Descendants of Archibald Lyon, Glasgow, 16 th to 18 th century

Sources:Hg = “The history of Glasgow” by John M’Ure (written 1736, published 1830)oc = “Old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry”og = Old Glasgow Exhibition memorial catalogue, 1894og,nq = Old Glasgow Exhibition, notes and queries, 1894.st = stirnet websitehn = information from H. Nankivellkb = information from K. Bryant Smithcc = “Cochrane correspondence regarding the affairs of Glasgow” 1836.sj = “Scottish journal of topography, antiquities” etc (1848).Fasti = Fasti Ecclesiae ScoticanaePg = The Provosts of Glasgow from 1609 to 1832 / compiled from notes collected by James R. Anderson, edited by James Gourlay, published 1942.Wd = williamdavidson.com

1 st Generation

Archibald LYON, son of Lord Glames, Earl of Strathmore, came to Glasgow with Archbishop Dunbar, built houses on Gallowgate in 1536 and died aged 93 (History of Glasgow and “English merchants memoirs in the progress of British commerce”)..Archibald LYON married Margaret DUNLOP. Margaret was daughter of Alexander Dunlop (1491-1564) and Ellen/Helen Cuninghame of Glencairn (b. abt 1511 at Glencairn, Dumfriesshire). Margaret was great great aunt of James Dunlop 2nd of Garnkirk (1633-1692) (H. Nankivell).Archibald and Margaret had following children:

M Archibald LYON. Archibald married person unknown. and was unsuccessful with money (Hg).

F Margaret LYON. Margaret married John YOUNG (Hg).F Mary LYON (Hg). Mary married Colin CAMPBEL of Ardteny, Glasgow

merchant (hg). Mary was probably called Margaret (pg).F Isabel LYON (Hg). Isabel married Marcus KNOX, Glasgow merchant (hg).

2 nd Generation

Archibald LYON. Archibald married person unknown. and was unsuccessful with money.They had the following child: M. George LYON. George married Mary ANDERSON, daughter of John Anderson, late Provost (Hg).

Margaret LYON. Margaret married John YOUNG. They had following children:

F Margaret YOUNG. Margaret married George MORISON. George was a shipmaster at Prestonpans who died at sea (Hg).

F Helen YOUNG. Helen married Quintin BROCK, a Glasgow shipmaster (Hg).

F Christian YOUNG. Christian married Donald MURRAY (Hg).

M Thomas YOUNG. Thomas married Margaret ORR, daughter of John Orr (Hg).

Mary LYON (Hg). Mary married Colin CAMPBEL of Ardteny, Glasgow merchant (hg). Mary was probably called Margaret (pg). Margaret Lyon married John Campbell, who was alive in 1615 (st). They had the following child: M Colin CAMPBEL of Elie (d. bef 1647, pg). Colin married Grizel ROSS, daughter of the laird of Thorntoun in Cunningham. Colin was a provost of Glasgow (hg). Colin married Grizzel Ross (d. dec1639, will reg. 9jul1640) bef 1599 (pg).

Isabel LYON (Hg). Isabel married Marcus KNOX, Glasgow merchant (hg). Isobel Lyon, daughter of Archibald Lyon, Glasgow merchant, married Mark Knox, Glasgow merchant, son of John of Selviland, b. abt 1530 (sj).They had the following children:

M Thomas KNOX. Thomas married Bessie SPANG, daughter of Andrew Spang, Glasgow merchant, and Marion Buchanan, sister of George Buchanan, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland (hg). (George Buchanan (1506, Killearn, Stirlingshire-1582) was son of Agnes Heriot of Trabroun (wikipedia).) Thomas Knox, Glasgow merchant, married Bessie, daughter of Andro Spang, Glasgow merchant, by Marion, sister of George Buchanan, Latin poet (sj).

M William KNOX. William was a Dublin merchant and married ? (hg).

3 rd Generation

George LYON. George married Mary ANDERSON, daughter of John Anderson, late Provost. John Anderson of Dowhill (b. abt 1611, d. oct 1684 (og)) was the eldest son of Ninian Anderson and Christian, daughter of David Dickson, burgess of Glasgow (pg). Mary Anderson’s mother was Barbara Gilhagie (m. 7jan1634, d. between jun1663 and mar1667, when John married again) (pg). Mary’s siblings were John (chr. 16oct1636, was Provost in 1689) and Janet (m. 25may1653 John Luke of Claythorn, d. 3nov1711) (pb). Janet was born 1635, her father was John Luke, elder (og). George and Mary had the following child: M George LYON. George was a ship captain and married Elizabeth GIBSON, daughter of John GIBSON of Overnewtoun(hg)/Overnewton(pg) and Jean WODDROP (daughter of James Woddrop, portioner of Dalmarnock) (pg), and sister of Walter Gibson of Balshalgry, late Provost (Hg). Walter Gibson, former Provost, (b. abt 1643, d. jan1723) (pg) may have bought the lands of Gilmorehill in 1720 (oc).

