T H E

OGHTERLO N EY PAM LY

O F C T L A N D S O ,

W E N L A N D A N D B O ST O N , IN N E G .

WA L T E R KE N DA L L WA T KIN S .

P R I VA TE L Y P R IN T E D .

BO ST O N , U . S . A .

1 9 0 2 . P ri n ted by

B A R T L E TT P R E SS . T h e O c hterl o n Famil y y.

L Scotl an d s o William the ion , K ing of , called from his adopting the as r 1 1 7 8 lion the a morial bearing of Scotland , founded in the Abbey A berbroth ock b e r of , w hich dedicated to his murde ed friend , St .

a . 1 0 . 1 2 1 4 h is w as Thomas Becket of Canterbury On Dec , , body m r r brought fro Stirling, whe e he d ied , and was bu ied in fron t of the

. s H igh Altar The blue shelly marble block , curiou ly carved , which h is covered his tomb , is one of the relics still shown , as is also heart . 1 2 The abbey was unfinished then and not completed till 3 3 . s h is r h is William w as ucceeded in eign by son , Alexander I I . , who G 1 2 3 3 r made good h is rule in alloway in , and ar anged a satisfactory

peace with England i n 1 2 44 . 1 2 2 6 1 2 3 9 r Between and Walte , son of Turpin , exchanged the lands O thirl on f or of y, which h ad belonged in heritage to their ancestors , r s those of Kenny, in t he parish of Kingoldrum , Fo far hire , possessed by the Abbey of A berb roth ock . Kenn y had been bestowed on the

b b . s s w b a be y y its founder , King William Th i is ho n y the charter bb R ffi 1 2 2 6 of Ken n y by the fourth a ot , alph , w ho held that o ce in 2 b D u n n ec hin 1 3 9 . The a bey lands of being adj oin ing to those of irl on th . O y, by the good counsel of friends the exch ange was m ade

R e i s f er o A éerbr ol /z oaé 6 71 51 e N o. ( g f ,

r r K irr mu ir. Kingoldrum is a pa is h in Forfar, four miles f om e I ts lands were bes towed on the Abbey of A berbroth ock by a cha rter of

L . b William the ion , and were confirmed by Alexander I I I , and again y M el u m s s King R obert Bru ce . The river g forms a erie of beautiful

L s . r waterfalls here , called the oup of Kenn y I n this paris h the fa m 1 89 3 of Meikle Kenny was occupied by J ohn Hunter, farmer, in , w b while the farm of Kirkton as held y Charles Findlay . 2 4 1 2 1 9 . r On the th of July , , Alexander I I I , at t he age of eig ht yea s , 1 2 85 succeeded his father, Alexan der I I . On his death in he was to h is r have been succeeded by granddaugh te , M argaret , the M aiden of

w a . T r Norway, but she died on her y to Scotland hen the re appea ed rs twelve competito to the t hrone , the prin cipal of whom were Jo hn R r s s Baliol , obe t Bruce and John de H a ting , w ho agreed to submit to

r . Edward I . of England as a bitrator He decided in favor of Baliol , 1 2 9 2 r B who did homage to him in at No ham Castle , near erwick on 1 2 9 6 Tweed ; and in , after the battle of Dunbar, at Berwick , the

nobility , landholders , burgesses an d clergy of Scotland to a large ex tent swore feal ty to Edward and s igned an d afli xed their seals to the ’ R R s s s agman s oll , so called from t he trips with seal appendant to ome

-five s thirty parchment kins , resembling a game of the period in which

a bundle of strips o f paper was used to draw f rom by the playe rs . I n t his R oll appears the name of Walter Dougterl on y ( O ch terl on ey ) of ’ m u f e n d n R a mz s R ol l P b. R ec. O c L o o . Fifeshire . ( g , fi , ) 4

R I t is possible that Fife then in cluded lands north of the Tay iver, but it is more probable that the early home of the O ch terl on y family was south of the Tay .

