- Bef 1653
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Name |
Hector (1st of Muldearg) Douglas |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Bef Sep 1653 |
Person ID |
I193507 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
16 Dec 2023 |
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Notes |
- The exact date at which the Douglasses settled in Ross-shire cannot now with accuracy be ascertained. But the traditions of the family uniformly assert that they came from Lanarkshire to the North about the time of the Reformation.
It appears from reliable evidence that they were located about the Abbey of Fearn, in Easter Ross, at the latter part of the sixteenth century, and possessed landed property in the seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth century, in the parishes of Fearn and of Kiltearn.
In the Valuation Roll, 1644, of the Sheriffdom of Inverness, including Ross, Hector Douglas I. of Mulderg is styled "of Mulderg;" his rental in Fearn parish is marked ?1540 Scots, and in Kiltearn parish ?533 6s 8d Scots. In 1646 he was one of those selected to make a loan, his name and the amount appearing in a list discerned at Aberdeen thus? " Hector Douglas, Elder of Mulderg, ?1333 6s 8d Scots."
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