docter David Dickson, docter of medicine ; Mr 
 William Black, advocat ; Thomas Dunlop, chirurgeon apothe- 
 cary. He was born on Friday, 28th of July last." 
 
 "1701. Janr. 24ih. — Patrick Coutis, merchant-burges, and 
 Jean Dunlope, his spouse, a son named James. Witnesses — 
 Mr Thomas Haly burton of New mains, advocate; Thomas 
 Dunlop, chirurgeon; and Thomas Crombie, merchant-bur- 
 ges." 
 
 * Papers in possession of Lord Wharncliffe, Fifth Report of Royal Hist. 
 Com., part i., app. 622. 
 
 + A drover, named Couttis or Couttie, belonging to Dundee, aided James V. 
 in the Glen of Ogle, in an encounter with a Highland freebooter. He received 
 from the king in reward of service a portion of ground at Dundee. The locality 
 still hears his nanie. 
 
XXXV111 GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Patrick Coutts married, secondly, on the 14th December 
 1702, Eachel Balfour, relict of William Forrester, Writer to the 
 Signet, by whom he had a daughter, Janet, baptized 1st March 
 1704* He died in 1704, survived by three of his four 
 children, to whom he bequeathed the sum of £2500. His 
 son John (uterine brother of Mrs Thomas Haliburton), born 
 28th July 1699, established the mercantile house of John 
 Coutts & Co.; and in 1743 held office as Lord Provost of 
 Edinburgh. He died at Nola, near Naples, in 1751, at the 
 age of fifty-two. He had married, on the 10th April 1730, 
 Jean, second daughter of Sir John Stuart of Allanbank, 
 Berwickshire (who died in 1736), -f- by whom he had five 
 sons and a daughter. Patrick, the eldest son, born 5th 
 April 1731, joined his father's firm, which subsequently 
 became a banking house, first under the designation of 
 Forbes, Hunter, & Co., and in 1831 as the Union Bank of 
 Scotland. 
 
 James Coutts, third son* of John Coutts, Lord Provost of 
 Edinburgh, born 10th March 1733, was partner in a banking- 
 house at St Mary Axe, London ; he subsequently joined his 
 brother Thomas. 
 
 Thomas Coutts, youngest son of John Coutts, was born at 
 
 Edinburgh on the 7th September 1735. He founded a bank 
 
 in the Strand, of which, on the death of his brother James, 
 
 in 1778, he became sole manager. He died on the 24th 
 
 February 1822, having accumulated an enormous fortune. 
 
 He was twice married. By the will of his widow, the 
 
 Duchess of St Albans, his granddaughter, Angela Burdett, 
 
 * Edinburgh Marriage and Baptismal Registers. 
 + Memorials of the Haliburtons, pp. 60, 61. 
 
 t For the dates of birth of all the children of Lord Proyost Coutts, see 
 " Memorials of the Haliburtons," pp. 60, 61. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTEK SCOTT, BAET. XXxix 
 
 now the Baroness Burdett Coutts, became possessed of his 
 property.* 
 
 Thomas Haliburton of Newmains and Dryburgh died on 
 the 25th June 1753, in his eighty-fourth year. By his wife, 
 Janet Campbell (who died 17th November 1751, aged sixty- 
 nine), he had two sons and six daughters. John, the elder 
 son, born 22d March 1707, was a merchant in Edinburgh; 
 he succeeded to Newmains and Dryburgh in 1753, and died 
 unmarried, 26th April 1754. He was succeeded by his 
 younger brother, Eobert, born 5th September 1718. This 
 person is described by Sir Walter Scott, as " a weak silly 
 man, who engaged in trade, for which he had neither stock 
 nor talents," and so became necessitated to sell the family 
 inheritance. He sold the lands in 1767 to Iieut.- Colonel 
 Charles Tod, for the sum of £5500.-}- He died unmarried 
 about the year 1788. 
 
 Of the six daughters born to Thomas Haliburton of New- 
 mains, Jean, Margaret (first), Margaret (second), Lilias, and 
 Janet, died unmarried. J Barbara, the third daughter, born 
 4th March 1706, married Eobert Scott, tacksman of Sandy- 
 knowe, on the 16th July 1728. In chronicling the event, 
 Thomas Halyburton devoutly adds, " May the blessing of the 
 Lord rest upon them, and make them comforts to each other 
 
 * In his "Life of Scott,' - Mr Lockhart remarks that the poet had "some 
 remote connection with the great banker's family, through, " he supposed, 
 "the Stuarts of Allanbank, or the Swintons of Swinton." Had the accom- 
 plished biographer consulted the " Memorials of the Haliburtons," he would 
 have ascertained that Sir Walter's grandmother, Barbara Haliburton, wife of 
 Eobert Scott of Sandyknowe, was the banker's first cousin. 
 
 ■\ In his autobiographical fragment, Sir "Walter Scott states that the pur- 
 chase-money was £3000 ; he is also in error as to the year of sale, which he 
 names as 1766 (Reg. of Deeds, vol. 202, 12th November 1767). 
 
 X Memorials, pp. 49-51. 
 
xl GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 and to all their relations." From the "Memorials"* we re- 
 produce the following entries of the births and baptisms of 
 their children : 
 
 "Their son Walter was born upon the 11 of May, being 
 Sabbath, about six in the morning, and was baptized at their 
 house in Sandyknow, by Mr William Walker, minister of 
 Maker stoun, upon the 17 of the foresaid moneth, both his 
 grandfathers being witnesses, with his unckells (father's 
 brethren), 1729 years. 
 
 "Their second son, Thomas, was born upon the 7th of 
 January, twist three and four in the morning, and was bap- 
 tized at their house in Sandyknow by Mr James Innes, 
 minister of Mertoun, upon the ninth day of the foresaid 
 moneth, being Saturday, his two uncles and I being witnesses, 
 in the year 1731. 
 
 " Their eldest daughter, Janet, was born upon Munday the 
 14 of May, twixt seven and eight at night, and was baptized 
 at their house in Sandyknow, by Mr James Innes, minis ter 
 of Mertoun, upon the twenty-second day of the foresaid 
 moneth, being Tuesday ; Makairston, Harden, Eaeburn, and 
 his brother Walter, and I, being witnesses, in the year i m vii c 
 and thirty-three. 
 
 "Their second daughter, Mary, was born upon Thursday 
 the thirteen day of March, in the afternoon, and was baptized 
 upon Teusday the eighteen, at Sandyknow, by Mr James 
 Innes, minister of Mertoun ; Eaeburn, Walter Scot in Bailie- 
 know, his brother William, and I, being witnesses, in the 
 year i m vii c and thirty-five. 
 
 " Their thrid daughter, Jean, was born upon Saturday the 
 eleventh of June, i m vii c and thirty-seven years, and baptized 
 upon Teusday the twenty-first, at Sandyknow, by Mr James 
 Cuninghame, minister of Smailhome, before these witnesses, 
 Eaeburn, his brothers Walter and William Scots, and I, year 
 foresaid ; she being born in the morning. 
 
 * Pp. 59, 60. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIE WALTEK SCOTT, BART, xli 
 
 "Their thrid son, Eobert, was born upon Sabath, about 
 half ane hour after two in the morning, being the 20 of May, 
 i m vii° and thirty-nine years, and baptized upon Thursday 
 thereafter, being the 24, at Sandyknow, by Mr James Cun- 
 inghame, minister of Smailhome, before these witnesses, 
 Eaeburn, and Mr Scott, his two brothers Walter and William 
 Scots, and I, year foresaid. 
 
 " Their fourth daughter, Barbara, was born upon Munday 
 the thrid of May, i m vii c and forty-two years, about six in the 
 evening; and was baptized upon Saturday the eight, at 
 Sandyknow, by Mr John Thorburn, minister at Kirknewton, 
 before these witnesses, Eaeburn, Walter and William Scots 
 his two brothers, and I, year foresaid. 
 
 "Their fourth son, John, was born upon Saturday the 
 second of September, i m vii° and forty-nine years; and was 
 baptized at Sandyknow upon Saturday the ninth day, by Mr 
 Duncan, minister at Smailhome." 
 
 Though a portion of Mertoun parish, the farm of Sandy- 
 knowe lay near the church of Smailholm, and in the register 
 of the latter parish Eobert Scott, as a matter of convenience, 
 recorded the baptisms of his children. From the Smailholm 
 Eegister we obtain these entries : 
 
 "May 17, 1729.— Mr Eobert Scott and Mrs* Barbara 
 Halliburton, his spouse, had a child baptized at their house, 
 called Walter." 
 
 "January 14, 1731. — Mr Eobert Scott and Mrs Barbara 
 Halliburton, his spouse, had a child baptized at their own 
 house, by Mr James Innes, Minister of the Gospel at Mertoun, 
 called Thomas." 
 
 "May 15, 1733.— Mr Eobert Scott and Mrs Barbara Halli- 
 
 * The prefixes Mr and Mrs were in the eighteenth century reserved by par- 
 ochial registrars to the parish minister and his spouse, and the families of 
 the landed gentry. Though a tenant-farmer, Robert Scott appears to hare been 
 regarded as of superior rank. 
 
xlii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 burton, his spouse, had a daughter baptized at his owe house, 
 by Mr James Innes, Minister of the Gospel at Mertoun, 
 called Janet." 
 
 "March 19, 1735.— Mr Eobert Scott in Sandyknow, and 
 Mrs Barbara Halliburton, his spouse, had a daughter baptized 
 in their own house, by Mr James Innes, Minister of the 
 Gospel at Mertoun, called Mary." 
 
 "May 24, 1739.— Mr Robert Scott in Sandyknow, and 
 Mrs Barbara Halyburton, his spouse, had a son baptized at 
 their own house, by Mr James Cunningham, Minister of this 
 parish, and baptized Eobert." 
 
 " 1742.— Mr Eobert Scott and Mrs Barbara Halliburton, his 
 spouse, had this day, at their own house in Sandyknow, a 
 child baptized Barbara." * 
 
 Subsequent to the death of Eobert Scott, the farm of 
 Sandyknowe was some years occupied by his widow. Of 
 their family of four sons and four daughters, Thomas Scott, 
 the second son, first resided at Crailing, near Kelso, as land- 
 steward to Mr Scott of Danesfield ; he next occupied a house 
 at Elliston, near St Boswells, and afterwards rented the lands 
 of Woollee, in the same district. Finally he retired with a 
 handsome independence to Monklaw, near Jedburgh. He 
 died at Monklaw on the 27th January 1823, at the advanced 
 age of ninety-two. To the circumstances of his decease, Sir 
 Walter Scott thus refers in a note inscribed on his private 
 copy of the "Memorials of the Haliburtons :" 
 
 " He read till nearly the year before his death ; and being 
 a great musician on the Scotch pipes, had, when on his death- 
 
 * Some immaterial discrepancies in relation to the days of baptism occur 
 between Mr Haliburton's record and that of the Smailholm registrar. By 
 the latter, the baptisms of Jean, the third daughter, and John, the youngest 
 eon, are unrecorded. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. xliii 
 
 bed, a favourite tune played over to him by his son James, 
 that he might be sure he left him in full possession of it. 
 After hearing it, he hummed it over himself, and corrected it 
 in several of the notes. The air was that called "Sour Plums 
 in Galashiels." When barks and other tonics were given 
 him during his last illness, he privately spat them into his 
 handkerchief, saying, as he had lived all his life without tak- 
 ing doctors' drugs, he wished to die without doing so." 
 
 Thomas Scott married, first, Anne, daughter of William 
 Scott of Eaeburn, and secondly, Miss Eutherford of Know- 
 South. He was survived by two sons, James and Charles, 
 and two daughters, Mary and Anne. James resided in Edin- 
 burgh, and there died unmarried. Charles succeeded to the 
 estate of Know-South, which had belonged to his mother. 
 Mary died at Edinburgh, unmarried. Anne was married. 
 
 Eobert Scott, third son of Eobert Scott of Sandyknowe, 
 was born 20th May 1739. Having chosen a seafaring life, 
 he became captain of a merchant vessel. Procuring a com- 
 petency, he purchased the small estate of Eosebank, on the 
 Tweed, near Kelso, where he established his residence. At 
 Eosebank, under his affectionate care, his nephew, the future 
 poet, spent a portion of his youth. He much encouraged his 
 nephew's literary tastes. He died at Eosebank on the 10th 
 June 1804, aged sixty-five. His remains were interred in the 
 Abbey of Kelso. Being unmarried, he bequeathed to the poet, 
 his favourite nephew, his estate of Eosebank which em- 
 braced about thirty acres of excellent land. Sir Walter 
 sold the place for £5000, with the view of purchasing a 
 mountain farm — an intention which was not realised. 
 Captain Eobert Scott was remarkable for his unostentatious 
 benevolence. 
 
xliv GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 John, fourth son of Eobert Scott at Sandyknowe, was 
 bom 2d September 1749. A mate on board H.M.S. " South- 
 ampton/' he was fatally injured by a block falling upon him ; 
 he died young, and unmarried. 
 
 Janet Scott, eldest daughter of Eobert Scott at Sandy- 
 knowe, was born on the 14th May 1733. She resided at 
 Kelso, where, in his youth, she extended kindness to her 
 nephew, the future poet, during his frequent visits to her. 
 In an essay on " Landscape Gardening," published in 1828, 
 Sir Walter describes the residence of his favourite aunt, as " a 
 small cottage, . . . situated in a garden of seven or eight 
 acres, planted about the beginning of the eighteenth century, 
 . . . full of long straight walks, between hedges of yew 
 and hornbeam, which rose tall and close on every side. There 
 were thickets of flowery shrubs, a bower, and an arbour, to 
 which access was obtained through a little maze of contorted 
 walks, calling itself a labyrinth. In the centre of the bower 
 was a splendid platanus or Oriental plane — a huge hill of 
 leaves. ... In different parts of the garden were fine 
 ornamental trees, which had attained great size; and the 
 orchard was filled with fruit trees of the best description. 
 There were seats and hilly walks, and a banqueting-house." 
 Miss Janet Scott accompanied young Walter Scott to Bath, 
 whither, in his fourth year, he was sent in the hope that his 
 lameness might yield to the influence of the mineral waters. 
 She died at Kelso, unmarried, on the 23d December 1805, 
 aged seventy-two. Her remains were deposited in the Abbey 
 of Kelso. 
 
 Mary, the second daughter, born 13th March 1735, died at 
 Kelso, unmarried, on the agd- Docemfeer-180^, aged fifty-two. 
 
 Jean, third daughter, born 11th June 1737, married, in 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTEE SCOTT, BART. xlv 
 
 1772, her relative, Walter Scott of Eaeburn, by whom she 
 had five sons and one daughter.* According to Mr Lock- 
 hart, she was a beautiful woman, with a soft eye, sweet 
 voice, and gentle manners. In one of his prefaces Sir Walter 
 Scott refers to her as exhibiting, in her mode of talk, what 
 he conceived might be the Scottish tongue spoken when 
 Scottish sovereigns held court at Holyrood. She died at 
 Lessudden House, Eoxburghshire, on the 20th October 1820, 
 aged ninety-one. 
 
 Barbara, fourth daughter of Eobert Scott, was born 14th 
 May 1742. She married Mr Curie, farmer, Yetbyre, Eox- 
 burghshire, and died without issue on the 4th January 1826, 
 aged eighty-four. Eespecting her, Sir Walter Scott wrote to 
 his sister-in-law, Mrs Thomas Scott: "Poor Aunt Curie 
 died like a Eoman, or rather like one of the Sandyknowe 
 bairns, the most stoical race I ever knew. She turned every 
 one out of the room, and drew; her last breath alone." Her 
 remains were interred in the Abbey of Kelso. 
 
 Walter Scott, eldest son of Eobert Scott and Barbara Hali- 
 burton, was born at Sandyknowe on the 11th May 1729. 
 Having studied law under Mr George Chalmers, a respectable 
 solicitor, he established himself at Edinburgh as a Writer to 
 the Signet. Through his family connection he obtained a 
 good practice, which, partly owing to his punctilious manner, 
 subsequently decreased. Singularly conscientious, he would, 
 according to Sir Walter, have sacrificed his own interest to 
 that of his client, and though economical to the verge of 
 penury, would, in carrying out any duties entrusted to him, 
 have been content to suffer loss. By Sir Walter he is imper- 
 sonated in the pleasing character of Mr Saunders Fairford in 
 
 * Supra. 
 
Xlvi GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 the novel of " Redgauntlet." He died 12th April 1799, and 
 his remains were on the 18th day of the same month de- 
 posited in the Greyfriars Churchyard.* 
 
 Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, married, in April 1758, 
 Anne Rutherford, daughter of John Rutherford, M.D., Pro- 
 fessor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh. Their 
 contract of marriage proceeds thus : 
 
 "At Edinburgh, the 25th of April 1758. — It is contracted, 
 agreed, and matrimonially ended betwixt the parties follow- 
 ing, viz., Mr Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, eldest law- 
 full son of Mr Robert Scott in Sandieknow, with consent of 
 the said Mr Robert Scott, his father, and the said Mr Robert 
 Scott for himself, his own right and interest, on the one part; 
 and Mrs Anne Rutherfurd, eldest daughter of Doctor John 
 Rutherfurd, Professor of Medicine in the Colledge of Edin- 
 burgh, procreate betwixt him and the deceast Mrs Jean 
 Swinton, his first spouse, daughter of the deceast Sir John 
 Swinton of that ilk, with advice and consent of the said 
 Doctor John Rutherfurd, her father, and the said Doctor 
 John Rutherfurd for himself, his own right and interest, with 
 consent of the said Mrs Anne Rutherfurd, his daughter ; and 
 they both with one advice, consent, and assent on the other 
 part in manner following — that is to say, the said Walter 
 Scott and Mrs Anne Rutherfurd have accepted, and by these 
 presents accept each of them other for their lawfull spouses. 
 . . . To be interponed hereto, and for that effect they 
 constitute their procurators. — In witness whereof, these pre- 
 sents, consisting of this and the ten preceding pages, all 
 wrote upon stampt paper, by Alexander Keith, Writer in 
 Edinburgh, are subscribed by both parties, place, day, month, 
 and year of God foresaid, before these witnesses — the Reverend 
 Mr John Cranstoun, Minister of the Gospel at Ancrum ; Mr 
 John Coutts, merchant in Edinburgh ; Mr Thomas Scott, son 
 
 * Burial Register of the Greyfriars Churchyard. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. xlvii 
 
 of the said Mr Eobert Scott ; the said Mr Alexander Keith 
 of Eavelston ; the said Mr John Swinton, son of the deceast 
 Mr Eobert Swinton, merchant in North Berwick; and the 
 said Mr Alexander Keith, writer hereof. 
 
 John Cranstoun, witness. Walter Scott. 
 
 John Coutts, witness. Ann Eutherford. 
 
 Thomas Scott, witness. Eobert Scott. 
 
 Alex 1 . Keith, witness. Jo. Eutherfoord. 
 John Swinton, witness. 
 Alex r . Keith, witness." 
 
 The family of Eutherford had long been noted on the 
 eastern border. It is named in connection with lands in 
 Teviotdale so early as the eleventh century. Though other 
 derivations have been suggested, the name is obviously de- 
 rived from the Saxon Bother-ford, or cattle-ford : a place on 
 the Tweed is so designated. Eobertus dominus de Euther- 
 ford is witness to a charter by David I. to Jervasius Eidal, in 
 1140 ; and Hugo de Eutherford, in 1215, to a grant by Philip 
 de Valoniis of lands in Northumberland. Sir Eobert de 
 Eutherford is mentioned by Barbour as fighting under King 
 Eobert the Bruce for the independence of Scotland. Sir 
 Eichard Eutherford was a distinguished favourite of Eobert 
 III.; he was, in 1398, appointed one of the ambassadors extra- 
 ordinary to the English court. In 1400 he and his sons were 
 
 * 
 
 appointed wardens of the marches. He had, by his wife, Jean 
 Douglas, three sons — James, who succeeded him ; John, who, 
 in 1428, had a grant of the lands of Chatto and Hunthill, of 
 whom were the Lords Eutherford ; and Nichol, ancestor of 
 the Eutherfords of Hundalee and Fairnilee. 
 
 In a note to the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," Sir 
 
xlviii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Walter Scott describes the Eutherfords of Hunthill* as "an 
 ancient race of Border lairds, whose names occur in history, 
 sometimes as defending the frontier against the English, 
 sometimes as disturbing the peace of their own country." 
 " Dickon Draw-the-Sword," he writes, " was son to the 
 ancient warrior called in tradition the Cock of Hunthill, 
 remarkable for leading into battle nine sons, gallant warriors, 
 all sons of the aged champion. Mr Eutherford, late of New 
 York, in a letter to the author, quoted, when upwards of 
 eighty years old, a ballad apparently the same as the ' Eaid 
 of the Eeidsquair,'-f- but which is lost, except the following 
 lines : 
 
 ' Bauld Rutherfurd, he was fu' stout, 
 With all his nine sons him about ; 
 He brought the lads of Jedbrught out, 
 And bauldly fought that day. ' " 
 
 John Eutherford, tacksman at Grundisnock, in the county 
 of Eoxburgh, was grandson of that Eutherford known as the 
 " Cock of Hunthill." He married Isabella Ker, descended 
 from the Kers of Ferniehirst. 
 
 John Eutherford, son of John Eutherford and Isabella Ker, 
 was born in 1641. After being some years schoolmaster at 
 Selkirk, he in 1687 passed his trials as a probationer of the 
 Church. On the 30th September 1691, he was appointed to 
 the pastoral charge of Yarrow, where he ministered till his 
 death, which took place on the 8th May 1710.J Within the 
 
 * The estate of Hunthill is situated about a mile to the south-east of the 
 town of Jedburgh. 
 
 t The skirmish of the Reidsquare was fought on the 7th of June 1575, 
 between Sir John Carmichael, the Scottish Warden, and Sir John Forster of 
 the English March (Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, ed. 1869, p. 70). 
 
 t Fasti Eccl. Scot, i. 564. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. xlix 
 
 church at Yarrow he is commemorated by a mural tablet, 
 thus elegantly inscribed : 
 
 " Memoriae E. D. Joannis Butherfoord, Ecclesia? Yaraensis 
 Pastoris, integerrimi, vigilantissimi. Et Eoberti filii, quadrien- 
 nis, hoc monumentum erigere curavit Christiana Shaw, uxor, 
 moerens. Obiit May 8, 1710, ministerii 19. set. 69. Pastor 
 eras fidus— pater dilectus — amicus certus — herus lenis — 
 blandus gener atque maritus. 
 
 " Integra et purfe defunctus munera vitae 
 Cesisti fatis — annis felieiter actis — 
 ter felicem — tua fama super juga 
 Celsa & virides Yarse ripas — animus super astra. " * 
 
 Sir Walter Scott, in reference to his great-grandfather's 
 monument, poetically described the church of Yarrow "as the 
 shrine of his ancestors." 
 
 Christian Shaw, wife of the minister of Yarrow, was 
 descended from the old family of Shaw or De Schatto. 
 William de Shaw swore fealty to Edward I. in 1296. In 
 1409 the monks of Melrose received from Malcolm de Gal- 
 braith, Lord of Greenock, a grant in exchange for a tenement 
 in Kinross, they also paying twenty merks to his kinsman, 
 James de le Schaw. In 1415 Thomas de Schatto confirmed to 
 the monastery at Melrose a grant of certain lands.-f- John 
 de Shaw of Sauchie, was Comptroller to James III. Dur- 
 
 * Rendered into English, the inscription reads thus : " By Christian Shaw, 
 his mourning widow, this monument has been erected to the memory of 
 the Rev. Mr John Rutherford, the earnest and faithful pastor of Yarrow. 
 He died on the 8th May 1710, in the nineteenth year of his ministry, and the 
 sixty-ninth of his age ; also in memory of their son Robert, aged four years. — 
 Thou wert a faithful pastor, a beloved father, a sure friend, a, gentle master, 
 a kind husband and son-in-law. Submissive to the Divine will, thou didst 
 lay down a pure and useful life, after many well-spent years. Supremely 
 blessed, thy fame lingers among the lofty hills, and by the green banks of 
 Yarrow, while thy soul has passed above the stars ! " 
 
 t Liber de Melros, pp. 534-537. 
 
 d 
 
1 GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ing the reign of James V., Alexander Shaw of Sauchie 
 gave the lands of Greenock to John, his eldest son, by his 
 second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William Cunningham of 
 Glengarnock ; he is now represented by Sir Michael Eobert 
 Shaw Stewart, Bart, of Greenock and Blackhall. 
 
 John Shaw, son of Shaw of Sauchie, had a son Patrick, 
 who in 1591 graduated at the University of Edinburgh, and 
 in November 1594 was presented to the vicarage of Green- 
 ock, which he declined. In 1596 he accepted the parochial 
 charge of Selkirk. He subscribed in June 1617, with fifty- 
 four others, the protestation for maintaining the liberties of 
 the Church. He demitted his charge in 1634, and died some 
 time prior to the 25th July 1646,* when his eldest son, 
 John, obtained service as his heir. He married Anne, 
 daughter of Sir John Murray of Philiphaugh, a representative 
 of the outlaw Murray, celebrated in Border ballad,-f- and more 
 remotely of Archibald de Moravia, a powerful baron, from 
 whom in 1296 Edward I. exacted the oath of allegiance. 
 
 Of the marriage of the Bev. John Shaw and Anne Murray 
 were born three sons, John, Adam, and James, and a 
 daughter, Marion. Adam, the second son, died unmarried in 
 1648, and was succeeded in his property by his eldest 
 brother, John. J James, the youngest son, became a mer- 
 chant-burgess of Edinburgh. John Shaw, the eldest son, 
 graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1631. In 1634 
 he was ordained minister of Selkirk, in succession to his 
 father. By the Privy Council he was, in 1663, charged with 
 " turbulent and seditious carriage ; " he surrendered his cure 
 
 * Fasti Eccl. Scot., i. 539, 540; Inquisitiones Generates, 3162. 
 t Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. 
 t Inquisitiones Generales, 3157. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. li 
 
 prior to the 12th November 1664. He married Anna Mur- 
 ray, who had along with him sasine of the lands of the East 
 Mains of Selkirk, called Heleinshaw, 13th September 1661 
 He had four sons, Patrick, Gideon, John, and James, and a 
 daughter, Jean* "William Shaw was, on the 12th March 
 1692, served heir to his father, Gideon Shaw, bookseller in 
 Edinburgh, and to his uncle, Patrick Shaw, doctor of medicine 
 at Edinburgh; and on the 19th March 1698, heir to his 
 grandfather, the Eev. John Shaw, minister at Selkirk, -f- 
 Jean, only daughter of the Eev. John Shaw, minister of 
 Selkirk, married, 5th February 1662, the Eev. John Pringle, 
 minister of Eogo, in Berwickshire, only surviving son of 
 George Pringle of Balmungo. Of this marriage were born 
 five sons and two daughters. John, the fourth and eldest 
 surviving son, succeeded in 1695 to the estate of Whytbank, 
 on the death of his father's cousin. In 1699 he married 
 Christian, eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Scott of Ancrum, by 
 his wife, Margaret Scott of Harden ; he died in 1703. Alex- 
 ander Pringle, Esq., now of Whytbank and Yair, Selkirkshire, 
 is his great-great-grandson.! 
 