Thomas YOUNG. Thomas married Margaret ORR, daughter of John Orr.They had the following children:

M John YOUNG. John married Grizel CAMPBELL, daughter of Colin Campbell of Blythswood (Hg). Provost Colin Campbell purchased the lands of Blythswood in 1670 (oc); it seems more likely that a son of Provost Colin Campbell (d. 11nov1670) bought the land (pg). Colin Campbel of Blythswood died jul1706, aged 69 (hg, p.206) The 2nd son of Colin Campbell, 1st, of Blythswood, was Robert Campbell of Northwoodside, Dean of Guild in 1679, whose 1st wife, daughter of John Napier of Kilmahew, Dunbartons, and sister of Countess of Glencairn, produced a child who married James Dunlop, 2nd, of Garnkirk. Robert’s 2nd wife was daughter of James Dunlop, 1st, of Garnkirk (oc). Nether Possil was sold in 1638 to Robert Vallange by the grandson of Robert Crawford. This Robert Vallange or

Vallance was the son of "John Vallance, merchand burges of Glasgow," and one of his wives was Grizel, daughter of Colin Campbell of Blythswood; by her he had no issue (oc).

F Janet YOUNG. Janet married Peter PATON (Hg).F Euphan YOUNG (Hg)

Margaret YOUNG. Margaret married George MORISON.They had the following children:

M James MORISON. James married Margaret LOGIE. Lt. James Morison died after fighting at the battle of Worcester (1561) in Barbadoes (Hg).

F Isabel MORISON. Isabel married Andrew HAMILTON of Myretoun and died in childbirth (Hg).

F Marion MORISON. Marion married Peter GEMMILL, son of Rev. John Gemmill, minister of Mairns (Hg). Will of David Gemmill, preacher at Kirk at Mearns, reg. 8sep1651 Glasgow (sp). F Margaret MORISON. Margaret married John MCKEOUN, son of Baron McKeoun of Stirlingshire (Hg).

Helen YOUNG. Helen married Quintin BROCK, a Glasgow shipmaster (Hg).They had the following children:

F Margaret BROCK. Margaret married Thomas PEADIE, merchant (hg).F Agnes BROCK.

Christian YOUNG. Christian married Donald MURRAY (Hg).They had the following children:

F Margaret MURRAY. Margaret married Archibald ROBERTSON alias M’Kellar of Stouckscardine (hg).

F Mary MURRAY. Mary married Malcom M’NAUGHTON (hg).F Janet MURRAY. Janet married George CAMPBELL of Otter, sheriff-

deput of Argyl (hg).

Colin CAMPBEL of Elie (d. bef 1647, pg). Colin married Grizel ROSS, daughter of the laird of Thorntoun in Cunningham (hg). Grizel died dec1639 (pg). Colin was a provost of Glasgow (hg).They had the following children:

M Robert CAMPBEL of Elie and Silvercraigs. Robert married Mary STUART (hg). Robert married feb1623 Mary or Marion, daughter of James Stewart of Floak (pg) or Flosk (st).

M Colin CAMPBEL of Blythswood, provost. Colin married (1) Margaret FLEMING (hg), sister of Sir Archibald Fleming of Ferme (st), and (2) Janet MUIR (hg), daughter of James Muir of the Rowallan family (st). Colin, who died 11nov1670, married (1) 5dec1619 Elizabeth or Elspeth Fleming; she died 20jun1629. Colin married (2) Janet Muir, daughter of James Muir and Janet Stuart of Castlemilk (pg).

F Isabel CAMPBEL. Isabel married James BELL, provost (hg). Isabel married 6oct1624 James BELL (d. jul1655) (pg). James was son of James Bell, Glasgow merchant, and brother of Patrick Bell, provost (pg).

?F Grizzel CAMPBELL was chr 22feb1610 at Glasgow (IGI). Grizzel may have died young as she is not mentioned in pg.

M James CAMPBEL, provost. James married Jean CUNNINGHAM (hg). James was chr 3jan1622 and had no issue (pg).

Thomas KNOX. Thomas married Bessie SPANG, daughter of Andrew Spang, Glasgow merchant, and Marion Buchanan (hg).They had the following children:

M Thomas KNOX, baron of Dungennon (hg). Thomas had no son and 3 daughters (hg).

M William KNOX, Glasgow merchant, died apr1728 aged 76 (hg).M John KNOX had an estate in Ireland. His son Thomas inherited from his

uncles which brought an income of 5000 pounds p.a. (hg). Son Thomas was of Barony of Dungennon and had a son who became Viscount of Northland in 1781 (sj).

F Helen KNOX.F Margaret KNOX.

William KNOX. William was a Dublin merchant and married ? (hg).They had the following child: M John KNOX. Sir John Knox was mayor of Dublin (hg). John was mayor 1685-86.

4 th Generation

George LYON. George married Elizabeth GIBSON, daughter of John GIBSON of Overnewtoun (Hg).They had the following children:

M John LYON. John was a merchant and Baillie of Portglasgow (hg).F Jane LYON. Jane married Capt. John BAILIE of Castlecarry (hg).