During the reign of John Baliol , Sir William Wallace appears and h rl n becomes prominen t. A tradition of the O c te o y family in the middle of the seven teen th century relates the existence at one time of L a letter from Wallace to his trusty and assured friend , the aird of O u c h terl on e y, requiring him to repair to Wallace , with his friends and “ servants , for its lyke we will have use fo r you and ot her honest men ” cou n tre t me in the y within a short y , as the letter read , and shortly after t he B arn s of Ayr were burn t, as the tradition relates . This aff air of the Barns of Ayr is described by Sir Walter Scot t in his Tales of a G ran dfather. 1 3 5 1 thir I n , William , abbot of the abbey , confirmed to Joh n de O lowney t he charter of Ken ny granted by R alp h ( 1 2 2 6 ( R egi s ter o A bbe . 3 3 4 f y , pp , This confirmation also refers to a perambulation of the time of G il R bert third abbot , who preceded alph , and mentions also the k n lands of K yr to in Kingoldrum . O ch terl on Joh n y, to whom were confirmed the lands of Kenny in

1 3 5 1 f Forf ar 1 3 42 . E x e/ze u er R ol l s o Seal /and & , was sheri f of in ( g f , ,

Ken n m k l 1 4 0 9 By an inquisition taken of the lands of y y y in April, , O u ch terl ow n O u ch terl ow n William de y, brother of Alexander de y, z Ken n m k l died sei ed and vested in t he lands of y y y , in the s hire of A berbrothock K ingoldrum , regality of ; the land being held of the “ m h m n l ii serv iciu o a et re ev . abbey in capite by g warde , etc ; and ’

. A bb R e z s f er . 4 7 Alexander was heir of William ( ey g , pp , 4 1 444 s A t Stirling, Nov . , , J ames I I . confirmed the gift and gran t th at were made by several persons to Willelmo de O u c h terl own y of Kelly

of lands in barony of Kelly, Forfar, in exchange for other lands which

were to the said persons , to be held by said William and h is heirs by

R i st r o G r at S al N o. the said ch arter . ( eg e f e e , A few m iles from the Abbey of A berbroth ock is the village of Ar birl ot , in which is Kelly Castle , a fine specimen of the old Scottish r baronial towe , situated on a rocky eminen ce on the west bank of t he

water, about a mile below the church and village of Arbirlot .

- Sir James Stewart, who was killed at the battle of Halidon hill in 1 3 3 3 , had a son , Sir John Stewart, w ho got a charter of the lands of

Kelly in Angus Forf ar ) but died without m ale issue . 1 3 3 1 — 1 3 0 I n King David I I . ( 7 ) Joh n Stewart h ad the barony of

Kellie by resign ation of James Stewart , wh ich Wal ter Stewart had — — 1 3 2 0 1 3 2 6 R . 1 3 0 5 1 3 2 0 R between , and previously in obert I ( ) obert R Stewart had the barony of Kellie, Forfar, oger Mowbray had for — — f eited. In d x E ar l Cbarters 1 0 1 4 2 1 23 55 ( e y , , , Sir J ohn Stewart was succeeded by Sir R obert Stewart of Shan

1 3 86 . H is bothy , w ho carried on the line of the family , and died in R R os th e second son was obert , an cestor of the Stewarts of y , and through a female of this branch Kellie is said to have come to th e

O ch terl on ey family .

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’ 1 5 74 O c hterl on e al z as I n , by a relief of the lands of y, Kelly, in

R XX . O ch terl on e . Exchequer olls ( , they were held by William y

2 3 . 1 59 1 . . N ov , , J ames V I of Scotland , known as J ames I of Eng

. O c h terl one land , confirmed, etc , fo r good service , to William y of t he '

s A u ch terl on e al z as . G r at same the land and barony of y , Kelly ( e S al I e , XXX X ,

