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' MAIOR GENERAL W. R . E . ALEXANDER.

M E M O R I A L S

OF T HE

EARL OF S T I RL I N G

AN D OF T HE

HOUSE OF ALEXANDER

BY THE

REV . CHARLES ROGERS , LLD .

H ISTORIOGRAPHER T O T HE ROYAL H ISTORICAL SOC IETY ; FELLOW OF THE SOCIETYOF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND ; MEMBER OF THE H ISTORICAL SOC IETY

OF QUEBEC ; AN D CORRESPOND ING MEMBER OF THEH ISTORICAL AND GENEALOG ICAL SOCIETY

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CHAPTER XIX. M GE

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF CAITHNES S DRUM,DON EI S

,

BIGHEAD OF‘ TORREIS , ABERDEEN ;AUCHMULL, KINMUNDIE,

GLAS S AUCHIN OLL,ECHT

,LOGIE- COLDSTONE

,JACKS TOUN ,

BOYNE S MILL,ABERDEENSHIRE ; CHOPI SWALLI S , CALSAY

EN D,KINCARDINESHIRE ; AND OF GARLABANK,

LEIS MILL,DUNDEE

,MONTROSE

,RAVEN SBY

,BALSKELLIE,AN DWESTER

PERS IE, FORFARSHIRE,

CHAPTER XX .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER IN LEITH AND EDINBURGH;KIRKURD,

LINTON,AN D PEEBLES

,PEEBLES SHIRE OVER I SGILL

,

GLENDONYN G,KNOCKHILL

,GILLES PIE

,CRAIGNARGET

,

DUMFRIES SHIRE ; KIRKLAN D,MACKET STOWN , GLENHOWL,

AN D CORRI EDEN,KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE ; AND BARRA

CHAN AND KIRKMAIDEN,WIGTOWNSHIRE,

CHAPTER XXI .

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER OF BALLOCHMYLE AN D S OUTHBAR,

FORMERLY OF BLACKHOUSE,BOGHALL

,AND N EWTOUN , IN

THE COUNTIES OF AYR AND RENFREW,

CHAPTER XXII .

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER OF AIRDRIE,LANARKSHIRE, AND COW

DENHILL,DUMBARTONSHIRE,

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CONTENTS .

CHAPTER XXIII.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF CAN DREN,PAISLEY

,RENFREW

SHIRE, AND OF THE COUNTIES OF WEXFORD,GALWAY

,

AND ROSCOMMON,

CHAPTER XXIV.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF AYR M‘ALEXANDER OF DAL

CUS SEN AND OREION EW M‘ALEXANDER OF DALREOCH

,

CORSCLAYS,DERIN OON N ER

, DARN EHOLME, MIRRIEHILL,

KILBRYDE,DRUMMOCHRIAN

,AND GIRVAN , AYRSHIRE ;

BARGARRAN AND HILL OF DRIPPS,RENFREWSHIRE ;

GLASGOW, HAMILTON, AN D LESMAHAGO, LANARKSHIRE ;LINLITHGOW AN D S TRATHBROCK,

LINLITHGOWSHIRE ;AN D FALKIRK

, STIRLINGSHIRE,

CHAPTER XXV.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF EREDY,COUNTY DONEGAL, AND

GIRLAW,COUNTY TYRONE

,

CHAPTER XXVI .

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER OF KENTUCKY,PHILADELPHIA, PENN

SYLVANIA,VIRGINIA

,AND N EW YORK, UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA,

CHAPTER XXVII .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF MEYBOY,DRUMQUIN, AN D DRUM

ARNAGROS S , COUNTY TYRONE ; BALLYBIGLEY,KINNE

KALLY,DONAGHEADY

, AN D RAPHOE,COUNTY DONEGAL

CREW, URN EY, CAPPAGH,GREENVILLE

,AN D UPPER LONG

F IELD,COUNTY TYRONE,

CHAPTER XXVIII .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF BALLYCLOSE,COUNTY LONDON

DERRY ; MILFORD,COUNTY CARLOW AN D OF THE CITY

OF LONDON,

PAGE

CONTENTS .

CHAPTER XXIX.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF BOOMHALL,COUNTY LONDON

DERRY ; PORTGLENONE, COUNTY ANTRIM FORKILL AN D

BALLYARTON,COUNTY ARMAGH ; GLENTOGHER AND MO

VILLE,COUNTY DONEGAL ; S OMERHILL AND STONEHOUS E,

KENT. ALS O,THE FAMILIES OF NATHANIEL ALEXANDER,

D.D .

,BISHOP OF MEATH

,AND WILLIAM ALEXANDER, D.D .

,

BISHOP OF DERRY AN D RAPHOE,

CHAPTER XXX .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER,EARLS OF CALEDON OF CALEDON,

COUNTY TYRONE ; ALEXANDER, BARONETS ; AN D SEA

MOUNT, COUNTY DUBLIN,

CHAPTER XXXI.

FAMILIES OF M‘ALEXANDER AND ALEXANDER,IN THE COUNTIES

OF ANTRIM,ARMAGH

,AND DOWN

,AN D OF ENAGH,

CAW,

AND KILFEN NAN,IN THE COUNTY OF DERRY

CHAPTER XXXII .

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER OF DUBLIN,

CHAPTER XXXIII.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER,N OT OF S COTTISH ORIGIN

,WHICH

OBTAINED S ETTLEMENTS IN IRELAND : WILLIAM ALEXANDER, JUDGE OF AS S IZE ; GEORGE ALEXANDER, S ECRETARY T O THE LORD JUS T ICES ROBERT ALEXANDER .OF

LONDON ; FRANCIS ALEXANDER OF DUBLIN ; S IR JEROMEALEXANDER OF DUBLIN ; JACOB ALEXANDER OF NEWTONLIMAVADY AN D ROE PARK—FAMILIES AT MAGHERAGH

AND GORT IN ES SON,

CHAPTER XXXIV.

FAMILY OF ZINZAN OR ALEXANDER,

PAGE

CONTENTS .

AP P EN DI X.

NO. I . PAGE

TRANSLATION OF CHARTER IN FAVOUR OF S IR WILLIAM ALEXANDER OF THE LORDSHIP AND BARONY OF N EW SCOTLAND

,DATED 10TH SEPTEMBER 162 1

,

N0 . II.

CHARTER OF NOVODAMUS T O S IR WILLIAM ALEXANDER,DATED

12TH JULY 1 625,

N0 . I I I .

ANACRIS IS ; OR, A CENSURE OF POETS ANCIENT AN D MODERN .

BY S IRWILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING,

N0 . IV.

HISTORY OF ALEXANDER HUMPHRYS OR ALEXANDER, CLAIMANTOF THE EARLDOM OF STIRLING,

M E M O R I A L S

OF T HE

HOUS E OF ALEXANDER.

CHAPTER XIX .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF CA ITHNES S ; DRUM,DON EI S ,

B IGHEAD OF TORRE IS,A BERDEEN ; AU CHMULL, KIN

MUND IE,GLAS S , AUCHI N OLL, ECHT, LOGIE- COLDSTONE ,

JACKS T OUN,BOYNE’S M ILL

,ABERDEENSHIRE ; CHOP I S

WALLIS,CALSAYEN D

,K INCARD INESHIRE AN D OF GAR

LABAN K,LEIs MILL

,DUND EE

,MONTROSE

,RAV EN SBY

,

BALSKELLIE,AN D WESTER PERS IE , F ORFARSHIRE .

ACCORD ING to tradition, se veral members of the Houseof Alexander obtained a se ttlement in Caithness under

Campbe ll of Glenorchy, Who in 1 672 fought a battlewith S inclair of Ke iss , a t A rtimarlach

,nearWick .

The se se ttle rs were the immediate followers of

Campbe ll of Glenorchy, and accompanied him fromArgyle shire .

On the 20 th June 16 32,Alexander Alexander or

Elschinder, portioner of Drum,

”

-XA

in the county of

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

Aberde en,granted at Cosnaghtoune , an Obligation to

Lord Colville of Culross for £6 1 (Reg. of De eds, vol .

467)On the 4th July 16 33

,a contract of marriage was

entered into betwe en Alexander A lshender in Done is,

and Christian Chalmer, daughter of Charle s Chalmer

in Kintore , Aberde enshire , the“tocher ” be ing 500

merks (Reg. of D e eds, vol.

On the 9 th November 16 33,John Alexander in Big

head of Torre is, granted at Insh ,Aberde enshire

,an

obligation for 100 merks to JohnCruikshank ofCadden(Reg. of D e eds

,vol .

On the 25th November 1 6 33,John Alexander,

burge ss Of Aberde en,and his sons

,James and Patrick

Alexander,purchased from Jame s Gordon the lands

of Auchmull for 3500 merks (Reg. of D e eds,vol.

4 9 4)On the 7th August 1644 , Mr William Alexander

was served he ir to his father,Robert Alexander

,b ur

gess of Aberde en,in the lands of Ward of Kinmundie ,

in the parish of S t Machar and county of Aberde en(Special Re tours, Aberde en, xviii .

Mr John Alexander, de scribed as“ advocate in

Edinburgh,

”was one of the thre e husbands of Mary,

daughter and h e ire ss of Ge orge Jamesone , the emi

nent painter, a native of Aberde en . On the 15th

January 1 645, he petitioned the town council of the

burgh to grant him a feu of a portion of ground,called the Hayfie ld

,which George Jame sone , his

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father - in- law,had he ld in liferent . H is reque st was

acceded to , and the fen- duty fixed at“ four pundis

S cotis money ye arlie (Counc il Re cords of Aberde en).

By his wife,Mary Jame sone , Mr John Alexander

had two sons, who attained considerable distinction .

John Alexander studied the art of painting, chiefly in

Florence , and on his re turn to S cotland in 1720 ,

re sided at Gordon Castle,under the patronage of the

Duche ss of Gordon,daughter of the Earl of Peter

borough . He painted portraits, allegorical piece s,and historical landscape s . Many of the portraits of

Que en Mary were executed by him . H e began apicture of Que en Mary’s e scape from LochlevenCastle

,in which the scenery round the lake is intro

Q duced ,b ut he died before comple ting it. Cosmo

Alexander,another son of Mr John Alexander and

Mary Jame sone,be came known a s an engraver ; he

engraved a portrait of his maternal grandfather.

On the 7th March 1 645, Mr John Alexander, advo

cate , andRichard and Alexander Alexander, and other

; c itizens of Aberde en, me t to arrange measures for

dissuading the Marquis of Montrose from marching

his army into the city. John and Richard Alex

ander were among the de legate s appointed to wait

upon the marquis (Burgh Re cords of Aberde en ;Spalding’s Memorials

,vol . ii . , p .

Alexander Alexander, bailie in Aberde en, was, onthe 8th August 1 672

,admitted an honorary burgess

of S tirling (S tirling Burgh Records).

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

Alexander Alexander,son of Alexander Alexander,

bailie in Aberde en, was a regent in Marischal CollegeOf that city. Obtaining licence from Alexander

,

Bishop of Edinburgh, h e was admitted minister ofGlass, Banffshire , before the 8th April 1 679 . Having

two half- ne ts’ fishing on the mid- ch ingle in the De e,

at Aberde en, he purchased nets, hired servants , and

had the fishing conducted by a re lative . Finding at

the expiry of two years that he had obtained a profitof only two shillings, he abandoned Operations . T he

fishings proved more advantage ous to his he ir, who ,in 1760 , le t them for a rent of £60 . Mr Alexander

was deprived by the A ct of Parliament,

‘

25th April

1 6 9 0,which re stored the ej e cted Pre sbyterian mini

sters . He resumed posse ssion of the cure on a

vacancy in 1 6 9 3, and though his right was disputed,

he contrived to re tain the living till his death,which

took place in 17 13 . By his wife , Margare t Collisone ,he had a son, Alexander, proprietor of Auchinoll,and five daughters (Fasti Eccl . S cot ,

iii .

On the 17th January 1 657 , Isobe l and Margare tAlexander were served co -he ire sse s to John Alex

ander,merchant in Aberde en

,the ir father (Inq.

S pec . )Nisbe t de scribe s the arms of “Alexander Alex

ander of Auchmull, some time bailie of Abe rde en,”

thus Parted per pale , a rgent and sa ble, a cheveron

be twe en two mulle ts in chief, and a cre scent in base ,a ll counter- change d cre st, a hand sustaining a pair

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.5

Of balance s of equal scales motto, Quad tibi ne a lien

(Nisbe t’

s Heraldry, vol . i . , p .

Walter Alexander was admitted minister of the

parish of Echt, Aberde enshire , 14th October 1 6 6 6 ;he demitted in 1 6 9 4 . By his marriage with Janet

S cot, he had a son,William ,

who be came a teacherin Aberde en . H e was served he ir to his mother

on the 2 8th S eptember 1712 (Fasti Ecol . S cot ,

iii .

Thomas Alexander, who had graduated at King’s

Coll ege ,Aberde en, on the 4th July 1 682 , was, prior

to 1 688 , admitted minister of Logie - Coldstone,in the

county of Aberde en . He died on the 6th July 1 715,aged fifty- thre e . H is son,

Alexander Alexander of

Jackstoun, was served he ir to him on the 14th

January 1724 . H e had a son,Thomas

,who re sided

at Inverernan,and a daughter , Margaret, who mar

ried John Forbe s Of Inverernan (Fasti Eccl. S cot ,

iii .

On the 16 th March 16 9 4,John Alexander in

Boyne ’s Mill,parish of Forgue , Aberde enshire , is

de scribed as“e lde st son of the deceased Jame s

Al exander in Boyne ’s Mi ll . He declined service to

the lands (Reg. Mag. S ig ,xvii .

John Alexander in ChOpiswallis, in the parish of

F ordoun,Kincardineshire

,died in April 1577 . In

his will, dated 2 3d August 1576 , he appoints his

wife , Isobe l Merchant,and his son, Charle s Alex

ander, as his executors . Thomas Al exander

,

“mes

MEMORIALS OF T HE HOUSE'

OF ALEXAND’

ER.

singer to the kingis maie stie,is a witness

,and John

Alexander in Middletonn is a debtor on the e state

(Edin . Com . Reg , vol . K .)On the 2 3d August 1 620

,Jane t Alexander

,spouse

of Alexande r Alexander in Calsayend, parish of Con

ve th (Laurencekirk), and county of Kincardine,exe

outed his will (Com . Reg. of S t Andrews).

William Alexander in Collatown of Garlab ank ,

Forfarshire,exe cuted his will on the 10th February

1580 (Edin . Com . Reg.)On the l st April 1577 , John Alexander, brother’s

son of the deceased David Alexander in Le is Myln,

Forfarshire , and his exe cutor- dative,presented the in

ventory of his de ceased re lative , valued £2 2 6 , l 6s. 8d .

S cots (Edinburgh Com . Reg . )Jame s Alexander, merchant - burge ss in Dunde e ,died in November 1 605. In his will , dated the 6 th

day of the same month,he name s a s his exe cutors,

his wife , Elspe th Galloway, and David Alexander,litster - burge ss of Dunde e . H is frie ge ir is valued

at 10 1 9 lib . 14s . H e mentions his “ lawfull b a irnes,

William,Christian, and Eufi

fame Alexander

,and, as

one of h is debtors, “Archibald Alexander in Banfi’ ”

(Edin . Com . Reg , vol . xli .)John Alexander in Montrose wa s

,on the 18th May

1 6 65, served he ir to his father,John Alexander ,

miller in Montrose (Inq. Spec .)On the 2 3d De cember 1 648, David Alexander was

served he ir of James Alexander of Ravensb y, his

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CHAPTER XX .

FAM ILIES OF ALEXANDER I N LE ITH AN D ED INBURGH ;KIRKURD

,LINTON

,AN D PEEBLES

,PEEBLESHIRE ;

OVER I SGI LL,GLEN DON YN G

,KNOCKHILL, GILLES P IE ,

CRA IGNARGET,DUMFRIES SHIRE ; K IRKLAND

,MACK

ET S T OWN, GLEN HOWL

,AN D CORRIEDEN

,KIRKCUD

BRIGHT SHIRE ; AN D BARRACHAN AN D KIRKMA IDEN,

WIGT ON SHIRE .

WILLIAM ALEXANDER,indwe ller in Leyth, died of

the pest ” in De cember 1587 . T he inventory of his

effe cts was produced by Cristane Bra idie,his relict

spous,”together with his will, dated 12 th D ecember

1587 . T he latter pre sents the following clause

I,the said Mr Will iam

,le ivis to my said spous and my

sone William,and to the lange st leivar of thame tua

,to nocht

fa ilzie ing, Willi ame my sone,the rest to b e gewin to my said

spous, to wit, the b ail wair quhilk trusting for goddis caus

that my b rether, to wit, Thomas and Henrie , James andAl exander, sall on na maner Of way b e allowit to defraude mysaid spous, and vmquhile sone

,to wit

,Wi lliam

T he goods of the de ceased were valued at £279 , 8s .

S cots . Among the debtors on the e state were John

Alexander,portioner of P itsgob ir (P itgogar), and

Gauin Alexander,“ his sone and appeirant a ir, and

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXAN DER. 9

Andro Bra idie in S trive ling (S tirling) (Edin . Com .

Reg , vol . xix.)Robert Alexander, merchant, Le ith, was, on the

nomination of S ir William Alexander of Menstry,

appointed searcher at that port. T he office was

Claimed by a son of Bernard Lindsay, the formeroccupant of the post, whereupon the followmg royal

le tter,dated 7th January 1 62 7 - 8

,was addre ssed to

Lord Napier, the Treasur er-D epute

Right, &c . Have ing be en informed how,by the death of

Bernard Lindsay, the place of S earcher at Le ith doth vake at

our disposition,whereupon we were pleased to grant a guift to

one Robert A lexander, Merchand there,according to the guift

granted by us tha irupon,But since informed that one

Lindsay,a some Of the said late Bernard, doth pretend an

intere st therein,We e have thought good that you trie the e state

thereof and certifie us back aga in of the same or othe rwiseif you sha ll find just cause that the said Robert should dischargethat place . Wee likewaye s require you to use your be st means

for causing settle him tharin according to our said gui ft ”

(Register of Letters).

On the 2 7th February 1652 , James Alexander,brewer in Le ith , and Jane t Re id, were married (S outhLe ith Parish Register). They had a daughter

,Mar

gare t,baptized l 0th October 1 658, and a son,William,

baptized 2 7th S eptember 1 6 60 (Baptismal Register ofEdinburgh). On the 14th June 1 688, William Alexander

,indwe ller in Le ith ,

exe cuted his will (Edin.

Com . Reg ).

Jame s Alexander, advocate , was, on the 2d May

10 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

1 685,served he ir to David Alexander in Le ith

,his

e lder brother (General Retours, xxxviii .

Robert Alexander is mentioned as a merchant

burgess of Edinburgh in 159 7 (Edinburgh Baptismal

Register).

John Alexander,merchant-burge ss

\

in Edinburgh,

died on 13th June 1 6 16 . H is te stament was made

and gevin up by himself,with his awin tung

,spe ik

and at Perth,the 12 day of June He name s

S usanna Alexander, his daughter, as his only execu

tor. His assets amounted to 153 lib . 6 s. 8d. (Edin

burgh Commissariat Reg ).Robert Alexander

,merchant in Le ith

,died in

1 62 9,and on the 17th July of that year his son,

who

bore the same Christian name , was served as his

he ir (General S ervice s, x. On the 2 6th March

16 35,a bond for £2 000 S cots, in favour of the late

Robert Alexander,indwe ller in Le ith ,

by S ir William

Alexander of Menstry, with“Walter -Alexander

,

gentleman usher to the prince , as one of the caution

ers, was registered at Edinburgh at the instance of

Elizabeth Al exander, daughter of the deceased Robert

(Register of Bonds)T he testament- dative and inventory of umquhil

George Alexander, merchant-burgess of Edinburgh,who died in November 1589 , was given up by Marionand Catherine Alexander, his daughters, on the 1 9 th

January 1 6 10 . His goods were valued’

at £770 , l 6s .

8d . , and as one of his debtors was named David

MEMORIALS OF T HE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER. 1 1

Alexander, merchant - burge ss Of Edinburgh (Edin .

Com . Reg ,vol . xlvi .) David Alexander is , on the

15th February 159 0 , de scribed as merchant -burge ssof Edinburgh (Register of D e eds

,vol . xxxvi . ,

He had sasine of a mill at S tirling (S tirling Reg. of

S asine s), and on the 6 th June 1 6 16 obtained a charterof a hundred merks out of the lands of We ster S pott,Haddingtonshire (Reg. Mag. S ig ). H e died on the

3 l st D ecember 1 6 16 . In his will, dated 14th August

1 6 1 1 , he mentions his wife , Isobe l Allan, his son,

Mr Robert Alexander,” and his daughters, Elizabeth

,Elspe th

,Barbara

,Katherine

,and Jane t ; also

his two sisters,Christian and Margare t . A s one of

the guardians of his children he name s S ir William

Alexander of M enstrie .

”H is movable e state is

valued a t £3102 , 1 0s . S cots (Edin . Com . Reg ,

vol .

Elizabeth ,e lde st daughter of David Alexander

,

married first,in 16 18

,James Cochrane

,merchant

burge ss and one of the magistrate s of Edinburgh,

re ce iving from him in liferent the five -merk lands of

Luchscillis, in the barony of Monkland and county ofLanark (Gen. Reg. of S asine s, vol. ii . , p . she

married, secondly, John Winram,merchant-burge ss

of Edinburgh , and is named as a widow 7th July

1642 (General Re tours, vol . xvi . ,On the 2 9 th January 16 07, Robert Alexander,

writer in Edinburgh , made complaint against a personwho was indebted to him, and refused to pay (Reg.

1 2 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

Mag. Concilii). H e wa s, on the 2 0th March 1 6 17 ,

served he ir to David Alexander,his father (Gen.

Retours, vol . vi . , 184,On the 4th D ec ember 1 6 1 9 , Elizabeth Alexander,wife of Bailie Jame s Cochrane , and Katherine Alex

ander,wife of John Small, merchant-burge ss of Edin

burgh,were served he irs -portioners of Mr Robert

Alexander,the ir brother (Gen. Re tours, vii . 18 1 ,

On the 2 2d D e cember 1 6 31 , S ir Jame s Ker of

Crailing granted an obligation to William S tirling,writer in Edinburgh

,a s tutor for Elizabeth Alex

ander,daughter Of the late Robert Alexander, writer

and ke eper of his Maj e sty’s S ignet, for 1000 merks

(Gen. Reg. of De eds).

On the 2 1st D ecember 1 635, Mr Harie S haw,

minister at Logie,granted a bond for £6 0 to John

Alexander, Writer to the S ignet, Edinburgh . A wit

ness to the transaction was Jame s Alexander, mer

chant-burge ss in S tirling (Register of De eds, 489 )Al exander Alexander wa s long employed as ser

vitor ”or amanuensis to the Earl of S tirling. With

a view to his Obtaining the office of a macer in the

Court of S e ssion, Lord S tirling had re commended

him to the Privy Council. A s the re commendation,

though proce eding on the royal authority,had be en

overlooked, the command a s to his appointment was,

on the 24th July 1 630 , thus emphatically renewed

(CHARLES I .)Right

,&c . Whereas wee wer long since pleased to signifie

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Or

plesure that Robert Chre ichtoun and A lexander A lexandershould b e preferred to the first vacking Office s of Maesarie

,

whereof notwithstanding they have be en disappointed (as weare credib allie informed), contrarie to our roya l intentions. Now

least others should unseasonably importune us to have the setwo Offices

,or least the said Robert and A lexander b e furder

disappointed of what wee intend for them,Our pleasour is that

you tak notice of or royall intentions here in. And if any suchOffices doe va ik at Or guift by death, demissioune , deprivatioune ,or other wayes, that you hearken to none that have be en or

shalb e suittors unto us or you for the same (see ing according toOr first intention), we e have re solved to grant the first placesoe vaiking unto the said Robert, the next unto the saidA lexander

,and to this effect that you both cause mak ane act of

counse l l and sederunt. And for your soe doe ing these presentsshalb e a sufficient warrant.

”

A s the Council remained silent,the Lords of S ession

were , in a royal le tter dated 18th May 1 6 32,next

reminded ofAlexander’s claims . They were reque sted

not to allow his employment abroad in the royal

service to interfe re with his preferment (Register Of

Letters). He obtained a macership soon afterwards .

H e married Margaret, e lde st daughter of John

Forsyth , re sident at We stminster ; she was, on the

18th January 1643 , served he ir to her grandfather,

John Forsyth ,burge ss in Forres (General Re tours,

xvii . Alexander Alexander’s will is dated 7th

April 1646 (Edinburgh Com . Reg .)On the l 6 th Novembe r 16 36

,William Alexander

,

merchant-burge ss of Edinburgh,granted to Thomas

Winram a tak or lea se of thrie b a ithis on the south

side of the h ie stre e t of Edinburgh ”for six years

,a t


the yearly rent of “thrie hundreth merk is S cots

money ” (Reg. of D e eds, vol.

Thomas Alexander, writer in Edinburgh, died in

November 1 6 9 0 , and his te stament- dative wa s de

livered up by his Widow,Janet Waterston . H is

goods were valued at £133, 6s . 8d. (Edin . Com . Reg ,

vol . lxxix.)Early in the e ighte enth century,William Alexander

(probably of Edinburgh) described as“ nearest he ir

male to the title of Earl of S tirling,” married Eliza

be th,e ldest daughter of the Rev . Andrew Lumisden,

minister of Duddingston,and latterly non - jurant

Bishop of Edinburgh ,by his wife , Katherine , only

child of John Craig, son of the ce lebrated S ir Thomas

Craig of Riccarton. By his wife , William Alexander

had a son and daughter, who both died without issue

(Analecta S cotica, vol . II . , pp . 32 ,

During the sixte enth c entury, a branch of the

House of Alexander was settled in the county of

Pe eble s . In the Edinburgh Commissariat Registerare recorded the wills of Andrew Alexander in

Kirkurd, dated 5th February 1574 ; and Of Thomas

Alexander in Linton, dated l 6 th April 1575. In the

same register appear th e will of Janet Alexander,spouse to Alexander Forester, Oooper in Blyth

,in

the parish of Linton, who died in October 1586 , her

fre e gear” amounting to 2 31 lib . l 0s . ; the will of

William Alexander in Grave lpits, in the parish of

Linton, dated 14th January 1588 ; and the will of


law, 1856 Christian Thought and Work, 1862

S t Paul at Athens,”1865. H e has contributed the

article s Moral Philosophy,

”S cripture ,

” and Theo

logy,to the e ighth edition of the Encyclopaedia

Britannica edited the third edition of Kitto’

s B ib

lical Cyclopaedia and is a member of the committe e

for reV Ismg the translation of the Old Te stament .

In his H istory ofPe eblesshire,

”MrWilliam Cham

bers of Glenormiston mentions Charle s Alexander,

farmer at Easter Happrew,in the parish of S tobo,

who,at the close of the e ighte enth century

,was dis

tinguished for his skill as an agriculturist (Cham

b ers’

s Pe eble sshire , p .

John Alexander,a scion of the House of Menstry,

graduated at the University of S t Andrews in 1 603

(A ct. Re ct. Univ . S t And .) In 16 10 he wa s ap

pointed re ctor of the united parishe s of Hoddam,

Luce , and Ecclefe chan, in the county of Dumfries .

H e ere cted a parish church on a c entral site at his

private cost (Chalme rs’ Caledonia, 1824 , 4to, vol . iii . ,

p . H e was one of fifty- five ministers who, on

the 27th June 1 6 17 , subscribed a prote st on behalfof the l ibertie s of the Church . On the 2 l st October1 6 34

,he was nominated a member of the commission

for the maintenance of Church disc ipline (Fasti Eccl .

S cot . ,i . On the 6 th Jannary 1 6 36 , he granted

to S ir Richard Murray, Bart. of Cokpute , on behalfof his wife , Isobe l Barclay, and the ir son, William,

a

renunciation of an annual rent of 400 merks furth

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER. 17

of the lands of Cokpute , to which he b ad. right by

a contract made at Manchester on the 5th November1 632 (Register of De eds

, vol . He and his wife

Obtained a charter, on the 2 8th November 1 642,of

the lands of Over I sgill, in the county of Dumfries

(Reg. Mag. S ig ,lib . lvii. , N O .

On the 13th February 1643, a charter under the

Great S eal was granted to Jame s, Lord JOhnstoun of

Lochwood,and Mr John Alexander, rector of Hod

dam, equally betwe en them and the ir he irs

,of the

lands of Glendonyng, comprehending half the lands

of Corlaw,We ster Ker

,F ellcolme , and F e lb rae

,

within the lordship of Eskdale and shire of Dumfries,

as principal, and the other half of Corlaw,lands of

Curcleuche , etc . ,in warrandice , which lands formerly

be longed to the said James Johnstoun ofWestraw,

and were re signed by him for this new infeftment

(Reg . Mag. S ig ,lib . lvii. , N O . 2 32)

Mr John Al exander,minister of Hoddam

,died on

the 14th July 16 60 , in his seventy- e ighth year. In

the Register of the Privy S ea] for 1 6 64 , are narrated

certain proce edings betwe en Isabe lla Barclay, his

widow,and the ir son Jame s, and the Rev. James

Craig,admitted minister of Hoddam in 16 6 1

,in

regard to the possession of the manse .

Mrs Isabella Barclay, relict ofMr John Al exander,

minister of B oddam,died 2d July 1 682 , aged e ighty

two . T he family consisted of thre e sons, Jame s,John

,and William

,and a:daughter, Barbara (Fasti

B


Eccl . S cot , vol. i . , p . James, the e ldest son,

acquired the estate of Knockhill, in the parish of

Hoddam. In 170 1 he settled £1 1 9 5, 6 s . 4d . S cots

on the poor of the parish .

John, seCond son ofMr John Alexander, was some

time session - clerk at S outh Le ith , an Office which he

demitted on the 13th July 1 682 (S . Le ith S ess. Reg.)In 1 680 he published a quarto volume , entitled

Je suiticO-Quakerism Examined or, a Confutation of

the Blasphemous and Unreasonable Principles of

the Quakers, with a Vindication of the Church of

God in Britain.

” This work was dedicated to S ir

Robert Clayton, Lord Mayor of London and it bears

to have be en examined and approved by John Hamil

ton at the appointment of the Lord Bishop of Edinburgh . In 1 683 John Alexander was ordained

minister Of Kirknewton . He was in the same year

translated to Durrisde er, in the county Of Dumfries .

Having adhered to Episcopacy, he was ej ected by the

people in 1 6 89 . He died a t Edinburgh on the 1 6 th

July 17 l 6 ,‘

in his e ighty- e ighth year. He married,

first, Isobel, third daughter of James, Bishop of Gal

loway and, se condly, Margaret Angus, who died at

Edinburgh subsequent to the 13th S eptember 172 3 .

William Alexander,doctor of medicine (probably

the youngest son Of Mr John Alexander,minister of

Hoddam), Obtained sasine of the lands of Gillespie

and Craignarget, in the parish of Old L uce , on . the‘

l 6th S eptember'

170 9 .

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER. 19

T he e state of Kirkland, in the parish of Dalry and

stewartry of Kirkcudbright, belonged , in the latter

part of the sevente enth century, to Thomas Alex

ander. He acquired, by marriage , the lands of

Mack etstown, Glenhowl, and others in the same

parish . He is now repre sented by Jame s Alexanderof Corrieden,

in the parish of Balmaclellan and

stewartry of Kirkcudbright. His younger brother,William,

is owner of the lands of Macke tstown and

Glenhowl .

On the 28th May 1 684 , Hugh Alexander of Barra

chan,in the parish of Mochrum,

is mentioned a s

having for his wife , Janet, daughter of John M‘Cul

loch ofMyre ton,in the same parish . They appear to

have had an only child,Margare t, who se ems to have

married Jame s M ‘Culloch, and to have had two sons,John and Robert .

Migrating from the Carrick district of Ayrshire , a

branch of the family of M ‘A lexander effected a se ttle

ment in the district of Glenluce , Wigtownshire . En

gaging in the nautical profession, members of the

family traded with the Opposite shore of Ireland,where some of them effected a se ttlement. John

M ‘A lexander, owner of a coasting ve sse l at Chapel

rossan, near Glenluce , where he resided about themiddle of the e ighte enth century, adopted the modern

name of Alexander, which is borne by his de scendants . By his wife , Elizabeth Murray, he had thre e

sons,John , William,

and Hugh also four daughters .


William,the second son, born 2 l st February 1763,

was pastor of the Congregational churches at Prescot

and Le igh,Lancashire he died on the 2 3d January

1855, in his ninety- third year. His memoirs have

be en published by his son,the Rev. John Alexander,

minister of Prince s S tre et Chapel, Norwich, andauthor Of several religious publications .

CHAPTER XXI.

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER OF BALLOCHMYLE AND S OUTHBAR, F ORMERLY OF BLACKHOUSE, BOGHALL, AN D

N EWT OUN ,IN THE COUNTIES OF AYR AN D RENFREW

I N the year 1413,Richard Alexander is one Of the

several arbiters appointed to decide upon a que stion

betwe en John S tewart of Darnley and S ir John Ross

of Hawkhead, relating to the lands of Hullerished

(Memorials Of the Maxwells of Pollok, vol . i .) A s

Paisley at this period consisted of not more than

twelve houses, it is not improbable that from this

Richard was de scended John Alexander,who

,in

1488, when the village of Paisley was erected into a

royal burgh , was created a burgess . He is described

as owner of a house and land on the we st side of the“ Paisley T ak and Unhouss ” (Charter by Abbot

George S chaw to Andrew P ayntor, In 149 1

David Alexander was placed on the roll of b iI rgesses

(Burgh Records of Paisley). He succe eded John

Alexander, and possessed the same property in 149 8

(Charter by Robert , Abbot Of Paisley, to Richard

Brigton). In 1508 Gilbert Alexander became a

burgess of Paisley (Burgh Records). In the MS .

2 2 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER.

Rental Book of the Monastery of Paisley (Advocates

Library,p . the following entry occurs in the

rental of John Hamilton, commendator, made in

October and November 1525 Annui redditus ville

de P aslay, T he Pryor croft, Jhone Alexl‘

o Gilbert

Alex? " xiij S ~ iiijd Gilbert Alexander married Agnes

Inglis, by whom he had a son, William,who is men

tioned a s his he ir in 1542 (Family MS S . , vol .

In the Rental B ook, at page s 185 and 187 , are

these entrie s ° “ Anno MOe tc . xxvij (1527) Brab lo

syd, Jhon Alex“ elder, xiij acris ane akyr

jb l bere ;

”

(circa same date)“ Corsflat, xvij acris,

Jhone A lexr ane akyr 1b bere .

John Alexander, son of John Alexander, pos

sessed, prior to 1541,the house and land known

as the “ Paisley Tak . H e is,in a charter of

that year,granted by John, Abbot of Paisley, to

John Dowhill, de scribed as“the late John Alex

ander. In 157 9 John Alexander of the Paisley

Tak is named in a de ed preserved in the family. In

the same year,Robert Alexander, with his wife , Janet

Mathie , purchased, at the cross of Paisley, the

Pasley Tak,

”situated on the east side of the house

and land possessed by John Alexander (Charter inpossession of the family of Ballochmyle). Robert

Alexander is described as Chamberlain to my Lord

of Paisley in 159 7 , when he was created a burgessLord Claud Hamilton, third son of James, Earl of Arran and Duke of

Chatelherault, created Lord Paisley in 1585. James,h is eldest son, was first

Earl of Abercorn.


had several children . Of these , two sons, James

and Claud,and two daughters, Janet and Marion,

survived him. Janet, the elder daughter, married

James Dunlop of Dovecot, and had issue . Marion,

the younger daughter, married, in 1678 , John Max

we ll Of Brediland, and had issue . Of Robert Alex

ander’s second marriage were born two sons, Robert

and John . John settled in Carolina.

* He died on

the 8th October 1 6 9 9 , and his testament- dative and

inventory were , in January 1707 , made and given

up by Robert Alexander, one of the Principal Clerksof S ession .

” Among those indebted to him appearsthe name of William

,Lord Ross, who had originally

granted a bond to his father, the late Robert Alexander of Blackhouse (Edin. Com . Reg , vol . lxxxiii .)Robert, third son of Robert Alexander of Black

house (by his second wife , Janet Henderson), married

Janet, daughter of Alexander Smith of Re idstoun,by

his wife , Margaret, daughter Of Major Hugh Bunte in

of Kilb ryde . By her he had two daughters, Janet,who married her re lative , Robert Alexander of Black

house and Margare t, who married Robert Alexander

of N ewtoun.

James Alexander, designed of Boghall, e ldest

son of Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, wa s born in

1 6 34 . H e entered the University of Glasgow,where

he graduated in 1 653 . Obtaining licence as a pro

Robert Alexander, Member of Congress for Carolina dur ing th e war of independence , may have been grandson of John Alexander, the original settler.


b ationer in 1 655,he was the same year ordained

minister of Kilmalcolm,Renfrewshire . F or his ad

herence to the Pre sbyterian polity,he was deprived

by A ct of Parliament, 1 1th June , and of the Privy

Council,1 st October 1 6 62 . Accused Of preaching

and baptizing irregularly, he was summoned to Ayr

in March 1 6 6 9 ; he died of fever in the same year

about the age of thirty- four (Fasti Eccl . S cot , vol . II . ,p . 2 50) H e married Mary, daughter Of John Max

we ll of S outhb ar, descended from Adam Maxwe ll,fifth son of the first Lord Maxwe ll of Caerlaverock ,

by Elizabeth,daughter of William Cuninghame of

Cra igends ; she died in 1 670 . By her he had a son,

John, and four daughters , Elizabeth, Mary, Jean, and

Anna . H is daughter Jean was, in S eptember 1 689 ,marri ed to William Gre enle es, one of the magistrates

of Paisley (Reg. Abbey Parish of Paisley).

John Alexander, only son ofMr Jame s Alexander,

succe eded his father in the e state of Bogb all in 1 6 6 9 ,and his grandfather

,Robert Alexander, in the lands of

Blackhouse in 1 687 . He married Jane t,daughter Of

Alexander Cuninghame of Craigends, by his wife ,Janet

,daughter of William Cuninghame of Achin

yards, and had two sons, Robert and William,and a

daughter,Anna. Anna Alexander married Peter

Murdoch, who ,in 173 1 , was Lord Provost of Glasgow.

Robert Al exander, eldest . son of John Alexander

of Blackhouse and Bogb all, married Janet, daughter

Of his grand-uncle, Robert Alexander, by whom he


had a daughter, Jean, who married John Lockhart

of Le e .

William Alexander, second son of John Alexander

of Blackhouse and Boghall, succe eded to the paternal

e states on the death of Robert, his e lder brother.

H e be came a banker in Edinburgh, and was e lected

Lord Provost of that city in 1752 , and its parliament

ary representative in 1754 . A continuation of his

line will b e found under the section,Family of Alex

ander of Airdrie and Cowdenhill.”

Claud, se cond son of Robert Alexander of Black

house,by his first wife

,Marion Hamilton, was born

in 1 645. By a disposition, dated 24th S eptember1 6 6 9

,he rec e ived from his father several subj e cts in

the town of Paisley.

” In 1 671 his father granted

him the lands of N ewtoun (Reg. Mag. S ig ,lib . lxii. ,

A zealous supporter of Presbyterianism,he

became Obnoxious to the Government, and was im

prisoned at Edinburgh . According to Wodrow (vol .

iv. ,he was, on the 3d August 1 6 86 , liberated

under a bond of a thousand pounds sterling, to live

regularly, and answer when called to anything that is

to b e laid to his charge .

”

In 1 677 Claud Alexander ofNewtounmarried Jean,

third daughter of William Ralston of that ilk,and

his wife,Ursula Mure of Glanderstoun, by whom he

had two sons and two daughters. In the P 0 11 Tax

This disposition, in the handwriting of th e granter, is now in the possessionofMr David S emple, writer, Paisley.


Rolls of Renfrewshire for 1 69 5, he is entered thus“ Claud Al exander of N ewtoune for himself, 4 lib .

6 sh . ; Jean Ralstoune , his spouse , 6 sh Robert,Claud ,

Ursula,and Marion Alexander’s children

,each 6sh . ,

with thre e servants.

Marion,e lder daughter of Claud Alexander of

Newtoun,was born in March 16 83 . She married, in

1709 , Alexander, e ldest son of Gavin Cochrane of

Cra igmuir, brother of William,first Earl of Dun

donald . Ursula,the younger daughter, born F eb ru

ary 1 688, married, in 1706 , John Russe ll ofBra idshaw,

ance stor of S ir William Russell, Bart. of Charlton,Glouce stershire . Claud, the younger son,

born 2 6th

February 16 9 0 , perished at se a .

Robert Alexander, e lder son of Claud Alexander

of N ewtoun,born In April 1 68 1 , succe eded his father

in the e state Of N ewtoun in 1703 . H e married his

cousin Margare t, daughter Of his uncle,Robert Alex

ander, by whom he had a son and'

daughter. T he

daughter,Jean, married Robert Ne ilson of Paisley,

by whom she had issue .

Claud Alexander,only son of Robert Alexander of

N ewtoun, was born in 1724 , and succe eded to N ew

toun in 1738 . He married,in 1746 , Joanna, daughter

of Alexander Cuninghame Of Cra igends (descended

from the noble House of Glencairn), by his wife ,Anne ; daughter of S ir John Houstoun, Bart. of that

ilk,and granddaughter of John Drummond, Earl Of

Melfort. Claud Alexander of N ewtoun died in 1772 ,


leaving five sons and six daughters . T he daughters

were—Catherine ; Margaret, born 1753 ; Anna, born

1754 ; Wilhelmina, Lockhart, and Lilias (Baptismal

Register of Abbey Parish, Paisley). Wilhelmina

Alexander is celebrated by Burns in his song, T he

Bonnie Lass o’Ballochmyle . The poet had, by the

banks of the Ayr, chanced to encounter MissWilhelmina . There was no conversation or sign of recog

nition, b ut the poet afterwards despatched to her a

copy of his song. She did not acknowledge it, b ut

her nephew,the proprietor of Ballochmyle , has

placed a bower on the spot where the poe t saw her.

Miss Wilhelmina Alexander died unmarried in 1843,at the age of e ighty- e ight.

Lockhart, fifth daughter Of Claud Alexander ofN ewtoun, married her cousin, Claud Neilson,

and had

issue .

Boyd,third Son of Claud Alexander

,born January

1758, entered th e service of the East India Company.

He purchased the estate s of S outhb ar and Bogb all,Renfrewshire . In 179 6 he was chosen M .P . for Ren

frew,and was returned as representative for Glasgow

in 1806 . H e married his cousin, Camilla,

at daughter

Of Boyd P orterfield of that ilk,by his wife Christian,

daughter of Alexander Cuninghame of Craigends .

H e died without issue in 1825. Alexander,fourth

son of Claud Alexander, born August 1766 , diedCamilla Alexander was great -great -granddaughter of William Boyd, first

Earl of Kilmarnock, whose great -grandson, the fourth earl, was beheaded on

Tower Hill for joining in the rebellion of 1745.


unmarried . John, the younge st son, entered the

army,and became major in the 56th Regiment. He

married his cousin Jean, daughter of Robert Ne ilson,

and died without issue .

Robert,e ldest son of Claud Alexander

, was born

in 1747 . He,in 1772 , succe eded to N ewtoun,

which

he afterwards sold ; he died without issue . Claud,second son, born 1753, entered the Civil S ervice of

the East India Company, and be came paymaster

general of the Company’s troops in Bengal . From

the Old family OfWhitefoord he purchased the estate

of Ballochmyle , Ayrshire , in 1783,and there estab

lished his seat. He married,in 1788, H elenora ,

daughter of S ir William Maxwell, Bart. Of Spring

kell,by his wife , Margaret, daughter of S ir Michae l

Shaw S tewart, Bart. of Blackb all and Ardgowan.

H e was father of thre e sons and five daughters .

Margaret S tewart, the e lde st daughter, died in 186 1 ;Catherine Maxwe ll, second daughter, died in 1834

Anna Joanna, third daughter, died in 1859 Helenora ,

fourth daughter,died young. Mary

, the youngest

daughter,married, in 1834 , Joshua S tansfield Cromp

ton of Azerley, Yorkshire ; she died in 1867 , leaving

i ssue .

Claud,e ldest son of Claud Alexander of Balloch

myle , became an officer in the 1st regiment of Guards.

He succeeded to Ballochmyle in 1 809, and married

Elizabe th, daughter of Colonel Keatinge, by his

wife,Lady Martha Brabazon, daughter Of Anthony

,


e ighth Earl of Meath . He died without issue in

1845,and was succe eded by his brother, William

Maxwe ll Alexander of S outhb ar. This gentleman

died unmarried in 1853,and was succe eded in his

estate s by his brother, Boyd Alexander.

Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle and S outhb ar,

born in 179 6 , married, in 182 8 , S ophia Elizabeth ,daughter Of S ir Benjamin Hobhouse

,Bart . of

We stbury, Wiltshire , and sister of John, Lord

Broughton, by whom he had five sons and

one daughter,Helenora Margaret Angela . She mar

ried, in 1857 , John Archibald S haw S tewart, second

son of S ir Michael S haw S tewart, Bart. ofArdgowan,

and died in 1865,leaving issue .

John Hobhouse Inglis, second son of Boyd A lex

ander of Ballochmyle , was born in 1832,and suc

c e eded his father in the e state of S outhb ar. In 1844

he j oined the Royal Navy, in which he obtained therank of captain . H e serve d in the East and We st

Indie s and the Crimea ; also in the Japane se war, in

which he wa s severe ly wounded . Captain Alexander

was a Companion of the Bath ; an aide -de - camp to

the Que en, and an officer of the Legion of Honour.

He married Isabella Barbara, daughter of T . C .

Hume , Esq. ,and had issue , two sons

,Boyd William

John,born 1862 , and Edwin S t Clair, born 1865 also

thre e daughters, S ophia Isabella, Evelyn Mary, and

Cora S ybil. Captain Alexander died in November1875.


Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire , by whom he has ason

,Claud

,born 24th February 1867 .

T he families of this branch use.

the following ar

morial bearings : Alexander of Boghall and Black

house bears,“ parted per pale argent and sable

,a

chevron betwixt a writing-

pen fessways in chief, and

a cre scent in base , all counterchanged ; above the

shield, an helmet befitting his degre e , mantled gules,doubled argent next is .placed on a torse for crest,

a hand holding a quill proper ; the motto in’

scroll,Fidem S erva .

’ Matriculated 2 6th July 1673 (Lyon

Register).

Boyd Alexander of S outhb ar, M .P . for Renfrew,

matriculated in 1784 , bears,“ parted per pale argent

and sable , a chevron ; in base a crescent, and in

chief a writing-

pen counterchanged ; all within a

bordure , parted per pale gules and or. Crest—A

dexter hand holding a writing -

pen,both proper.

Motto—‘ Fidem S erva (Lyon Register).

T he arms of Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle ,matriculated in 1788, are :

“ Parted per pale argent

and sable , a chevron ; in base a crescent,and in

chief a fi eur - de - lys, all counterchanged ; within a

bordure parted per pale gule s and or. Crest—An

elephant proper. Motto P erseverantia vincit

(Lyon Register).

CHAPTER XXII .

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER OF A IRDRIE, LANARKSHIRE, ANDCOWDENHILL, DUMBARTONSHIRE.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, se cond son of John Alexander

Of Blackhouse and Bogb all, was, on the 13th June

1733, admitted a burgess and guild brother of Edin

burgh . He was e lected Lord Provost of that city on

the 3d October 1752 , and was re - elected to the office

on the 2d October 1753 (Burgess and Town Council

Records Of Edinburgh). In 1754 he was chosen one

of the Parliamentary representatives Of the city

(Anderson’

s H istory Of Edinburgh, pp .

’

609,

According to the Rev. Dr S omerville , Lord Provost

Alexander conducted business as a banker in Edin

burgh . He Often rece ived a solitary letter by theLondon mail

,a fact which Dr S omerville quotes in

illustration of the limited busine ss then conducted in

the S cottish capital (S omerville’

s Life and,

Times,174 1 - 1814) Lord Provost Alexander died in July

1763 . He married Marione‘

Louisa de la Croix, a

member of a Huguenot family which fled from Roch

e lle on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, bywhom he had thre e sons, Robert, William, and Alex

i sC


ander John, and a daughter, Jean . Having died

intestate , his testament- dative and inventory were

made and given up by Robert and William Alexander

,merchants in Edinburgh, his sons and executors .

His substance was declared to consist of stock in the

Royal Bank of S cotland, amounting to £679 2 (Edin .

Com . Reg , vol . Inscribed in a mortuary en

closure attached to Roslin Chapel, presented to him

by a member of the House of S t Clair, are these

words : “ In this ground are interred William Alex

ander, Provost and M .P . for Edinburgh, who died

176 3 also his daughter Jean, and sons Robert and

Alexander John Alexander. Repaired

Robert and Alexander John, sons of Lord Provost

Alexander, died without issue . William, the second

son,was born in 172 9 . After a period of residence

in France,he proce eded in 1783 to the United S tate s.

