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Notes on the Douglas family of Drumgarland
Drumgarland: A modest hill on the southern edge of the Ochils of SE
Perth and Kinross, Drumgarland rises to 259m (849 feet) a mile (1.5 km)
north northeast of Carnbo and 1¼ miles (2 km) east of Dalqueich..
Drumgarland: 1 1/8 Miles N.N.E. of Carnbo.
A farm steading in
Ruins lying between North Queich River & Ledlation is the property of
David Syme Esqre. Sheriff, Kinross. (c1855)
Drumgarland.
Drumgarlet. Drum + gearr + leathad = short ridge of the hill side.
Robert Douglas of Lochleven had two (other) sons,
presumably illegitimate, Robert, to whom and to Janet Ramsay, his wife,
he granted the lands of Drumgarland 1515, and Richard, who was a macer
of the Court of Session, which office continued in his descendants for
five generations.
Undated records:
Douglas, Henry, of
Drumgarland. See Arnot, Elizabeth. Bessie, daughter of Walter Arnot
(c1501-1550)(2)
Douglas, Robert, in Drumgarland. See
Monypenny, Agnes.
Dated records:
Arnot, Elizabeth, relict of
Henry Douglas, of Drumgarland 8 June 1580
Monypenny, Agnes, sometime
spouse to Robert Douglas, in Drumgarland 19 July 1580 and 1591
1605 -
Roberto Dowglas de Drumgarland. et Agnete Arnott ejous spouse, - terras
de Colcany, in baronia de Innermaithe, vic Perthe
Rental Book
of the Cistercian Abbey of Cupar-Angus:
Walter Douglas in Drumgarland
Patrick Douglas in Drumgarland
Henry Douglas the younger, of
Drumgarland was amongst those 'dependents, who could, each support him,
by their advice, or arms, by their words, or writings' accompanied the
ambitious John Stewart, the perpetual Commendator of the Priory of St.
Andrews to France, on the Queen's (John's sister) affairs in 1550"
Robert Douglas of
Drumgarland is mentioned in papers relating to Mary Queen of Scots in
1551
In 1583 Archibald Bruce of Powfoulis and his brother,
Ninian, had, along with Robert Douglas in Drumgarland, James Colvile of
Easter Wemyss, and James Edmestoun of Newton, servitor pro tem, of the
Earl of Mar, a remission for participation in the Raid of Ruthven(3).
[comment: note 'in Drumgarland', not 'of Drumgarland']
1583 -
Protest by Robert Douglas of Drumgarland having appeared before the
Council as Robert charged , “ in respect that nane comperit to accuse
him , protestit that he Douglas of Drumgarland . sould not be laid to
answer quhill he wer ...
1610 - Robert Douglas of Drumgarland,
son of Robert Douglas of Drumgarland
1616 - On 30th June last ,
Robert Douglas , elder of Drumgarland , Drumgarland came with some
accomplices to the lands of Warrok ...
In 1626 Andro Rowan of
Barnhill was tried for the murder of his wife Effie (Euphemia) Douglas.
She is the daughter of Robert Douglas of Drumgarland.
Lands and their owners in
Galloway:
In regard to Mid Glen, on the 19th February 1658, there
was a charter by Archibald Stewart in favour of Captain William Ross of
Drumgarland, commissary of Dumfries, who had sasine on the 30th
September 1671. [?appointed by Cromwell's judges in Scotland]
Henry Douglas (1747-1781) Born in Scotland on Abt. 1747. Henry Douglas
married Lady Christiana Elisabeth Erskine, Countess. He passed away on
Abt. 1781 in Drumgarland, West Lothian, Scotland. Note: This is from
Ancestry and includes date of family events 300 years apart! Not
reliable!
Agnes , daughter of Robert D. of Drumgarland , and
spouse of John Dunkieson(1)
Reference book (not
accessed):
David Marshall's Kinross-shire & and its Owners -
held by Kinross library Drumgarland 1359-1886
The following
extracts from documents refer to members of the family in the dates
shown.
| 1610 |
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| 1583 |
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| 1616 |
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| 1590 |
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| 1605 |
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| 1649 |
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Notes:
1. ???John Dunkieson,
minister to his majesty in 1594;
Dunkieson, Walter, son to John D.,
minister to His Majesty, was an apprentice with Robert Myddiltoun,
tailor 4 Mar. 1594-5
2. Walter Arnot m. (1520)
Elizabeth Duddingston (dau of ?? Duddingston of Saintford (Sandfurd))
3. Malcolm Douglas, 8th Laird of Mains was executed for his
part in the raid.
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