1 7 . 1 59 6 I n the Commissariat of Edinburgh we fin d , Feb , , the will z A u c hterl on e of Eli abeth Stewart, sometime spouse of William y of that ilk , laird of Kelly , Forfar. 27 1 6 0 9 ch ter The King confirmed June , , a charter of William O loney of t hat ilk , who by a contract between himself and h is second O u ch terl on e A berbroath 4 son , Alexan der y, burgess of , dated Kelly , 1 6 0 9 s Bon h ard J an . , , has a reversion in the lands of We ter and part B on th an of the lands of y , with precept of seisin directed to Henry

ch terl on e M il n h ill . R is t r o G r at S al XL V. O y of ( eg e f e e , ,

2 . 1 60 9 A u ch terlon e Dec , , William y was served as heir to his father, A u ch terl on e Sir William of that ilk, in the lands and barony of y , ' '

r atz V. al ias . In . R et. A bb ew s I Kelly ( g , , I n 1 6 1 4 Sir William O ch terl oney sold Kelly to Sir William I rvine 1 67 9 G r of D rum . I n it was purchased by eo ge, Earl of Panmure , ’ from Alexande r Irvine of D rum . The earl s brother, H arry M aule , h ad a conveyan ce of t he baron y of Kelly to himself. I t was he ,

1 7 2 4 . w ith his son J ames, who plan ted the woods of Kelly about O ch terl on e s The castle was without doubt built by the y , an d being 1 86 4 in a ruinous state it was in completely restored . I t is now an re re in habited h ouse, the property of the Earl of Dalhousie , the p sen t at ive of the old family of the M aules of Panmure, an d leased as a residence . '

2 0 . 1 5 85 Sm d Oct , , the King confirmed a charter of the lands of y deh il l , lordship of Brechin , gran ted by Joh n , Bishop of Brech in , to r Ch arles Mur ay , son an d heir apparen t of William Murray , husban d G M ariote A u c h terl one of M argaret ardine , l aird of Kelly , an d y , wife

. R ist r o G r at S al V. of Charles Murray ( eg e f e e , XXX , Sm ddeh ill A u ch terl on e C harles Murray of y married M arion y, and ’ to a deed of Murray s in 1 59 9 t he followi n g are witness : William A u ch terl one A u ch terl on e Setou n y of that ilk , J ames y of and John '

A uch terl on e Bamirmou r Bal mirmer . I az n C/z arters N os . y of ( ) ( g ,

1 3 7 8 ,

2 8 . 1 5 25 O ch terl on e Oct , , the abbot grants to Alexander y, son and O ch terl on e z heir apparen t of William y of Kel ly , and to Eli abeth L e emou n t Ken n emek l y , the wife of said Alexander, the lands of y in

K n coldru m . R ist r o til A bb . y , Forfar ( eg e f e ey , p 1 0 1 53 0 h t rl on June, , the King confirmed to Alexander O c e ey of z L eirmon th Bal cath that ilk and Eli abeth , his wife , t he lands of y and ’

al z as O c h terl on e . R ist r r at Wester Knox adj acent to Kelly , y ( eg e G e S al III e , XX , I n 1 53 6 D avid Betou n confirmed and renewed the charter of 1 3 5 1 '

O th irl on . A bb R e z ster to J ohn de y of the lands of Kenny ( ey g , p .

7 . 1 547 O ch terl one Dec , , &ueen M ary gran ts to J ames y, son and O ch terl on e heir apparen t of Alexander y of the same, lands in the c h terl on e al ias barony of O y, Kelly, which Alexander had resigned , r s es erving a free tenement for himself and a third to h is wife, I abel

Cu n n h am s . R i st r o G r at S al y g ( econd wife ) ( eg e f e e , XXX , s 1 6 0 1 O u ch ter I n the Privy Council record in , in a bond by William G A u ch terl on loney of that ilk , we find it witnessed by ilbert y , brother

r . P ri z Cou n cil of said William , and Pat ick, son of said William ( y ,

VI. 2 , 9 7 , 1 6 0 9 A u ch terl on e U nder date of is a complain t against David y, brother of William of that ilk , and Alexander, son of said William . P r iv Other entries show that David was a bailie of A berbroth ock . ( y Cou n cil III , V , 1 6 07 28 1 6 0 3 I n the K ing confirms to William a ch arter of April , , h is r O u ch terl on e r with consent of heir, William , to Pat ick y, fou th son Bon h ard of William of that ilk, lands in Easter and Wester . Alex R i st r r a ander A u ch terl oney of Bal mirmer is al s o men tioned . ( eg e G e t