Till 181 1 he resided at S taunton in' Virginia

,when

he removed to Kentucky, where he died in 181 9, at

the age Of ninety. He married, first, Christian, only

daughter of John Aitchison of Rochsolach and

Airdrie , in the county of Lanark ; and se condly,

Agatha de la Porte , be longing to an ancient family

at Montpellier'

. Of his first marriage were born two

sons and six daughters. Bethia, the e ldest daughter,born 2 7th March 1757 , died in 1839

,unmarried ;

Marianne , second daughter, born 12 th December

Mrs Marione Louisa de la Croix, relict of William Alexander, died on the

1st January 1773.


1758, married General Jonathan Will iams of Phila

de lphia , nephew Of Dr Franklin ; she had a son,

H . J. Williams , of Chesnut Villa,Philade lphia

,

and a daughter, Mrs Thomas Biddle , deceased ;Christine , third daughter, born 24th August 1762 ,

died unmarried in 1845 Jane , fourth daughter, born

5th June 1765, died 1843 ; Isabella, fifth daughter,

born 17th October 1768, married John Peter Hankey,merchant, London, by whom she had thre e sons,John Alexander

, Genera l Henry, and Capta inWilliam, and a daughter, Julia, who married the Hon.

S eymour Bathurst ; Joanna, sixth daughter, bornl 0th June 177 1 , died in 1783 .

By his second marriage , William Alexander was

father of four sons, John Regis, Andrew, Charles, and

James, and a daughter, Apolline Agatha, who mar

ried Thomson Hankey, Esq. , M .P . for Peterborough,and one of the directors of the Bank of England .

John Regis, e ldest son of William Al exander by

his second marriage , married, first, Marianne Campa

bell,secondly, Eliza Dudley ; he died in 1874 , leaving

issue . Andrew Alexander married Mira Madison ,daughter of the governor of Kentucky ; he ,

died in

1834 , leaving issue . Charle s, the se cond son Of the

second marriage , married Martha Madison, and has

two sons .

William,born 18th May 1755, e ldest son of Wil

liam Alexander of Airdrie , was called to the b ar by

the S ociety of the Middle Temple on the 22d N ov


ember 1782 . He was nominated King’

s Counsel in

1800, and a Master of Chancery in November 1809 .

In 1824 he was appointed Lord Chief Baron Of

the Exchequer, an office which he held till January

1831 , when he was succe eded by Lord Chancellor

Lyndhurst. He was sworn of the Privy Council on

his e levation to the bench ,19 th January 1824 , and

the same day rece ived the honour of knighthood .

A s an equity and real property lawyer, he enjoyed

professional celebrity. H e succeeded in 1837 to the

e state Of Cloverhill or Cowden, in the parish Of

N ew Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire , on the death Of

Andrew Hunter Spreul Crawfurd, his se cond cousin .

He died on the 2 9 th June 1842 , at the advanced age of

e ighty- seven . His remains were deposited at Roslin

Chapel .

Robert Alexander, second son of William Alex

ander and Christian Aitchison , was born 7th January

1767, and emigrated to the United S tates in 1786 .

He first settled inVirginia, and removed to Kentucky

in 179 1 . There he purchased the extensive e state

of Woodburn,in the county of Woodford . He died

in February 1841 . By his W i fe Eliza,daughter of

Daniel We isiger Of Frankfort, Kentucky, whom he

married in 1814, he had thre e sons and two daugh

ters . Lucy, the e lder daughter,born 18th S eptember

182 2 , married James B . Waller of Chicago,by whom

sh e has had two sons and seven daughters. Mary

Bell, the second daughter, born 2 9 th July1 830 , mar


ried,in 1859

,Henry Charles De edes, Esq , formerly

of the Indian Office . William Alexander, the e ldest

son, born in 1816, died in 1817 .

Robert, the second son,born 25th October 1819 ,

was educated at Oxford,where he graduated as

Bachelor of Arts . H e succe eded to the e state s of

Airdrie and Cowdenhill on the death of his uncle ,S ir William Alexander, in 1842

,when he added to

his patronymic the names of Spreul Crawfurd Aitchi

son. He died unmarried 1 st December 1867

Alexander John Alexander,third son of Robert

Alexander Of Woodburn,Kentucky, born 7th Octo

b er 1824, succe eded to the e states of Woodburn,

Ai rdrie , and Cowdenhill, in 1867 He married,first,

6 th May 1851 , Lucy, daughter Of David Humphreys

of Woodford,Kentucky

,by whom (she died 25th

S eptember 1858) he had David, born 1 9 th February1852

,died February 1860 Mary

,born 6th October

1853, died January 1860 ; and Robert, born July

1855, died 9 th December 1859 . Alexander John

Alexander of Woodburn married, secondly, 5th Octo

b er 1871 , Lucy, daughter of Humphrey Ful lerton

of Chillicothie , Ohio, by whom he has had Robert

Aitchison,born 27th August 1872 , died 15th Octo

b er 1872 ; Elizabeth , born 1 9 th S eptember 1873 ;

and Alexander John Aitchison, born 5th August

1875.

CHAPTER XXIII.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF CANDREN , PA ISLEY, RENFREWSHIRE, AN D OF THE COUNTIES OF WEXFORD,

GALWAY,AND ROS COMMON.

AMONG the de scendants of Richard Alexander of

Paisley (se e sup ra ,p . 2 1)was John Alexander, who is

mentioned in 1553 also his son,Alexander (Balloch

myle Family Papers). RobertAlexander is described

in 159 5 as farmer at Candren, near Paisley. His son

Robert was a tanner at Causeyside , on the banks of

the river Cart . According to the Registers of Paisley

Abbey Parish,families of the name of Alexander

continued to reside at Candren and a t Causeyside ,

Paisley, till the beginning of the present century.

In 159 9 , John Alexander, e lder, was member of a

jury at the service of an he ir ; and in 1 600 , John

Alexander, younger, was one Of a jury at another

service . Robert Alexander, e lder,in Candren,

is

mentioned in 16 10 .

John Alexander the younger was father of four

sons, Robert, William, John, and James, and a

daughter, Janet . Robert , the e ldest son,engaged in

merchandise at Paisley, and was e lected a bailie of


clerk of Glasgow. The ir daughter married John

S hortridge , merchant, Glasgow,and had a son

John, who became a magistrate Of that city. He

married Hannah Park of Paisley, and succe eding to

the entailed property Of his maternal ance stors in

the T rongate of Glasgow,assumed the surname of

Spreul .

T he family of Spreul merits particular notice owing

to its connection at several points with the House

of Alexander.

Walter Spreul Of Cowden, seneschal Of the Len

nox,

”had, in the re ign of Alexander grant

from the Earl of Lennox of the lands of Dalquharn

in Dumbartonshire . In that county the family

remained till 1 62 2 , when William, Lord Cochrane of

Cowden, father Of the first Earl of Dundonald, pur

chased from John Spreul the lands of Cowden .

John Spreul, a younger son Of the proprietor of

Cowden,was in 1507 vicar of Dundonald, and Pro

fessor of Philosophy in the College of Glasgow. He

was subsequently appointed rector of the university

and a canon of the cathedral (Rental Book of Diocese

of Glasgow, printed for the Grampian Club). He

purchased the lands of Ladymuir, Castlehill, and

Blackairn,in the diocese Of Glasgow. In 1555 his

lands came into the possession of his nephew,John

Spreul, burgess Of‘

Glasgow. T he grandson of this

person, John Spreul, was Provost of Renfrew early

in the re ign of Charles I . His son, who . bore the


same Christian name,was town- clerk of Glasgow,

and afterwards a Principal Clerk of S ession (Nisb et’

s

Heraldry, vol . i . , p . 427 ; and vol. l l . , a ppendix,

p .

John Spreul, e ldest son of John Spreul, town - clerk

of Glasgow,was trained to legal pursuits. He mar

ried Isobel,only child of Hugh Craufurd of Clob er

hill,Dumbartonshire , and, succe eding to the lands,

assumed the surname Of Craufurd . In 17 16 John

Spreul executed a de ed of entail, by which he de s

tined the lands of Clob erhill and Drumchapel (which

he called Cowden, the name of the old family e state)

to his he irs -male , whom failing, his he irs whomsoever.

Of his marriage were born e ight daughters, and on

his death,without male issue , the e state devolved

on the issue of his youngest daughter, Agnes, wife

of Hunter,whose grandson, Andrew Hunter

Spreul Crauford, succe eded to the estate . On the

death Of this gentleman in 1837, S ir William Al ex

ander,Chief Baron of Exchequer, grandson of the

e ldest daughter of the entailer,succeeded to the

e states .

John Spreul , merchant in Paisley, who _

married

Jane t Al exander,was descended from the Old family

of Cowden . In the Burgh Records of Paisley is the

following entry 1 9 th Deer 1600 .—qlk day Gabrie l

Spruell was decernit to deliver to Robt S tewart ane

stane che is, price yt xiijs . iiijd., or then ane buik

callit the Howis of Alex? Gabrie l Sproul died in


April 1603, and the book called T he Howis of Alex

ander is known only by the preceding entry. When

a youth,attending the grammar school of Paisley, the

persecuted William Muir of Caldwe ll lodged in the

house of John Spreul, and it is probable that he then

embraced those Covenanting principles, on account

of which he suffered persecution (Wodrow’

s H istory,vol. ii .

,pp . 2 8, 2 9 , 73, 75 ; vol . iii , pp . 439 A

zealous upholder of Presbyterianism,he was selected

for punishment by General Dalziel in 1 667, b ut con

trived to effect his e scape (Wodrow’

s History,vol .

iv. , p . His son John,who afterwards became

an apothecary in Glasgow, was taken prisoner at

Paisley by Dalziel’

s soldiers in 16 67, in consequence

of his refusing to divulge his father’s hiding -place .

In 1677 he was cited to appear before a court at

Glasgow on the charge of nonconformity. Learning

that a severe sentence was contemplated, he fled

from the country . Leaving his business to the con

duct of his wife , he first proce eded to Holland, and

afterwards resided at Dublin with his uncle,James

Alexander. After the battle of Drumclog, he re

turned to S cotland in June 1679 b ut on the defeat

of the Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge on the 2 2d of

that month, he again sought refuge abroad. Return

ing to S cotland in 1680 with the view Of carrying his

wife and family to Rotterdam,he was, on the 12 th

November of that year, appreh ended at Edinburgh,and examined before the Privy Council“

,

A s his


answers failed to implicate himself or others, the

Council decre ed that he should b e examined by tor

ture . Though twice subjected to the frightful tor

ture of the boot,he maintained his equanimity and

upheld his honour. He was committed to the prison

of the Bass in 1681,and there remained till May

1687, when he was liberated (Wodrow’

s History, vol .

iii .,pp . 252 - 2 62 ; vol . iv. , pp . 412 ,

John Alexander,of the family of Candren, was

born at Paisley in October 16 9 0 (Family Information).

He proce eded to Ireland, and settled as a tanner and

coal merchant at N ew Ross, county Wexford . He

married Catherine,

* daughter of Colone l Knight

Clifford, co -he iress of the e state of Cahirglissane ,county Galway. He died in 176 9 . In his will he

expresses a de sire to b e buried private ly, without

scarves.

” To his son Jame s, as holding a commis

sion in the army,he bequeathed five shillings

,not

from any dislike .

” To his son Arthur he provided

his fre ehold lease in Ross, with the stock of his tan

yard,salt-work

,and coal -yard in Ross also his hold

ings in Carlow and Le ighlen Bridge , and the interest

of his dwe lling-house and fie lds, called T ab b ercreach .

To his second son, Robert, he bequeathed £100, with

the expression of a hOpe that having got a college

education,he would consider this sum as sufficient .

“December 16,1727.—Licence granted by the archbishop for the solemni

sation ofmarriage between John Alexander, of the parish ofHook , in the countyof Wexford, gent. and Catherine Clifford, of the parish of Warburge, Dublin ”

(Book of Acts, Prerogative Court, Dublin).


To his “ deare sister Madden he bequeathed £5 to

b uy mourning (Will in Probate Court).

James Alexander, e ldest son of John Alexander

of N ew Ross, served as a lieutenant in the 83d

Regiment. He married Mary, daughter of J. Love

lace , by whom he had thre e sons, John, Jame s, and

Wentworth, and four daughters , Jane , Hannah,

Margaret,and Grize l. He died in 179 1 , and his

will,dated 2 2d April 1789 , was proved to his son

John on the renunciation of his executors. De

scribed as James Alexander of Harristoun,in

King’s County ,”he bequeathed to his e ldest son,

John , that part of the lands of Cahirglissane , in the

barony of Kiltarton, county Galway,which came

to him by his mother, subj ect to the payment of £10

yearly to his “ beloved wife , Mary Alexander” To

his daughters, Jane , Hannah, Margare t, and Grizel,he bequeathed £100 each , and to his son James £50 .

Failing the issue of his son John, he bequeathed the

lands Of Cahirglissane to his son James and his issue ,whom failing, to his son Wentworth

,and failing the

issue of all his sons, to his daughters in equal shares .

To his son Wentworth, he bequeathed his farm of

Carrick, near Portarlington, in Que en’

s County. He

made a suitable provision for his wife , and constituted

as his executors his brothers, Arthur Alexander

and the Rev . Dr Robert Alexander, both of N ew

Ross.

James, second son of Jame s Alexander of Harris


toun, married, first, Cosswaith, and, secondly,Winskill, by whom he had two daughters .

Wentworth, the third son, died without issue . John,

the eldest son, married a daughter of Giles Mahon,Esq , by whom he had thre e sons, John, James, and

Ar thur. John died in infancy. James died in 1847,leaving two daughters . Arthur Alexander, now of

Maryville , county Galway, was born in 1810 . He

married,first

,a daughter of B . Falkner, Esq.

,and

secondly,a daughter Of A. Johnson, Esq.

, without

issue .

ArthurAlexander, younge st son of John Alexander

of N ew Ross, succe eded to his father’s e state ; he

died unmarried on the 7th January 18 1 9 .

Robert, second son‘ of John Al exander of N ew

Ross, is described in the will of his brother Jame s,

as the Re v. Dr Robert Alexander. He married a

daughter of Mr Goddard Richards,by whom he had

two sons and five daughters . George , the second son,

born 17th March 1802,is unmarried . John

,the

e lder son, born 4th March 17 9 8, is LL.D . and rector

of Carne,county Wexford . He has five sons and

thre e daughters . Robert,the elde st son, born 28th

December 1831,died 1 1 th August 1835. The other

sons are—John, born 2d S eptember 1833 ; S tuart,born 5th April 1835;George , born 27th May 1839 ;Arthur, born 13th De cember 1843. John, the second

son, is re ctor of Corclone . He married a daughter

of John Jacob, M .D .,and has sons and daughters.


George Al exander of Knockcroghery, county Ros

common, exe cuted his will on the 9 th November

179 2 . He bequeathed to his son John the lands of

S eagh or Lismahoon;whom failing, to his son George

and his he irs -male ; or failing them, to his brother

Edward and his he irs-male ; and failing them,to his

brother John and his he irs-male ; whom failing, to his

grandson, George Robinson . To his daughters, Dame

Elizabeth Robinson and Mary Campion, he b e

queathed his right to the lands of Knockcroghery.

He bequeathed to his daughter,Jane S andys, £300 ,

and to his daughter, Susanna D empsey, £300 , also

various sums to his grandchildren . He appointed

as exe cutors his cousin George Hill of Spring Hall,county Galway, and his nephew, S amuel Al exander

of Roscommon .

On the death of George Alexander of Knockcroghery, the validity of his will was disputed in the Court

of Exchequer by his son John, b ut it was affirmed

and proved to the executors on the 17th February

179 4 .

John Al exander of Knockcroghery,merchant

,

died in 1803 . On the 4th July of that year his

will,dated 18th June 1802

, was proved to his

widow. To his elde st daughter, Ann Jones, other

wise Alexander, he bequeathed £10, and to his

son- in- law,Robert Galbraith , five shillings. The

re sidue of his e state b e divided between his wife ,Elizabeth Alexander, otherwise Tennant, and his

CHAPTER XXIV

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF AYR M‘ALEXANDER OF

DALCUS SEN AN D OREION EW ; M‘ALEXANDER OF

DALREOCH,CORS CLAYS

,

‘

DERI N CON N ER,DARN EHOLME,

MIRRIEHILL, KILBRYDE, DRUMMOCHRIAN ,AN D GIR

V AN ,AYRSHIRE ; BARGARRAN AN D HILL OF DRIPPs

,

RENFREWSHIRE ; GLASGOW,HAMILTON

,AN D LESMA

HAGO, LANARKSHIRE ; LINLITHGOW AND S TRATHBROOK, LINLITHGOWSHIRE ; AN D FALKIRK

, STIRLIN GSHIRE .

ACCORD ING to the Register Of Paisley,Reginald, or

Ranald, se cond son of S omerled by his second mar

riage,became a monk of Paisley, and granted to that

monastery e ight cows and two pennies for one year,and one penny in perpetuity from every house on his

territories from which smoke issued he also enjoined

his dependants to afford protection to the members

of the monastery. Fonie , his wife , became a S ister

of the convent, and granted to the monks a tithe of

her goods, whether in her own possession or on the

ocean . Donald, son of Reginald, also became a

monk,and his wife a S ister of the convent

,while both

made liberal grants to the members. Angus, son of


Donald, also described as a monk, granted to the

convent, sometime before the year 12 9 5, one penny

yearly for every house in his territories, and half a

merk of silver for his own residence (Reg. de Passe

let,pp . 12 5

In 1455 John of Yle , Earl of Ross and Lord of the

Isles, confirmed to the monks of Paisley the rectory

of the church of S aint Kylkeran, in Kyntire ,” with

liberty to dispose of it at the ir pleasure (Reg. de

P asselet, p .

From the Mull Of Kintyre members of the House

of Alexander Obtained settlements in the countie s of

Ayr and Renfrew, under protection of the monks

of Paisley, many of the first settlers be ing kindly

tenants Of the monastery.

In the Obit Book of the church of S t John the

Baptist, Ayr, is mentioned, in the obit of Thomas

S orbie , who died 20th March 1438,the tenement of

John Al exander, thus ° “tenm Johafi is alex

'

adri

(Obit Book of Ayr, pp . 8,

A charter was, on the 9 th July 1450, granted byJames II . , under the Great S eal, confirming a charter

by Colin M ‘A lexander of Dalcussen to Gilbert

M ‘Al exander, his son and apparent he ir, arid to the

he irs -male of his body ; whom failing, to Alexander

M ‘A lexander, brother of the said Gilbert, and the

he irs of his body ; whom failing, to the granter’

s he irs

whomsoever, of the lands of Dalcussen, in the earldom

of Carrick and shire of Ayr, for rendering yearly toD


the Earl of Carrick, superior of the lands, a common

suit in the earl’s court, with the customary service .

Among the witnesses to the original charter, which is

dated “at P eynmachey, 1 1th March are Alex

anderM ‘A lexander, laird of Cre icnew, FergusM‘A lex

ander,and Duncan M ‘A lexander (Reg. Mag. S ig ,

lib . iv. ,

In the Protocol Book of John Crawford, notary

public of Ayrshire , 1542 - 1550 (No . 8 in General

Register House), a contract, dated 8th March 154 9,

is recorded betwe en Gabriel Sympill of Newlands, andRobert Alexander

,re specting the sale of certain sub

j e cts. There is a further entry, dated 30th March

1550,betwe en Ninian Mershall and Robert Alex

ander, with consent of his wife , Elizabeth Lang, in

connection with lands occupied by Robert Alexander

and his forbears.

”

A t the burgh of Ayr, on the 13th March 1589 , an

action was prose cuted by Fergus M ‘A lexander of

Dalreoch, parish of Colmone l, Ayrshire , against

Robert Campbe ll, burges of A ir, and Mareoun Cun

ighame,his spouse, anent a contract made on the

2 5th June 1588 , betwe en Campbell on the one part,

and M ‘A lexander on the other,whereby the former

sold to the latter a tenement in Ayr, at the price

of 400 merks. M ‘A lexander complained that Campbell would not adhere to the articles in the contract,n or register the contract. Campbell made no ap

pearance , and the Lords de cerned the contract to b e


registered (Reg. of D e eds, vol . xxxiv. ,fol . On

the 2 2d May 1634,AndrewM ‘Al exander of Dalreoch

granted at Colmone l, to John Ramsay in Dalreoch,

and Jonet Dultie,his spouse , an Obligation for 2 60

merks (Register of De eds, vol.

A t Maybole,on the 31st August 1 66 9 , Fergus

M ‘Al exander, minister at the church OfBarr, obtained

service as neare st agnate or relative on the father’s

side , to H ew, Andrew,Margaret

,Agnes, Jonet, and

Elizabeth M ‘Al exander, children of the late John

M ‘A lexander of Dalreoch . In this service it is certi

fled that the he ir exce eds the age of twenty- five

years, and that he is immediate succe ssor to the said

Hew, Andrew,

Margaret, Agnes, Jonet, and Elizabe th

M ‘Alexander, should they chance to die ; the children

to b e educated with Agne s Kennedy,the ir mother,

till they b e of lawful age (Reg. of D e eds,book xxix . ,

Fergus M ‘Al exander or Al exander was a

bursar in the University of Glasgow in 16 31 , and

there graduated in 1 6 35. He thereafter ministered

at Kilmud and Greyabbey in Ire land (Re id’

s Irish

Pre sbyterian Church,vol . ii . , p . and be ing

recommended by a committe e Of the GeneralAs sembly,5th May 1 647 , was ordained minister Of Barr, Ayr

shire , in 1 653 . He was deprived of this charge

by the Acts of Parliament,1 l th June , and of the

Privy Council,l st October 1 6 62 . He was reponed

in the living of Barr in 1 687 he died on the 15th

November following, and his remains were deposited


in the parish church (Fasti Eccl . S cot , vol . l l . , p .

A t the Tolbooth of the Canongate on the 4th

February 1 67 1 , Hugh M‘A lexander wa s served he ir

to John M ‘A lexander of Dalreoch (Reg. of De eds,

xxx. 144)A branch of the House of M ‘Alexander possessed,

in the sixte enth century, the lands of Corsclays, near

Maybole . On the 20th March 159 1 , a charter under

the Great S eal was granted to Thomas M ‘Al exander

of Corsclays, Of the forty- shilling land of T umnochtie ,of old extent, in the earldom of Carrick and Shire of

Ayr, formerly belonging to John Kennedie of Blair

quhane , sold under reversion by John M ‘A lexander,

to which reversion the said Thomas was cessioner and

assigne e , and had thereupon obtained a decre et of

redemption . Also of the merk land of Laggangill,and the merk land of Drummerling, of Old extent

,in

the parish of Girvan, resigned by the said John

Kennedie in favour of the said Thomas,and the

two-merk lands of Corsclays, and the thre e -merk

lands of Drummor, in the parish Of Camne ill, which

formerly be longed to the said Thomas, erecting the

said lands into a fre e tenandry, to b e he ld of the

king,paying therefor the rights and service s due and

wont (Reg. Mag. S ig ,lib . xxxviii . , No .

On the 8th March 1 632 , Claud M ‘A lexander was,

at Maybole , served he ir to his father, George M‘A lex,

ander of Corsclays, and his mother, the late jCatherine


M ‘Culloch . George M ‘A lexander died in S eptember

1622 (Reg. of D e eds,xiii .

On the 2 8th December 1 635, Robert M ‘A lexander

of Corsclays granted a discharge for 500 merks

to John Ferguson of Kilkenner, and Gilbert Ross,late Provost of Maybole . One of the witne sses is

John Al exander,the granter’s son (Reg. of De eds,

vol; On the 2 l st October 1 658,a service was

“expede at the T olbuith of the burgh of Ayr ,

”to

Robert M ‘A lexander, now of Corsclays, as he ir to

Robert M ‘A lexander Of Corsclays, deceased (Reg. of

De eds, xxv. On the 2 6th August 1684 , Robert

Alexander of Corsclays complained that he was fined,by Crawford of Ardmillan, on the 7th of the pre ceding

February,£2808

,for withdrawing from ordinances, by

a de cre et passed in his absence , when he was sick

(Wodrow’

s History, vol . iv., p .

On the 2d August 1 6 9 8, Mr Henry S crymsour of

Bowhill was served he ir to umquhil Isabella S crym

soti r, re lict of Robert Alexander of Corsclays, his

sister- german (Register of Deeds,xlvii.

GilbertAl exander inDerinconner, parish ofAnchiu

leck,and sheriffdom of A yr , died on the 1 9 th Novem

b er 1589 . His testament - dative and inventory were

given up by his son, John Alexander, by decre et ofthe Commissarie s of Edinburgh . I t was dated 24th

January 159 2,and the movable e state was valued at

40 1 lib . 6 S . 8d . (Edinburgh Commissariat Register,vol.


John Alexander of Darneholme , and h is wife ,AgnesWylie , both died in the year 159 6 . The ir

j oint will is dated at Darneholme on the 14th May

159 6 . They nominated as executors the ir son and

daughter, Adam and Marion Alexander. Another

son,John

,re ce ived a legacy of 20 merks , and a

daughter, Agne s, 2 0 merks . T he frie ge ir of the

de ceased amounted to 1 9 0 lib . (Edin . Com . Reg ).

Robert Alexander in Mirriehill, parish of S tewar

ton,and county of Ayr, died in November 1 631 .

H is te stament - dative was, on the 6th March 1 6 32 ,given up by his relict, Janet Montgomerie , on behalf

of Isobel and Margaret Alexander, the ir“ lawful

bairns. T he “ frie ge ir amounted to 403 lib . 6 S .

Robert Alexander in Mirriehill is cautioner to the

executors, and among the debtors are named Robert

and Thomas Alexander (Glasgow Com . Reg ).

Marion Alexander,spouse to Ar chibald Temple

toun, in Corse of Kilb ryde , Ayrshire , died on the 15th

August 16 1 9 . S he bequeathed her “ frie ge ir,which

amounted to 53 lib . l 1s . 8d to her six children

(Glasgow Com . Reg ). On the 15th June of the

same year, Janet Alexander in Skirricraw,in the

parish of Kilb ryde , executed her will,leaving her

frie ge ir to her grandchildren,Janet, Elspeth, and

Margaret S yres (Commissariat Reg. of Glasgow).

John M ‘A lexander of Drummochrian,in the parish

of Barr, is named in an Obligation dated Ayr, 21 st

July 1 6 36 (Reg. of De eds, vol . On the 2 8th


executrix. He bequeathed the remainder of his

property, after paying his debts, to b e equally

divided among John, James, Agnes, and Margaret,

his“ four b airne s . His son John, to whom he left

a special legacy of 40 lib . ,is described as “merchand

burges of Glasgow.

”H is “ frie ge ir ” amounted to

10 9 lib . 6s . 8d. His will was confirmed at Glasgow

on the 5th April 1 604 (Glasgow Com . Reg ).

In January 1634, died Robert Alexander Of Hill

of Dripps,in the parish of Cathcart

,Renfrewshire .

His te stament-dative was, on the 13th January 1635,given up by his relict, I sob ellRe id, on behalf of

“Jame s

Alexander, minor, his lawful sone .

’

His frie ge ir,”

was estimated at 733 lib ., and one of the cautioners

in the exe cutory was Robert Alexander,merchant in

Glasgow (Glasgow Com . Reg ).

In 16 66 , William Alexander in Dripps was fined

£100, because in his parish of Cathcart he refused to

assist the curate in enforcing attendance on Episco

pal ordinances . He was, in 1683,again fined £100

for refusing to become an elder‘under Mr Robert

Fenwick, the Episcopal incumb ent (Wodrow’

s His

tory, vol . ii. , p . 3,and vol . iii. , p.

On the 2d July 1631 , George Alexander, merchant

burge ss of Glasgow,rece ived an obligation from John

Laing, burge ss there , for 1 10 merks ; it was re corded

at Edinburgh in S eptember 1634 (Reg. of De eds,vol .

Margaret Alexander, wife of John Alexander, bur


gess of Hamilton,died 30th November 159 8 . Her

te stament- dative and inventory were given up by

Jonet Alexander,her father’s sister

,the frie gear

amounting to 9 6 2 lib . 2s. 8d . (Edin. Com . Reg ).

On the 2d January 1 6 34 , John Wood in Holm

barne granted an Obligation to John Alexander,

son of John Alexander, merchant - burgess of Hamil

ton, for £44 (Register of Deeds, vol. John

Alexander,burge ss of Hamilton

, was prose cuted

for his adherence to the Pre sbyterian Church .

Accused of rese tting rebels, and“ other treasonable

crime s, he was sent to prison on the 24th July 1 683

(Wodrow’

s H istory, vol . iii . , p .

William Alexande r in S yd of Rob ertoun, parish of

Lesmahago, and county of Lanark, died in December

16 6 3 . His te stament - dative and inventory were

given up by Marion Rob , his re lict,on the l 6th

March 1 6 63 - 4 ; the fre e gear amounting to 102 lib .

13s . 4d . (Com . Reg. of Lanark).

John Alexander,burge ss in Linlithgow

,died in

October 1577 . In his will, dated at Linlithgow,2 9 th

October 1577 , he mentions his brother James. H is

movable estate is valued at 160 lib . S cots, (S tirling

Com . Reg ).

Alexander Alexander died at S trathb rock ,parish

of Uphall,Linlithgowshire

,in August 156 9 . H is

te stament - dative and inventorywere,on the 3d Novem

b er of the same year, given up by his brother David.

His fre e gear was valued at 7 1 lib . (Edin . Com . Reg .)


Robert Alexander in Easter Town of S trathb rock

died on the 9 th December 156 9 . His testament- dative

and inventory were , on the 2 3d D ecember 1570, given

up by John, Margare t, and Jone t Alexander, his“ lawful bairns. His fre e gear was valued at 2 30 lib .

17s . 8d. (Edin . Com . Reg ).

Jame s Al exander in Re idheuch, parish of Falkirk,died in December 159 6 . H is inventory

, valued at

741 lib . 6s. 8d. , was given up by his brother, Robert

Alexander in Be ircrofts, on behalf of Jame s, Patrick,Agne s, and William, his lawful bairns (Edin .

Com. Reg ).

John Alexander in Falkirk died 2 2d June 16 18

(S tirling Com . Reg ).

CHAPTER XXV

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF BREDY, COUNTY DONEGAL,AN D GIRLAW, COUNTY TYRONE .

A SURVEY of the province of Ulster, commenced in

1580 , was completed in 1 609 by S ir Thomas Ridgway,Vice -Treasurer of Ireland . Among the owners of

lands or baronies, the family name Of Alexander does

not appear (Maps of Ireland, 1 609 ; Petty’

s Census

Returns Hardinge on the Earliest Irish Census).

In April 1 6 10,Jame s I . issued a commission for

the planta tion of Ulster. T he Commissioners,who

were certain English and S cottish noblemen,were

authorised to agre e and conclude as to the planting

of the several counties, with power to grant war

rants for le tters-patent under the Great S eal ” (Tran

scripts from the S tate Paper Offi ce , 2d series, vol. L,

1 603- 1624, fol.)T he Commissioners divided the forfe ited lands

into portions of two thousand, fifte en hundred,and

one thousand acres . Those who rece ived the largest

portions were bound,within four years, to build a

castle and bawn—the latter be ing a walled enclo

sure with towers at the several angles . T he castle


was built in the interior of the enclosure , be ing

intended to secure the inmates and the ir cattle from

the incursions of plundering native s. Owners of the

second class were called on, within two years, to erect

a stone or brick house and bawn and those of the

third class a b aWn only ; while all were bound to

plant British families on the ir possessions, and to

provide them with defensive weapons (Re id’

s Presb .

Church in Ire land, vol . i . , p assim).

On the recommendation Of the Commissioners,

letters -patent, dated 1 9 th July 16 10 , were granted to

S ir James Cuninghame of Glengarnock , Ayrshire ,conferring on him and his he irs two thousand acre s

in the precincts of P ortlagh , barony of Raphoe , and

county of Donegal . This grant was declared to em

brace “the quarters or parcels of land ” designated

Moragh, Dryan, Magheryb egg, Magherymore , T ryan

Carickmore , Grachley , arid two portions of land call ed

Eredy, while it was made a condition that the grante e

should alienate the premises to no mere Irishman, or

any other person or persons, unle ss he or they first takethe oath Of supremacy ” (Inq. Can . Hib . Rep , vol . ii .)The lands of Glengarnock, in the parish of Kil

birnie,Ayrshire , and extending to 1400 acre s

,

were acquired in 12 9 3 by Reginald Cuninghame ,

second son of S ir Edward Cuninghame of Kilmaurs,through his marriage with the he iress

,whose sur

name was Ridde ll . T he lands and barony remainedin possession of the family till 16 13 , when S ir James

MEMORIALS -OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER. 6 1

Cuninghame of Glengarnock assigned the e state to

his creditors (Cuninghame T opographised, pp . 1 68

178)On the l st May 1 6 13

, S ir James Cuninghame

granted legal tenure s on his lands in Donegal tothirty-nine personswho had made settlements thereon .

That portion of the lands called Eredy was divided

among nine settlers, one of whom was John Alex

ander (Inq. Can. H ib . ,vol . ii .)

T he name Eredy closely resembles Bradall, one of

the merk lands in S outh Kintyre , granted by James

III . in 1484 to Tarlach MacAl exander of Tarbert

(Reg. Mag. S ig ,lib . X .

, S ir William Alexander

ofMenstry, afterwards Earl of S tirling, maintained a

corre spondence with his re latives in Kintyre,while

he and his prede cessors were in habits of intimacy

with the House of Cuninghame of Glengarnock.

When he had obtained his first step in the pe erage,

he invited to visit him at Menstry his relative,

Archibald Alexander of Tarbert, and procured himburghal honours at S tirling, while the chief of Mac

Alexander, in reciprocal friendship, acknowledged

him head of his clan (vol . i . , p . Between the

families of Al exander of Menstry and Cuninghame

of Glengarnock, an intimacy had sub sisted for gene

rations .

“ John Cunynghame of Glengarno was

associated with Al exander Alexander of Menstry

great-grandfather of S ir Will iam Alexander—and

others, in a contract with John, Bishop of Dunkeld,

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER.

and Donald, Abbot of Coupar, the instrument bear

ing date 22d December 1547 (Acta Dom. Concilii

S essionis, xxvi , p . By Robert Alexander of

S tirling, a scion of the House ofMenstry, was granted

a loan of 200 merks to James Cuninghame, fifth Earl

of Glencairn, to whom S ir James Cuninghame was

related, alike by kindr edship and marriage (Will

of Lord Glencairn, Edin . Com . Reg ).

To enable him to complete the purchase of his

lands in Donegal,S ir William Alexander granted to

S ir James Cuninghame a loan of £400 sterling,for

which, on the 2 6th February 1 6 13 - 14,he Obtained a

mortgage on the lands (Records of the Irish Rolls,vol . v . ,

p . A s S ir James’s creditors continued

importunate, S ir William Alexander proce eded, on

the 24th June 16 18,to fore close the mortgage

,and

to take sasme of the lands (Records of Irish Rolls).

But this proce eding was only intended for his friend’s

protection .

According to Pynnar, who, under the dire ction of

the Plantation Commissioners, made a survey of

Ulster in 16 19 , S ir James Cuninghame had, on his

e state inDonegal,erected a bawue of lyme and stone ,

and a small house in it, and in which the lady and

her daughter do now dwell .” Pynnar found near the

bawn “ a small village , consisting of twelve houses,inhabited with British tenants ” (Survey of Ulster).S ir James Cuninghame died in 1 62 3

,leaving a

widow . This lady, a daughter of Jame s, seventh


John Alexander of Eredy appears to have had

several sons. In the Hearth Tax Roll of Clonmany

parish for 16 65, is named, as a householder,“ John

Alexander, jun . In T aghb oyne parish Archibald

Alexander is, in the S ubsidy Roll for 1 6 62 , assessedfor £13

,15s. he is, in 1 663, in the Hearth Tax Roll

of T aghb oyne parish , entered as“Archibald Alex

ander of Ballyb iglimore .

”

In the parish of Clonle igh , in 16 63, John Alexander

is associated with a William Al exander,” and in the

roll of that parish for 1 665 he is named along with

William Alexander of the parish of Raphoe . In the

Hearth Tax Roll of the parish of Errigal, county

Londonderry, in 1 6 63,is named Robert Alexander

at Dunvanaddy and Mevoy.

T he district of Laggan, in which John Alexander

of Eredy and his sons occupied lands, became a scene

of contention . In this ne ighbourhood,in 1641

, S ir

Phelin O’

N e ill raised the standard of revolt. F or

its suppression the English Government granted

commissions to the Viscount Montgomery (husbandof Lady Jean Alexander), S ir James Montgomery,S ir William S tewart of Aughentane , and his brother

S ir Robert . The se were authorised to raise four

regiments of infantry and as many troops of horse

(Re id’

s Irish Presb . Church, vol . i . , p . The small

army was entrusted to the command of S ir Robert

S tewart and S ir Alexander, son of S ir William

S tewart of Aughe’

ntane . Garrisons were


the forts of Omagh and Newton S tewart, while S ir

Robert S tewart at once re lieved the garrisons of

Lymavaddy and Ballycastle . S ir Robert afterwardsattacked O ’

N e ill at Glenmakwin,near Raphoe , and

de stroying five hundred of his followers, inflicted on

him a heavy discomfiture . S ir Alexander S tewart,along with S ir Thomas S taple s and Colone l, after

wards S ir Audley Mervyn,vigorously followed up

the se succe sse s . T he rebe ls were worsted every

where,till

,at a decisive engagement at Clone s, county

Monaghan,on the 1 3th June 1 643 , S ir Robert S tewart

subj ected O ’

N e ill to an overwhe lming defeat .

T he rebe llion was renewed in 1 649 . On the 2 1st

March of that year the Laggan troops recovered fromthe rebe ls the forts of Newton Cuninghame and the

Corrigans,and proce eded to lay siege to Londonderry .

But in the following August a party of Irish dragoons

burned the fort of Corrigans and Manor Ouning

hame and the town of S t Johnstone , compe lling the

S tewarts to abandon the siege of Londonderry andre turn to th e Laggan . In former, as we ll as pre sent

Operations against the rebe ls, John Alexander ofEredy and his son John, had rendered important

service , and so re commended themselves to the favour

of S ir Alexander S tewart, younger of Aughentane ,one of the commanders of the Laggan army. P ro

bably on his re commendation, John Alexander the

younger rece ived compensation for the de struction Of

his property by the rebe ls in H e is named* E

6 6 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF - ALEXANDER.

tenth in a long list of persons so compensated, in a

document issued on the 2d January 1 6 68, by S irEdward Smyth ,

Lord Chief-Justice of the Court ofCommon Pleas, S ir Edward D ering, Bart . , S ir

Allan Brodrick, and others, commi ssi oners for the

settlement Of Ire land. T he entry re specting him is

in these words : “ To John A llexander, forty- Seaven

pounds two Shillings and ten pence ”

(Parchment

Roll, A ct of S ettlement).

John Alexander, younger of Eredy, j oined the

army of the Laggan, in which he obtained the rank

of captain . H e resided some time at Londonderry,and latterly at Dublin . H e died at Dublin in the

year 1 6 9 0 . His will,dated 2 3d S eptember 1 6 9 0 , wa s

proved in the Prerogative Court on the 2 l st of the

following February. T he testator style s himself

Captain John Alexander,and appoints his wife

,

S usanna Alexander, his executrix and sole legate e .

In the Register of the Prerogative Court, the te stator

is styled Capta in John Alexander nuper de London

d erry,

” while the seal attached to his will displays a

dexter arm embowed,th e hand holding a dagger, the

c re st Of his S cottish ance stors, the MacA lexanders of~

Tarbert .

Captain John Alexander was , according to tradi

tion, twice married . By his first marriage he had a

son,Alexander

,so named in honour of his patron

“ and military commander, S ir Alexander S tewart of

Aughentane . H is son, who Obtained, on the Aughen

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXAN DER. 6 7

tane e state , the lands of Girlaw,in the barony of

Clogher and county of Tyrone,married Jean S tewart

of K illymoon,a near relative of S ir William S tewart

of A ughentane , afterwards Viscount Mountj oy. This

marriage,it is alleged

,was distasteful to Lord

Mountj oy, who de sired for his re lative a more aristo

cratic alliance . T0 his father, Alexander Alexander

also be came Obnoxious,probably on account of his

adherence to the Pre sbyterian Church , which his

father had de serted . Before his death , his father is

said to have forgiven him,b ut the will of Captain

Alexander would not warrant the conclusion .

Alexander Alexander of Girlaw had by his wife,

Jean S tewart, four sons,John

,Hugh

,William

,and

Alexander,and two daughters, Mary and Jane .

Mary married S amue l Beatty, and Jane married

Andrew Gray,both of the Eary, near S tewartstown .

Alexander Al exander, younge st of the four sons

of Alexander Alexander of Girlaw,forfe ited, by an

imprudent marriage,the kindly fe e ling of his family.

H e lived at Cloon, near Lisb e llan,in the county Of

Fermanagh, and had two sons, Andrew and Joseph ,

and a daughter,Mary . Andrew emigrated to Ame

rica . Joseph lived at Cloon ; h e marriea d had

two sons, George and Al exander. T he daughter

Mary married John Rutledge of Shanco, near Temple ,county Fermanagh .

William,third son of Alexander Alexander, a t

tained a very advanced age . He married Anne


Baxter of Glenoo, by whom he had thre e sons and

a daughter,Margare t, who married Jame s D ennis of

Murley. William,the se cond son,

re sided at Drum

bad ; he died unmarried. James,the third son,

re sided at T ullynevin,and died unmarried . Danie l,

the e lde st son,married Margaret Burnside of Cur

lough,in the county of Fermanagh

,by whom he had

thre e sons and thre e daughters ; he died about theyear 180 9

,aged ninety- thre e .

Margaret, elde st daughter of Daniel Alexander,married James Wood of T ullynevin ; S arah , the

second daughter, married Robert Howe of Magharavie ly and Ellen

,the third daughter, married her

re lative,William Alexander.

John,se cond son of Danie l Alexander

,emigrated

to Philade lphia ; he died unmarried . William,the

th ird son,married Mary Coulter

,by whom he had

four sons, William,Jame s

,George

,and Burnside ,

and two daughters, Mary and Jane .

Robert,e lde st son of Danie l Alexander, married

Anne Rutledge ; he re sided a t Carrowke el,county

Fermanagh,and died in 1836 , aged sixty- six. H e

married,and had four sons and two daughters .

Ellen , th e e lder daughter,married John Hunter

,and

had e ight children . Anne,the younger daughter

,

married H enry Bushe l,without issue . John

,the

e lde st son,married Jane Wilson ; he now re side s in

Australia. Alexander, the second son,married Mar

gare t Rutledge,without issue ; he re side s at Carrow

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF A LEXANDER. 6 9

ke e l In Fermanagh . George,the third son

,died

unmarried . Joseph,the fourth son, married Jane

Rutledge , by whom he has had four children.

Hugh, second son of Alexander Alexander of

Girlaw, married Rache l, daughter of Robert Birneyof Gortmore , in the barony of Clogher

,and Lucy,

daughter of Colone l Corry of Ahenis Castle,county

Tyrone , ance stor of the Earls Of Be lmore . H e was

father of two sons,and a daughter

,Jane

, who married

S amue l Smith, Nurney, county Carlow. Robert,

the e lder son, marri ed Jane Small of Ce ss, in the

barony of Clogher, by whom he had four sons and

two daughters. Mary, the e lder"

daughter,married

John Lendrum at Mullaghmore Jane, the younger

daughter,married Robert M ‘Callum, S cre eb y, county

Tyrone . Of the four sons,Robert, the se cond son

,

settled in Philade lphia,wh ere he married and had

children ; Hugh, the third son,settled in S cotland,

and died unmarried . George,the fourth son

,emi

grated to Am erica, and there died unmarried.

Jame s,e lde st of the four sons Of Robert Alexander

and Jane Small, re sided in Fivemiletown. H e died

on the 1 3th February 1 81 1 , aged fifty- four. H e mar

ried S arah Lendrum,by whom h e had thre e

'

sons and

two daughters . S arah , the e lder daughte r,married

Richard Beatty Jane,the younger

,married Oliver

Kidd George,the second son

,died 2 6 th November

1833,aged thirty- thre e ; Jame s, the third son,

died

in 1867 . Joseph,the e lde st son

,married Anne ,


daughter of Jame s Hogg of Grogey, county F er

managh ; he resided at Fivemile town, county Tyrone ,

and there died in 1859 . H e le ft a son, Joseph , and

a daughter,Jane

, who re side s at Dublin, unmarried.

Joseph Alexander, only son of Joseph Alexander

and Anne Hogg,is a solicitor at Enniskillen, county

Fermanagh . H e married Ada France s, daughter of

John Hamilton of Milltown, county Donegal, and

has a son,Percy Hamilton, and two daughters, Annie

Josephine and Anna Jane Butt.

Joseph, se cond son of Hugh Alexander of Girlaw,

married S arah Gille spie of S cre eb y, by whom he hadtwo sons and four daughters . Rachel

,the e lde st

daughter,married Robert Frith of Coinagney Mary,

the se cond daughter, married James Ball of Drumgay,

near Enniskillen S arah ,the third daughter, married

George Beatty of Cavenalich and Jane , the youngest

daughter,married Ralph Bre en of Cra ene .

Thomas,e lde st son of Joseph Alexander and S arah

Gille spie,married Jane Little

,and settled near

Frederickton, Oronoco, U .S . John,the second son,

se ttled at Rahoran,Ire land . H e married Susan

S horte , by whom he had two daughters, Margare t, whomarried Robert Elliott

,and S arah

, who married P at

rick Latimer. H e prepared a pedigre e chart of his

family.

John, e lde st son of Alexander Alexander of Girlaw,

married S arah Armstrong of Cloon,by whom he had

five sons, Al exander, William,John

,George

,and


repre sentative of this branch of the House of Alexander, re sided at Girlaw . Engaging in manufacture s,

he attained considerable Opulence . Proce eding to

the district marke t at Fintona, he was waylaid, at a

lonely spot near Fivemiletown,and there crue lly mur

dered. T he murderer, whose obj e ct was plunder,contrived to e scape .

By his wife,Martha Wilson of Cavenacross, county

Fermanagh,William Alexander of Girlaw had four

sons,John

,Jame s

,George, and Hugh . George

,the

third son,re sided at Breakley, and died in 1 840 , aged

e ighty . By his wife , a daughter of Captain Cairnes

of K illyfaddy, he had four sons and two daughters .

Ge orge,the e lde st surviving son

,resides

'

in Phila

de lphia ; h e has had thre e sons,James, John, and

William . Martha,the e lde st daughter

,marrie d Jame s

Mills of Dromore , by whom she has had two sons,

George and William,and thre e daughters, Eliza,

Martha,and another.

Hugh , youngest son of William Alexander of Girlaw

, died unmarried . Jame s, se cond son,re sided a t

A rdcloy, county Tyrone he died in 1830,age d

seventy- four. By his marriage with Jane Cooke,he

had two sons, William and Jame s, and two daughters,Eliza, who married Jame s Burnside , and Anne Jane ,who married Edward Cooke . Jame s

,the younger

son, died unmarried ;William,the e lder son

,married

,

first, Elizabeth , daughter of John Alexander, whodied 1 3th October 182 7 and secondly

,Eliza Moore

,

MEMORIALS OF’

THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER. 73

who died 5th March 1835. He died 6 th November186 6

,aged seventy- four

,leaving a son, John, and

six daughters—Charlotte , wife of Thomas Clements,Lucinda, wife of John William H enry, and Eliza

Anne,Jane

,Margaret

,and Maria

,unmarried .

John,e lde st son of William Alexander of Gir

law,entered Trinity College

,Dublin

, on the 7th

October 179 0 . H e be came vicar of Drumrany, in

the county of We stmeath ,and died on the 9 th

January 1 82 2 . H e married at Castle Knock,county

Dublin,in 179 4

,Martha

,daughter of Thomas

Be llingham Ruxton of Carrickmacross, county

Monaghan, afterwards of Armagh , and great- great

granddaughter of Captain John Ruxton of Arde e,

county Louth she died a t Kingstown, county Dublin,

in 1846 .

By his wife,Martha Ruxton

,the Rev. John Alex

ander had ten children , of whom two sons died in

infancy. Martha, the e lde st daughter, married the

Rev. Franc is S hort, rector of Corkb eg, county Cork,wi th issue She died 2d March 1844 . S usan, second

daughter,married Major John Dalze ll of th e 1 6th

Regiment ; she died in July 1875. Of her thre e

children, one died in infancy. H er daughter, Emma,died unmarried . H er son,

John Alexander Dalze ll, is

colone l in command of the 53d Regiment. Colone l

Dalze ll has be en honourably mentioned in militarydespatche s

,and has Obtained promotion for gallant

conduct in the fie ld . Twice married,he is father of a


daughter by his first wife . Anne ,third daughter of

the Rev. John Alexander, married her cousin, RobertPooler she died without issue .

Bricke ll, e lde st son of the Rev. John Al exander of

Drumrany, was born in 179 5. Entering the army,he became a captain in the 1 6 th Regiment . H e

married Maria,daughter of John Hopkins

,and

died, without issue , on th e 9 th May 182 9 .

John Ruxton Alexander, third son of the rector of

Drumrany, was born in March 17 9 9 . Proce eding to

India as assistant- surgeon In the military service of

th e East India Company, he be came surgeon to the

Madras Horse Artillery ; he died of fever at Banga

lore on the 2 8th April 1827 . By his wife , Elizabe th ,daughter of Colonel Smith of the Indian Army, he

had a daughter, Louisa .

