BRAND, John of Baberton, Sir

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  General Notes:

"In SURNAMES OF SCOTLAND we read that 'the Brands of Baberton were an old family in Angus', but how or when they came to be involved with Edinburgh remains obscure.1 The earliest connection of the Brand family with Baberton appears to have been in the time of James VI. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845) lists Sir John Brand of Baberton as an eminent man in the parish of Currie at that time, together with the Scotts of Malleny and the Craigs of Riccarton.2 John Brand appears to have been knighted by James VI on his brief, and only, return to Scotland in 1617, as 'one of the Gentleman Pentioners (sic) attending the King into Scotland'."

from The Old Edinburgh Club article

John married Issobell GRAY. (Issobell GRAY was born about 1585.)