John YOUNG. John married Grizel CAMPBELL, daughter of Colin Campbell of Blythswood. They had the following children:

M John YOUNG. John was an Edinburgh writer (Hg).M Robert YOUNG. Robert was parson at Erskine (Hg).F Janet YOUNG. Janet married George CAMPBELL (Hg).

Janet YOUNG. Janet married Peter PATON, a Glasgow merchant. In abt 1696 bills mentioned the doctors Brisben and Paton (hg, p.205).They had the following child: M Thomas PATON. Thomas married Mary FRANK, daughter of James FRANK, surgeon in Glasgow, son of an English Esq. from Licestershire (Hg).

James MORISON. James married Margaret LOGIE.They had the following children:

F Marion MORISON (Hg) (b. abt 1638/1648). Marion married Malcolm STARK in 1677.

F Margaret MORISON. Margaret married James HENDRY, Glasgow merchant (Hg) probably abt 1669.

Marion MORISON. Marion married Peter GEMMILL.They had the following children: F Margaret GEMMILL. Margaret married Patrick MURDOCH (Hg). Margaret was buried 15jul1708 as relict of Patrick Murdoch (pg). Patrick Murdoch, eldest

son of John Murdoch, Glasgow burgess, b. 1627 (st). Patrick Murdoch, merchant, was made burgess, as eldest lawful son to John Murdoch, merchant, burgess, 16jul1655 (og,nq). Patrick’s father, John became burgess in 1648 and gild brother in 1658 (og,nq).

M Peter GEMMILL. Peter married Margaret HAMILTON, daughter of James Hamilton, Glasgow merchant; she died without issue. Peter also married Mary SCOT, daughter of John SCOT, Glasgow merchant, and Christian BOYD (Hg). Peter was a merchant, late Baillie and founder of wester-sugar-works (hg).

Margaret MORISON. Margaret married John MCKEOUN, son of Baron McKeoun of Stirlingshire.They had the following children:

M John MCKEOUN. John married Jane BRISBAND (Hg). In abt 1696 bills mentioned the doctors Brisben and Paton (hg, p.205).

F Janet MCKEOUN. Janet married Thomas M’URE, son of Robert M’Ure of Ballachyll and Janet Boyd of Porthencross. The castle Portincross is near Largs, Ayrshire (Hg).

Margaret BROCK. Margaret married Thomas PEADIE, a Glasgow merchant.They had the following children:

M James PEADIE. James married Anne PORTERFIELD, daughter of Alexander Porterfield, brother to the laird of Duchill (hg). They married 4jun1679 at Killelon (pg). James was chr 4may1652 and died 1feb1717 (pg). Beatrix Cuninghame (daughter of William Cuninghame, laird of Craigends) married John Porterfield, 1st laird of Duchill in 16th century (ourlocalhistory website).

F Janet PEADIE. Janet married Robert CROSS (hg).

Mary MURRAY. Mary married Malcom M’NAUGHTON (hg).They had the following children: M Alexander M’NAUGHTON. Alexander married ? CAMPBELL, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Ardkinglass (hg). The baronetage of Ardkinglass, Argyll, was created in 1679; Sir Colin Campbell (1640-apr1709) was the 1st baronet, and married Helen Maxwell (thepeerage). Sir Colin Campbell (son of Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglas, who married 1636 Isabel Campbell of Glenorchy) married Helen Maxwell (dau of Sir Patrick Maxwell of Newark); Colin’s sister Anne may have married Sir Alexander MacNauchtan of Dunderave (d. abt 1685) (st).

Robert CAMPBEL of Elie and Silvercraigs. Robert married Mary STUART (hg). Robert married 12feb1623 Marion Stewart (st). They had the following children:

M Robert CAMPBEL of Silvercraigs. Robert married Lilias STUART of Chryswell (hg) in 1661 (st).

F Mary CAMPBEL. Mary married Patrick BELL of Cowcaddens (hg). Marie married 25oct1649 Patrick Bell of Cowcaddens (pg).

Colin CAMPBEL 1st of Blythswood, provost. Colin married (1) Margaret FLEMING and (2) Janet MUIR (hg).Colin and Margaret had the following children:

F Grizel CAMPBEL. Grizel married Robert VALLANGE of Possell (hg). Grizel was actually Margaret, chr 19feb1624 (pg).Colin and Janet had the following children:

F Janet CAMPBELL was chr 4nov1631 and married 1mar1649 Sir John BELL of Hamilton Ferme, provost (pg).

F Barbara CAMPBELL was chr 2nov1632 and married James HAMILTON of Woodhead, Glasgow merchant (pg).