Augustus Ruxton Alexander, fourth son of the

Revf John Alexander, was born on the 2 2d S ep

tember 1805. Proce eding to India in the service of

th e East India Company,he was posted to th e 33d

Madras Native Infantry, of which regiment he be cameInterpre ter and Quartermaster He die d of fever at

Be llary in India on the 1 6 th May 1 833 . Richard

Barlow,fifth son of the Rev. John Alexander

,was

born at Drumrany in 1 8 1 1 . H e re sided in Dublin,

and died at Windsor in O ctober 1868 . H e was

twice married without issue .

William,second son of the Rev. John Alexander,

was born on the 2d April 17 9 6 . In 1815 he entered


the army,j oining the 24th Hussars . On the disband

ment of that regiment subsequent to the war, he

obtained a cavalry cade tship in the East India Com

pany’

s service ; and, be ing sent to Bengal, j oined the5th Light Cavalry. Appointed in 1838 to the com

mand of the 4th Regiment of IrregularHorse,he joined

the army which proce eded to Afl’

ghanistan under

S ir John,afterwards Lord Keane . F or his service s

at the capture of Ghuzne e , he was honourably men

tioned in de spatche s, promoted to a breve t—majority,and granted a medal, and se cond - class order of the

Doorane e Empire . A t the battle of Maharajpore he

commanded the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry. During the

first S e ikh war, he took part wi th his regiment at the

battle s of Moodke e , F eroz eshahur, and S obraon . In

the se cond S e ikh war, he was, in the skirmish at

Ramnuggur, severe ly wounded ; his right arm was

shattered,and had to b e amputated on the fie ld . In

acknowledgment of distinguished service , he was

nominated C .B . ,promoted to a breve t- colone lcy, and

appointed commandant of one of the sanataria in the

H ills . H e died on the 2d October 1851 , at the age

of fifty - five .

Colonel William Alexander married,in

.

182 3,

Ann,e lde st daughter of Lieutenant -General Jame s

Kennedy, C .B . D e scended from the Earls of Cassilis,

Jame s Kennedy was born on the 2 4th July 1778 .

A t an e arly age he entered, as a cavalry cadet,the

service of the East India Company. H e became


colone l of the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry, and attainedthe rank of lieutenant- general . H e died at Benare s

on the 2 6th S eptember 1 859 , having complete d his

e ighty - first year . H e married, 2 6th April 1804 ,Anna

,daughter of Colone l Don

,a cadet of the Old

S cottish family of that name . Born on the . 2 8th

March 1787 , she has attained her e ighty- ninth year .

F or many years She has re sided at Benare s , where

she is ce lebrated for her b eneficence . When the

P rince of Wale s visited Benare s in 1876 , H is Royal

H ighne ss expre ssed a de sire that Mrs Kennedy

might b e pre sented to him. H e congratulated her

on her venerable age , and on the re spe ct and affection

which She so large ly enjoyed .

By his Wife,Ann Kennedy

,Colone l William Alex

ander was father of four sons and four daughters, of

whom two sons and two daughters died young.

Anna Marl a , e lder surviving daughter, was born

1 3th April 182 4 . S he married Amyand Powney

Charle s Elliot, captain in the 5th Light Cavalry,

younge st son of the Hon. J . E . Elliot,and grandson

of the Earl of Minto . S he died 6 th November 1857 ,leaving two sons and two daughters . Captain Elliotdied in January 186 9 .

Ellen H enrie tta, younger surviving daughter of

Colone l William Alexander, was born on the 2 0thApril 1 830 . She married

,4th October 1849

,Colonel

H enry Lane of the 5th Bengal Cavalry, son of H enry

Snayth Lane of Broad Oak, Sussex . Colone l Lane


succe eded to the paternal e state in 186 6 . H e is, byhis wife , Ellen H enrietta Al exander

,father of four

sons and four daughters . H is e lde st son, H enry

Alexander, married, 8th April 1874 , his cousin, Grace

Elliot, by whom he has a son, born 2 7th March1875.

Augustus Hay, younger surviving son of Colone l

William Alexander, was born 2 6th January 182 7 he

entered the service of the East India Company a s

ensign of the 6 8th Regiment, and was afterwards

appointed to a regiment of irregular cavalry. Be fore

the mutiny,he was appointed by the Earl of Dal

housie,Governor -General, to b e second in command

of the 3d Oude Irregular Cavalry. Fighting with his

regiment at Al lahabad against the rebe ls,he fe ll

mortally wounded . H e died on the 6 th June 1857 .

H is remains were interred in the fort a t Allahabad .

A brave soldier,his premature death was de eply

lamented .

William Ruxton Eneas Alexander, e lder surviving

son of Colone l William Alexander, was born on the2 7th August 1825. Joining the Indian Army in 1842

,

he served in the Punjab, and was pre sent at the battleof Gooj erat . H e commanded the Ramgurh Irregular

Cavalry during the campaign in Burmah, 1852 - 53,and

was pre sent with the land column a t the re lief of

Pegu . H e took part in the capture of Me aday, and

having led the attack on the stockade of T homah,was

much commended in the de spatche s . In 1855 he,in


command of“

the Ramgurh Irregular Cavalry, aided

in suppre ssing the S outhall insurre ction . In the

following year he was ve sted with c ivil powers in the

disturbed district. F or his service s in subduing therevolt

,he re ce ived the thanks of the Governor of

Bengal, of the Commander- in- Chief,and of the Court

of Dire ctors. During the mutiny of 1857 , h e com

manded’

the regiment known as “Alexander’s Horse ,and greatly distinguished himse lf in an action fought

on th e 7th February 1858, when , at the head of a

small party,he defeated and scattered a large body

of insurgents. H e assisted in succe ssfully re sisting

the attack on Agra in June 1857 and took part with

Colonel Greathead’s column in repulsing the rebe lforce from Gwalior in October 1857 . In 186 2 he , in

reward of service , rece ived the Officiating command

Of the 3d Bengal Cavalry. In August 1867 he was appointed Colonel- Commandant of the l st Bengal Cav

alry. Having retired from the army in April 1876 ,he re ce ived rank as major-general.

Major-General W. R. E . Alexander married,1 1th

S eptember 1850, his cousin,Charlotte

,daughter of

Edward Macleod Blair, second son Of S ir RobertBlair, K .C .B . H ead of the family of Alexander of

Girlaw,he 1s a Chief repre sentative of the Irish branch

of the House of Alexander. His portrait fronts thetitle -page of the present volume .


February 1708 . In 1736 he accompanied his brotherRobert to America, settling at N ew Providence , in

P ennsylvania . About the year 1747 h e removed from

N ew P rovidence to Augusta, now styled Rockbridge ,in Virginia, wh ere his brother Robert had alreadysettled. He married first, at Manor Cuninghame

,

on the 3 l st D e c ember 1 734 , his cousin, Margare t,daughter of Joseph Parks

, who occupied lands in

the county Donegal ;* She died in July 1755. H e

married,se condly, at Augusta, in 1757 , Margare t

M ‘Clure , of an Irish family.

By his first wife , Margaret Parks, Archibald Alexander was father of two sons

, William and Joseph ;and five daughters, Elizabe th , Anne , Hannah, Phebe ,and Margare t. Joseph

,the se cond son

,was born at

N ew Providence , Pennsylvania, on th e 9 th February1742 ; he married S arah Re id . Elizabeth

, the e lde st

daughter, was born at Manor Cuninghame on the

2 8th October 1735 sh e married John M ‘Cle ery of

TimberRidge , Virginia . Anne,second daughter

,born

a t N ew Providence , Pennsylvania, 17th S eptember

1 740 , married the Rev . Mr Carruthers . Hannah,

third daughter, born at N ew Providence on the 2 l st

April 1 745, married Joseph Lyle . Phebe,fourth

daughter, born at Augusta 1 2 th August 1749 , married

John Paxton ; Margare t , fifth daughter, born at

Augusta 9 th July 1751 , died in infancy.

By his second wife , Margaret M ‘

Clure , William

Members of the family of Parks are still resident in th e county Donegal.


Alexanderwas father of four sons and thre e daughters .

John,the e lde st son

,born 2 8th July 1764 , died in

1 82 8 he married S arah Gibson Jame s, se cond son,

born 4th October 176 6 , married Martha Te lford ;

S amue l, born 6 th February 176 9 , married

M ‘Cosk ie Archibald, the fourth son,born 3d March

1771 , married Isabe l A. P atton . Mary, the e lde st

daughter,born 4th July 176 0 , married John Tremble ;

Margare t,se cond daughter

,born l st February 176 2 ,

died unmarried Jane,younge st daughter, born 1773 ,

married the Rev . John Doak of Tenne sse e .

Will iam Alexander,e lde st son of Archibald Alex

ander and Margaret Parks,wa s born on the river

S chuylkill in Pennsylvania, on the 2 2d March 1738 .

H e settled in Virginia,where he engaged in agri

cultural and commercial pursuits . H e married, in

February 1767 , Agne s Anne , daughter of Andrew

Re id,an opulent landowner

,and by her was father

of thre e sons and S ix daughters . Andrew,the e lde st

son,marrie d MissAyle tt ; John , the third son, married

Elizabeth Lyle . Margaret, the e ldest daughter, mar

ried Edward Graham ; S arah, second daughter, mar

ried S amuel H . Campbe ll ; Phebe , third daughter,married William Carruthers ; Elizabe th ,

fourth

daughter,married H enry M ‘Cle ery Anne , fifth

daughter, married Re v . William Turner ; and Martha,sixth daughter, married Benjamin H . Rice .

Archibald Alexander,se cond son of William Alex

ander and Agne s Anne Re id,was born on the 17th

*F

82 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF A LEXANDER.

April 1772 . Licensed to preach in October 179 1 , hewas not long afterwards appointed Pre sident ofHamp

den S idney Pre sbyterian College . In 1807 he was

chosen pastor of the third Pre sbyterian congregation

of Philade lphia, where he ministered till July 181 2 ,when ‘

he be came First Profe ssor in the Theological

S eminary a t Princeton, N ew Jersey, an oflfice which

he he ld till his death ,which took place on the 2 2d

October 1851 . H e was D D . and LL .D . H is more

considerable works are his History of the Colonisa

tion of the We stern Coast of Africa, 1846, 8vo ;

History of th e Israelitish Nation,” 1852 , 8vo ; Out

line s of Moral S cience ,”1852

,8vo and “ Practical

S ermons . H is memoirs have be en published by hise lde st son

,the Rev . Jame s Wadde l Alexander, D .D .

(N ew York,

Dr Archibald Alexander married, 5th April 1802 ,Janetta

,daughter of the Rev. Dr Jame s Wadde l

,of

the county of Louisa, V i rginIa . By this union he

became father of six sons,and a daughter

,Jane tta

,

who survive s,unmarried .

Jame s Waddel Alexander, e lde st son of the Rev.

Dr Archibald Alexander, was, on the 13th March

1804,born at H opewe ll, an e state situated a t the

junction of the countie s of Louisa, Orange , and Albemarle

,near th e pre sent site of Gordonsville . Having

attended an academy at Prince ton,he entered the

College of N ew Jersey in 1 8 17 , where he graduated

thre e years afterwards. Entering the ministry of


the Presbyterian Church,he was, in 1828 , e le cted

pastor of the congregation at Trenton, N ew Jersey.

He was , in 1830,appointed Profe ssor of Rhetoric

in the College of N ew Jersey, an Oflice which he

exchanged in 1844 for the pastorate of Duane S tre e t

Church, N ew York . In November he was admittedProfe ssor of Divinity in the The ological S eminary

a t Prince ton ; he re turned to N ew York in 1851

to be come pastor of the Fifth Avenue Church ofthat city. There he ministered with remarkable ac

ceptance till his death ,which took place on the 3 1st

July 1859 . He was D .D . ,and was much e ste emed for

his the ological learning,and his remarkable power of

illustrating and enforcing Divine truth . In 1832 - 33

he edited the P resby ter ian magazine . Be side s his

memoir of his father, he published, Christian Faithand Practice ,

” “ Thoughts on Preaching,” and two

volumes of pulpit discourse s . H is “Forty Years’

Familiar Le tters ” were published in 1870 , in two

octavo‘

volume s . H e married , -18th June 1830 ,

Elizabe th ,daughter of George Cabe ll

,M .D . ,

bywhom he had thre e sons, H enry

,Jame s Wadde l, and

William .

William Cowper Alexander, second son of the Rev.

Dr Archibald Alexander, was born in the county of

Prince Edward,Virginia

,on the 2 0 th May 1806 .

He studied at the College s of N ew Jersey and

Prince ton , graduating at the latter in 1824 . Choos

ing the legal profe ssion, he was called to the b ar in


182 7 . In 1 837 he was e le cted a member of the legislature of N ew Jersey. A S enator of S tate from 1853

to 1860 , he was four years Pre sident of the S enate .

Of the Peace Congre ss, for the purpose of averting

the civil war, composed of de legate s from all the

state s of the Union, he was an active member, andoften pre sided at the de liberations . In 1857 he wa s,

in the democratic intere st,candidate for the governor

Ship of N ew Jersey, b ut wa s defeated . In 1859 he

became first pre sident of the Equitable Life Assurance S ociety of the United S tate s, and thereafter

re sided at N ew York . H e died unmarried on the

2 4th August 1 874 . H e he ld ‘ a commission in the

army,and was known as Colone l Alexander.

Joseph Addison Alexander,third son of the Rev .

Dr Archibald Alexander, was born in the c ity of

Philade lphia on the 2 4th April 180 9 . He studied at

the College of N ew Jersey, where h e graduated B A .

in 182 6 . In the same year he was, by the common

council, e lecte d clerk of the borough of Virginia.

After a period of public teaching,he was

,in 1830

,

appointed adjunct Profe ssor of Ancient Language sin the College of N ew Jersey. In 1834 he was

nominated adjunct Professor of Oriental Literaturein the Th eological S eminary at Prince ton ; he wase le cted profe ssor in 1 835. In the same year

,he was

licensed to preach by the Pre sbytery of N ew Bruns

wick, and at once Obtained ce lebrity for the powerand unction of his pulpit pre lections .

An accom


plished philologist and general scholar,he contri

buted to the current periodical literature , important

articles from his pen appearing In the P r inceton

Review,the B iblica l Rep ertory ,

and the Emp or ium,

a monthly magazine . H e published “ Le cture s on

the Literature and H istory of the N ew Te stament.

”

His great work, a Commentary on Isaiah,

”he com

menced in 1836,and comple ted in 1 846 . H e died

in January 186 1 .

Of the thre e remaining sons of the Rev . Dr Archi

bald Alexander, Archibald and S amue l Davie s are

unmarried . Henry M . Alexander, the younge st son,

is a counse llor- at- law at N ew York, in extensive

practice . By his wife , S usan M. Brown, H enry M .

Alexander is father of five sons, Charle s, Archibald,S amuel, H enry, and Maitland, and of a daughter,Janetta Wadde l.

CHAPTER XXVII .

FAMILIES OF'

ALEXANDER OF MEYBOY ,DRUMQU IN,

AN D

DRUMARN AGROS S , COUNTY TYRONE BALLYBIGLEY,

KIN N EKALLY ,DON AGHEADY,

AN D RAPHOE , COUNTYDONEGAL ; CREW,

URN EY, CA PPAGH,GREENVILLE,

AN D U PPER LONGF IELD ,COUNTY TYRONE .

ROBERT ALEXANDER,probably a son of John Alex

ander of Eredy, and certainly a near conne ction of

his house , is, in the S ubsidy Roll of 1 6 6 1 , namedunder Errigal parish, county Londonderry

,as

“RO

bert Alexander de Meyb oy, and is asse ssed for £3,the Subsidy be ing £1

,12 s . In the H earth Tax Roll

of 16 6 3 he is entered as“ Robert Alexander

,Dun

vanaddy and Mevoy .

” According to a we ll- authenti

cated tradition, he took part in the siege of London

derry in 16 49,and in acknowledgment of service ,

re ce ived from Colonel, afterwards S ir Audley Mervyn,

a grant Of land at Drumquin,in the parish of A rd

straw,county Tyrone .

ale

Joseph, son of Robert Alexander, was twice married. By his first wife he had two sons

,Jame s and

F or an account of S ir Audley Mervyn, see Transactions of Royal HistoricalS ociety, vol . iii , p. 421 .

88 MEMORIALS OF T HE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

January 186 9 , aged thirty - five (Tombstone Inscription).Archibald Alexander is, in the S ubsidy Roll for

1 6 6 1 , of the parish of T aghb oyne , county D onegal,asse ssed for property to the value of £ 13, 15s . H e

is, in the H earth Tax Roll of the same parish for

1 6 62,styled “Archibald Alexander Of Ballyb igle

more . H e was probably a son of John Alexanderof Eredy, and broth er of Robert A lexander of Mey

boy,and afterwards of Drumquin . A s a lay e lder he

repre sented the Pre sbyterian congregation of Tagh

boyne in the Pre sbytery of Laggan,from 1 672 to

1 6 81 (P re sbytery Records). In the burial- ground a t

Balle ighan,in T aghb oyne parish , h is tombstone is

thus inscribed : “H ere lye th the body Of ArchibaldAlexander, who de c eased the 3 1st March, anno 1 6 89

Having died inte state , h is wife obtained “ le tters

for the administration of his affairs (Original in

General Probate Office). S he died in 17 15,and is

on her husband’s tombstone thus commemorated“H ere lyeth th e body of Elizabe th Mackey

,wife of

Archibald Alexander, who departed this life 30th

January 17 1 5,aged 78 years .

James Alexander, a younger son of ArchibaldAlexander, farmed a portion of the lands of Bally

bigley, and died there on the 2 8th May 174 3,aged

seventy-five . H is wife , Elizabe th Paterson,died

3d July 1740,aged sixty (Tombstone Inscription a t

Balle ighan).

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXAN DER. 89

Joseph Alexander,e lde st son of Arch ibald Alex

ander,married Margare t Jack . H is marriage licence

is,in the D ioce san Registry of Londonderry, entered

thus : “November 17, 1 686 .

—Licentia ad solem .

matrimonii inter Josephum Alexander de Bally

b iglemore in paroch . T ab oyne in com . Donnegall et

Margaretam Jack de Brookhall in paroch . Temple

more .

”

Joseph Al exander,son of Joseph Alexander and

Margare t Jack,died in the autumn of 1767 H e

had married Elizabe th P aterson, and in his will,dated 2 6 th October 176 3 , he name s four sons, Jame s,S amuel, William,

and Joseph,and a daughter

,

S arah (Will in Probate Court). Jame s,the e lde st

son,married Jane , daughter of Alexander S cott, by

whom he had four sons , Joseph, Nathanie l; John,and Robert

,and four daughters . Two of the daugh

ters are unmarried, and, with the ir sister, a widow,

re side at Ballyb igley. Elizabe th,the remaining

daughter,married John Alexander, son Of Jame s

Alexander, farmer, Gortme sson,county Tyrone

,and

had issue , seven sons and one daughter. Jame s,

e ldest son of the e lde st daughter, is now farmer at

Drumenon,T aghb oyne parish ; he is married and

ha s issue , one daughter. Joseph , se cond son of John

and Elizabeth Alexander, is farmer at Imlich, countyDonegal .

Joseph , e lde st son of Jame s Alexander of Bally

bigley,died unmarried . Nathanie l, the second son,


emigrated to S t John, N ew Brunswick . H e married

and had sons and daughters . H is only surV Ivmg son

is Charle s Crawford Alexander.

John,third son of Jame s Alexander of Ballyb igley,

died without issue . Robert, the fourth son, pro

ce eded to the We st Indie s, and there died without

issue .

S amue l, se cond son of Joseph Alexander of Bally

bigley, died in 17 67 . H e had a son,Jame s

,and a

daughter, Elizabe th . Jame s Alexander was bank

agent a t Omagh ; his remains are deposited . in the

parish churchyard of Cappagh , county Tyrone . Eliza

b e thA lexander re sides at Rathmullen, countyDonegal.

John Alexander , printer, S trabane , county Tyrone ,was desc ended from the familie s of Ballyb igley and

Crew. H e died in 180 1 . In his will,exe cuted 18th

November 17 9 8, he name s his sons,John and Joseph .

D e scendants of Archibald Alexander of Ballyb igley se ttled at Londonderry . Robert Alexander of

Bishop S tre et, Londonderry, who died in 182 2,

name s in hI S will his sons, Jame s and S amue l, and

his daughters, Hannah and Elizabe th . Jame s Alex

ander of Foyle S tre et, Londonderry, whose will wasproved on the 3d November 1831 , made bequests tohis sons, John and Jame s, and his daughters, Mary,Jane , Eleanor, and Elizabe th (Wills in ProbateCourt).

Also de scended from Archibald Alexander of

Ballyb igley is the family of Alexander at Kinnekally,

9 2 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF A LEXANDER.

tombstone in Ardstraw parish churchyard is thus

inscribed : “Here lye th the body of Andrew Alex

ander, who departed this life March the 5th

,177 9 ,

aged 73 years .

”

William,second son of Andrew Alexander of Crew,

married,and had one daughter. S amue l, the third

son, marrIed, and had thre e sons and one daughter.

David, one of the sons,now reside s at T aghb oyne .

Hugh,fourth son of Andrew Alexander

,proce eded

to the parish of Donaghe ady , and there purchased

land . One of his sons now re side s at Donemana,

in Donagheady parish .

Andrew,fifth son of Andrew Alexander

,purchased

land at Donemana, where his son re side s now.

Thomas, sixth son,emigrated to America.

Joseph, e lde st son of Andrew Alexander of Crew,

succe eded his father in his lands . He married I sabella Wauchope , by whom he had five sons

,Charles

Andrew , born 17 9 9 Thomas,born 1800 ; Joseph,

born 1802 ; and Jame s, born 1804 . He died in 1806

(Will in Probate Court).Charle s, e lde st son of Joseph Alexander of Crew,

was born 27th S eptember 179 7 . He died some yearsago, andwas succe eded by his second brother, Andrew,

who is married, with issue .

A descendant of the family of Ballyb igley, Andrew

Alexander, Pre sbyterian minister at Urney, county

Tyrone , exe cuted his will on the 14th October 1807,and died in the following year . To his wife

,Elizabeth


Knox,he bequeathed “ an undisputable right to th e

rents of Ballymanan,in the parish of Donaghmore ,

and county of Donegal . ” H e mentions his daughter

Elizabeth Alexander, unmarried, and his married

daughter, Martha M‘

Conechy, and her children .

D e scended from the House of Ba llyb igley, Thomas

Alexander,“ of the town of Lisslimnaghan,

parish of

Cappagh,

”county Tyrone , exe cuted his will on the

l st October 1783, and died soon afterwards. H e

bequeathed his farm in liferent to his wife Isabe lla .

Archibald Al exander is named as a legate e (Will in

Probate Court).A scion of the family of Ballyb igley, Jacob Alex

ande r acquired the lands of Gre enville , parish of

Ardstraw,and died 7th June 182 2

,aged seventy

e ight (Tombstone in Ardstraw Churchyard). By his

wife,Jane Eakin

,he had a son, Joseph, and a daughter,

Jane,who died 17th October 182 2 .

Joseph Alexander succe eded his father in the lands

of Gre enville , He married Isabe lla Turner,by whom

he had a son, John George . He died in 1834 . In

his will, proved at Londonderry on the 12 th De cem

b er of that year, he leave s an annuity to his wife

out of the lands of B ittany, in the parish,

Of Cap

pagh,and the lands of Gre enville , in the parish of

Ar dstraw . H e mentions his son John Ge orge as a

minor.

John George Alexander, only son of Joseph Alex

ander of Gre enville , died prior to 186 6 . In the


parish churchyard of Ardstraw a tombstone is thusinscribed : “ Ere cted a s a tribute to the memory of

the late Jacob Alexander, Esq. of Gre enville , and his

family,by Franc is O ’

N e ill,exe cutor of the late John

George Alexander, Esq ,pursuant to the dire ctions

of his,

will,May 1864 . Also

,the body of John

Alexander, who departed this life the 2 0th day of

January 186 6,aged 86 years .

”

Joseph Alexander, of the parish of Upper Long

field, county Tyrone (a supposed de scendant of the

family of Ba llyb igley), died in 1832 . By his Wife,Jane

Watson,he had six sons, Thomas, Ge orge , John,

Joseph,Robert

,and Jame s ; and two daughters

,

Isabe lla and Elizabe th (Will in Probate Court).In the H earth Tax Roll of 1 6 6 2

,William Al ex

ander is named in the parish of Clonle igh, county

Donegal, while in the roll of 1 6 65 his name dis

appears from Clonle igh,and is included in Raphoe

parish in th e same county (se e sup ra). He was

probably the father of Jame s Alexander,Pre sby

terian minister at Raphoe from 1 677 to 1704 . To

the charge at Raphoe , otherwise called Convoy,

ale

Jame s Alexander wa s ordained 1 2 th D e cember1 677 (Re id

’

s Irish Pre sb . Church). Along With

his bre thren, Mr William Trail,

'

l‘ Mr Robert Camp

T he parish of Convoy formerly constituted part of the parish of Raphoe , andthough the meeting-house was at Convoy, the incumbent was styled minister of

Raphoe (Note to Reid’s Presb . Church in Ireland,vol . i i .

,p .

Mr William Trail was son of Mr Robert Trail, minister of Edinburgh, grandson of Colonel James Trail of Killelagh ,

in Ireland,and great -grandson of th e

laird of Blebo, in F ife . Born in 1 640 , h e was ordained Presbyt erian minister at

9 6 MEMORIALS OF T HE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

were imprisoned a t Lifford for e ight months . The ir

fine s were afterwards remitted by the Court of

Exchequer (Wodrow’

s MS S . ;‘

Re id’s Irish P re sb .

Church).

Jame s Alexander continued to minister at Raphoe

till his death ,which took place on the 17th November

1704 . H is salary was,on his appointment, fixed at

£24 money,with twenty- four barrels of corn . H e

died without issue . By his will, dated 1 3th March

1702 , he constituted his wife , Marion Shaw,his exe

cutrix and sole legate e (Will in Probate Court).Mrs Marion Alexander or Shaw,

re lict of the Rev .

Jame s Alexander, died at Raphoe in 171 1 . In her

will She expre ssed her de sire to b e buried in the

churchyard of Raphoe ,“ along with the corps of h er

dear.

husband . She bequeathed h er substance to

her niece,Elizabe th Shaw,

daughter of her brother,Mr Jame s Shaw . A s overse ers for the proper ad

ministration of h er will, She name d Mr Robert Campbell in Ray, Mr Alexander Nisbe t in T illidone ll, andMr Andrew Fergusson in Burt.

Jame s Alexander of Raphoe (probably a nephewof the Rev . Jame s Alexander) die d in 172 3 . In

his will, dated 1 2 th June 172 3,he bequeaths his

entire substance to his wife (Will in Probate Court).In the churchyard of Raphoe

,a tombstone

,more

than a century old,is inscribed

,

“ H ere lye th the

body of Elizabe th Alexander.

” In the same church

yard an altar tombstone has the following legend


Ere cted to the memory of William Alexander, sen

ior, who departed this life April 1856 , aged 83 years ;also of Robert Alexander, who died July 186 1 , aged

78 years. And also Jane Alexander, the beloved

of William Alexander, junior, Dromore , who

died 13th January 186 9 , aged 35 years.

”

CHAPTER XXVIII .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF BALLYCLOSE, COUNTYLONDONDERRY MILF ORD, COUNTY CARLOW AN D

OF THE CITY OF LONDON .

I N the Hearth Tax Roll of Errigal parish, county

Londonderry, is named, in 1 663, as re sident at the

village of Garvachy,“Andrew Alexander. Robert

Alexander de Meyb oy”is entered in the S ubsidy

Roll of the same parish in 1 6 6 1 (se e sup ra) Andrew

Alexander was, it is believed, a son of John Alex

ander, the original settler at Eredy, county Donegal

he was at the siege of Londonderry in 1 649 . He

obtained the favour of Captain,afterwards S ir Thomas

Philipps, who, with his elder brother, Mr Dudley

Philipps, served wi th S ir Robert and S ir Al exander

S tewart against O’

N e ill. Captain Philipps was ap

pointed governor of Culmore Fort, near Londonderry,and Obtained lands at Newton Limavady (Reid

’

s

Irish Presb. Church). From S ir Thomas Philipps,

*

or his son, styled Major-Colonel George Philippsfl‘

Andrew Al exander is said to have espoused, as his first wife, a daughter ofS ir Thomas Philipps, b ut on what we deem insufli cient evidence .

’l‘ This person is described as author of the celebrated letter to Charles I . ,

complaining of the London Companies’ breach of charter in replanting the Irish

100 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER.

the parish church, on the occasion of his admission to

the cure (Diocesan Registry of D erry, No . 1 , p .

He purchased the estate of Gunsland, county Done

gal, and built a town residence at the Diamond,Londonderry. He married Anne White , a widow,

daughter of John White of the Cady Hill, Newton

Limavady, by whom he had thre e sons and one

daughter,Martha

,who married Alexander Kellie ,

with issue . He died 12 th March 1747 (Family

Tombstone at Newton Limavady). In his will,

dated 2 l st January 1746 , he makes bequests to his

sons, John, Nathaniel, and William, and his daugh

ter Martha ; also to John Al exander, described as

his brother’s son,” and to Andrew Alexander,

described as son of his brother Thomas (Will in

Probate Court).

John, e ldest son of John Alexander of Ballyclose ,was bOrn in 16 9 5. He became a merchant in Lon

donderry. By his wife S arah, daughter of Alexander

Macaulay of Dromnagisson, county Antrim,he had

thre e sons, Alexander, Andrew, and John and two

daughters, Margaret and Ame lia. He died in 1766,

aged seventy- one (Tombstone at Newton Limavady).Margaret, the e lder daughter, married John Cranstounof Belfast, in May 179 4, with issue . Amelia

, the

younger daughter, married Williams, by whomshe had thre e daughters.

Alexander Alexander, e ldest son of John Alex

ander, served in the navy ; he had an annuity from


his younger brother Andrew. He died unmarried .

Andrew, the second son, succe eded to the paternal

estate ; he married Rebecca Isabella, daughter of

ColonelAlexander S tewart of Londonderry. He died,without issue

,on the 1st July 1803, aged sixty-nine

(Tombstone at Newton Limavady). By his will, exe

cuted 2d June 1803,he bequeathed his e state in trust

to Robert Al exander of Dublin, and Henry Al exander

of Boomhall, county Londonderry, for payment of his

wife ’s annuity,and the conveyance of the rents there

after to his brother, John Al exander of Belfast ; on

whose decease they were to convey his estate to

Andrew Al exander, his brother John’

s youngest son

failing whom, to John Alexander, e ldest son of his

said brother ; whom failing, to the right he irs of the

said John Alexander (Will in Probate Court).

John, third and youngest son of John Alexander of

Ballyclose, was born 2 6th January 1736 . He resided

at Belfast,where he engaged in merchandise . On the

2 9 th May 1760, he married Anne , daughter of George

Portis, Esq , collector of customs, Belfast, by his

Wife , Mary Ratcliffe , born 1741 she is, in the B elfast

N ewsletter announcing the nuptials, described as“ a

young lady of great beauty and merit, with a hand

some fortune .

” John Alexander was father Of four

sons,John

,George

,Andrew,

and Alexander. He

died 2 3d December 182 1 , aged eighty- six.

George , the second son, died without issue .

John Alexander, elde st'

son of John Alexande r


and Anne Portis,was born 2 7th February 1764 .

He sold, in 1827, the e state of Ballyclose to Major

Alexander Alexander of Newton Limavady. In

179 0 he purchased the lands of Milford, county

Carlow,where he died

,16th August 1843

, aged

e ighty. He married, 8th S eptember 180 1 , Christian

Izod,daughter of Lorenzo Nickson, Esq. of Chapel

izod, county of Kilkenny,by whom he had six

sons, John, Lorenzo William,George

,James, Charle s

Leslie , and Henry,and five daughters, Elizabeth,

Anne,Emily, Lucia, and Fanny. Elizabeth and

Emily died young ; Anne , born 1st August 1806 ,married, 6 th October 1828, John Cranstoun of Crane

brook, county Tyrone ; she died 10th April 1862

,

without issue . Lucia 1s unmarried ; Fanny, born

1st February 181 6,married

,1 9 th October 1847 ,

the Rev. Charles Henry Travers, rector of Purley,

Berkshire .

Lorenzo William, se cond son of John Alexander

of Milford,born 2 2d October 1810

,married

,on the

25th June 1857, Harriet, e ldest daughter of the late

Colonel H enry Bruen of Oak Park,county Carlow

,

who long repre sented that county in Parliament.

He was father of one son, Henry Bruen,and two

daughters, Christian and Anne he died 2 l st S eptem

b er 1867

George , the third son, born 17th February 1814,married, 2 8th February 186 1

, S usan, daughter of

J. H . Coll ins, barrister- at - law, by whom he has had


born 2oth June 1858, is an undergraduate in Trinity

College , Dublin .

Nathaniel Alexander, second son of John Alex

ander Of Ballyclose and Gunsland, and grandson of

Captain Andrew Alexander, was born in 1 689 . He

was admitted to the Corporation of Londonderry in

1740, and in 1755 was e lected an alderman of the

city (Corporation Records). He succe eded his father

in the estate of Gunsland,county Donegal . He died

2 2d S eptember 176 1 , aged seventy- two . His remains

were deposited in the burial-ground Of the Chapel of

Ease , Londonderry (Tombstone Inscription). By his

Wife , Elizabeth, daughter of William M ‘Clintock

of Dunmore , county Donegal,he had five sons,

William, Robert, James, John, and Nathaniel, and

six daughters,Mary Jane

, Rebecca, Elizabe th, Ann,Jane , senior, and Jane , junior. T he sons John and

Nathaniel, and the daughters Elizabeth, Ann, Jane ,senior and junior, died young.

Mary Jane Alexander, eldest daughter of Nathaniel

Alexander, married, first, We ld, Esq , Lon

donderry, by whom she had two daughters, who

died unmarried. S he married,secondly, Hamilton

Maclure, Esq , of Dublin, by whom she had one

daughter, who married John William Foster, Esq.

of Fane Valley, county Louth, and had sons and

daughters. One of the daughters married, in

181 9 , Thomas, second Lord Plunke t, Bishop of

Tuam .


Rebecca Al exander, second surviving daughter of

Nathaniel Al exander,married Josias Dupre ofWilton

Park, Buckinghamshire, and had issue . A daughter

married General S ir Terence O’

Brien.

William Al exander, eldest son of Nathaniel Al exander, studied at the University of Cambridge

,and

was called to the b ar,b ut afterwards became a

merchant in the city of London . He died in 1774,

and his remains were interred in S t Laurence

church, London . By his wife , Charlotte , daughter

of Messenger Monsey, M .D . , of Mulb erton,in the

county of Norfolk, who died in 179 8, he had four

sons and seven daughters . Charlotte,the e ldest

daughter, born in 1754, died in June 182 9 unmarried.

Elizabeth, second daughter, born 1758, died unmar

ried in S eptember 1840 . Anne , third daughter, born

1759 , married William Dalton, and died without

issue in 1840 . Jemima, fourth daughter, born in

1764, married in 1789 the Rev. John Edmund Rolfe ,vicar of Cranworth, Norfolk, first cousin of Admiral

Viscount Ne lson . Her son, Robert Monsey Rolfe ,was called to the b ar : he became successively

S oli citor-General, Baron of Exchequer, Vice - Chan

c ellor, and Lord Justice of Appeal . He was in 1850

created Baron Cranworth, and in 1852 was appointed

Lord High Chancellor. He died in 1868 . Rebecca,

fifth daughter of William,died young, unmarried .

Catherine , sixth daughter, married, in 1800, the Rev.

J. B. Collyer of Hackford Hall, Norfolk, by whom

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HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

she had two sons and thre e daughters . Charlotte

Collyer, the elde st daughter, married the Rev. Dr

Harris, by whom'

She had an only child . Robert,

the second son,entered into holy orders, and died

unmarried. John, the e ldest son,became a barrister

at- law. He married Georgina Frances Amy, eldest

daughter of S ir William Johnston of Johnston, Aber

de enshire,with issue . Mary, youngest daughter of

William Alexander,died unmarried in 1844 .

Monsey, e lde st son of William Alexander, was

born in 1756 , and took orders in the English Church .

When the Earl of Bristol was appointed Bishop of

Derry,he be came his lordship’s chaplain . He after

wards obtained the incumbency Of Moville , county

Derry, and died in 179 0 . By his wife, S usanna,

daughter of James M ‘Clintock of T earntagh, county

Donegal,he had an only child, Dorothea, who married,

in 1816,the Rev. Alexander S taples, re ctor of Gow

ran, and had issue .

William, second son of William Alexander of

London,engaged in merchandise in Dublin . H e

was drowned while bathing. In his will,dated 5th

December 179 1 , he is described a s“ of S t Mary’s

Abbey, in the city of Dublin .

”H e made bequests

of sums varying betwe en £500 and ten guineas to

numerous re latives ,with this remark, These bequests

may possibly b e construed as the effects of vanity, even

so, I hope the crime is pardonable b ut it really was

always my opinion that such tokens as friendly fare


and has issue , six sons and one daughter. James

William,only child of Robert Alexander by his first

wife,died in India in 1836 without issue .

Robert Alexander, only son of Robert Alexander

by his second wife , re side s at Downs House , T alding,Kent. He is unmarried .

CHAPTER XXIX.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER OF BOOMHALL, COUNTY LONDONDERRY PORTGLENONE, COUNTY ANTRIM FORKILLAN D BALLYART ON , COUNTY ARMAGH ; GLENTOGHERAN D MOVILLE, COUNTY DONEGAL ; SOMERHILL AND

STONEHOUSE, KENT. ALso, THE FAM ILIES OF NATHAN IEL ALEXANDER, D .D . ,

BISHOP OF MEATH, AN D

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, D.D. , BISHOP OF DERRY AND

RAPHOE.

ROBERT ALEXANDER of Boomhall was second son of

Nathaniel Alexander, alderman of the city of London

derry, and grandson of Captain Andrew Alexander

of Ballyclose, county Londonderry . On his estate of

Boomhall, near Londonderry, he erected a family

mansion, at the spot where a boom was constructed

to prevent ships sailing towards the city during the

siege of 1 689 . A t Londonderry he engaged in mer

chandi se , and became prosperous. He died on the

2 7th March 179 0, aged sixty- e ight,and his remains

were deposited in the family burial-ground in the

Chapel of Ease churchyard, Londonderry (Tombstone

Inscription).

By his wife , Anne , daughter and co-he iress of


Henry M ‘Culloch, Esq. of Cladymore and Ballyarton,

county Londonderry (who died 2 0th January

Robert Alexander had five sons, Nathanie l, Henry,

William,James, and Josias Dupre, and five daughters ,

Elizabeth,Jane , Anne , Rebe cca, and Dorothea .

Elizabe th, the eldest daughter, married S ir Andrew

Ferguson, Bart. of T he Farm, county Londonderry, bywhom she had thre e sons and four daughters . Anne ,e ldest daughter

,married Colonel William Blacker

of Carrick, county Armagh ; she died 3d January

186 1 without issue . S arah, second daughter, mar

ried the Rev. William Knox, son of the Bishop of

Derry, and grandson of Lord Northland ; she died in181 9 , leaving thre e sons , William,

Ferguson; and

Thomas. Jane , third daughter, married John Mont

gomery of B enrarden, county Antrim,by whom she

had a son, Jame s, and two daughters, Barbara and

Isabella. Eliza, fourth daughter, married John

George Smyly, Q.C .,by whom she had thre e sons

and two daughters . Ellen,the younger daughter

,

married the Rev. Edward Newland . John, the

eldest son,is a captain in the Londonderry Militia .

Andrew Fergu son, se cond son, is re ctor of Aghadoey,county Londonderry, and canon of D erry Cathedral .

William John,

i s the third son.

Anne , third daughter of Robert Alexander of

Boomhall,married Lieutenant Colonel Alexander

S cott, R .A .,afterwards major- general ; she died 18th

S eptember 1865.


Elizabeth Rebecca, third daughter, married John

Armytage Nicholson of Balrath, county Meath she

died in 1860 . Henrietta, fourth daughter, married

Robert Smyth, Esq. of Gaybrook, county We st

meath .

Robert Al exander,eldest son of Bishop Nathaniel

Alexander, was born in 1788 . Having entered into

holy orders,he became rector of Ahogill, and Arch

deacon Of Down ; he succe eded his father in the e state

of Portglenone . He married first, in 1813, Catherine ,youngest daughter of the Right Hon. John S taple s of

Lissau, county Tyrone , by his second wife , the Hon

ourab le Harriet,daughter of Richard, third Viscount

Molesworth secondly, in1832 ,Hester, eldest daughter

ofAlexanderM ‘Manus ofMountDens, countyAntrim .

T he V en.RobertAlexander died at Portglenone House

on the 31st July 1840 .

“

Byhis first wife , Archdeacon Al exander was fatherof four sons and seven daughters . Harriet, the eldest

daughter,married John Wakefield, and died with

out issue . Ann,Louisa, and Mary, second

,third,

and fourth daughters,died without issue . Grace ,

fifth daughter, married Gilbert Nicholson of Glen

more , Drogheda. Catherine , the sixth daughter,

married Molyneux Shaldham,Esq. Charlotte , the

seventh daughter, is unmarried .

Nathaniel, e ldest son of Archdeacon Alexander,succeeded to the estate of Portglenone . He was a

deputy - lieutenant of. Antrim,and Sometime repre

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER. 1 1 3

sented that county in Parliament. He married

Florinda, daughter of Richard Boyle , Esq , by the

Hon. Al icia Handcock, daughter of Richard, ViscountCastlemaine . He died in 1850

,and was succe eded

by his son, Robert Jackson Al exander, now of Port

glenone .

John S taples, second son ofAr chdeacon Al exander,died unmarried in India in 1843. Robert

,the third

son,is unmarried. George

,the fourth son, died

without issue .

Richard Jackson, second son of Bishop Nathanie l

Al exander, died in 1810,unmarried . James Al ex

ander, the bishop’

s third son, was rector of K ill egally,in King’s County. H e married Alicia

,daughter of

S amue l Dopping of Lowtown, county We stmeath, and

died in 1855,leaving a son, Nathanie l,who died in 1860 .

Nathaniel, fourth son of Bishop Nathaniel Al ex

ander, was a merchant in Calcutta, and acquired the

estate s of Craivagh, county Londonderry, and of

Epsom,in the county of S urrey. H e married Char

lotte,daughter of Noah Hickey, of the city of Dublin,

by whom he had five sons—Nathaniel, born 1828,died 1865 RobertHugh, born 1831 William James,born 1836 John Henry, born 1839 George Caledon,born 1842 and four daughters—S ophia Charlotte ,born 1824

,married the Rev. Charle s Hay ; Ann

Isabe lla, born 182 6 Mary Eliza, born 1830 ; and

Henrietta France s, born 1833 .

Henry Al exander, fifth son of the Bishop of Meath,* H

1 14 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER.

was born on. the 16 th February 1803, and became abarrister- at- law. He owns a considerable e state

in the parish of Forkill, county Armagh ,is a deputy

lieutenant, and was high Sheriff of that county in 1856 .

He married, on the 14th August 1839 , Lady Louisa

Juliana,second daughter of Thomas, Earl ofRanfurly,

by Mary Juliana,daughter of William S tuart, D .D . ,

Lord Primate of Ireland, by whom he has six sons

and five daughters . Blanch Catherine S ophia Ann,the elde st daughter, was born in 1841 Alice Mary

Juliana,second daughter, was born in 1 843 Con

stance Henrietta Georgina,third daughter, born in

1 845,married in 1 867 Captain Colquhoun Grant,

Judge of Hydrab ad, S cinde ; Emily Louisa Jane was

born in 1850 and Edith Ellen,in 1864 .

Granville Henry Jackson,e lde st son ofHenry Alex

ander of Forkill,was born in 1852

,Henry Nathaniel

in 1854, Claud Henry in 1856

, Ronald Henry in

1858, Frederick H enry Thomas in 1860

, Dudley

H enry Blayney in 1863 .

George , sixth son of Bishop Nathaniel Alexander,

held an appointment in the Indian Civil S ervice .

He married, in 1833, Rebecca, daughter ofWilliam ‘

Molloy of Rockvalley, county Tipperary,by whom

he had one son, Nathaniel .

William S tuart, seventh son of Bishop Nathanie lAl exander, held an appointment in the Indian Civil

S ervice . He married Janet,daughter of Brigadier

General Charle s Dallas, governor of S t H elena,and

1 1 6 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

county Tipperary, and Ann, his Wife , S ister of Lord

Chancellor Jocelyn, by whom he had thre e sons

and one daughter, Catherme,who married George

Thompson of Clonskeagh Castle,county Dublin .

Waller, his second son, died unmarried in 1804 .

William Ferguson, his third son,was an officer in

the Indian Army, and died 25th March 1833 .

Robert Alexander, eldest son of General Alexander,

was born at Drogheda on the 17th S eptember‘

179 5.

He became rector of Aghadoey, and prebendary of

D erry ; he died l 1th May 1872 . He married, l 6th

October 1820, Dorothea, only child of Henry M ‘Clin

took of Ballyarton, county Londonderry,by whom

he had thre e sons and five daughters . Mary, the

e ldest daughter, born 6 th June 182 1 , married, 17th

S eptember 1845, William Keown Boyd ofBallydugan,

many years M .P . for Downpatrick,by whom she

has had e leven children . Richard,the eldest son

,is an

Officer in the navy ; he married Florence , daughter of

S tephen Lushington, and nie ce of S ir S tafford Northcote . Matilda, the second daughter, born 1 3th

August 1822 , married Maximilian Hammond Dali

son of Hampton, in the county of Kent,and has

e ight children .

Elizabeth , third daughter of the Rev. Robert Alex

ander, married, l 0 th January 1856 , the Rev. Andrew

Ferguson Smyly, re ctor of Aghadoey and canon of

Derry, by whom she has had four children .

Katherine , fourth daughter, born in 1830,married


James S inclair, second son of James S inclair of

Holly Hill, county Tyrone , by Whom she has one

daughter.

Dorothea,fifth daughter Of the Rev. Robert Alex

ander, born in 1831 , married, in 1856 , Colonel Henry

Keown, by whom She has had seven children .

T he Right Rev. William Alexander,D .D . ,

e ldest son of the Rev. Robert Alexander, was borna t Londonderry

,1 3th April 1824 . He was educated

at Tunbridge S chool , and at Exeter and Brasenose

Colleges, Oxford . A t that university he Obtained the

theological prize essay in 1850,and the university

prize for a poem on a sacred subj ect in 1860 . He

also delivered an English Ode in the She lb ra in Theatre ,addre ssed to Lord Derby upon his installation as

Chancellor in 1853 . T he bishop is D .D . by diploma,and re ce ived the honorary degre e of D .C .L. in 1876

he has be en select preacher and Bampton lecturer.

He was appointed Dean Of Emly in 1864,and was

advanced to the bishopric of Derry and Raphoe in

1867 . During the brief period of his care er in the

House of Lords,he delivered a spe ech upon the Irish

Church, of which the T imes said that “ loud bursts

of che ers gre e ted the bishop’s animated address.

”

T he Bishop of Derry is the author of many sepa

rate lectures,discourses, poems, and charges . A

long series of articles and reviews from his pen

have appeared in the Christian Remembrancer,

th e Contemp orary Revi ew, Good Words, and, in


early life,in the Dublin University Magaz ine . In

1 867 the bishop printed for private circulation,

Specimens, Poetical and Critical.” In 1872 he

published T he Leading Ideas of the Gospel

S ermons preached before the University of Oxford ;and in 1876 , “ T he Witness of the Psalms to Christ

and Christianity (Bampton Lecture s). He married,15th October 1852 , Ce cil Frances , daughter of Major

Humphreys, J .P . ,of Miltown House

,county Tyrone .

Mrs Alexander is well known as author of Moral

S ongs,” “Hymns for Little Children

,

” “Hymns, De

scriptlve and D evotional,” and other works her

noble lyric,T he Burial of Moses,

”has scarcely be en

surpassed by Tennyson or Browning.

Robert Jocelyn Alexander, B .A . ,Brasenose Col

lege , Oxford, eldest son of Bishop William Alex

ander, while an undergraduate obtained the N ewdi

gate University prize for a beautiful and pathetic

poem on “ T he Last of the Red Indians .

”He was

born, June 1 l th, 1852 , and married, in 1876 , Alice

Rachel, daughter of J. J. Hamilton Humphreys .

Henry M ‘Clintock , second son of the Rev. Robert

Alexander, was born 7th October 1834 . A s a naval

officer, he has distinguished himself both in India and

N ew Z ealand . H e married, on the 2 2d October 1864,Eliza France s Charlotte , only daughter of S irWilliam

S . Wiseman, Bart. , C .B .

Robert Waller, third son of the Rev. Robert Alex

ander, was born 4th April 1836 . An Officer in the


Maximilian Dudley Dalison of Hampton, Kent . H e

is a banker in London, of the house of Alexander,

Fletcher, CO .

