Douglas of Pinkerton
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John Douglas of Pinkerton, late Architect in Leith - 20 June
1778
DOUGLAS, JOHN: of Pinkerton; 21/16 Mah 1818; in burial
ground of son, William Douglas, writer in Kirkcaldy (Kirkcaldy
Burial Ground)
DOUGLAS, ALEXANDER: son of William Douglas of Pinkerton; 11/15
Jan 1820 (Kirkcaldy Burial Ground)
William Douglas of Pinkerton, son buried in Kirkcaldy 1820 -
presumably the above?
William Douglas of Pinkerton - Land Tax Commissioner for
Fife , 1836
John Douglas of Pinkerton - Principal Heritor, Fifeshire
(?1805)
Died at Southerton, near Kirkcaldy, John Douglas of
Pinkerton, 21 May 1818
Died at Kirkcaldy, aged 88, Mrs Douglas sen, relict of John
Douglas of Pinkerton, 1 Nov 1822
John Douglas of Pinkerton, Freeholder, Michaelmas 1813
Died at Pittenween, aged 79, William Douglas of Pinkerton,
20 March 1790
1430-84 James B. DRAPER, 28,cutter, Drayton, Drayton, s/o
Charles DRAPER & Helen BURNIG (Burney?) married Louisa MUTRIE, 25,
Wellington, Greenock, d/o James MUTRIE & Maria MARTIN, Wtn: George
DRAPER of Drayton & Jenny DOUGLAS of Pinkerton January 9, 1884 at
Greenock
GD45/16/2739 Trust disposition by John Douglas of Pinkerton
to the Earl of Dalhousie, Thomas Dalziel of Lingo, John Dalziel, his
son, William Wardlaw of Abden and James Rutherford, writer in
Kinghorn, of his whole estate not entailed in GD45/16/2738 26 Mar
1773 Open
Marriage witnessed by George Draper of Drayton and Jennie
Douglas of Pinkerton Louisa MUTRIE (Born: January 28, 1858, ,
Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Died: December 3, 1928 at age 70)
Marriage: James Birney DRAPER on January 9, 1884 in Greenock Twp,
Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada
In 1877, John Douglas of Pinkerton is mentioned as owning land
between Crail and Wormiston, in Fife.
Where is Pinkerton?
A chapel formerly
stood at Little Pinkerton, (NT 69 76), Spott Ph, and this was
constituted into a prebend of the Collegiate Church of Dunbar. No
other information.
J Hardy 1882
Mr Rennie, of Little
Pinkerton, the owner of Little Pinkerton, has no knowledge of this
chapel and suggests that Hardy may be referring to the chapel which
formerly stood between Meikle and Easter Pinkerton (NT77NW 12).
(Dunbar, East lothian)
Last name: Pinkerton
This is a
world famous Scottish, and sometimes Irish, locational surname. It
originates from the barony of Pinkerton near the town of Dunbar, in
East Lothian, Scotland. It is first recorded in the year 1296 when
the landowning nobility of Scotland were required to sign allegance
to the short lived republican government of John Balliol overthrown
by the famous Robert, the Bruce, in 1306. One of the signatories was
Nicol de Pynkertune, and it is said that a surviving example of his
seal, although not his coat of arms as this is not known, is
inscribed with a mastiff dog and the name Sir Nicolai de Pinkerton.
A knighthood in those far off days was less formal than today. It
may have implied that he was a trained horsemen with his own armour,
and available for service to who ever paid best. The name "moved" to
England in the late 14th century when Patrick de Penkerton, so much
for spelling, was living under protection in England. Whether this
was temporary or permanent is not known. It seems that in the 15th
century the barony became part of the estates of the earl of Argyll,
and that Pinkertons settled in Ireland from about 1641. The surname
Pinkie is also associated with the name, but this is not correct,
the Pinkie's being from the lands of Pinkie in Midlothian. The
original spelling was Pontekyn, becoming Pinkie in the 16th century.
Read more:
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Pinkerton
There are streets named Pinkerton in Glenrothes, Crail, Rosyth,
Dunfermline and other Fife towns.
The Pinkerton Burn was said
to have run red with blood for days afterward the Battle of
Inverkeithing (20 July 1651)
http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/File:Pinkerton%20Burn%20-%20geograph.org.uk%20-%201756872.jpg/-/en
photo Pinkerton Burn
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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