M Colin CAMPBEL younger of Blythswood. Colin married Margaret LAUDER of Fountainhall (hg). Colin, 2nd of Blysthwood married 1657 Margaret, probably daughter of Sir John Lauder, 1st Bart of Fountainhall (st, the New Extinct Peerage, 1972). M Robert CAMPBEL of Northwoodside, dean of guild in Glasgow. Robert married (1) Katharine NAPIER of Kilmahew and (2) Jean DUNLOP, daughter of James Dunlop elder of Garnkirk (hg). Robert Campbell of Northwoodside married 1673 Katherine Napier (d. 1678), 2nd daughter of John Napier of Kilmahew (og). Robert Campbell of North Woodside (d.1694) married 1680 Jean Dunlop (b.9feb1665); Jean married 1697 Patrick Coutts. Jean was daughter of James Dunlop, 2nd of Garnkirk (1633-feb1695) and Elizabeth Robertson of Bedlay (1633-1695)) (hn). Robert was chr 16apr1647 (pg). A portrait of Katherine Napier or Campbell (d. 1678), 2nd daughter of John Napier of Kilmahew, who married 1673 Robert Campbell, was lent by Miss Findlay, Newton House, Millerhill (og).The 2nd son of Colin Campbell, 1st, of Blythswood, was Robert Campbell of Northwoodside, Dean of Guild in 1679, whose 1st wife, daughter of John Napier of Kilmahew, Dunbartons, and sister of Countess of Glencairn, produced a child who married James Dunlop, 2nd, of Garnkirk. Robert’s 2nd wife was daughter of James Dunlop, 1st, of Garnkirk (oc). Nether Possil was sold in 1638 to Robert Vallange by the grandson of Robert Crawford. This Robert Vallange or Vallance was the son of "John Vallance, merchand burges of Glasgow," and one of his wives was Grizel, daughter of Colin Campbell of Blythswood; by her he had no issue (oc).

M John CAMPBEL of Woodside. John married Isabel CORBET of Hargray (hg). John, chr 24oct1650, inherited North Woodside (pg). Or John married Mary, daughter of John Douglas of Mains (st). M James CAMPBEL.

Isabel CAMPBEL. Isabel married James BELL, provost (d. jun1655, pg).They had the following children.

M Patrick BELL. Patrick married Margaret HAMILTON of Dalziel (hg).?F Isobel BELL was born 19jul1639. Isobel married John WILKIE and died

sep1657 (pg).F Grizel BELL. Grizel married (1) John WILKIE of Broomhouse and (2)

Alexander BELL of Antermainy (hg). Pg names John Wilkie as husband of Isobel Bell. Grizzel married bef may1656 Alexander Bell of Antermony, an Edinburgh writer (pg).

F Janet BELL. Janet married John YOUNG, professor of philosophy at Glasgow University (hg).

F Dorothy BELL (hg). Dorothy, b. 6feb1644, married Patrick YOUNG (pg). Patrick was admitted burgess 11oct1659 (pg).

5 th Generation

Janet YOUNG. Janet married George CAMPBELL. They had the following child: M George CAMPBELL. George married Annable DENNY, daughter of John Denny, Glasgow merchant, and Grizel Nisbet (Hg). Grizel was descended from the

barons of Dalziel, Clydesdale. George also married Mary BELL, daughter of Patrick Bell of Cowcaddens, and had issue. Mary, later a widow, married John Gordon, Glasgow surgeon (Hg).

Thomas PATON. Thomas married Mary FRANK, daughter of James FRANK, surgeon in Glasgow (Hg).They had the following children: M Peter PATON. Peter was a physitian in Glasgow and married Anne HAMILTON, daughter of the laird of Dalserf (hg).

Marion MORISON (Hg) (b. abt 1638/1648). Marion married Malcolm STARK in 1677.They had the following child: M John STARK. John married Agnes CRAIG, daughter of William Craig, Glasgow merchant (hg).

John MCKEOUN. John married Jane BRISBAND.They had the following child: M Thomas MCKEOUN, Thomas died, aged 21, in Amsterdam (Hg)

Janet MCKEOUN. Janet married Thomas M’URE, son of Robert M’Ure and Janet Boyd.They had the following children:

M Robert M’URE. Robert died aged 24 (hg).M John M’URE. John was clerk to the registration of sasines. John married

(1) Christian DUNLOP. (1665-1730), daughter of James Dunlop of Househill and Christian Hamilton, sister of Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, lord justice clerk of Scotland (hg); William died 14dec1704. Christian was daughter of John Hamilton of Bangour. John also married (2) Mary STIRLING, eldest daughter of Mungo Stirling of Craigbarnet and Marjory Stirling, daughter of Sir George Stirling of Glorat (Hg). Mungo Stirling of Craigbarnet (nov1661-7jan1733, son of John and Mary Stirling) married Marjory Stirling (abt 1669-18jan1733), daughter of Sir George Stirling of Glorat, Stirlingshire (d. abt 1680).