Josias Dupre Alexander, fifth son of Robert Alex

ander of Boomhall, acquired a fortune in India. In

1816 he purchased the e state of S tonehouse , Kent,and was appointed a director of the East India Com

pany,and e le cted M .P . for Old S arum along with his

brother James . He died 2oth August 1839 . By his

wife,Mary

,daughter of the Rev. Thomas Bracken, he

had two sons and e ight daughters. Of his daughters,

Lucy Emma, Ellen Louisa, and Fanny S elina, are

unmarried ; Charlotte Maria and Agnes Henrietta

died unmarried ; Mary Ann married Jame s Pratt

Barlow,Esq ; Eliza married, 2 2d January 1842

,

Robert,son and he ir of the Rev. Boughey Dolling

of Dollingstown, county Down ; Madeline married

Rev. A f S impson.

Caledon Dupre, e ldest son Of Josias Dupre Al ex

ander of S tonehouse , was captain of the 1st Life

Guards . He married Caroline,daughter of Willing

Ewing.

Josias Bracken, second son of Josias Dupre Alex

ander, married, 1 l th January 1848, Agnes Ce cilia,e ighth daughter of Alderman S ir William Curtis

,

Bart.

CHAPTER XXX .

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER,EARLS OF CALEDON OF CALE

DON , COUNTY TYRONE ; ALEXANDER,BARONETS ;

AN D SEAMOUNT, COUNTY DUBLIN .

JAMES ALEXANDER,third and youngest son of Alder

man Nathanie l Alexander, was born at Londonderry

in 1730 . He held several important Offices in India,and on his return to Britain was

,In 1774 , e le cted

M .P . for Londonderry,which he continued to repre

sent till 1784 . H e was, on the 6th June 179 0 , created

Baron Caledon of Caledon, county Tyrone,in the

pe erage of Ire land . In November 179 7 he was

advanced to the dignity of Viscount Alexander, andon the 2 9 th December 1800 was created Earl of

Caledon . He married, 28th November 1774, Anne ,second daughter of James Crawfurd of Crawfurds

burn, county Down (who died 2 l st December

by whom he had one son and two daughters . Lord

Caledon died 2 3d March 1802 .

Lady Mabella, e lder daughter of Lord Caledon,born 7 th August 1775, married, 5th July 179 6 ,

Andrew Thomas,eleventh Baron Blayney, and b e

came mother of the e ighth and last L'ord Blayney.

1 2 2 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

S he died 4th ‘March 1854 . Lady Elizabeth, younger

daughter of Lord Caledon, born 2d June 1776 , died

unmarried .

Dupre Alexander, second Earl of Caledon, only

son of the first earl, was born 14th December 1777 .

H e was Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of S t

Patrick, lord - lieutenant of the county of Tyrone ,and colonel of the Tyrone Militia . His lordship

married, l 6th October 181 1 , Catherine Freman ,second daughter of Philip, third Earl of Hardwicke ,Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland, by Whom he had an only

son. His lordship died in 1839 .

James Dupre,third Earl of Caledon, only son of

the second earl,was born 2 7th July 1812 . He was

colonel of the Tyrone Militia,and captain in the

Guards. H e married, 4th S eptember 1845,Lady

Jane Frederica Harriet Mary Grimston, fourth

daughter of the first Earl of Verulam,and had issue ,

thre e sons and one daughter. T he earl died 30th

June 1855.

Lady Jane Charlotte Elizabe th, only daughter of

the third Earl of Caledon,is unmarried . Walter

Philip,second son of the third earl, born 8th F eb

ruary 1849 , is lieutenant in the S cots Greys . Charles,

third son, born 2 6th January 1854, is an officer in

the Tyrone Militia .

James, fourth Earl of Caledon, was born 1 1th July

1846 , and succe eded his father 30th June 1855. His

lordship is a captain in the Life Guards.


her cousin, the Rev. Godfrey Alexander. Elizabeth,

the second daughter,is unmarried. Anne Catherine ,

the youngest daughter,married Captain Edward

Barnes,e ldest son of S ir Edward Barnes, late com

mander- in- chief in India ; she died in 1876 . Robert

Henry,the second son

,was killed in the retreat from

Cabul in 1842 Henry,third son, died in India in

1856 Richard, fourth son,died in 1867 .

William Alexander,elde st son of William John

and Isabella Alexander,is a maj or in the army. H e

married, l 0th S eptember 1839 , Mary, third daughter

of the Right Hon. Edward Grey, Bishop of Hereford,

by whom he has one son and S ix daughters . Major

William Alexander is heir- apparent to the baronetcy.

S ir Robert Alexander,second baronet, elder son

of the first baronet, was born 1 6th D ecember 176 9 .

He married 17th June 179 6 , Eliza, daughter and

he ire ss of John Wallis, Esq ,barrister- at - law,

by

whom he had thre e sons and two daughters. H e

died 1st D ecember 1 859 .

Jane Anne,e lder daughter of S irRobertAlexander,

married, 6th August 1833, Captain J . NembhardH ibbert of Chalfont Park , Bucks . Catherine , younger

daughter, died at London, unmarried, 15th April 182 6 .

S ir William John Alexander, third baronet, e lde st

son of S ir Robert the se cond baronet,was born l st

April 179 7 Educated at Trinity College , Cambridge ,he was called to the b ar in 1825. Nominated Q.C.

in 1844 , he was afterwards appointed Attorney -Gen


era] to the Prince of Wales . He died on the 31st

March 1873 .

S ir John Wallis Alexander, Bart. , second son of

S ir Robert Alexander, second baronet, was born l st

October 1800 . H e married,18th May 1858, Lepel

Charlotte Phipps, youngest daughter of Henry, first

Earl of Mulgrave , and sister of Constantine H enry,first Marquis of Normandy ; she died in 1859 , without

issue . John Wallis Alexander succe eded his brother

in 1873 as fourth barone t.

Robert Dupre, third son of S ir Robert Alex

ander,married, 17th S eptember 1833, Eliza, younge st

daughter of B . B . Nemb hard of Jamaica, by whomhe has had two sons and two daughters . Robert

Dupre , the e lder son,was born on the 4th July 1834

,

and died in infancy. Raynsford Dupre, second son,was born 25th December 1835. Caroline Charlotte

,

the e lder daughter, married Philip Villiers Re id, Esq ,

county Clare . Another daughter was born in S eptember 1839 .

Robert Alexander of S eamount and Garristown,county Dublin, younger son of William Alexander

,

merchant, Dublin, married, in May 1785, Henrietta

Judith, daughter of H enry Quin, M .D . , physician

general to the force s in Ire land,by whom he had

e ight sons and S ix daughters,of whom

,thre e sons

and thre e daughters died young and unmarried .

Robert Alexander died at London on the 14th July

1 827 .


Anne , e lder daughter of Robert Alexander of S ea

mount and Garristown, married the Rev. J . Nussey .

Isabe lla, younger daughter, married Captain WilliamJohn Alexander, second son of S ir William Alex

ander, Bart.

William James, elde st son and he ir of Robert

Alexander of S eamount and Garristown,married

Gertrude , e lde st daughter of Gustavus Handcock

Temple , by whom he had two sons, Robert Quin and

Gustavus, and a daughter, Mary. Gustavus and

Mary Alexander died unmarried . Robert Quin

Alexander, now of Garristown, married Miss Re illy,by whom he has two sons and five daughters. T he

daughters are unmarried.

Henry,second son of Robert Alexander of S ea

mount and Garristown, was a director of the East

India Company, and M .P . for Barnstaple . He mar

ried,first, Elizabeth, daughter of J oseph Pringle

,

Esq ,Consul -General of Made ira ; secondly, on the

4 th January 1843,S abina Hester, e lde st daughter of

Thomas Taylor of S evenoaks, Kent, by Lady Lucy

Rachel, younge st daughter of Charles, third Earl Of

S tanhope . Of these marriages were born thre e sons,Henry Robert, William Charles, and Frederic, and

thre e daughters, Harrie t, Fanny, and Leonora .

Henry Robert, the e ldest son,married Elizabeth

,

daughter of Colonel Young, of the Honourable East

India Company’s service he died in 186 9 .

T he Rev. Charles Alexander, rector of Drumcre e ,

CHAPTER XXXI .

FAMIL IES OF M‘ALEXANDER AN D ALEXANDER

,IN THE

COUNTIES OF ANTRIM,ARMAGH

,AN D DOWN,

AN D

OF ENAGH, CAW,

AN D KILFEN N EN , IN THE COUNTYOF DERRY.

MEMBERS of the sept of MacA lexander of Dalcussen

and Dalreoch , in the southern or Carrick district of

Ayrshire , settle d on the S cottish coast,and trading

to the opposite shores,there planted the ir families .

T he distance from S tranraer to Larne in Antrim is

thirty-nine mile s. According to a tradition which

obtains among the Irish families,an exodus of the

sept of MacA lexander from Galloway to the coast of

Larne,took place in the re ign of Charles I .

In the Hearth Tax Rolls of the county of Antrim for

166 6,the name of MacA lexander occurs frequently.

In the Rolls of Ballymena parish are named John

M ‘A lexander and Hugh M ‘A lexander. In the parish

of I slandmage e , William M‘A lexander and Alexander

M ‘A lexander are named . In the Rolls of Ballyter

appear the name s of Robert M ‘A lexander, Jame s

M ‘A lexander, and John M‘A lexander . In the same

district are re corded James M ‘A lexander at Doagh,and John M ‘Al exander.

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER. .12 9

In 170 1 John M ‘A lexander in the dioce se of

Connor and county Of Antrim exe cuted his will he

re fers to five sons, naming S amue l and Hugh ; also

thre e daughters (Will in Prerogative Court).

During the re ign of Charle s I. a family named

Alexander,adherents of the Covenant, fled from

Dumb artonshire ,l s and obtained a se ttlement in the

parish of K ilwaughter, near Larne . William Alex

ander of the parish of K ilwaughter is mentioned in

the Hearth Tax Roll of 1 6 6 6 . Mrs Jane t Alexander,

who re sided at K ilwaughter, died in 17O9 , beque athing to John Alexander, her brother, one boll ofoats (Will in Probate Court).In the Rent Roll of the Jointure Lands of Anne ,Counte ss of Clanb rassill, William Alexande r is named

in 16 89 a s renting for one pound yearly the lands of

A rdigon in the parish of Killile agh and in the same

year William A lexander is entered in a rental of

£2 , 58 . for subj e cts situated in the town of Killileagh .

In the same Rent Roll, Widow Alexander” appears

in 1 6 9 1 as paying £4 , 8s. for premise s in the town of

Killileagh (Hamilton MS S . , pp . 1 2 6,

In the barony of Carey in the northern district of

Antrim ,John Alexander is in the S ubsidy Rolls of

1 6 6 1 , and in 1 6 66 , asse ssed in six pounds sterling.

A connection between the families of Alexander of S tirling and those of Dumbarton is indicated by the following minute : At S tirling the 14th day of August1 606 , the eldership of th e Kirk being convenit the b retherin think is me et thatCuthbert Cunningham , Provost of Dumb artom Colledge , sall pay ad p ios usus

fyve pundis money for th e passage through th e Kirk to burie the corps of umql

Janet Alexander, h is spous (Kirk S ession Records of S tirling).atI

130 MEMORIALS OF T HE HOUSE OF A LEXANDER.

In 1730 Margare t Alexander, W idow, undertake s

along with Thomas Alexander to administer th e

e state of Robert Alexander, who lived in the parish

of Ahoghill and district of Connor (Connor Wills).

On the 8th January 1735, Thomas Alexander of

Ballyclare , in the parish of Ahoghill,exe cuted h is

will (Will in Probate Court). H e se ems to have

be en succe eded a s tenant a t Ballyclare by Jame sAlexander

,who died in February 1770 , aged sixty

(Tombstone Inscription in Ballyb inny Churchyard ,county Antrim). T he next tenant at Ballyclare (S ize

H ill Farm), wa s Jame s Alexander, who is named in

a rent roll in 1 7 9 8 (Estate Register of the Marquis

of Donegal). H is tombstone in the churchyard of

Ballyb inny is thus inscribed In memory of James

Alexander of S ize H ill, who died on the 3 l st May

18 10 , aged forty years . Also his wife Elizabe th,who died on the 1 3th August 1843 , aged sixty- nine

years .

”

Thomas Alexander, tenant at Ballynure , cousin of

the pre ceding,had a son James, now a physician at

Be lfast .

William Alexander of the townland of Ballyhound,in the parish of Carnmoney

,exe cuted his will on the

9 th July 17 75, bequeathing his property and effects

to his wife and children (Will in Probate Court). In

the same parish Hugh Alexander rented about 1750the farm of Carntall on the Donegal e state . H e had

thre e S isters, who married and had familie s, of whom


otherwise Courtney ; Jean, otherwise M ‘Canb ry

and Elizabeth ,otherwise Durham ; also to Robert,

Jame s,John

,William

,and Elizabeth Alexander, th e

children of his son Thomas (Will in Probate Court).In a bond

,dated 2 0th August 1788, Jane Alex

ander, widow of Robert Alexander, of the parish ofGlenavy

,undertake s to pay to the Lord Bishop of

Down and Connor,or his successors

,the sum of

£1000 . H enry Alexander is named in the bond(Bond in Probate Court).From the family of Alexander of Ballyclare sprung

those familie s of the name who now re side at Larneand Carrickfergus . John Alexander

,merchant in

Larne,died in ‘

180 9 . In his will,dated l 0th June

1 807 , he bequeathed a portion of his substance to hissons, James and William (Will in Probate Court).T he Rev. Nathanie l Alexander

,minister of the

Pre sbyterian congregation at Crumlin,in the county

of Antrim, belonged to the family of Alexander of

Ballyclare . From 17 88 to 1 802 he succe ssfully con

ducted an educational institution . H e was married,

b ut died without issue . From the family of Alex

ander of Ballyclare also de scended the Rev . Thomas

Alexander, minister at Ca irncastle, county Antrim .

S on of Robert Alexander, farmer a t Knockca irn,

near Crumlin, county Antrim, he was born on the

1 st January 1770 . H e studied at the University of

Glasgow ; and be ing licensed to preach by the Pre sb ytery of Templepatrick, was, in 179 3, ordained

MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXAN DER. 1 33

assistant minister of the Pre sbyterian congregation

a t Ca irncastle . In 182 9 he j oined the Unitarian or

Remonstrant S ec e ssion from the General S ynod of

Ulster. Resigning his charge in 1840 , he latterly

proce eded to London,where he died on the 2 6 th

May 1851 . He married the only daughter of the

Rev. Mr Lewson,his prede ce ssor at Ca irncastle , by

whom he had five sons, John, Robert, Thomas,Lewson, and H enry

,and one daughter

,Jane . John

and Robert died without issue ; Thomas , who re

sides at Iowa,United S tate s, has five children .

Lewson is settled in Be lgium,and has five children

H enry is minister of the Unitarian congregation a t

Newry (Chr istian Unita rian Magaz ine, vol . iv. ,pp .

332 - 338,336 - 372 , and Private Information).

A branch of the family ofMacAlexander of southern

Ayrshire emigrated to Ire land from Glenluc e , Wigtownshire

,in the re ign of Charle s I . Thomas Mac

Alexander from Glenluce se ttled at Tanderage e,near

Gilford,in the county Armagh . He married

,and

left a son,William

,who

,studying medicine

, prac

tised as a physician at Rathfirland, county Down .

H e married Elizabeth Todd, by whom he had four

sons , John, William,Thomas

,and Jame s

,

’

and two

daughters,Jane and Margare t. John be came a

physician,and practised at Rathfirland he and his

brothers,William and James, died without issue .

Thomas, the third son,married Isabe lla Chambers of

Rathfirland, and left two sons , John and William ,

134 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER .

and two daughters , Eliza and Martha . T he elder

daughter, Eliza, married William Ra e of the island

of Bermuda ; Martha, the younger daughter, is wife

of th e Rev. H . Osborne of Holywood. John, the

e lder son,formerly of P hillistown House , Trim,

in

the county of Meath,is now re sident in Canada .

William,the second son,

is a graduate in medicine ,and a staff- surge on in the army" (Family Informa

tion).

In the H earth Tax Roll of the barony of Onealand

and parish of Shankill, county Armagh ,for 1 6 64

,

Culbert "Cuthbert] Alexander at Munb re efe is

asse ssed two shillings for one hearth .

Fergus MacA lexander, of the family of Dalreoch ,

parish of Colmonel, Ayrshire , who was a bursar of

the University of Glasgow in 1 6 31,was appointed

minister Of the Pre sbyterian congregation,first at

K ilmud (K ilmood), and afterwards at Greyabbey,in

the county of Down ; he was subsequently admitted

parish minister of Barr,in the county of Ayr, where

he died in 1 6 87 (se e sup ra , vol . ii . , p .

William Alexander, a member of the Ayrshirefamily of Dalreoch

,settled in the district of London

derry. In the Cathedral Registry of Londonderry isthe following entry : “ Fergus, the son of William

Alexander, bap . the 2 1 Aprill

Dr William Alexander possesses as an heirloom a table cover about five feetsquare , woven with an earl’s coronet in the centre

,surrounded wi th the rose ,

shamrock, and thistle . A coronet is also woven into the four corners, with the

letters E. \V . A . inserted between the spikes of a purple crown.

1 36 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER .

the lands of Gransagh in the said libertie s . To his

nephew,S amue l Alexande r, to his broth er, S amue l ,

and other relative s , h e bequeathed moneys (Will inProb ate Court).

S amue l Alexander, e lde st son ofWilliam Alexander

of Caw,was born in 172 5, and died in 1814 ,

- aged

e ighty- nine . H e married S arah Ross , by whom he

had thre e sons , S amue l, John, and William,and two

daughters , Jane and S arah . William,th e younge st

son,died young. S amuel , the e ldest

,succe eded his

father in the e state of Caw,and died without leaving

issue .

John,second son of S amuel Alexander, succe eded

his brother in the e state of Caw . H e was bornin 1770 , and died in February 1852 . H e marrie d

Hannah Richardson Murray, de scended from Colone l

AdamMurray,distinguished on the Royalist side at

the S iege of Londonderry,by whom he had thre e

sons, S amuel, John, and Adam Murray, and two

daughters , Hannah and S arah Jane .

John,younge st son of John Alexander, be came a

doctor of medicine , married, and left a daughter.

Adam Murray, second son, was born in 180 9 . H e

became a barrister- at- law,and for many years Offici

ated as judge in the S upreme Court of British Guiana .

He died unmarried in 1874 .

T he Rev. S amue l Alexander, the e ldest son, was

born in 1808 . H e is rector Of Termon,dioce se of

Armagh,and county of Tyrone . H e married Charlotte


F rance s'

B ere sford , by whom he has had thre e sons,John Adam

,Charle s Murray

,and H enry also thre e

daughters . John Adam Alexander,the e lde st son,

resides on the e state of Caw,and is a magistrate in

the county of Derry. Charles Murray, the se cond

son,i s a captain in the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, and

posse sses the e state of Enagh,under the will of his

uncle , Adam Murray Alexander.

CHAPTER XXXII .

FAM ILY OF A LEXANDER OF DUBLIN .

I N the re ign of Charle s I .,Robert Alexander, son of

John Alexander the e lder, of Candren, Paisley , se ttled

in Dublin . In the S ubsidy Roll of that city, dated

1 st February 16 37 - 8 , are named in S t Nicholas parishwithout the walls, Robert Grococke and Rob ert

’

A lex

ander ; they are togeth er asse ssed “ in b onI s the

sum of £3,6 s . 8d. Two nephews of Robert Alex

ander,John and Jame s

,sons of his e lder brother

J of Candren, Paisley, proce eded from S cotland

to Dublin, and there se ttled .

John Alexander engaged in busine ss as a lime agent

(Book of Judgments, Public Re cord Office , Dublin).He died in 1 6 71 inte state , and on the 2 0th D e cemberof that year

,le tters of administration were granted to

his widow,Catherine Alexander

,and William Hartley

,

his son- in - law, and Avia, his daughter, for the use of

T he relationship subsisting between th e families of Alexander of Candren,

Paisley, and James Alexander of Dublin, is confirmed by Wodrow,who

,in

describing th e sufferings of John Spreul , Pa isley (whose mother,Janet Alexander

,

was daughter of John Alexander of Candren, Paisley), remarks He was in

Ireland with his uncle , Mr James Alexander, in May 1 679 , and came over to

S cotland after the scuffl e at Drumclog in June (Wodrow’

s History of the

S cottish Church , ed. 1 82 9 , vol. iii . p . 252)

140 MEMORIALS OF T HE HOU SE OF ALEXANDER.

rents due to him by Ge orge P ryott of Edmontoune ,

in the city of Dublin, and to compound with th e

commissioners authorised for satisfying forty - nine

offic ers of th e thousand per lot for his part of th e

same ”

(Assignment Re cords, vol . vii . , p .

In 1 680 and 1 681,Jame s Alexander appeared as

attorney for Francis, Earl of Longford, AmbroseA ungier, John Gordon, James Hartley of Dublin,ironmonger

,and Michae l Gaynor of Black Castle ,

in a suit raised against them by Humphrey Perrott(Book of Judgments).

Jame s Alexander he ld for ten years subsequent to1 672 , the Offi ce of deputy - clerk of the Pe lls, in the

Exchequer Court (Revenue Accounts).

Among th e Irish Chancery Rolls for 1 674, are four

de eds,by which H enry, Earl of Clanb rassill,

at and

Alice his wife , conveyed lands in the county of Down

to Jame s Ross, John Blackwood , Jame s Mure , andDavid Kennedy—Jame s Al exander acting as attorney

for the purchasers (Public Re cord Office , Dublin).A zealous promoter of the Pre sbyterian Church

,

Jame s Alexander re ce ived on the 7th November1 6 9 8

,a mandate authorising him to draw the quarter’s

payment of £1 200 , granted to the Church a s an

annual boon by William III . (Assignment Re cords).

Jame s Alexander married a s his first wife,a

James Hamilton, second Viscount Claneb oye, was promoted as Earl of Clanb rassill, in the county ofArmagh , on th e 7th June 1 6 47 . He married Lady AnneCarey, eldest daughter of Henry, Earl of Monmouth, who married secondly S irRobert Maxwell, Bart . Lord Clanb rassill died 20th June 1 659 .


daughter of Pe ter Blanchville of Blanchvilletown ,

in the county of Kilkenny. S ometime prior to 1 676 ,P e ter Blanchville was succe eded in his e state s by hisson Edmund, for on the 1 1th June of that year,Jame s Alexander rece ived from the said Edmund, on

a paym ent of £500,a bond on the castle s , towns , and

lands of B lanchville town,Blanchville skill, Blanch

ville spark , Smithstown,Benne tt’s Bridge , Carlin,

S everstown,Madogstown,

and Church Claragh ,in

the barony of Gowran,and county of Kilkenny .

”T he

loan had not be en rede emed when Edmund Blanch

ville was , On the 13th February 1 688,forfe ited for

high treason. After certain proce edings, Jame s Alex

ander,on the l 0th August 1700 , pre sented to the

Truste e s of the Court of Claims , a statement of

claims against the forfe ited lands . Among the se is

a claim for £200 , for which , on account Of Edmund

Blanchville , he had become bound to Charle s Agar,on the 24th S eptember 1 6 75. Certain of the bonds

,

he repre sents, had be en “ lost or mislaid in the late

trouble some time s, when the claimant carried awaypapers into England, about the month of January1 688

,in a confused manner, and were he ld by the

Court to b e comprehended within the benefit of thecapitulation or article s of Limerick (D ecre e s of

Court of Claims).

Jame s Alexander died on the 3d March 170 1 .

T he following document, purporting to b e his will

with a codicil attached, was on the 2 3d August 170 1 ,


proved in the Prerogative Court of Dublin, byRichardFenner, his son- in- law

,

“without prejudice to Edmund

Alexander,”the te stator

’

s son and a co - exe cutor

I,James A lexander, of the cittie of Dublin

,being this 25th

day of December in the year of our Lord 1 6 9 9,in perfect health

and sound memory, praised b e God for the same,but consider

mg the uncertainty of this life , many younger than I be ingtaken away by sudden death or short sickness, do now de liberate ly make and write with my own hand , this as my last Wi llTe stament

,hereby revoaking and make ing void all former

will or pretensions e ither b y word or writing,and this to b e

taken as my last Will Te stament. In the first place , Icomitt my soul to A lmighty God, hOping through the merits of

my blessed Lord, Je sus Christ, to obtain mercy and pardon of

all my sins, &c .,and my body to b e de cently buried as the

F re inds who sha ll b e near me at the time of my death shal lthink fitt. And if it shal l happen that I dy in or near the citie of

Dublin,I de sire to b e b uryed in ye same grave in S t Clevan’s

churchyard, where my last wife was buried, it being de ep and

having most room, close to the left side of my first Wife’s grave,

and this to b e done without any charge , b ut what is absolute lynecessary. And for settling what little concerns I have in theworld

,I desire my debts may b e satisfied

,as easily as my under

named Executors can deall with my creditors,who are very few,

all that I can think of be ing only a bond to David Kennedyof Ballycultra , in the county of Down

,which I think is under

one hundred or eighty pounds,which debt I de sign paying him

This bond is referred to in th e will of David Kennedy Of Ballycultra, dated2 2d April 1 6 9 7, and proved in the Prerogative Court at Dublin . In the scheduleof assets h e has the following “ James Alexander of th e city of Dublin

,gent ,

by bond and judgment, dated March 3 , 1 6 9 3 - 4, payable th e first 1 6 9 4.

Judgment entered in the Common Pleas (Records in Dublin Probate Court).David Kennedy belonged to th e parish of Dundonald

,county Down . He served

as captain under the Earl of Mount Alexander, in 1 6 49 , when the earl commended in Ulster. By Act of S ettlement h e obtained £1482 , l s . 4d . as arrears

of pay (MS . preserved among th e F amily Papers at Donaghadee,and Irish Re cord

Commission Reports, vol . i ii . , p .


one hundred sterling, with the interest thereof, that I left withthe said Richard F enner when I went out of this kingdom, b e

ginning of the late warr, and which he lent out and took bondto Audley Mervin

,Esq fi

"and I do hereby appoint the said

Richard F enner, and my son Edmond A lexander, to b e exe

cutors of this my last Will, praying enjoyning that they takespeciall care that my thre e younger children by my second wife ,b e we ll secured their portions till they come to age to make use

thereof themse lves . And it is a lso my earne st desire and

request, that care may b e taken for the ir education learning,and that they may b e put to such Trades or Callings as may b e

thought most suitable for them,that in every respect they

may b e soe treated regard had to them as if they had been all

borne of one Mother. One thing furder I de sire,that i f any of

the children ofWalter Morison,late of Convent Garden,

London,

Taylor,b e alive

,that there may b e Twenty pounds paid them,

I having been formerly concerned for the said Walter Morrison,

that I am conscious that I ought to give them so much . ThisI s my Wi ll, which I have now de liberate ly written with my own

hand,and do S ign subscribe the same

,the day year afore

said. JA. ALEXANDER.

S igned sea led in the pre sence of

John Matthews,Eli zabeth Jones, D eborah Gill .

T he above be ing my last Will , I have nothing to add at

present, but the debt due by Blanchvil l seeming now to b e

good from the Trustees,I order Mr F enner in the first place to

b e satisfied all due to him ; and the re st to my son Edmond ;b ut if it prove otherwise then I have good reason to believe

,it

wil l do we l l yet, in that case I de sire that Mr F enner and myson Edmond may come in for a share of the redyest money

,a lso

hoping other debts may prove good, mmof which I leave and

bequeath to my grandchildren by Mr F enner, thre e hundredpounds to b e divided amongst them, and if any of them dye , the

share of such to go amongst those that survive as the ir F ather

Probably a son of S ir Audley Mervyn, the celebrated soldier and Speaker of

the Irish House of Commons.


secs fitt,but if we e find good success in our affaire

,then I intend

to augment them. In witne ss whereof I have subscribed thesepresents

,this first day of March 1 701 .

JA . ALEXANDER.

”

John M ‘Cle lan,husband of Hannah Alexander,

daughter of Jame s Alexander by his se cond wife,

disputed the validity of the will, which became thesubj e ct of a protracte d suit . On the 2 0th S eptember1707 , it is se t forth in the Grant Book of the P re

rogative Court that Marmaduke Coghill,commissary

of that Court,had adjudged the will ineffe ctual, on

the ground that Richard Fenner and Edmond Alex

ander had suppre ssed the truth in connection with it .

A de cre e was consequently granted, that the affairs

of the deceased should b e administered by HannahM ‘

Cle lan,a lias Alexander, and Edmond, Richard,

and John Alexander,lawful children of the deceased .

T he children of Jame s Al exander, by his first wife ,the daughter of Peter Blanchville , were Susannah ,

S arah, and Edmond and by his second wife , RichardJame s, John, and Hannah .

S usannah , e lder daughter of Jame s Alexander byhis first wife , married, l 0th January 16 9 2

, Jame s

Agar of Gowran Castle , in the county of Kilkenny,whose mother, Ellis Blanchville , was her mother

’

s

sister .

‘

l‘

S he had a son, Jame s, and two other sons,

Dublin Probate Court .

Charles Agar, of an old family in the county of York , settled at GowranCastle , in the county of Kilk enny . He died 14th F ebruary 1 6 9 6 . By his mar

riage with Ellis, daughter of Pe ter Blanchville of Blanchvilletown, county Kilkenny, he had a son

,James

,who succeeded him in h is estate . On the death of

at" K

146 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUSE OF ALEXANDER .

who all died in infancy. She died prior to the 25th

D ecember 1 6 9 9 , the date of her father’

s will.

S arah ,daughter of Jame s Alexander by his first

wife,e spoused Richard Fenner of the city of Dublin,

whom she prede ceased . S he had four sons, Jame s,Alexander, Edmond, and William ; and thre e daugh

ters, Elizabeth, who married Parry, S usannah ,

and Mary.

*

Edmond,only son of Jame s Alexander by his first

Wife,died unmarried in 17 16 . H is will, proved in

the Prerogative Court of Dublin by his nephew,James

Fenner, on the 2 9 th March 17 16 , proce eds thus :

In the name of God, Amen,the 1 3th May 1706 .

—I,Edmond

A lexander of the city of Dublin, being of sound and perfectmemory (praise b e to God for the same), and knowing ye uncertainty of thi s life , and be ing desirous to settle things in order

,

do make this my last Will Testament,that is to say,

—F irst,

and principally, I commend my soul to Almighty God,my

Creator, assuredly be lieving yt I shall rece ive full pardon and

free remission of all my S ins,and b e saved by the precious

death and meritts of my blessed S aviour and Rede emer,Christ

Je sus. And my body to b e buried in S t Cavanis Churchyard,near my mother sister (if I dye in Dublin); if I dye in thecounty of Kilkenny, I desire to b e buryed in the tomb at S t

Kenny’s Church (b e longing to my mother’s family), in such

decent manner as to my Executors hereafter named,shall se em

me et and conveni ent. And as touching such worldly e state as

S usannah Alexander,his first wife, h e married, secondly, Mary, eldest daughter

of S ir Henry Wemyss of Danesfort, county Kilkenny (who di ed in 1771 , agedand had by h er sons and daughters. James Agar

, eldest son of Henry,h is

eldest son,was created Baron Clifden, 27th July 1776 the eldest son of his second

son, James, was, on the 6 th June 179 0, created Lord Callan : and Charles, thirdson of h is eldest son, was appointed Archbishop of Dublin

,and in 1806 was

created Earl of N ormanton.

S ee will of Edmond Alexander, infra .


Richard Jame s Alexander, elder son of Jame s

Alexander of Dublin by his se cond marriage , a c

quired the small e state of Mawdlins, near Trim,in

the county Of Meath . H e married Margaret Hughe s,and had issue , two daughters, Hannah and Mary .

H e died in 1725. H is will, dated 1 3th July 1 725,

was proved by his brother, John, on the 2d February172 6 it contains the following

That the settlement made upon intermarryage in favour of

my dear chi ld and daughter, Hanna Al exander, shall continue ,

as at pre sent, in the hands of Wi lli am Lingan,Esq ,

in the

Castle of Dublin,save y

t in case Of her death her hundred and

fifty pounds shal l descend to the survivor of my two daughters ;b ut in case of both their deaths

,the same to remain still at

interest for the use of my be loved wife , Margaret Al exander,a lia s Hughe s ; b ut in case of the death of all thre e

,to remain

for the use of my dear brother and sister, Mr John Al exanderand Hanna Maclelan,

a lias A lexander. As for the lease of my

house on Lesyrshill , Dublin, I leave it for the use of my dearwife

,Margaret

,and daughter, Mary A lexander. Item

,my

proportion of ye fund lying in the hand of Mr Young, near S tCatherine’s Church in Dublin

,the interest of which comes to

thre e pounds per annum,I leave to b e disposed of in the be st

manner for the use of said Margaret, my wife,and Mary

,my

daughter. Item,the hundred pounds lying in the hands of Mr

James Eagar "Agar] of Gowran,in the county of Ki lkenny

,to

continue at intere st for use of said Margaret, my wife , and

Mary,my daughter. Item,

all my goods and chattels,etc .

,here

at ye Maudl ins,near Trim,

with What money lyes in my brotherJohn A lexander’s hands, to b e a lso equally for the use of mysaid wife Margaret, and Mary, my daughter ; but in case of the

death of my daughter Mary, I order her moyety of all abovementioned to b e divided between my wife Margaret

,and daugh

ter Hanna,and in case of the death of both the latter

,for my


brother and sister as before . I order my S ister,S ara Hughes,

upon account of attending me some time as an honest servant,

five pounds sterling to put her to some honest employment,out

of the product of my goods. I order my lawfull debts shouldb e paid out of the bulk of my worldl y substance as soon as

possible ; funeral charges,book debts due to Mr Anthony

,

Trim,to b e paid by my brother John. Item

,I leave the charge

of both my children to my dear wife , Margaret Al exander,as

long as she behaves herse lf towards them as a good mother,

but in case of her se cond marryage , I leave the charge of mydaughter Hanna to her uncle and my brotherin- law

,Mr James

Bath of N ettstowne . Lastly,I constitute my brother, John

A lexander,and brotherin- law

,said Jame s Bath , executors of

this my last will and testament, to see justice done in everyparticular. RICHARD JAMES ALEXANDER.

”

A codicil is added, in which the te stator desires that

the money lying in his brother John’s hands b e

forthwith paid to discharge debt (Dublin ProbateCourt).

Hannah Al exander, only daughter of Jame s Al ex

ander by his second marriage,married John M ‘Clelan,

of the c ity of Dublin .

John,younge st son of Jame s Alexander of Dublin,

became a student of Glasgow College , se ssion 1700 - 1 .

In the Matriculation Register of that University he

has,on the 3d March 170 1 , recorded his name thus

Johanne s Al exander, S cot. H ib .

”T he affix S coto

Hibernicus indicates that, though a native of Ire land,the signer was of S cottish descent .

By his father’s will, John Al exander was, as a

minor,placed, with his brother, Richard James,

under the care of the ir half- brother, Edmond, and


brotherin - law,Richard Fenner. When the will was

se t aside,John M ‘

Clelan,husband of Hannah Alex

ander,Obtained, on the 9 th April 170 6 , legal guar

dianship of his brothers, Edmond and John, whowere still minors (Grant Book of Prerogative Court).

T he de cision re specting his father’s will was ke enly

re sented by Edmond Al exander, who proce eded forthwith to frame his own last will

,

* in which he evinced

much bitter fe eling towards his broth ers and sister

by his father’s second marriage . Re specting his

half-brother, John, he affirmed that he had intendedto be stow on him the be st share of his substance , b ut

as he had deprived him of be ing his guardian, he lefthim five shillings to buy him more understanding.

”

From the University of Glasgow,John

'

A lexander

removed to Bristol, to assist in the the ological

academy kept by the Rev. Isaac Noble ,t minister ofthe P

’

re sb yterIan congregation at Castle Gre en in

that city. Having become a. licentiate of the Pres

byterian Church , he was, in 1712 , settled at Glouce s

ter on the invitation of a portion of the Presbyteriansin that city, who withdrew from the Old me eting on

His will is dated 13th May 1706 (se e sup ra).

Rev . Isaac Noble was ordained minister of the Castle Green PresbyterianChurch, Bristol, on th e 28th May 1 689 . He was a popular preacher

, and had

upwards of five hundred hearers. Besides discharging the duties of the pastorate,

he conducted a theological seminary, which was much resorted to by personspreparing for th e ministry of the Presbyterian Church. Mr Noble published a

sermon which he preached at Gloucester on the death of the Rev. James F orbes,

3d June 1712 . He is frequently mentioned in the “ Life of the Rev. JohnReynolds

,an eminent Presbyterian divine . He died on the 27th S eptember

1726 (Calamy’

s Life,vol . i . , p . 365 ; and Wilson’s Presbyterian Congregations

in England,in Dr Williams’ library, London).


ander is de scribed by Dr K ippis as“ distinguished

for his skill in Oriental literature (B iographia

Britannica,Lond . 1780 , vol . ii . , p .

Mr John Alexander married,on the 8th August

1732 , Hannah H iggs of Old Swinford, the marriage

be ing ce lebrated by licence in the parish church of

Hartlebury,Worc e stershire (Parish Church Register

of Hartlebury). Of the marriage were born six chil

dren, two of whom died in infancy (Re cords of Plunket

S tre et Church). Mr Alexander having died inte state ,the Prerogative Court

,on the 2 7th February 1743 -4

,

authorised Benjamin Higgs of Dublin, h is brotherin- law

,to settle his affairs, and act a s guardian to

his children,Mary

,John

,Benjamin, and -Hannah

Alexander,minors (Grant Book Register of Prero

gative Court of Dublin).

Mrs Hannah Alexander, wife of Mr John Al ex

ander,died at Birmingham on the 5th October 1768 ,

aged sixty - thre e (Inscription on Tombstone at B irmingham).

John Al exander,the e lder son, was born at Dublin,

on the 2 6 th January 1736 . In his Biographia Bri

tannica,”Dr Kippis de scribe s his care er in the fol

lowing narrative Mrs Hannah Alexander removed

with her family from Dublin,and se ttle d at Birming

ham . S he sent her son John to an academy at

Daventry, in the county of Northampton,where he

prosecuted his studie s under the Rev. Dr Caleb A sh

worth , afI eminent Nonconformist minister. He was


next taken to London,and there placed under the

tuition of the distinguished Dr George Benson, under

whose care he remained for several years . With his

learning and personal behaviour, Dr Benson was so

much satisfied that he gave him free board and lodging. Leaving the metropolis

,he remained some time

with his mother at Birmingham . In that town and

ne ighbourhood he preached occasionally, and afterwards discharged the clerical dutie s at Longdon, aplace situated about twe lve mile s from Birmingham .

On S aturday, 2 8th De cember 17 65, he re tired to re st

in perfect health betwe en e leven and twe lve o’clock,intending to officiate at Longdon the next day

,b ut

a t six in the morning he wa s found dead in his b ed

an event which was sincere ly deplored by his friends,a s both a private and a public loss . He was in hi s

thirtieth year.

” After his death, the Rev . John

Palmer of London published A Paraphrase upon the

Fifte enth Chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinth

ians,with critical note s and observations, and a pre

liminary dissertation . A Commentary, with critical

remarks upon the sixth, seventh, and part of the e ighth

chapters of the Romans, to which is added a S ermon on

Ecclesiaste s, ix. 10 , composed by the Author the day

Th e tombstone of the Rev . John Alexander at Birmingham is thus inscribedS acred to th e memory of the Rev . Mr John Alexander, who was eminently

distingui shed as a Chri stian scholar and divine, though cut off in h is thirtiethyear. He was born January 2 6 , 1736 ; died December 2 9 . 1765. Learn, reader,that honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time , nor that ismeasured by number of years ; b ut wisdom is the grey hair, and an unspottedlife is old age .

”


pre ceding his death . By John A lexander. Printed

at London, in quarto, for Buckland and others, in

In his posthumous work, Mr Alexander upholds

the opinion that the soul is in a state of unconscious

ne ss betwe en death and the resurre ction . To The

Libra ry— a misce llany published in London in the

years 176 1 and 1762—he Contributed an ironical

defence of perse cution, and e ssays,entitled “ Dul

ne ss,

” “Misanthropy,

” “ T he S tudy of Man,” “ Con

troversy,” “ T he Misconduct of Parents,

” “Modern

Authorship,

” “ T he Pre sent S tate of Wit in GreatBritain

,

” “ T he Index of the Mind,

” and “ T he Fate

of Periodical P roductions .

” 9K

Benjamin Alexander,second son of the Rev . John

Alexander, was born a t Dublin in March 1737 H e

studied medicine,and practised as a physician in

London . A copy of h is the sis on Obtaini ng his

degre e , is contained in th e British Museum. D edi

cated to William Hunter,M .D .

,the c elebrated

physician,it extends to twenty pages, 4to, and bears

the following title : D issertatio Medicae Inauguralis

de Motu Musculorum,& c . , pro graduDoctoratus sum

misque in Medicina honorib us et privilegis rite ac

legitime consequendis eruditOrum examini submittit

B enjaminus Alexander Londinensis ad diem 1 Decem

bris 176 1 hora locoque solitis .

”

Dr Benjamin Alexander published at London,in

Biograph ia Britannica, vol . II . , pp . 2 06,207.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

FAMILIES OF ALEXANDER,N OT OF SCOTTISH ORIGIN ,

WHICH OBTA INED SETTLEMENTS IN IRELAND : WIL

LIAM ALEXANDER,

JUDGE OF ASS IZE ; GEORGE

ALEXANDER,SECRETARY T O THE LORD JUSTICES ;

ROBERT ALEXANDER OF LONDON ; FRANCIS ALEX

ANDER OF DUBLIN ; S IR JEROME ALEXANDER OF

DUBLIN ; JACOB ALEXANDER OF NEWTON LIMAVADY.

AND ROE PARK—FAMILIES AT MAGERBACH AN D

GORT IN ES SON .

I N the Calendar of the CarewMS S . appears the follow

ing transcript from an ancient register : 6 Edward II.

Monday,in the morrow of the Annunciation, pleas of

the Crown at Casse ll,before Walter de T horneb ury,

Chance llor of Ire land,and William Alexander

,ap

pointed in place of Edmond lo Bottiller,engaged in

remote parts ” (Calendar of the Carew MS S . ,p .

A t the date here in indicated, be ing the 2 6 th of

March 1 313 , William Alexander obtained the place

of judge in the Assize Court at Cashe l in place of

Edmond le Botiller, who held office a s Lord Justice

of Ireland. From the same register we have

the following “ 7 Edward II. Monday,before S t


Laurence the Martyr,pleas of the Crown and gaol

de livery at Corche,before Walter de T horneb ury,

Chance llor of Ire land,and William Alexander.

”

S ir H enry Wallop, who, in 1582

, was appointed

one of the Lord Justice s of Ire land, had, a s his secretary, George Alexander, a native of England, whose

hone st and faithful service s he commended in a letter

to S ecre tary Walsingham on the 2d January 1585

(Irish S tate Papers). On the 3d June 1584 , Ge orge

Alexander Obtained a royal grant of the pre ceptory

of the Arde s , with the manor of Johnston and the

tithe s of the re ctory and parish church of Rath

mollen, in the province of Ulster, which, on the 7th

July following, he conveyed to Matthew Smyth of

Newry,in the same province (Original in Usher

’

s

Box,Public Re cord Office

,Dublin).

T he will of Ge orge Alexander,dated 2 7th October

1585, is pre served among the re cords of the Con

sistorial Court of Dublin . In this document,which

is of great length ,the te stator intimates his con

ne ction with Bedfordshire . He bequeaths a portionof his substance to his father, Nicholas Alexander,and makes provision for his sisters

,

“ Urse ley and

Marie .

’7

He also bequeaths article s of appare l a s

remembrances to a number of persons with Jewishname s .

In the se ttlement or colonisation of Ulster,which

began in 16 09 , the corporation of the c ity of Londontook a principal part . They obtained an allotment


of the whole county of Coleraine , since called Londonderry

,on the condition that they would fortify the

towns of Londonderry and Coleraine , and expend

in the plantation (Re id’

s Pre sbyt erian

Church,i .

On the 7th February 1 6 34 , Robert Alexander,silk mercer in London

,exe cuted his will. He name s

two sons, Robert and Richard , and two unmarrieddaughters , Margare t and Gertrude . To Robert

,his

e lder son,he bequeathed his lands in Ireland, be ing

that portion of territory which be longed to him as a

member of the Company of Skinners (Will in ProbateCourt of Canterbury).

In his will,exe cuted on the 2 2d July 1 627, Lord

Caulfe ild, Baron Charlemont, bequeathed to Francis,son of his late nie ce , Dorothy, wife of Doctor Alex

ander,£2 00 English , to b e paid him at the age of

twenty- four,and in the meantime £20 a - year towards

his maintenance (Lodge’

s Pe erage,iii . 1 27

Baron Charlemont was so create d in 1 6 2 0 . A s S ir

Toby Caulfe ild, he was, on account of his military

servic es,appointed by Jame s I . governor of the fort

of Charlemont, and of the countie s of Tyrone and

Armagh . H e was subsequently appointed one of the

commissioners for distributing the escheate d lands in

Ulster among British undertakers . On his death in

August 1 627 he was, in terms of the patent,suc

ce eded in his e states and title by his nephew, S ir

William Caulfe ild;knight, son of his younger brother,


Crosby of Dublin,gent.

,the sum of F orty Pounds sterling.

Item,I will and bequeath unto Robert Dunn

, shoemaker,the

sum of Twenty Pounds sterl . Item, I wi ll and beque ath untoRichard Kearney

,sonne unto Edward Kearney

,the sum of F ive

Pounds sterling, to b e put forth to encrease for his advancement

in learning. Item,I will and bequeath unto A lice Conner that

attendeth me at this tyme , Twenty Shi llings. Item,I wi l l

and bequeath unto William Lalor,all my apparrell and some

books,both printed and written.

’

Item, I will and bequeath untoE llen Kearney

,wyfe unto Edward Kearney

,the sum of fforty

shillings sterl . , for to make her a ringe Off and for the remainderof my state and goods

,I give and bequeath ful ly unto my said

executor,to his own use

,in recompense Of his care of me e

,and

in performing this my last Will and Testament.

”

Franc is Alexander died unmarried, b ut it is ex

treme ly probable that an English family of the namewhich we find e stablished in the vicinity of Londonderry in the latter part of the sevente enth century

,

were de scended from the same stock which had pro

duced Doctor Al exander ” and Robert Alexander,mercer in London .

Notably conne cted with Ire land in the sevente enth

c entury wa s S ir Jerome Alexander, S econd Justice

of the Court of Common Pleas, and founder of the

Alexander Library in Trinity College,Dublin . D e

scended from a Jewish family in the county Of Norfolk

,he was a barrister- at - law

, and a pleader in the

Court of S tar Chamber. In that court he was

accused of defacing qerta in depositions in a case

where in he was plaintiff, and one John Yate s defender,and whereby the court was misled so as to give judg


ment against Yates . Consequent on this Offence,he

was, on the 17th November 1 62 6

,amerced by the

council of the S tar Chamber in a penalty of £500,

deprived of his status as a barrister,and sentenced

to imprisonment in the Fle et prison . To avoid theconsequence s of this sentence he escaped to Ireland ,where , by Edward, second Viscount Conway

,he was

employed in connection with his lordship’s e state sin the counties of Down and Armagh

,and in other

duties connected with Ulster. He afterwards practised in the law courts of Dublin

, b ut the sentence of

the Court of S tar Chamber materially impeded his

advancement . In January 1633 he unsuccessfully

attempted to procure a pardon from Charle s I . ,

through a subordinate in the ofli ce of S ir John

Cooke , S e cretary of S tate . About the close of the

same year he obtained,through the influence of Lord

Arundel, Earl Marshal, the royal licence to repa Ir to

England . But his enemies were on the alert. On

the alleged informality of his not presenting his

licence to the Lord Deputy before leaving Dublin,he

was committed to prison. Petitioning the king,he

,

on the 7th December 1 6 33, rece ived the royal pardon—the penalty inflicted by the Court of S tar Chamberbe ing discharged by his father- in- law. T he royal

pardon was granted on the expre ss condition that its

recipient “should never practise as a councillor- at

law in England .

”

Jerome Alexander now obtained extensive employL


ment in the courts of Dublin . Countenanced by Lord

Conway, he proved of much servIce in sugge sting

legislative measure s for re storing tranquillity among

British settlers in Ulster. In a lengthened paper,bearing date 1 655

,he proposed that a commI S S IOn

should issue from the Irish Chancery, with the Sur

veyor—General a s one of its members . That commis

sion, he suggested, should determine the boundaries

of baronies forfe ited by rebe ls and de linquents since

the 25th of March 1 6 39 , and should subdivide and

allocate the same according to a scheme agre ed upon

by the Committe e of Adventurers . From the date of

his obtaining the royal pardon he began to inve st his

savings in the purchase of forfe ited lands. On the

2 6th May 1 6 34,Everage M ‘Evor and Rory M ‘Evor

conveyed to him the lands of Bally M ‘Broghie ,

and others in the district of K illwark ie and county

of Down . On the 2 8th S eptember 1 6 35, he paid

£53,6 s. 8d. on several “ alienations of land ” made

to him in the county of Down . On 9 th D ecember

1 636 , he purchased the manor and mansion -house ,and site of the late dissolved Abbey of Kilcooley,from the Earl of Ormonde . One of the most opulent

of the English settlers in Ire land,Jerome Alexander

was invited to London in 1 660 , and on the 18th

August of that year was knighted by Charle s II. at

Whitehall . On the 30th November following herece ived letters -patent appointing him to the office of

S econd Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas .


In 1702 the MS S . were revised, when it appeared that

several were missing . S ome of these were recovered

in 1741 and 1742 , when Dr Lyons made a catalogue

ofMS S . in the college . About that period the MSS .

were rebound and rearranged, so that a catalogue

printed in 1 6 9 7 is now Of little use (Catalogi MS S .

Angliae e t Hib erniae, e tc . ,Oxon . ,

1 6 9 7) T he special

direction respecting the sermon on Christmas has

not be en observed for many years it has be en merged

in the general preachership .

S ir Jerome Alexander married Elizabeth , daughter

of John Havers of London (who died on the 10th

November by whom he had three daughters,Jeromina, Rose , and Elizabeth . Jeromina , the eldest

daughter, married Humphrey Lanham,by whom she

had two sons,John and Humphrey, who died young,

and thre e daughters,Mary

,Rose , and Elizabeth .

Elizabeth married, first, Nicholas Browne , and se

condly, John Button by her first husband she had a

daughter,Elizabeth . Rose , second daughter of S ir

Jerome Alexander, was twice married . Her first

husband was Rawlin Mallech of Cockington, D evon

shire , by whom She had a son, Rankin, and a daughter,Anne . She married secondly, 2 3d March 1 656 ,

Thomas Gorges of Heavitre e, D evonshire , M .P . for

Taunton,by whom she had two sons, Alexander and

Edward,and a daughter, Elizabeth . Mrs ROse

Gorges or Alexander died 14th April 1671 .

Elizabeth , youngest daughter of S ir Jerome Alex


ander, was, in her father’s will,prohibited from

marrying any person of Irish extraction of whateverrank, under the pain of forfe iting the whole of hislanded e states, which were otherwise bequeathed to

her. She married S ir William Barker, Bart. of Bock

ing Hall, in the county of S uffolk. T he lands of Kil

cooley Abbey, with its beautiful demesne of S ixte enhundred acres

,are still occupied by the descendants

of S ir Jerome Alexander, the present owner be ing

William Ponsonby Barker, who is descended from

Mary,daughter of S ir William Barker, the third

baronet (Transactions of Royal H istorical S ociety,vol . ii .)Jacob Alexander ofNewton Limavady died in 1710 .

In his will, deposited in the Prerogative Court of

Londonderry,he mentions his wife and five children ,

of whom thre e were sons . H e also names his

brothers, S amuel and John , his sister Rachel, and

thre e others,Thomas , Debora, and Rebecca Alex

ander,connections of his family.

According to S ir William B etham,

at Jacob Al ex

ander married in 16 9 2 , Jane or Margaret, daughter

and he ire ss of John Oliver of Newton Limavady, amagistrate appointed to administer the oath of allegi

ance . Of two Of his thre e sons, James and John,the wills are recorded in the Prerogative Court at

Dublin in 1786 . In his will, dated 1 6th October

1764 ,Jame s

,the e lde st brother, style s himself “ of

Betham Pedigrees in the Ulster Offi ce, Dublin.


Newtonlimavady, merchant. He bequeaths the life

rent of his houses,lands , and tenements , in the manor

of Limavady,to his wife Elizabeth , and, at her death ,

the moiety of his lands of Killane to his son James .

If James does not choose to re side at Killane , heenjoins him to dispose Of the lands and tenements tohis brothers, Leslie and John . He se ttles an annuity

on his son Oliver , who is described as residing in

America. To his daughter Jane he bequeaths£150

, should she marry with consent of his oxe entors. He adds that

,having given his daughters,

Mary Ogilby, Elizabeth Orr, and Anne Law, at the

time of the ir marriages, more than he could afford,he leaves each of them five shillings only. H e consti

tutes his sons, Leslie , John , and Jame s, his re siduary

legate es .

T he will of John Alexander, a younger son of

Jacob Alexander of Newton Limavady, is dated 2 1st

April 1772 . T he testator, who describes himself as“ John Alexander of Newtonlimavady,

”liferents his

wife Elizabeth,daughter of William Ross of Newton

Limavady, and his wife , Mary Le slie of Le slie Hill,county Antrim

,

’

in his moiety of the land of Killane .

H e bequeaths to his nie ce , Mary Ogilby; £50 to his

nie ce , Elizabeth Orr, £50 to his niece , Anne Law,

£50 ; and to his nie ce , Jane Alexander, £150 . H e

bequeaths to his thre e nephews,Leslie , John, and

James Alexander, the residue of his e state , real and

personal, providing that if his nephew James, who


of Roe House . Thomas,the fifth son

,settled as a

merchant in London, and acquired the e state of

F rOWIck in Essex, and Ahilly in the county of Done

gal . He married Jane , eldest daughter of William

Haigh of Westfie ld, Doncaster, and died in 1867,

leaving four sons, Le slie William,born 1841 , now of

Ab illy, James, Thomas, and Edward Merydeth Edg

worth,and thre e daughters

,Anna Louisa, Rosetta,

and Elizabeth Frances.

Alexander Alexander of Foyle Park , fourth son

of Leslie Alexander, died on the l st S eptember

1832,aged forty- one . His will was proved at Lon

donderry by his brothers, John Alexander of Newton

Limavady, and Lesley Al exander of the Old

Jewry, London . To his brother Le slie he b e

queathed the lands in the Manor of Goldsmiths,late ly purchased by him from the Ponsonby family.

He bequeathed his estate and lands in the Half

Barony of Coleraine to his nephew,Leslie Alex

ander,son of his brother John . To his brother

John he bequeathed the e state " in Newton Lima

vady,which he purchased from John Alexander of

Belfast ; also his lands of Ballymore and Largy, in

the county of D erry, subj ect to an annuity of £150

to his brother James . His property in NewtonLimavady, which he purchased from Mr Ogilby of

London,he bequeathed to his brother Thomas.

Alexander Alexander purchased the estate of Ballyclose, Newton Limavady,from John Alexander of Belfast in July 1827.


Le slie Alexander, third son of Leslie Alexander

of Newton Limavady, resided at London and FoylePark, in the county of Derry, of which county he

was a deputy - lieutenant . He married, on the 22d

S eptember 1835, Ame lia Maria, daughter of Lieutenant-Colone l Bates of the 2 1st Light Dragoons, b ut

died without issue .

James Alexander, second son of Le slie Alex

ander of Newton Limavady, acquired the e state of

De er Park, in the county of D erry.

John,elde st son of Leslie Alexander, married Mar

garet,daughter of S amuel Maxwe ll, of Armagh , and

had issue four sons,Leslie , Al exander, S amuel Max

well,and John, and two daughters, Anna and Jane .

Anna,elder daughter of John Alexander of New

ton Limavady, married A. J. S tanton, M .P . for

S troud Jane , the younger daughter, married Ed

ward Frederick Christian Ritter, of London ; Leslie ,e lde st son,

served as a lieutenant in the 1 l th Hussars ;and died unmarried ; Alexander, the second son

,died.

unmarried John, the fourth son, owned the lands of

Ballyclose ; he died unmarried. S amuel Maxwe ll

Al exander, the third son,is proprietor of Roe Park ,

and repre sentative of his House . He is a magistrate

for county Donegal, and a deputy- lieutenant of the

county of Derry.

A person named Alexander, from the county of

Kent, of Jewish origin, settled on lands near S tra

bane ,in the county of Tyrone

,during the Com


monwealth . One of his descendants, Joseph Alex

ander,rented the farm ofMagheragh, in the parish of

Donagheady, county Tyrone , and there died in N ov

ember 1781 . He had two sons, Robert and James,and two daughters, Elizabeth and Martha . In his

will, dated 2 1st November 1781 , he bequeaths thelease of his farm to his son Robert. To his son

James he bequeaths £100,to his daughter Eliza

beth, £100 , and to his daughter Martha,and her

husband, Arthur Kelly, £2 0 . To his S ister Martha

he bequeaths two guineas, and to his brother Thomas

his body clothe s. A descendant of Joseph Alexander

by his son Robert now occupies the farm of Mag

heragh .

James, se cond son of Joseph Alexander, tenant

at Magheragh, rented the farm of Gortine sson, near

S trabane . H e had two sons, Robert and John ; also

a daughter,Elizabeth

,who married John Alexander

,

of the S cottish family of Alexander . H er son re ce ived

an appointment in the Indian Army on the re com

mendation of the first Earl of Caledon, who acknow

ledged him as a relative .

Robert Alexander, e lder son of James Alexander,

succe eded his father in the lease of Gortine sson ; the

farm is now rented by his son Robert.

John, younger son of James Alexander, farmer at

Gortine sson,had a son, John, who married Elizabeth,

daughter of Jame s Alexander, of the S cottish family

settled at Ballyb iglemore , county Donegal . Of this

CHAPTER XXXIV

FAMILY OF ZIN ZAN OR ALEXANDER.

ACCORD ING to the learned author of the History of

Reading,

” Berkshire , the family of Z inzano, supposed

to b e of Italian origin, se ttled in England during the

re ign of Que en Mary (Coates’

History Of Reading,

p . T he first reference to any member of the

House in England occurs in 1555. S ir John Norres,

knight, of Yattenden, Berkshire , died 2 1st October

1564 . In the inquisition on his Obit, made at Abing

don on the 2 5th January 1564-5,it was found that

,

by de eds executed on the 25th April and 2 0th

August 1555, he had settled certain lands at A shamp

sted and Hampsted-N orre s, Berks, on his illegitimate

daughter, Anne Norre s, a lias Graunt, and her issue .

A t the date of inquest, Anne was wife of Alexander

Z inzan,gentleman, re siding at A shampsted .

Robert, son of Alexander Z inzan and Anne Norres,preferred as a surname his father’s Christian name .

In May 1585, a warrant was directed by Que en Eliza

beth to the Officers of Exchequer, authorising a grant

of £50 to Robert Alexander, styled one of the

Quirries "equerries] of the stable , to defray his charge s

in conveying certain horse s from the Que en to the


King of S cotts, also for the charges of such as should

accompany him ”

(Docquet Book of Exchequer).

In April 159 4 , a royal licence was granted to

RobertAlexander andRichardMompessons, equerries

of her Maj e sty’s stable,

“that they

,the ir exe cutors,

administrators, and assignes only, and none other,may bring into this realme Of England annis se eds

and sumack e , during the space of twentie yeare s after

the date of the same letters patent, paying to her

Maj e stie the customes and sub sedies due from the

same ”

(Docquet Book).

Among the knights dubbed by James I . in the

royal garden at Whitehall, on the 2 3d July 1 603

was S ir Robert Alexander of S t Albans (NicholsProgre sses of James I .) S ir Robert married the

daughte r of We strode,Esq. of Hansacker Hall ,

S taffordshire , by whom he had four sons—S igismund,Henry

,Alexander

,and Andrew ; also thre e daughters .

S ir Robert Alexander or Zinzan se ems to have died

in 1 6 07 for on the 24th December of that year,Henry

Z inzan, a lias Alexander, his se cond son,rece ived the

oflice of b rigandery to his Maj esty, in succe ssion to

his father,S ir Robert Z inzan or Alexander (Patent

Roll,James I . , v .

On the 8th May 1 607 , a warrant, subscribed

by th e Master of the Horse, was dire cted to the

treasurer and other officers of his Maje sty’s house

hold,authorising them to pay to Alexander Z inzan,

and two others, de scribed as ordinary ryders

174 MEMORIALS OF THE HOUS E OF ALEXANDER.

of his Maj esty’s stable , an encrease of 15 lb . by

the yeare during the ir lives, over and above the i r

former allowance of 20 lb . yearly. Also to pay unto

Andrew Z inzan the younger, now entertayned a s a

ryder of the said stable s,15 lb . by the yeare for his

wages during his life , and to such person as shall

succe ed a s an ordynary ryder of the said stable .

John Pritchard was, on the 2 4th January 162 6 ,

appointed a rider of his Maj e sty’s great horses, in

place of Alexander Z inzan,deceased .

On the 2 8th April 1 607,“Andrew Z inzan, a lia s

Alexander, of the town of S t Alban, and county of

H ertford,”is named in an indenture be twe en himself

and H enry Cutlar of Ayr, in the county of S uffolk .

During the same re ign,Andrew Z inzan, a lias Alex

ander, re ce ived £66 , 13s . 4d. per annum for riding

the king’s great horses.

Among the burials in S t Lawrence ’s Register for1 62 5 is named that of “Mr Andrew Z inzan,

a lia s

Al exander.

” In July 1 624 , Richard Z inzan, a lias

Alexander, rece ived an annuity of £6 6 , 1 3s . 4d .,and

yearly livery, for riding the king’s great horses in

reversion after Andrew Z inzan,

a lias Alexander

(Record of the S ign Manual, vol . xvi . , No .

S ir S igismund and Henry Alexander or Z inzan,

sons of S ir Robert Alexander, were associated as

masters of sports at the accession of James I. In

de scribing certain fetes in honour of the king’s arrival

at Grafton, the seat of her father,George

,Earl of

176 MEMORIALS OF THE'

HOUSE OF ALEXANDER.

betwe en him and Joseph Z inzan or Alexander, one

of his sons, in which he is described as “one of the

equerries of the stable , son and he ir of Robert

Z inzan,a lias Alexander, long since deceased

”

(Patent

Roll,Charle s I . , xiv. 2 3,

S ir S igismund Alexander held a command in the

Low Countries in 1 6 17 (Coates’

History of Reading).

Am ong the undated S tate Papers of the re ign of

Charles I . , there is a li st of captains re commended for

service in the Palatinate . Among the lieutenants

is named S ir S igismund Alexander he afterwards appears as a petitioner for a company under the name of

S ir S igismund Z inzan, specially recommended by the

Prince and Que en of Bohemia .

” In a document con

taining a list of colonels and lieutenant- colonels con

nected with Ireland, he is named in a roll of captains.

S ir S igismund Z inzan or Al exander married Mar

garet,daughter of S ir Philip S terley, knight, of the

county of Nottingham, by whom he had five sons a nd

thre e daughters . Margare t, one of the daughters,married

,first, S ir William Shelley, knight ; and se

condly, Robert Thomas, Esq. On the 9 th March

1 640 - 1,along with her father

,she presented to the

House of Lords a pe tition, praying for re lief against a

sentence of the Judges De legates, made upon an appeal

from the Eccle siastical Court, touching the validity of

her marriage with S ir William S he lley (Manuscripts

in the House of Lords, quoted in Appendix to

Fourth Report Of Royal Historical Commissioners).


Henry, son of S igismund Z inzan or Alexander,

married Jacoba,eldest of the three daughters, and

co -he ire ss of S ir Pe ter V anlore , Bart. of Tilehurst,Berkshire . Mary, S ir Peter

’

s youngest daughter,had,

as her first husband, H enry Alexander, third son of

the first Earl of S tirling, who afterwards succeeded

to the earldom . Among the Close Rolls is an inden

ture , executed on the 1 1 th January 166 1 , betwe en S ir

Robert Crooke,who married S usan, second daughter

of S ir Peter V anlore , and his two brothers- in- law,

Henry Z inzan or Al exander, and H enry,Earl of

S tirling. Henry Z inzan or Al exander died in N O

vemb er 1 676 , and Jacoba, his wife , in the following

year. Both were interred at Tilehurst, and are com

memorated by a monument in the parish church .

By his wife , Jacoba V anlore , Henry Zinzan or

Alexander had thre e sons, Henry, Nicholas, and

Peter ; also five daughters. Henry, the eldest

son, was born 2d January 1633 . . An indenture ,dated 2 8th August 1704, betwe en Peter Z inzan or .

Alexander of Reading, Berks, and Nicholas Z inzan,

a lias Al exander, Of London, describes the former as

brother and he ir of H enry Alexander, a lias Z inzan,

late of T ylehurst, in the county of Berks, deceased .

”

Nicholas Z inzan was a member of S t John’s College ,Oxford

,and took the degre e of M.A.

,1 6th March

1 6 9 4 . He was ordained deacon by Bishop Hough in

Magdalen Chapel,22d May 16 9 2 .

Pe ter Zinzan or Alexander, third son of HenryM


Z inzan, was vicar of S t Lawrence , Reading. H is

grandson, Peter Z inzan,baptized 30th S eptember

1705, was e lected a demy of Magdalen College , Cx

ford,in July 172 3

,on the Berkshire foundation, and

took the degre e of M .A. in 172 9 . H e resigned his

demyship in 1731 , b ut became probation - fellow in

1735. H e afterwards held various Offices in his

college,of which he became vice -president in 1746 .

In a letter addressed by the magistrates of Le ith

to the magistrates of Edinburgh, dated 17th Octo

b er 1 6 68 , one Charles Z inzan is named as resident at

Le ith,and as having had his house attacked by six

teen French soldiers (Analecta S cotica, vol . ii . , p .

he may have be en a son of H enry Z inzan or

Alexander. Charles Z inzan, who practised medicine

at Reading, married, first, the widow of Charles

Hopson, Esq. of Be enham,and secondly

, S arah,daughter of Matthews of Reading. He died

at Reading on the 9 th November 178 1 , and his

remains were deposited in S t Mary’s churchyard .

He is the individual referred to in Dr Bacon’s Kyte ”

in The Oxford S ausage. D escribing his manners,Mr Coates remarks : “ Had he not retired from his

profe ssion upon his first marriage , he would probably

have be en distinguished in it ; b ut wealth, as is fre

quently the case,checked the exertions of genius

(Coates’

History of Reading,and Private S ources

180 A PPENDIX .

colonies ; and so we think this undertaking most fit for thiskingdom,

both on account of the promptness and activity Of its

spirit,and the strength and endurance of its men against any

difficul ties, if any other men anywhere dare to set themselves

in opposition ; and as it demands the transportation only of

men and women, stock and grain, and not of money, and can

not repay at this time , when business is so depressed, a troublesome expenditure Of the treasure s of this realm ; for thesereasons, as well as on account of the good

,faithful

,and accept

able service of our beloved counsellor,S ir Willi am Alexander,

knight,to us rendered, and to b e rendered, who first of our sub

jects at his own expense, attempted to plant this foreign colony,

and se lected for plantation the divers lands bounded by thelimits hereafter designated .

We therefore , from our sovere ign anxiety to propagate the

Christian faith, and to secure the wealth,prosperity

, and peaceof the native subj ects of our said kingdom of S cotland

,as other

fore ign princes in such cases already have done ;with the adviceand consent of our wel l - be loved cousin and counse llor

,John

,

Earl of Mar, Lord Erskine and Garioch, etc .

,our High Trea

surer, Comptrol ler, Col lector, and Treasurer of our N ewRevenuesof this our Kingdom of S cotland

,and Of the other Lords Com

missioners of our said kingdom, have given,granted

,and con

veyed, and by the tenor of our present charter,do give , grant,

and convey, to the aforesaid S ir William Alexander,his heirs

or assigns, hereditarily, all and single the lands of the continentand islands situated and lying in America, within the head orpromontory commonly called Cape of S able , lying near the

forty- third degree Of north latitude , or thereabouts ; from thiscape

,stretching along the shores of the sea, westward to the

roadstead of S t Mary, commonly called S t Mary’s Bay, and

thence northward by a straight line cros

’

sing the entrance or

mouth of that great roadstead, which runs toward the easternpart of the land between the countries of the Suriqui and Etechemini

, commonly call ed Suriquois and Etechemines, to the rivergenerally known by the name of S t Croix

, and to the remote st

springs or source from the western side of the same , which

APPEND IX. 181

empty into the first-mentioned river ; thence by an imaginarystraight line which is conceived to extend through the land

,or

run northward to the nearest b ay, river,or stream emptying

into the great river of Canada ; and going from that,eastward,

along the low shores of the same river of Canada, to the river,harbour, port, or shore commonly known and cal led by the nameof Gathepe or Gaspie , and thence south - south - east to the islescal led Bacalaos or Cape Breton

,leaving the said isles on the

right, and the mouth of the said great river of Canada, or LargeBay, and the territory of Newfoundland, with the islands b elonging to the same lands on the left ; thence to the headlandor point of Cape Breton aforesaid

,lying near latitude 45° or

thereabouts ; and from the said point of Cape Breton toward thesouth and west to the above -mentioned Cape S able , where theboundary began ; including and containing within the saidcoasts and the ir circumference

,from sea to sea, all lands of the

continent, with the rivers, falls, bays, shores,islands, or seas,

lying near, or within six leagues on any side of the same, on

the west, north, or cast sides of the same coasts and bounds :and on the south- south - east (where Cape Breton lies), and on

the south side of the same (where Cape S able is) all seas and

islands southward within forty leagues of said seashore , therebyincluding the large island commonly called Isle de S able , or

S ablon,lying towards Carbau

,in common speech, south - south

east, about thirty leagues from the said Cape Breton,seaward,

and being in latitude 44° or thereabouts.

The above described lands shal l in all future time bear thename of N ew S cotland, in America ; and also, the aforesaid S irWilli am shall divide it into parts and portions as seemeth bestto him

,and shall give names to the same at his

’

pleasure .

With all mines, both the roya l ones of gold and silver, and

others of iron,lead, copper, tin,

brass, and other minerals, withthe power of mining and causing to dig them from the earth,and of purifying and refining the same , and converting to hi sown use, or that of others, as shall seem best to the said S irWill iam

,hi s heirs or assigns, or to whomsoever it shall have

pleased him to establish in said lands ; reserving only to us and

182 A PPEND IX.

our Successors a tenth part of the metal vul garly known as

ore of gold and silver, which shall b e hereafter dug or Obtainedfrom the land ; leaving the said S ir Will iam and his aforesaids

whatever of other metals of copper, steel, iron,tin

,lead, or other

minerals, we or our successors may b e able in any way to Obtainfrom the earth, in order that thereby they may the more easilybear the large expense of reducing the aforesaid metals, togetherwith margarite , termed pearl, and any other precious stones,

quarries, forests, thickets, mosses, marshes,lakes, waters, fisheries

in both salt and fresh water,and of both royal and other fish,

hunting,hawking, and anything that may b e sold or inh erited ;

with ful l power and privilege and jurisdiction of free royalty,chape lry

,and Chancery for ever : with the gift and right of

patronage of churches, chape ls,and b enefices ; with tenants,

tenancies, and the service of those holding the same free ly ;together with the Offices of justiciary and admiralty within all

the bounds respective ly mentioned above ; also with power of

setting up states, free towns, fre e ports, vill ages, and baronytowns ; and of establishing markets and fairs within the boundsof said lands ; of holding courts of justice and admiralty withinthe limits of such lands

,rivers, ports, and seas ; also with the

power of improving,levying

, and rece iving all tolls, customs,

anchor—dues, and other revenues of the said towns, marts, fairs,and free ports ; and of owning and using the same as free ly inall respe cts as any greater or lesser baron in our kingdom of

S cotland has enjoyed in any past, or could enjoy in any futuretime ; with all other prerogatives

,privileges

,immunities, digui

ties,perquisites

,profits

,and dues concerning and be longing to

said lands,seas

,and the boundaries thereof, which we ourselves

can give and grant, as free ly and in as ample form as we or any

of our noble ancestors granted any charters, letters patent,enfeoffments, gifts, or commissions to any subjects of whateverrank or character

,or to any society or company leading out such

colonies into any foreign parts or searching out foreign lands,and in as free and ample form as if the same were included inthis present charter ; also, we make

, constitute,and ordain the

said S ir William A lexander,his heirs and assigns, or their

184 A PPEND IX .

all sorts, introducing arts or sciences, or practising the same , inwhole or in part, as he shal l judge to b e for their advantage :also to give , grant, and bestow such offices, titles, rights, and

powers, make and appoint such captains, Officers, baili ffs,governors, clerks, and all other Officers, clerks, and ministers ofroyalty, barony, and town, for the execution of justice withinthe bounds of said lands, or on the way to these lands by sea ,

and returning from the same , as shall seem necessary to him,

according to the qualities, conditions, and deserts of the personswho may happen to dwe ll in any of the coloni es of said province , or in any part Of the same , or who may risk their goodsand fortunes for the advantage and increase of the same ; also

of removing the same persons from office , transferring or changing them as far as shall seem expedient to him and hi s aforesaids.

And,since attempts of thi s kind are not made without great

labour and expense, and demand a large outlay of money, so

that they exceed the means of any private man ; and, on this

account, the said S ir Will iam Al exander and his aforesaids mayneed suppli es of many kinds

,with many Of our subj ects and

other men for special enterprise and ventures therein who may

form contracts with him,hi s heirs, assigns

,or deputies, for

lands,fisheries, trade , or the transportation of people and the ir

flocks, goods, and effects to the said N ew S cotland : We will

that whosoever shall make such contracts with the said S irWilliam and his aforesaids, under their names and seals, bylimiting

,assigning, and fixing the day and place for the de livery

of persons, goods, and effects on ship - board,under forfeiture of a

certain sum of money,and shal l not perform the same contracts,

but shal l thwart and injure him in the proposed voyage , whi chthing will not only Oppose and harm the said S ir Willi am and

his aforesaids, but also prejudice and damage our so laudableintention ; then it shall b e

.

lawful to the said S ir Will iam and

his aforesaids, or their deputies and conservators hereinaftermentioned, in such case to seize for himself or hi s deputies,whom he may appoint for this purpose, all such sums of money,

goods and effects, forfeited by the violation of these contracts.

A PPEND IX. 185

And that this may b e more easily done,and the delay of the

law b e avoided,we have given and granted

,and by the tenor

of these pre sents do give and grant,full power to the Lords of

our Council that they may reduce to order and punish theviolators of such contracts and agreements made for the transportation of persons. And a lthough all such contracts betweenthe said S ir Willi am and hi s aforesaids

,and the aforesaid

adventurers Shall b e carried out,in the risk and the conveyance

of people with their goods and effects at the set time,and they

with all their cattle and goods arrive at the shore of that pro

vince with the intention of colonising and abiding there , andyet afterwards shall leave the province of N ew S cotland altogether

,and the confines of the same

,without the consent of the

said S ir Will iam and his aforesaids, or their deputies, or thesociety and colony aforesaid, where first they had been collectedand joined together, and shall go away to the uncivil ised nativesto live in remote and desert places, then they Shal l lose andforfe it all the lands previously granted them, also all their goodswithin the aforesaid bounds ; and it shall b e lawful for the saidS ir Willi am and his aforesaids to confiscate the same and

reclaim the same lands, and to seize and convert and apply tohi s own use and that Of his aforesaids all the same be longing tothem

,or any one of them.

And that all our be loved subjects, as we ll of our kingdomsand dominions, so also any others of foreign birth, who may sailto the said lands or any part of the same for Obtaining merchandise , may the better know and obey the power and authoritygiven by us to the aforesaid S ir Will iam Alexander, our faithfulcounsellor, and his deputies, in all such commissions, warrants,

and contracts as he Shall at any time make,grant

,and establish

for the more fit and safe arrangement of offices, to govern saidcolony, grant lands and execute justice in respect to said inhabitants, adventurers, deputies, factors or assigns

,in any part

of said lands, or in sailing to the same , We , with the advice and

consent aforesaid, do order that the said S irWilliam Alexanderand his aforesaids shall have one common seal pertaining to theOffice of justiciary and admiralty

,which

,by the said S ir William

1 86 A PPENDIX .

Alexander and his aforesaids, or their deputies, in all time to come ,

shall b e safely kept : On one side our arms shall b e engraved,with these words on the circle andmargin thereof, “S igillum RegisS cotiae

,Angliae, F ranciae, et Hibernise and on the other side our

image , or that of our successors, with these words, Pro NovaeS cotiae Locum Tenente and a true copy of it Shall b e kept inthe hands and care of the conservator of the privileges of N ew

S cotland, and this he may use in his Office as occasion shallrequire . Arid as it is very important that all our beloved sub

j ects who inhabit the said province of N ew S cotland or its

borders may live in the fear of Almighty God, and at the same

time in His true worship, and may have an earnest purpose toe stabl ish the Christian re ligion therein,

and also to cultivatepeace and quiet with the native inhabitants and savage aborigines of these lands, so that they, and any others trading there ,may safe ly, pleasantly, and quietly hold what they have got withgreat labour and peril ; we , for ourse lves and our successors, do

wil l and decree, and by our present charter give and grant to thesaid S irWil liam A lexander and his aforesaids, and their deputies,or any other of our government Oflficers and ministers whom

they shall appoint free and absolute power of .arranging and

securing peace, alli ance , friendship, mutual conferences, assistance, and intercourse with those savage aborigines and theirchiefs, and any others bearing rul e and power among them ;and of preserving and fostering such relations and treaties as

they or their aforesaids shall form with them,provided those

treaties are on the other side kept faithfully by these barbarians ;and unl ess thi s b e done , of taking up arms against them, wherebythey may b e reduced to order, as shall seem fitting to the saidS ir Wil liam A lexander, and his aforesaids and deputies ; for thehonour, obedience , and service of God, and the stabili ty, defence,and preservation of our authority among them ; with power alsoto the said S ir Will iam Al exander and his aforesaids

,by them

selves Or their deputies, substitutes, or assigns, for their defenceand protection at all times, and on all just occasions hereafter,of attacking suddenly, invading, expe lling, and by arms drivingaway as we ll by sea as by land, and by all means, all and singly,

188 A PPEND IX.

grant and give , to the said S irWilliam and hi s aforesaids according to the terms hereinafter mentioned .

And after these thre e years are ended, it shall b e lawful to usand our successors to levy and exact from all goods and mer

chandi se which shall b e exported from this our kingdom of

S cotland to the said province of N ew S cotland,or imported from

this province to our said kingdom of S cotland,in any ports of

thi s our kingdom,by the said S ir Will iam and his aforesaids,

five per cent. only,according to the Old mode of reckoning,

without any other impost,tax

, custom,or duty from them here

after,which sum of five pounds per hundred, being thus paid by

the said S ir William and his aforesaids to our Ofli cers and others

appointed for thi s business, the said S ir William and his aforesaids may carry away the said goods from this our realm of

S cotland into any other foreign ports and climes, without thepayment of any other custom

,tax

,or duty to us

,our heirs or

successors, or any’

other persons ; provided also that said goodswithin the space of thirteen months after their arrival in any

part of this our kingdom may b e again placed on board a Ship .

We a lso give and grant absolute and full power to the said S irWilli am and hi s aforesaids of taking, levying, and receiving tohis own proper use, and that of his aforesaids, from all our sub

jects who shall desire to conduct coloni es,follow trade, or sail

to the said lands of N ew S cotland, and from the same, for goodsand merchandise, five per cent ; besides the sum due to us ;

whether on account of the exportation from this our kingdomof S cotland to the said province of N ew S cotland, or of the

importation from the said province to this our kingdom of S cot

land aforesaid : and in like manner from all goods and mer

chandise which Sha ll b e exported by '

our subj e cts, leaders of

colonies, merchants and navigators from the said province of

N ew S cotland to any of our dominions,or any other places ; or

shall b e imported from our realms and elsewhere to the saidN ew S cotland, five per cent. beyond and above the sum beforeappointed to us : and from the goods and merchandi se of all

foreigners and others not under our sway, which shall b e e ither

exported from the said province of N ew S cotland, or shall b e

A PPENDIX . 1 8 9

imported into the same beyond and above the said sum assignedto us

,ten per cent. may b e levied, taken, and received for the

proper use of the said Sir Wil liam and his aforesaids, by suchservants

,Officers, or deputies, or their agents, as they shall

appoint and authorise for this business. And for the bettersecurity and profit Of the said S ir Will iam and his aforesaids

,

and of all our other subj ects desiring to settle in N ew S cotlandaforesaid , or to trade there , and Of all others in general who shal lnot refuse to submit themse lves to our authority and power, wehave decreed and will ed that the said S irWil liam may construct,or cause to b e built

,one or more forts, fortresses, castle s, strong

holds, watch - towers,block - houses, and other buildings, with

ports and naval stations,and also ships of war : and the same

shal l b e applied for defending the said places as Shal l,to the

said S ir Wil liam and his aforesaids, seem necessary to accom

plish the aforesaid undertaking : and they may establish forthe ir defence there

,garrisons Of soldiers, in addition to the things

above mentioned ; and generally may do all things for the ac

quisition,increase

,and introduction of people , and to preserve

and govern the said N ew S cotland,and the coasts and lands

thereof in all its limits,features, and re lations

,under our name

and authority, as we might do if present in person ; although

the case may require a more particul ar and strict order than isprescribed in this our present charter, and to this command wewish

,dire ct

,and most strictly enjoin all our justices, Officers,

and subjects, frequenting these places, to conform themse lves ;and to yie ld to and obey the said S ir William and his aforesaids

in all and each Of the above -mentioned matters,both principal

and re lated ; and b e equally obedi ent to them in the ir executionas they ought to b e to us whose person he represents, under thepains of disobedience and rebelli on. Moreover

,we declare by

the tenor Of our present charter to all Christian kings, princes,and states

,that

,if hereafter any one

,or any from the said

coloni es, in the province of N ew S cotland aforesaid, or any other

persons under their l icence and command, exercising piracy at

any future time , by land or by sea, shall carry away the goodsof any person,

or in a hostile manner do any injustice or wrong

1 9 0 A PPEND IX .

to any of our subjects, or those of our heirs or successors, or of

other kings, princes, governors, or states in alli ance with us

then,upon such injury offered, or just complaint thereupon,

byany king, prince, governor, state, or their subj ects, we, our heirsand successors, will see that public proclamations are made inany part of our said kingdom of S cotland, just and suitable forthis purpose , that the said pirate or pirates who shall commi t

such violence, at a stated time to b e determined by the aforesaidproclamation, shall fully restore all goods so carried away : andfor the said injuries shall make full satisfaction, so that the saidprinces and others thus complaining shall deem themselves

satisfied . And if the authors of such crimes shall neither

make worthy satisfaction,nor b e careful that it b e made

within the limi ted time,then he or they who have com

mi tted such plunder neither are nor hereafter shall b e underour government and protection ; but it shall b e permittedand lawful to all princes, and others whatsoever, to proceedagainst such offenders, or any of them

,and with all hostili ty

to invade them.

And though it is appointed that no nobleman and gentlemanmay depart from this country without our consent

, yet we will

that this our present charter b e a sufficient permi ssion and

assurance to all engaging in the said voyage , save those whomay b e accused of treason,

or retained by any special order ;and according to our present charter, we declare and decree thatno person may leave this country and go to the said region of

N ew S cotland, unless they have previously taken the oath of

all egiance to us,for whi ch purpose we , by our present charter

,

give and grant the said S ir Will iam and his foresaids,or their

conservators and deputies, full power and authority to exact thesaid oath from,

and administer it to, all persons proceeding intothe said lands in that colony. Moreover, we, for Ourselves and

our successors, with the advice and consent aforesaid,declare,

decree , and ordain that all our subj ects going to the said N ewS cotland, or living in it

,and all their children and posterity

born there , and all adventuring there, shall have and enjoy all

the liberties, rights, and privileges of free and native subjects

1 9 2 APPEND IX .

follow it,we , with the advice and consent above mentioned

,for

ourselves and successors, have dispensed, and by the tenor of

our present charter, in the manner hereafter mentioned,do di s

pense for ever, To hold and top ossess the whole and undivided,

the said region and lordship of N ew S cotland,with all the

bounds of the same within the seas above -mentioned, all mineralsOf gold and silver, copper, stee l, tin, lead, brass, and iron,

and

any othermines, pearls, precious stones, quarries, woods, thickets,mosses

,marshes

,lakes

,waters

,fisheries, as wel l in fresh water

as in salt,as we ll of royal fishes as of others

,states

,free towns

,

free ports, towns, baronial villages, seaports, roadsteads, machines,mills

,Offices, and jurisdictions, and all other things generally

and special lymentioned above with all other privil eges,liberties,

immunities,and accidents, and other things above -mentioned

,to

the aforesaid S ir William Al exander, his heirs and assigns,from

us and our successors, in free covenant inheritance , lordship,barony

,and royalty for ever ; through all their just bounds and

l imits,as they lie in length and breadth, in houses, buildings,

erected and to b e erected, bogs, plains, and moors ; marshes,roads

,paths, waters , swamps, rivers

,meadows

,and pastures ;

mines,malt- houses

,and their refuse ;hawkings, huntings,fisheries,

peat mosses,turf- bogs, coal

,coal - pits

,coneys

,warrens

,doves

,

dove - cotes,workshops

,maltkilns

,brewerie s

,and broom ; woods,

groves, and thickets ; wood, timber, quarries of stone and lime,

with courts, fines, pleas, heriots, outlaws, rabbles of women,with

free entrance and exit, and with fork, foss, sok, sac, theme ,

infangtheiff, outfangtheiff, wrak,wair

,veth

,vert

, vennison,

pit, and gallows ; and with all other and singly,the liberties

,

commodities, profits, easements, and the ir rightful pertinents of

all kinds, whether mentioned or not, above or be low ground, farand near, be longing, or that can be long, to the aforesaid regi on

and lordship, in any manner, for the future , fre e ly, quietly, ful ly,whol ly, honourably, we ll, and in peace , without any revocation

,

contradiction,impediment, or Obstacle whatever.

Annually, at the festival of Christ’s Nativity,on the soil of

the said lands, and of the province of N ew S cotland,the said

S irWilli am A lexander and his aforesaids shall pay to us, and our

A PPEND IX . 1 9 3

heirs and successors, under the name of quit- rent, one penny of

S cottish money, if so much b e demanded.

And because the tenure of the said lands,and Of the province

of N ew S cotland, and the qui t- rent above -mentioned, may failthrough want of the time ly and lawful entry of any heir or heirsof the said S ir Will iam succeeding him,

a thing which they maynot easily accomplish, on account of the great di stance from our

kingdom ; and these same lands and province, on account of

non- entrance,may come into our hands, and those of our suc

cessors, until the lawful entrance of the legitimate heir ; and

we,being unwilling that the said lands and region at any time

should fall into non- entry, or that the said S ir Wil liam and hi s

aforesaids shoul d b e thus deprived of the benefits and profits ofthe same

,therefore we , with the advice aforesaid, have dispensed

with the said non- entry whenever it shall occur,and by the

tenor of this our charter,we

,for ourselves and our successors,

do dispense ; and al so we have renounced and exonerated, andby the tenor of our present charter, do renounce and exonerate,the said S ir Wil liam and his aforesaids in respect to the abovementioned non- entrance of the said province and region, whenever it Shal l come ’

into our hands,or by reason of non- entry may

fall,with all things that can follow therefrom : provided, how

ever, that the said S ir William,his heirs and assigns

,within the

Space of seven years after the decease and death of their predecessors, or entry to the possession of said lands

,and of other

things aforesaid by themse lves, or their lawful agents holding .

power for this purpose , do homage to us and our successors, and

come to and receive through us the said lands, lordship, barony,and other things aforesaid, according to the laws and statutes of

our said kingdom of S cotland. F inally, we , for ourse lves and

our successors, do will , decree, and ordain that this our presentcharter and infeoffment above written, of the lands aforesaid,lordship and region of N ew S cotland, and the privileges and

liberties of the same , shall b e ratified, approved, and established inour next Parliament Of our said kingdom of S cotland, wheneverit shall meet, so that it shal l have therein the force and efficacyof a decree ; and for this, we , for ourselves and our successors,

1 9 4 APPEND IX .

declare that this our charter shall b e a sufli cient warrant ; and,

as a prince , we promise that the same shall b e ratified and ap

proved ; and also we promise to alter,renew,

increase,and ex

tend the same into the most ample form as Often as it shal lseem necessary and expedient to the said S ir William and hi s

aforesaids.

Moreover, it has seemed best to us, and we order and enjoinour beloved our sheriffs, especially appointed onour part, on seeing thi s our charter under our Great S eal

, so to

give and grant to the aforesaid S ir William and his aforesaids,

or their attorney or attorneys, possession and seisin, actua l andreal, of the lands, lordship, barony, and other things mentionedabove : with all privil eges, immuni ties, liberties, and other thingsabove expressed ; and this seisin we , by the tenor of our presentcharter, declare to b e as lawful and regular as if he had a precept

,

under proof of our Great S eal, and in the most ample form,with

all clauses requisite for the aforesaid purpose ; with which we ,for ourse lves and successors, do for ever dispense . In witness

whereof we have commanded our Great S eal to b e affixed to thisour present charter. Witnesses—Our we ll -beloved cousins andcouncillors, James, Marquis of Hamilton

,Earl of Arran and

Cambridge , Lord Avon and Innerdaill George,Earl Marischal

,

Lord Keith, etc. ,Marshal of our Kingdom ; Al exander, Earl of

Dunfermline , Lord Fyvie and Urquhart,etc.,

our Chancellor );

Thomas, Earl of Melrose , Lord Binning and Byres,our S ecre

tary—Our beloved familiar Councill ors, Baronets ; S ir Richard

Cockburn,juni or of Clerkington, Keeper of our Privy S eal ; S ir

George Hay of Kinfauns, our Register of the Rolls,and Clerk

of the Council ; S ir John Cockburn of Ormiston, Clerk of our

Justiciary ; and S ir John S cot of S cotstarvet, Director of our

Chancery, Knights.

At our Castle of Windsor, the 10 day of S eptember, in the

year Of our Lord 1 62 1, and of our reigns the fifty -fifth and

nineteenth years respective ly.

By Signature superscribed by the hand of our S overeign Lordthe King ; and subscribed by the hands of our Chance llor

,

Treasurer, Principal S ecretary, and of the other Lords,our Com

1 9 6 A PPEND IX .

Willi am, or hi s he irs and assignees foresaid, in due and compe

tent form,as accords, to b e holden,

as said is, with dispensationof non- entry, in manner before written, when it shall happen.

Moreover, we , with advice before written,for the good, faith

ful,and will ing service, performed and rendered to us by the said

S ir William Alexander, and respect being had to the great and

mani fold expenses and charges bestowed and expended in theplantation of the said bounds of the lordship and country of

N ew S cotland, and reduction Of them under our Obedience , andfor other weighty and onerous causes, have of new given,

granted,and disponed, and by our present charter

,give , grant, and dis

pone , to the before -mentioned S ir Willi am A lexander, and hisheirs and assignees heritably, all and sundry the foresaid lands,lordship

,and country of N ew S cotland, together with all and

sundry castles, towns, fortalices, manor places, houses, buildings,built and to b e built gardens

,orchards

,planted and to b e

planted ; tofts, crofts,meadows, grazings, woods, shrubs

,mill s

,

multures,mill - lands, fishings, as we l l Of red as of other fishes

,

salmon,large fish and small , . in .salt water as in fresh ; together

with all and sundry te ind- sheaves thereof included, as well greatas small ; with the presentation,

gift Of b enefices, churches, andchape ls, and rights of patronage thereof ; annexes

,connexes,

dependencies, tenants, tenandries, and services of free tenants ofthe same ; together with all and sundry precious stones, jewels,crystal, alum, coral

,and others

,with all and sundry minerals

,

ve ins,and quarries thereof, as well of regal and royal metals,

and minerals of gold and silver,within the said bounds and

lordshi p of N ew S cotland ; ‘

as of other minerals of iron,steel,

tin, Oopper, brass, mountain brass, and other minerals whatso

ever, with all and sundry parts,pendicles

,pertinents, privileges,

liberties, and immunities of all and sundry the foresaid lands,

lordship, and country of N ew S cotland ; with full power and

privilege to the said S ir Wil liam Al exander, his heirs and

assignees, of trying and searching, digging and examining the

ground for the same, and extracting, cleansing

,refining, and

purifying them, and using, converting, and applying them to

their own proper uses (the tenth part of the royal metals,com

APPEND IX . 1 9 7

mouly called the ore of gold and silver, hereafter to b e foundand extracted out of the said lands and country

,only be ing

reserved to us and our successors), and the remainder of the saidmetals

,minerals

,precious stones, j ewe ls, and others whatsoever,

to belong to the said S ir Wil liam A lexander, hi s heirs and

assignees, to remain for ever with them,and b e , with all profits

and dutie s thereof, converted to their own proper uses, with

power to the said S irWill iam Alexander, hi s heirs and assignees,of buil ding, constructing

,and erecting upon and within all

the bounds of the said country, as shall seem to them expe

di ent, cities, free boroughs of barony, towns, vi llages, harbours,

ports, and naval stations, and of appointing markets, as well

within the town as without,and imposing, levying, and receiv

ing all and whatsoever tolls, customs, anchorages

,and other

dues of said cities, boroughs of barony, towns, villages, fairs,markets

,free ports

,harbours

,naval stations

,with all and sundry

casualties,profits

,and duties whatsoever ; and furni shing the

said cities and boroughs,as wel l within borough as without,

with sufficient and able magistrate s, justices Of the peace , provosts

,bailies, aldermen, constables, and other Officers, citizens,

free burgesses, and manufacturers, crafts of all kinds, with theirdeacons and others thereto requisite

,with full power, privilege ,

and liberty, to them or their chil dren,citizens and burgesses, to

sell wine and wax, salmon,herrings, and other staple goods and

merchandises, as we ll great as smal l, and constructing churches,

chapels, hospitals, maison- dieus,market- crosses

,be lfries, be lls,

’

and all other ordinary ornaments thereto belonging, and plantingthe sa id churches

,and sufficiently providing them with sufficient

teachers, preachers, pastors, and ministers. And, in lik e manner,

of erecting,founding, and constructing common schools, colleges,

and universities, sufli ciently provided with able and sufficientmasters, rectors, regents, professors of all sciences, letters, lan

guages, and instruction ; and of providing for sufficientme intenance, salaries, and living for them

,to this effect. As also of

erecting pre lates, archbishops,bishops, rectors, and vicars of

parishes and parish churches ; and distributing and dividing all

the foresaid bounds of the said country into divers and distinct

1 9 8 APPEND IX.

Shires, provinces, and parishes, for the better provision of the

churches and mini stry,division of the Shires

,and all other civi l

police ; and, likewise, of founding,erecting, and instituting a

senate of justice, places and col leges of justice , senators of

council and session ; members thereof, for the administration of

justice,within the said country

,and other places of justice and

judi cature . Further, of erecting and appointing secret and privycouncils and sessions for the public good and advantage of saidcountry, and giving and granting titles

,honours

,and dignities to

the members thereof, and creating their clerks and members, andappointing seals and registers with their ke epers. And a lso of

erecting and instituting Officers of state—a chancellor, treasurer,

comptroller, collector, secretary, advocate, or attorney- general,clerk or clerks, register and keeper of the rolls

,justice - clerk,

di rector or directors of Chancery, conservator or conservators of

privileges of the said country, advocates, procurators, and pleaders of causes, and solicitors and agents thereof, and othermembersnecessary. And likewise of gathering, collecting, and appointingmeetings and assemblies of ecclesiastical persons and prelates,as well general, special or provincial meetings

,as others ; for

ecclesiastical police and di scipline,and authorising

,ratifying,

and confirming the said meetings, councils, and assemblies, withacts, statutes, and decrees thereon concluded

,for the better

authority of the same .

Further, we have made , constituted, and appointed,and by

our present charter make , constitute , and appoint,the said S ir

William Alexander, his heirs and assignees, our, and our heirsand successors

’

,lieutenants -general, to represent our roya l person,

as we ll by sea as by land, of all and whole the said country and

lordship of N ew S cotland, or to any judicature or jurisdictionheretofore , in virtue Of any foregoing or subsequent right or titlewhatsoever. And with special power to the said S ir Wi lli amAl exander, and his foresaids, of governing, ruling, and punishingand pardoning all our subj ects, and others, inhabitants of the

said bounds and country of N ew S cotland,or persons going

thither, violators of the peace , or of the laws ; and of making,

sanctioning, and establishing laws there , as we ll civil as criminal,

2 00 A PPENDIX .

other justice or justices general, hi gh stewards, admirals, Sheriffs,or lords of regalities, had, or can have , and possess, or enjoy, thesaid jurisdi ctions, judi catures, Offices, dignities, and prerogativesin any of our kingdoms

,bounds, and dominions whatsoever

With power to the said S ir Willi am Alexander, hi s heirs and

assigne es, of constituting, erecting, nominating,and creating

clerks, officers, macers, apprisers, and al l other members of court,of all and sundry the foresaid judicatures and jurisdictions respectively , with al l fees, dues, and emoluments thereto be longing asshall se em to them expedient : without prejudi ce always to all

other infeftments,rights, or dispositions by us or our predecessors

to whatsoever person or persons who are , or shall b e , portionersof the said plantation of N ew S cotland, proceeding upon the

resignation of the said S ir William Al exander only, and not

otherwise , of whatsoever parts or portions of the said countryand lordship of N ew S cotland

,with the privi leges and immuni

ties mentioned in their infeftments.

And seeing, by reason of the great remoteness and distanceof the said country and lordship of N ew S cotland from our saidancient kingdom of S cotland

,both that the said country can

neither easily nor conveniently b e reached except in the summertime and that the said country is altogether destitute of publicscriveners and notaries

,requisite for taking seisins ; so that seisin

at all times cannot conveni ently b e taken on the ground of the

said country ; and also respect being had to the great and manifold disadvantages which may result by defaul t of timely seisin

being takenupon thi s present patent ; and upon other charters

and similar infeftments granted, and to b e granted, of the foresaid lands and lordship of N ew S cotland, or any part thereof ;Therefore, that this our present charter may b e more effectual

,

and that seisin thereupon may b e more conveniently taken,it is

necessary that seisin of all and sundry the foresaid lands of the saidcountry and lordship of N ew S cotland b e taken within our saidkingdom of S cotland

,and on the grounds and lands of the same

in the most eminent place thereof ;whi ch can neither convenientlynor lawfully b e done without an express union of the said countryand lordship of N ew S cotland to the said kingdom of S cotland :

A PPEND IX.