 Christian Shaw, wife of the Eev. John Eutherford, minister 
 of Yarrow, was granddaughter of the Eev. John Shaw, minis- 
 ter of Selkirk, by his wife Anna Murray. Of the marriage 
 of the Eev. John Eutherford and Christian Shaw were born 
 two sons, Eobert and John, and two daughters, Jean and 
 another. Jean was baptized at Yarrow, 5th September 1693;§ 
 she died unmarried. The other daughter became wife of 
 Scott of Whitehaugh, Eoxburghshire. She was reputed 
 
 * Fasti Eocl. Scot, i. 540. 
 
 + Inquisitiones Generates, 7230, 7231, 7959. 
 
 J Fasti Eccl. Scot., i., p. Hi; Burke's Landed Gentry, ii. 1119. 
 
 § Baptismal Register of Yarrow. 
 
Hi GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 for her choice sayings and brilliant humour. Her portrait, 
 representing her in a satin sacque, is preserved at Ashestiel. 
 She resided with her husband in George Square, Edinburgh* 
 
 Robert, elder son of the Eev. John Eutherford, died young. 
 John, the younger son, was born in the Manse of Yarrow 
 on the 1st August 1695.f Educated at the grammar 
 school of Selkirk, he entered the University of Edinburgh. 
 Devoting himself to the study of medicine, he attended 
 lectures on anatomy, surgery, and materia medica in London, 
 and afterwards at Leyden, under the celebrated Boerhaave. 
 In 1719 he obtained the degree of M.D. from the Univer- 
 sity of Eheims. After sometime residing at Edinburgh as a 
 medical practitioner, he suggested that a school of medicine 
 should be opened in connection with the college — and the 
 proposal being entertained by the town council, he was, in 
 1726, appointed Professor of the Practice of Medicine. As 
 a text-book he used the work of his preceptor, Boerhaave." 
 In 1748 he began to deliver clinical lectures in the Edin- 
 burgh Infirmary. He resigned his professorial chair in 1765, 
 and died in 1779, in his eighty-fourth year. 
 
 Professor John Eutherford married, first, 12th April 1731, 
 Jean, elder daughter of Sir John Swinton of Swinton by his 
 wife Anne Sinclair, younger daughter of Sir Eobert Sinclair, 
 
 * In connection with Mr and Mrs Scott of "Whitehaugh, is related the 
 following dog story. Sitting by the fire in their house in George Square, Mrs 
 Scott remarked to her husband that the hearthrug was very shabby, and that 
 Lion's skin — naming the large dog lying by the fire — would make a handsome 
 rug. At this utterance the dog got up and slunk away to the stables, where 
 he lay three days, refusing to take food. He would scarcely be reconciled to 
 his mistress. 
 
 t The entry in the Baptismal Register is as follows: "John Eutherfoord, 
 son to Mr John Rutherfoord, minister at Yarrow, was baptized, August 6 " 
 (1695). 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. liii 
 
 Bart, of Longformacus, by his wife Margaret, younger 
 daughter of William, Lord Alexander, eldest son of Sir 
 William Alexander of Menstry, Earl of Stirling, celebrated 
 as a poet and statesman. 
 
 The family of Swinton is ancient and honourable. Deriv- 
 ing their name from the lands which they are said to have 
 received in reward of their prowess in destroying herds 
 of wild boars which infested a portion of Berwickshire, the 
 family existed in that county so early as the Heptarchy. 
 The lord of Swinton aided Malcolm Canmore to recover the 
 Scottish throne; and Edulf de Swinton received from that 
 monarch a charter (one of the first granted in Scotland) 
 confirming him in the lands of Swinton. Within the parish 
 church of Swinton a monument commemorates Sir Alan de 
 Swinton, a baron of the reign of William the Lion. Under 
 the figure of a boar and three boars' heads, it is inscribed : 
 " Hie . Jacet . Alanvs . Svintonvs . Miles . De . Eodem." Below 
 is a full-length figure of the baron, with his arm bent 
 upward from the elbows and clasping a book ; he died about 
 the year 1200. His name is assumed by Sir Walter Scott 
 for the hero of Halidon Hill, though the knight who actually 
 fought there was Sir John Swinton. An arched vault in 
 front of the monument and under the floor of the church was 
 found to contain a coffin and three skulls. Of the largest 
 skull, supposed to be that of Sir Alan, who is traditionally 
 said to have been of gigantic proportions, a cast was taken, 
 and presented to Sir Walter Scott, who placed it in the 
 armoury at Abbotsford. Sir John Swinton had a chief com- 
 mand at the battle of Otterbum, fought on the 31st July 
 1388, and to his prowess the Scots were mainly indebted for 
 the victory. He fell at the battle of Homildon Hill in 1402. 
 
liv GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Sir John had as his first wife, Margaret, Countess of Douglas 
 and Mar, widow of the first Earl of Douglas ; he was in right 
 of his wife styled Lord of Mar. He married, secondly, 
 Margaret Stewart, daughter of Eobert II., and by her had a 
 son, Sir John Swinton, a renowned warrior, who had as his 
 second wife his cousin-german, Marjory. Stewart, daughter 
 of the regent, Eobert, Duke of Albany, through whom the 
 family line was carried on. 
 
 Joanna, younger surviving daughter of Sir John Swinton 
 and Anne Sinclair, married Alexander Keith of Eavelstone, 
 in the county of Edinburgh. He purchased the estate of 
 Dunnottar, in Kincardineshire, and died in 1792. Of his 
 marriage with Joanna Swinton were born four sons, Alex- 
 ander, William, George, and Eobert, and two daughters, 
 Agnes and Margaret. Both daughters and the younger sons, 
 George and Eobert, died without issue. Alexander Keith, 
 eldest son of Alexander Keith and Joanna Swinton, became a 
 Writer to the Signet ; he succeeded his father in the estates 
 of Eavelstone and Dunnottar. In April 1811 he married 
 Margaret, fourth daughter of Laurence Oliphant of Gash, and 
 sister of the Baroness Nairne, who died 10th September 1847. 
 Alexander Keith died without issue in 1819. William, the 
 second son, was born in 1748, and died in 1803. By his 
 wife, Mary Anne Eae of Coldsheaf, he had four sons — Alex- 
 ander, James, William, and John ; and two daughters, Agnes, 
 who died unmarried, and Isabella, who married James 
 Wilson of Woodville, and died in 1837. William, third son 
 of William Keith and Mary Anne Eae, married Isabella 
 Houison Craufurd, sister of William Houison Craufurd, Esq. 
 of Braehead and Craufurdland, and died in 1851. John, the 
 fourth son, died unmarried. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lv 
 
 Alexander, eldest son of William Keith and Mary Anne 
 Eae, born in 1780, succeeded to the estates of Eavelstone and 
 Dunnottar on the death of his uncle in 1819. In 1822, on 
 the state visit of George IV. to Scotland, he received the 
 honour of knighthood, with the style and dignity of Knight 
 Marischal of Scotland; he died in 1833. By his marriage 
 with Georgiana Lamont he was father of a son William, who 
 was born in 1815, and died in 1825, and of a daughter, Helen 
 Margaret Oliphant, who married, 28th November 1833, Sir 
 William Murray, Bart, of Ochtertyre, Perthshire, and died in 
 1853. She was mother of ten sons and three daughters. 
 Her eldest son, Sir Patrick Keith Murray, Bart., born 27th 
 January 1835, succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1861 ; 
 he married, first, in 1870, Frances Amelia Jemima, sixth 
 daughter of Anthony Murray of Dollerie, Perthshire, who 
 died in 1872 ; he married, secondly, a daughter of the Hon. 
 William Penney, Lord Kinloch. 
 
 James Keith, second son of William Keith, and grandson 
 of Joanna Swinton, was born in 1783; he practised as a 
 physician at Edinburgh, and died in 1863. In 1823 he 
 married Christian Graham, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel 
 Maitland of Craigieburn, who died in 1870, by whom he had 
 three sons, William Alexander, Charles Maitland, who died 
 in infancy, and Charles Maitland the second; also two 
 daughters, Mary Anne Eae, who died in infancy, and Isabella 
 Napier, who married, in 1845, the Eev. Thomas Lewis Trotter, 
 rector of Great Stainton, and died in 1857. 
 
 The Eev. William Alexander Keith, elder son of James 
 Keith, M.D., born in 1828, is proprietor of Pogbie and vicar 
 of Burham, Kent. 
 
 By his first wife, Jean Swinton, Professor John Eutherford 
 
lvi GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 had a son John, who died young, and a daughter Anne, who 
 married Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and became 
 mother of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. He married, secondly, 
 on the 9th August 1743, Anne M'Kay, by whom he had five 
 sons and three daughters. Jean, the eldest daughter, born 
 1st December 1747, married in 1776 Colonel William Eussell 
 of Ashestiel, Selkirkshire, who died in 1804; she died 12th 
 June 1791. 
 
 Of the marriage of Colonel William Eussell of Ashestiel 
 and Jean Eutherford, were born five sons and four daughters. 
 Anne, the eldest daughter, born at Madura, in the East 
 Indies, 28th May 1777, died at Cuddalore, 26th September 
 1779. Jane Boston, the second daughter, was born at Madura, 
 31st October 1778, and died at Edinburgh on the 6th 
 February 1849, unmarried. Anne, the third daughter, born 
 at Cuddalore on the 1st February 1780, died at Ashestiel 
 on the 29th May 1849, unmarried. Elizabeth Jane, the 
 fourth daughter, born at Ashestiel, 12th June 1791, was also 
 unmarried; she died at Edinburgh in 1819. 
 
 John Eutherford Eussell, second son of Colonel William 
 Eussell and Jean Eutherford, was born at sea on the 18th 
 June 1783. He became an officer in the Eoyal Navy, and 
 died, unmarried, at Kingston, Jamaica, in 1803. 
 
 William, the third son, born at Edinburgh on the 12th June 
 1785, died at Ashestiel, unmarried, on the 9th January 1803. 
 
 Daniel, fourth son, was born at Edinburgh on the 20th 
 July 1786. An officer in the naval service of the East India 
 Company, he died at sea, unmarried, in 1808. 
 
 Alexander Pringle, fifth son, born at Ashestiel on the 28th 
 November 1792, became a military officer in the East India 
 Company's service; he died at Madras in 1816, unmarried. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lvii 
 
 James Eussell, eldest son of Colonel William Eussell 
 and Jean Butherford, was born at Madras on the 17th 
 August 1781. In the service of the East India Company he 
 attained the rank of general, and was K.C.B. General Sir 
 James Eussell married, 18th December 1834, Katherine 
 Mary, fourth daughter of Sir James Hall, Bart, of Dunglass, 
 by his wife, Lady Helen Douglas, daughter of the fourth Earl 
 of Selkirk. Sir James died 15th May 1859, leaving two 
 daughters, Helen Jane Mountstuart, now of Ashestiel, and 
 Katherine Anne, married, 5th January 1860, Laurence W. M. 
 Lockhart, second son of the late Eev. Laurence Lockhart, D.D., 
 of Milton Lockhart. Mrs Katherine Anne Lockhart died 
 11th February 1870, leaving four children — Mary Katherine, 
 born 25th November 1860 ; Laurence Archibald, born 24th 
 November 1861 ; Louisa, born 26th March 1864 ; and James 
 Douglas, born 4th August 1866. 
 
 Janet, second daughter of Professor John Eutherford, by his 
 second marriage, was born on the 24th January 1753. By 
 her nephew, Sir Walter Scott, she is described as " an amiable 
 and accomplished woman." She died subsequent to 1808. 
 
 Christian, third daughter of Professor John Eutherford by his 
 second marriage, was born 6th October 1759. Shewas the early 
 adviser and deeply attached aunt of the Author of " Waverley." 
 She died at Edinburgh on the 17th December 1819. 
 
 Of the five sons of Professor John Eutherford and Anne 
 M'Kay, John, the eldest son, born 22d November 1745, died 
 young and unmarried. William, the third son, born 11th 
 February 1754, died at the age of four months. Eobert, the 
 fourth son, born 17th August 1755, and James, the fifth son, 
 born 23d October 1756, died young. 
 
 Daniel Eutherford, second son of Professor John Eutherford, 
 
lviii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 was bom on the 3d November 1749. Prosecuting medical 
 studies at the University of Edinburgh, he early discovered 
 the existence of a gaseous fluid, now known as nitrogen gas. 
 Having extended his professional knowledge by passing three 
 years on the Continent,* he commenced the practice of physic 
 in his native city. He was, in 1786, elected Professor of 
 Botany in the University of Edinburgh. Afflicted with 
 hereditary gout, he expired suddenly on the 15th December 
 1819. He married, in December 1786, Harriet, youngest 
 daughter of John Mitchelson, Esq. of Middleton, by whom he 
 had two sons and three daughters. 
 
 John Eutherford, elder son of Professor Daniel Eutherford, 
 was born 10th October 1787. Sailing to India as a cadet in 
 the ship "Lady Jane Dundas," on the 1st February 1805, he 
 perished on board that vessel, which was wrecked in sight of 
 land on the 5th day of the same month. He died unmarried. 
 
 Eobert Eutherford, second son of Professor Daniel Euther- 
 ford, was born on the 22d February 1790. He was a Writer 
 to the Signet, and Deputy Keeper of the Abbey of Holyrood. 
 He died at Edinburgh, unmarried, on the 6th June 1866. 
 
 Anne, second daughter of Professor Daniel Eutherford, 
 was born 7th May 1791. She died at Edinburgh, unmarried, 
 on the 6th March 1871. Darcy Maxwell, third daughter, 
 born 3d December 1802, died at Edinburgh, unmarried, on 
 the 2d June 1871. 
 
 Margaret, eldest daughter of Professor Daniel Eutherford, 
 was born on the 13th November 1788, and died 9th January 
 1867, aged seventy-eight. She married, 23d April 1823, 
 
 * When he was prosecuting his studies at Paris, he was invited to a supper 
 party, at which Prince Charles Edward was expected. He declined the invi- 
 tation, that he might avoid the spectacle of seeing the prince get drunk. He 
 had no Jacobite proclivities, but respected the honour of a fallen house. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lix 
 
 as his second wife, James Alexander Haldane, Esq., younger 
 son of Captain James Haldane of Airthrey, by whom she had 
 three sons and three daughters. Isabella Mitchelson, the 
 eldest daughter, married, in 1848, Eichard Burdon Sanderson 
 of West Jesmond, Northumberland. Their two daughters, 
 Elizabeth and Margaret Sanderson, were killed on the 21st 
 January 1876, at the collision on the Great Northern Eailway 
 at Abbots Eipton. Mr Sanderson, who was much injured, 
 survived till the 30th of April. 
 
 Adamina Duncan, second daughter of James Alexander 
 Haldane and Margaret Eutherford, is unmarried. Helen, the 
 third daughter, married Horatio E. B. Peile, Esq., and died 
 15th October 1873, leaving a son. 
 
 Of the three sons of James Alexander Haldane and Mar- 
 garet Eutherford, Daniel Eutherford Haldane, M.D., eldest 
 son, is a physician in Edinburgh ; he married Charlotte Eliza- 
 beth Lowthorpe, by whom he has five children. George 
 Oswald, second son, died young. James, the third son, is a 
 chartered accountant in Edinburgh; he married Emily Sophia 
 Grove, and has issue. 
 
 Mrs Anne Scott, eldest daughter of Professor John Euther- 
 ford, and wife of Walter Scott, W.S., died on the 24th 
 December 1819. Her remains were deposited beside those 
 of her kindred, in the dormitory attached to St John's 
 Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. She was mother of thirteen 
 children.* Of her three daughters, Anne, born 10th March 
 
 * In his fragmentary autobiography, written at Ashestiel, in April 1808, 
 Sir Walter Scott remarks that he believed his parents had "no fewer than 
 twelve children." In a letter to Mr Morritt, on the 16thMay 1816, he writes: 
 ' ' My mother, now upwards of eighty, has now only one child left to her, out 
 of thirteen whom she has borne." One child had died at or soon after birth, 
 as twelve names only appear in the family register. 
 
lx GENEALOGICAL MEMOIES OF 
 
 1759, and Jean, born 27th March 1765, died in infancy. 
 Anne, second of the name, born in 1770, died 19th May 1801 ; 
 her remains were deposited in the Greyfriars Churchyard.* 
 Of a delicate frame and nervous temperament, she is by her 
 illustrious brother thus described : " Her temper was like 
 that of her brother's, peculiar. . . . But she was at heart 
 an affectionate and kind girl, neither void of talent or feeling, 
 though living in an ideal world, which she had framed to her- 
 self, by the force of imagination." 
 
 The four elder sons died in infancy. These were Eobert, 
 born 22d August 1760 ; John, bom 28th November 1761 ; 
 Eobert (the second), born 7th June 1763 ; and Walter (the 
 first), born 30th August 1766. Eobert (third of the name), 
 was born in 1767. He served first in the Eoyal Navy, 
 and subsequently in the Marine Service of the East India 
 Company. He was present in most of Eodney's battles; 
 he left the Navy on account of having experienced hard usage 
 from a superior officer. He indulged a mechanical turn, com- 
 posed elegant verses, and excelled in relating tales of adven- 
 ture. But his success was marred by a capricious temper. 
 He died in India, unmarried. 
 
 John (second of the name), sixth son of Walter Scott and 
 Anne Eutherford, was born in 1768. Joining the army, he 
 served in the Duke of York's unfortunate campaign of 1797. 
 Through the influence of Mr Canning, he was in 1809 
 appointed major of the second battalion of the 73d Eegiment. 
 Owing to feeble health, he retired from the army, and settled in 
 Edinburgh. He died on the 8th May 1816, and on the 13th 
 day of the same month his remains were deposited in Grey- 
 
 * Burial Register of Greyfriars Churchyard. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lxi 
 
 friars Churchyard* In 1811 he lent his brother Walter 
 £2000, being half the purchase-money of the original farm 
 of Abbotsford. His substance, which amounted to £6000, 
 was at his death divided between "Walter and Thomas, his 
 surviving brothers. He is described by Mr Lockhart as " a 
 sober, sedate bachelor, of dull mind and frugal tastes." He is 
 the prototype of the veteran officer on half -pay in "Paul's 
 Letters." 
 
 Thomas, eighth son, was born in 1774. He passed as a 
 Writer to the Signet, but became embarrassed by engaging 
 in farming, and other speculations. In the spring of 1810, 
 Sir Walter secured for him an extractorship in the General 
 Eegister House, with a salary of £250. On the duties of 
 this office he had scarcely entered when the Commission of 
 Judicature resolved to abolish his and many other similar 
 posts. The Commission, however, recommended to Parlia- 
 ment a scheme of compensation for the discharged function- 
 aries. In his " Life of Scott," Mr Lockhart enters into some 
 details in reference to certain oppositions to the conferring of 
 a pension on Mr Thomas Scott, and 'which culminated in a 
 motion by the Earl of Lauderdale, in the House of Lords, 
 that the pension should not be granted. Through the active 
 friendship of Lord Melville the opposition was partially 
 defeated, and Mr Scott was compensated for his abolished 
 office by a pension of £100. 
 
 Thomas Scott sometime resided in the Isle of Man, and 
 there prepared materials for a history of the island ; he also 
 held a commission in the Manx Fencibles. He was after- 
 wards appointed paymaster of the 70th Kegiment. He re- 
 ceived £3000 on the death of his brother John in 1816, 
 * Greyfriars Burial Register. 
 
lxii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 and a similiar sum on his mother's death, three years after- 
 wards. He died in Canada, on the 14th February 1823. 
 Excelling as a conversationist, he was remarkable for his 
 vivacity and humour. He possessed a brilliant fancy, and 
 his literary powers were of a high order, but he unhappily 
 lacked application. By some persons acquainted with his 
 versatile abilities, he was credited with the authorship of 
 "Waverley." 
 
 Thomas Scott married, in 1799, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 David M'Culloch of Ardwell, the representative of an old 
 family in Galloway; she died 14th April 1848. Of this 
 marriage were born one son and three daughters. 
 
 Walter Scott, only son of Thomas Scott, was born 23d 
 June 1807. A considerable portion of his youth was passed 
 under the immediate care of his uncle, Sir Walter, whom he 
 much resembled physically, and also in intellectual vigour. 
 At the age of seventeen he entered the service of the East 
 India Company as a lieutenant of engineers. He attained 
 distinction in the Mooltan campaign, and was, in 1861, pro- 
 moted as major-general. In 1875 he became general. He 
 died in Saxony, on the 19th March 1876. 
 
 Jessie, eldest daughter of Thomas Scott, was born on the 
 16th December 1801. She married, in 1819, Colonel Huxley, 
 and died 10th February 1870, leaving a son, Thomas Scott 
 Huxley, born 21st June 1822, and who is now rector of St 
 Andrew with St Mary Bredman, Canterbury. He married, in 
 1857, Elizabeth Ferguson, only daughter of John Day, Esq., 
 by whom he has a son, George Scott, born 21st June 1859. 
 
 Anne Eutherford, second daughter of Thomas Scott, was 
 born on the 3d June 1803 ; she is unmarried. Eliza Char- 
 lotte, the youngest daughter, was born 5th September 1811. 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lxiii 
 
 She married, in 1835, Major Alexander Cumine Peat, C.B., 
 by whom she has had three sons and two daughters. 
 George, the eldest son, was born 15th September 1837; 
 Walter Scott, the second son, was born 23d June 1839 ; 
 he married, in 1871, Florence, daughter of Colonel Pagan ; 
 Godfrey Cumine, the third son, was born 1st March 1844. 
 Elizabeth, the elder daughter, born 30th July 1841, married, 
 in 1867, Eittmeister von Oppell, member of an ancient and 
 noble Saxon family, by whom she has two children, Hans 
 Alexander Max, born 28th October 1867, and Mary Monica, 
 born 23d April 1869. Margery Alexandrina, younger daughter, 
 was born 15th April 1847, and married, in 1873, E. K Slight, 
 Esq.. 
 
 Daniel, ninth and youngest son of Walter Scott and Anne 
 Eutherford, was born about the year 1775. Trained to mer- 
 cantile pursuits at Edinburgh, he proceeded to Liverpool and 
 thence to Jamaica, where, through the poet's influence, he 
 obtained suitable employment. But he did not succeed, 
 chiefly owing to his irregular habits. He returned to Edin- 
 burgh, where he died on the 20th July 1806. His remains 
 were deposited in the Greyfriars Churchyard. 
 
 Sir Walter Scott was the seventh son of his parents. He 
 was born at Edinburgh in a house belonging to his father at 
 the head of the College Wynd on the 15th August 1771. 
 He studied at the High School and University of his native 
 city. In 1792 he passed advocate. He first appeared as an 
 author in 1796, by publishing his translations of " Lenore' " 
 and " The Wild Huntsman " of Burger. He published " The 
 Lay of the Last Minstrel" in 1805, "Marmion" in 1808, 
 "The Lady of the Lake" in 1810, and "The Lord of the 
 Isles" in 1814. Appointed Sheriff of Selkirkshire in 1800, 
 
lxiv GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 he in 1806 obtained a principal clerkship in the Court 
 of Session, receiving salaries from these offices equal to 
 £1500 per annum. The romance of " Waverley " was issued 
 anonymously in 1814; it was rapidly followed by "Guy 
 Mannering,' - "The Antiquary," and others. After residing 
 some years at Ashestiel, near Selkirk, the beautiful residence 
 of his relative, General Sir James Eussell, then in India, he 
 purchased in 1811 a portion of land on the Tweed near Mel- 
 rose, which he designated Abbotsford, and whither he removed 
 to a mansion built from his own design, and which he added 
 to at different times. In March 1820 he was created a baronet. 
 When George IV. visited Scotland in 1822, he undertook the 
 principal arrangements. By the insolvency of his printers and 
 publishers, in 1826, he sustained serious reverses, being found 
 responsible for the sum of £120,000. Determined to dis- 
 charge his obligations, he worked with unabated energy, 
 much to the injury of his health. In the autumn of 1831 he 
 proceeded to Italy,- in the hope of benefit, but returned to 
 Abbotsford the following summer, without profiting by the 
 change. He died at Abbotsford on the 21st September 1832. 
 His remains were deposited in that aisle of Dryburgh Abbey 
 which belonged to his ancestors, the Haliburtons. A massive 
 block of granite is placed upon his grave. 
 
 Sir Walter Scott married, 24th December 1797, Margaret 
 Charlotte Charpentier. Her mother, Charlotte Volere, be- 
 longed to an old French house ; her brother, the Chevalier de 
 la Volere, colonel of a Eussian regiment, fell, it is supposed, 
 in the campaign of 1813. Jean Charpentier, husband of 
 Charlotte Volere, was JEcuyer de Eoi under the old French 
 monarchy, an office obtained by purchase ; he also held an 
 appointment in the University of Lyons. He died about the 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART, lxv 
 
 commencement of the French Revolution ; when his widow, 
 under the care of the Earl of Hillsborough, afterwards second 
 Marquis of Downshire, settled in London. During a Con- 
 tinental tour Lord Hillsborough had become intimately 
 acquainted with the family, and spent some time under their 
 roof. Hence on the death of the widow of M. Charpentier, 
 which happened about the year 1790, he charged himself 
 with the upbringing of her two children, a son and daugh- 
 ter. Through Lord Hillsborough's recommendation, the son, 
 Charles Charpentier (who changed his name to Carpenter), 
 received a civil appointment in India; he latterly became 
 commercial resident at Salem, in the Madras establishment. 
 He died in India in 1818, bequeathing £40,000 to his sister's 
 family. Margaret Charlotte Charpentier, who was probably 
 named after Lord Hillsborough's mother and her own, was, 
 at the instance of Lord Hillsborough, educated under the care 
 of Miss Jane Nicolson, daughter of Dr Mcolson, Dean of 
 Exeter, and granddaughter of Dr "William Mcolson, Bishop of 
 Carlisle, the well-known author of the " Historical Library." 
 She met her future husband at Gilsland Spa, Cumberland, 
 and was married with the special consent of her guardian, 
 then Marquis of Downshire. As a bride she is thus described 
 by Mr Lockhart : " Without the features of a regular beauty, 
 she was rich in personal attractions; ' a form that was fashioned 
 as light as a fay's ; ' a complexion of the clearest and lightest 
 olive ; eyes large, deep set, and dazzling, of the finest Italian 
 brown ; and a profusion of silken tresses, black as the raven's 
 wing ; her address hovering between the reserve of a pretty 
 young Englishwoman who has not mingled largely in general 
 society, and a certain natural archness and gaiety that suited 
 well with the accompaniment of a French accent. A lovelier 
 
lxvi GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 vision, as all who remember her in the bloom of her days 
 have assured me, could hardly have been imagined." She 
 died at Abbotsford on the 14th May 1826, aged fifty-three. 
 