M Thomas M’URE was born 1659, was an excellent limner and was murdered in London in 1691 (Hg)

Margaret GEMMILL. Margaret married Patrick MURDOCH, Glasgow merchant. Margaret was buried 15jul1708 as relict of Patrick Murdoch (pg). Patrick died feb 1681, according to his will (og,nq).They had the following children:

M Peter MURDOCH. Peter was a Glasgow merchant, Baillie and provost. Peter married Mary LUKE, daughter of John Luke of Claythorn, Glasgow merchant (Hg). Peter Murdoch (28jan1670-15dec1761) married (1) 13nov1696 Mary Luke (b. abt 1678) and (2) 9apr1712 Ann ALEXANDER (d. 10jan1738) daughter of John Alexander (pg) of Glasgow and Janet Cunninghame of Craigends (st). Peter was b. and d. in Glasgow (og). Peter Murdoch (chr 13feb1670 Glasgow, d. 15dec1761, bur 19dec1761 Blackfriars church, Glasgow) married Mary Luke (b Claythorn House, chr 9nov1669, bur 5oct1710 Cathedral, Glasgow ) (kb). In the early 1700s Rosebank House belonged to Provost John Murdoch, son of old Provost Peter Murdoch and Mary Luke of Claythorn. His daughter Margaret married Lord President Sir Thomas Miller of Glenlee and the late 1700s Rosebank became the property of their son in law Provost John Dunlop, son of a Provost (Colin Dunlop of Carmyle) (Old Country houses of the old Glasgow gentry).

M Zacharias MURDOCH. Zacharias was a Glasgow merchant. Zacharias married Elizabeth ROGER, daughter of Robert Roger, late provost (Hg). Zacharias married Elizabeth ROGERS 25apr1705 (pg).

Peter GEMMILL. Peter married Margaret HAMILTON, daughter of James Hamilton. Peter also married Mary SCOT, daughter of John SCOT, and Christian BOYD, daughter of William Boyd of Portencross, Baillie in Glasgow, and Lilias Crawfurd of Cloberhill (hg).

Peter and Mary Scot had the following children:F Christian GEMMILL. Christian married James BLAIR, Glasgow merchant.

Their children died in infancy (Hg).F Mary GEMMILL. Mary married John HALL, younger chirurgeon of

Glasgow (Hg); Marie Gommell married John Hall 1683 at Glasgow (lds) .

Peter and Christian BOYD had the following children:F Lilias GEMMILL. Lilias married Sir Hugh MONTGOMERY of Skelmarly,

a Provost (Hg). Sir Hugh Montgomerie (b. abt 1664, d. 14jan1735) was son of Sir Hugh Montgomerie of Skelmorlie, bart, and Anna Scott, daughter of Sir James Scott of Rossie, Fife (pg). Hugh married Lilias (chr 21jul1670, d. 27sep1755), daughter of Peter Gemmill and Christian Boyd, contract dated 26aug1687 (pg). Possibly Sir Hugh’s father was Sir Robert Montgomery, of Skelmorlie (d. sep1694) (st, Complete Baronetage)

F Rebecca GEMMILL. Rebecca married James GRAHAM of Kilmanan (Hg). A James Graham of Kilmanan (b. 26mar1696) was lord of session as Lord Easdale (stirnet). In 1711 James Graham of Kilmanan was subscriber of a book (website).

James PEADIE. James married Anne PORTERFIELD, daughter of Alexander Porterfield, brother to the laird of Duchill (hg). They married 4jun1679 at Killelon, Houston, Renfrewshire (pg). James was chr 4may1652 and died 1feb1717 (pg).James and Anne had the following children.

M Alexander PEADIE was christened 26oct1682 (pg).M James PEADIE was christened 20mar1684 and died 27may1728 (pg).

James married 13apr1699 Margaret GOVAN, daughter of John Govan of Hogganfield and Mary BELL, daughter of Patrick Bell of Cowcaddens (pg).

F Margaret PEADIE was christened 3feb1686 (pg).

Janet PEADIE. Janet married Robert CROSS (hg).They had the following children: M John CROSS. John married Jean WALKINGSHAW, daughter of William Walkingshaw of Scotstoun and Marion Crawfurd (hg). John (1671-1732) was Dean of Guild in Glasgow and m. Joan Walkinshaw(st).

Robert CAMPBEL of Silvercraigs. Robert married Lilias STUART of Chryswell (hg). Robert married 1661 Lilias, daughter of James Stewart of Christwell (st).They had the following children:

F Mary CAMPBEL. Mary married Walter SCOT, brother of the laird of Raeburn (hg). Jean Campbell married Walter Scott (st).

F Lilias CAMPBEL. Lilias married Thomas WEIR, Glasgow merchant.F Margaret CAMPBEL. Margaret married Michael ALLAN of Drumsheugh

(hg).

Mary CAMPBEL. Mary married Patrick BELL of Cowcaddens (hg).

They had the following children:M Patrick BELL. Patrick married Janet NISBET (hg).F Mary BELL (hg). Mary Bell, daughter of Patrick Bell of Cowcaddens,

married John GOVAN of Hogganfield; they had a daughter Margaret Govan who married 13apr1699 James Peadie (chr 20mar1684, d. 27may1728) (pg).

F Margaret BELL (hg).

Robert CAMPBEL of Northwoodside, dean of guild in Glasgow. Robert married (1) Katharine NAPIER of Kilmahew and (2) Jean DUNLOP, daughter of James Dunlop elder of Garnkirk (hg).Robert and Katharine had the following children:

F Lilias CAMPBELL. Lilias married James DUNLOP of Garnkirk (hg). Lilias Campbell (1675-1aug1709) married 1689 James Dunlop, 3rd of Garnkirk (3may1655,Garnkirk-15dec1719), son of James Dunlop, 2nd of Garnkirk (1633-feb1695) and Elizabeth Robertson of Bedlay (1633-1695) (hn). Lilias married at the age of 14 and had 16 children (og).