Wherefore, and for the advantage and readier conveni ence of

the aforesaid seisin, we, with advice afore said, have annexed,

united, and incorporated,and

,by our present charter

,annex,

unite, and incorporate , with our said kingdom of S cotland, all

and sundry the foresaid country and lordship of N ew S cotland,with the te inds and teindsheaves thereof included

,and all and

sundry parts, pertinents, privileges, jurisdictions, and liberties ofthe same

,and others generally and specia lly above mentioned

and by our present charter,will

,declare , decern,

and ordain thatone se isin

,now to b e taken at our Castle of Edinburgh

,as the

most eminent and principal place of our said kingdom of S cot

land, of all and sundry the said lands, country and lordship of

N ew S cotland, or any part of the same , with teinds and teindsheaves thereof included, respective ly, is and shall b e sufficientseisin for all and whole the foresaid lands, country, and lordshipof N ew S cotland, with the te inds and te ind- sheaves thereofincluded

,or any parts of the said lands and country aforesaid,

with all the privileges, jurisdiction, and liberties thereof respectively, and others specia lly and generally above mentioned, notwithstanding the said lands

,country, and lordship of N ew S cot

land are far distant, and lie discontiguous from our said kingdomof S cotland : as to which we, with advice and consent foresaid,have di spensed, and, by our present charter, for ever di spense

,

without prejudi ce and derogation,a lways to the said privilege

and prerogative granted to the foresaid S ir William Al exander,

and his heirs and assignees, of making and establishing laws,

acts,and statutes concerning all and sundry the foresaid lands,

country,and lordship of N ew S cotland, as well by sea as by

land : And by our present charter we declare that, notwithstanding the said union,

which is declared to b e granted -

sole ly forthe advantage and convenience of seisin, the said country and

lordship of N ew S cotland shall b e judged, ruled, and governedby the laws and statutes made , and to b e made and constitutedand established by the said S irWill iamAl exander, and his heirsand assigne es, relating to the said country and lordship of N ew

S cotland, in like manner, and as free ly in tha t respect as if thesaid union had never been made or hitherto granted : And

2 02 APPEND IX.

further, notwithstanding the foresaid uni on,it shall b e lawful to

the foresaid S ir Will iam Al exander, and hi s heirs and assignees,to give , grant, and dispone any parts or portions of the saidlands, country, and lordship of N ew S cotland heritably be longing to them,

to and in favour of whatsoever persons, their heirsand assignees, heritably, with the teinds and teind - sheavesthereof included, provided they are our subjects, to b e holden of

the said S ir Will iam Al exander,or of us and our successors,

e ither in blench farm,feu farm,

or in ward and re lief at their

pleasure,and to entitle and denominate the said parts and por

tions,by whatsoever styles, titles, and designations shall seem

to them fit, or b e in the will and option of the said S ir Will iam

and his foresaids, which infeftments and dispositions shall b eapproved and confirmed by us or our successors free ly, withoutany composition to b e paid therefor. Moreover, we and our suc

cessors shall receive whatsoever resignations shall b e made bythe said S ir William Al exander and his heirs and assignees, Ofall and whole the foresaid lands and lordshi p of N ew S cotland,or of any part thereof in our hand

,and "those] of our successors

and commissioners aforesaid,with the teinds and teindsheaves

thereof included,and others generally and specially above -men

tioned to and in favour of whatsoever person or persons (provided they are our subjects, and live under our Obedi ence) And

they shall pass infeftments thereon, to b e holden in free blenchfarm of us

, our heirs and successors, in manner above -men

tioned, freely, without any competition ; which lands, country,and lordship of N ew S cotland

,with the teindsheaves thereof

included, and all and sundry parts,pendicles and pertinents,

privi leges,jurisdictions

,prerogatives, and liberties of the same,

and others specially and generally above -mentioned, togetherwith all right

,title , interest, claim of right

,petitory as we ll as

possessory (whi ch we or our predecessors or successors had,

have,or in any way could have, claim,

or pretend thereto, or toany part of the same, or to the maill s, farms, profits, and dutiesthereof

,of whatsoever years or terms bygone, for whatsoever

cause or occasion, we , with advi ce foresaid for the reasons abovementioned, of new give , grant, and dispone to the foresaid S ir

2 04 A PPEND IX .

and lordship of N ew S cotland, over the knights- baronets, and

remanent portioners and associates, of the said plantations,so as the said S ir Willi am Alexander, and his heirs-maledescending of his body, as lieutenants foresaid, shall and may

take place , prerogative , pre - eminence , and precedency, as well

before all esqui res, lairds, and gentlemen of our said kingdomof S cotland

,as before all the foresaid kni ghts- baronets of our

said kingdom,and all others before whom the said knights

baronets,in virtue of the privilege of di gni ty to them,

can haveplace and precedency for the advancement of which plantationand colony of N ew S cotland, and in re spect of it e specially, thesaid knights- baronets were, with advice foresaid, created in our

said kingdom of S cotland, with the ir estate and dignity, as a

special token of our favour conferred upon such gentlemen and

honourably born persons,portioners of the foresaid plantation

and colony ; with this express provision a lways,that the number

of the foresaid baronets never exce ed one hundred and fifty.

F ina lly, we , with advice aforesaid, for us, our heirs and successors,will

,decern, and ordain that this our patent and infeftment, with

all its contents, b e ratified, approved, and confirmed in our nextParliament of our kingdom of S cotland ; and that it may havethe force, strength and effe ct, of an act, statute , and decree of

that supreme judicatory,as to which we, for us and our suc

cessors, declare and ordain thi s our present charter, to b e a Sufficient warrant to the Lords of the Articles of our said Parliament,for the ratification and confirmation thereof in manner beforewritten. Moreover

,to our lovites and each of you

conjunctly and severally, our sheriffs in that part especially con

stituted, greeting :We charge and command you that ye give anddeliver to the foresaid S ir Will iam A lexander

,or his certain

attorney, bearer of these presents, heritable state and seisin, as

well as corporal, actual, and real possession of all and whole

the foresaid lands, country, and lordship of N ew S cotland, withall and sundry parts, pendicles, privileges, commodi ties

,immu

nities, and others,generallyaswell as particul arly above expressed,at our said Castle of Edinburgh, without de lay, and thi s - in no

wise ye leave undone : Which to do, we commit to you and

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each of you conjunctly and severally,our Sheriffs in that part

foresaid, our full and irrevocable power by our present charterwhi ch seisin we, with advice aforesaid, for us and our successors

,

by our present charter,will

,declare , and ordain to b e as lawful

and suffi cient as if precepts of seisin,separate ly and ordinarily

to that effect,had been directed out of our Chancery upon our

said charter, as to which we , with advice aforesaid, for us,oil r

heirs and successors, have Di spensed, and by our present charterfor ever dispense .

I n Wi tness whereof, we have ordered our Great Sea l to b eappended to this our present charter, the witnesses being ourwe ll - be loved cousins and councillors, James, Marquis of Ham

i lton,Earl of Arran and Cambridge

,Lord Aven and Innerdaill

,

etc . William,Earl Marischal

,Lord Keith, etc .

,Marischal of our

kingdom ; our be loved councillor, S ir George Hay of Kinfauns,

knight,our Chance llor ; our we ll - be loved cousin and councill or

,

Thomas,Earl of Melrose, Lord Binning and Byers, our S ecretary ;

our beloved familiar Counci llors, S ir Richard Cokb ourne of

Clerkington, Keeper of our Privy S eal ; S ir John Hamilton of

Magdalens, Clerk of our Rolls, Register, and Council ; S ir GeorgeElphinstone of Blythswoode , our Justice - Clerk ; and S ir JohnS cot of S cotstarvet, Director of our Chancery, Knights—At ourPa lace of Oatlands

,the 12th day of July, A D. 1625, and the

first of our reign.

N0 . III.

ANACRIS IS ; OR,A CENSURE OF POETS ANCIENT AND

MODERN. BY S IRWILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING.

AFTER a great travel both of body and Of mind whi ch (S ince not

voluntary, b ut imposed upon me) was the more painful,by

retiring for a time where I was born,of late gladly embracing

this rare ly offered Opportunity to refresh myself, and beingcurious, as the most dainty kind of pleasure for such as are

2 06 A PPEN D IX.

capable of their delicacies, to recreate myself with the Muses

(I may justly say recreate , since they create new spirits, whichshaking off gross affections, diving into the depths, reaching theheights

,and contemplating both, are transported with these

things whi ch are only worthy to entertain so noble a thing as themind of man). I began to renew my acquaintance there , havingof a long time been a stranger with them; so that at the first, Icoul d not begin to practise as one of their ordinary train, but

only to court with these whose credit might procure my access.

I conversed with some of the modern as well aswith the ancients,

kindling my fire at those fires which do still burn out of the

ashes of ancient authors,to whom I find them in no way

inferior, though like affectioned patriots, by writing in the vulgartongues, seeking to grace their own country. I have pitied theignorance of some whomight b e admitted for versifiers and poets,that would extol as an excellent pie ce of poetry

,that which

,

wanting life , had nothing but language , masking ignorance withGreek and Latin, whose treasure long fe eding upon, they had bytime digested, and converted to their own use

, though venting itbut in excrementsLanguage is but the apparel of poesy : whi ch may give beauty

but not strength . And when I censure any poet, I first di ssolvethe general contexture of his work in several pieces, to see what

sinews it hath, and to mark what will remain behind,when that

external gorgeousness consisting in the choice or placing of wordsas if it woul d bribe the e ar to corrupt the judgment

,is first

removed, or at least onl y marshall ed in its own degree . I valuelanguage as a conduit ; the variety thereof to several shapes, andadorned truth or witty inventions, that which it shoul d deliver.

I compare a poem to a garden,the disposing of the parts of the

one to the several walks of the other ; the decorum kept indescriptions and representing of persons, to the proportion and

di stances to b e observed in such things as are planted therein,

and the variety of invention,to the diversity of flowers thereof

whereof three sorts do chi efly please me—a grave sentence bywhich the judgment may b e bettered a witty conceit w hi ch

doth harmoniously de light the spirits ; and a generous rapture

2 08 APPEND IX.

not remember, the unmatchable height of his ravishing conceits

to provoke magnanimity. If he had as narrowly sifted Virgil ,whom he will needs justify as without any blemish, withoutreposing as by an impli cit faith upon his sufficiency, he wouldhave found an error in him more gross than any that is in

Lucan as this, where the praise of an epic poem is to feign a

person exceeding nature,not such as all ordinarily b e, but with

all the perfections whereof a man can b e capable—every deficiency in that imaginary man being really the author’s own

,

whose unlimited invention,for lack of judgment, could reach

to no greater height. He (se eking to extol the valour of ZEneas,

which only coul d b e done by the valour of some valorous enemywhom he had vanquished) doth so extreme ly extenuate thecourage of Turnus at his death, leaving him no time to recover

it,that

,where out of a poetic liberty he shoul d have afforded

more than was ordinary,wanting nothing but fortune

,and at

least inferior to none but to him whom he would grace with hisruin

,he doth make him die lik e a dastard casting thereby

down all the glory intended for fEneas overcoming but a coward ;and

,in a more abj ect manner than the lowest-minded man

could have descended to conceive , burdening the gods with hiscowardi ce , whose mind, in whatsoever state his body was, shoul dhave continued free , not base ly begging hi s life .

1119 humilis supplexque, ocul os dextramque precantemProtendens, equidem merui, nec deprecor inquit

Utere sorte tua; miseri te si qua ParentisTangere cura potest, oro (fuit et tibi talisAnchises genitor), Donni miserere senectae ;Et me seu corpus spoliatum lumine mavis,

Redde meis ; Vicisti ; tua est Lavinia conjux.

Thus would he unworthily ransom his life with loss of his

honour and of his lady, and I never read that part of Virgil b utI remember the spee ch of Paulus Emilius, when Perseus, Kingof Macedon, came with tears, a suitor to him

, that he might notb e led in triumph . F ie upon you, beast,

”said he ; you b eg

that whi ch you ought to give unto yourse lf, and have disgracedmy victory

,who now,

after all my travels, can have no credit,

APPENDIX.

having only overcome such a base coward as was not worthy tohave been contended with. If I have been too bold in censur

ing Julius S caliger, let me b e excused by his example in cen

suring all his betters ; and it is only to give Lucan his due, notto derogate from him .

There is no man doth satisfy me more than that notableItalian, Torquato Tasso, in whom I find no blemish but that hedoth make S olyman, by whose overthrow he would grace Rinaldo, to die fearfully, be lying the part that he woul d have personated during his life ; as if he would choose rather to err in

imi tating others,than to prove singul ar by himself. Speron

,

thinking his exqui site work of “Godfred ” to b e too full of richconceits

,and more dainty than did become the gravity of such a

work,said that it was an heroic poem written in madrigals

and yet when he wrote a We ek of the Creation”in emulation

of Du Bartas,it did no way approach to the perfections of the

other,which doth confirm me in my first opinion

,that every

author hath hi s own genius directing him,by a secret inspira

tion,to that wherein he may most exce l, and, as I said, excelling

in some things,and none in all .

Many would bound the boundless liberty of a poet - bindinghim only to the birth of his own brains ; affirming that therecan b e no perfection but in a fiction ; not considering that theancients, upon whose example they ground their opinion

,did

give faith unto those fables whereby they woul d abuse our

credulity, not only as to true hi story, but as to true Divini ty,

since containing the greatness of their gods and grounds of theirre ligion

,whi ch they in their own kind did strive superstitiously

to extol ; so that hereby they would either make our religionor our affection thereunto inferior unto theirs, and imaginarymatters to b e more celebrated than true deeds, whose enviedprice , affectionately looked upon, must beget a generous emul a

tion in any virtuous reader’s mind.

The treasures of poesy cannot b e better bestowed than uponthe appare lling of truth, and truth cannot b e better apparelledto please young lovers than with the excellences of poesy. Iwoul d a llow that an epic poem shoul d consist altogether of a

o

2 0 A PPEND IX .

fiction,that the poet

,soaring above the course of nature

,making

the beauty of virtue to invite , and the honour of vice to afl’

right,

the beholders, may liberally furnish his imaginary man with all

the qualities requisite for the accomplishing of a perfect creature ,having power to dispose of all things at his own pleasure .

HISTORY OF ALEXANDER HUMPHRYS OR ALEXANDER

,CLAIMANT OF THE EARLDOM OF

STIRLIN G.

ALEXANDER HUMPHRYS , one of the claimants of the earldom of

S tirling,was son of Wil liam Humphrys

,merchant, residing at

F air Hill,Birmingham,

by his wife , Hannah,younger daughter

of the Rev. John Al exander, who, on th e l st November 1743,died minister of Plunket S treet Presbyterian Church, Dublin,

and whose father,James Al exander

,a solicitor at Dublin, was

descended from the family of Al exander, at Candren, near Paisley (vol . ii., chap .

Alexander Humphrys was born at Birmingham on the 2 1st

June 1783. Having accompanied his father to F rance duringthe pea ce of Amiens in 1 802

,he was

,on the outbreak of hos

tilities,arrested by order of Napoleon. His father died at

V erdun,in France , on the 1st May 1807, but he personally con

tinned a captive till 1814, when,on the restoration of peace

,b e

returned to England. The family resources be ing nearly ex

hausted, he settled at Worcester, where he some time assisted

in Netherton House school, which he subsequently conductedon his own account. Through his wife , F ortunata Bartolettiof Naples, whom he married in 1812

,he became acquainted

with Mademoiselle le Normand,

* who,at Paris, conducted busi

Mademoisell e le Normand composed the following, among other worksLes Souvenirs Prophétiques d’une S ibylle , 8vo, 1814 Memoires Historiques

et Secrets de l’Impératrice Josephine, 2 vols. 8vc , 1820, of

,

which a second

2 12 APPENDIX.

The statement by “F . D . that the Rev. John Alexander of

Dublin composed “an excellent work on Irenaeus ” had been

made in a letter, alleged by one ofMr Al exander’s descendantsat Birmingham ”

to have been written by Dr IsaacWatts,to Mr

Alexander “ from the Lady Abney’s in Lime S treet, London, on

the 18th April 1727 The supposed letter was printed in 1816in the Monthly Repository of Theology, a religious serial pub

lished at Hackney (vol . xi . , p . T he other statements, thatMr Al exander was a native of Londonderry, a friend of Dean

Swift,and nearest male heir to the earldom of S tirling,

”were

altogether groundless.

With the signature “H. W.,a correspondent, in the Gentle

man’

s Magazine for May 1 81 9 , presented the foll owing noteThe Rev . John A lexander was probably a descendant of

Captain Andrew Alexander of Londonderry, whose name appearsin the list of Protestants attainted by James the S econd’s Parliament, he ld in Dublin inIn 1823 Mr Humphrys entered into correspondence with Mr

Thomas Christopher Banks of London,author of the “Dormant

and Extinct Baronage of England .

”Having

,out of grateful

respect to the memory of his maternal grandfather, John Alexander, as well as out of consideration for the wishes oftentimesexpressed by his deceased mother,

”sought permission to adopt

the surname of Al exander,he procured, on the 8th March 1824

,

a royal licence for that purpose . Without further process, heattended the ele ction of a representative peer in Holyrood Pal aceon the 2d June 1 825, and, answering to the name of the Earl of

S tirling, tendered his vote . He claimed the peerage under thedestination of a royal charter of novodamus

,under the Great S eal

dated 7th December 1639 , granted by Charles I. in favour of

Will iam,Earl of S tirling (Reg. of Elections of Peers, vol . ii .,

fol .

As “Earl of S tirling,Mr Humphrys Al exander proceeded

to the town of S tirling, to visit a locality associated with hisall eged progeni tors. At the instance of Mr James Wright

,his

solicitor at S tirling, his arriva l was welcomed by the ringing of

the pub lic , b ells, while the'

magistrates waited upon him at his

A PPENDIX. 2 13

hote l, to offer congratulations. His visit was chronicled in a

local newspaper,* which described the interest with which hislordship visited the castle

,and every part of the town worthy of

notice,

”adding that “ he seemed to take pecul iar interest in

viewing Argyle Lodge , formerly the town residence of the Earlsof S tirling.

”

At S tirling, Mr Humphrys Al exander confirmed to his soli

citor, Mr James Wright

,hi s claim to a place of sepul ture ad

joining the High Church (vol . i ., p . before leaving theplace , he conveyed to the treasurer of the kirk session a donationof £5 for the parochial poor. In appreciation of his dignityand munificence

,the town council placed him on the ir burgess

roll, and apprised him of the honour in these terms : “At

S tirling, the twenty- seventh day of June,one thousand eight

hundred and twenty- five years—Wh ich day the magistratesand town council of the burgh of S tirling being convened,they resolve to e lect and admi t the Right Honourable Alexander, Earl of S tirling

,to b e a burgess gna guildbrother of

the burgh ; and authorise the provost to subscribe a properticket of admission

,and transmit the same to hi s lordship, the

expense being to b e defrayed by the town,and authorise the

chamberlain to pay the same accordingly. Extracted from the

Records of the Town Council of the Burgh of S tirling byWilliam Galbrai th

,Town Clerk.

F rom S tirlingMrHumphrys Alexander proceeded to Glasgow,

where he was introduced to Mr John Dill on,a solicitor with

whom,in relation to his claims, he subsequently corresponded.

Under the designation of “Al exander Humphrys Alexander,Earl of S tirling

,

”he was, on the 7th F ebruary 182 6, served before

the Bai lie Court of Canongate “ lawful and nearest heir-male in

genera l of hi s mother,”Hannah Alexander ; he was thereafter

retoured “Earl of S tirling and his mother beingdescribed as Countess of S tirling. In this service was assumedthe validity of the charter of noooolamus of the 7th December

S tirling Jour na l, l 6th June 1825.1 The Dovan was the ancient name of the river Devon, which flowed near

Menstry in its passage from the Ochil hills to the river Forth.

2 14 A PPEND IX.

1 639 , on which he had in June re corded at Holyrood hi s c laimto the earldom ; it was made to re - grant to the first e arl, on hisresignation of a former patent, the e arldom of S tirling and

Dovan,with remainder to females

,failing he irs-male . In the

service was presented a statement of pedigree, in whi ch Mr

Humphrys A lexander’s maternal grandfather, the Rev . JohnA lexander, was described as son of John Al exander of Antrim,

son of John A lexander, fourth son of the first earl,by hi s wife ,

Agnes Graham. A t a subsequent stage he corrected his pedigre e by alleging that his ancestor, John Al exander of Antrim,

was son of John Al exander of Gartmore by a second wife ,Elizabeth Maxwell of Londonderry.

”

Mr Humphrys Al exander despatched to America Mr ThomasChristopher Banks, there to assert his claim as Earl of S tirlingto the vast territories which had be longed to the first earl . T oMr

Dill on,his Glasgow correspondent

,he , in a letter, dated the 24th

Novemb er 1 82 6, wrote as fol lows I have be en crue lly disappointed about the loan negotiation,

’

which has been twice brokenoff and again renewed. The great news received from Mr Banksby the last packet has made the prospe ct brighten up again

,and

I am now once more flattered that the obj ect of my wishes willb e accomplished a lmost immedi ate ly. By all he was receivedin a most flattering manner. The British consul

,Mr Buchanan

,

had tendered his services to Mr Banks in a very handsomemanner

,by a letter. With my second counse l, Mr Clark

, whomMr B . describes as a man of high character

,great soundness,

and perspicuity of judgment,and devoted to my interests with

an ardent zeal,he had had daily me etings and conversations

,

for the purpose of examining the charters and documents,and

arranging the plan of proceedings. The cause will b e conductedin its proper time for hearing, by Mr Webster, as leading coun

sel , a ssisted by Mr Clark, and Mr Banks as my agent and repre

sentative and it is now confidently anticipated the Congresswill grant me a location of five mi llions of acres, which is foundto b e not one - twentieth part of the lands originally granted

,all

convertible at once, at common market prices,into cash

,and will

b e more than one mill ion sterling .

”T o Mr Dil lon he reported

,

2 16 A PPENDIX .

raise upon it,in the Court of S ession

, a process for provingthe tenor of the novoda inf

as charter. This action was raisedagainst Dr John Watts

,physician

,N ew York

,and William

Al exander Duer, Esq ,residing in Albany

,in the state of N ew

York, grandsons and he irs- portioners of line of the de ceasedWilli am A lexander, surveyor- general of the province of N ew

Jersey,”the summons setting forth that the all eged charter

had, about the year 1758, been abstracted from Mrs Hannah

A lexander, the claimant’s grandmother,by a servant of hers,

at the instigation of the said Will iam A lexander.

”As probably

anticipated, Messrs Watts and Duer,who had no possible

interest in the case,remained si lent. The action was

,however

,

resisted by the officers of S tate, and was dismissed on the 4th

March 1 830 . I t was followed by another action,directed against

the officers of S tate,and Mr Graham of Gartmore

,

‘

in which“the excerpt ” of the a lleged charter of novodamus was againfounded on. This second action was di smissed on the 2d March1833 .

The alleged discovery of the excerpt charter took p lace in thespring of 182 9

,and thereafter Mr Humphrys A lexander was

enabled to recommend his case to financial agents and moneylenders. In October 182 9

,he quitted Worcester for London

,

where,through a person named Morant

,he was introduced to

Mr John Tyrrell , a financial agent. A scertaining fromMr JamesWright, the claimant

’

s soli citor at S tirling, that Mr EdwardA lexander of Powis claimed descent from an ancestor of the

first Earl of S tirling, Mr Tyrrel l sugge sted to Mr Alexander’s

e lder son,now Major- General S ir James Edward Alexander,

that the honours and advantages of the earldom might b eshared with him

,on his abetting the claim. The prOposal not

being entertained,Mr Tyrrell introduced the claimant to several

capitalists, who, on his granting them bonds for handedhim sums together amounting to Mr HumphrysAl exander now rented a house in Baker S treet

,and set up his

carriage .

*

Commenting on the evidence given by Mr Tyrrell at Mr Humphrys Alexander

’

s trial in April 1839 , the anonymous author of a pamphlet, issued on the

APPEND IX. 2 17

Procuring a brieve from Chancery, dated the 2 1st S eptember1830

, Mr Humphrys Alexander was, on the 1 1th October of

that year, served by a jury in the Burgh Court of Canongate ,heir in genera l of Will iam

,first Earl of S tirling

,described in

the record as“his great—great - great grandfather.

”Among

the documents accompanying the claim were extracts fromDouglas’s Peerage, and from parochial and other records ; alsoseveral documents, of whi ch the genuineness was subsequentlyquestioned Of these last two were affidavits

,dated 172 2

and 172 3. In the former, S ara Lyner,“residing at Bally

ryder, in the parish of S tradba lly, Queen

’

s County, Ire land, a

widow,aged e ighty- four, deponed that her mother was in the

service of Lord Montgomery,in the county of Down,

and thatwhi le there “Mr John A lexander of Garthmore

,a son of the

Lord S terline in S cotland,came to see my lord, and brought

with him his ounely son.

”In the family of this “

only son,”

Mr John Al exander of An trim,she subsequently served ; she

was present when in May 1682 he married Miss Mary Ham

ilton at Donagheady, and she nursed her mistress after thebirth of her only son in S eptember 1 686, and which son was

then (1722) residing at S tratford - upon - Avon,Warwickshi re .

This affidavit of S ara Lyner bore to have been sworn beforeJonas Percy, an Extraordinary Commissioner of the Irish Courtof Chancery.

T he second affidavit proceeded in the name of Henry Hoven

den of Ballynakill,in the Queen

’

s County, and bore to have beensworn on the l 6th July 1723, before the Hon. John Pocklington,

one of the Barons of Exchequer in Ire land . In this instru

ment,Hovenden declared that the Rev. John Al exander, then

residing in Warwickshire, was “grandson and only _

male repre

sentative of John Al exander of Gartmore , the fourth son of

William,first Earl of S tirling he declared further that he had

claimant’s behalf, has these words Of this money scarcely as manyhundreds ever reached Lord S tirling’s pocket. Only a portion of the money, lessthan a half, was ever paid, and of this his lordship was robbed at the moment of

payment, by the very people who pretended to supply it (Remarks on the Trialof the Earl of S tirling, by an English Lawyer, London, 1839 , 8vc).

2 18 A PPENDIX.

seen in the possession of Thomas Conyers of Carlow the charter

of novodamus of the 7th December 1 639 , the contents of which,

a s presented in the all eged excerpt,”he minute ly de tailed .

Thomas Meredith, a notary-public,certified the signature of

Hovenden ; and in a postscript Thomas Conyers declared thatLord S terling’s charter was trusted to his late father in trouble

some times by y" decd Mary, Countess ofM

“Al exander.

”

On the 30th May 1831,Mr Humphrys Alexander followed

up hi s service as heir- general to the first Earl of S tirling,by

e ffecting a service as heir of ta ilzie and provi sion ”to the first

Earl of S tirling, in different lands in S cotland, ere cted into an

a lleged earldom of Dovan,but in which no investiture of the

ancestor was even al leged. Next,on the l oth June 1831

,he ob

tained a brieve as heir of the first Earl of S tirling in the lands,continents

,and islands of Nova S cotia

,and part of Canada ; and

on the 2d July, conducted a special service before the Sheriff ofEdinburgh—the evidence consisting of the recorded charter in

favour of the first earl, dated 12th July 1 625, and of the retour

of hi s previous service in the court of Canongate . T he circle of

legal formalitie s was completed on the 8th July 1831,when

, on

a precept from Chancery, he was infeft in the North Americanterritories within the Castle of Edinburgh .

While these proceedings were in progress, the claimant lost noopportunity of asserting his alleged rights. He voted at the

general election of representative peers on the 2d S eptember1 830

,and at the general election on the 3d June 1831 . On the

14th July 1831 , he granted his agent,Mr Banks, acres

of land in Canada , and created him a b aronet of Nova S cotia .

On Mr Philippart, another of his agents, he bestowed simil ar

honours and privileges. A s“ lord proprietor of the province of

Nova S cotia, N ew Brunswick, and the adjacent islands,” he

opened an office at 53 Parliament S treet, London, for the sal e

of lands, and for debentures on his American possessions. In a

prospectus, dated 1 2th July 1831 , he offered his lands in Nova

S cotia at prices vary ing from two to twenty shil lings per acre .

He especially recommended for purchase by coloni sts a mi lli onof acres of most excellent land in N ew Brunswick.

”

2 2 0 A PPENDIX .

chicness of Downshire was only entitled to compete with himin the S cottish courts

,by which, he maintained

,hi s title had

been duly recognised. On his behalf, in 1 832 , Mr Banks,assum

ing the title of “ S ir Thomas Christopher Banks,Bart.

issued an octavo volume,entitled

,

“An Analytical S tatement ofthe Case of Al exander

,Earl of S tirling and Dovan, containing an

explanation of his official dignities and peculiar territorial rightsand privil eges in the British Colonies of

,

Nova S cotia and

Canada .

”In thi s work

,which was dedicated to the king, Mr

Banks entreated his Maj esty to recognise his c lient as de fa ctoEarl of S tirling and Dovan ; he added, in “

an advertisement,”that he regarded his own title of baronet as being perfectly as

legal and effi cacious as if it had been conferred by the Crownitse lf. Against the claims of the Marchioness of Downshire he

urged hi s client’

s services in the court of Canongate , and hi s

votes at the peers’ e lections at Holyrood . On his client’

s

behalf,he further pleaded that

,as a pe er, he had been exempted

from arrest by an English judge . Connected with the matter

of arrest, he referred to certain proceedings instituted against hisclient at the instance of Vice -Admiral S ir Henry Digby

,

who had advanced him £500,and had demanded payment of

his bond . The admiral,he declared, had acted against his client

in a manner which “the lowest Jack in the service woul d dis

approve,

” by becoming “a cat

’

s-

paw of his enemies,” designating

his lordship as a commoner,employing against him Janus- like

solicitors,”and a barrister who “ had perverted facts, and drag

ging him into a court“which admitted of pettifogging malice,”

viz .,the Court of Common Pleas. Mr Banks’ “ S tatement ” was

accompanied with severa l pedigree charts, and a map entitled,“ The largest and most valuable portions of the territories in

America granted to the Earl of S tirling.

”

On the 1stl

January 1833, Mr Humphrys Alexander addressedto the S cottish peers a printed letter, in whi ch he intimated hi sintention not to vote at the approaching election at Holyrood,lest he shoul d thereby expose himself to mi srepresentation or

insult. Having remarked that, if not checked in their recklesscourse,

”hi s Opponentsmi ght give a death-blow to the privileges

APPENDIX. 22 1

of all S cots peers who have not seats in the House of Lords,

he concluded : “The day of retribution is not far off, and thenI may act a part which

,I have no doubt

,will cause me to b e

differently respected and considered by those who are now

pleased to cavil about straws,and who would deny me all but

what they cannot give nor take away,namely, a re ctitude of

conscience and principle , which, in point of honour,stands as

high and uncontaminated as that of the proudest of my opponents.

”

The printed letter addressed to the S cottish peers was followedby a series of anonymous communi cations in the T imes, the

Morning Post, and other newspapers,asserting and upholding

Mr Humphrys Al exander’s claims.

In hi s “Analytical S tatement,” Mr Banks expressed himse lf

as“not doubtful ” that the Crown woul d concur in confirming

him as a baronet of Nova S cotia . Having fail ed to obtain recognition

,he raised in the Court of S ession an action of declarator

,

with the view of enforcing it. T o this action the S cottishofficers of S tate lodged defences, which Mr Banks

,in a second

pamphlet, hastened to criticise . His new publication was

addressed to the sovereign. I t bore the following title : “A

Letter to the King’s most excell ent Majesty, respecting whatare called ‘

the defences of the officers of S tate’

to a certain

action of declarator now sisted before the Court of S ession at

Edinburgh, showing the uncandid, covert, and invidious asser

tions there in unnecessarily introduced, which, having beenprinted, tend, as doubtlessmeant, to the prejudice of the pursuer,in the merits of hi s action,

and of his public character,before

trial of the cause .

Whi ch rogue ought most to b e condemn’

d to shame;Who stea ls my purse, or he who says my name

Edinburgh, 1834, 8vo.

“ I t was unfortunate , wrote Mr Banks, for monarchs, who

might wish to live and re ign in the hearts of their subjects,that

they seldom knew anything of the conduct of their official servants.

” “This ignorance,”he added, “ occasioned them execra

2 22 A PPEND IX .

tions when blessings would otherwise b e given. The S cottish

offi cers of S tate he characterised as worthy of hi s notice “only

from their officia l character,” “

not from nobility of blood ; theywere S atanites,

”imps of the fallen ange l ; their “ intents

were “ demon- like ; they “ practised insolence ;” “worshippedthe golden calf ; abused their authority ; were miserable sate llites ; andwrote as the lowe st English scribbler in Grub S treet.Only a few weeks after the appearance of hi s second pam

phlet,Mr Banks differed seriously with his c lient ; he withdrew

his publi cations,abandoned his action of declarator, and re

nounced his title " Henceforth he was personally subj ected todenunciations and epithets of reproach similar to those he had

,

in the supposed interests of hi s client, dealt so unsparingly toothers. In a quarto publication issued by him in 1836 , Mr

Humphrys Alexander characterises his former agent as“a

traitor,

”an impostor

,

”an extortioner,

”a detractor

,

”a low

minded ruffian,

”a companion of the foul fiend .

”He denounced

his services as having been detrimental to him,

”and his pam

phlets as having “created animosity.

”In a future pamphl et

,

issued under his sanction,Mr Humphrys Al exander described

Mr Banks as a notorious character,

”through whom “ he had

been involved in all his difficulties.

”

The pretensions of Mr Humphrys Al exander had becomeportentous ; and as his various services

,if unchall enged

,might

lead to serious complications,it was deemed advisable to adopt

against him decisive measure s. By the S cottish officers of S tate,

an action of Reduction Improbation was raised in the Court ofS ession to set aside his service s, both genera l and special

,along

with the retours, precept, and instrument of sasine followingthereon.

By a portion of the newspaper press,Mr Humphrys Al exander’smovements, as

“Earl of S tirling and Dovan,

”were duly chron

icled. The foll owing paragraph re lative to the marriage of his

daughter appe ared inApril 1835 in various journals RunawayMa tch in HighLifer—The gossips of Edinburgh have experiencedconsiderable excitement from the circumstance of an Englishman having eloped with the fair daughter of a S cotch peer.

2 24 A PPENDIX .

Ireland and that she had heard her grandmother also say that

she had heard from her father that John of Gartmore was theHonourable John Al exander, and was father of John of Antrim .

”

In further evidence , Mr Humphrys Al exander lodged in process a paper described as a leaf torn from the fami ly Bible of

his late uncle , the Rev . John Al exander, son of the Rev. JohnAl exander of Dublin ; it contained the following legend °

I nscrip tion on my grandfa ther’s tomb a t N ewton, copydfor

me by Mr Henri Lyttle ton.

Here lieth the Body of Iohn Al exander, Esquire , late of Antrim,

the only son of the Honourab le I ohn Al exander,who was the fourth

son of that most illustrious and famous state sman,William

,Earl of

S terline , Principa l S ecre tary for S cotland : who had the sing ularmerit of planting, at his sole expense , the first coloni c in N ova S cotia .

H e married Mary, e ldest daughte r of the Rev . Mr Hamilton of

Bangor, b y whom he had issue , one son, Iohn, who, at this presenttime

,is the Presbyterian minister at S tratford- on—A von

,in England,

and two daughters, Mary, who survives,and Elizab e th

,wife of I ohn

M. Skinner, Esquire , who died 7th January 17 leaving three chi ldren. H e was a man of such endowments as added lustre to hisnob le descent

,and was universally respected for his piety and b ene

volence . H e was the b est of husb ands as a father, most indulgentas a friend

,warm

, sincere , and faithfull. H e departed thi s life at

Templepatrick,in the county of Antrim,

on the 19 th day of A pril1712 .

This leaf,taken out of poor John’s Bib le , is put up wi th other

family papers for my son Benjamin—Done this sixte enth day of

December 1776, in the presence of my friends and Mr John Berry,who

,at my request

,have sub scribed their names as witnesses .

HAN NAH A LEXANDER.

A b e l Humphrys.

Ann Humphrys.

John Berry.

Ne ither the tombstone at N ewtonards nor the Bible said tohave contained its inscription were forthcoming, but certain

persons at Birmingham vouched the handwriting of Abe l Hum

phrys and John Berry, two of the three persons attesting the

A PPEND IX . 2 25

signature of Hannah A lexander attached to the inscription.

Respecting the tombstone , the witnessMargaretM ‘Blain deponedthat she had been informed by her deceased husband

,a mason,

that a tombstone with the name John A lexander, Esq ,Antrim,

formerly stood in the old church at the east end of NewtounHouse

,alongside the tombstone of Lady Mount A lexander ;”

whil e Eleanor Battersby, another witness, affirmed that she

learned from Andrew Kelly, coachman,that Richard Monk

,h er

great- grandfather, had attended the funeral of Mr John A lexander of Antrim in Newtonards church.

”

Other efforts were put forth on the claimant’s beha lf. On

the 26th May 1836 Mr Richard Broun,a solicitor

,e lde st son of

S ir James Broun, Bart. of Colstoun, convened a meeting at

London of the baronets of Nova S cotia, to consider the privileges

of the order, but with the subsidiary obj ect of acknowledging“the Earl of S tirling ”

as the ir chi ef. A fter several adjournments, the baronets met at Edinburgh on the 2 1st October, whenMr Broun submitted a lengthened report. He was a llowed toprint and circulate it ; but certain re solutions which he hadprepared for adoption were ignored or negatived. The report,which was founded on materia ls suppli ed by Mr Lockhart,Mr Humphrys A lexander’s solicitor at Edinburgh, bore the

following title : Case of the honourable the Baronets of S cotland and Nova S cotia, shewing their rights and privileges, dignitorial and territorial .

Retinens vestigia fameeVirtutis praemium Avorum.

Edinburgh, 1836 , 8vc , 6 9 pp .

T o Mr Humphrys Al exander, the reporter refers in thesewords : At the Pe ace of Paris in 1763, the right of inh eritanceto the first Earl of S tirling was in the person of his great- greatgrandson,

John,seventh e arl . He died thre e years thereafter,

and was succeeded by hi s brother Benjamin, eighth earl . Thisnobleman did not live to institute proce edings for his rights inAmerica, but died in 1 768, when his titles devolved on femalestill the 12 th S eptember 1814 , when A lexander, the present Earl

P

2 26 A PPEND IX .

of S tirl ing and Dovan,succeeded by the decease of hi s mother.

His lordship completed his titles in 1831 , when,having been

proved he ir to the property, he obtained a precept from hi s

Majesty, as overlord, for giving him seisin of Nova S cotia . Thisprecept was directed to the S heriff of Edinburgh, who, on hisMaj esty’s behalf, gave the earl hereditary state and seisin of

Nova S cotia, with its dependencies, on the 8th of July 1 831 , atthe Castle of Edinburgh

,in the manner prescribed by the

foundation charters of the province .

The defection of Mr Banks probably led Mr HumphrysA lexander to apprehend that the officers of S tate had availedthemselves of hi s services and possible disclosures. In the

Edinburgh newspapers he published the following advertisement :

I ntima tion. Lord S tirling respects the motives which haveinduced T. W. C. to withhold his own name and address and

,hav

ing ascerta ined, by the reference to S ir G. M . ,the perfect

a

truth and

correctness of T. W. C .

’s information

,he fe els b ound in gratitude for

so generous and we ll-timed a di sclosure of important facts on the partof a stranger, to comply with his request of a short acknowledgment

in e ither the Edinb urgh or London newspapers. Lord S . b egs to

assure T. W. C. that a ll his statements respecting the amissing charterof 1639 have been verified by the search, and wil l soon complete lyeffect its discovery . The informationsent respecting dark intriguesof the opposite party will b e useful ; but T. W. C . wil l b e glad tohear that, as might have b een expe cted

,those men who seek the over

throw of a family by treachery, whose plans are supported b y fab ricated papers and defamatory sta tements

,have tra i tors in their own

camp , to whose reve lations Lord S . is indeb ted for ample means of

exposing and punishing the chi e f conspirators .

”

In S eptember 1836, Mr Humphrys Alexander, conjointlywith Mr Lockhart, his solicitor at Edinburgh

,issued a quarto

volume,with the following title Narrative of the Oppre ssive

Law Proceedings and other measures resorted to by the BritishGovernment, and numerous private individuals, to overpower theEarl of S tirling, and subvert hi s lawful rights

,written by him

self ; also, a genealogical account of the family of Al exander,

2 28 A PPEN D IX .

important discoveries both in F rance and America—one mostimportant document for e stablishing his descent having beenrestored to him.

”Referring to the charter of noyodama s

,he

said he had recently ascertained that duly authenticated copieswere extant

,which all these years have been purpose lywithhe ld

by the persons who have them in their keeping.

”

The action of Reduction Improbation came before the Court ofS ession in November, but Mr Humphrys A lexander did not

avail himse lf of his a lleged discoveries by adding to the evidenceoffered to the commission in January. On the l oth December

,

Lord Cockburn as Ordinary issued a proposed judgment re

ducing the services. In an exhaustive note,his lordship de

clared the affidavits of Lyner and Hovenden t o b e inadmissible ,while the genuineness of the latter he he ld as open to suspicion.

The tombstone inscription he pronounced worthl ess as evidencein the absence of the Bible , from which the leaf containing ithad been procured . T he evidence of M ‘Blain and Battersby as

to the existence of the tombstone at N ewtonards was,he he ld

,

negatived by the testimony of other witnesses intimate ly ao

quainted with the locali ty, who deponed that no tombstone , suchas that described

,had occupied a place in the church . In

structing his solicitor to appeal to the Inner House against theproposed judgment (which was pronounced on the 2 0th Decem

b er), Mr Humphrys A lexander proce eded hastily to Paris. His

family remained in London.

On the 2 2d April 1837, one of his sons wrote to him fromLondon in these terms :

“ At to seven to-night,I write a few

hasty lines to say that I rece ived "‘ new evidence yesterday,

and ever since have so occupied as not to b e able to do anything- not write a letter. I t contained 4 documents and a beauti

On the 2 2d December 1838, the Court of S ession directed the letters addressedto Mr Humphrys Alexander by h is son relative to the De F orquet packet to b eexamined by Mr Thomas Thomson

,clerk of court . T he order was executed, and

a report thereon presented to the court on the 3d January 1 839 . In referenceto th e blank between the words I have received,

’

and the words ‘new evidence

yesterday, ’Mr Thomson reported that one word of three or four letters had beenlost, in consequence of a perforation made by tearing or rubbing out the substanceof the paper at the spot .

A PPEND IX.

ful portrait Of John Of Antrim haste . I wil l write onMonday full particul ars . Your affectionate son,

E .

”

T o Mr Humphrys A lexander,his son

,on the following day ,

wrote more fully. He stated that having,on the 2 l st inst ,

called at the shop Of the family bookse llers,Messrs De Porquet

and CO. ,1 1 Tavistock S treet

,he was informed by a young man at

the counter that the firm had about an hour before received, bythe twopenny post, a packet, which, being addressed to them,

they had opened. I t was found to contain an enclosure ad

dressed, “T O the Right Honhle the Earl of S tirling,

”along with a

card inscribed in these terms : Mrs Innes Smyth’s compliments

to Messrs De F orquet and CO. She had ful ly intended callingin Tavistock S treet when she arrived in town yesterday fromS taffordshire ; b ut another commission she had to execute havingprevented her, she is induced to send the enclosed packet tothem by the twopenny post, with her particul ar request thatthey will forward it instantly to the Earl Of S tirling, or any

member Of his lordship’s family,whose residence may b e known

to them. Hackney,Apri l 1 9 th.

”On receiving the packet, he

consulte d with his father’s solicitors as to the manner Of Openingit

,and they suggested that it shoul d b e Opened before a public

notary,which was accordingly done . Within the packet was

found a parchment,inscribed

,S ome ofmy wife

’

s family papers,”

the handwriting,according to the young gentleman, being that

of his maternal grandfather. The packet was impressed withthree black seal s

,the Opening Of which the notary could not

venture to witness. Consequently the young gentleman,ao

compani ed by one of his father’s solicitors, proceeded to Doctors’Commons, where , in presence of proctor Thomas Blake and otherthree witnesses

,

”he cut the parchment over the middle black

seal , and drew out the contents. The severa l documents werethen examined and numbered by the proctor, who inscribed hisini tials upon each, as did the three persons who were presentas witnesses .

In an unsigned note,dated 17th April 1 837, the sender Of the

packet de scribed the papers as stolen from the house of William Humphrys

,the claimant’s father, by a young man,

late ly

2 30 APPEND IX .

deceased,at the instance Of whose family they were returned .

They were sent anonymously, to avoid disgrace and infamy.

”

Among the documents enclosed in the packet was an em

blazoned pedigree Of the Earls of S tirling, “ reduced to pocketsize by Thomas Campbell on the 15th April 1 759 , from the

large emblazoned tree in the possession of Mrs Al exander of

King S treet, Birmingham. This document presented a state

ment of pedigree corresponding with that adduced by the

claimant in his different services ; it represented John Al exander, fourth son of the first Earl Of S tirling, as having settledin Ireland in 1646, and as having died there in 1665, leaving,by his second marriage " with Elizabeth Maxwell of Londonderry, a son,

John. W. a lawyer, writing from Edinburghon the 14th January 1 72 3 to the Rev. John Al exander of

Dublin,refers to the charter Of nooodamns, and suggests that

though it is not in the Register of the Great S eal , it may haveoccupied a portion of the 57th volume of that Register, whereseveral leaves are now wantingfl

' he adds that Mr ThomasConyers Of Catherlough in Ire land held the original , while Mr

Conyers adds a certification that he did so.

A letter from the Rev. John Alexander describes his corre

spondent,“W. as Mr Wil liam Gordon of Edinburgh . A

miniature portrait of the alleged John Of Antrim was on the

back inscribed, “John Al exander, Esq ,of Antrim,

di ed April 1 9 ,1712 . From the original painting done at Versailles in his

fortieth year : now in the possession of P. Denison,Esq ,

of

Dublin. Thos. Campbell , pinx.

”A letter, dated Dublin, S ep

John, fourth son Of the first Earl of S tirling,died about the year 1641 , without male issue. He did not contract a second marriage (see vol . i . , p .

Mr George Robertson, one Of th e deputy keepers of th e Records Of S cotland,at the trial of Mr Humphrys Alexander for forgery, produced the following certificate : I , George Robertson, do certify that I have searched th e PrincipalRecord Of

the 57th volume , and that at the beginning Of the said 57th volume, twelve leaveshave been destroyed or lost. The charters originally recorded on these missingleaves are

,however, ascertained with precision from two ancient indices of th e

Great S eal Record . I have examined these , and can state as the result tha t thetwelve leaves now lost did not contain any charter, diploma

,patent

,nor Other

grant in favour of William,Earl of S tirling, nor of any Earl of S tirling, nor of

any person Of the name of Alexander.

2 32 A PPEND IX .

authentic, under date 1 6th October 1707, by the ce lebrated F rancois Fene lon,

Archbishop of Cambray. A copy Of the inscrip

tion on the alleged tombstone at N ewtonards was a lso affixed tothe map, accompanied by a note bearing that it had be en com

municated by Madame de Lambert, an a lleged patroness of the

Rev. John Al exander.

On the 13th August 1 837, Mr Humphrys Alexander leftParis

,and proceeded to Edinburgh, “

to attend the e lection of

peers.

”In October he despatched one of his sons to Paris to

receive from Mademoise l le le Normand the map and other documents of July, which, if genuine, would, alongwith the contents Ofthe packet of the precedingApril ,have fully established hi s claims.

T o sustain his appea l in the action of Reduction Improbation,

Mr Humphry s Al exander produced in court,on the 25th N O

vemb er 1837, the documents discovered at London and Paris,

the latter under the seal Of Mademoise lle le Normand. The

genuineness of these productions being impeached by the Officers

of S tate , the court authorised a commission to make the neces

sary inquiries. The commissioners made a searching examination at Paris

,and on the ir report the Officers Of S tate moved

that the claimant should b e judicially examined. This motion

being acceded to, the examination of the claimant was,in the

S econd Division Of the Court of S ession,conducted by the Lord

Advocate , on the 18th December 1838 . The claimant admittedthat Mademoise l le la Normand told fortune s by means of cards

,

and was paid by those who consulted her. F or reveali ng hisown fortune , he had paid her five napoleons. This

,he said

,was

“a long time ago,

”b ut he afterwards recollected that it was in

1837. N ot long before the discovery of the map of Canada,he

had granted to Mademoise lle le Normand a bond forfrancs ; it was for borrowed money, and in reimbursement of

outlays for researches made on his behalf in France , Germany,and Holland.

