Some Old Families: A Contribution to the Genealogical History of Scotland, with an Appendix of Illustrative DocumentsThis important work of Scottish genealogy was originally published in 1890 in a limited edition of only one hundred privately circulated copies. The text is divided into eleven chapters, detailing the ancestry of eleven venerable Scottish families: the Allan family, the Dalrymple family of Waterside, the Halkerston family of Halkerston Beath, the Hardy family, the Liston family, the McCall family, the Orr family, the Ranken family of Colden, the Scott family of Thirlestane, the Wilkie family of Rathobyres and the Young family. For each family, the author presents a plethora of archival information including numerous illustrative documents, sixteen pedigree sheets, portraits, illustrations of seals and coat of arms, traditions, anecdotes, tombstone inscriptions and extensive biographical material. The original index has been retained for this edition. It is with great pleasure that Heritage Books, Inc. makes this text once again available to today's family researchers and scholars of Scottish history. |
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... Lands and their owners in Galloway , by P. H. McKirlie , 5 v . , 1870 . Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston , by Mark Napier - 1834 . The Statistical Account of Scotland published in 1845 . System of Heraldry by Alex . Nisbet - 2 vols ...
... lands ' and properties , including the house in Forrester's Wynd , were in his poffeffion in 1786 , but he lived , —at all events latterly , in Scott's Close , a narrow thoroughfare on the South App . p . ii . 8 and was Side THE FAMILY ...
... lands of the late Arthur de Dalrymple . William Dalrymple acquired the lands of Stair by marriage with Agnes Kennedy , in 1450 , and from this marriage , the Earls of Stair are defcended . II - 58 . In 1369 , John Dalrymple held lands ...
... lands in Scotland that it is neceffary to mention that the property here indicated is fituated in the parish of Keir , and county of Dumfries , and lies on the right bank of the Scar , just above the latter's junction with the Nith ...
... lands of Waterfide , in 1629 , from Robert Maxwell , Earl of Nithfdale , and Elizabeth Beaumont his spouse , for 4,000 marks . The witneffes were James Maxwell of Tinwald , Thomas Grierson of Barjarg , John Grierson of Nether - Keir ...