 Of the marriage of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., and Mar- 
 garet Charlotte Charpentier, were born two sons and two 
 daughters. Walter, the elder son, was born at Edinburgh on 
 the 28th October 1801. In his sixteenth year he joined the 
 Selkirkshire Yeomanry Cavalry. In 1819 he became cornet 
 in the 18th Eegiment of Hussars ; he subsequently joined the 
 15th Dragoons. In 1832 he succeeded his father as second 
 baronet of Abbotsford. He proceeded to India in 1839 as 
 lieutenant-colonel of the 15th Dragoons; he subsequently 
 commanded that regiment. At Bangalore, in August 1846, 
 he was smitten with fever, culminating in liver disease. 
 Having sailed for England, he died on board the ship •' Welles- 
 ley," near the Cape of Good Hope, on the 8th February 1847, 
 aged forty-six. His remains were, on the 4th May 1847, 
 deposited in the family aisle at Dryburgh. 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel Sir Walter Scott married, on the 7th 
 January 1825, Jane Jobson of Lochore, daughter of William 
 Jobson, a prosperous merchant. The family of Jobson 
 owned and rented lands in Forfarshire ; they subsequently 
 traded at Dundee and London. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Walter 
 Scott died without issue ; his widow, Lady Scott of Lochore, 
 resides in London. 
 
 Charles Scott, younger son of Sir Walter Scott, was born 
 at Edinburgh, on the 24th December 1805. Having studied 
 at Brazenose College, Oxford, he was appointed to a clerk- 
 ship in the Foreign Office, and was subsequently attached to 
 the embassy at Naples. Having accompanied Sir John 
 Macneill as private secretary, on a mission to the Court of 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lxvii 
 
 Persia, he contracted in his journey through Asia Minor an 
 inflammatory disorder, and died at Teheran on the 28th 
 October 1841. By Sir John Macneill an appropriate monu- 
 ment was placed over his remains. 
 
 Anne, younger daughter of Sir Walter Scott, was born at 
 Edinburgh on the 2d February 1803. On the death of her. 
 father, she received a pension of £200 on the Civil List. She 
 died at London, unmarried, on the 25th June 1833 ; her 
 remains were consigned to the Harrow Eoad Cemetery. 
 
 Sophia,* elder daughter of Sir Walter Scott, was born at 
 Edinburgh on the 24th October 1799. On the 29th April 1820, 
 she married John Gibson Lockhart, whose history is intimately 
 blended with that of his illustrious father-in-law. The family 
 of Lockhart owned lands in the counties of Ayr and Lanark, in 
 the reign of David I. (1124-1153). Sir Simon Lockard of Lee 
 accompanied Sir James Douglas on his expedition to the Holy 
 Land, bearing in a casket the heart of King Eobert the Bruce. 
 In Palestine he obtained the amulet known as the Lee penny, 
 on which Sir Walter Scott has founded his romance of " The 
 Talisman." From Sir Stephen Lockhart of Cleghorn, armour- 
 bearer to James III., and head of the House of Lee, descended 
 William Lockhart of Birkhill, whose second son was John 
 Lockhart, D.D. This respectable clergyman, born 22d October 
 1761, was ordained minister of Cambusnethan in 1786, and 
 translated to the College Church, Glasgow, in 1796 ; he died 
 6th December 1842, aged eighty-two. He married first, in 
 1786, Elizabeth Dinwiddie, by whom he had three sons, of 
 whom the eldest, William Lockhart of Milton-Lockhart, was 
 
 * Sophia was named in honour of Miss Sophia Dumerque, sister of M. 
 Charles Dumerque, a well-known surgeon-dentist in London, a native of 
 France, and who befriended Lady Scott's mother on her first arrival in 
 London ; she was baptized Charlotte Sophia. 
 
lxviii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 M.P. for Lanarkshire from 1841 till his death on the 21st 
 November 1857. 
 
 Dr John Lockhart married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter 
 of the Eev. John G-ibson of St Cuthbert's, whose maternal 
 grandmother, Mary Erskine, was second daughter of Henry, 
 third Lord Cardross, and sister of David, ninth Earl of Buchan. 
 By his second marriage, Dr Lockhart was father of John 
 Gibson Lockhart, who was born at Cambusnethan, Lanark- 
 shire, on the 12th June 1794. 
 
 Having at the University of Glasgow procured a Snell 
 exhibition, John Gibson Lockhart proceeded to Balliol College, 
 Oxford, where he graduated with distinction. Adopting the 
 legal profession, he passed advocate in 1816. His ancestor, 
 Sir James Lockhart of Lee, was Lord Justice-Clerk in the 
 reign of Charles II., and father of the celebrated Sir George 
 Lockhart of Carnwath, Lord President of the Court of Session. 
 In 1817 he became one of the founders of Blackwood's Maga- 
 zine; he was appointed editor of the Quarterly Review in. 1825, 
 and continued to act in this capacity for twenty-eight years. 
 Among his works are his " Translations from Spanish Ballads," 
 a " Life of Napoleon Buonaparte," and the novels " Valerius," 
 " Eeginald Dalton," " Adam Blair," and " Matthew Wald." 
 His " Life of Sir Walter Scott " has secured him a first place 
 among biographers. Mr Lockhart died at Abbotsford on the 
 25th November 1854, at the age of sixty-one. His remains 
 were deposited in the family aisle at Dryburgh. Mrs Sophia 
 Lockhart died on the 17th May 1837 ; her remains rest in 
 Harrow Boad Cemetery, London. 
 
 Of the marriage of John Gibson Lockhart and Sophia 
 Scott, were born two sons and one daughter. John Hugh 
 Lockhart, the elder son, born in February 1821, was the 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. lxix 
 
 Hugh Littlejohn of Sir Walter Scott's " Tales of a Grand- 
 father ;" he died on the 15th December 1831, in his eleventh 
 year. Walter Scott Lockhart, the younger son, born 16th 
 April 1826, became a lieutenant in the 16th Lancers. 
 Succeeding to the estate of Abbotsford on the death of his 
 uncle, the second baronet, in 1847, he assumed the name and 
 arms of Scott. He died at Versailles on the 10th January 
 1853. Charlotte Harriet Jane Lockhart, only daughter of 
 John Gibson Lockhart and Sophia Scott, was born on the 1st 
 January 1828. She married, 19th August 1847, James 
 Robert Hope, Q.C., who, on her succeeding to Abbotsford, in 
 1853, assumed the family name of Scott. 
 
 The family of Hope — so called from Hope, a Saxon word 
 signifying a sheltered or detached portion of land — is of con- 
 siderable antiquity. Adam le Hope and John de Hope, 
 Scottish barons, swore fealty to Edward I. in 1296. Edward 
 Hope was a leading citizen of Edinburgh in the reign of 
 Queen Mary ; his grandson was Sir Thomas Hope of Craig- 
 hall, the famous lawyer and King's Advocate. Charles Hope 
 of Hopetoun, great-grandson of Sir Thomas Hope, was, on the 
 5th April 1703, created Earl of Hopetoun. He married, in 
 August 1699, Lady Henrietta Johnstone, only daughter of 
 the first Marquis of Annandale. Their eldest son, John, 
 second Earl of Hopetoun, was born in 1704, and died in 
 1781. He had, as his third wife, Lady Elizabeth Leslie, 
 second daughter of Alexander, fifth Earl of Leven and Mel- 
 ville, by whom he had two sons. The second son was 
 General Sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B., sometime Governor of 
 Chelsea Hospital, and Member of Parliament, who was born 
 1769, and died 1837. The general's third son was James 
 Eobert Hope of Abbotsford. 
 
lxx GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF 
 
 To Mr Hope Scott were born, by his wife, Charlotte Harriet 
 Jane Lockhart, a son and two daughters. Walter Michael, 
 the only son, was born 2d June 1857, and died 11th Decem- 
 ber 1858. Margaret Anne, the younger daughter, was born 
 17th September 1858, and died 3d December of the same year. 
 Mrs Charlotte Hope Scott died at Edinburgh on the 26th 
 October 1858, aged thirty. 
 
 Mr Hope Scott married, secondly, 7th January 1861, Lady 
 Victoria Alexandrina Howard, eldest daughter of Henry 
 Granville, fourteenth Duke of Norfolk, by whom he had two 
 sons, Philip, born 1868, who died young, and James, born 
 1870 ; also four daughters, Minna Margaret and Catherine, 
 twins, Josephine Mary and Theresa Anne, of whom Catherine 
 died the day of her birth. Lady Victoria Hope Scott died in 
 1870. Mr Hope Scott died on the 29th April 1873. 
 
 Mary Monica, elder daughter of James Eobert Hope Scott 
 by his first wife, was born on the 2d October 1852. She 
 succeeded to the estate of Abbotsford in 1873, and, on the 
 21st July 1874, married the Hon. Joseph Constable Maxwell, 
 third son of William, thirteenth Lord Hemes, by Marcia, eldest 
 daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward Marmaduke Vavasour, Bart. 
 The family of Maxwell has a remote origin. In the posses- 
 sion of Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart, of Pollok, is a 
 charter from King William the Lion to Eobert, son of Maccus, 
 of part of Lessudden, in Eoxburghshire, comprised in the 
 barony of Maccusville, and which had belonged to Herbert 
 Maccusville. In different parts of Scotland descendants 
 of the family of Maccusville or Maxwell obtained lands. 
 Sir John de Maccuswell, eldest son of Herbert de Mac- 
 cusville, was Great Chamberlain of Scotland, and acquired 
 the barony of Caerlaverock, in Dumfriesshire. He is repre- 
 
THE FAMILY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. 
 
 lxxi 
 
 sented by Marmaduke Constable Maxwell, fourteenth Baron 
 Hemes. 
 
 The children of the Hon. Joseph Constable Maxwell Scott 
 and Mary Monica Hope Scott of Abbotsford, are Walter 
 Joseph Maxwell, born 11th April 1875, and Mary Josephine 
 Maxwell, born 5th June 1876. 
 
 The arms of Sir Walter Scott, registered on the 12th Jan- 
 uary 1822, are as under : 
 
 First and fourth, or, two mullets in chief, and a crescent in 
 base, azure, within an orle of the second. Second and third, 
 
 or, on a bend, azure, three mascles of the first, in sinister 
 chief point a buckle of the second, for Haliburton of New- 
 
Jxxii GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS. 
 
 mains ; in surtout the badge of baronet. Crest : a nymph 
 richly attired, holding in her dexter hand the sun, and in her 
 sinister the moon, all proper. Mottoes : above the crest, Be- 
 parabit cornua Plicebe, ; below the shield, Watch iveel. Sup- 
 porters : on the dexter side a mermaid holding in her dexter 
 hand a mirror, all proper ; and on the sinister a Moor proper, 
 banded and cinctured, argent, holding in his sinister hand a 
 flaming torch reversed proper. 
 
MEMORIALS 
 
 THE HALIBURTONS. 
 
 EDINBURGH : 
 
 PRINTED BY JAMES BALLANTYNE & COMPANY, 
 at tfje Sorter Press. 
 
 1824. 
 
PEELIMINAET NOTICE. 
 
 Thiety copies have been thrown off of these Genealogical 
 Memorials, intended only to gratify the wish of some respect- 
 able friends of the present possessor of the manuscript, whose 
 families are mentioned. It regards a name now totally ex- 
 tinguished, as connected with property, or existing only 
 through female representation, with the single exception of 
 David Haliburton, Esquire, of Muirhouselaw, a person well 
 fitted, from character and circumstances, to uphold the 
 memory of an ancient race. 
 
 The original manuscript is a family register, kept by the 
 Lairds of Newmains, representatives of the Haliburtons, 
 Barons of Mertoun, beginning about the middle of the seven- 
 teenth century, and continuing down to the period when 
 their possession of the small estate terminated, by Eobert 
 Haliburton, the last possessor of the name, and the last male 
 
 of the family, selling the property, in 1766, to Todd, 
 
 Esq., from whose representatives it was purchased by the 
 present Earl of Buchan, and forms the estate now termed 
 
4 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. 
 
 Dryburgh Abbey. The only possession which remains to the 
 descendants of the Haliburtons, so long settled in this place, 
 is the Domus Ultima, their burial aisle in the chancel of the 
 Abbey Church, of which there is prefixed a sketch from the 
 pencil of James Skene of Eubislaw. 
 
 The Barons of Mertoun were considerable proprietors, and 
 made some figure in Border history. Their cadets of New- 
 mains seem to have been chiefly distinguished by their manly 
 defence of their rights against the encroachments of their 
 spiritual superior ; and latterly, by their unblemished and 
 unpretending worth and honesty. Their various connections, 
 however, with families which, more fortunate than theirs, 
 still exist and flourish in high respectability, show that they 
 held a fair station in the world, and the tradition of the 
 country still remembers them as the " Good Lairds of New- 
 mains." 
 
 Eobert Haliburton, last male heir of the family, and who 
 sold the estate as already mentioned, died at Edinburgh 
 about 1788. The representation of the family then devolved 
 upon the late Mr Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, eldest 
 son of Barbara, sister of the said Eobert, and the only child 
 of his father, Thomas Haliburton, who had issue. Her 
 marriage with Eobert Scott, in Sandyknow, son to Walter 
 Scott, who was himself second son to the first Laird of 
 Eaeburn, is noticed on p. 59, with an affectionate prayer for 
 the blessing of their offspring, and notice of the birth of the 
 said Walter Scott. The representation of the extinguished 
 
PRELIMINARY NOTICE. 5 
 
 families of Haliburtons of Mertoun and Newmains has now 
 descended to Sir "Walter Scott of Abbotsford, the eldest 
 surviving son of Walter, Writer to the Signet, by his wife, 
 Anne Rutherford, eldest daughter of Dr John Eutherford, 
 Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and 
 one of the founders of the great medical school in that city, 
 and of his first wife, Anne Swinton, daughter of Sir John 
 Swinton of that ilk. Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford was 
 served heir to his grand-uncle, Eobert Haliburton of ISTew- 
 mains, by a respectable jury at Selkirk, the 14th day of 
 February 1820. 
 
 May God grant that the prayers of the excellent persons 
 who have passed away, may avail for the benefit of those who 
 succeed them ! 
 
 Abbotsford, November 1824. 
 
DECLAEATION 
 
 OF 
 
 THE PEKSONS WITHIN NAMED, 
 
 ANENT 
 
 MUIRHOUSELAW'S DEATH. 
 
 [On the 57th page of the following Memorials, mention is made of the death 
 of Thomas Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, in a rencontre, or souffle, with his 
 hrother-in-law, George Rutherfurd of Fairnington. The particulars of this 
 unhappy affray, one of many about the same period, when deep drinking, and 
 the constant carrying swords, made men apt and ready for mischief, occur in 
 the following examinations, of which the originals are in the Sheriff Court 
 record of Roxburghshire. Thomas Haliburton of Newmains, present on this 
 melancholy occasion, was nearly connected with both parties, being uncle to 
 Fairnington, and a near kinsman to the slaughtered Muirhouselaw. There 
 is a constant tradition, that the matter was huddled up in a way more favour- 
 able to Fairnington than could have been the case had the matter been brought 
 to public trial. ] 
 
 The said day and place, upon application made to John 
 Simpson of Sharplaw, Sheriff-Depute of Koxburgh, Thomas 
 Eutherford of that Ilk, Thomas Haliburton of ISTewmains, 
 and Mr Mark Dunkison of Greatlaws, three of the friends 
 and kinsmen to the now deceast Thos. Haliburton of Mure- 
 houslaw, for taking all the information and precognition 
 anent the way and manner of the said Thos. Haliburton's 
 death, and the circumstances relating thereto. In the first 
 
8 DECLAEATION ANENT MUIKHOUSELAW'S DEATH. 
 
 place, the said John Simpson, Sheriff-Depute forsaid, caused 
 conveen before him the persons under written, viz. — George 
 Eutherford of Farnington, Alexr. Hog, servitor to the defunct, 
 and John Douglas, servitor to Farnington, who compearing 
 personally, and being examined upon the said matter of fact, 
 they and ilk an of them made the seal declarations in manner 
 under wrine as follows, viz. — George Eutherford of Farning- 
 ton declares, that yesternight, about twelve of the clock, or 
 thereby, the defunct and declarant coming from Jedburgh, in 
 company together with their own servants homeward, in the 
 common rode betwixt Bonjeddart and the Water of Teviot, 
 the said George declares he saw the defunct dismont from 
 his horse and run doun a furr of land for a little piece, but 
 the night being dark, could not see him, but heard him say 
 that he had given himself the wound ; and further declares, 
 that no warm words or rude expressions past betwixt the 
 defunct and declarant in the way home, to the best of my 
 knowledge. In testimony whereof I have signed this declara- 
 tion, day and place forsaid. Sic suitur. G. Butherfokd, John 
 Simpson. 
 
 Alexr. Hog, servitor to the defunct, being examined, 
 declares, That Farnington and the defunct Murehouslaw 
 came from Jedburgh together, in company with their two 
 servants, in a peaceable manner, without giving provocation 
 to on another untill they cam to the said common rode which 
 leads from Bonjeddart to Teviot Water, att which place some 
 words past betwixt the defunct and Farnington about a well.* 
 Whereupon Farnington desired Murhouslaw to light if he 
 was a man; and immediately Murhouslaw dismonted from 
 his horse, and drew his sword, as likeways did Farnington 
 
 * The fatal cause of quarrel was a disputed boundary. 
 
DECLARATION ANENT MUIRHOOSELAW'S DEATH. 9 
 
 dismont and draw his sword at the same time ; and declares 
 that Famington neuer push'd at Murehouslaw, but that 
 Murehouselaw offered to strike at Famington, but the declar- 
 ant stop him from striking Famington ; and furder declares, 
 that he took the swords from them both, and kept them in 
 his hands for som time ; but that Murhouslaw came to the 
 declarant, and took the sword out of his hand; thereafter 
 rane doun the furr of land a little peace, with the drawn 
 sword in his hand, att which time the defunct cried out to 
 the declarant, — Sandie, I have stogd myself in the leg ; bring 
 me my horse, for I am gone. — And declares that Farningtoun 
 deliuered the declarant his sword peaceably, and did not call 
 for it again till Murehouselaw was near dead. Causa Scientice. 
 He declares that he was waiting on his master the defunct, 
 and that he came from Jedburgh yesternight in their com- 
 pany, about twelue att night. And I have signed this 
 declaration, day and place forsaid. Sic subtur. (Signed) 
 Alexr. Hog, Jo. Simpson. 
 
 The said John Douglass declares he saw Farningtoun light 
 off his horse, and that the horse rane away, and the declarant 
 pursued after the horse, but knows nothing else of the matter. 
 Declares he cannot write. Sic subtur. (Signed) John Simp- 
 son. 
 
 We, the physician and surgeons under subscriving, being 
 called att the desire of the relations of the deceast Thomas 
 Haliburtoun of Murhouslaw, for to discover and cognose his 
 wounds, and take inspection of his body, having made very 
 narrow search, can find nothing either of fracture in his skull, 
 nor other thing preturnaturall about his head, and having 
 also viewd the trunk of his body, or whole thorax and abdo- 
 men, can perceive nothing either of wound or hurt ther. But 
 
10 DECLARATION ANENT MUIRHOUSELAW S DEATH. 
 
 upon enquirie, we discovered a wound in his left leg, about 
 four inches beneath the joynt of his knee, on the outside the 
 orifice thereof lies about an inch from the forepart of the 
 tibia, which wound seems to have been given by a hollow- 
 bladed sword, and upon search thereof by a prob, do find it 
 to tend about three inches and a half downwards, directly 
 poynting a little betwixt the tibia and fibbula. Upon the 
 whole, we are joyntlie of opinion that the wound of itselfe, 
 had ordinary and timeous diligence been don towards it, 
 might easily have been recovered, and the hemorhagy, which 
 appears to have been the cause of his death, might very easily 
 been stopt, and testimony that the above declaration is our 
 real opinion, this is signed by us att Hairstanes, the 16th 
 day of May 1716. Sic subtur. (Signed) Jo. Haliburtoun, 
 M.D. ; Eobert Eliot, Chyr. ; Thomas Dauson, Chyr. ; John 
 Simpson, S.Dt. 
 
THE COAT-ARMOURS 
 
 OP ALL THE 
 
 FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 I. Loed Haliburton, or Dielton. 
 
 Quarterlie, 1. 0. on a bend az. 3 mascles of the first. 
 
 2. Baiy of six 0. and G. 
 
 3. Arg. on a bend G. and 4th as the first. 
 For his crest a Moor's head banded and tortile arg. Motto — 
 Watch Wed. Supporters, 2 naked Moors banded about the 
 head and middle tortile arg. — The 1st and 4th is his paternal! 
 coat. Second is thought to be the Cameron's arms. Third 
 is that of Vaus Lord Dirlton. 
 
 That the Lord Haliburton bore mascles, appears by the 
 blazons of an old illuminate book belonging to Henry Fraser 
 Eoss, herauld painter, which formerly belonged to Joseph 
 Hume, An. 1654, and to James Workman, An. 1623, and has 
 been an authentick record in the reigns of Queen Mary and 
 King James VI. 
 
12 HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 As also by Pont's Book, who was provincial! of Louthian. 
 
 As also from two MSS. in the Lyon's Eegister; the one 
 very old ; the other, done by way of history of the names of 
 Scotland, later. 
 
 There is to be seen in the hands of Mr Nisbet an old 
 blazoning book, belonging to the Marquis of Louthian, where 
 the Lord Haliburton's arms are done as in Fraser's book. 
 
 Lord Haliburton is now represented by Pitcurr ; the first 
 of which family was "Walter Haliburton, a brother of the 
 family of Dirlton ; as appears by his original charter under 
 the great Seall, be James, King of Scotland, of the lands of 
 Gask, Kinrossy, two parts of Pitcurr, and Ballingaffe, in 
 favours of Walter de Haliburton, son to "Walter de Haliburton 
 de Dirlton, and his heirs, upon the resignation of Katherin 
 Chisholme, daughter to Alex 1 de Chisholme, whom he had 
 married. This charter is dated Febr. 16, 27th year of that 
 reign. 
 
 What year this was, and in whose reign, I cannot tell, 
 whether in King James First's, Third, or Fifth. I apprehend 
 it to have been granted in the reign of King James the First ; 
 because we have at that time Walter Haliburton of Dirlton 
 mentioned in our histories ; so the 27th year of his reign, 
 reckoning from King Robert's death, is the year 1433. 
 
 There is an indenture amongst Pitcur's papers, betwixt the 
 Lord Fenton on the one part, and Margaret Aird Lady Egglis 
 and her son and appearand heir, Thomas Chisholme, on the 
 other part, concerning the division of the lands of Gulas and 
 Berlue, dated at Kinrossy in the year 1403 ; but from this 
 no argument can be drawen. 
 
 II. Haliburton of Pitcur bears 0. on a bend az. betwixt 
 
HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 13 
 
 3 boars' heads erased sab. As many lozenges of the first. 
 An helmett befitting his degree. For his crest a negroe's 
 head couped be the shoulders. Supporters, two wild cats. 
 Motto, . 
 
 Nott. Mr Fraser's blazoning book gives Pitcur mascles, not 
 lozenges. 
 
 The boars' heads are the Chisholme's arms. 
 
 III. George Haliburton of Egliscaim, descended of the 
 Lord Haliburton. 0. on a bend waved az. 3 lozenges of the 
 first. For his crest, a boar's head erected proper. Motto — 
 Majores sequar. 
 
 William Haliburton, his second brother, gives the same, 
 with this distinction : Bend waved on the upper, and in- 
 grailed on the nether side. 
 
 IV. John Haliburton of ISTewmains, representer of the 
 family of Myretoun. Or on a bend az. 3 mascles of the first 
 in the sinister canton; a buckle as the second. For his 
 crest, a stag gazing proper. Motto — Watch Weell. 
 
 That Haliburton of Mertoun bore mascles appears by the 
 gravestone of John Haliburton, Baron of Mertoun, lying now 
 at Driburgh. 
 
 That ISTewmainse's predecessors in Driburgh, as well as 
 the Haliburtons of Murehouselaw, bore them also, appears 
 by the lintell of the west window of Newmainse's house at 
 Driburgh, built An. 1572. 
 
 From this it appears, that the Laird of Mertoun, now New- 
 
14 HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBUETON. 
 
 mainse, bears truly Dirlton's arms, which no other family of 
 that name does. 
 
 William Haliburton, first Laird of Mertoun, took the buckle 
 as a mark of cadencie, because he was scutifer, i.e., armour- 
 bearer or carrier of the buckler to the Earle of Douglass, 
 who, for his good services, gifted him the lands of Mertoun. 
 
 Haliburton of Murehouslaw, Cadet of Mertoun, now New- 
 mainse, has not as yet matriculate his arms, but uses a seall 
 with Newmains's arms without distinction. 
 
 [A blank of a page and a half occurs at this place in the 
 MS., the next paragraph beginning at the top of a page.] 
 
HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBUETON. 15 
 
 Sir Andrew Haliburton is slain at the battle of Poictiers, Balfour, 
 in France, where King John of France was taken. Leslie Drafie. 
 relates, that severall of our Scotch " non ultimse nobilitatis 
 viri in Franciam transfretarunt, qui Franco sub Gulielmo 
 Douglassio militantes, prselio ad Pictavium cum Anglis con- 
 ferto occubuerunt." — Pag. 243. This battle was fought be- 
 tween the 1342 and 1363. 
 
 In the battle of Nisbetmoore, there was none of note killed Balfour, 
 but Sir John Haliburton. — An. 1355. 
 
 " Duglassius, divisis in mediocres manus regionatim copiis : Buchan. 
 suos singulis duces, qui, per vices, vel hostium incursiones 
 prohiberent, vel ipse eos infestarent, dedit. Prima sors 
 Thomas Haliburtoni Dirltonii fuit : qui satis uberem ex hoste 
 prsedam, ex agris Bamburgo proximis, retulit." — An. 1400. 
 
 Boethius calls this man Thomas Haliburton a Dirlton ; 
 called in Hume's of Godscroft History, Lord Dirlton. 
 