*

In a pamphlet published at Paris in 1845,Mr Humphrys Alexander con

demusMademoiselle le Normand,then deceased, for creating a prejudice against

him in having th e map of Canada, covered with her sealed envelope , carried toth e Court Of S ession, and Opened in the presence of the judges.”

A PPENDIX.

On the 14th F ebruary 1839 , Mr Humphrys A lexander was,

on a charge Of forging sevente en documents,committed to prison

at Edinburgh . Judicially examined by one of the sheriffs of

Edinburgh on the 14th and 1 8th F ebruary,and again on the 6th

March,he stated that during h is late re sidence at Paris, “he was

engaged in literary pursuits ; and in particular, was concernedin supplying information with regard to the state Of society inEngland to a friend who was engaged in publishing a workon the subject ; he was also occupied in writing a memoir Of his

own life . He expressed a“strong suspicion that the map Of

Canada was brought to Mademoise lle le Normand from one of

the administeria l departments in the archives of F rance,and

that it was sent her through the intervention or direction of a

person high in Office . On the 1 8th March he was served withan indictment. I t embraced five counts

, embodying charges asto forging and uttering the excerpt charter Of novodamus

,the

writings on the back of the map Of Canada, and the various

papers contained in the packet addressed to the care of his

bookse ller.

T he trial was fixed to take place in the High Court Of Justiciary at Edinburgh, on the 3d of April, but was adjourned fromthat day to the 2 9 th of th e same month, to enable the pri sonerbetter to prepare his defence . The tria l continued four days .

The prosecution was conducted by Lord Advocate Rutherturd, S olicitor- General Ivory, and Me ssrs Cosmo Inne s and

Robert Handyside , Advocate s-Depute . Me ssrs Patrick Robertson,

Adam Anderson,and John Inglis, advocate s, were counse l

for the prisoner. At the b ar, he was accompanied by his earlyfriend; Colone l D’

Aguilar, Deputy Adjutant- Genera l Of the

F orce s in Ire land, who a lso advanced £500 to aid his defence .

In support Of the charge re lative to the excerpt charter of

novodama s,it was proved that Archbishop Spottiswoode Of

S t Andrews, whose name as Chancellor Of S cotland was ap

pended to it as a witness, ceased to hold Office as chance llor onthe 13th November 1 638, and died on the 2 6th November

e leven days b efore the date assigned to the instrument .

In Craufurd’

s Live s of the Officers of S tate ,”it is stated that Archbishop

2 34 APPENDIX .

I t was also proved that the words Gra tis per signetum at the

end of the excerpt could not have been attached to a completedcharter, the proper words being “

per preceptum secreti sigilli .Further, at the commencement of the excerpt were the words,Reg. Mag. S ig ,

lib . lvii .”—meaning Register Of the Great S eal ,57th volume

,while it was shown that the charter Of novodamus

was not contained in the volume so indicated, and that theformula, Reg. Mag. S ig.,

was not used prior to the year 1806 .

Respecting the map of Canada, it was proved that thoughbearing date 1703, it could not have been printed till sub se

quent to the 24th August 1 718, when its author was appointedPremier Geographe du Roi,” as which he is described upon themap itself. I t therefore followed that the inscriptions attachedto it were spurious

,since at the date assigned to them the map

was non- existent. In the defence strong testimony on behalf ofthe prisoner’s character was borne by Mr Josiah Corrie , his

family solicitor at Birmingham,Mr Charles Hardinge of Bole

Hall, near Tamworth, Mr Roger Aytoun, Writer to the S ignetat Edinburgh, and Colonel D’

Aguilar. In giving his evidence,

Colone l D’

Aguilar said : Nothing on earth woul d have inducedme to stand where I now do before this court

,if I did not

be lieve Lord S tirli ng to b e incapable of doing a dishonourableaction. If the correspondence of an individual can,

in any case ,

b e relied on,as an index to his mind and character, I have in

my possession—in the letters Of Lord S tirling—what will affordthe best proof Of his uprightness and integrity. His earlyletters to me I have not preserved ; b ut latterly, and e speciallysince he has had the misfortune to b e placed in hi s presentsituation

,I have heard from him regularly. Mr Patrick Robert

son,the prisoner’s senior counse l, thus concluded an ingeni ous

argument in his defence :

Spottiswoode died on the 27th December 1 639 ; but in the Latin inscription on

h is monument in Westminster Abbey, contained in the same work, the date

of th e archbishop’s death, is thus indicated :“ Ex hac vita in pace migravit

anno domini 1 639 , sexto calendas Decemb ris. At the trial, Mr Robertson

,on

the part Of the prisoner, admitted that the words Sexto ca lendas Decembris denotedthe 2 6th Of November .

2 36 A PPEND IX .

After deliberating five hours, the jury brought in the foll owingverdict

“ The jury unanimously find it proved that the excerpt charterlib e lled on is a forged document and b y a majority find it not prov enthat the panne l forged the said document

,or is guilty art and part

the reof, or that he uttered it,knowing it to b e forged. Th ey unani

mously find it proved that the documents on the map lib elled are

forged ; and b y a majority find it not proven that the pan el

forged the said documents,or is guilty art and part thereof, or that

he uttered them,knowing them to b e forged. Th ey unanimously

find it not proven that the documents contained in De Porquet’

s

packet are forged, or w ere uttered b y the panne l a s genuine , knowing them to b e forged. They unanimously find it not proven thatthe copy letter to Le N ormand

,in the fifth and last charge of the

indi ctment,is e ither forged, or wa s uttered by the panne l as genuine ,

knowi ng it to b e forged.

”

When the chance llor Of the jury had read this verdict, theprisoner fainted and was borne from the court. The followingjudgment was put on re cord : “The Lords Commissioners of

Justiciary , in respect of the foregoing verdict of assize , assoilzie

the panne l simp lici ter , and dismiss him from the b ar.

”A few

months subsequent to the trial appeared an octavo pamphl et of1 34 pages, entitled, Remarks on the Trial of the Earl Of S tirlingat Edinburgh, by an English Lawyer. In this publication thewriter expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict Of the jury, anddenounced both the judges and the Offi cers of S tate .

On the 4th June 1839 , Mr Humphrys Al exander presenteda note to the Court of S e ssion,

requesting de lay,in order that he

might determine whether he should abide or not by the ’ documents pronounced forgerie s by the jury. The request wasrefused, and the Court, on the 9 th July 1839

,affirmed the

judgment Of Lord Cockburn,reducing the defender’s services.

Against this decision Mr Humphrys Alexander Offered to

appeal to the House Of Lords. I t was now contended by theS cottish Officers Of S tate that the summons in their action Of

F rom a return presented to Parliament in May 1840, the expenses incurredin conducting Mr Humphrys Alexander’s trial were set down at £2585.

A PPEN D IX .

Reduction Improbation contained de claratory as we l l as reductiveconclusions , and they accordingly craved a remit of the proce ssto the Lord Ordinary to dispose of the former. On the 2 9 th

May 1840, the Court issued an interlocutor,remitting the pro

cess to Lord Cunningham,as Ordinary

,who

,on the 2d June

,

affi rmed the declaratory conc lusions. Against this judgment,

confirmed by the Inner House , and against the former interlocutor

,Mr Humphrys A lexander in August 1 841 appealed to the

House Of Lords, but the fina l hearing and disposal of the case

were suspended . In December 1842 an advertisement appearedin the Edinburgh Evening P ost, and other S cottish newspapers,inviting applications to the Rev . J. C . He lm

,Worthing

,S ussex

,

who undertook to satisfy inqui rers that the map of Canada,

with its autographs,was now proved to b e genuine and authentic .

Me ssrs Swinton Turnbull , advocate s,who had pub lished

reports Of Mr Humphrys A lexander’s trial,accordingly com

municated with Mr He lm,who forwarded to each a tract of four

duodecimo pages, in which it was set forth that,since the trial

,

the Earl of S tirling has discovered that an Englishman namedRowland Otto Baijer, a prisoner of war in F rance during theempire , died at Verdun in 1805

,and that in an account of

writings found in his apartments, and de livered to a Monsieur

Gorneau,was a copy ofDe Lisle’s map Of Canada , with an epitaph

in English , an autograph letter Of John A lexander,with a

marginal note by Fenelon,a note by the trave ller Mallet

,and

other attestations. This,maintained the writer, was absolute lythe identical map whi ch figured in the court at Edinburgh.

”In

1 845 Mr Humphrys A lexander issued a further publication ;he printe d at Paris an octavo pamphl et of 75 pages, entitled,“Two Letters addressed to the RightHon. Thomas

,LendDenman

,

Lord Chief Justice of the Court Of Queen’

s Bench . In thispubli cation he insisted on his rights as Earl Of S tirling and

Lieutenant Of Canada, maintained the genuinene ss Of the

impugned documents, including those on the map Of Canada,

and begged that in his impending appea l to the House Of Lords,Lord Denman would act as a mediator betwe en him and the

Government.” He referred to his undeniable grievances,” and

2 38 A PPEND IX.

hoped that, under his lordship’s auspices, he would no longer b e

oppre ssed and persecuted .

On the 6th March 1845the appeal ofMr HumphrysAlexanderwas heard in the House of Lords, when their lordships found thatthe interlocutor of the Court Of S ession, Of the 2d June 1840,not having been reclaimed against, the process was asle ep . The

appellant thereupon raised a process of wakening before theLord Ordinary

,but after certain proceedings

,and an order in the

case by the House of Lords, on the 1 9 th F ebruary 1846, procedurewas sisted.

Mr Humphrys Alexander now removed to the United S tates,

and e stablishing his residence at Washington,presented to the

American Government a statement Of his claims. By GeneralPierce

,Pre sident Of the Uni ted S tates, an application on his

behalf was,about the year 1854 , addressed to the British

Government, which was fol lowed by a correspondence .

Mr Humphrys Alexander died at Washington on the 4th

May 1859 , aged seventy- six. By his wife,F ortunata

,daughter

of S ignor Giovanni Bartoletti,Of Naples, he had five sons

,A lex

ander Will iam F rancis, Charles Louis, Eugene , Wi lliam Donald,

and John, and a daughter, Ange la ; she married, in April 1835,William Wilberforce Pearson,

Esq. of S craptoft Hall,Le icester

shi re , with issue .

On the 1 1th F ebruary 1864 , Al exanderWi lliam F rancis Al ex

ander, eldest son Of A lexander Humphrys A lexander,was served

heir in general to his father by the Sheriff of Chancery at Edinburgh . He thereupon revived, in the Court of S ession,

the pro

cess ofwakening. The competency of the proce eding was resistedby the Officers Of S tate , but by an interlocutor, dated 2 9 th June1864

,the Court repelled the Obj ections, and

,on payment by

the appe llant of costs incurred by the Officers of S tate prior tothe 2d June 1840, permi tted the raiser to reclaim. On the 25th

May 1866 , the Court found the action raised by the Officers OfS tate , as regarded its de claratory conclusions

,incompetent ; and

in respect Of these conclusions, dismissed it, with costs to the

appe llant. But on the 1 9 th June Of the‘

same year,the S econd

Division pronounced the following judgment : In respect of the

240 A PPEND IX .

A ccording to A ct of Parliament,a serv ice of he irship to an

ancestor,which rema ins uncha llenged by any other heir

,sha ll

,af ter a

lap se of twenty yea rs, b ecome a bsolute in the he ir so served and that,

in all case s b e twe en the Crown and a subj ect, such service sha ll be

come a bsolute if i t rema ins uncha llenged by the Crown af ter a lapse of

forty years.

’The serv ice ab ove named

,b e ing dated May 30th, 1831,

the forty ye ars expired on May 30th, 1871, and the Government Of

Great Brita in is b ound, on demand,to give a new charter in a ccord

ance with said service . This fact,in addition to the want of title in

the Crown to interfere at a ll in an he irship,e stab lished b y law,

nul

lifies a ll the litigious p roceedings commenced in January 1833, duringthe politica l agitation in the Canadas, which resulted sub sequently inreb e llion.

These rights are founded upon a charter, granted 10th S eptemb er

162 1,Of N ova S cotia

,etc . ; a novodamus of the same

,dated 12 th

July 1625 and a charter of the Dominion of Canada,dated 2d F eb

ruary 1 62 8. T hese charters were forma lly ra tified by Act of P a rliament

,2 8th

‘

of June 1633. They are all on fi le in the Record Officeat Edinburgh, S cotland. The ir pre sent va lidity has b e en proved bythe ir use on various treatie s

,and on questions Of boundary ; and,

further,the ir lega l force was e stab lished b y the ir renewa l in the A ct

of seisin (quoting them at length), in Lord S tirling’

s favour,b y King

William IV . ,on the 8th of July 1831 .

Litigious proce edings, worthy only of the b arb arous ages—an

unholy system of law practice grown out of feuda l conque st—havebeen pursued for forty years. They have b een condemned in strong

terms b y British lawyers and judges, and never more so than in theHouse of Lords in A pril 1845, on appea l from decisions (two of them

a ctua lly made in secret) in S cotland, when Lord Chancellor Cottenham and e X -Chancellors Brougham,

Lyndhurst, and Campb e ll heardthe case

,and expressed the ir opinions that the whole proce edings Of

the Crown were wrong, i llega l, unconsti tutiona l,and a rbitra ry

unheard of in Bri tish Courts,’e tc . Thi s course of illegality, however,

was persisted in b e cause , as Lord A dvocate Murray stated in the

Court Of S ession, in 1837, the case had politica l consequences.

’

This opposition led to a succession of crimes,commencing with

the celeb rated forgery at the Colonia l Ofli ce in 1833,to inve igle and

carry Off Lord S tirling, details Of which were pub lished in a quartovolume at Edinb urgh, 1837 (conta ining all the se lf- convicting lettersfrom the Government, and fina l confe ssion Of the S olicitor of the

A PPEND IX. 241

Treasury, Mr Maul), to the forgery tria l in Edinburgh, in revengeforthe publicity given to the ofi cia l forgery ; where in a map of Canada ,

with writings upon it,stolen b y a British agent from the Office Of

F ore ign Affairs in Paris, was in a di sreputab le way forced on LordS tirling, and then secretly w ithdrawn from the Court

,and a copy or

f orgery substitu tedfor i t.

The charge fe ll through, the rebutting testimony proving that theCrown witne sse s were a set of crimina ls . T he Lord A dvoca te

, finding tha t Mr Mark N ap ier, an eminent Crown Counsel, and other

relia b le wi tnesses, could prove the su bstitution before named, referred

the case to the Home Offi ce in London. Afte r consultation,the

Government de cided that the Crown had gone too far to retrac t ;

that the case must proce ed at a ll hazards,and every effort b e made

to save the honour of the Crown, compromi sed b y I'

rs AGEN T S etc .

“As onef orgery na tura lly required others to susta in i t,so ALL the

Official and newspaper reports Of the sham tria l were b ut a series Of

misrepre sentations of the te stimony to save the honour of the Crown ’

b y calumni ating the he ir. I t was considered necessary not only tofalsify evidence , but p assages in letters were interpola ted in imita tion

(y’

Lord S tirling’s handwri ting and read to the j ury by the chief j udge,

af ter the case closed,to ca rry, if p ossible, a verdict by surp rise. I n

short, a powerful and proud Government was not too proud or too

powerful to a llow itse lf to be the tool of p ettyfogging lawyers, andcover up their crimes b e cause Lord S tirling had ob stinately refused’

(a Crown Counse l’s words) to arrange (i e .

,sha re

’

)wi th them,and so

ensure to them enough to cover the fortunes promised if they coul d

destroy the e stab lished right.“That the Bri tish Government had no doub ts of Lord S tirling

’s

rights, and knew we ll the weak course it was pursuing, is shown by

the fact that at the severe conte st for e lection Of sixteen Peers at

Edinb urgh, in 1838,it commissioned the Earl of Buchan to Offer

Lord S tirling an English Barony (enab ling a Peer to sit in the House

of Lords without form of e lection), if he would vote the whole Government ticket. But Lord S . refused to change hi s politics or ab andon

hi s friends,arguing that his rights shoul d b e settled independently of

party questions .

But to leave this revolting view of Official imb ecility on one

side and greed on the other,I will add

,that on June 1

,1854

,Lord

S tirling forwarded to Hon . Wil liam L. Marcy , then S ecretary of

S tate,a letter and protest against any interference with his estab lished

asQ

242 APPEND IX .

rights in the F isheries. T he Hon. Reverdy Johnson, in a lengthyOpini on, dated May 5, 1854, confirming English and S cotch Opini ons,toge th er with those of Hon. R. J. Walker

,John L. Hayes (author of

V indication’of Lord S tirling, pub lished in this city in and

A . H . Lawrence, Counsellors of Law in thi s country , says : I t is

e vident tha t those proceedings were originally instituted for immediate political effect in the Canadas, and with no expe ctation of

finally disturb ing the foundation of Lord S tirling’s title .

’ LordS tirling died at my house, May 4th, 1859 . A few years later a

settlement Of the case was talked of in England, b ut procrastinateduntil the arb itrary decisions,

’etc .,

had b een rescinded. A ccordingly,the present earl, my e ldest b rother, by decree of the Court of S ession,

afte r decision of a jury, was in the usual form declared heir to his

father,etc . ,

etc .,and in F ebruary 1864, the

‘arb itrary decisions

were reversed, and finally the Court of S ession dismissed the Crowncase on the ground of ‘ i llega lity

’in May 1866 .

“ I t is b ut justice to a few honourab le men to state that Earl Grey,Reform Prime Minister in 1830

,the late E arl Derb y, S ir Rob ert

Pe e l,and other British statesmen, protested against the persecution

into which the opposition commenced from politica l reasons,

’drifted

through the action of lawyer swindlers,who wanted a compensating

share in the ca se . Y ears ago, a London journal, comm enting on thiscase

,remarked that the Government ‘

ought to interfere and in

demni fy Lord S tirling,’ and spare the poor earl from be ing worriedto death by the wolf-dogs of the law.

’

I leave thi s case in the hands of Congress, trusting that with aV iew to protect its

~citizens in the ir rights, it will countenance no

measure damaging to them,but cause a thorough investigation Of the

whole subj ect b efore taking final action in regard to the matter of the

F isheries.

”

On the statements put forth in thi s appeal, commentary isuse less, differing as they essentially do with the facts and cir

cumstances of the case .

2 44 INDEX.

Alexanders, the—continued.Christian, i i . 35.

David, ii . 37 .

Elizabeth, ii . 37, 80, 81 .

Hannah,i i . 80 .

Henry, i i 83, 85Isabella,11 . 35.

James, ii . 35, 81- 83.Jane , i i . 35, 81 .

Janetta, ii. 82 , 85.Joanna, i i . 35.John, ii . 35, 81 .

Joseph, i i . 80, 84, 85.

Lucy,ii . 36 .

Maitland, ii . 85.

Margaret, ii . 80, 81 .

Marianne,i i . 34, 35.

Martha , ii . 81 .

Mary, 2 84 ; i i . 36, 37, 81 .

Phoebe , i i . 80, 81 .

Robert, ii . 36, 37, 79 , 135.

S amuel, ii . 81 , 85.

S arah, ii . 81 .Thomas, ii . 70 .

William,241

,2 82 - 284 ; 11

79 -81 , 83, 84.

ALEXAN DERs, THE, in I reland .

Adam,ii . 1 36 .

Agnes,i i . 1 2 0 .

Alexander,ii . 101 , 102, 1 67-169 .

Alice , ii . 1 14 .

Amelia,ii . 100 .

Andrew, Ii . 9 1 - 9 3, 9 8 -101 , 109 ,1 2 3, 159 ; ii . 2 12 .

Anne , ii . 46, 102 , 104, 105, 1 1111 3, 1 1 9 , 123, 12 4, 1 2 6, 166

1 6 9 .

Archibald, 11 . 79 , 88, 9 1 , 9 3.

Arthur, ii . 43 - 45.

Avia, i i . 39 , 138, 139 .

Benjamin, ii . 152 , 154, 155, 225,2 31 .

Blanch,II . 11 4.Caledon, i i . 1 20 .Caroline, ii 125.Catherine , 1 1. 1 05, 106, 1 12 , 115

1 17, 12 3, 1 24, 1 38, 1 39 .Charles,i i . 9 0 , 9 2 , 1 02 , 103, 115,

12 6 , 1 27, 1 37 .

Charlotte, ii . 105, 107, 1 12, 1 1 9 ,1 20 .Christian

,11. 102 .Claud

,ii . 1 14.Constance, i i . 1 14.Cuthbert, ii . 134 .

David, i i . 9 2 , 1 31 .

Deborah, i i . 1 65.

Dorothea, ii . 106, 110, 117.

Alexanders, the—continued.

Dudley, ii . 11 4.

Edith, ii . 1 14 .

Edmund, i i . 1 43 -1 45, 149 , 150 .

Edward, i i . 46 , 127, 168 .

Eleanor, ii . 9 0.

Eliza , ii . 115, 1 19 , 12 0, 123 .

Elizabeth, ii . 46 , 89 , 9 0 , 9 3, 9 4,9 6 , 1 02 , 1 04, 1 05, 1 10, 11 2, 1 1 6 ,

123 , 1 24, 1 30, 1 32 , 1 64, 1 66

1 68, 170 , 171 , 224.

Ell en,i i . 120 .

Emily, i i . 102 , 1 14.

F anny, ii . 102 , 120, 12 6 .

F ergus, i i . 134.

F rancis, i i . 87, 103, 159 , 1 60.

F rederick, i i . 11 4, 1 2 6 .

George , i i . 45, 46, 87, 9 4, 101 -104,1 13, 114, 1 57 .

Gertrude, ii . 158.

Godfrey, ii . 127.

Grace , i i . 112 .

Granvill e , ii . 114 .

Grizel, ii . 44.

Gustavus, ii . 12 6 .

Hannah, i i . 44, 9 0 , 130, 143, 145,1 47- 150 , 152 , 155, 210 , 2 2 4, 2 25.

Harriet, ii . 1 03, 112 , 1 23, 126 .

Henrietta, ii . 1 12 , 1 1 3 .

Henry, i i . 1 01 - 1 03, 107 , 1 10, 1 14,

Hugh , i i . 9 1 , 9 2 , 1 30 , 131 .

Isabella , ii. 9 4, 12 6 , 1 27.

Jacob, ii . 9 1 , 9 3 , 9 4, 1 65.

James, i i . 39 , 42 -45, 86

- 9 2 , 9 4- 9 6 ,

1 02 - 104,1 07, 108, 110 , 1 13, 1 15,

1 19 , 1 20, 130- 132

,1 38- 141 , 1 45,

1 65- 171 , 2 10 .Jane, ii . 44, 46 , 87, 9 0, 9 3, 9 7, 1 10 ,1 1 9

,123

,12 4, 131 -133, 136 , 166

1 6 9 .Janet,11. 12 9 , 138.Jean

,ii. 132 , 1 66 .

Jerome,ii . 1 60 -164.Jeromina , ii . 1 64.

John, ii . 39 , 43 -46 , 61 , 63, 87, 89

9 1,9 3 , 9 4, 9 9 - 104, 107, 1 13,

1 2 3, 1 25, 1 2 9 , 131- 133

,135-138,

143,145, 147- 154, 1 65

- 171 , 2 1 0

2 12 , 2 1 4, 2 17, 2 23 - 2 25, 230, 231 .

Joseph, ii . 86 , 87, 89 - 9 4, 170 , 1 71 .

Josias, i i . 100, 1 20.

Leonora , ii . 1 2 6 .

Lesley, ii . 1 66 - 1 69 .

Lewson,ii . 1 33 .

Lorenzo, i i . 102 , 103.

Louisa, ii, 11 2 , 167.

Lucia , i i . 1 02 .

Lucy,ii . 1 20 .

A

INDEX.

Alexanders, the—co ntinued.

Magdalene,ii . 44.

Mar

garet ii . 44

, 47, 100, 130, 1 31 ,1 8.

Martha, 11. 9 3, 100, 1 31, 170 .

Mary, ii . 46 , 9 0, 9 1 , 104, 1 06, 107,1 1 1 - 1 13, 1 15, 1 1 6 , 120, 1 2 6 , 1 31 ,148

,152 , 155, 157, 1 64

- 167 ; ii .2 2 4.

Matilda, II . 1 1 6 .

Monsey,ii . 106 .

Nathaniel,Ii . 89

, 9 0, 100, 104,10 9 - 1 15, 132 .

Nicholas,ii . 157.

Oliver, ii . 1 66 , 167.

Patrick, ii . 1 31 .

Peter, ii 79 .

Rachel, 11 . 165.

Raynsford, ii . 1 25.

Rebecca , ii . 87, 1 04, 1 05, 1 10, 1 65.

Richard, ii . 47, 1 13 , 1 16 , 12 4, 143,1 45, 1 47 - 149 , 151 , 158 .

Robert, ii. 43 - 45, 87, 89 - 9 1 ,9 4, 9 7, 101 , 104, 1 07 - 1 13

,1 15

,

1 16 , 1 18- 12 0

,12 3 - 127, 130 -1 33,

Ronald, Ii . 1 1 4 .

Rose , i i . 1 64, 165.

Rosetta , ii . 1 68 .

S amuel, Ii . 46 , 47, 89 - 9 2,1 31 , 135

1 37, 1 65, 1 6 9 .

S arah, ii . 8 9 , 123, 1 36 , 1 45, 146 .

S ophi a, ii. 1 1 3 .

S tuart, ii . 45.

Susanna,ii . 46 , 47, 1 45, 146 .Thomas, i i . 87 , 9 1 - 9 4, 9 9

,130

1 33,1 65

,167- 1 6 9 .

Ursula , Ii . 157 .

Waller, I i . 1 1 6 .

Walter, ii . 103 .

Wentworth, Ii . 44, 45.

William,ii . 79 , 87, 89 , 9 1, 9 2 , 9 4,

9 7, 100 , 1 03 - 107, 1 10, 1 13 - 118,

12 3- 126,1 29 - 1 32 , 134- 136 , 156,

157, 171

ALEXAN DERs, THE , in Middleton ofMenstry , Menstry, and A lloa .

Adam, 278, 2 9 4.

A es, 2 79 .

exander, 278, 2 80, 2 9 3 -2 95, 2 97,300 - 302 .

Alfred, 302 .

Andrew,2 9 1 , 2 9 2, 2 9 6, 2 9 9 .

Anne , 300, 301 .

Archibald, 287, 2 9 7, 2 9 8.Catherine , 2 81 , 29 8, 301 .

Charles, 2 9 2 , 2 9 3 , 300 - 302 .

Christian, 280, 300 .

Al exanders,the—continued .

David, 280 , 2 9 8, 2 9 9 .

Ebenezer, 2 89 , 301, 302 .

Elizabeth,278, 279 , 281 , 288, 2 9 8.

Eupham,29 8 .

F rancis, 29 8.

George, 278, 279 , 2 9 7, 2 9 9 .

Hugh,278, 279 , 286 - 288 , 2 9 0, 29 9 ,

300 .Isabel,288

,2 9 3.James, 18, 278 - 2 81 , 287- 29 1 , 2 9 3

2 9 5,2 9 9 - 302 , 304.Janet, 2 80, 2 9 3, 2 9 4, 2 9 8- 301 .Jean

,279 , 2 88, 2 9 9 - 301 .John

,18, 278 - 280, 2 87- 2 9 7, 2 9 9

302 .

Lilias, 300 .

Ma

gdalene , 2 9 8, 2 9 9 .

Ma colm, 2 78, 2 9 0, 2 9 1 , 2 9 3, 2 95,2 9 6 , 304 .

Margaret, 279 , 2 87, 289 , 2 9 8- 300,302 .

Mary, 279 , 286 , 289 , 300, 301 .

Patrick , 2 80 .

Pete r, 279 , 2 9 0 .

Robert, 278, 279 , 286, 288, 2 9 4,2 9 7, 300 .

Susanna, 281 .

Thomas , 286 , 29 2 , 295,2 9 6 , 300 .

Walter, 288, 2 9 0, 2 9 1 , 302 .

Willi am,10

, 2 78 -280, 2 86 -300,302 .

ALEXAN DERs, THE , in S cotland (centreand south).

Adam, 17 ; ii . 54.

Agnes

,Ii . 54, 56 , 58.

§§ander, 12 ; ii . 8, 12 , 13, 38,

Alister,12 .

Andrew,18

,28 ; II . 1 4.

Barbara , i i . 17 .Catherine , i i . 10 - 12 , 23.Charles,ii . 16 .Christian,ii . 1 1 .Claud, ii . 2 3 , 39 .

David, 1 8 ; ii 10, 1 1 , 2 1, 57.

Donald, 1 2Elizabeth, II. 10 - 12 .

Elspeth, ii . 1 1 .

Gavin, 17, 18.

George , ii . 10, 56 .

Gilbert, i i . 2 1, 22 , 53 .

Henry,ii . 8 .

Hugh, ii . 1 9 .Isobel, ii . 54.James, 18 11 . 8 - 10, 12 , 14,

17 -1 9 , 2 3, 38, 56 -58 .

2 46 INDEX.

Alexanders, the—continued .

Janet, ii . 11 , 14, 2 3, 39 , 54, 57,58.John, 1 2 , 25 ; II. 1 0, 1 2 , 1 6 - 22 ,

38, 39 , 49 , 53 , 54, 56-58 .

Margaret 1 7 ; i i . 9 , 11 , 1 9 , 54, 5658.

Marion,11 . 10 , 54.

Patrick, 1 2 ii . 15, 58.

Richard, ii . 15, 2 1 .

Robert, 18 ; ii . 9 - 12,15, 1 9 , 22,

2 3, 38, 39 , 50 54 -56, 58 .

Susanna, ii . 10 .Thomas, 18, 2 8 ; 11 . 8, 1 4, 1 9 , 54.

William,17 ; i i. 8, 9 , 1 2

- 20,22 ,

38, 39 , 56-58.

ALEXAN DERs, THE , in S cotland (F ifeand the N orth).Agnes

,316

,31 9 .

Alexander, 32 1 11 . 1 -6 .

Andrew,317 , 318 .

Anne , 315- 317 .

Archi bald, ii . 6 .

Catherine , 317, 320 .

Charles,ii . 5.Christian, 326 ; 11 . 6 .

Christina , 32 1 .

Cosmo, ii . 3.

David, 315- 318, 320- 326 ; 11 . 6, 7.

Doctor,1 75.

Euphame , ii . 6 .

George , 314, 321 .

Gilbert, 31 6 , 31 9 .

Helen, 317.

Hugh, 327 .Isobel,315, 32 2 ; 11. 4, 7, 18 .

James, 315, 317, 318, 32 1 , 325 ;i i . 2

,5-7 .Janet, 317, 318, 320 ; II. 6 .

Jean, 316 .

John, 31 6 - 322 ; 11. 2 , 3, 5- 7.

Lyston, 315.

Margaret, 31 6 - 318 ; 11. 4, 5.

MarI on,i i . 7 .

Patrick, i i . 2 .

Rachel, 317.

Richard, i i . 3 .

Robert, 31 6, 317, 319 , 321 , 322 ,325, 32 6 ; ii . 2 .Thomas

,314- 31 6

,318 ; ii . 5

- 7 .

Walter, i i . 5.

William, 315, 318-32 1 , 32 6 ; ii . 2 ,

5, 6 .

ALEXAN DERs, THE , in S tir ling.

Agnes, 270, 273 .

Andrew,10 , 275, 286 , 2 9 2

Barbara, 273, 276 .

Alexanders,the—continued .Catherine , 2 70, 2 76 .Charles,276 , 277 .Christopher

, 23, 273 .

David,2 71 .

Elizabeth, 20, 2 1 , 270, 271, 273,2 76 .

Helen, 274.James, 274, 276 , 277 .Janet, 270, 275, 276 .Jean,2 76 .John,2 71 , 274, 277.

Marion, 2 72 .

Rob ert,2 0

, 2 1 , 2 68- 272 , 275, 277ii . 62 .Thomas, 276 .

William, 271, 2 74 -277.

ALEXANDERS,THE , of B lackhouse, Bog

ha ll,Ba llochmylc, S outhbar, and

A irdrie .

Alexander, 11 . 2 8, 33, 34.

Anna,ii . 25

,28

, 2 9 .

Boyd,ii . 2 8, 30 , 31 .Catherine

,ii. 2 8, 2 9 .Claud

,ii . 2 4

,2 6, 27, 2 9 , 31, 32 .Cora , ii . 30 .

David, 11 . 31 .

Edwin, ii . 30 .

Elizabeth, i i . 25.

Evelyn, i i . 30 .

Helenora,ii . 2 9 -31 .

Herbert,ii . 31 .James, ii . 2 4, 25.Janet

,ii . 2 4.

Jean,ii . 25- 27, 34.

John, ii . 2 4, 25, 2 9 , 30 .

Lilias,ii . 2 8 .

Lockhart, ii . 2 8.

Margaret, ii . 2 4, 2 7- 2 9 .

Marion, ii . 2 4, 27, 31 .

Mary,i i . 25, 2 9 .

Michael,i i . 31 .

Robert, ii . 2 3 - 25, 27, 2 9 , 31, 33,34, 37, 39 .

S ophia, ii . 30 .

Ursula,i i . 27

Wilhelmina,11 . 28 .

William,ii . 25, 2 6, 30, 31 , 33,

35-37, 41 .

ALEXAN DERs,THE

,of Ca ledon.Charles, i i . 1 22 .

Dupre, Earl of Caledon II . 122 .

Elizabeth,ii . 1 2 2 .James, Earl Of Caledon, II . 12 1 , 12 2 .

Jane,ii . 1 2 2 .

Mabella, ii . 12 1 .

Walter, ii.

248 INDEX.

Alexanders,the—continued .

John,1 6

,17, 28, 2 9 ; ii . 8.

Robert, 1 6 .

S usan, 18 .

William, 1 6 .

Al exandraean, th e, 39 .

Algeo, I sobel, ii . 23.

Allan, Isobel, ii . 1 1 .

Alschinder,see Alexander.

Alschonder,Alschunder,Al synder,“Anacrisis ; or, Censure of S ome Poets,1 65, 1 6 6 ; Appendix, N O . I I I .

,ii .

2 05- 210 .

Ancrum, Robert , Earl of, 181 .

Anderson, Margaret, 2 9 4, 2 9 7.

Angus, Lord of the Isles, 2 , 3 ; 11 . 48,4 9

Angus, Margaret,11 . 18.

Anstruther, Christina , 326 .

Anstruther,S ir John

,of ilk , 326 .

Antrim, Alexanders in,i i . 1 2 9 - 1 33.

Arcadia, ” th e , of S idney, 46, 47.

Ardchattan, Priory of, 3, 4 .

Ardigon, lands of, ii . 1 29 .

Ardmillan, Craufurd of, ii . 53.

Arkwright, Frances, 2 15.

Arkwright, Robert, of Sutton, 2 15.

Armagh,Alexanders in

,ii . 134.

Armagh, grants of land in, 1 08.

Armstrong, S arah, ii. 70 .

Artimarlach,battle Of

,ii . 1 .

Arundel,Lord

,ii . 16 1 .

Ashworth, Rev. Caleb , i i . 152 .

Assignation, bond of, 177- 1 85.

Auchmull,lands of

,11. 2 , 4, 5.

Aungier, Ambrose , ii . 1 40.

“Aurora ,” a poem, 36 .

Aytoun, Andrew,Lord Kinglassie, 317.

Aytoun, David, of Kinaldie , 317, 318.

Aytoun, Rachel, 317 .

Aytoun, Robert, of Inchdairnie, 318.

Aytoun,Roger, W. S . , ii . 2 34.

Aytoun, S ir Robert, 39 , 40 .

BAOALAos ISLES, 11 . 181 .

Baijer, Rowland, i i . 2 37 .

Baillie,Principal Robert, 32 , 173.

Baillie , S ir James,9 4

,108, 109 , 1 9 2 ,

1 9 3.

Baird, S ir George, Of Newbyth, 258.

Balfour,Lord Burleigh, 2 9 7 .

Balfour, S ir James, 147, 188

-1 9 0 .

Ball, James, of Drumgay , ii . 70 .

Ballendine , Alexanders in, ‘

17.

Ball ingeich , Pass of, 150 .

Ballochmyle, Alexanders of, 11 . 2 9 - 32 .

Ballochmyle , Bonny Lass of,

”i i . 28.

Ballochmyle, Wh itefoords of, i i . 2 9 .

Ballyb igley, Alexanders of, i i . 88 - 9 0,9 2 - 9 4.

Ballyb roghy , lands of, II . 162 .

Ballyclare , Alexanders of, ii . 130 - 133,1 68, 16 9 .

Ballyclose, Al exanders of, 11 . 9 9 -101 .

Ballymore,lands of, ii . 1 68.

Balskellie , lands Of, i i . 7 .

Banks, Richard, ii . 175.

Banks, Thomas, i i . 2 12, 2 14, 215, 218,2 20- 2 22 .

Barclay,Alexander, 20.

Barclay,Isobel, i i . 1 6 , 17.

Barclay,William, 20 .

Bargarran, lands Of, ii . 55.

Barker, Mary, ii . 1 65.

S ir William,1 1 . 1 65.

Barker,William P . , ii . 165.

Barkly, William,1 37.

Barlow, James, i i . 1 20 .

Barnes, Captain Edward, II . 1 24.

Barnes,S ir Edward, i i . 1 2 4.

Bartoletti, Fortunata , 11. 2 10, 238.

Bates,Amelia , ii . 1 6 9 .

Bath,James

,ii . 1 49 .

Bathurst, Hon. S eymour, 11. 35.

Battersby, Eleanor, ii . 2 23, 2 25.

Battersby, S amuel, ii . 2 23 .

Baxter, Anne, ii . 68 .

Baxter,Captain Andrew, 9 9 .

Baxter, John,ii . 71 .

Beatty, George , ii . 70, 71 .

Beatty, Richard, ii . 69 .

Beatty, S amuel, ii . 67.

Becks, Lawrence, 237.

Becks,Susan

,237.

Benson, Dr George , 11. 153.

Beresford, Charlotte, i i. 131 .

Bernard, Francis, 2 82 .

Betham, S ir Will iam, 11 . 1 65.

Beton, Robert, Of Balfour, 32 0 .

Beveridge , Margaret, 2 9 7 .

Biddle,Mrs Thomas, ii . 35.

Binfield, Louisa, 2 22 .

Birmingham, John Alexander in, 11 .

2 31 .

Birmingham, Mrs Alexander in 11 . 228 .

Birney,Rachel

,ii . 6 9 .

Birney, Robert, Of Gartmore, 11 . 6 9 .

Blackader, S ir John, 1 9 0.

Blacker, Colonel William 11 . 110 .

Blacker, Grace, ii . 107.

Blacker,Rev. S t John, 11 . 107.

Blackhouse, Alexanders of, ii . 23 - 2 9 .

Blackwood, John, ii . 1 40 .

INDEX .

Blair, Charlotte, 11. 78.

Blair, Edward, ii . 78.

Blair, Robert , 1 62 , 2 05.

Blair, S ir Robert, 2 26 , 11 . 78 .

Blairhill , Alexanders in, 1 8, 28.

Blanch evill e , Edmund, ii . 141 , 1 43.

Blancheville,Ellis, i i . 1 45.

Blancheville , Peter, ii . 1 41 , 145.

Blaw,Elizabeth

,2 9 2 .

Blayney, Andrew,Baron, II . 1 2 1 .

Blount, Colonel John, 238 - 2 40 .

Blundell,Mary, 2 48.

Blundell, Montagu, Lord, 248 .

Boomhall, Alexanders of, i i. 1 09 - 111 .

Boteler (Butler), Edmund le, ii . 156 .

Bothwell Bridge,ii . 42 .

Boyd, Robert, Of T ourgill, 128, 182 .

Boyd , Thomas, of Bonshaw,1 28, 182 .

Boyd, William, Earl of Kilmarnock, ii.2 8 .

Boyd, William, M. P . ,11 . 116 .

Boyle , F lorinda, ii . 1 13 .

Boyle,Richard

,ii . 1 13 .

Brabazon, Anthony, Earl Of Meath, II .30.

Brabazon, Lady Martha, 11 . 29 .

Bracken, Mary,ii. 1 20.

Bra idie,Andrew

,11 8.

Bra idi e , Christian, 11 . 9 .

Breen, Ralph, ii . 70 .

Brinkley, Esther, ii . 103.

Brink ley, Matthew,ii . 1 03 .

Briot,N icholas, 1 44, 145.

Broderick,S ir Allan, ii . 66 .

Broun, Richard, ii . 2 25.

Broun, S ir James, Of Colstoun, 225.

Bronne, Elizabeth, ii. 1 64.

Broune, N icholas , ii . 164.

Brown,Susan

,ii . 85.

Browne, Anne , 2 21 .

Browne , Capta in W . F . 214.

Browne,Charlotte , 2 21 .

Browne, Clement, 2 2 1, 2 22 .

Browne , Dr, 2 21 .

Browne , Georgiana, 221 .

Browne , Jessie , 2 2 1 .

Browne , John, 2 21 .

Browne, Mary, 2 2 1 .

Browne,S amuel, 2 2 1 , 222 .

Bruce,Edward, 2 9 8 .

Bruce, Harry, 2 9 8.

Bruce,Hon. Charles, 11. 119 .

Bruce , Marjory,2 9 5.

Bruce,Robert , 181 .

Bruce,Robert, of Kennet, 2 9 8, 2 9 9 .

Bruce , S ir David, of Clackmannan, 6 .

Bruen, Colonel Henry, Ii . 102 .

Br uen, Harriet, Ii . 1 02 .

Buchanan,Thomas , 33.

Bulmer, S ir Bevis, 45, 46, 49 .

Bulmer,Thomas

,2 67.

Buntein, Major Hugh,of Kilb ryde ,

2 4.

Buntein,Margaret, 11 . 2 4.

Burn, Elizabeth, 2 0 .

Burn, Helen, 287, 289 .

Burn, J. , ii . 2 27.

Burn,John

, 20 .

Burnside, Margaret,11. 68.

CARELL, Elizabeth , 11. 83 .Cabell, George , M.D. , ii . 82 .Cabot, S ebastian, 58, 12 4.Cadell, Eliza, 2 24.

Cahirglass, lands of, II . 43, 44.

airns, Capta in,Of Killyfaddy, 11. 72 .

airns,Elizabeth, 2 9 1 .Cairns, James, ii . 71 .Caledon, Al exanders, Earls of, II . 115,

1 2 1 , 1 22 .Callan, Lord, 11 . 146 .Callander, Janet, 2 76 .

althorpe , Reynolds, 2 43.

ampb ell, Alexa, 2 27 .

ampb ell , Archibald, Earl of Argyle,6, 32

- 34, 38, 39 , 187, 1 9 9 .Campbell

,Archibald

,Lord Of Lorne,

1 12 .

Campbell, Archibald, Master of Argyle ,

Campbell, Archibald, of Lochaw, 6 .Campbell, Charles, of Menstry , 7 .Campbell,Christian, 2 10 .Campbe ll , Colin, 6 .

Campbell, Colin, Earl of Argyle, 8, 13,2 8, 33 .

Campbell , Colin, of Dunstaffnage , 4.Campbell, Donald, 7 .Campbell, Dougal , 7 .Campbell , Dougal, OfMenstry , 6 .Campbell, Duncan, Of Lochaw, 7 .Campbell,Duncan

,of Menstry, 6 .Campbell, Henrietta , 2 1 9 .Campbell

,James

,187.Campbell

,James , of Blytheswood, 21 9 .Campbell, John, 6 .Campbell, John, Duke Of Argyle, 187,

2 00 .Campbell, Lord N eill, 2 10 .Campbell, Major F rederick , 251 .Campbell, Margaret, 5.Campbell, Marianne, ii . 35.Campbell , Mary,2 20 .Campbell, Robert, ii . 50, 95, 9 6 .

Campb ell ,S irDougal, OfAuchinb reck , 5.

250 INDEX.

Campbell, S irDuncan, of Glenurquhie,6, 76 .Campbell, Thomas, 11 . 230.Campion

,Mary

,ii . 46 .Canada

,early settlements in, 58.

Candren, Alexanders of, ii . 138.Cape Breton, ii . 181 .

Carey, Henry, Earl Of Monmouth, 11 .

1 40 .Carlton, S ir Dudley, 2 36 .Carmichael, Richard, Of Ederney , 319 .Carnegie,George

, 2 25.Carnegie, Hon. Colonel, 2 25.Carnoustie , lands of, ii . 7 .Carrick, Earl Of, ii . 50 .Carruthers,Rev . Mr

,ii . 80 .Carruthers, William,i i . 81 .Carswell, Elizabeth, ii . 23 .Cartier, Jacques, 58, 1 24.Castara, ” Hab ington

’

s, 153 .Castlemaine, Richard, Viscount, 11 . 113 .

Caul field, Dorothy, ii 158, 159 .

Caulfield, Dr James,II . 159 .

Caulfield, S ir Toby, Baron Charlemont,i i . 158, 159 .

Caulfield, S ir William, 11 . 158, 159 .

Caw, Alexanders of, i i . 135, 136 .Chalmer,Christian

,i i . 2 .Chambers

,Isabella, ii . 133.

Charles I . , coronation of, at Edinburgh ,

142,152 .Charlton, Robert, 127 .Chateauneuf, Mons . de

,French Ambas

sador,letter of

,120

, 1 21 .

Chirgar, William,ii . 71 .Chisholm, S ir James

, of Cromlix, 30.Chri stie,Isobel, 2 9 4.

Clanb rassil, Alice, Countess of, 11. 12 9 ,140.

Clanb rassil, Anne Carey, Countess of,ii. 12 9 , 140.

Clancarty, Countess of, II. 1 11 .Clans, proposed emigation Of Highland,

1 12 .Clark,Major-General, 215.Claypoole , S ir John, 46 .Clayton, S ir Robert,Clements, Thomas, ii . 72 .Clerk

,Margaret, 2 89 .Clifford,Anne

,i i . 175.Clifford, Cath erine , ii . 43 .Clifford

,Colonel Knight, 11 . 43 .

Clifford, George, Earl of Cumberland,ii . 175.Clones

,battle of, 11. 65.Cloyne

,Bishop of, ii . 103.Cochrane, Al exander, ii . 27.Cochrane, Bailie James, I i . 11 .

Cochrane, Gavin, of Craigmuir, II . 27.

Cochrane ,William,Earl Of Dundonald,

Ii . 27 .Cochrane , William,of Cowden, II . 40 .

Cockburn, Captain Walter,Of ilk

,315.Cockburn

,Jean,

257.Cockburn,Margaret

,of Clerk ington,

257Cockburn, S ir John, of Clerkington, 11.1 9 4

,205.Cockburn, S ir John, of Ormiston, II .

1 9 4.

Coghil, Marmaduke , 11 . 145.

Cogry, lands of, i i . 1 31 .Coigny, Duchesse de , 2 14, 2 15.Coinage , the copper, 1 44-146,154-156,

Collins, S usan,11 . 102 .Collinson,

Margaret,ii . 4.Collyer

,Charlotte

,i i . 106 .Collyer

,John

,ii . 106 .

Collyer,Rev. J. B . , i i . 105.Collyer, Robert, ii . 106 .Colville , David, 31 6 .

Colville, James, Lord Culross, 154, 2 9 2i i . 2 .

Colville,Lord Ochiltree , 316 .Conv

7

ention,S cottish, petition of

,12 4

12

Conway,Edward, Viscount, II. 161

,

1 62 .Conyers, Thomas,11 . 215, 2 18 .Conyers, Thomas, Of Catherlough, 11 .

2 30 .Cooke,Edward, 11 . 72 .Cooke , Elizabeth, i i . 71.Cooke , Jane , ii . 72 .Cooke , S ir John,

ii . 1 61 .Corrie,Josiah

,Ii . 2 11 , 234.

Corrieden,lands of, ii . 1 9 .Corry, Colonel, of Ahenis Castle ,

6 9 .Corry, Lucy, 11 . 6 9 .

Corsclays , lands Of, II. 52 , 53.Corser, Robert, 273.

Cosswaith , Miss, ii . 45.

Coull, Alexanders in, 12 .Coulter, Mary,i i . 6 8.

Council, S cottish Privy, letters of, 70,

Council, S cottish Privy , proclamationsof, 72 -74, 77 - 80, 87- 89 .

Couttie, All an, 2 7 - 2 9 .

Couttie,Marion, 2 9 .Covenant, S cottish National, 171 .Cowan, Andrew, 2 9 .Cowan

,Antony, 2 9 .Cowan, Walter, 2 9 , 65.Craig

,John, i i . 1 4.

Craig , Katherine , ii . 14.

252 INDEX .

Dougal, Lord Of the Isles, 2 .

Douglas, Agnes, 34.

Douglas, George , 207.

Douglas,Elizabeth, 8, 9 .

Douglas, James, 106 .

Douglas, S ir Robert, Of Glenbervi e , 76 .

Douglas, S ir Robert, Of Lochleven,9 .

Douglas, S irV Villiam,OfGlenbervie, 207.

Douglas,William

,2 08 .

Douglas, William,Earl of Angus , 208.

Douglas, William,Earl ofMorton

,1 9 4.

Douglas, William,Of Lugtown, 7 .

Dovan, earldom Of, ii . 2 13 .

Downie, Al ice, 288 .

Downshire, Marchioness of, 1 1 . 2 19 .

Drayton, Michael, 44, 52 , 56, 141 .

Drumachose , lands of, ii . 9 9 .

Drumarnagross, lands of, ii . 87.