Robert and Jean had the following children:F Janet CAMPBELL. Janet married Thomas HALIBURTON of Newmains,

Dryburgh (hg). Janet married Thomas Halyburton of Dryburgh Abbey (hn) in 1701 (st).

6 th Generation

Peter PATON. Peter was a physitian in Glasgow and married Anne HAMILTON, daughter of the laird of Dalserf (hg).They had the following children:

M David PATON. David was a physitian and has issue (hg).M Archibald PATON.F Margaret PATON. Margaret married William CAMPBEL, brother of Sir

Colin Campbel of Ardkinglass (hg).F Euphan PATON. Euphan married Robert MAXWELL, Glasgow merchant

(hg).

John STARK. John married Agnes CRAIG, daughter of William Craig, Glasgow merchant (hg).They had the following child: F Margaret STARK. Margaret, the eldest daughter, married John ALEXANDER, merchant (hg).

Peter MURDOCH. Peter was a Glasgow merchant, Baillie and provost. Peter married Mary LUKE, daughter of John Luke of Claythorn, Glasgow merchant (Hg). Peter Murdoch (28jan1670-15dec1761) married (1) 13nov1696 Mary LUKE (b. abt 1678), Mary had 4 sons and 4 daughters, and (2) 9apr1712 Ann ALEXANDER (d. 10jan1738) daughter of John Alexander, Ann had 1 daughter (pg).

Peter and Mary had the following children (probably born in Glasgow): M Patrick MURDOCH was born 20dec1697, died mar1699 (pg)

F Janet MURDOCH (hg) was born 14oct1699 and died 2sep1786 (pg). Janet married Provost COCHRANE and survived him by 9 years (cc). Janet married 10oct1723

Andrew Cochrane of Brighouse (b. 1693 Ayr, d. 9jul1777 Glasgow), merchant in Ayr, provost of Glasgow in 1741 (pb). Andrew was son of David Cochrane, Ayr merchant, and Janet Crawford (pg).

F Margaret MURDOCH was born 29sep1700 (pg). Margaret married Rev. John LOGAN of New Kilpatrick (st). Margaret (29sep1700-21dec1775) married Rev. John Logan (d. 18jan1730), son of Walter L. of Camron, who was min of New/Easter Kilpatrick from 1715 and predecessor of Andrew Gray (d. 1776). Margaret and John had a son Walter (b. 1728), Glasgow merchant (fasti).

F Martha MURDOCH (hg) (chr. 3mar1702, lds) was born 21feb1702 (pb). . Martha married Archibald BUCHANAN of Auchentorlie, Glasgow merchant (cc) on 5dec1728 (pb). Archibald died 1761 (st).

M John MURDOCH was born 15mar1703 and died sep1703 (pg)M Peter MURDOCH (hg) (chr. 19sep1704, lds) was born 11sep1704 and died

21feb1734. Peter married Mrs. Margaret STUART, daughter of Sir Archibald Stuart of Blackhall (hg). They married in 1732 (cc). Peter married aug1732 Margaret, daughter of Sir Archibald Stewart, Bart., of Blackhall (pg). Margaret Stewart of Blackhall, widow of Peter Murdoch, married 1743 John Orr of Barrowfield, Camlachie and Stobcross (1685-1744) (og).

F Isobell MURDOCH (hg) (chr. 20aug1706, IGI), Isobel was born 10aug1706 and died jul1727 (pg)..

M John MURDOCH (hg) (chr. 18oct1709, IGI). John was born 4oct1709 and died 30jun1776 (pg). John was a Provost (cc) and married Margaret LANG, daughter of William Lang, Glasgow merchant (hg). John married (1) 13sep1732 Margaret Lang (d.27oct1734) (st) and (2) 12jun1737 Margaret BOGLE (25feb1715-4apr1794), daughter of John Bogle of Hamilton Farm and Janet Miller (pg, st), sister of Martha Bogle (28may1719-1768), who married Colin Dunlop (1706-1777), and Mary Bogle (12nov1727-26jul1808), who married Rev. John Hamilton (1713-1780). John Murdoch owned Rosebank House, Cambuslang (pg). A portrait of Margaret Bogle or Murdoch, eldest daughter of John Bogle of Hamilton Farm and 2nd wife of John Murdoch of Rosebank was lent by Rev. Henry M. Hamilton to Old Glasgow Exhibition 1894 (og).

Peter and Ann had the following child: F Mary MURDOCH (chr. 11jan1713) (st). ? MURDOCH was born 11jan1713 and died 17nov1755. she married 16nov1741 William CRAWFORD (d. 8nov1755), eldest son of Matthew Crawford of Balshagrie, Glasgow merchant (pg). William Craufurd (b. 14aug1713) was son of Mathew and Esther, dau of William Fletcher of New Cranston (st).

Zacharias MURDOCH. Zacharias married Elizabeth ROGER, daughter of Robert Roger, late provost (Hg).They had the following children:

F Mary MURDOCH was chr 30mar1710 (st). Mary married James CAMPBEL, merchant (hg).