 In the battle of Nisbetmore (the Scotch army commanded Balfour, 
 by Sir Patrick Heyburn of Hailes), Sir John, and his brother 
 Sir Thomas Haliburtons, were killed. — An. 1402. 
 
 Boethius calls these two brothers John and Thomas only, 
 not knights. 
 
 Eobert, the Governour, restored to his dignities and lands 
 George, the traiterous Earle of March ; but before Archibald, 
 Earle of Douglass, would consent thereto, and quyte the 
 lordship and castle of Dunbar, he took for himselfe and heirs, 
 for ever, seasine of the castle of Lochmabin and lordship of 
 Annandale; and because Walter Halyburton, Lord Dirlton, 
 son-in-law to the Governour (having married his daughter 
 Isabell, Countess of Boss), did mediat the reconciliation 
 betwixt the Governour and the Earle, for his he had 
 
16 HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 40 ub land of Brigeam ere the Earle could gett his 'pardon 
 past.— An. 1409. 
 
 Joeth. William Haliburton surprised the castle of Warck, and 
 
 \n. 1417. put all the garrison to the sword; but, not long after, some 
 of the English entered the castle by the conduit that lies 
 betwixt that castle and Tweed, and opened the gates, where- 
 upon more entered, and in reprisall putt all to the sword. 
 
 )rafie. Sir John Haliburton went to France with John Stewart, 
 
 Earle of Buchan, and Archibald Douglass, Earl of Wintoun. 
 
 )rafie. An. 1422. Sir John Haliburton killed at the battle of 
 
 Cravant, in Burgundy. 
 
 5alfour. An. 1424. King James I., in his first Parliament, arrested 
 
 Murdoch, Duke of Albany, his cousin, with 27 others, one 
 whereof is Walter Haliburton of Dirlton. — Hume of Gods- 
 croft. 
 
 ialfour. An. 1525. King James V. made choice of the Lord Haly- 
 
 burton for one of his counsellours. 
 
 3alfour. An. 1437. King James II. made choice for one of his 
 
 counsellours of Walter Haliburton, treasurer. 
 
 Buchan. " Prorex Scotorum veritus, ne, si ipse tanto circumstrepente 
 
 undique tumultu nichil moliretur, animos suorum labefactatos 
 penitus dejiceret, Brochteam arcem obsedit, ac post tertium 
 fere mensem nulla memorabili re gesta suos abduxit, relicto 
 cum centum equitibus Jacobo Haliburtono juvene impigro, 
 qui vicina loca infesta redderet, et commeatus terrestres in 
 Brochteam : et praesidium, quod in colle vicino Angli com- 
 rnunierant, inferre prohiberet." — An. 1548. 
 Leslie relates the same. 
 
 Balfour. James Haliburton, provest of Dundee, recovered Broughty 
 
 Castle from the English. — An. 1550. 
 
 Balfour. An. 1563. When Queen Mary past the act of indemnity, 
 
HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBUETON. 17 
 
 amongst those that were named to judge who were to have 
 the benefite thereof was Mr James Halliburton, tutor of 
 Pitcur, and provest of Dundee. 
 
 An. 1558. "Kegina, Jaoobum Haliburtonum, Taoduni Buchan. 
 
 V 533 
 
 Preefectum, jussit Pauluni Meffanium comprehensum ad se 
 mittere : verurn is, ab eodem prsefecto admonitus, ut tempori 
 paulum cederet, oppido excessit." 
 
 This James Haliburton subscrives the first book of Dis- 
 cipline. — An. 1560. 
 
 " Prorea;e Mattheo Stewarto Leviniae Comite. — Igitur Pa- Buohan. 
 . . p. 671. 
 
 tricio Lendesio, et Gulielmo Euveno supremi Ordinis, et 
 
 Jacobo Hahburtono, Prsefecto Taoduni, prsemissis, ut, quanta 
 
 possent celeritate, assumpta juventute Taoduni et Perthi, 
 
 rumores praevenirent.'' 
 
 "Vespere, cum Eegii, victoria lseti, se reciperent, Jacobus Buehan. 
 
 p. 694. 
 
 Haliburtonus, vir bonus, ac rei militaris peritus, qui omnibus 
 peditum copiis praeerat, cum ab agmine suorum, quod cogebat, 
 longiuscule abesset, a turma equitum, cum dubia luce, cujus 
 partis essit, dignosci non possit, in compito quodam exceptus, 
 in urbem ductus est." 
 
 An. 1560. "In hac trepidatione, certa clades omnibus Buehan. 
 imminebat, nisi duces, eequato cum ceteris periculo, ex equis 
 descendissent. Cum illis, pud or multos retinuit : in his, fuit 
 Alex r Haliburtonus, Centurio, juvenis strenuus, et in causa 
 Beligionis instaurandse acer. Is cum, gravi vulnere accepto, 
 in manus hostium venisset, multis ab eis plagis lethaliter 
 sauciatus, brevi post moritur." 
 
18 H1ST0EY OF THE NAME OF HALIBUETON. 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 A little before the battle of Duplin, "William Eamsie of 
 Dalhousie, made an inroad into England, and in bis return 
 was attacked, and John Haliburton, one of bis company, 
 killed. 
 
 In all our bistories we never find any family of tbe name 
 of Haliburton, but that of Diiiton. What these Sir Thomas, 
 Sir John, Walter, and John Haliburtons, knights, were, — 
 whether the predecessors of Thomas Haliburton, designed of 
 Dirlton, or of some other family in Eife, or elsewhere, I 
 cannot determine. 
 
 When the Family of Dirlton were made Lords. 
 
 In order to discuss this question, it is necessary to premise 
 something concerning the originall of that title in Scotland. 
 
 Craig, in bis book De Feudis, p. 79. — " In the beginning 
 they were only Barons, but tbe name of Lord came from 
 hence : all Barons were obliged to give their presence in 
 Parliament, but when they were all there, it being impossible 
 to collect their suffrages because of their multitude, one or 
 two were chosen from every province to treat with the king 
 about the affairs of the kingdom. At first those of the 
 greatest dignity and experience in affairs were delegated and 
 called by the name of Lords ; but after ages growing more 
 degenerate, and parliaments becoming more frequent, because 
 most controversies were decided in them, the lesser Barons 
 
HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 19 
 
 were not able to bear the charge of attending ; and hence it 
 came to pass, that those who had most riches were delegated 
 instead of those who had most experience; and so those 
 richer Barons retained that dignity during life. And as 
 mankind is always prone to flattery, they retained the name 
 when the parliament was up ; and their heirs, being possessed 
 of the same estates, were unwilling to part with the name.'' 
 
 Hence it is y* we find the Haliburtons called by some 
 Lord, by others Laird, of Dirlton or Haliburton. 
 
 The first in our historie designed Dirlton is Thomas 
 Haliburton; called by Buchanan, Thomas Haliburton Dirl- 
 tonius ; by Hector Boethius, Thomas Haliburton a Dirlton ; 
 and Hume of- Godscroft, who has it from the Book of Paslie, 
 calls him Lord Dirlton. — An. 1401. 
 
 Next is Walter Haliburton, called by Balfour, Lord Dirlton, 
 1409 ; afterwards in An. 1424, called Walter Haliburton 
 only ; by Hume of Godscroft, Lord Dirlton. 
 
 And, lastly, we have Lord Halyburton, by Balfour, one of 
 King James the Fifth's counsellours. — An. 1525. 
 
 This Lord Haliburton, or his son, having had no sons, his 
 three daughters were heirs portioners ; eldest ajof was mar- 
 ried to John, Earl of Gowrie ; one to George Ker of Faldoun- 
 side ; and one also to the Earl of Hume : so here is an end 
 of that family. 
 
 Earl of Gowrie, as having married the eldest daughter, 
 bore the Haliburtons' arms quarterly. 
 
 Halyburton, or Haliburton : — The original! of this name 
 is uncertain; probably at first they've been only Burtons, 
 and come from England with Malcolme Kenmore, or with 
 Edgar Atheling, about the year of our Lord 1160; but since 
 
20 HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 there can be nothing determined as to its etymology, but 
 what is conjectural!, I shall pass it. 
 
 I find none of y l name in any MS. untill the year 1250. 
 
 [Cartulary of]* Kelso. 
 
 In the Cartulary of Kelso, a MS. to be seen in the Advo- 
 cats' Library at Edin r , I find severals of y* name, either 
 donators, confirmers of, or witnesses to donations. 
 
 Fol. 52 1. Confirmation be Philippus de Haliburton, son of Wil- 
 
 Cartulary. lelmus de Haliburton, miles, of the lands of Melorstane, 
 granted be David Graham, and umq" Ada de Fauns, his 
 mother's brother, to the Abbacy of Kelso; as also a grant 
 be the s d Philippus of the old bridge on the rivulet of 
 Blackburn. 
 
 Fol. 58. 2. Carta super pastura foed. de Molle, by Eichard de 
 
 Lincolne, dated An. 1250, Dominus Henricus de Halyburton, 
 miles, testis. 
 
 Super 4 acras terrae in tenemento de Molle. Ada de 
 Eoule et Johanna "Wyschard sponsa sua filia et hseres quon- 
 dam Henrici de Halyburton militis -f- 
 
 Carta super quasdam possessiones in territorio de Molle 
 per Wilhelmum de Vesa. Henricus de Haliburton testis. 
 
 Fol. 71. 3. Carta super terras et libertates in tenemento de Molle 
 
 per Henricum Dominum de Haliburton, confirming the grant 
 
 * The words in brackets are not in the MS. 
 + The sense is here imperfect in the MS. 
 
HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 21 
 
 of Cecilia, daughter of Eschrew Domini de Molle, and Gilbert 
 AvenelL miles, her heir, to the s d abbacy, An. 1270. 
 
 4. Carta Eustachi de Vesa de xx solidis in molendinum de 
 Sproustoun, fol. 85. Waltero de Halyburton teste. 
 
 5. Carta confirmationis super ecclesiam de Haliburton per Fol. 107. 
 Davidem filium Domini de Truce,* et altera super Capellam 
 
 de Halyburton per eundem, fol. 107. 
 
 Confirmatio super Capellam de Halyburton per Philippum 
 de Halyburton, teste Henrico de Halyburton, milite. 
 
 6. Eesignatio super jus et clameum in Capellam de Haly- Fol. 108. 
 burton per Philippum de Halyburton, An. 1261. 
 
 Eesignatio super terram q m Adam Long tenuit in territorio 
 de Home ; Domino Henrico de Halyburton teste. 
 
 Cartulary of Driburgh. 
 
 Wilhelmus de Vallibus grants the patronage of the Kirke No. 22. 
 of Golyne to the Abbacy of Driburgh. 
 
 Joannes de Vallibus his son, confirms the fores d gift, in 
 King Alexander's reign. 
 
 Wilhelmus de Vallibus, for the liberty to build a chappell ^°- 29. 
 at Dirlton, gives the nomination of the chaplane to the Viccar 
 of Golyne. And this chaplane was suspended or deposed by 
 the viccar; and gave yearly as an acknowledgment to the 
 s a viccar, 1 lib. of frankincense. 
 
 Confirmatio de Snalldoun cum pertinentiis, per Joannem 
 Maitland Dominum de Thirlstane, filium Eoberti Maitland 
 
 * This name, De Truce, is written very indistinctly in the MS. 
 
22 HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 quondam Doroinum ejusdem, ecclesise St Marise de Driburgh. 
 Henrico de Haliburton, milite, teste. 
 
 Confirmation be Patrick, Earle of March, of all the dona- 
 tions made be his predecessors to the Abbacy of Driburgh ; 
 Henrico de Haliburton, milite, teste, An. 1318. 
 
 Carta Wilhelmi de Felton super uno burgagio in villa de 
 Eoxburgh et 10 solidis ibidem annuatim levand. Biehardo 
 de Eutherford Domino ejusdem teste. 
 
 Wilhelmus Felton super preedictis burgagio et decern solidis 
 annuatim ; testibus Domino Ade de Halyburton, Eichardo de 
 Eutherford Domino ejusdem, Joanne Barnard Domino de 
 Fairningdon. 
 
 From all which it appears, 1 st . That Philippus de Hali- 
 burton, son of Wilhelmus de Halyburton, acquyred the lands 
 of Melorstane from David Graham, and Ada de Faunes, his 
 mother's brother, and that probably before the 1250. 
 
 2°. That Philippus de Halyburton, An. 1261, bought, or 
 otherwayes had right to, the lands of Haliburton, since he 
 confirms the donations made formerly of the church and 
 chappell of Halyburton, be Patriot, Earle of Dunbar, and one 
 De Truce,* to the Abbacy of Kelso. 
 
 3 i0 . Henricus (probably Philip's son) Dominus de Haly- 
 burton, possessed the lands of MoUe, since we have him con- 
 firming the grant of Cecilia, daughter of Eschrew Domini de 
 MoUe, and Gilbert Avenell, miles, her heir, An. 1270. 
 
 The other Halyburtons, witnesses, viz. Henricus de Haly- 
 burton, miles, Walterus de Haliburton, Dominus Henricus de 
 Halyburton, Dominus Ade de Halyburton, have been of 
 
 * See preceding page. 
 
HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 16 
 
 Philippus de Halyburton, that first acquyred the lands of 
 Haly burton, his family. 
 
 In order to let it be understood how and when they 
 acquired right to the lands of Dirlton, it is fit to give some 
 account of Vaus, Lord Dirlton. 
 
 Vaus is an English name. William the Conqueror ban- Leslie. 
 
 ished all the friends of Edgar Atheling from England, An. Malcolme 
 
 III 's 
 1066 ; amongst others Vaus was one. How he came to the re ig n . 
 
 lands of Dirlton, whether be grant or gift from Bang Malcolm, 
 
 — for severals of these exiles had gift of lands from y 4 king, 
 
 as Leslie relates,— or otherways, is not certain. 
 
 It appears by the Cartulary of Driburgh, that Wilhelmus 
 de Vallibus granted the patronage of Golyne to y* Abbacy, 
 which his son, Joannes de Vallibus, confirmed in King Alex- 
 ander's reign. 
 
 Wilhelmus de Wallibus built the chappell of Dirlton. 
 
 Alexander de Wallibus Dominus de Dirlton, granted the 
 l 8 . land of Elbottle and Stadfield to the s d abbacy, and con- 
 firmed all former donations. 
 
 Pope Gregory confirmed all the donations made be the 
 s a Vaus to the fores 4 Abbacie. This must have been betwixt 
 the 1214 and 1249 ; for we have Gregory IX. contemporary 
 with King Alexander II., and Gregory X. with Alexander 
 the Third. 
 
 One of the successors of Philippus de Halyburton, and his 
 son Henricus Dominus de Halyburton, married the heiress of 
 Lord Dirlton. This is clear, because Halyburton, afterwards 
 Lord Dirlton or Halyburton, quartered the Vaus's arms, which 
 were Arg. a Bend G. 
 
 At what time this marriage was, is very uncertain. That 
 
24 
 
 HISTORY OF THE NAME OF HALIBTJRTON. 
 
 it was betwixt the year 1270 and 1400, is undoubted ; for in 
 the 1400, we have Sir Thomas of Dirlton mentioned in our 
 
 histories. 
 
 It seems probable that this marriage was betwixt the year 
 1270 and 1332, because then we have Sir Thomas Halybur- 
 ton killed in the battle betwixt Mar, y e prorex for King 
 David Bruce, and Edward Baliol, near Perth, An. 1332. 
 This Sir Thomas has been one of Sir Thomas of Dirlton's 
 predecessors. 
 
 A Relation of Severall of the Name of Haliburton mentioned 
 in our Scotch Histories. 
 
 Hector 
 Boethius. 
 
 Balfour's 
 Annalls. 
 Boeth. 
 
 Drafie. 
 Eng- 
 Scoteh 
 History. 
 
 Drafie. 
 Boeth. 
 
 Balfour. 
 
 Sir Thomas Halyburton, killed in the battle betwixt Mar 
 the prorex, in the reign of David Bruce, and Edward Baliol, 
 near Perth, 1332. 
 
 Sir John Haliburton, following the Earle of Murray, Gover- 
 nour, adhered to King David's interest, An. 1336. 
 
 Sir John Haliburton revolted from the King of England, 
 and submitted to David, An. 1338. 
 
 Sir John Haliburton slain at the battle of Durham, where 
 King David Bruce was taken prisoner. Buchanan makes this 
 battle to have been fought, An. 1342 ; Leslie, 1348 ; Drafie, 
 1338. 
 
 Sir Walter Haliburton was killed at Durham, in England, 
 where King David was made prisoner, 1346. 
 
A SHORT HISTORY 
 
 HALIBURTONS IN DRIBURGH. 
 
 The old papers, those especially concerning the law-suit 
 betwixt Abbot James Stewart and David Haliburton in Dri- 
 buxgh, have afforded the matter of this History ; which must 
 needs be lame and incornpleat, since our predecessours have 
 neglected to transmit any account of themselves to their 
 posterity ; and contracts of marriages, testaments, and bonds 
 of provision, whereby not only the elder, but also all the 
 younger children might have been particularly known, were 
 not usuall at those times amongst persons of small estates. 
 
 William Haliburton, descended, as is supposed, of the Lord 
 Haliburton or Dirlton, by gift from the Earle of Douglass 
 (in which gift the said William is designed Scutifer suus), 
 for his good service to the said Earle in England, was infeft 
 in the lands of Myreton. At what time this William came 
 of Lord Haliburton, or his predecessours, is altogether un- 
 known. 'Tis thought, however, the two brothers, John and 
 Hew Haliburtons, who had a quarrell against one Eutherford, 
 protected by the Lord Colving, and who slew the s d Lord and 
 
26 HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DEYBUKGH. 
 
 Butherford together, were some of his predecessours ; since 
 
 two brothers so named are not to be found amongst his suc- 
 
 cessours. 
 
 Hector William Haliburton, who by surprise possessed himselfe of 
 
 An. 1417'. the Castle of Warcke, has been probably one of "William of 
 
 Mertoun's predecessours; but could not well be himself, 
 
 since he lived in the year 1502, as appears by an instrument, 
 
 where Bo* Langlands dispones a tenement in Lawder to 
 
 Oliver Edgar, reserving an annuity of five shillings Scots to 
 
 William Haliburton of Mertoun. 
 
 Vid. Pro- William Haliburton, of Mertoun, had four sons; Walter, 
 
 curatory, 
 
 and an in- who succeeded him, Laird of Mertoun, David, George, and 
 of Re- B William Haliburtons. 
 
 of Lands' -^ cann 't he determined by any of the writs of this process, 
 toimfrae nor ^ an y °ther I eveT yet saw, whether David Haliburton 
 the Laird i n Driburgh, or George in Murehouslaw, was eldest brother. 
 
 of Coldmg- 
 
 knows, te In letters of Lawborrows against Abbot and Convent, being 
 
 Walter to ' & 
 
 Halibur- marked No. 6 th in the Inventary, George Haliburton is named 
 of Mer- before David. But in the Submission, mark'd No. 10, in the 
 Inventary, David is preferred to John, George's son ; as also 
 in the Procuratory, David and his five sons are named before 
 John, George's son, and his brother's bairns ; so that we have 
 here the Haliburtons in Driburgh twice preferred for those in 
 Murehouslaw's once. The deference naturally due to uncles, 
 who are in place of parents, might have been the ground of 
 the Halliburtons in Driburgh's preference to those of Mure- 
 houslaw, as well as their being principally concerned in the 
 plea ; so that no conclusive argument can be drawn there- 
 from. 
 
 I. David Haliburton, in Driburgh, married Euphane 
 
 tonn. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DEYBUEGH. 27 
 
 Gledstanes, daughter to the Baron of Gledstanes, his too near 
 kinswoman ; and finding that his marriage, by reason of their 
 propinquity, without the Pope's dispensation, could not be 
 valid, he petitioned the holy See for to obtain the same, and 
 procured letters from Cardinall Ludovic, dated at Eome 4 
 Ides of July, first year, Pope Julius the Second, that is, of 
 our Lord 1503, directed to the Archbishop of St Andrews ; 
 where, after having narrated that David Haliburton and the 
 said Euphane were but four degrees remote, and for all that 
 had been married, he ordered the said Archbishop to dissolve 
 the foresaid marriage, give 'em dispensation to marry anew, 
 and declare their bairns to be procreat of the said marriage 
 legitime. But in regard by mistake the Cardinall's letter 
 made 'em four degrees remote, whereas the one was only 
 three, the other four, from tbe common stock, he obtained 
 other letters from the Cardinall, dated 6 Ides July, second 
 year of Pope Julius the Second, confirming his former to the 
 said Archbishop, notwithstanding the mistake; in compliance 
 wherewith, the Archbishop granted his dispensation, dated at 
 Edinburgh, Nov. 23, 1504. 
 
 David had five sons, Walter, Thomas, James, Archbald, 
 and Henry Haliburtons ; as appears by the procuratory. He 
 got assignation from his father to all the tacks he had of the 
 Abbacie of Dryburgh. He possessed also, by vertue of a 
 tack from the Earle of Home, the teynd sheaves of Mertoun, 
 paying yearly therefore six chalder of victuall. — Vid. Tack, 
 dated 1527. 
 
 'Tis proper in this place to give a short account of that 
 plea, betwixt Abbot James Stewart and the Haliburtons; 
 
28 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBUKGH. 
 
 since thereby we may not only learn what lands the Hali- 
 burtons at that time possessed in Driburgh, but may also 
 observe with what force and vigour, by their unanimitie and 
 concord, they withstood and opposed the powerfull insulting 
 Abbot and his Convent. 
 
 No. I. in James, Abbot of Driburgh, charges David Haliburton, there, 
 
 the Pro- 
 cess, to compear before the Councell at Edinburgh, 21st March, 
 
 1532, to answer for his wrongous intromission with, — ■ 
 
 1. The corn-mill of Driburgh and her duties, with the 
 mill -croft, extending to 100 merks yearlie, which they might 
 have gott. 
 
 2. New orchard near the brew-house of the said Abbay ; 
 and a land and tenement within a orchard and yard, lying 
 within the foresaid toun ; and of three fore-houses and tallies 
 contiguous ; duties thereof extending to 40 lib. yearlie, and 
 9 kain fowlls at 9 pennies per piece. 
 
 3. Five merk lands in Mertoun ; maills thereof extending 
 to 5 merks money, 3 doz. fowlls; and ilk 5 years 5 lib. 
 grassum, that is 20 sh. yearlie. 
 
 4. Common stable, corn-house, and closs of Driburgh; 
 maills thereof 5 bib. yearlie. 
 
 5. Cutting, away-taking the wood and broom; defferring 
 to pay the Abbot therefore; amounting yearlie to 10 lib. 
 
 6. Withholding to pay 12 bolls meall, yearlie, for the teinds 
 of Mertoun. 
 
 And all that for the space of 8 years, extending yearlie to 
 105 merks, 56 lib., 12 bolls meall, 3 doz. and 9 kain fowlls. 
 II. For preventing, I warrant, the trouble, as well as charges 
 of a law-suit, the Abbot, by his hand-writing, and David Hali- 
 burton, by his commission to his two sons, Walter and 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DEYBUEGH. 29 
 
 Thomas, who compeared personally, submitted the whole 
 matter to the King's Majestie; who, at Striveline, the 8th 
 day of May, 1535, gave his decreet ; mentioning, That whereas 
 we have been advised, and knowing the saids gentlemen, the 
 Haliburtons, to be leil and true honest men, long servants 
 unto the said Abbay, and good Borderers against England ; do 
 therefore decree and ordain, that they shall be repossessed, 
 and brouk and Joyce the tacks and steedings they had of the 
 
 said Abbay, payand the use and wont; and that 
 
 they shall be good servants to the said Venerable Father, 
 likeas they and their predecessours were to the said Vener- 
 able Father and his predecessours; and he a good master 
 to 'em. 
 
 Upon which decreet, letters were raised to inputt the Hali- III. 
 burtons in their steadings, May 12th, same year. 
 
 In putting which letters in execution, they met with some IV. 
 opposition from the Abbot. For second letters of summonds 
 are raised be the Abbot against the Haliburtons, for their 
 wrongous, violent, and masterfull ejection, and outputting, 
 be themselves, their servants, and accomplices, of the said 
 Abbot, — 
 
 1. From the mill; for taking away the mill graith, to 10 
 lib. value ; for lying still the said mill, to 40 lib. damage. 
 
 2. For skaith done to their tennents in Mertoun, extending 
 to 40 lib. 
 
 3. For sowing the new orchard with bear after it had been 
 tilled, harrowed, and sowen with bear be them ; loss 20 lib. 
 
 4. For stramping, eating wheat, hemp, leeks, onions, mus- 
 tard, fruit-trees, within the yards and place of Driburgh, 
 occupyed be Patrick Purves, Chamberlane ; damage 20 lib. 
 
 Loss, in all, 80 lib. Scots. 
 
30 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DEYBUEGH. 
 
 All this was done on the 12th of May, in putting the 
 King's letters in execution. 
 V. On the 22d of June, the Halihurtons procured letters from 
 
 the King to the Councell, declaring how it had been sub- 
 mitted to him, and discharging 'em to meddle therein. 
 VI. 14th July, the Haliburtons, dreading bodily harm of the 
 
 said Abbot and his Convent, obtained letters of Lawborrows 
 against them. 
 
 vii. 12th of August, they presented the King's letter to the 
 
 Councell, whereupon they referred the whole matter to his 
 Majestie, and meddled no more therein. 
 
 rill. 22d August, there were second letters raised on the King's 
 
 decreet to inputt the Haliburtons in their possessions, and to 
 make good any loss they had sustained, and, upon refusall, 
 to denounce the said Abbot to the horn ; and, upon disobed- 
 ience, on the 2d of September, they were accordingly de- 
 nounced. 
 
 IX. July 14, 1536. There was a submission subscrived by 
 
 the Abbot and the Haliburtons of all compts and reckonings, 
 
 unto four Lords of Session, and the King as oversman, at 
 
 X. Melross ; and on the 18th of July thereafter, a procuratory 
 
 signed be all the Haliburtons, to Walter and 
 
 Thomas, David's sons, to appear in name of the rest, and 
 
 decreet given. 
 
 This submission reconciled all differences ; and, to make it 
 more sure, there was a marriage concluded betwixt Walter, 
 David's eldest son, and Elizabeth Stewart, the Abbot's 
 daughter, which was shortly thereafter solemnized. 
 
 Here is the end of this plea, carried on by both parties 
 with all the art and heat imaginable, and decided at last in 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBURGH. 31 
 
 favours of the Haliburtons, in spiglit of tile Abbot, and all 
 the interest and friends clergymen usually have. 
 
 "We have no more account of David, wherefore we come to 
 his sons. 
 
