MIDDLETON, Robert of Caldhame 1
Another name for Robert was MIDDELTOUN, Robert of Caddon.2 User ID: E67. General Notes: "John Middleton, in the stead of Kilhill, obtained the lands of Caldhame, or Caddam, from Alexander Strachan of Thornton, and was thenceforward called Middleton of Caldhame, or Caddam. Having seem ingly no issue, he conveyed his estates to his second brother, Robert, in 1612." Robert married Catherine STRACHAN, daughter of Alexander STRACHAN younger of Thornton and Isabel KEITH, After 14 May 1601 and before 18 December 1618.1 (Catherine STRACHAN was born about 1583.) Marriage Notes: "Robert married Catherine Strachan (sometimes called Helen ), daughter to Alexander Strachan of Thornton, from whom his brother had acquired the estate of Caldhame. The time when he succeeded his brother is uncertain. His wife is first mentioned December 18th, 1618, on which day he 'infeoffed her in life-rent in thirty-four acres of outfield land, of the lands of Caldhame.' " |
1 e-books, The Earls of Middleton, Lords of Clermont and of Fettercairn, and the Middleton Family by A.C.Biscoe (1876).
2 e-books, Memorials of the Scottish Families of Strachan and Wise by Charles Rogers (1877).
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