M Robert MURDOCH was chr 30dec1712 (st). Robert was a Glasgow writer (hg). Robert Murdoch, writer, was made burgess and guild brother of Glasgow as eldest son of Zacharias, B and GB, in 1748.

M Zacharias MURDOCH was chr 15aug1725 (st).

Mary GEMMILL. Mary married John HALL, younger chirurgeon of Glasgow. they married in 1665; John entered faculty in 1671 (Memorials of the faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow).They had the following children: F Christian HALL. Christin Hall was christened 5may1684 at Glasgow, daughter of John Hall and Mary Gemmil (IGI). Christian married Walter ATCHISON of Roughsulloch (Hg). Will of Christian Hall in Glasgow, relict of Walter Aitchison of Ruchsolloch, city of Glasgow, reg. 22feb1737 (sp)

John CROSS. John married Jean WALKINGSHAW, daughter of William Walkingshaw of Scotstoun and Marion Crawfurd (hg).They had the following children:

F Isabel CROSS. Isabel married James LUKE, goldsmith.F Janet CROSS. Janet married Thomas SMITH dean of guild in Glasgow and

had issue (hg). After Thomas’ death, Janet married William HAMILTON, rector of Glasgow grammar school, and had issue; later she married William ALEXANDER, professor of ecclesiastick history at Glasgow University (hg).

M Robert CROSS. Robert married Christian M’GILCHRIST (hg).

?Margaret GOVAN, daughter of John Govan of Hogganfield, Glasgow merchant, and his wife Mary, daughter of Patrick Bell of Cowcaddens, married 13apr1699 James PEADIE of Ruchill (chr. 20mar1684, d. 27may1728), provost in 1727 (pg).They had the following children:

M John PEADIE. John married Margaret STUART, daughter of John Stuart of Blackhall (hg). Margaret was sister of Sir Michael Stewart (pg).

F Mary PEADIE was christened 30mar1703 and buried 22mar1705 (pg).F Grizzel PEADIE was christened 7jul1709. Grizzel married Sir William

Maxwell of Calderwood. William died 2jan1789 (pg).F Mary PEADIE was christened 20mar1711. Mary married 17apr1737 John

COULTER, who was later Provost; he died 17dec1747. Mary died dec1776 (pg).F Agnes PEADIE was christened (?)10feb1713 and died unmarried

5apg1793 (pg). Agnes was christened 9oct1720 at Rutherglen, Lanarkshire (IGI).F Janet PEADIE was christened 18jul1714 (pg) at Glasgow (IGI). Janet may

have married James Coulter (pg).F Margaret PEADIE. Margaret married abt 27jan1729 William

COLQUHUON of Garscadden. Margaret died 13jan1756 (pg). William died 1759 (stirnet).

7 th Generation

Euphan PATON. Euphan married Robert MAXWELL, Glasgow merchant (hg).They had the following children: M Patrick MAXWELL. Patrick was minister at Inchinnan (hg). Patrick may have been connected to the Maxwells of Renfrewshire.

Margaret STARK. Margaret, the eldest daughter married John ALEXANDER, merchant (hg).They had the following children:

F Marion ALEXANDER. Marion married George HAMILTON, merchant and late Baillie (hg).

Christian HALL. Christian married Walter Atchison of Roughsulloch.They had the following children: M John ATCHISON. John married ? SPREULL, daughter of John Spreull of Miltoun (Hg). A John Aitchison of Roughsulloch died 28apr1708, aged 77 (hg, pr.206).

John MURDOCH. John was a Provost (cc) and married Margaret LANG, daughter of William Lang, Glasgow merchant (hg). John later married Margaret BOGLE, leaving no issue (pg)John and Margaret had the following children:

F Margaret MURDOCH was chr. 10jun1733 at Glasgow (IGI). Margaret, daughter of Margaret Lang, married Sir Thomas MILLER of Glenlee (cc); Margaret, daughter of John Murdoch of Rosebank, married Sir Thomas Miller (“History of Ayr and Wigton”). This is disputed in oc. Peggie (presumably Margaret), dau of John Murdoch, provost, marr 16apr1752 Sir Thomas Miller of Glenlee (Scots Magazine, og, notes and queries). Margaret married 16apr1752 Sir Thomas Miller of Barskimming, later Lord Justice Clerk; Thomas’ son was Lord President, taking the title of Lord Glenlee (pg). Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Millar of Glenlee, President of Court of Session, Scotland, died 4oct1789 at Barskimming, Ayrs. (Morning Post). John Miller of Glenlee died 5aug1750 at Barskimming (Read’s Weekly Journal), possibly the father.

F Anne MURDOCH. Anna Murdoch was born 20oct1734 and chr. 25oct1734 at Glasgow (IGI). Ann died 1754/6 (st). Anne married John WALLACE of Cessnock (cc). Anne became the 1st wife of John Wallace of Cessnock and Kelly (pg). John Wallace possibly b. 18sep1716 (st). John Wallace of Nielstonside, Cessnock and Kelly (1712-1805), West India merchant and planter, married (1) Ann Murdoch, whose child died in infancy, (2) Jean Porterfield of Duchal, (3) Janet Colquhoun (og). John married Jean Porterfield of Fulwood apr1756 and sep1764 Janet Colquhoun of St. Kitts (st).