 Walter Haliburton was married to Elizabeth Stewart, An. 1537 
 and had by her one daughter, named Elizabeth. 
 
 Thomas, finding that his brother Walter had no more 
 children, and that his brother's inheritance would thereby 
 fall into strangers, if not timely prevented, took opportunity 
 to represent this to his brother; upon which there was a 
 meeting of friends, where it was resolved that Walter's 
 daughter should be married by their advice; that Thomas 
 should pay her tocher-good, which at that time no doubt was 
 condescended on; and that Thomas should succeed him in 
 his lands and estate ; whereupon Thomas took instruments, 
 and required his brother's performance, Aprile 4th, An. 1559, 
 at Driburgh. 
 
 After this, Elizabeth Haliburton was taken away by the 
 Abbot, and married at Stirling to Alexander Erskeen, a 
 brother, as it's said, of Balgony, at that time a servant to the 
 said Abbot ; which was taken in so bad part by the Hali- 
 burtons, that the Abbot and they could not live, in peace 
 together, till at length it was concludit by friends, that the 
 Abbot should few to George Haliburton, Thomas's son, [and] 
 the heirs-maill, these lands which appertained to his grand- 
 father ; and so George was the first fewar in Driburgh. 
 
 Alexander Erskeen gott by his marriage with Elizabeth, 
 daughter to Walter Haliburton of Sheilfeild, all and haill the 
 
32 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DRYBUUGH. 
 
 lands of Nether Sheilfeild; as appears from a precept be 
 David, Commendator of Driburgh, for infefting tbe foresaid 
 Alexander in tbe saids lands, proceeding upon a charter ot 
 resignation be the said Walter, to whom these lands did 
 appertain, dated 27th September, 1559. He had also by her 
 four acres of land, ■with the pertinents ; tbe New Orchard ; 
 one acre of Officer-lands, lying betwixt the Locbftat and 
 Bemarsyde ; a house and onsted, with a acre of land called 
 Walker's Croft ; a croft called Lye-Hill ; a yard called Wal- 
 wort's Yard; a yard called James Wallis; with two corn 
 yards ; as they are particularly designed in an instrument of 
 seasine be David, Commendator, to Alexander Erskeene and 
 Elizabeth Haliburton, relative to a precept of the same date, 
 be the said David, bearing to be contained in the end of a 
 charter be him to the said Alexander. But beside all this, 
 it is evident be David Commendator's charter, dated 1581, to 
 Ralph. the foresaid Alexander Erskeen* that he had by her two yards 
 in the Byregreen ; a piece of waste land lying on the west 
 side of the Mantlewall ; also four acres farm land lying run- 
 rig in the toun of Driburgh ; with an acre called the Cross- 
 acre, and Hagg's lands ; as also all and haill the eleven merk 
 land in Mertoun. All which lands were disponed to the 
 heirs of the said Alexander, failzeing heirs to be procreat of 
 the said marriage. 
 
 This Alexander was the first of the Erskeens of Sheilfeild, 
 who, as it appears by what has been just now said, had all 
 his lands by his marriage with Elizabeth Haliburton. It 
 argues, then, more of ingratitude than reason in the succes- 
 
 tke Jorf^r W ° rd >r Un l de, :- soored ' a * d ° n «w margin of the manuscript 
 the word Ralph ls written, which seems to infer a doubt whether Alexander 
 or Ralph be the Christian name of the Erskeen mentioned I the text 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DRYBURGH. 33 
 
 sours of this Alexander to dispute the precedency with New- 
 mainse; especiallie if it be considered, that George Hali- 
 burton, one of Newmainse's predecessours, had his charter of 
 feu-farm from the Abbot, An. 1562 ; whereas Alexander 
 Erskeen obtained not his till the year 1581. And Thomas, 
 one of George's successours, had his charter under the broad 
 seall after the generall surrender, An. 1634, whereas Sheilfield 
 had not his till 1649. 
 
 II. Thomas Haliburton, Walter's brother, and David's 
 second son, was made principal! forester of the wood of Dri- 
 burgh by Abbot James Stewart, for his bypast faithfull and 
 gratuitous service ; for which he had paid him, yearlie, eight 
 bolls bear, and the bark of all the trees cutt in the said wood. 
 This is plain from an instrument, No. 3. in old papers. 
 
 Mr David Brodie, regular chanon and viccar of Gulane, 
 dispones a house and yard in Driburgh, and gives 120 lambs, 
 payable in three years, that is 40 lambs yearlie, with 40 lib. 
 money, and cloths to the value of 20 lib. to Thomas Hali- 
 burton, in name of tocher with Elizabeth Pennie, aunt to the 
 said Mr David, and spouse to the said Thomas. — An. 1539. 
 
 John, Commendator of Driburgh, grants to Thomas Hali- 
 burton, and Elizabeth, his spouse, a liferent tack of four 
 onsteds and acres of land, payand for two of the saids acres 
 merk's a piece, and for the other two, 20 sh. Scots each. — 
 An. 1555. 
 
 "Who this Elizabeth Pennie was whom Thomas married is 
 not certain, but we find severalls of that name, particularly 
 two, one Hew, the other James, Pennies, portioners in Dri- 
 burgh; and also one Isabell Pennie, married to Andrew 
 Piddle in St Boswells ; as appears by a charter be the Com- 
 
CH. 
 
 Ji. 
 
 P. 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 34 HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBTJRGH. 
 
 mendator of Driburgh to her in liferent, and her son Andrew 
 Eiddle in fee, of the mill and mill-lands in St Boswells, 
 dated at Driburgh, May 10, 1579, whereto- George Hali- 
 burton is witness. This Isabell has perhaps been a sister of 
 our Elizabeth's. 
 
 By Dean William Watson Chamberlan's discharge, it ap- 
 pears that Thomas had in tack the following lands : — 
 
 Teynd Acres in Driburgh, paying therefore of bear, 
 Ferm Land, ... 
 
 James Pennie, Barber's Land, 
 
 In all, . .204 
 
 And besides, the Whitsunday maill of Driburgh mill, ten 
 nierks ; and for onsteds occupied be him, he paid 34 lib. 4d. 
 
 Thomas had six sons, George, Walter, Andrew or David, 
 called Viccar of Gulane (he was grandfather to Alexander 
 Haliburton that bought Innerleith), William, James, and 
 Eobert Haliburtons. 
 
 Henry Haliburton, David's fifth son, possessed the wester 
 halfe of Fairningtoun, be vertue of the Young's tack. He 
 was killed by George Butherford of Fairningtoun, who was 
 obliged by the Haliburtons to pay 60 merks for the said 
 bloodshed, to Thomas, Henrie's son. But I shall give a more 
 full account of this family elsewhere. 
 
 III. George Haliburton, son to Thomas, was married 
 to Agnes Haliburton, daughter to John Haliburton of Mure- 
 houselaw. 
 
 David, Conimendator of Driburgh, granted a charter of 
 feu-farm to Elizabeth Pennie, Thomas's relict, in liferent, and 
 to George Haliburton, her son, in fee, of the mill, mill lands, 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBURGH., 35 
 
 and multures of the lands and teynds in the paroch of 
 Mertoun, and parsonage teynds in Lessudden, belonging to 
 the said monastery, as also of the Forester's acre and lie 
 Malthouse-wallis, without any claim of right or intromission 
 with the wood of Driburgh ; — all and haill the Farm-lands in 
 Driburgh; five-merk lands in Mertoun; with four acres of 
 land in Driburgh, with houses and pertinents.; and all to be 
 holden of the said Commendator and his successors, abbots of 
 the said monastery, for the yearly payment of 61 merks 
 money, three dozen and a half poultry, and 21 threavs straw. 
 Tis to be observed, that this charter is granted with the 
 following provision, That the said Elizabeth Pennie, her son 
 George, and their heirs, shall behave themselves so towards 
 us, our factors and servants, especiallie Alexander Erskeen 
 and Mr William Wilson, as not to molest or injure them, 
 under the pain of loseing this present infeftment. This 
 clause seems to have proceeded from the Haliburtons' re- 
 sentment of the injury done them by the Abbot, in Elizabeth 
 Haliburton's marriage with Alexander Erskeen. 
 
 George, after this, in the year 1572, built a house for 
 himselfe near the mill at Driburgh ; and caused cutt the 
 Laird of Mertoun's arms for himselfe and his wife Agnes 
 upon the lintell of the west window of the said house. 
 
 In the year 1581, he obtained a charter from David, 
 Commendator of the Milne-haugh and Chingill contiguous 
 the New Orchard and Walker's Croft, as also of the parson- 
 age teinds of the said Mill-haugh, and of five acres of land 
 in Driburgh belonging to the said George, to be holden of the 
 said Abbot for yearly payment of five merks. 
 
 King James the Sixth, An. 1585, confirmed both these 
 charters in favours of George Haliburton. 
 
36 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 G-eorge possessed, be virtue of a nineteen years' tack from 
 Alexander Lord Hume, the teynd sheaves of the lands of 
 Whitalls, Lady-Part, and Burngrange, with Nether Sheilfeild 
 (whilk lands, as it is expressed in the tack, the said George 
 and his predecessours had possessed thir many years bygone), 
 for which he paid yearlie ten pound Scots. This tack com- 
 menced, An. 1587. 
 
 'Tis doubted whether Andrew Haliburton, named witness 
 in a precept of Clare Constat be Sir John Turnbull to Walter 
 Ker of Hirsell, dated at Driburgh, An. 1573, was a brother 
 of George's or not. 
 
 George had two sons, James and John Haliburtons, but no 
 daughters that we read of. 
 
 George lived till the 1606 year of our Lord. 
 
 IV. James Haliburton, George's eldest son, was married 
 to Margaret Haig, daughter to Eobert Haig of Beemerside, as 
 appears by their contract, signed at Beemerside and Driburgh 
 20th January, 1591, whereby Bobert Haig binds himself e to 
 pay to the said James 700 merks money, and thirles the 
 corns growing on the Mains and Lands of Beemerside to 
 Driburgh Mill. 
 
 James had, by his wife Margaret, a daughter, named 
 Margaret, in the year 1593, and a son, Thomas, in the year 
 1597, and two other sons, John and James. 
 
 George Haliburton entered into a contract with Bo' Haig 
 of Beemerside ; be vertue whereof, George was to be infefted 
 in the Mainse of Beemerside, and to possess the samen, ay 
 and whill the lawf all redemption thereof be the payment of 
 1800 merks money. This was done in the year 1600. 
 
 It appears, by the bounds of the lands specified in the said 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBURGH. 37 
 
 contract, that it was Nether Mainse, the same almost as 
 presently possest by Newmainse, wherein George was infeft. 
 
 James Haig of Beemerside, in the year 1606, binds him- 
 selfe to observe and keep the foresaid contract in its haill 
 heads and clauses, and finds Ealph Erskeen cantioner ; and, 
 in the year also 1609, he renews both the said contracts, and 
 obliges himselfe to reiterate and confirm them, as also to 
 infeft John Haliburton, George's second son, as assigney 
 lawfullie constitute thereto, in the lands of Nether Mainse. 
 For the performance whereof Thomas M'Dougall of Stodrig 
 and David Pringle of Hownam are cautioners. 
 
 And now James Haig having abstracted his multures of 
 the crop 1609, James Haliburton caused inhibite him the 
 year thereafter. Whereupon matters were accommodate. 
 
 James died in the year 1613, as appears by a grave-stone 
 lying in Newmains's buriall-place at Dryburgh. 
 
 John Haliburton, James's brother, was, An. 1610, as as- 
 signey to his father George, infeft in the lands of the Nether 
 Mainse of Beemerside ; which he possessed till the year 1622, 
 when he disponed them to William Gledstanes; and the 
 foresaid William made them over to Thomas Haliburton, 
 portioner of Driburgh, in the year 1625. 
 
 He was married to Barbara Bruce, daughter to Ninian 
 Bruce, brother to Archibald Bruce of Pousouls, and chamber- 
 lain in Dryburgh, by whom he had his son George. John, 
 by this marriage, gott i part of his father-in-law Ninian 
 Bruce's lands, which he sold to Ealph Erskeen ; and the said 
 Ealph sold them, An. 1625, to Thomas Haliburton in Dri- 
 burgh. 
 
 What became of John, his son George, and their posterity 
 after this, I know not. 
 
38 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUJRTONS IN DKYBUKGH. 
 
 * This John died before the year 1625 ; for George, his 
 son, portioner in D., grants a bond to Eobert Milne, coble- 
 man, for 20 lib. Scots, with consent of his curators, Thomas 
 Halyburton, and John, his brother-german, and Andrew 
 Home, portioner in Eidpath, dated 21st January, 1625. 
 
 V. Thomas Halibukton, son and heir to James, born An. 
 1597, and but sixteen years old at his father's death, being, 
 by reason of Ms minority and non-age, incapable to manage 
 his affairs, he choosed for his curators William Ker appearand 
 of Zair, Mr William Haig of Beeinerside, John Haliburton 
 appearand of Murehouslaw, and John Haliburton in Dri- 
 burgh. 
 
 Margaret Haliburton, Thomas's sister, born An. 1593, was, 
 on March 28, 1617, married to John Erskeen of Sheilfeild; 
 and the said John, by the contract of the same date, for the 
 payment of 2700 merks of tocher, is bound to infeft the said 
 Margaret in all his lands in Driburgh and Sheilfeild, with 
 their pertinents, for her lyfe-rent, reserving only the principal 
 house, yards, dove-coat, and office-houses, in Driburgh, to his 
 heirs-male. 
 
 King James VI. having, An. 1587, annexed the haill 
 temporality of the Kirke to the crown, he thereafter, An. 
 1605, granted and disponed by charter, under his great seal, 
 to John, Earle of Mar, all the lands and baronies that per- 
 tained of old to the Priory of Inchmachom, and Abbacies of 
 Driburgh and Cambuskenneth, which he united into one 
 baronie, to be called the Lordship and Barony of Cardrose ; 
 which grant the Parliament holden at Perth, An. 1606, rati- 
 
 * This paragraph, which is written in the same hand on the margin of the 
 
 MS., appears to have been inserted at a subsequent period. 
 
HISTOEY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DEYBUEGH. 39 
 
 fied and confirmed ; so that by this erection of the Monastery 
 of Driburgh into a temporall lordship, the Earles of Marr 
 came to be superiours, in place of the Abbots ; and be vertue 
 hereof, John, Earle of Marr, granted a precept of Clare Con- 
 stat, for infefting Thomas Haliburton, oye and heir to George 
 Haliburton, in the lands and mill contained in the first 
 charter, as also another precept for infefting him in the 
 Mill-haugh; both dated 24th December, 1621. 
 
 Thomas was married to Marie Haliburton, eldest lawfull 
 daughter to John Haliburton of Mertoun, as appears by their 
 marriage contract, of the date 16th March, 1625 ; by which 
 contract, Thomas is obliged, for the payment of 3000 merks 
 money, in name of tocher-good, to infeft and sease the said 
 Marie in the just halfe of the mill and all his lands, for her 
 life-rent. 'Tis to be observed, that the Laird of Mertoun 
 signs in this contract Mairton; as also in a charter be 
 Thomas Haliburton to Marie Haliburton of certain lands, in 
 1635, he signs Mairton, witnes. 
 
 Mnian Bruce, chamberlane to the Commendator of Dri- 
 burgh, possessed 38 acres of land in the town of Driburgh, 
 as also 21 acres more in the said town, in all 59 acres, with 
 the pertinents, together also with the passage-boat, and fish- 
 ing upon the water of Tweed ; who having had no sons, infeft 
 his six daughters heirs-portioners in his lands. 
 
 John Haliburton, having right by his marriage with Bar- 
 bara Bruce, Ninian's daughter, to £ P art ; s °ld ^ to Ralph 
 Erskeen, who, An. 1625, resold it to Thomas Haliburton. 
 
 Jean and Mary Braces, daughters to the said Ninian, 
 dispone, with consent of Alexander Kirktoun, spouse to the 
 said Jean, and Thomas Alison, spouse to the said Mary, their 
 f parts in favours of Thomas Haliburton in Driburgh and 
 
40 HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 John Erskeen of Sheilfeild, to be equally divided betwixt 
 them, An. 1630. So by this means, Thomas has right to 
 two-sixth parts of the said Ninian's lands. 
 
 Thomas procured a charter of resignation in his favours 
 under the great seal, relative to the generall act of surrender, 
 of all and haill his mill and lands, which the said charter, 
 bearing date 12th July, 1634, at more length specifies. 
 
 An. 1637, David Haig, of Beemerside, dispones the lands 
 of Over and Neither-Mainses, with Moroden, to Thomas 
 Haliburton, whereof he obtained a charter under the great 
 seal, dated 16th January, 1638. And at this time he took 
 first the title of ISTewmainse. 
 
 Anno 1661, Thomas raised a process before the regalitie of 
 Melross against the fewars of Lessuden for their thirle 
 multures, amounting to six chalder victual! yearly ; whereof, 
 in regard they were distinct from the rentall boll payable to 
 the tituler, and had been in use to be paid to the Abbot's 
 mill, and whereto he had by his charter good right, he craved 
 not only the payment in time coming, but all bygones 
 resting unpaid. The year following, the fewars fearing lest a 
 decreet be decerned against 'em, advocat ; whereon there was 
 nothing materiall done afterwards. 
 
 A more particular information of this business may be 
 had from severall papers under Thomas's own hand. 
 
 Thomas had, by his wife Mary Haliburton, three sons, 
 John, David, and William Haliburtons, and three daughters, 
 Janet, Margaret, and Elizabeth. 
 
 Thomas Haliburton, of Newmains, died upon Thursday, 
 30th of January, 1673 years. 
 
 Mary Haliburton, his spouse, died upon the 7th day of 
 June, 1667. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DRYBURGH. 41 
 
 Margaret, his sister (vid. p. 38), had, with John Erskeen 
 of Sheilfield, two sons, James and William Erskeens, and 
 daughters. She died, Saturday 12th of De- 
 cember, 1668, and her husband, John Erskeen, died on 
 Monday 16th December, 1672. 
 
 James Haliburton, brother to the said Thomas, born An. 
 , was cruelly murdered in Beemerside wood, after the 
 following manner : — A partie of soldiers, consisting of 16 or 
 17, came from their quarters at Lawder, on the 15th of 
 March, 1651, to Driburgh; where, after having committed 
 many insolences, and particularly by wounding John Erskeen, 
 and one of his sons, .... of the said partie, on their return, 
 having been informed that Thomas Haliburton in Beemerside 
 was in the wood, came to the top of the brae above the said 
 wood ; and, dismounting, two of them came down to the brae 
 foot, where finding James Haliburton, brother to the said 
 Thomas, and John, Thomas's son, notwithstanding their de- 
 manding quarter, attacked 'em, and at a second thrust killed 
 James ; whereupon John fled to his father Thomas, who was 
 walking alone at a little distance in the said wood : the 
 soldiers attacked 'em also, and thrust Thomas throw the 
 cloak ; whereupon the said Thomas gott in on him, and after 
 much struggling, as well in as out of the water, had quarter 
 granted him. But the soldiers, after they had carried him 
 and his son to the top of the brae, in violation of their pro- 
 mises, by the assistance of their other two comrades they left 
 there standing, after some blowes given, stript them, and let 
 them go. 
 
 On the 17th of March, Thomas Haliburton went to 
 
 * Blank in MS. 
 
42 HISTORY OF THE HA1IBURT0NS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 Lawder, and complained to their officers ; and, upon produc- 
 tion of the whole regiment, pitched on the man that com- 
 mitted the murder, who thereupon was hanged. 
 
 John Haliburton, Thomas's third brother, born * ; 
 
 married ; had one daughter named 
 
 ; that died unmarried. 
 
 He was curator to his cousin, George Haliburton. He 
 subscribes witness in severall of Souden rights. I find 
 nothing materiall concerning him. 
 
 VI. John Haliburton, son and heir to Thomas Haliburton 
 of Newmainse, born An. , was, in An. 1666, married to 
 
 Margaret Eutherford, second daughter to John Eutherford of 
 Edzerstoun. 
 
 Janet Haliburton, Thomas's eldest daughter, was married 
 to Walter M'Dougall, third brother to Henry M'Dougall, of 
 M'Karstoun. By their contract, dated 19th day of October, 
 1661, he binds him self e to be worth and have in readiness 
 5000 merks, and, upon the payment of 3500 merks by 
 Thomas Haliburton of Newmainse, in the name of tocher, 
 with his said daughter, he provides her yearlie, in life-rent, 
 to the sum of 360 merks. In An. 1665, January 2, Walter 
 M'Dougall died, leaving one son, Thomas, and a daughter, 
 Margaret M'Dougall. After having disponed his moveables 
 to his children, he named Henry M'Dougall of M'Karstoun, 
 and Thomas Halyburton of Newmains, their tutors. 
 
 In the end of January, 1666, Thomas, Walter's son and 
 appearand heir, died; as did also his daughter in February 
 thereafter. 
 
 * These spaces all blank in the MS. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DEYBUKGH. .43 
 
 After Walter's decease, Janet lived at Driburgh and 
 Beemerside till the 16th of March 1669 years, when she 
 died also, and was enterred at M'Karston beside her husband. 
 
 Margaret Haliburton, Thomas's second daughter, was mar- 
 ried to Mr John Greive, portioner in Lessudden, who by his 
 contract, dated at Driburgh, 11th January, 1661, bound 
 himself to be worth 9000 merks money ; and for the payment 
 of 2500 merks, provided her to the annual-rent of 1000 
 merks during the minority of his children, and after their 
 compleat age, to the annual-rent of the halfe thereof. 
 
 This Mr John Grieve afterwards bought the Pinnacle from 
 Gideon Wauchop ; but, by the money he expended in carry- 
 ing on law pleas, and mismanagement together, he was 
 obliged to sell it to George Douglass of Eriershaw. 
 
 Mr John had by his wife Margaret one son, James, and 
 two daughters, Elizabeth and Jean. His son married against 
 his friends' will, meanly, one Scot, at Edinburgh. His 
 daughter Elizabeth was married to John Ker, of the house 
 of Lochtour, an ill manager. 
 
 Notand. p. 25.* — The original charter is granted be Archi- 
 bald E. of Douglas, Lord Galloway, to Henry Haliburton of 
 the 10 merk land in the toun of Mertoun, to be holden of 
 the said E. blench, dated August, 1407 years. 
 
 There is a retour, whereby William Haliburton is served 
 heir to Isabel Haliburton, his mother, of a 10 lb. land in 
 Mertoun, dated October 22, 1471 years. 
 
 This appears from Harden's old wrytes ; and William is ' 
 not the first, but Henry. 
 
 * Page 2 in the MS. 
 
44 HISTOEY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 [The MS. is now carried on in the hand-writing of John 
 Haliburton, mentioned at page 42.] 
 
 The Lord removed my mother upon y e eleventh day of 
 June, i m vi c threescor seven yeirs. 
 
 It pleased God to call my Ante, Johne Erskine of Sheil- 
 feild's wife, upon Saturday y e 12 of December, 1668. 
 
 The Lord removed my sister Janet, relique of urnq 11 Walter 
 Mackdowgall, upon y e sixteenth day of March, i m vi° threscore 
 nyne years. 
 
 My brother-in-law, young Edzerstone, was removed upon 
 Tuesday 27 August, 1672. 
 
 The Lord removed my father, Thomas Haliburton of New- 
 mayns, upon Thursday 30 January, 1673 years, about two 
 a-cloake in the afternoone. 
 
 Johne Erskine of Sheillfeild was removed upon Monday 
 morning very early, the 16 of December, 1672 years. 
 
 The Lord removed my brother William upon Tuesday 4 
 February, 1673, about thre a-cloake in y e morning. 
 
 My third daughter was removed before she was baptised, 
 upon Fryday ninth of August, 1678, towards sixe a-cloake in 
 the morning. 
 
 Johne Eutherfoord, Laird of Edzerstone, my father-in-law, 
 was removed by death, Fryday y e twenty-fyft of November, 
 i m vi c eighty-one years; c^ day Mr Jo n Scott, minister of 
 Oxname, was buried, who was a very honest man and kinde 
 freind, and was removed y e Tuesday befor, being y e fytenth 
 day. The s d Laird of Edzerstone's death was very sade to 
 his friends (one of q m they could not have a greater losse), 
 and to y° place of y e country where he lived, as none but such 
 as are his enemies could denye. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DEYBUEGH. 45 
 
 [The three following entries are in the hand of Thomas 
 Haliburton, son and heir of John, the preceding writer, and 
 appear to have been inserted afterwards, in addition to his 
 father's memoranda.] 
 
 John Haliburton of Morehouselaw, was buryed one the 26 
 of Aprile, i m vii c and four years, in the 74 th year of his age. 
 
 Jean Pringle, Lady Morehouslaw, was buried on the 4 th 
 day of March, i m vii c and five years. 
 
 John Haliburton of Morehouselaw dyed suddenly at Edin- 
 burgh upon the tenth day of Nov br , i m vii c and five years, and 
 was buried there. 
 
 [The MS. is again continued in the hand of John Halibur- 
 ton, the son of Thomas.] 
 
 I was married upon Thursday y e 27 of December, being 
 y e day commonly called St John's day, in y e year of our 
 Lord i m vi c threscore sixe. 
 
 My daughter Barbara was borne upon Fryday y e eighteene 
 of December, betwixt ten and eleventh a-cloake at night; 
 and was baptised upon Sunday y° twenty day, at Merton 
 church, in y e yeir i m vi c threscore eight. 
 
 My sone Thomas was borne upon Tuesday y e seventeenth 
 of May, about five a-cloake in the afternoon, and was bap- 
 tised upon Tuesday the seventh of June, in y" yeir of our 
 Lord i m vi° threscore tene. 
 
 My sone Johne was borne upon Sonday third of Marche, 
 betwixt thre and four in y e afternoone, i m vi c threscore twelve 
 years. He was baptised upon Fryday the fyftenth day of 
 y° same monthe. 
 
46 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 My third sone, Andro, was borne upon Sonday nynth of 
 Marche, i m vi c seventy-thre, about thre or four a-cloake in 
 y e afternoone: he was baptised upon the seventh day of 
 Aprille, the same year, at y e Aby in Dryburghe. 
 
 My fourth sone, William, was borne upon Fryday y e 
 twenty-two day of May, i m vi° seventy-four years; he was 
 cristened at Maxtone churche upon Tuesday y e 14 of Jully, 
 year fors a . T e reason why it was so longe betwixt his birthe 
 and baptisme was, because y e kirke of Merton was y n in a 
 maner vacante. It was, to our conjecture, betwixt thre and 
 four in y afternoone q 11 he was borne. 
 
