GARTSHORE, James of Alderston 2 3
- Born: About 1722
- Marriage (1): STIRLING, Charlotte about 1767 1
Another name for James was GARTHSHORE, James of Alderston.1
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General Notes:
"The son of James Garthshore, Writer to the Signet, (d.1774) and his first wife Jean Scott (d. before 1753, third daughter of Sir Patrick Scott of Ancrum, Bart., and widow of David Muirhead, younger, of Linhouse). He married Charlotte Stirling about 1767, daughter of James Stirling, of Craigbernard, who was an active Jacobite during the risings of 175 [sic] and 1745."
from The Cullen Project
"James Gartshore of Alderston, who succeeded his father, was a writer in Edinburgh in 1762, when he witnesses a seisin of the lands of Linhouse and others in favour of Alexander Muirhead ; and he had a precept of Clare Constat as nearest heir of the deceased James Gartshore, of Alderston, his father, 6th October 1774. In 1778 he granted a feu- charter of the lands of Nether Alderston to John Gordon, junior, W.S., and in the following year he conveyed the lands and barony of Over Alderston to trustees whom he directed to provide thereout for the jointure of £150 sterling annually to Mrs Helen Spottiswoode, 'his mother-in-law' [i.e. step-mother], widow of James Gartshore, last of Alder- ston, his father ; to pay a principal sum of £3000 sterling due to George, Earl of Glasgow, and contained in a bond upon the said lands ; and to discharge the claims of certain other creditors. This trust-disposition is dated at Alderston, 6th July 1779."
from History of Mid-Calder 1 3
James married Charlotte STIRLING, daughter of James STIRLING of Craigbernard, Jacobite 1715 & 17145 and Catharine MONTEITH of Auldcathy, about 1767.1 (Charlotte STIRLING was born about 1740.)
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