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GARTSHORE, Alexander of that Ilk, Merchant Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh
(About 1629-Before 1692)
BRAND, Sarah
(1643-)
CRAWFORD, Robert Merchant Burgess of Linlithgow
(1629-Before 1672)
HAMILTOUN, Mary
(About 1640-)
GARTSHORE, Alexander younger, of that Ilk
(1667-1749)
CRAWFORD, Marjory
(1668-Before 1718)
GARTSHORE, Alexander of that Ilk
(1692-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HAMILTON, Janet

GARTSHORE, Alexander of that Ilk 2 3 4 5

  • Baptised: 30 March 1692, Kirkintilloch parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 2 4
  • Marriage (1): HAMILTON, Janet 1

   Another name for Alexander was GARTSHORE, Alexander of Gartshore.1

   User ID: I123

  General Notes:

"GARTSHORE
ALEXANDER
GARTSHORE/
M
30/03/1692
498
10 / 189
Kirkintilloch"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Kirkintlloch parish Dunbartonshire
Baptisms

"1692
March: 30
Baptized Alexander Laull sone to the Laird of gartshor (indexed as Gartshore)
Johne Carmichall Chamberland to the Earll off wigtonne and James kinkade laird off Auchnrioch and divers others witnesses"

Note 1:

Auchenreoch, or Auchinreoch is a hamlet in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland near Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch.





"14 Mar 1719

Instrument of Sasine in favour of Alexander Gartshore as heir to James Crawford, merchant burgess of Linlithgow, his great grandfather, in acres of land lying in the barony of Little Kettlestoun and sheriffdom of Linlithgow. Recorded in the Particular Register of Sasines at Edinburgh 24 Apr 1719."

from RH8/679 2 4 5 6


Alexander married Janet HAMILTON, daughter of William HAMILTON 3rd of Wishaw and Mary ERSKINE.1 (Janet HAMILTON was born about 1690.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Janet Hamilton, daughter of William and Mary Hamilton, married Alexander Gartshore of Gartshore."

from Mother Bedford website




"4. Janet (Hamilton), married to Gartshore of that Ilk, and had no issue."

from Historical and Genealogical Memoirs 1 3

Sources


1 Internet Site, http://www.motherbedford.com/Muirhead109.htm.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Kirkintilloch Dunbartonshire Baptisms 1692.

3 e-books, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton by John Anderson (1825).

4 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

5 National Records of Scotland, https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue RH8 Register House charters, 3rd or Extractor's series 1601-1830 RH8/679.

6 Internet Site, https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/auchenreoch-east-dunbartonshire.

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