 My second dawghter Margrat, was borne Thursday eight 
 day of June, i m vi c seventy-sixe, as we conceav'd about eight 
 a-cloake in y e morning ; and was baptised at my owne house 
 in Dryburghe, Monday y e twelvt day of y e s d monthe. 
 
 It pleased y" Lord to remove this childe Margrat upon 
 Monday the twenty-four of December, 1677, betwixt nyne 
 and ten a-cloake in y e forenoone; she was hurried upon 
 "Wednesday, y" 26 day of y e monthe foresaid, in the after- 
 noone. 
 
 My third dawghter was borne Sonday fourth August, 1678, 
 about two a-cloake in y e morning; and was removed by 
 deathe befor she was baptised, upon Fryday nynth of y e 
 fors a monthe, towards six a-cloake in y e morning. 
 
 My fyft sone, David, was borne Tuesday twelvt day, be- 
 twixt sixe and seven a-cloake in y e afternoone, in y e yeare 
 1679. 
 
 My forsaid fyft sone, David, was removed by death upon 
 Saturday eightenth of December, towards eight a-cloake at 
 night ; and was buried upon Tuesday y e twenty-first day of 
 y e monthe forsaid. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUBTONS IN DEYBURGH. 47 
 
 My second sone, Johne, was removed by deathe, Monday 
 16 of May, towards two a-cloake in y e afternoone ; and was 
 buried upon Wednesday afternoone, y e 18 th of y e monthe 
 forsaid, in y° year of our Lord i m vi c eighty-one. 
 
 My sixt sone, also named Johne, was borne Fryday y e tenth 
 of November, i m vi c eighty-one; and was baptised Tuesday 
 twenty-two of y b s a monthe, by Mr Andro Meldrume, at my 
 owne house : y e s d Mr Andro was minister at Merton. 
 
 My fourth dawghter, Elizabeth, was borne Saturday thirty 
 day of December, betwixt sixe and seven a-cloake at night, 
 i m vi° eighty-two years ; and was baptised upon Fryday fift of 
 January, 1683 years. This was my tenth childe; six sones 
 and four dawghters. 
 
 My fyft dawghter, Mary, was borne Monday twenty 
 October, i m vi c eighty-foure years; and was baptised in y e 
 Abby at Dryburghe the eleventh day of November thereafter. 
 This was my eleventh childe. 
 
 My sixt dawghter, Violet, was borne Monday twenty day 
 June, towards seven a-cloake at night; and was baptised 
 Thursday twenty-third day of y e month fors d ; who was my 
 twelvt childe. 
 
 * The said Violet deceased of y e small-pox and a fever, at 
 the Park, Saturday y e 28 of June, 1690, about 8 o'clock at 
 night ; and was buryed at Dryburgh the last of y e s a month, 
 being Monday, at night. On y e day of her buriall, Cliftoun's 
 youngest daughter, called Margar', deceased of y° same sick- 
 nes about 10 o'clock forenoon, and was buryed in Morbattle 
 1 st July. 
 
 * This is in the hand of Thomas Haliburton, the son. 
 
48 HISTOllY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 * My eldest dawhter, Barbara, was maryed to George 
 Butherfoorde, younger of Famingtone, Thursday eleventh of 
 Marche, i m vi c eighty-sixe years. 
 
 [The MS. is now carried on in the hand of Thomas Hali- 
 burton.] 
 
 My father, John Halyburton of Newmainse, deceased upon 
 the thrid of March, being Munday, att night ; and was in- 
 terred y e Friday thereafter, i m vi° and eighty-eight years, att 
 Driburgh. 
 
 Mr David Halyburton, my uncle, writter to his Majesty's 
 Signet, who never was maryed, and to whose protection his 
 brother's children, being all minors, was left, and discharged 
 that office most dutifully, he was removed upon Thursday 
 the 29 day of Aprile, betwixt six and seven of the morning; 
 and was interred att Dryburgh upon Tuesday the fourth of 
 May, i m vi c and ninty-seven years, being 58 years old. 
 
 Margrett Haliburton, Lady Pinnicle, dyed on the 8th of 
 February, i m vii c and one years. 
 
 My father, John Haliburton, of Newmainse, heir male 
 and representer of the family of Mertoun, who was maried to 
 Margret Eutherfourd, second daughter to John Eutherfourd 
 of Edgerstoun (his eldest being maryed the same day to 
 Andrew Ker of Liteldean), was removed upon the thrid 
 day of March, i m vi c and eighty-eight years, and interred in 
 his burial place at Dryburgh, being 58 years of age ; leaving 
 all his children in minority, educat by our uncle and 
 mother, who never maried again for the respect she had to 
 her family and children. 
 
 * This in the hand of John, the father. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DRYBURGH. 49 
 
 My mother, Margret Kutherfurd, second daughter to John 
 Eutherfurd of Edgerstone, dyed upon the 24 day of Sept r 
 1747, in the 97 year of her age; being married in her 16 
 year, and with her husband 22 years ; and in widowhood 59 
 years; and had 12 children; and decently interred in our 
 burial-place in Dryburgh, upon the 28 of Sep tr , year foresaid ; 
 ane virtuous woman, and kind to her children, and a widow 
 in the 38 year of her age ; not marying for the good of her 
 family. 
 
 I was marryed upon Munday, January y e 13, i m vii c and 
 one years, to Jannet Campbell, only daughter to Eobert 
 Campbell of ISTorthwoodside, Dean of Gild of Glascow, of his 
 second mariage, with Jean Dunlop, eldest daughter to James 
 Dunlop of Garnkirk. 
 
 My second brother, Andrew Haliburton, writter to his 
 Majestie's Signet, was marryed to Marrion Eliott, second 
 daughter to Robert Elliot of Midlemiln, upon y e eighteen day 
 of Aprile i m vii c years. 
 
 My daughter Jean was born upon Wednesday the eight of 
 July i m vii° and two years, betwixt seven and eight of the 
 cloak in the morning ; and was baptized the ninth day of the 
 said moneth, att my house of Dryburgh, by Mr Eobert Liver, 
 minister of Mertoun. 
 
 My second daughter, Margrett, was born upon Teusday the 
 thritten day of June, i m vii c and four years, betuixt nine and 
 ten of the cloak in the morning ; and was baptized the fifteen 
 day of the said moneth, att my house of Dryburgh, by Mr 
 Eobert Edgar, minister of Maxtoun. 
 
 My thrid daughter, Barbara, was born upon Munday the 
 
50 HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 fourth day of March, i m vii° and six years, betwixt two and 
 three in the afternoon ; and was baptized the seventh day of 
 the same monneth, att my house of Dryburghe, by Mr George 
 Byers, minister of St Bosswalls. 
 
 My son John was born upon Saturday the twentieth-second 
 day of March, twixt eight and nine in the morning ; and was 
 baptized the last day of the said moneth, at my house of 
 Dryburgh, by Mr George Byers, minister of St Bossells, in 
 the year of our Lord i m vii c and seven years. 
 
 My fourth daughter, Lilias, was born upon Saturday the 
 eight of October, i m vii° and nine years, about eleven of the 
 cloack at night; and was baptized upon the ninth of the 
 said moneth, at my house of Dryburgh, by Mr Bobert Liver, 
 minister at Mertoun. 
 
 It pleased God to remove my eldest daughter, Jean, upon 
 Sabbath the twenty-thrid of December, i m vii c and forty-four 
 years, twixt seven and eight at night, to the great grief of 
 her parents, brothers, and sisters, and to all that knew her ; 
 enjoyed a fine character, and affectionat to her parents, and 
 brothers, and sisters, sympathizing much when any of them 
 was in trouble ; having dyed at her brother John his house, 
 at Edinburgh, was interred by him and her friends there in 
 a decent and gentile manner, upon Wednesday the 26 of 
 December, at three of the clock afternoon, in Grayfriers, 
 beside her grandmother, for whom she was named. 
 
 It pleased God to remove my second daughter, Margret, 
 upon Wednesday the thrid day of May, i m vii c and ten years, 
 about ten of the cloake at night. She was buried in my 
 buriall-place of Dryburgh, upon the fifth of the foresaid 
 moneth, twixt five and six in the afternoon. 
 
 My fifth daughter, Margaret, was born upon Tuesday the 
 
HISTOEY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBUEGH. 51 
 
 twenty-seventh of November, i m vii c and eleven years, twixt 
 eight and nine of cloak at night ; and was baptized the fifteen 
 day of December, at my house in Dryburgh, by Mr Eobert 
 Liver, minister at Mertoun. 
 
 It pleased God to remove my fifth daughter, Margret, 
 upon the 2d of Aprile, 1750 ; who was buryed in my buriall- 
 place of Dryburgh, upon the sixth of the foresaid moneth, at 
 three afternoon. 
 
 It pleased God to remove my fourth daughter, Lilias, upon 
 Wednesday the fifteenth day of November, i m vii° and fifteen 
 years, about four in the morning. She was buried in my 
 buriall-place of Dryburgh, upon the sevententh of the foresaid 
 monneth, about three in the afternoon. 
 
 My sixth daughter, Janet, was born upon Thursday the 
 twelth of September, about two in the morning, i m vii° and 
 seventeen years ; and was baptized upon the sixteen instant, 
 at my house in Dryburgh, by Mr George Byers, minister of 
 St Bosswalls. 
 
 [The following entry is in a different hand, and seems to 
 have been interlined afterwards.] 
 
 Janet Haliburton, daughter of the deceased Thomas Hali- 
 burton, dyed at Edinburgh, on the 28th of April, 1763. 
 
 [Continued in Thomas Haliburton's hand.] 
 
 My second son, Eobert, was born upon Friday the fifth of 
 September, i m vii° and eighteen years, about seven in the 
 morning ; and was baptized upon the tenth of the said mon- 
 neth, by Mr George Byers, minister at St Bosswalls. 
 
52 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN URYBURGH. 
 
 My dear wife, and nurse to me in my old age, Janet 
 Campble, it pleased God to remove her upon Sabath, between 
 four and five in the afternoon, being the 17 day of November, 
 i m vii c and fifty-one years ; and interred upon Thursday the 
 twenty-one day thereafter, in my buriall-place of Dryburgh ; 
 whose death was much regretted, by the loss of so good and 
 virtuous a wife to me, and her family, and by all her friends 
 and acquaintance that knew her; and may the Almighty 
 God, who can only supply our loss, send us such a blessing 
 as she was for the support of this family. Her last time in 
 church was in attending the sacrament and communicating 
 2 weeks before. Praying God I -may be prepared, and soon 
 follow, and no more parting, hoping she is happy ; being now 
 in the 82 year of my age, and she about 69. 
 
 [The two following paragraphs are in a more modern hand, 
 the same as on page 51. J 
 
 Thomas Haliburton of Newmains dyed the 25th June, 
 1753, in the 84 year of his age, and was interred on Friday 
 the 29th current, at his burying-place in Dryburgh. He was 
 one of great honour and honesty, who made a good husband, 
 a good father, and loved his friends so much, that he even 
 did not regard his own interest when it was in his power to 
 serve them. He had a very circumspect walk, charitable, 
 just, benevolent, grateful, and sincere; he was greatly 
 lamented by all his friends, and all that had the happiness 
 of his acquaintance. 
 
 John Haliburton of Newmains dyed the 26th April, 1754, 
 and was interred here on Tuesday the 30th current, in the 
 47th year of his age, unmarried ; he was a merchant in Edin- 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBURGH. 53 
 
 burgh to his business ; his character was fair in that way, 
 and honest towards all men. 
 
 [The MS. continued in the hand of Thomas Hcdiburton.] 
 
 My brother Andrew his eldest son was born upon Teusday 
 the twenty-sixth of November, i m vii° years, being y e seventh 
 monneth, and the child dyed unbaptized. 
 
 His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, was bom upon Wedensday 
 the eighteen day of February, i m vii c and two years, betwixt 
 one and two of the cloak in the morning. 
 
 His second son, John, was born upon the twenty-thrid day 
 of September, i m vii c and three years, betwixt seven and eight 
 in the morning, being Thursday. 
 
 His thrid son, Eobert, was born upon Munday the fourth 
 of September, i m vii° and four years, betwixt six and seven of 
 the cloak att night. 
 
 His fourth son, Gilbert, was born upon Thursday the 
 twenty-ninth of November, i m vii° and five years, betwixt six 
 and seven of the cloak in the morning. And all the four 
 foresaid children were baptized by Mr William Abercrumbie, 
 minister of the Tolbooth in Edinburgh. 
 
 His fifth son, Thomas, was born upon Eriday the thritieth 
 day of May, i m vii° and seven years, twixt two and three in 
 the morning ; and this child likewise baptized by the foresaid 
 Mr William Abercrumbie. 
 
 It pleased God to remove the child Thomas upon the 
 twenty-second day of November, i m vii c and eight years, about 
 eight of the cloak at night; and was interred upon the 
 twenty-thrid at Bouden church, in Midlmiln his buriall-place, 
 having dyed there. 
 
54 HISTOEY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DEYBUEGH. 
 
 His sixth son, Andrew, was born upon Wedensday the 
 twenty-eight of June, i m vii c and ten years, twixt eleven and 
 twelve in the forenoon ; and baptized by Mr William Mitchell, 
 minister of the Old Church at Edinburgh. 
 
 His second daughter, Margret, was born upon Saturday the 
 sevententh of ISTovember, i m vii c and eleven years, 'twixt twelve 
 and one in the morning; and baptized by the foresaid Mr 
 William Mitchell. She dyed the twenty-sixth of November 
 y e said year, and was interred that night. 
 
 His seventh son, George, was born upon y B fourth day of 
 July, i m vii° and thirteen, at five of the cloack in y e morning ; 
 and was baptized by Mr William Mitchell aforesaid. He 
 died upon the twenty-ninth of March, i m vii c and fourteen 
 years, and buried in the G-reyfriers churchyard at Edinburgh. 
 
 His eight son, Gawin, was born upon the fifteen day of 
 October, i m vii° and fourteen, twixt the hours of six and seven 
 in y e morning ; baptized by Mr Mssbett, minister of the Old 
 Church at Edinburgh. 
 
 His ninth son, William, was born upon the twenty-fifth 
 day of June, i m vii° and sixteen years, and was baptized by 
 the foresaid Mr William Mitchell, being born twixt nine and 
 ten at night. 
 
 [The two following entries are in a different hand, which 
 appears from other papers to be that of John Haliburton, 
 clerk to Andrew Haliburton, W.S.] 
 
 His third daughter, Marion, was borne the fifteenth of 
 October, i m vii c and seventeen, betwixt three and four in the 
 afternoon, and baptized by said Mr William Mitchell. 
 
 His fourth daughter, Jean, was borne the twenty-seventh 
 
HISTOEY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBUKGH. 55 
 
 of February, 1719, and baptized by said Mr William 
 Mitchell. 
 
 [Continued in the hand of Thomas ffaliburton.] 
 
 My brother John Haliburton, Doctor of Medicine at Jed- 
 burgh, was married to Christian Elliot, daughter of Simeon 
 Elliot of Swinsyde, upon the twenty-ninth of Aprile, i m vii° 
 and fourteen years, by Mr William Mitchell, minister of the 
 Old Kirk at Edinburgh. 
 
 My brother John his eldest son was born upon Munday 
 the sixteen of May, i m vii c and fifteen years, twixt six and 
 seven at night; and was baptized by Mr M°Kay, minister of 
 Jedburgh. 
 
 His second child, Jean, was born upon Saturday the 
 twenty-seventh of October, i m vii c and sixteen years ; and was 
 baptized by the foresaid Mr M c Kay, minister of Jedburgh ; 
 and dyed the 23d of October y e year following. 
 
 His second daughter, Jean, was born upon the twenty- 
 sixth day of August, i m vii c and eighteen ; and was baptized 
 by the said Mr M°Kay. 
 
 His second son, Simeon, was born upon the fifth day of 
 May, i m vii c and twenty; and baptized by the foresaid Mr 
 M°Kay. 
 
 His thrid daughter, Margret, was born upon the twenty- 
 eight of February, i m vii c and twenty-two years ; and baptized 
 by the foresaid Mr M c Kay. 
 
 His fourth daughter, Christian, was born upon the tenth 
 day of February, i m vii c and twenty-four years ; and baptized 
 by the foresaid Mr M c Kay. 
 
56 HISTOKY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DKYBUKGH. 
 
 My brother John Haliburton, Doctor of Medicine at Jed- 
 burgh, and present Provest in the town, skilfull in his employ, 
 of ane fine naturall temper, much master of all passions, oblidg- 
 ing to all ranks, circumspect and devout in his life and con- 
 versation, dyed at Edinburgh upon the 20 day of Aprile, 
 1736, and was decently buried there upon the 22 of said 
 moneth ; regretted by all that knew him, and particularly by 
 all his friends, and the town of Jedburgh, wherein he dis- 
 charged that office most faithfully to the contentment of 
 all persons, having had a good judgment, and exact in all 
 business. 
 
 His eldest son, John Haliburton, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 a promising young man, dyed at Edinburgh upon the 3d of 
 August, 1747, much regretted by his friends and all that 
 knew him ; and succeeded by his brother, Simeon, who, with 
 his other friends, buryed him upon the 5th of August in the 
 Greyfriers church-yard beside his father. 
 
 My second brother, Andrew Haliburton, Writer to the 
 Signet, dyed upon Munday at four in the afternoon, being 
 the twenty day of February, 1738, at his house in Edinburgh, 
 and was interred there upon the 22 of the said moneth ; and 
 as his character was unhlameable, he was much regretted by 
 all his acquaintance as weell as friends in the place. 
 
 My thrid brother, William Haliburton, dyed upon Friday 
 the sixth of February, i m vii° and forty-seven years, and was 
 interred upon the eight day, at Edinburgh, in the G-rayfriers ; 
 was married to ane widow in his old days, and had no chil- 
 dren; long troubled with ane palsie; was bred ane mer- 
 chant. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DRYBURGH. 57 
 
 My sister Mary was married to Gideon Elliott, third son 
 to Simeon Eliott of Swinside, who gave him the lands of 
 Hardwood and Sclatehills, upon the twenty-ninth day of 
 Aprile, i m vii° and fifteen, by Mr Eobert Liver, minister at 
 Mertoun. 
 
 It pleased God to remove my sister Mary upon Sabath 
 morning the 19 of January, i m vii c and thirty-five years, at 
 Haddon; and her corps carried to Hawik, and interred in 
 the church there, with her six children ; and left two tender 
 girls behind her ; much regretted by her friends and neigh- 
 bours, and enjoyed a fair character. 
 
 It pleased God to remove my sister, Barbara Haliburton, 
 upon the twenty-thrid day of August, in the morning, and 
 was interred at Fairnington upon the 26, in the 82 year of 
 her age ; a virtuous woman, and did much for that family, 
 none excelling her in good management, both within and 
 without doors ; and weell attended upon by her son David, 
 who came home from Jamaica during her trouble, whom God 
 will reward. 
 
 George Eutherfurd, younger of Fairnington, my nephew, 
 was born upon the fifth of December, i m vi° and ninety-one 
 years, and was baptized by Mr John Dalglish, minister of 
 Eoxburgh, at Fairnington ; who proved a plague to his own 
 family, by quarelling his brother-in-law Muirhouslaw, whose 
 blood was spilt at last, and next upon his father and my 
 family for not countenancing his conduct. 
 
 Thomas Haliburton of Morehouselaw was born upon the 
 twenty- seventh of January, i m vi° and ninety-two years ; and 
 
58 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DRYBURGH. 
 
 was baptized by Mr Eobert "Wilsoun, minister of Melros, at 
 Melros, upon the twelth of February the said year ; and was 
 married to Elizabeth Eutherfurd, second daughter to Fairn- 
 ington, upon the tenth of December, i m vii c and eight years. 
 And after the said Thomas his death, she married Baillie 
 George Haliburton, third son to Patrick Haliburton, Dean of 
 Gild at Edinburgh, who was brother to John Haliburton of 
 Murehouslaw ; wishing she may prove kind to the family. 
 
 Eobert Pringle of Clifton, our cousin, being some years a 
 widow, having had severall children by his lady, sons and 
 daughters abundantly promissing, having got that estate by 
 their mother Janet Pringle, heiress of the same, — when up- 
 wards of fifty, married Margret Kutherfurd, my niece, eldest 
 daughter to Fairnington, which was not agreeable to his 
 children and his other near relations, nor to me or any of my 
 family, who had no hand in it, they being married clandes- 
 tinely to the surprise of his children. 
 
 Elizabeth Haliburton, eldest daughter to my brother 
 Andrew Haliburton, was married to John Eobertson, mer- 
 chant in Edinburgh, son to William Eobertson, merchant 
 there, last day of December, i m vii c and twenty-two years, by 
 Mr William Mitchel, minister of the New Church at Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 Her eldest son, William, was born upon Munday the 23d 
 clay of September, 1723 years. 
 
 Her daughter Marion was born upon the 29 of September, 
 1724 years. 
 
 Her daughter Agnes was born September 16, 1725 years. 
 
 Her son Andrew was born the 13 day of June, 1727 years. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DEYBUEGH. 59 
 
 My second daughter, Barbara, was maried to Eobert Scot, 
 second son to Walter Scot, uncle to Eaeburn, upon the six- 
 teen day of July, 1728 years, at my house in Dryburgh, by 
 Mr James Innes, minister at Mertoun, their mothers being 
 coussings ; may the blessing of the Lord rest upon them, and 
 make them comforts to each other, and to all their relations. 
 
 Their son Walter was born upon the 11 of May, being 
 Sabbath, about six in the morning, and was baptized at their 
 house in Sandyknow, by Mr William Walker, minister of 
 Makerstoun, upon the 17 of the foresaid moneth, both his 
 grandfathers being witnesses, with his unckells (father's 
 brethren), 1729 years. 
 
 Their second son, Thomas, was born upon the 7th of 
 January, twixt three and four in the morning, and was bap- 
 tized at their house in Sandyknow, by Mr James Innes, 
 minister of Mertoun, upon the ninth day of the foresaid 
 moneth, being Saturday, his two uncles and I being witnesses, 
 in the year 1731. 
 
 Their eldest daughter, Janet, was born upon Munday the 
 14 of May, twixt seven and eight at night, and was bap- 
 tized at their house in Sandyknow, by Mr James Innes, 
 minister of Mertoun, upon the twenty-second day of the 
 foresaid moneth, being Tuesday; Makairston, Harden, Eae- 
 burn, and his brother Walter, and I, being witnesses, in the 
 year i m vii° and thirty-three. 
 
 Their second daughter, Mary, was born upon Thursday the 
 thirteen day of March, in the afternoon, and was baptized 
 upon Teusday the eighteen, at Sandyknow, by Mr James 
 Innes, minister of Mertoun ; Eaeburn, Walter Scot in Bailie- 
 know, his brother William, and I, being witnesses, in the 
 year i m vii c and thirty-five. 
 
60 HISTORY OF THE HALIBUKTONS IN DEYBUKGH. 
 
 Their thrid daughter, Jean, was born upon Saturday the 
 eleventh of June, r^vii and thirty-seven years, and baptized 
 upon Teusday the twenty-first, at Sandyknow, by Mr James 
 Cuninghame, minister of Smaillhome, before these witnesses, 
 Eaeburn, his brothers Walter and William Scots, and I, year 
 foresaid ; she being born in the morning. 
 
 Their thrid son, Eobert, was born upon Sabath, about 
 half ane hour after two in the morning, being the 20 of May, 
 i m vii c and thirty-nine years, and baptized upon Thursday 
 thereafter, being the 24, at Sandyknow, by Mr James Cun- 
 inghame, minister of Smailhome, before these witnesses, 
 Eaeburn, and Mr Scott, his two brothers Walter and William 
 Scots, and I, year foresaid. 
 
 Their fourth daughter, Barbara, was born upon Munday 
 the thrid of May, i m vii c and forty-two years, about six in the 
 evening; and was baptized upon Saturday the eight, at 
 Sandyknow, by Mr John Thorburn, minister at Kirknewton, 
 before these witnesses, Eaeburn, Walter and William Scots 
 his two brothers, and I, year foresaid. 
 
 Their fourth son, John, was born upon Saturday the second 
 of September, i m vii c and forty-nine years ; and was baptized 
 at Sandyknow upon Saturday the ninth day, by Mr Duncan, 
 minister at Smailhome. 
 
 My wife's brother, John Coutts, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 was maryed to Mrs Jean Stewart, second daughter to Sir 
 John Stewart of Allanbank, upon the tenth day of Aprile, 
 i m vii c and thirty years. 
 
 His eldest son, Patrick Coutts, was born upon the fifth day of 
 Aprile, i m vii c and thirty-one years ; and was baptized the next 
 day by Mr John Goudie, one of the ministers of Edinburgh. 
 
HISTORY OF THE HALIBURTONS IN DRYBUEGH. 61 
 
 His second son, John Coutts, was born the twenty-fourth 
 day of February, i m vii° and thirty-two years ; and was bap- 
 tized the same day by Mr John Goudie, one of the ministers 
 of Edinburgh. 
 
 His thrid son, James Coutts, was born upon Saturday the 
 tenth day of March, i m vii c and thirty-three years ; and was 
 baptized by the foresaid Mr Goudie the same day. 
 
 His eldest daughter, Margret, and fourth child, was born 
 upon Saturday the twenty-first of September, i m vii° and 
 thirty-four years ; and was baptized by Mr Smith, Principall 
 of the Colledge of Edinburgh. 
 
 His fourth son, and fifth child, was born early upon Sab- 
 bath morning, being the 7th of September, i m vii c and thirty- 
 five years, named Thomas ; and was baptized by Mr Smith, 
 Principall of the Colledge of Edinburgh. 
 
 His fifth son was born upon the eighteen day of November, 
 i m vii c and thirty-six years; whereof his mother dyed in a 
 short time after, much regretted by friends and of all that 
 knew her. The child lived, and was baptized after his 
 mother's deathe by Mr Gullon, ane countrey minister, and 
 called Stewart Coutts, who dyed in a short time after his 
 mother. 
 
 Simeon Haliburton of Howclough, my nephew, was 
 maryed to Elizabeth Elliot, second daughter to Eobert Elliot 
 of Midlmiln, upon the nineteenth day of May, i m vii c and 
 forty-nine years. He was ordained minister at Casselltoun 
 in Lidissdale, upon the twenty-thrid day of January, i m vii c 
 and fifty-one years. 
 
 Mr Simon his spouse was safely delivered of ane daughter 
 at Castleton, upon the 14 day of November, 1752, about two 
 
62 HISTOEY OF THE HALIBUETONS IN DEYBUEGH. 
 
 of the clock in the morning, and baptized Kathrine, there- 
 after. 
 
 [The three following entries in a different hand.] 
 
 His eldest son, John, was born on the 17th day of Sep- 
 tember, 1754, about 8 in the morning, and baptized by Mr 
 Petrie at Canobie. 
 