Martha MURDOCH. Martha married Archibald BUCHANAN of Auchentorlie (cc). Archibald was younger brother of Provost Andrew Buchanan (og) of Drumpelier (st). Descendants of this marriage were Yuille of Darleith, Spiers of Elderslie and Culcreuch (cc). They had the following children: M Andrew BUCHANAN of Ardenconnel. Andrew died aged 90, possibly in 1835 (cc, st). Andrew married 1769 Jane DENNISTOUN, daughter of James Dennistoun of Colgrain (st). From Rhu graveyard, Dunbartonshire: And Buchanan of Ardenconnell 14jul1835, ae 90; s. of Archd Buchanan of Auchentorlie, w Jane Dennistoun 15sep1832, ae 82, dau of Jas. D. of Colgrain and Dennistoun. Reg. at Dumbarton: wills of Andrew Buchanan esq of Ardenconnal, Dunbarton, husband of Jean Dennistoun, d. 1835, and Mrs. Jean Buchanan, wife of Andrew B., died at Ardenconal in 1832, alias Dennistoun, reg. 10sep1835 (sp). F Mary BUCHANAN (d. 1818) (og). Mary became the 2nd wife of Alexander SPEIRS of Elderslie (1714-10dec1782) (og). A portrait of Mary Buchanan or Speirs, daughter of Archibald Buchanan of Auchintorlie (younger brother of Provost Andrew Buchanan) and Martha (d. 1818, daughter of Provost Peter Murdoch) was lent to Old Glasgow Exhibition 1894 (og).

Isabel CROSS. Isabel married James LUKE, goldsmith (hg).

They had the following children:M John LUKE. John married Elizabeth COULTER, daughter of Michael

Coulter, Baillie in Glasgow (hg).M Robert LUKE (hg). Robert Luke (1700-1752) (og). Robert married Janet

STIRLING, daughter of John Stirling, Provost (hg). Jonnett Stirling (1707-1800) was daughter of Provost John Stirling (b.1677,d.26may1736 Glasgow, buried 28may1736 Glasgow) who married 1702 Isabella Hunter (1680-24nov1733, buried 26nov1733) (cs). Jonnett married 1729 Robert Luke (cs). Janet Stirling, christened 13nov1707, died 21jan1800, married 1730 Robert Luke, Glasgow goldsmith and treasurer. The brother of Janet/Jonnett Stirling was William Stirling (28jul1717 Glasgow-1777 Glasgow) who married Mary Buchanan of Drumpelier (d. 25dec1806 Drumpelier, Glasgow), daughter of Andrew Buchanan (wd).

F Helen LUKE. Helen married George BOGLE, Glasgow merchant (hg). F Jean LUKE.F Janet LUKE.

Janet CROSS. Janet married Thomas SMITH dean of guild in Glasgow (hg).They had the following children: M Thomas SMITH

8 th Generation

John ATCHISON. John married ? SPREULL.They had the following children:

F Margaret AITCHISON. Margaret married Archibald HAMILTON, Glasgow merchant (Hg). F Mary AITCHISON. Mary married James CALDER, chirurgeon (Hg). Mary married James CALDER, senior. James entered the faculty of Physicians and Surgeons before 1705 (Memorials of the faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow).

F Lillias AITCHISON. Lillias married William SMITH, Glasgow merchant (Hg).

Margaret MURDOCH was chr. 10jun1733 at Glasgow (IGI). Margaret, daughter of Margaret Lang, married Sir Thomas MILLER of Glenlee (cc); Margaret, daughter of John Murdoch of Rosebank, married Sir Thomas Miller (“History of Ayr and Wigton”). This is disputed in oc. Sir Thomas later married Ann, daughter of John Lockhart of Castlehill (og).Margaret and Thomas had the following children:

M William MILLER, Lord Glenlee (“History, Ayr, Wigton”). William was Lord President Miller, who became Lord Glenlee (pg).

F Janet MILLER was b. abt 6nov1757 at Edinburgh (lds). Janet married John DUNLOP (3sep1755-4sep1820) (pg); John Dunlop of Rosebank was Provost (og). Janet was also known as known as Jessie (“History, Ayr, Wigton”, pg, og).

Robert LUKE. Robert married Janet STIRLING, daughter of John Stirling, Provost (hg). See williamdavidson.com.They had the following children (cs): F Isabella LUKE (cs). Isobel Luke married George Bogle, Glasgow merchant (?). James McNair (d. abt 1829) (or his father) bought the lands and Manor House of Greenfield from Isabel Luke, wife of Robert Bogle, daughter of Robert Luke, a Glasgow

goldsmith, in 1759 and in 1762 Shettleston House from Robert Bogle, merchant in Glasgow. Shettleston House was built in 1703 and demolished in 1929.

F Elizabeth LUKE (cs)F Janet LUKE (cs)