Drumclog, skirmish of, i i . 42 .

Drummochrian, lands Of, ii . 54, 55.

Drummond, correspondence Of, 47, 51 ,52 , 54, 55

-57, 140 - 1 42 , 172 .

Drummond,David ,ofCultmalindie , 209

Drummond, elegy on S ir Antony Alexander

,231 -233 .

Drummond,

elegy on the Death Of

Moeliades (Prince Henry), 47.

Drummond, Janet, 2 88, 300 .

Drummond,JOhn, Earl ofMelfort, 11 . 27.

Drummond, William,OfHawthornden,

47, 48, 51 , 52 , 55- 57, 188 .

Drumquin, lands of, ii . 86 , 87 .

Dublin, Alexanders, Baronets of, 11.

12 3- 125.

Dublin, Alexanders of, 11 . 1 38 - 155.

Dudl ey, Eli za, i i . 35.

Duer, Colonel William,285.

Duer, William, LL.D. ,2 85 ii. 16 .

Duff, Janet, 2 1 4.

Duff,William

,of Crombie

,214.

Duinewassails, 1 89 .

Dunbar, Earl of, 2 36 .

Duncan, Adam, Viscount, 2 14.

Duncan, Robert, Earl of Camperdown,2 14.

Dundas, Eliza, II . 11 9 .

Dundas, Mary, 1 9 7 .

Dundas, Ralph, ofManor,1 9 7 .

Dunfermline, Earl of, ii . 1 9 4, 205.

Dunkeld, George , Bishop of, 6 .

Dunkeld, John, Bishop of, 13 ; 11 . 61 .

Dunlop , James, Of Dovecote, ii . 2 4 .

Dupre Josias, ii . 105.

EAKIN, Jane , 11 . 9 3 .

Eastgate, Lydia, 22 4.

Echt,parish of, 11 . 5.

Edmond, Agnes, 276 , 307.

Edmond,Colonel, 307 .

Edmond,Elizabeth, 307.

Edmond, John, 307.

Edmond, Provost, 307.

Elegie on the Death of Prince Henry,44

,45.

Elegy on S irAntony Alexander, 231

2 33 .

Elgin,Earl of, 11 . 1 1 9 .

Elliot, Captain Amyand, 11 . 76 .

Elliot,Grace

,ii . 77 .

Elliot,Hon. J. E .

,ii . 76 .

Elliot, Robert, ii . 70 .

Elphinstone , Lord, 30 .

Elphinstone, S ir George , of Blytheswood , ii . 2 05.

Elye,Viscount

,2 62 .

Enagh,lands of, i i . 135.

Encouragement to the Colonies, an,6 6 , 68 .

Eredy 85 Girlaw,Alexanders of, 6 1 -78 .

Eredy , lands of, ii . 6 1 , 6 3.

Erskine,Al exander

,38 .

Erskine,Alexander, of Dun, 1 81 .

Erskine,Janet

,38, 2 49 , 252 .

Erskine,John

, Earl Of Mar,

Erskine, John,Lord Balgonie

,38

,208 .

Erskine,Rev . Ebenezer

,277 .

Erskine, Robert, of ilk ,6 .

Erskine, S ir Charles, 258 .

Erskine, S ir James, 38.

Erskine,S ir William

,38

,186

,187.

Expedition of the S cots Regiment,

250 .

Ewing, Caroline, 11 . 120 .

FALKNER,B . , 11 . 45.

Fane,Miss, ii . 1 1 9 .

F arquharson, John, of Invercauld, 2 10 .

Fenelon , F rancois, Archbishop of Cambray

,ii . 2 32 .

F enner,Alexander, 11 . 1 46 , 1 47.

F enner, Edmond, ii . 1 46 , 1 47.F enner, Elizabeth, ii . 146 , 147.

F enner, James

,ii . 1 46

,1 47.

F enner, Mary, i i . 146 , 147 .

F enner, Richard, ii . 1 42 - 146, 149 , 150.

F enner,Susan

,ii . 1 46 , 1 47 .

F enner, Will iam,ii . 1 46 , 1 47.

F enwick, Rev. Robert, ii . 56 .

F erguson, Andrew,ii . 1 10

F erguson, Anne, i i . 1 10.

F erguson, Eliza, i i . 1 10 .

F erguson, Ellen, ii . 110 .

INDEX .

F erguson, Jane, 11 . 110 .

F erguson, John, ii . 1 10 .

F ergus on, John, of Kilkenner, II . 53.

F erguson, S arah, ii . 1 10 .

F erguson, S ir Andrew,i i . 110 .

F erguson, William ,ii . 1 10 .

F ergusson, Andrew,ii . 9 6 .

F lechier, Esprit, Bishop Of N ismes, Ii .2 31 .

F orbes, Elizabeth, 14.

F orbes, John, of Inverernan, 11. 5.

F orbes , Rev. James,ii . 150, 151 .

F orrester, Agnes, 16 .

F orrester, Alexander, 1 6 ; 11 . 14.

F orrester, David, in Logic, 10, 1 6 .

F orrester, Duncan, of Arngib b on, 15.

F orrester, John, 15, 16 .

F orrester, Margaret,10 .

F orrester, Robert, Of Boquhan, 2 71 .

F orrester, Walter, of Culmore,2 73 .

F orster, J. W. ,ii . 104.

F orsyth, John, Ii . 1 3 .

F orsyth, Margaret, i i . 13 .

F oulie, George , 46 .

F oulis, John, 46 .

F oulis, Robert , 156 .

F ouli s, Thomas,45, 2 60 .

F owles, Alphonsus, 2 60, 263.

F owles, Anne , 259 .

F owles, Matthew, 263.

F oyle Park , ii . 16 9 .

F ranklin, Dr Benjamin, 11 . 35.

Franquetot, Georgiana , 2 15.

F ranquetot, Louis, Due de Coigny, 215.

F ranquetot, Louise , 2 15.

F re eland, George , 2 6 9 .

F reeland, Patrick, 2 69 .

F reman,Catherine , ii . 122 .

F reman, Philip, Earl of Hardwicke , 11.1 2 2 .

F rith, Robert , 11 . 70 .

Fullerton,David, 1 1 6 .

Fullerton, Lucy, ii . 37 .

Fussell, Rev. James, 2 15.

GALBRAI T II , Janet, 300, 302 .

Galbraith, Robert, ii . 46 .

Galloway, Elizabeth, 2 9 0.

Galloway, Elspeth , ii . 6 .

Galloway, James, Bishop Of, 11 . 18 .

Garraud, Rev .

-G . , letter of, 2 36 .

Gascoigne , Ellen,ii . 139 .

Gaynor, Michael, ii . 1 40.

Gibb,John, 2 2 2 .

Gibb,Mina

,2 22 .

Gibson, S arah , ii . 81 .

Gillespie, lands of, 11 . 18.

Gillespie,S arah, ii . 7O.

Glas, Catherine, 209 .

Glas, John, of S auchie , 209 .

Glass, parish of, ii . 4 .

Glencairn,Earl Of

,2 6 9 .

Glendonyng, lands Of,11 . 17.

Glengarnock, Riddells of, ii . 60 .

Glenorchy, Campbell Of, i i . 1 .

Glentogher, lands Of, i i. 1 15.

Gloom Castle, 6 .

Goderich, Lord, 11. 2 27.

Godfrey,Elizabeth, i i . 1 27.

Golden F leece, the ,

”89 - 9 1 .

Gordon, Duchess Of, II . 3 .

Gordon, John, ii . 140.

Gordon, James, Keeper OfRoyal S ignet,176 , 177, 185, 1 9 1, 2 06 , 255.

Gordon, John, Marquis of Aboyne,175.

Gordon, Rev . John,174, 175.

Gordon,S ir Robert, 76 , 181 .

Gorgon

,S ir Robert, of Lochinvar

,63,

2 3 .

Gorge s, Alexander, II . 164.

Gorges, Anne , ii . 1 64.

Gorges, Edward, i i . 1 64.

Gorges,Edward, Lord, 1 63.

Gorges, Elizabeth, ii . 1 64.

Gorges, S ir F erdinand, 59 , 60, 159 .

Gorges, T homas, of Heavitree,M.P . ,

Ii . 164 .

Gort inesson, lands of, 11 . 16 9 .

Graham, Agnes, 253, 254 ; ii . 214.

Graham, Archibald, 2 9 0 .

Graham,Gilbert

,254 .

Graham, James, Marquis of Montrose,

19 7.

Graham,Katherine , 6, 2 9 8.

Graham, Rachel, 2 9 0 .

Grah am, Robert , of Gartmore , 2 0, 254.

Graham, S irWilliam, of Gartmore, 256.

Graham,Walter

,of Gartmore

, 1 9 4 .

Graham,William

,of Gartavestan, 2 7 .

Graham, William ,of Polder, 256 .

Grant,Captain Colquhoun, ii . 1 14.

Gray,Andrew,

i i. 67Gray

,Christian, 272 .

Gray, Jean, 12 .

Gray, Margaret, 300 302 .

Gray,S arah, 2 59 .

Greenlees, William,11 . 25.

Greenville , Al exanders of, I I . 9 3, 9 4.

Gregg,John, ii . 9 1 .

Grey,Edward, Bishop of Hereford, 11.

1 24.

Grey, Mary, 11 . 124.

Grimston, Lady Jane , 11 . 122 .

Grococke , Robert, ii . 138 .

Gunsland, Alexanders of, 11. 104.

INDEX .

HARINGTON, William, 153 .

Haddington, Earl of, 133 .

Haigh,Jane , ii . 1 68.

Halden, Joseph, OfMyretoun, 43.Hamilton, Ada, i i . 70 .

Hamilton, Anne , 2 14, 2 15.

Hamilton, Charlotte , 2 15.

Hamilton, Claud, of Blackhole, I I . 2 3.

Hamilton, Georgina, 2 15.

Hamilton, Helen, 2 15.

Hamilton, Henrietta , 2 14.

Hamilton, Henry, Earl Of ClanbrassilI i . 140 .

Hamilton, Hon . John, 213.

Hamilton, James,2 14.

Hamilton, James, Earl of Abercorn, 11 .2 2 .

Hamilton, James, Earl of Arran, 11 .

2 2 .

Hamilton, James,Earl of Clanb rassil,

ii . 1 40 .

Hamilton, James, Marquis of, 152 , 156,171 ; ii . 1 9 4, 205.

Hamilton, Janet, ii . 55.

Hamilton,Janet, 2 14, 2 15.

Hamilton, Jemima, 2 14.

Hamilton, Johanna , 2 13.

Hamilton, John, 2 15.

Hamilton, John, Commendator ofPaisley, II . 2 2 .

Hamilton,John, Of Hacketstown

,11.

1 2 3 .

Hamilton, John, ofMilltown, 11. 70 .

Hamilton, Lord Claud, i i . 2 2 .

Hamilton, Malcolm, Archbishop OfCashel,11 . 1 43 .

Hamilton, Margaret,11 . 39 .

Hamilton, Margaret, 2 14, 2 15.

Hamilton, Marion ,ii . 2 3.

Hamilton, Mary,ii . 2 17, 223.

Hamilton, Patricia, 215.

Hamilton,Robert, 2 14.

Hamilton, Robert, of Clonsillagh , 11 .

12 3 .

Hamilton, S ir Hans, Of Monella,ii .

1 43 .

Hamilton, S ir Hew Dalrymple,2 14,

2 15.

Hamilton, S ir John Dalrymple, 215.

Hamilton, S ir John, Of Magdalens, I I .205.

Hamilton, S ir Patrick, of Preston,1 9 2 .

Hamilton, S irRobert, ofMount Hamilton, ii 143 .

Hamilton, Thomas, Earl ofMelrose, 82 ,83, 85, 156 ; i i . 1 9 4, 205.

Hamilton, Virginia, 2 15.

Hamilton, Walter, 2 15.

Hammick , S ir Samuel, 11. 107.

Handcock , Hon. Alicia , ii . 113 .

Hankey, Captain William, i i . 35.

Hankey, General Henry, ii . 35.

Hankey, John, ii. 35.

Hankey,Julia, ii . 35.

Hankey, Thomson, M.P. , 11 . 35.

Hannay , Dr James,170.

ardynge , Charles, of Bole Hall, 11. 234.

arker,Julia

,2 27.

Harper,Thomas, 167, 169 .

Harr

éngton, Captain Edward, Of Rand,

2 6

Harrington, Lady Jane, 267 .

Harrington, James, of Rand, 2 67.

Harrington,John

,Of Kelston

,

Harri ngton, William, Of Rand, 2 67 .

Harris,Rev . Dr, ii .

Harrower,Margaret

,2 89 .

Hart,Rev . John, ii. 95.

Hart, Thomas,2 6 9 .

Hart, William,2 6 9 .

Hartley, Catherine , 11 . 139 .

Hartley,Joseph

,i i . 1 40 .

Hartley,William, 11. 39 , 138, 139 .

Harvey,Miss

,OfMerlin Hal l

, ii . 115.

Havers,Elizabeth , ii . 1 64.

Hay, George , Earl of Kinnoul, 258.Hay, Grizel, 258 .

Hay , James, 258.

Hay, Rev. Charles,11 . 113 .

Hay, S ir George , of Kinfauns, 86 ; ii .

1 9 4, 2 05.

Hayman,Robert , 1 11 .

Helm, Rev. C . H . ii . 237.

Henderson, Janet, ii . 2 3 .

Henderson, John, ofWesterton, 209 .

Hendrie,Janet, 279 .

Henrieson, Elizabeth, 2 9 7.

Henry, John, ii . 73 .

Henry, Prince, son Of James V I . , 35,36, 44.

Hepbum e,Mary

, 2 26 .

epb urne , Robert, of Baads, 2 19 .

epburne, Robert, of Clerk ington, 22 6 .

erbert, S ir Thomas,of Tintern, 267 .

Heriot,George

,2 60

,2 6 1 .

Heriot, James, 237, 2 60, 2 61 .

ib b ert Captain J . N of ChalfontPark

,ii . 1 24.

Hickey, Charlotte , 11 . 1 13 .

Higgs,Benjamin

,ii . 152 .

Higgs,Hannah, ii . 152 .

Hl ll, Arthur Marqui s of Downshire,

2 47, 2 48 .

Hill, George , 11 . 46 .

obart,S ir Henry

,2 63 .

Hobey, Elizabeth, 244.

2 56 INDEX .

Keith, William, 216-218.

Kellie, Alexander, ii . 100 .

Kelly, Andrew,ii . 2 25.

Kelly,Arthur, i i . 170 .

Kendall, Caroline, 22 7 .

Kennedy, Agnes, i i . 51 .

Kennedy, Anne , ii . 75.

Kennedy, David, of Ballycutra 11 . 140,1 42 .

Kennedy, John, of Blairquhan, I I . 52 .

Kei

nnedy, Lieut. -General James, ii . 75,6 .

Kennedy, Thomas, of Penquhan,11 . 55.

Ker, S ir James,of Crailing, i i . 1 2 .

Kertch, Captain David, 100, 1 01 , 113,128.

Kid, Oliver, 1 1 . 6 9 .

Kilcooley , lands of, 11 . 1 62 - 16 4.

Kilgour, Magdalene , ii . 9 1 .

Kilgour, Mary,ii . 9 1 .

King,Hester, ii . 1 67.

Kinmundie, lands Of, II. 2 .

Kinneir, Alexander, of F orrest, 177,1 85

,1 9 3 .

Kinnekelly, Alexanders of, ii . 9 0, 9 1 .

Kinross, Beatrix, 2 69 .

Kinross, Margaret, 2 89 .

Kirk, Captain, 1 20, 1 21 .

Kirk, James, 2 70 .

Kirkland, lands of, 11 . 1 9 .

Knights, Golden , 46 , 6 8 .

Knockcroghery, lands Of, II. 46 .

Knockhill, lands of,ii . 1 8.

Knox, Elizabeth, i i . 9 3 .

Knox, Rev. William,ii . 110.

L’AOADIE , 59 , 100 .

Laing, Margaret, 271 .

Lambert, Euphane, 2 9 2 .

Lambert,Madame de, ii . 232 .

Lamont,Georgina, 2 17 .

Lane , Colonel Henry, ii . 76 77.Lane , Henry, ii . 76 .

Lane,Henry Alexander, II. 77.

Lang,Elizabeth, i i . 50 .

Lanham,Elizabeth , ii . 1 64 .

Lanham,Humphrey, Ii . 16 4.

Lanham,John

,ii . 1 64.

Lanham, Mary, ii . 1 6 4.

Lanham, Rose, ii . 1 64.

Largs, barony and seaport of, 107,1 08 .

Latimer, Patrick, 11. 70 .

Laud, Archbishop, 1 68.

Lauderdale,Earl of

, 2 39 .

Lawrence , Anne, 22 1 .

Lawrence, S ir George, 221 .

Lee,Judith, 2 42 .

Lee , Robert, of Binfield, 241 - 2 44.

Lee , William Philips, 241 , 2 82 .

Lefebre , Jeanne , 2 2 1 .

Leggat,Mary

, 288.

Lershman,Janet

,15.

Leishman,John

,of S tirling, 1 4, 15.

Leishman,Mary

,279 , 2 9 0 .

Lendrum, John,ii . 6 9 .

Lendrum, S arah, i i . 6 9 .

Lennox, Duke Of, i i . 63 .

Le Normand, Mdlle . ,ii . 210, 211 , 2 31 ,

232 .

Letters, royal, 23, 2 4, 60- 62 , 81- 86 , 9 2

9 8, 1 02 , 1 10, 113 -115,1 30 - 1 32 , 134

136,138, 139 , 2 28, 2 2 9 , 2 62 , 2 63,

323,32 4 ; ii . 12 , 1 3 .

Lewis, Mary, ii . 22 3 .

Lewson, Rev . William,11 . 133.

Library,the Alexander, in Trinity Col

lege , Dublin,ii . 159 , 1 63, 164.

Linb ank , Alexanders in, 17.

Lindsay,Bernard

,ii . 9 .

Lingan,William,

ii . 148.

Linlithgow,Earl of, 258, 325.

Lismahon,lands of, ii . 46 .

Lithgow,William, 52 .

Little, Jane, ii . 70 .

Livingstone, Alexander, Of Dunipace,14.

Livingstone , Philip, 284.

Livingstone, P. Vanbrugh, 281 .

Livingstone, S arah, 2 84.

Livingstone , S ir David, Of Dunipace ,Livingstone , William,

2 6 9 .

Lockhart, Ephraim,i i . 2 15, 225, 226 .

Lockhart, F anny, ii . 9 1 .

Lockhart, John, of Lee , 11 . 2 6 .

Lockhart, S ir George , 2 1 3 .

Logic -Coldstone, parish of, II . 5.

Londonderry, Ii . 65.

Longford, F rancis, Earl of, 11 . 1 40.

Lothian,William

,Earl of, 182 .

Loupe , Macalisters of, 4, 5.

Lovelace , Mary, i i . 44.

Lumisden, Andrew,Bishop Of Edin

burgh,ii . 14.

Lumisden,Elizabeth , II . 14.

Lundie, Archibald , 2 10 .

Lundie, Henry, 2 1 0 .

Lundie , Will iam,of ilk , 320 .

Lushington, F lorence, i i . 1 16 .

Lushington, S tephen, ii . 116 .

Lyle, Elizabeth, ii . 81 .

Lyle , Joseph, 11. 80 .

Lynch, Susanna , ii . 47.

Lynes, S arah, ii . 2 17 .

INDEX.

MAOALEXAN DER, Agnes, 11. 51 .

MacAlexander,Alexander, ii . 49 , 50, 128.

MacAlexander,Andrew,

ii . 51 , 55.

MacA lexander,Angus , of Loupe , 4.

MacAl exander,Archibald, 4 .

MacAlexander,Claud

,ii . 52 .

MacAlexander,Colin, ii . 49 .

MacAlexander,Donal d

, 4 .

MacAlexander, Duncan, 4 ; II . 50.

MacAlexander, Elizabe th , i i . 51 .

MacAlexander, F ergus, i i. 50 -52 .

MacAlexander, George , i i . 53 .

MacAlexander, Gilbert , ii . 49 .

MacAlexander, Hew,i i . 51 , 52 , 1 28,

1 29 .

MacAlexander, Janet, II, 51 .

MacAlexander, John, 4 ; ii . 1 9 , 51 -55,128, 1 2 9 , 133 , 1 34.

MacAlexander, Malcolm, 4.

MacAlexander, Margaret, ii . 51 , 1 33 .

MacAlexander, Neil Campbell, ofGlenaray, 4 .

MacAlexander, Robert, 11 . 53, 1 28 .

MacAlexander, Tarlach, 3 ; ii . 6 1 .

MacAlexander, Thomas, ii . 52 , 133 .

MacAlexanders, the , Of Tarbert, 4.

MacAlister, Alexander, of Tangie, 5.

MacAlister,Colonel S omervill e, 4 .

MacAlister, Ke ith, of Glenbar, 5.

MacAlister, S ir Roderick, 3, 4.

MacCaulay, Alexander, i i . 100 .

MacCaulay , S arah , i i. 100 .

MacDougals, the , Of Lorne , 2 .

Mackenzie , Charles, 2 23 .

Mackenzie , Colonel , 2 26 .

Mackenzie , James, 2 22 .

Mackenzie, Lord Kintail, 255.

Mackenzie, S ir George, Of Rosehaugh,21 3.

Mackenzie , S ir John, 255.

Mackenzie , S ir Roderick , 255.

Macketstown,lands of

,ii . 1 9 .

Mackintosh, William, of ilk , 2 10 .

Maclean,Alexander, of Ardgour, 250 .

Madison, Martha , ii . 35.

Madi son,Mira, i i . 35.

Mahon,Giles, ii . 45.

Maitland , Christian,2 17 .

Ma itland, Lieut.-Colonel, 217.

M ‘Al exander, Eliza , ii . 1 34.

M ‘Alexander, F ergus, II . 1 34.

M ‘Alexander, James, ii . 1 28, 133 .

M ‘Alexander, Jane , i i . 1 33 .

M ‘Alexander, Martha

,ii . 1 34.

M ‘Alexander, S amuel

,ii . 1 2 9 .

M ‘Alexander, William,

ii . 128, 133,

1 34 .

Mallech,Anne

,11 . 1 64.

Malloch,Rankin

,ii . 164.

Me llech,Rawlin of Cockingtori, 11.

1 6 4.

Mallet,Philip

,

Manchester, Earl of, 2 40 .

Manor N euk and Westerton,A1exan

ders of,278 287, 303 313 .

Manvers, Charles, Earl, 2 15.

apas,Catherine

,ii . 1 23 .

apas, John Folie,of Rochetown

,II .

1 23.

Marshall, Helen, 2 9 6 .

Marshall, Janet, 1 1 , 1 2 , 2 9 6 .

Marshall, N inian, ii . 50 .

Marshall, William, 32 , 1 67, 303.

Mason, hereditary Grand -Master

,2 30 .

Mathie , Janet, i i . 2 2 .

Matowack,or Long Island, 160, 161 .

atthews,S arah

,ii . 178 .

Maule, Patrick, of Panmure , 2 34.

Maxwell, Adam, ii . 25.

Maxwell,Elizabeth

,ii . 2 14

,230 .

Maxwell, Helenora , ii . 2 9 .

Maxwell, James, Earl of Dirleton, 1 61 .

Maxwell, James, of Innerwick,156 ,

2 34.

Maxwell, John, Bishop of Ross 168,1 6 9 .

Maxwell, John,Of Bredil and, II. 2 4.

Maxwell, John, of Cavers, 1 68 .

Maxwell , John, of S outhb ar, ii . 25.

Maxwell, Lord Caerlaverock , ii . 25.

Maxwell,Margaret

,ii . 1 6 9 .

Maxwell,Mary, ii . 25.

Maxwell, S ir John, of Pollok, 1 04.

Maxwell,S ir Robe rt

,ii . 1 40 .

Maxwell, S irWilliam,of Springkell, II .

29 .

Maxwell, William, 104.

M ‘

Blain,Margaret, ii . 2 23, 225.

M ‘Cleery, Henry

,ii . 81 .

M ‘Cleery, John, ii . 80 .

M ‘Clintock

,Dorothea

,I I . 1 16 .

M ‘Clintock

,Elizabeth

,ii . 104.

M ‘Clintock

,Henry , of Ballyarton, II

1 1 6 .

M ‘Clintock , James, of T earntagh , II106 .

M ‘Clintock,Susanna

,11 . 106 .

M ‘Clure

,Hamilton

,i i . 104.

M ‘Clure

,Margaret

,ii . 80 .

M ‘Culloch , Anne , ii . 109 .

M ‘Cul loch Castle,ii . 53 .

M ‘Culloch

,Catherine

,ii . 52 .

M ‘Culloch, Henry, of Cladymore, 11 .

1 1 0 .

M ‘Culloch

,James

,11 . 1 9 .

M ‘Culloch

,Janet

,ii . 1 9 .

258 INDEX .

M ‘Culloch

,John

,1 1. 1 9 .

M ‘Culloch

,Robert

,11 . 1 9 .

Mechane,lands of

,i i . 47.

Meeky, Elizabeth, i i . 88.

Meldrum,George , 1 9 6 .

Meldrum,Robert, 1 9 6 .

Melville,John, 2 23.

Menstry, Alexanders of, 7- 2 67.

Menstry, Campbells of, 6 , 7.

Menteith,Agnes

,2 9 0 .

Menteith,Earl of, 1 1 2 .

Menzies,Alexander, 2 10 .

Menzies, Barbara, 2 10 .

Menzies, Catherine, 2 09 , 2 10 .

Menzies,Christian, 209 , 2 10.

Menzies,Dr John,

2 10 .

Menzies,James, 2 09 , 2 10 .

Menzies, Robert, Of ilk , 209 , 210 .

Menzies, S ir Alexander, of ilk , 209 .

Menzies, S ir Robert , of ilk , 209 .

Merchant, Isobel, ii . 5.

Mervyn, Audley, ii. 1 44.

Mervyn,S ir Audley

,ii . 65, 86 .

Metcalfe,S ir Thomas, 2 21 .

M ‘Evor,Everage

,ii . 1 62 .

M ‘Evor

,Rory

,ii . 1 62 .

Meyb oy, lands of, i i . 86 .

M ‘Gill, S ir James, 1 9 1 .

Michell,Colonel Charles, 313 .

Milford,Alexanders of

,ii . 102 .

Miller,Marion

,2 9 1 .

Mills,Eliza

,i i . 72 .

Mills, George , ii . 72 .

Mills, James,of Dromore

,II. 72 .

Mills,Martha , i i . 72 .

Mills, William, ii . 72 .

Mines, the, of Crawfurdmuir and Hil

derston,45, 46 .

Minto,Earl Of

,i i . 76 .

Mitchell,Anne

,288.

Mitchell,Elizabeth

,2 9 7.

Mitchell,Jane

,2 9 2 .

Mitchell, Robert , i i . 71 .

Mitchelson, Archibald, 222 .

Mitchelson,Caroline, 2 2 2 .

Mitchelson, Harriet, 222 .

Mitchelson, Isabella , 2 22 .

Mitchelson, Isobel, 2 1 9 .

Mitchelson, John, ofMiddleton, 2 19 .

Mitchelson, Mary,2 22

, 22 6 .

M ‘Kiall,Margaret

,2 79 .

M ‘Lauchlin,Margaret

,2 9 0 .

M ‘Lellan,John

,ii . 145, 1 49 , 150 .

M ‘Lellan

, S ir Robert, Lord Kirkcudbright, 181 .

M ‘Levan, John, of Grimmet

,ii . 55.

M ‘Manus, Alexander, ii . 1 12 .

M ‘Manus, Hester, i i . _11 2 .

M ‘N eill

, Mary, 279 .

M ‘N icol,Conway

,11 . 1 31 .

Moat, Catherine, 269 .

Molesworth,Hon. Harriet

,II. 1 12 .

Molesworth , Richard, Viscount, i i . 1 12 .

Molloy,Rebecca

,i i . 1 1 4.

Molloy,William

, ofRockvalley, II. 114 .

Mompesson, Richard, I i . 173 .

Monk,General

, 250 .

Monk,Richard

,ii . 225.

Monk,S ophia

,i i . 2 23 .

Monsey,Charlotte, ii . 105.

Monsey,Messenger

,of Mulb erton

,II .

105.

Montgomery,Alexander, 250 .

Montgomery,Barbara

,i i . 1 1 0 .

Montgomery,Elizabeth, 251 .

Montgomery,Henry, 251 .

Montgomery,Hugh, Viscount, ofMount

Al exander, 2 49 - 251 ii . 64.

Montgomery,Isabella

,i i . 110 .

Montgomery, James, 251 ; i i . 110 .

Montgomery, Janet, i i . 54.

Montgomery,John

,Of Benrarden

,11.

1 10 .

Montgomery, Robert, 250 .

Montgomery,S irHugh

,of Braidstanes,

2 49 .

Montgomery, S ir James

,I I . 64.

Montgomery, Thomas, Earl of Mount

Alexander,2 51 .

Montgomery, William,of Rosemount,

2 49 , 251 .

Moody,William

,11 . 1 68.

Moore,Eliza

,ii . 72 .

Morris,Margaret

,301 .

Morrison,Catherine

,301

,302 .

Morrison,Walter

,i i . 1 44.

Moses,Elizabeth

,2 9 1 .

Moses,Ellen

,2 9 1 .

Mount Al exander, Earl of, II . 142 .

Muddelk,John

,ii . 107 .

Muir, William, of Caldwell, 11 . 42 .

Munro, Major-General Robert, 250 .

Munro,S ir Thomas, 310 .

Murdoch, Peter, ii . 25.

Mure,James

,ii . 1 40 .

Mure, Ursula, of Glanderstown, 11 . 2 6 .

Murray,Agnes, 9 .

Murray, Alexander, ofWoodend, 9 .

Murray, Anthony, of Dollerie , 2 17 .

Murray,Colonel Adam

,ii . 1 36 .

Murray, Elizabeth, 2 19 , 276 ; ii .Murray, F rances, 2 17.

Murray,Hannah

,ii . 136 .

Murray,Henry, 9 .

Murray, James, 251 .

Murray,John

, 9 .

Murray,Lord Elib ank

,252 .

Murray, Marion, 2 86 .

2 60 INDEX.

Patents,royal, 40 - 43, 59 , 106 , 1 07 ,

2 06,2 34

,2 35.

Paterson,Duncan

,15

,1 6 .

Paterson, Elizabeth, ii . 88, 89 .

Paterson,John

,1 6 .

Paterson,Mary

,2 9 7 .

Paton,Edward, 1 7 .

Paton,Margaret

,2 87 .

Paton,Margaret

,288

,2 9 2 .

Pattle,S ophia

,2 15.

Patton, Isobel, ii . 81 .

Paul, Jane , i i . 71 .

Paxton,John, i i . 80.

Pearson,W . W.

,i i . 238.

Peat, Janet, 2 9 8 .

Pembroke,Earl of

,106 .

Penney,William

,Lord Kinloch , 217 .

Percy, Henry,Earl of N orthumb er

land, 7 .

Perott,Humphrey

,II . 140.

Peters, Margaret, 2 89 .

Petition of Lord S tirling’s creditors,1 9 3- 1 9 6 .

Philips, Charles, 2 45, 2 46 .

Philips,John

,2 45.

Philips,Lady Mary

,2 42

, 2 46 .

Philips,Robert

,2 45

,2 46 .

Philips,William

, 2 45, 2 46 .

Phillips, Captain Thomas,11 . 9 9 .

Phillips, Dudley, i i . 9 8 .

Phillips,Major-General George

,ii . 9 8,

9 9 .

Ph illips,S ir Thomas

,11 . 9 8 .

Phipps, Constantine, Marquis of N or

mandy,i i . 125.

Ph

l

ipps, Henry, Earl of Mulgrave, i i .25.

Phrpps, Lepel , II . 1 25.

Pierce,President

,ii . 2 38 .

Pitgogar, Alexanders of, 1 6 - 18,28, 2 9 ;

i i . 8 .

Plunkett,Thomas

,Lord, Bishop ofTuam, II . 1 04.

Pocklington,Hon . John

,11 . 2 17.

Point Gaspie , ii . 1 81 .

Ponsonby,Hon. Mrs, 11 . 1 11 .

Pooler,Robert

,ii . 74 .

Pope , Alexander, 2 46 , 2 47.

Porterfield,Boyd

,of ilk

,i i . 28 .

Porterfield,Camilla

,ii . 28 .

Porter, Mary,ii . 1 2 3 .

Portgl enone , lands of, i i . 1 1 1 , 1 1 2 .

Portis,Anne

,i i . 1 01 .

Portis,George , ii . 1 01 .

Port Mouton,65.

Port Royal,59

,1 00

,1 03

,1 1 8 1 2 6

,

1 2 9 .

Powis, Alexanders in, 25, 2 9 1 ; I I . 21 6 .

Prendergast,Mary, 2 2 4 .

Prevoost,David

,2 21 .

Pringle,Catherine

,2 20 .

Pringle,Elizabeth, ii . 1 2 6 .

Pringle , S ir John,Of Stichill

,2 20 .

Pritchard,John

,i i . 174 .

Proclamations,royal

,1 32

,1 33 .

Pryott, George , of Edmonton,i i . 1 40 .

Q.

QUEBEC , 1 01 , 1 05, 1 38 1 60 .

Quin,Henry

,M .D . ,

i i . 1 25.

Quin, Judith, i i . 1 25.

Quodli bets, ” Hayman’

s,111 .

RAE,Isobel

,289 .

Rae,Mary Anne

,216 .

Rae,William

,i i . 1 34.

Ralston,Jean

,i i . 2 6, 27.

Ralston,William

,Of ilk

,11 . 26 .

Ramsay,John

,ii . 51 .

Ramsay,Robert

,2 9 9 .

Ramsay,William

,2 87.

Renald, Lord of the Isles 2 11 . 48 .

Randall,Dorothea , 2 26 .

Ranfurly, Lady Louisa , II . 1 14.

Ranfurly,Thomas

,Earl of, ii . 1 14.

Rennie,Cath erine

,2 20 .

Raphoe , Alexanders of, II. 9 4- 9 7.

Ratcliffe , Mary, ii . 101 .

Rawlinson ,Thomas

,i i . 1 27 .

Reay,Master of

,2 1 4 .

Rebellion,Irish

,of 1 6 41

,1 1 . 6 4

,65.

Recreationswith th e Muses, 32,1 67 .

Redcliffe , Viscount S tratford de , ii . 1 1 9 .

Re id, Agnes, ii . 81 .

Reid, General John, of S traloch, 281 .

2 82 .

Reid, Isobel, I I . 55.

Reid,Janet, 2 87, 288 ; II . 9 .

Re id, Philip V . ,i i . 125.

Reid, S arah , ii . 80 .

Reilly, Miss, i i . 12 6 .

Remarks on the Trial Of Earl OfS tirling, i i . 2 36 .

etter,Edward, i i . 1 6 9 .

eynolds, Rev. John,11 . 150 .

Reynolds, S ir Robert, 242 , 2 43 .

Rice,Benjamin

,i i . 81 .

Richards,Goddard

,i i . 45.

Ridderie,Alexanders in,

1 8,28 .

Ridgway,S ir Thomas

,i i . 59 .

Rintoul,Robert, 301 .

Riot against th e Liturgy in Edinburgh ,

INDEX . 2 6 1

Robertson, Elizabeth, 2 76 .

Robertson, George , ii. 2 30 .

Robertson, Patrick, ii . 233.

Robinson,George

,ii . 46 .

Roderick,Lord of the Isles

,2 .

Roe Park,ii . 1 6 9 .

Rolfe , Rev . J . E .,II . 105.

Rolfe , Robert , Baron Cranworth, 11 .

1 05.

Rollo,S ir Alexander

, of Duncruib , 1 95.

Ronald, Duncan, 271 .

Ros,Hon . Blanche de

,221 .

Ros, Lord de , 2 2 1 .

Ross,Gilbert

,i i . 53 .

Ross, James,ii . 1 40 .

Ross, S arah , i i. 136 .

Ross,S ir John, Of Hawkhead

,I I . 21 .

Ross,William

,Lord

,ii . 2 4.

Routledge,Isabella

,2 23 .

Russell,John

,of Braidshaw

,ii . 27 .

Russell,Margaret , i i . 15.

Russell,S ir William

,Of Charlton, II .

27 .

Rutherford,Anne , 2 18 .

Rutherford, Catherine , of F airnylee,2 18 .

Rutherford, John, M.D ., 218 .

Rutherford,Major Walter, 281 .

Rutledge , Anne , i i . 68 .

Rutledge,Isabella

,ii . 71 .

Rutledge,Jane

,ii . 6 9 .

Rutledge,John

,Of Shanco, II . 67 .

Rutledge , Margaret,ii . 6 8 .

Ruxton,Captain John, of Ardee , II . 73 .

Ruxton, Martha,i i . 73 .

Ruxton,Thomas, ii . 73 .

S ABLE, Cape , I I . 180 .

S able , Isle de , i i . 1 81 .

S altoun,Lord

,2 69 .

S andilands, Anne , 209 .

S andilands, Bailie Alexander, 208 .

S andilands, Catherine , 2 09 .

S andilands, Walter , Lord Torph ichen,208, 2 09 , 2 12 , 2 13 .

S ands, Elizabeth, 2 9 4.

S andys, Hon. Martyn, 248 .

S andys, Mary,Baroness , 2 48 .

S cot, S ir John, of S cotstarvet, 119 , 32 3 ;ii . 19 4, 205.

S cott, Al exander, II . 1 10 .

S cott, F rancis, Earl of Buccleuch, 178,252 .

S cott, Jane , 11. 79 , 89 .

S cott, S ir John, 75.

S cott, S ir Walter, of Abbotsford, 218 .

S cott, Walter, Earl of Buccleuch, 1 78,1 80 .

S cott, Walter, W. S . ,2 18.

S courge of F olly, the , 53.

S crinigeour, Captain David, 257 , 258.

S crimgeour, Margaret,257.

S crymsour, Henry, Ii . 53.

S crymsour,Isabella , ii . 53 .

S eamount,Alexanders of

,11 . 12 2 - 1 25.

S egipt, S agamore,1 18 , 1 1 9 .

S emple , Gabriel, of N ewlands, II . 58 .

emple , Mary, 2 18 .

emple , Rev . S amuel, 2 18 .

ervrce -Book, Laud ’

s,1 68 - 171 .

S eton, S ir N inian, 7 .

S ewell,Lieut .

-General , 215.

Shaldham,Molyneux, 11. 1 1 2 .

Sharp,Archbishop James

,1 9 6 .

Sharp,Christian, 2 9 3 .

Sharp,S ir William , 1 9 6 .

Shaw,Elizabeth

,ii . 9 6 .

Shaw, James, i i. 9 6 .

Shaw,Marion

,II. 9 6 .

Shaw, Miss Alexander, 11 . 127.

Shaw, Rev. Henry,ii . 12 .

Shaw, S ir James, of S auchie , 43 .

Shaw, William Jocelyn, ii . 1 2 3 .

Shelley, S ir William, ii . 176 .

S herwood, Lucy, 2 2 2 .

Shire if, Charles, 2 10 .

S hireff,Robert

,2 10 .

Short , Margaret, 2 9 5.

Short , Rev. Francis, 11 . 71 .

Short,S usan, ii . 70 .

Shortridge , John, ii . 40 .

S impson,Anna

,ii . 1 67.

S impson, Rev . A . Ii . 1 20 .

S inclair, Anne , 2 13, 21 5.

S inclair, Catheri ne, 2 13 .

S inclair, James, of Hollyhill,II . 11 7 .

S inclair,Janet

,2 78.

S inclair,Jean

, 2 13 .

S inclair, S ir John, of Lochend, 2 13 .

S inclair, S ir Robert, Of Longformacus,

2 12 , 2 15.

S itwell, Caroline , 2 20 .

S itwell, S ir George , Of Renishaw, 2 2 1 .

Skelton, Mary, ii . 87.

Small, Jane, ii. 6 9 .

Small, John,ii . 1 2 .

Smith,Alexander

,of Re idston, II . 2 4.

Smith, Elizabeth, ii . 74.

Smith, Janet, ii . 2 4.

Smith, S amuel, 11 . 6 9 .

Smyly, George , Q.C. , II . 110 .

Smyly, Rev. Andrew, ii . 1 1 6 .

Smyth, Margaret, 2 74, 275.

Smyth, Matthew, Of N ewry,II . 157 .

Smyth, Robert, of Gaybrook, ii, 1 1 2 .

2 62 INDEX .

Smyth , S ir Edward, II . 6 6 .

Snowell , Thomas, 2 78.

S omerhill,lands of, i i . 11 9 .

S omerled, Lord Of the Isles, 1 , 2 .

S onnets by James V I . ,48 -51 .

S onne ts by John Davies, 53 .

S onnets by Michael Drayton, 52 , 1 41 .

S onnets by Robert Hayman,11 1 .

S onnets by S ir Robert Aytoun,39

,40 .

S onnets by S ir William Alexander, 37,38

,44.

S onnets by William Drummond, 55.

S onnets by William Hab ington, 153 .

S orbie , Thomas,i i . 49 .

S peirs, Alexander, Of Elderslie , M. P . ,

ii 31 .

SpeIrs, Eliza, II. 31 .

S pottiswoode, Archbishop, 170 ; 11 . 233,2 34.

Spreul , Agnes, 11 . 41 .

Spreul , Anna , ii . 39 .

S preul , Bailie John, 11 . 39 - 42 , 138.

Spreul , Gabriel, ii . 41 .

Spreul , James,i i . 39 .

S preul , Walter, of Cowden, II. 40 .

S prott, Mary, 2 81 .

S tanhope,Charles, Earl Of, 11 . 1 26 .

S tanhope, Lady Lucy, ii . 1 2 6 .

S taples,Catherine , ii . 1 1 1 , 1 12 .

S taples,Rev. Al exander, ii . 106 .

S taples,Rev . John,

ii . 1 1 1 .

S taples, Right Hon. John, 11 . 111 , 112 .

S taples, S ir Nathaniel, of Dunmore , i i .

1 11 .

S taples, S ir Thomas, 11 . 65.

S taunton, A . S . ,ii . 1 6 9 .

S t Clair, S ir William,OfRoslin, 230 .

S t Clair,William, Earl Of Orkney, 230 .

S t Croix, River, i i. 180 .

S terley, Margaret, ii . 1 76 .

S terley, S ir Philip, i i . 176 .

S t Estienne,Caron, i i . 231 .

S t Estienne, Charles, 120 .

S tevens, John, 2 81 .

S tewart, Colonel Alexander, II. 10 1 .

S tewart, Jean, ii . 6 7.

S tewart , John, i i . 30 .

S tewart , John, of Darnley, 11 . 2 1 .

S tewart,Lieut .

-Colonel George , i i . 1 39 .

S tewart , Margaret, ii . 30 .

S tewart, Patrick, of Ballechin, 210 .

S tewart , Rebecca, ii . 1 01 .

S tewart, S ir Alexander, ii . 65, 9 8.

S tewart , S ir James, Lord Ochiltree,1 11

, 128 .

S tewart , S ir James, scheme for colonisation, 1 12 , 1 16 , 11 7.

S tewart, S ir Michael Shaw, 11 . 2 9 , 30 .

S tewart,S ir Robert, ii . 139 .

S tewart, S ir Robert, Of Aughentane, 11 .64, 65, 9 8.

S tewart, S ir William,Of Augh entane ,

ii . 64, 1 39 .

S tewart, William, of Balilan, II . 1 39 .

S t Germain- en- laye,treaty of

, 1 34.

S tirling, Alexanders in, 1 0, 20, 21 , 23,2 68 - 277, 2 86 , 2 9 2 .

S tirling, arms of the Earls of,101 , 1 02,

147, 1 48, 1 89 .

S tirling, burial-place of Earls of,1 87,

1 88 .

S tirling, Earl of, 31 , 152 , etc . (seeAlexander, Earl of, William).

S tirling, Henry, Of Ardoch, 15.

S tirling, John, 15.

S tirling, mansion of the Earls of,1 48

150, 1 89 , 1 9 0, 200 .

S tirling, Viscount, 6, 31 , 127, 147-150,etc .

S t Mary’s Bay, 11 . 180 .

S tonefield , Campbells Of, 5.

S tonehouse , lands of, i i . 1 20.

S trachan, S ir Alexander, Of Thornton,76 , 1 9 0.

S tuart, John, Earl of Buchan, 7.

S tuart, Margaret,3 .

S tuart,Mary

,ii . 11 4.

S tuart, Rev. William,Bishop Of Ar

magh,ii . 1 14.

S tuart, S ir John, Of Traquair, 86, 1 9 4.

S uth erland, Jane, ii . 1 1 9 .

Swinton, Agnes, 2 1 9 , 2 20 .

Swinton, Alan, 22 1 , 2 2 3, 2 24.

Swinton, Anne , 2 1 6 , 21 9 , 2 23, 2 25.

Swinton,Anson, 2 2 6 .

Swinton, Archibald, of Kimmerghame,2 1 9 - 225.

Swinton, Arthur, 2 26 .

Swinton, Campbell, Of Kimmerghame,2 11 .

Swinton, Caroline, 2 2 2 .

Swinton, Charles, 225.

Swinton, Charlotte, 2 21 , 2 2 6 .

Swinton, Christian, 2 24.

Swinton,Edward, 2 2 2 , 2 2 6 .

Swinton, Elizabeth, 2 1 9 , 2 23, 225, 227 .

Swinton, F elicité, 2 2 1 , 222 .

Swinton,F rances, 2 1 9 .

Swinton, F rancis, 2 1 6 , 218, 21 9 .

Swinton, George , 22 1 , 2 23 - 2 2 6 .

Swinton,Harriet, 2 1 9 , 2 2 2 , 2 23, 225.

Swinton, Henrietta , 2 20 .

Swinton, Isabella, 2 2 3 - 2 2 6 .

Swinton, James, 2 1 9 - 2 21 , 2 23, 224.

Swinton, Jean, 2 16 , 218, 2 1 9 .

Swinton, Jessie , 2 23, 2 2 6 .

Swinton, Joanna , 21 6 .

Swinton, John, 2 16 , 2 18-221 , 223 - 227.

2 6 4 INDEX .

Warrender, S ir Patrick , 2 15.

Waterston,Janet

,ii . 17.

Watson,Jane

,ii . 9 4 .

Watts,Dr John, i i . 2 1 6 .

Watts, John, M.D.,284.

Wauchope,Isabella

,i i . 9 2 .

Waughton,Laird of, 86 .

We isiger,Daniel

,i i . 36 .

Weisiger,Eliza

,i i . 36 .

Wemyss,Mary

,ii . 1 46 .

Wemyss,S ir Henry

,of Danesfort

,ii .

1 46 .

Wemyss,S ir John, of ilk , 76 , 87 .

Westerspott, lands of, ii . 1 1 .

Westwood,Agnes

,2 88 .

White,Anne , ii . 100 . YORK

,James

,Duke of

,2 00 .

White,Helen

,300 . Young

,Colonel

,II . 12 6 .

Williams,General Jonathan

,11. 35. Young

,Robert

,king’s printer

,1 6 9 .

Williams,Henry

,ii . 35. Younger

,Isabel

,2 9 9 .

Will of Alexander Alexander of Men Younger,Janet

,2 9 6

,302 .

stry, 2 6 - 2 9 .

Will of Edmond Al exander,i i . 1 46

,147.

Will of F rancis Alexander,i i . 1 59

,1 6 0 .

Will of James Alexander of Dublin,i i . 1 41 - 145.

Will ofRichard Alexander,II . 148

,149 .

Will Of S irWalter Alexander,2 6 4- 2 6 6 .

Will ofWil liam,Lord Alexander, 207,

2 08 .

Wilmot,Miss, i i . 1 35.

Wilson, David, ii . 135.

Wilson,David , of Castleton, 11 . 31 .

Wilson, James, ofWoodville,2 16, 270 .

Wilson,Jane

,i i . 68.

Wilson; Martha , i i . 72 .

Wilson, Mary,ii . 31 .

M ‘F ar lane ( if Erskine

,P rinters, Edinburgh .

Wilson,Thomas

,11 . 159 .

Windham, Priscilla, 2 42 , 243.

Windham,S ir Hugh

,2 42 .

Winram,John, i i . 1 1 .

Winram, Thomas,ii . 1 1 .

Wiseman,Eliza

,i i . 1 1 8 .

Wiseman, S irWilliam,11 . 1 18 .

Wood,James

,of T ullynevin, i i . 68.

Wormestoun, Spens of, 32 0 .

Wright, James,1 87, 2 00 ; i i . 2 12 , 2 13 .

Wylie,Agnes

,ii . 54.

Z I N ZAN,Alexander

,11 . 172 - 174 .

Z inzan, Andrew,ii . 173, 174.

Zinzan,Charles

,i i . 1 78 .

Zinzan,Henry

,2 37 ; i i . 173 - 178 .

Zinzan,Joseph

,i i . 176 .

Zinzan,Margaret, i i . 176 .

Zinzan,N icholas

,i i . 1 77 .

Zinzan,Peter

,ii . 1 77 , 1 78 .

‘

Zinzan,Richard

,i i. 174 .

Zinzan,S ir Robert (styled Alexander),

ii . 1 72 , 173, 176 .

Zinzan,S ir S igismund

,11 . 173 - 176 .

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