 His second son was born on the 8th of February, 1757, 
 and was baptized Eobert. 
 
 His third son was born on the 22d November, 1759, and 
 called Thomas; who dyed on the 27th July, 1765,' and in- 
 terred at Ashkirk. 
 
FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBUftTON. 
 
 [These genealogical notices concerning the families of the name of Hali- 
 burton, are published from a manuscript of the late Mr Walter Scott, "Writer 
 to the Signet, representative of the family of JSTewmains and Mertoun, in 
 right of his mother, Barbara Haliburton. It appears to have been drawn up 
 in answer to the inquiries of Mr "William Haliburton of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 who claimed a descent from the Haliburtons of Hadden. The manuscript is 
 the scroll of a letter addressed to Mr Brown of Melrose, and is dated 8th May 
 1792. It mentions all the gentlemen of the name who were alive at that 
 period, so far as was known to the writer, and is therefore interesting to 
 those connected with this ancient surname. Some minute details are omitted. ] 
 
 1. Alexander Lord Halibukton— Dieleton — Pitcurb. 
 
 Pitcurr, who died about 1742 or 3^ left one son and three 
 daughters. 
 
 1. Coll. James Haliburton. 
 
 One daughter, Lady Morton. 
 
 One ditto, [married] Dr Douglass. 
 
 One ditto, [married] Mr Wedderburn, Gosford. 
 
 The two last [had] no children. 
 
 Lady Morton left issue two sons and one daughter, Lady 
 Aboyne, whose son now inherits the estate of Pitcurr. 
 
64 FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 Thomas Halibukton of Newmains. Had three brothers. 
 
 1. John, a physician in Jedburgh, who had several chil- 
 dren, all now dead, except Mr Simon, minister at Askirk, 
 and a sister, Margaret. Mr Simon has a son in the service 
 of the East India Company.* 
 
 2. Mr Andrew left one daughter and several sons, all now 
 dead. Gavin Haliburton, in Jamaica, was the last of his 
 sons ; left no issue. 
 
 3. William, Andrew's brother, was married, but left no 
 issue. 
 
 Mary, his [Thomas of Newmains's] eldest sister, married to 
 Gideon Elliot of Harwood; she died in 1735; left issue two 
 daughters, Christian and Elizabeth. The last still alive, 
 married to Dr Isaac Davidson, minister at Sorbie, has issue 
 one son, a clergyman, Elliot Davidson. 
 
 Elizabeth, married to Mr Andrew Oliver; she and her 
 husband, about 1735, went to Boston, in New England; both 
 died many years ago without issue. 
 
 Inchdarney, in East Lothian. A female succeeded; 
 married to Peter Lindsay ; issue three daughters. The eldest 
 married Alexander Lord Blantyre. Of this family, James 
 Haliburton, Writer to the Signet, was descended ; he is now 
 dead; has left one son, Andrew, who follows his father's 
 profession, and one daughter. Andrew never married. 
 
 Halibueton of Muirhouselaw. Two sons living, John 
 and David.-f- 
 
 * This gentleman died without issue. 
 
 t David Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, the representative of that ancient 
 family, survives— Unmarried. 
 
FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 65 
 
 Thomas Haliburton, son to Provost Haliburton in S' 
 Eustacia, has two sisters alive. 
 
 Halibueton in Hadden. 
 
 James taught a school in Maxwellheugh, near Kelso, about 
 1740, had a sister Janet married to Andrew Davidson, 
 brother to John Davidson of Kirkraw. Andrew farmed the 
 lands of Spylaw, near Kelso ; had a son by the said Janet, 
 [namely,] 
 
 Thomas Davidson, surgeon in Kelso, who married 
 
 Scott, daughter to John Scott of Belfbrd. Thomas Davidson 
 succeeded to the estate of Kirkraw, which he sold to the 
 Duke of Roxburgh ; died in the year 17 — , leaving issue a 
 daughter, Mrs Brown, relict of Coll. Brown of Blackburn. 
 
 Mr Haliburton, a clergyman at Dundee, eminent for his 
 learning and piety ; left issue several daughters. 
 
 Mr Wishart, Principall of the University of Edinburgh, 
 married to one of these ; the rest died unmarried. 
 
 John Haliburton, Provost of Dundee. 
 
 Mark Haliburton, farmer at Woolmill, a large family. 
 
 Bobert Gillespie, Clearburn.* 
 
 Eobert Haliburton, Prestonpans. 
 
 Issue living one son, Campbell Haliburton, late in Canada.f 
 
 Patrick Haliburton, a farmer in East Lothian, near to 
 Haddington, a respectable family, and has several sons doing 
 well. 
 
 We Elliot, Laceman, proprietor of Hadden, his daughter 
 married the late Sir Gilbert Elliot of Stobs, father to Lord 
 
 * Died unmarried. + Died without issue. 
 
66 FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 Heathfield ; the lands of Hadden acquired from the Murrays 
 of Newton. 
 
 The Eev. Mr Simon Haliburton was the second son of Dr 
 John Haliburton, physician in Kelso, was bred a clergyman ; 
 his elder brother, John, was a merchant in Edinburgh; he 
 died in the leaving his affairs in disorder. Simon 
 
 succeeded to his brother, died upon the ; he married 
 
 Elizabeth Elliot, second daughter of Elliot of Medium 
 
 Mill, of which marriage there was issue two sons, and died 
 young. John, the eldest, is alive, and a captain in the 
 service of the East India Company.* The said Mr Simon, 
 as has been said, was bred a clergyman, and soon after his 
 marriage he was ordained minister of Castletoun, in the 
 presbytery of Langholm, upon the . This proved 
 
 but an uncomfortable settlement ; the people were unreason- 
 able, and did everything in their power to render Mr Simon's 
 life uneasy. Mr Haliburton was relieved from that charge, 
 being translated upon the day of to Askirk, 
 
 in the presbytery of Selkirk, and he died at Askirk Manse 
 upon Thursday, 28th April 1797. 
 
 I might here add some account of the different families of 
 the name of Haliburton, who at an early period existed in 
 this countiy, and at that time seem to have been both 
 numerous and opulent. Berwickshire seems to be the first 
 place where we find any of them, which probably mio-ht be 
 
 * This gentleman died in India without issue, as formerly mention d d 
 was the last existing male of the family of Newmains and Mertoun ' 
 
FAMILIES. OF THE NAME OP HALIBUETON. 67 
 
 owing to their attachment to the powerful family of the 
 Douglasses. They extended themselves from thence to East 
 Lothian, Eoxburghshire, and the county of Angus, or the 
 Mearns, and seem to have teen both powerful and wealthy. 
 But what would it avail your correspondent to get a cata- 
 logue of names, or of the honours they possessed, the offices 
 of trust they held, with the gallant actions they performed ! 
 These men, however considerable, and however much re- 
 spected while living, are now dead and gone, and their 
 families extinct. The very name of Haliburton is now a 
 rarity here, and except John Haliburton of Muirhouselaw, 
 there is not one of that name in Scotland, who is proprietor 
 of a single acre of land. Pitcurr, the chief of the family, is 
 no longer Haliburton, as, through a female succession, that 
 estate has now descended to the second son of Lord Aboyne, 
 who, to his own name Gordon, has added Haliburton ; and 
 the estate of Eaglescarnie, in East Lothian, is in the same 
 state, being now in the possession of Mr Lindsay. There 
 were several families in the shire of Angus, in the neighbour- 
 hood of Dundee, of the name of Haliburton, but these are all 
 gone, and their properties sold and in the hands of others, 
 and John Haliburton, late Provost of Dundee, is the only 
 one of these who remains. The same is the case with the 
 families of Newmains, in Berwickshire, in the south. Of 
 that family, Mr Simon Haliburton, a clergyman, who has one 
 son, a captain in the East India Company's service, [saving 
 whom] not one of the male line exists. To enter minutely 
 into the histories of these families, would be a great waste 
 of time, and could draw to no beneficial conclusion. 
 
 But as Mr Haliburton seems to have been at considerable 
 pains in his inquiries, and may wish to know something in 
 
68 FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 general respecting that tribe to which he belongs, I take the 
 liberty to subjoin the following remarks. 
 
 In Berwickshire, and not far from the town of Greenlaw, 
 there are two farms, the one of them called the Meikle (large), 
 and the other the Little Haliburton. These lands seem to 
 have been the earliest possessions which the Haliburtons had, 
 and whether these lands gave rise to the surname of Hali- 
 burton, or that the Haliburtons, after acquiring them, affixed 
 that name, is not a clear point. It is, however, a known fact, 
 that the Haliburtons long remained the proprietors of these 
 lands, which now are the property of the Earl of Marchmont; 
 and it is a very probable conjecture, that your correspondent 
 may be descended from some of these people, who, upon the 
 loss of their possessions, might advance nearer to the borders 
 of the kingdom, a situation which, in former times, had its 
 peculiar advantages, and thus it may have happened that Mr 
 Haliburton's grandfather, or rather some of his predecessors, 
 may have resorted to Hadden. 
 
 I may also remark, that the hostile spirit which prevailed 
 amongst the Borderers upon the opposite sides, was the source 
 of constant feuds, and cause of frequent inroads and depreda- 
 tions upon each other; while, at the same time, the laws 
 which then subsisted with respect to commerce carried on 
 betwixt the two countries, afforded good opportunities to the 
 Scotch, and which they did not fail to improve, of carrying 
 on a very beneficial, though a contraband, trade with their 
 neighbours. 
 
 To all this the Union put an entire stop, and the natives of 
 both kingdoms being thereby incorporated and subjected to 
 the same laws, with respect to government and police, the 
 unlawful advantages which they formerly reaped from their 
 
FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 69 
 
 particular situation, all vanished at once. They felt the 
 change of situation, and regretted it. They were strangers to 
 arts, and but little acquainted with agriculture; of course, 
 many of the people not being able to find subsistence, left 
 the country : And being, I may almost say, the only district 
 of country which felt any inconvenience from the Union, so 
 they were the last to forget their prejudice against it* The 
 country they possessed upon the east was well adapted for 
 cultivation ; yet, till about 1745, little or nothing was done 
 in that way. Since that period, indeed, there has been a 
 wonderful change; that country is greatly improved, and 
 well it has returned for the expense bestowed ; for I myself 
 know lands, not far distant from Hadden, which, in my 
 remembrance, rose from £200 per annum, to a well paid rent 
 of £1100 from a thriving tenantry. 
 
 From these circumstances Mr Haliburton may see how a 
 predecessor of his, about 100 years ago, might lose his life, 
 and how another might be stript of his possessions, and 
 reduced to want ; the situation of the Borders was such, that 
 men's lives and properties were in danger, and law, as then 
 administered, was but a feeble protector, especially where 
 there was a powerful persecutor ; for all that period a set of 
 officers, called Wardens of the Marches, had the oversight of 
 the marches, and were the judges in all controversies. The 
 office was of a mixed nature, partly civil and partly military, 
 and those who held it were not the most chaste judges, and 
 therefore it might very probably happen that Mr Haliburton's 
 
 * The writer of this letter used often to mention, that, in his youth, 
 there was a popular preacher on the Border, who used to confess that he 
 never could conclude a sermon without introducing what he termed a "hlad 
 at the Union." 
 
70 FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF HALIBURTON. 
 
 predecessor who was in Haclden, might be forced from thence, 
 and stript of his all by some very unjustifiable measure. 
 
 [The remainder of the letter regards matter of a merely 
 private nature.] 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Abbotsfoed, lands of, bti, lxiv, lxix, lxx. 
 Abercorn, Marquis of, xv. 
 Abercrombie, Rev. William, of Tolbooth, 
 
 53. 
 Aboyne, Gordon Haliburton, Lord, 67. 
 Aboyne, Lady, 63. 
 Aird, Margaret, Lady Egglis, 12. 
 Albany, Murdoch, Duke of, 16. 
 Albany, Robert, Duke of, Regent, xxx, 
 
 liv, 16. 
 Alexander I., xi. 
 Alexander II., xii. 
 Alexander, Lord William, liii. 
 Alexander, Margaret, liii. 
 Alexander, Sir William, of Menstry, 
 
 Earl of Stirling, liii. 
 Angus, Earl of, xiii. 
 Annandale, Marquis of, lxix. 
 Arms, the, of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., 
 
 Ixxi, lxxii. 
 Ashkirk, 62, 66. 
 Atheling, Edgar, xxix, 19. 
 Avenell, Cecilia, 21, 22. 
 Avenell, Sir Gilbert de, 21, 22. 
 
 Balfour, Rachel, xxxviii. 
 
 Balgony, Erskine of, 31. 
 
 Baliol, Edward, 24. 
 
 BaUingaffe, 12. 
 
 Barnard, John, of Farningdon, 22. 
 
 Bath, Marquis of, xv. 
 
 Bemersyde, lands of, 32. 
 
 Berlue, 12. 
 
 Bethune, Janet, of Criech, xiii. 
 
 Bickertoune, Richard de, xxix. 
 
 Black, William, xxxvii. 
 
 Blantyre, Alexander, Lord, 54. 
 
 Bonjeddart, 8. 
 
 Boswell, Beatrice, xxxii. 
 
 Boswell, David, xxxii. 
 
 Boswell, George, of Bowhill, xxxii. 
 
 Boswell, John, xxxii. 
 
 Boswell, Margaret, xxxii. 
 
 Brigearn, lands of, 16. 
 
 Brodie, David, Vicar of Gullane, 33. 
 
 Brown, Colonel, of Blackburn, 65. 
 
 Bruce, Archibald, of Pousouls, 37. 
 
 Bruce, Barbara, 37, 39. 
 
 Bruce, David, 24. 
 
 Bruce, Jean, 39. 
 
 Bruce, King Robert the, xlvii. 
 
 Bruce, Mary, 39. 
 
 Bruce, Ninian, 37, 39. 
 
 Buchan, John Stewart, Earl of, 16. 
 
 Burdett, Angela, Baroness Burdett- 
 
 Coutts, xxxviii, xxxix. 
 Burngray, lands of, 16. 
 Burton, family of, xxix. 
 Burtons, the, from England, 19. 
 Byers, Rev. George, of StBoswells, 50, 51. 
 
 Cambuskenneth, 38. 
 
 Cambuskenneth, lands of, xxxvi. 
 
 Cameron, Margaret, xxx. 
 
 Cameron, Sir John, xxx. 
 
 Campbell, Janet, xxxv, xxxvii, xxxix, 
 
 49, 52. 
 Campbell, Jean, xxv. 
 Campbell, Lady Diana, xix. 
 Campbell, Louisa, xxiv. 
 Campbell, Robert, of Northwoodside, 
 
 xxxv, xxxvii, 49, 52. 
 Campbell, William, of Ederline, xxiv. 
 Cardross, Barony of, xxxvi, 38, 39. 
 Carmichael, Sir John, xlviii. 
 Castletown, 61. 
 Chalmers, Mr George, xlv. 
 Charles II., xix. 
 Charpentier, Charles, Ixv. 
 Charpentier, Charlotte, Lady Scott, lxiv- 
 
 lxvi. 
 Charpentier, Jean, lxiv, Ixv. 
 Charters quoted, of Abbot James Stewart, 
 33. 
 
 Archibald, Earl Douglas, 43. 
 
 David, Commendator of Dryburgh, 
 34, 35. 
 
 David de Truce, 21. 
 
 James I., 12. 
 
 James VI., 35, 38. 
 
 Patrick, Earl of March, 22. 
 
 William de Felton, 22. 
 
72 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Chisholm, Alexander de, xxx, 12. 
 
 Chisholm, Catherine, xxx, 12. 
 
 Chisholme, Thomas, 12. 
 
 Clare Constat, precept of, 36, 39. 
 
 Colvin, Lord, 25. 
 
 Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, xiv. 
 
 Coutts, Christian, xxxvii. 
 
 Coutts, James, xxxvii, xxxviii, 61. 
 
 Coutts, Janet, xxxviii. 
 
 Coutts, John, xxxvi, xxxvii, xlvi, xlvii, 
 
 60, 61. 
 Coutts, Margaret, 61. 
 Coutts, Patrick, xxxvii, xxxviii, 60. 
 Coutts, Rev. Thomas, of Cargyll, xxxvii. 
 Coutts, Stewart, 61. 
 Coutts, Thomas, xxxviii, 61. 
 Coutts, William, of Auchintoul, xxxvii. 
 Cranston, Rev. John, of Ancrum, xlvi, 
 
 xlvii. 
 Craufurd, Isabella, liv. 
 Craufurd, "William Houison, of Crau- 
 
 furdland, liv. 
 Cravant, battle of, 16. 
 Crombie, Thomas, xxxvii. 
 Cromwell, Oliver, xiv. 
 Cuningham, Rev. James, of Smailholm, 
 
 xl, xli, 60. 
 Cunningham, Elizabeth, 1. 
 Cunningham, William, of Glengarnock, 1. 
 Curie, Mr, of Yetbyre, xiv. 
 
 Dalgleish, Rev. John, of Roxburgh, 57. 
 Dalkeith, Louisa, Countess of, xv. 
 Dallas, Lieut. -General, G.C.B., xxxiii. 
 Dallas, Thomas Yorke, of Walmsgate, 
 
 xxxiv. 
 Dallas, William, of St Martins, xxxiii. 
 David I., xi, lxvii. 
 Davidson, Andrew, of Spylaw, 65. 
 Davidson, Dr Isaac, 64. 
 Davidson, Elliot, 64. 
 Davidson, John, of Kirkraw, 65. 
 Davidson, Thomas, 64, 65. 
 Day, Elizabeth, lxii. 
 Day, John, lxii. 
 Dickson, Dr David, xxxvii. 
 Dinwiddie, Elizabeth, lxvii. 
 Douglas, Andrew, of Tympendean, xxxi. 
 Douglas, Archibald, Earl of, xxx, 15. 
 Douglas, Earl of, liv. 
 Douglas, George, of Friarshaw, 43. 
 Douglas, Jean, xlvii. 
 Douglas, John, 8, 9. 
 Douglas, Lady Helen, Ivii. 
 Douglas, Sir James, lxvii. 
 Douglas, Stephen, xxxi. 
 Downshire, Marquis of, lxv. 
 Dry burgh Abbey, 21, 22, 27, 28, 38. 
 Dryburgh, David, Commendator of, 32, 
 
 34, 35. 
 Dryburgh, Haliburtons in, 25-62. 
 Dryburgh, James Stewait, Abbot of, 
 
 Dryburgh, John, Commendator of, 33. 
 
 Dunbar, Patrick, Earl of, 22. 
 
 Duncan, Rev. Mr, of Smailhome, xli, 60. 
 
 Dunkinson, Mark, of Greatlaws, 7. 
 
 Dunlop, Archibald, xxxvii. 
 
 Dunlop, Constantine, of that ilk, xxxv. 
 
 Dunlop, James, of Garnkirk, xxxv, 
 
 xxxvi, 49. 
 Dunlop, Janet, xxxv. 
 Dunlop, Jean, xxxv, xxxvii, 49. 
 Dunlop, John, of that ilk, xxxv, xxxvi. 
 Dunlop, Mrs, of that ilk, xxxvi. 
 Dunlop, Neill Fitz-Robert de, xxxv. 
 Dunlop, Thomas, xxxvii. 
 Dupplin, battle of, 18. 
 Durham, battle of, xii, xv, 24. 
 
 Eecles, Home of, xxiii. 
 
 Edgar, Oliver, 26. 
 
 Edgar, Rev. Robert, of Maxton, 49. 
 
 Edward I., xxix, xlix, 1, lxix. 
 
 Elbottle, lands of, 23. 
 
 Elliot, Christian, 55, 64. 
 
 Elliot, Elizabeth, 61, 64. 
 
 Elliot, Gideon, of Harwood, 57, 64. 
 
 Elliot, Jean, xxiii. 
 
 Elliot, Marion, 49. 
 
 Elliot, Robert, of Middlemiln, 49, 61. 
 
 Elliot, Simeon, of Swynside, 55, 57. 
 
 Elliot, Sir Gilbert, of Stobs, 65. 
 
 Elliot, William, 65. 
 
 Epitaph of John Haliburton, Baron 
 
 Merton, xxxi. 
 Erskine, Alexander, of Balgonie, xxxiv. 
 Erskine, Alexander, of Sheilfield, 31, 32. 
 Erskine, David, xxxvi. 
 Erskine, David, Earl of Buchan, lxviii. 
 Erskine, Henry, Lord Cardross, xxxvi, 
 
 lxviii. 
 Erskine, James, 41. 
 Erskine, John, 40, 41, 44. 
 Erskine, John, Earl of Mar, 38, 39. 
 Erskine, Mary, lxviii. 
 Erskine, Ralph, 37, 39. 
 Erskine, William, 41. 
 
 Fagan, Colonel, Ixiii. 
 
 Fagan, Florence, lxiii. 
 
 Faunes, Ada de, 20, 22. 
 
 Fellows, Alfred, of Beeston House, xxiv. 
 
 Fellows, Sarah, xxiv. 
 
 Felton, William de, 22. 
 
 Fenton, Lord, 12. 
 
 Fitz-Scott, Uchtred, xi. 
 
 Forster, Sir John, xlviii. 
 
 Forrester, William, W.S., xxxviii. 
 
 Galbraith, Malcolm de, xlix. 
 Gask, lands of, 12. 
 Gibson, Elizabeth, lxviii. 
 Gibson, Rev. John, lxviii. 
 Gillespie, Robert, of Clearburn, 65. 
 Gledstanes, Baron, xxxiv. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Gledstanes, Euphame, xxxiv, 27. 
 
 Gledstanes, William, 37. 
 
 Goleyne (Gullane), grant of, 21, 23. 
 
 Goudie, Rev. William, 61. 
 
 Greenlaw, 68. 
 
 Gregory IX., Pope, 23. 
 
 Gregory X., Pope, 23. 
 
 Grieve, Elizabeth, 43. 
 
 Grieve, James, 43. 
 
 Grieve, Jean, 43. 
 
 Grieve, John, 43. 
 
 Grove, Emily S., lix. 
 
 Gulas, lands of, 12. 
 
 Gullon, Rev. William, 61. 
 
 Haddon, 57, 66, 68. 
 
 Haig, David, of Bemerside, 40. 
 
 Haig, James, 37. 
 
 Haig, Margaret, of Bemerside, xxxv, 36. 
 
 Haig, Robert, of Bemerside, xxxv, 36, 37. 
 
 Haig, William, 38. 
 
 Haldane, Adamina, lix. 
 
 Haldane, Captain James, of Airthrey, 
 
 lix. 
 Haldane, Daniel Rutherford, M.D., lix. 
 Haldane, George, lix. 
 Haldane, Helen, lix. 
 Haldane, Isabella, lix. 
 Haldane, James, lix. 
 Haliburton, Alexander, 17. 
 Haliburton, Campbell, of Canada, 65. 
 Haliburton, David, xxix. 
 Haliburton, Henry, xxix, xxxii. 
 Haliburton, Hew, 25. 
 Haliburton, James, of Pitcur, xxx. 
 Haliburton, John, 18, 25, 65, 67. 
 Haliburton, John, M.D., 10. 
 Haliburton, Little, 68. 
 Haliburton, Lord, 11, 12, 19. 
 Haliburton, Mark, 64. 
 Haliburton, Mickle, 68. 
 Haliburton, Patrick, 65. 
 Haliburton, Philip, 20, 21. 
 Haliburton, Rev. Mr, of Dundee, 65. 
 Haliburton, Rev. Thomas, xxx. 
 Haliburton, Robert, xxx, 65. 
 Haliburton, Sir Ada de, 22. 
 Haliburton, Sir Adam, xxix. 
 Haliburton, Sir Andrew, 15. 
 Haliburton, Sir Henry, 20-22. 
 Haliburton, Sir John, xxix, xxx, 15, 16, 
 
 18, 24. 
 Haliburton, Sir John, of Dirleton, xxx. 
 Haliburton, Sir Thomas, 15, 24. 
 Haliburton, Sir Walter, 24. 
 Haliburton, Sir William, xxix, xxx, 20. 
 Haliburton, Thomas, xxxii. 
 Haliburton, Walter, xxix. 
 Haliburton, William, xxx. 
 Haliburton, William, of Nova Scotia, 63. 
 Haliburtons, the, in Hadden— 
 James, 65. 
 Janet, 65. 
 
 Haliburtons, the, of Dirlton — 
 
 Henry, 43. 
 
 Thomas, 19. 
 
 Walter, 12, 15, 16, 19, 21. 
 
 William, 43. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Dryburgh — 
 
 Andrew, 34, 36. 
 
 Archibald, 27. 
 
 David, 25-28, 31. 
 
 Elizabeth, 31, 32. 
 
 George, xxxiv, xxxv, 31, 33-38, 42. 
 
 Henry, 27, 34. 
 
 James, xxxii, xxxv, 27, 34, 36, 41. 
 
 John, 36-38, 40, 41. 
 
 Margaret, xxxv, 36, 38. 
 
 Robert, 34. 
 
 Thomas, xxxii, xxxiv, xxxv, 27, 29, 
 30, 33, 34, 36-38, 40. 
 
 Walter, xxxiv, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34. 
 
 William, 34. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Egliscairn— 
 
 George, 13. 
 
 William, 13. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Inchdarney — 
 
 Andrew, W.S., 64. 
 
 James, W.S., 64. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Merton — 
 
 Andrew, xxxi. 
 
 David, xxxi, xxxiv. 
 
 Euphane, xxxi. 
 
 George, xxxi. 
 
 Helen, xxxi. 
 
 John, xxxi, xxxv, 13, 39. 
 
 Marie, 39, 40, 44. 
 
 Mark, xxxi. 
 
 Mary, xxxv. 
 
 Walter, xxxi, 26. 
 
 William, xxxi, 14, 16, 25, 26. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Muirhouslaw — 
 
 Adam, xxxi. 
 
 Agnes, xxxi, xxxv, 34, 35. 
 
 Andrew, xxxi. 
 
 David, xxxiv, 64. 
 
 Davidona, xxxiii. 
 
 Elizabeth, xxxiv. 
 
 George, xxxiii, xxxiv, 26, 58. 
 
 Helen, xxxiii. 
 
 Henry, xxx. 
 
 Janet, xxxiii. 
 
 Jean, xxxi, 45. 
 
 John, xxxi, xxxv, 26, 38, 45, 64. 
 
 Patrick, xxxii, xxxiii, 58. 
 
 Thomas, xxxii, xxxiii, 7-10, 57, 65. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Newmains — 
 
 Andrew, 46, 49, 53, 56, 64. 
 
 Barbara, xxviii, xxxii, xxxix, xli, 
 xlii, 45, 48, 49, 57, 59. 
 
 Christian, 55. 
 
 David, xxxii, xxxv, 40, 46, 48, 57. 
 
 Elizabeth, xxxii, xxxv, 40, 47, 53, 
 58. 
 
 Gawin, 54, 64. 
 
 George, xxxi, xxxii, 53. 
 
74 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Haliburtons of Newmains, continued — 
 Gilbert, 53. 
 Janet, xxxv, xxxix, xl, 40, 42-44, 
 
 51. 
 Jean, xxxix, 49, 50, 54, 55. 
 John, xxxii, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxix, 
 
 13, 41-45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 
 
 56, 62, 64, 66. 
 Katherine, 62. 
 Lilias, xxxix, 50, 51. 
 Margaret, xxxii, xxxv, xxxix, 40, 
 
 41, 43, 44, 46, 48-50, 54, 55, 64. 
 Marion, 54. 
 
 Mary, xl, xliii, 47, 57, 59, 64. 
 Robert, xxxvi, xxxix, xii, 51, 53, 
 
 62. 
 Simon, 55, 56, 61, 64, 66, 67. 
 Thomas, xxviii, xxxv-xl, 7, 40, 42, 
 
 44, 45, 48, 52, 53, 62, 64. 
 Violet, 47. 
 
 William, xxxv, 40, 44, 46, 53, 56, 
 64. 
 Haliburtons, the, of Pitcur — 
 
 Alexander, Lord Haliburton, 63. 
 
 James, Colonel, 63. 
 
 James, Provost of Dundee, 16, 17. 
 
 Walter, 12, 13. 
 Halidon Hill, battle of, xii, liii. 
 Hall, Katherine, lvii. 
 Hall, Sir James, of Douglas, Bart., lvii. 
 Hamilton, Margaret, xix. 
 Hamilton, Sir Thomas, of Preston, xix. 
 Heathfield, Lord, 66. 
 Heleinshaw, lands of, li. 
 Hepburne, Helen, xix. 
 Hepburne, Thomas, of Humbie, xix. 
 Heyburn (Hepburne), Sir Patrick, 15. 
 Hillsborough, Earl of, lxv. 
 Hog, Alexander, 8, 9. 
 Hogg, James, xv. 
 Holyrood Abbey, xi, xii. 
 Home, Andrew, in Redpath, 38. 
 Home, Earl of, 27. 
 Homildon Hill, battle of, liii. 
 Hope, Adam le, lxix. 
 Hope, Charles, Earl of Hopetoun, lxix. 
 Hope, Edward, lxix. 
 Hope, General Sir Alexander, G.C.B., 
 
 lxix. 
 Hope, James, Q. C. , of Abbotsford, lxix, 
 
 Ixx. 
 Hope, John de, lxix. 
 Hope, John, Earl of Hopetoun, lxix. 
 Hope, Sir Thomas, of Craighall, lxix. 
 Horsbrugh, Alexander, of that ilk, xxiv. 
 Horsbrugh, Susan, xxiv. 
 Howard, Henry Granville, Duke of Nor- 
 folk, lxx. 
 Howard, Lady Victoria, lxx. 
 Hume, Alexander, Earl of, 19, 36. 
 Hume, Joseph, 11. 
 Huxley, Lieut. -Colonel, lxii. 
 
 Inchmachome, Priory of, xxxvi, 38. 
 Innerleith, lands of, 34. . . 
 
 Innes, Rev. James, of Mertoun, xl, xlu, 
 59. 
 
 James I. , xxx. 
 
 James II., xii. 
 
 James V., xiii, xxxvii, 1. 
 
 James VI., xiii, xvii, xxxvi, xlix. 
 
 Jessop, Sarah, xxiii. 
 
 Jessop, William, of Butterly Hall, xxiii. 
 
 Jobson, Jane, Lady Scott, lxvi. 
 
 Jobson, William, of Lochore, lxvi. 
 
 Johnstone, Lady Henrietta, lxix. 
 
 Julius II., Pope, 27. 
 
 Keith, Agnes, liv. 
 
 Keith, Alexander, of Ravelstone, xlvii, 
 
 liv, lv. 
 Keith, Charles, lv. 
 Keith, George, liv. 
 Keith, Helen, lv. 
 Keith, Isabella, liv, lv. 
 Keith, James, liv, lv. 
 Keith, John, liv, 
 Keith, Margaret, liv. 
 Keith, Mary Anne, lv. 
 Keith, Sir Alexander, of Ravelstone, lv. 
 Keith, Rev. William, of Pogbie, lv. 
 Keith, Robert, liv. 
 Keith, William, liv, lv. 
 Kelso Abbey, xxix, 20. 
 Ker, Andrew, of Littledean, 48. 
 Ker, George, of Faldonside, 19. 
 Ker, Isabella, xxiii, xlviii. 
 Ker, John, 43. 
 
 Ker, Sir Thomas, of Cavers, xxiii. 
 Ker, Sir Walter, of Cessford, xiii. 
 Ker, Walter, of Hersell, 36. 
 Ker, William, of Lair, 38. 
 "Kinmont Willie," xiv. 
 Kinrossy, lands of, 12. 
 Kirkton, Alexander, 39. 
 
 Ladypart, lands of, 36. 
 
 Lamberton, Bishop, xxix. 
 
 Lamont, Georgiana, lv. 
 
 Langlands, Robert, 26. 
 
 Lauderdale, Earl of, lxv. 
 
 Leslie, Alexander, Earl of Leven, lxix. 
 
 Leslie, Lady Elizabeth, lxix. 
 
 Lessudden, teinds in, 35, 40. 
 
 Lincoln, Richard de, 20. 
 
 Lindesay, Patrick, 17. 
 
 Lindsay, Mr, of Eaglescairnie, 67. 
 
 Lindsay, Peter, of Inchdarney, 64. 
 
 Liver, Rev. Robert, of Merton, 49-51. 
 
 Lockhart, Charlotte, lxx. 
 
 Lockhart, Dr John, of Birkhill, lxvii, 
 
 lxviii. 
 Lockhart, James, lvii. 
 Lockhart, John Gibson, Ixi, lxv, lxvii, 
 
 lxviii. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 75 
 
 Loekhart, John Hugh, Ixviii, lxix. 
 
 Lockhart, Laurence, lvii. 
 
 Loekhart, Louisa, lvii. 
 
 Lockhart, Mary, lvii. 
 
 Loekhart, Rev. Dr Laurence, of Milton- 
 
 Lockhart, Mi. 
 Lockhart, Sir George, of Carnwath, 
 
 Ixviii. 
 Lockhart, Sir James, of the Lee, Ixviii. 
 Lockhart, Sir Simon, of the Lee, lxvii. 
 Lockhart, Sir Stephen, of Cleghorn, lxvii. 
 Lockhart, William, of Birkhill, lxvii. 
 Lockhart, William, of Milton-Lockhart, 
 
 lxvii. 
 Long, Adam, of Home, 21. 
 Lothian, Marquis of, 12. 
 Lowthrope, Charlotte E., lix. 
 Ludovic, Cardinal, 27. 
 
 Maccusville, Barony of, Ixx. 
 Maccusville, Herbert de, lxx. 
 Maccus, Robert, son of, lxx. 
 Macdougal, Isobel, xx. 
 Macdougall, Henry, of Makarston, xxiii, 
 
 42. 
 Macdougall, Margaret, 42. 
 Macdougall, Thomas, of Stodrig, 37, 42. 
 Macdougall, Walter, 42, 44. 
 Mackenzie, Sir George, xix. 
 Macneill, Sir John, lxvi. 
 M'Culloch, David, of Ardwell, lxii. 
 M'Culloch, Elizabeth, lxii. 
 M'Kay, Anna, lv. 
 M'Kay, Rev. Mr, of Jedburgh, 55. 
 Macuswell, Sir John de, of Caerlaverock, 
 
 lxx. 
 Maitland, Christian, lv. 
 Maitland, John, of Thirlestane, 21. 
 Maitland, Lieut. -Colonel, of Craigieburn, 
 
 lv. 
 Maitland, Robert, of Thirlestane, 22. 
 Malcolm Canmore, liii, 19, 23. 
 March, George, Earl of, 15. 
 March, Patrick, Earl of, 22. 
 Marchmont, Earl of, xix, 68. 
 Mar, Earl of, 24. 
 Mar, John, Earl of, xxxvi. 
 Mar, Margaret, Countess of, liii. 
 Marjoribanks, the, of Murehouselaw, 
 
 xxxiv. 
 Mary, Queen of Scots, lxix. 
 Maurice, Prince of Orange, xiv. 
 Maxwell, Hon. Joseph C. lxx. 
 Maxwell, Marmaduke, Lord Hemes, lxx. 
 Maxwell, Sir William Stirling, of Pol- 
 
 lok, lxx. 
 Maxwell, William, Lord Herries, lxx. 
 Maxwellhaugh, 65. 
 
 Meldrum, Rev. Andrew, of Merton, 47. 
 Melville, Lord, lxi. 
 Melorstane, charter of lands, 20, 22. 
 Merton, lands of, 14, 25, 28, 29, 35. 
 Mertoun, Isobel, of that ilk, xxx. 
 
 Millhaugh, lands of, 35. 
 
 Milne, Robert, 38. 
 
 Mitchell, Rev. William, 54, 55, 58. 
 
 Mitchelson, Harriet, Iviii. 
 
 Mitchelson, John, of Middleton, Iviii. 
 
 Moll, Alicia de, xii. 
 
 Molla, Henry de, xii. 
 
 Molle, charter of lauds, 20-22. 
 
 Monmouth, Duke of, xiv, xix. 
 
 Moravia, Andrew de, lv. 
 
 Morham, Sir Adam de, xxix. 
 
 Moroden, lands of, 40. 
 
 Morton, Lady, 63. 
 
 Morritt, Mr, lix. 
 
 Murray, Agnes, xvii, xviii, xx. 
 
 Murray, Anne, 1, li. 
 
 Murray, Antony, of Dollerie, lv. 
 
 Murray, Earl of, 24. 
 
 Murray, Frances, lv. 
 
 Murray, Sir Gideon, of Elibank, xvii, 
 
 xviii. 
 Murray, Sir J ohn, of Philiphaugh, 1. 
 Murray, Sir Patrick K., of Ochtertyre, 
 
 lv. " 
 Murray, Sir William, of Ochtertyre, lv. 
 Murray, the Outlaw, 1. 
 Murthockstone, lands of, xii. 
 
 Napier, Lord, xxv. 
 
 Nethermains, 37. 
 
 Nether Shielfield, lands of, xxxiv. 
 
 Newmains, 40. 
 
 Nicholson, Cadogan, xxxiii, 
 
 Nicholson, Charles, xxxiii. 
 
 Nicholson, Dr, Dean of Exeter, lxix. 
 
 Nicholson, Dr William, Bishop of Car- 
 lisle, lxix. 
 
 Nicholson, George, xxxiii. 
 
 Nicholson, Jane, lxix. 
 
 Nicholson, Rev. James, of Banchory, 
 xxxiii. 
 
 Nisbetmoore, battle of, xxx, 15. 
 
 Nisbett, Rev. William, 54. 
 
 Oliphant, Laurence, of Gask, liv. 
 Oliphant, Margaret, liv. 
 Oliver, Andrew, 64. 
 Oppell, Hans Max Von, lxiii. 
 Oppell, Mary Monica Von, lxiii. 
 Oppell, Rittmeister Von, lxiii. 
 Otterburn, battle of, liii. 
 
 Peat, Elizabeth, lxiii. 
 
 Peat, George, lxiii. 
 
 Peat, Godfrey, lxiii. 
 
 Peat, Major Alexander Cumine, C.B., 
 
 lxiii. 
 Peat, Margery, lxiii. 
 Peat, Walter, lxiii. 
 Peile, Horatio, lix. 
 Pennie, Elizabeth, xxxiv, 33-35. 
 Pennie, family of, in Dry burgh, 33, 34. 
 Pennie, Hew, 33. 
 
76 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Pennie, Isabel, 33. 
 
 Pennie, James, 33. 
 
 Penny, Hon. "William, Lord Kinloch, lv. 
 
 " Penny, the Lee," lxvii. 
 
 Petrie, Rev. William, of Canobie, 62. 
 
 Pinkie, battle of, xiii. 
 
 Pitcaimie, Dr Archibald, xxiv. 
 
 Pitcnr, lands of, 12. 
 
 Poictiers, battle of, 15. 
 
 Polwarth, Hugh Scott, Lord, xi, xix, 
 xxv. 
 
 Pringle, Alexander, of Yair, li. 
 
 Pringle, David, of Hownam, 37. 
 
 Pringle, George, of Balmungo, li. 
 
 Pringle, Janet, 58. 
 
 Pringle, Jean, of Clifton, xxxii. 
 
 Pringle, John, of Whytbank, li. 
 
 Pringle, Margaret, 57. 
 
 Pringle, Mark, of Clifton, xxxii. 
 
 Pringle, Rev. John, of Fogo, li. 
 
 Pringle, Robert, of Clifton, xxxiii, 58. 
 
 Pringles, the, of Crighton, xxiii. 
 
 Purves, Patrick, Chamberlain of Dry- 
 burgh, 29. 
 
 Queensberry, Duke of, xv. 
 
 Rae, Mary Anne, of Coldsheaf, liv, lv. 
 
 Ramsay, William, of Dalhousie, 18. 
 
 Records, Scottish Privy Council, xx-xxii. 
 
 Register, Lyon's, 12. 
 
 Reidsquair, Raid of, xlviii. 
 
 Ridal, Jervasius, xlvii. 
 
 Riddle, Andrew, in St Boswells, 33, 34. 
 
 Robert II. , xxxv, liv. 
 
 Robertson, Agnes, 58. 
 
 Robertson, Andrew, 58. 
 
 Robertson, John, 58. 
 
 Robertson, Marion, 58. 
 
 Robertson, William, 58. 
 
 Rosebank, lands of, xliii. 
 
 Ross, Henry Fraser, heraldic painter, 11. 
 
 Ross, Isabel, Countess of, 15, 43. 
 
 Roule, Ada de, 30. 
 
 Russell, Alexander, lvi. 
 
 Russell, Anne, lvi. 
 
 Russell, Colonel William, of Ashestiel, 
 
 lvi. 
 Russell, Daniel, lvi. 
 Russell, Elizabeth, lvi. 
 Russell, General Sir James, lvii, lxiv. 
 Russell, Helen, lvii. 
 Russell, Jane, lvi. 
 Russell, John, lvi. 
 Russell, Katherine, lvii. 
 Russell, William, lvi. 
 Rutherford, Anne, xlv, lvi, lviii-lx. 
 Rutherford, Christian, lvii. 
 Rutherford, Darcy, lviii. 
 Rutherford, Elizabeth, xxxii, xxxiii, 58. 
 Rutherford, George, of Fairnington, 
 
 xxxii, 8, 9, 34, 48, 57. 
 Rutherford, Hugo de, xlvii. 
 
 Rutherford, James, xlvii, lvii. 
 Rutherford, Janet, lvii. 
 Rutherford, Jean, li, lvi. 
 Rutherford, John, lvi-lviii. 
 Rutherford, John, of Edzerstoun, xxxv, 
 
 42, 44. 
 Rutherford, John, of Grundisnock, xlvm. 
 Rutherford, John, of Hunthill, xlvii. 
 Rutherford, Margaret, xxxv, lviii, 42, 
 
 48, 49, 58. 
 Rutherford, Miss, of Know South, xliii. 
 Rutherford, Mr, of New York, xlviii. 
 Rutherford, Nichol, of Fairnilee, xlvii. 
 Rutherford, Professor Daniel, lvii, lviii. 
 Rutherford, Professor John, M.D., xxii, 
 
 xlv-xlvii, li, lii, lv. 
 Rutherford, Rev. John, of Yarrow, xlviii, 
 
 xlix, li. 
 Rutherford, Richard, of Hunthill, xlviii. 
 Rutherford, Richard, of that ilk, 22. 
 Rutherford, Robert, li, lii, lvii, lviii. 
 Rutherford, Robertus de, xlvii. 
 Rutherford, Sir Richard, xlvii. 
 Rutherford, Sir Robert de, xlvii. 
 Rutherford, Thomas, of that ilk, 7. 
 Rutherford, William, lvii. 
 Ruthven, John, Earl of Gowrie, 19. 
 Ruthven, William, 17. 
 
 St Alban's, Duchess of, xxxviii. 
 Saint Eustacia, Haliburtons in, 65. 
 Sanderson, Elizabeth, lix. 
 Sanderson, Margaret, lix. 
 Sanderson, Richard Burdon, lix. 
 Schatto, Thomas de, xlix. 
 Schaw, Christiana, xlix. 
 Schaw, James de le, xlix, 
 Scot, Barbara, 60. 
 Scot, Janet, 59. 
 Scot, John, 60. 
 
 Scot, , Laird of Harden, 59. 
 
 Scot, Thomas, 59. 
 
 Scot, Walter, of Baileyknow, 59, 60. 
 
 Scot, Walter, of Raeburn, 59, 60. 
 
 Scot, William, 59, 60. 
 
 Scott, Walter, W.S., xxiii, xlv-xlvii, lvi, 
 
 lix, 63. 
 Scott, Anna, of Ancrum, xxii. 
 Scott, Anne, lix, lx, lxii, lxvii. 
 Scott, Anne, Duchess of Monmouth, xiv, 
 
 xxv. 
 Scott, Anne, of Gala, xxiii. 
 Scott, Catherine Hope, Ixx. 
 Scott, Charles, Duke of Buccleuch, xv. 
 Scott, Christian, li. 
 Scott, Daniel, lxiii. 
 Scott, David, of Buccleuch, xiii. 
 Scott, Eliza, lxii, lxiii. 
 Scott, Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, xv. 
 Scott, Francis, Earl of Buccleuch, xiv, 
 
 xv. 
 Scott, General Walter, lxii. 
 Scott, George, lxii. 
 
INDEX. 
 
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 Scott, Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, xv. 
 
 Scott, Hugh, of Draycott, xxiii. 
 
 Scott, Hugh, of Gala, xxiii. 
 
 Scott, Hugh, of Harden, xix. 
 
 Scott, James Hope, lxx. 
 
 Scott, Jean, lx, 60. 
 
 Scott, Jessie, lxii. 
 
 Scott, John, of Belford, 65. 
 
 Scott, John, of Harden, xii, xxvi, xxvii. 
 
 Scott, John, of Murdieston, xvi. 
 
 Scott, John, of Synton, xxii. 
 
 Scott, Josephine Hope, lxx. 
 
 Scott, Lieut. -Colonel Walter, Bart. , lxvi. 
 
 Scott, Lieutenant Walter S. Lockhart, 
 
 lxix. 
 Scott, Major John, lx, lxi. 
 Scott, Margaret, li. 
 Scott, Margaret Hope, lxx. 
 Scott, Mary, Countess of Tarras, xiv. 
 Scott, Mary, "Flower of Yarrow," xvi, 
 
 xvii. 
 Scott, Mary I. Maxwell, lxxi. 
 Scott, Mary Monica Hope, lxx, lxxi. 
 Scott, Minna Hope, lxx. 
 Scott, Mr, of Danesfield, xlii. 
 Scott, Mr, of Whitehaugh, li. 
 Scott, Philip Hope, lxx. 
 Scott, Philip, of Dryhope, xvi. 
 Scott, Rev. John, of Oxnam, 44. 
 Scott, Rev. Thomas, lxii. 
 Scott, Richard, xi, xii. 
 Scott, Robert, lx. 
 Scott, Robert of Branxholm, xii. 
 Scott, Robert, of Iliston, xix. 
 Scott, Sir Gideon, of Highchester, xix. 
 Scott, Sir John, Bart, of Ancrum, xxii. 
 Scott, Sir Michael, of Murdieston, xii, 
 
 xv. 
 Scott, Sir Patrick, Bart, of Ancrum, 
 
 xxxvi, li. 
 Scott, Sir Richard, xii. 
 Scott, Sir Walter, of Abbotsford, Bart., 
 
 xi, xv, xxv, xxvii, xxviii, Ivi, lxi, lxiii, 
 
 lxvi. 
 Scott, Sir Walter, of Branxholm, xii-xiv. 
 Scott, Sir William, of Harden, xvii-xxi. 
 Scott, Sir William, of Thirlestane, xxv. 
 Scott, Sophia; lxvii, Ixviii. 
 Scott, Theresa Hope, lxx. 
 Scott, Thomas, W.S., lxi, lxii. 
 Scott, Walter, lx, 59. 
 Scott, Walter, Duke of Buccleuch, xv. 
 Scott, Walter, Earl of Buccleuch, xiv. 
 Scott, Walter Hope, lxx. 
 Scott, Walter Hugh, Lord Polwarth, 
 
 xix, xx. 
 Scott, Walter J. Maxwell, lxxi. 
 Scott, Walter of Harden, Earl of Tarras, 
 
 xvi, xix. 
 Scott, Walter, of Highchester, xix. 
 Scott, Walter, of Synton, xvi. 
 Scott, William, xii. 
 Scott, William, Earl of Dalkeith, xv. 
 
 Scott, William Hugh, of Draycott, xxiv. 
 Scott, William, of Harden, xv, xvi. 
 Scotts, the, of Abbotsford, xi, xv, xxiii, 
 xxv, xxvii, xxviii, xlv, xlvii, lvi, lix- 
 lxxi. 
 Scotts, the, of Harden, xii, xv-xxi, xxvi, 
 
 xxvii, li. 
 Scotts, the, of Raeburn — 
 
 Alexander, xxiv. 
 
 Anne, xxiii, xxiv, xliii. 
 
 Barbara, xxiii, xlii. 
 
 Charles, xliii. 
 
 Charlotte, xxiv. 
 
 Christian, xx. 
 
 Cicely, xxiv. 
 
 Elizabeth, xxiv. 
 
 Isabel, xxii. 
 
 James, xxvi, xliii. 
 
 Janet, xlii. 
 
 Jean, xxix. 
 
 Haliburton, xxiv. 
 
 Hugh, xxiv. 
 
 Louisa, xxiv. 
 
 Major John, xxiii. 
 
 Mary, xxiv, xlii. 
 
 Matilda, xxiv. 
 
 Robert, xx, xxii-xxiv, xlii. 
 
 Sarah, xxiv. 
 
 Susan, xxiv. 
 
 Thomas, xli-xliii. 
 
 Violet, xxiv. 
 
 Walter, xx-xxvi, xl, xii, xlv. 
 
 William, xx, xxii-xxiv, xxvi, xl, 
 xii, xliii. 
 Scotts, the, of Sandyknowe — 
 
 Barbara, xlv. 
 
 Janet, xliv. 
 
 Jean, xxiii, xliv, xlv. 
 
 John, xliv. 
 
 Mary, xliv. 
 
 Robert, xxiii, xxvi-xxviii, xxxix, 
 xli-xliii, xlvi, xlvii, 59, 60. 
 
 Thomas, xxiii, xlvi, xlvii. 
 Selkirk, abbey of, xi. 
 Selkirk, Earl of, lvii. 
 Shaw, Adam, 1. 
 
 Shaw, Alexander, of Sauchie, 1. 
 Shaw, Gideon, li. 
 Shaw, James, 1, li. 
 Shaw, Jean, li. 
 Shaw, John, li. 
 
 Shaw, John de, of Sauchie, xlix, 1. 
 Shaw, Marion, 1. 
 Shaw, Patrick, M.D., li. 
 Shaw, Rev. John, of Sauchie, 1, li. 
 Shaw, Rev. Patrick, 1. 
 Shaw, 'William, li. 
 Shaw, William de, xlix. 
 Sheilfleld, Erskines of, xxxiii. 
 Sheilfield, Nether, 32, 36. 
 Silvereraigs, Campbell of, xxv. 
 Simpson, John, of Sharplaw, 7. 
 Sinclair, Anne, lii, liv. 
 
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 Sinclair, Jane, xxxi. 
 
 Sinclair, Sir Robert, of Longformacus, 
 lii. 
 
 Slatehills, lands of, 57. 
 
 Slight, E. N., lxiii. 
 
 Smith, Eev. Principal, 61. 
 
 Snaldon, lands of, 21. 
 
 Sprouston, lands of, 21. 
 
 Stadfield, lands of, 23. 
 
 Stewart, Abbot James, of Dryburgh, 
 xxxiv, 25, 27-31, 33. 
 
 Stewart, Elizabeth, xxxiv, 31. 
 
 Stewart, James, Sheriff of Bute. 
 
 Stewart, Margaret, liv. 
 
 Stewart, Marjory, liv. 
 
 Stewart, Sir John, of Allanbank, xxxviii, 
 60. 
 
 Stewart, Sir Michael R. Shaw, of Black- 
 hall, 1. 
 
 Stuart, Jean, xxxviii. 
 
 Stuart, Prince Charles Edward, xv, Iviii. 
 
 Swinton, Edulf de, liii. 
 
 Swinton, Jean, lii, lv. 
 
 Swinton, Joanna, liii. 
 
 Swinton, John, xlvii. 
 
 Swinton, Robert, xlvii. 
 
 Swinton, Sir Alan de, liii. 
 
 Swinton, Sir John, of that ilk, lii-liv. 
 
 Thorbum, Rev. John, of Kirknewton, xli. 
 
 60. 
 Thynne, Lady Charlotte, xv. 
 Tod, Lieut. -Colonel Charles, xxxix. 
 
 Trotter, Rev. Thomas, lv. 
 Truce, David de, 21, 22. 
 Turnbull, Sir John, 36. 
 
 Vallibus or Vaus, Alexander de, of Dirl- 
 
 ton, 23. 
 Vallibus or Vaus, John de, 21. 
 Vallibus (Vaux), William de, xxx, 21. 
 Valloniis, Philip de, xlvii. 
 Vaus, family of, Dirlton, 23. 
 Vavasour, Marcia, lxx. 
 Vavasour, Sir Edward, lxx. 
 Vesey or Vesci, Eustace de, 21. 
 Vesey or Vesci, William de, 20. 
 Volere, Charlotte, lxiv. 
 Volere, Chevalier de la, lxiv. 
 
 Walker, Rev. William, of Makerston, 
 
 xxxix, 59. 
 Walker's Croft, 32. 
 Wark Castle, 16, 26. 
 Watson, William, Chamberlain, 34. 
 Wauchop, Gideon, 43. 
 Wedderlie, Edgars of, xvii. 
 Whitalls, lands of, 36. 
 Whyschard, Johanna de, 30. 
 William the Lion, liii, lxx. 
 Wilson, James, of Woodville, liv. 
 Wilson, Rev. Robert, of Melrose, 58. 
 Wilson, William, 35. 
 Wintoun, Archibald Douglas, Earl of, 16. 
 Wishart, Rev. Principal, 65. 
 Workman, James, 11. 
 
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