S al L I . e , X V , B l mirmer 1 8 9 3 East a was held in by Jo hn Hulme , farmer, and Bal mirmer s Bon h ard West by David Ogilvie , Ea ter by Wil liam Fair l ie ; all these farm s being in the parish of Arbirlot . 1 6 0 8 M a 8 r 7 June , , the K ing confirmed a charter of y f om William O ch terl on y of that ilk to Patrick O c hterl on ey in Bombard and Eu h is phanie Maule, wife , of lands of Wester Kn ox in Kelly, F orfar ; O ch terl on e A berbroath h r David y, junior, burgess of , and J ames O c te

. R is t r o G r at S al XL V. loney , witnesses ( eg e f e e , , 1 6 0 9 Bal c at h Again in the same, with lands of Ester K nox and y ; O ch terl one M airden s s r J ames y, in times past of , as witne , and the p e A u ht rl on l mil cept of seisin directed to William c e ey in Ba l ou r.

R is t r G r at S al XL V. 2 ( eg e e e , , 7 2 9 1 6 54 A u c h t erl on H os itall field June , , J ohn y of p , heir of John A u ch terl one fiar G u n d y younger, of y , his father, in the town and

H os italfield A berbroth o k . In landis of p within the lordship of c ( a.

R et. XXI , , H os it alfield p , on the Dundee road from Arbroath , takes its n ame from the hospital of the abbey which stood on its site , part of the presen t building dating from that period . I t is credited with being ’ “ ” M on k arn b s of Scott s Antiquary . When Kelly was sold in 1 6 1 4 William O ch terl on ey purchas ed G u n d y in the parish of Carmylie from the Strach ans . Alexander 2 2 Strachan h ad Carmylie in 1 5 . 1 2 1 6 7 6 A u ch terl on e G u n d April, , J oh n y of y was served as heir

G u n d G u n d. In . R et. to h is father, Joh n of y , of the lands of y ( g ,

XXX V. ,

2 4 . 1 7 0 4 A u c h terl on ie Feb , , J oh n was served as heir general of his

G u n d . S rv ic o H irs . father, John of y ( e e f e ) O ch terl on e John y, the father, who died at that time is best s 1 6 8 2 known for his accoun t of Forfar hire, which he wrote about for R Sir obert Sibbald , geographer for the King, who intended to publish w as a history of Scotland . The m atter he collected printed in t he 1 — 5 I. . 3 3 3 0 Spottiswoode M iscellany , Vol . , pp , from the m anuscript ’ L . : in the Advocates ibrary , Edinburgh He writes 8

I will add no more for our own Familie of Ouchterlony of th at I lk but what I have said in the generall description of some places we h ave and h ad con cern in , but th at I have ane account of the m arriages mil i iz l Fa e v . s t R of the these fifteen generations, , , Stewart of osyth , f 2 n d 3 d L en trath en e in Fy fe ; , M aull of Panmure ; , Ogilvy of , prede L 4t h G L G 5 th cessor to the ords of Ogilvy ; , ray , of the ord ray ; , Stobh al l 6 t h L M arish al l 7 th Drummond of , now Perth ; , Keith , ord ; , L L G l ames 8 9 th w yon , ord ; th , Cunn inghame of Barnes ; , Ste art of In n ermeath l oth L 1 1 th Scrim eou r ; , Olyphant , of the ord Olyp hant ; , g , Du dh o e 1 2 Beat ou n of s 1 3 P eirs on e L p ; , ; t , of th _ We thall h of och 1 4th C arne N ew ait 1 5 th - lands ; , gy of g ; , M aull , cousine germane to

deceis t . the Patrick , Earl of Pan mure All these are daughters of the above written families . The familie is very ancien t and very great , v ictu all having above fourteen score chalders of , whic h was a great estate in those days . z — z The armes of our Fam ilie are thus bla oned bears A ure , a lyon G rampan t, Argen t , withi n a border ules entoure , of eight buckles Or G above the shield , ane helmet m an tled ules and doubled argen t ; and z escall o e on the torse for a crest, ane eagle displayed A ure , with ane p ” in hir beek, Argen t, and the motto above the crest , Deus m ihi adjutor . The writer h as been able to sh ow th e m arriage s noted above in some of the cases .

A u ch terl one G u n d 1 77 0 z 2 3 . John y of y died in he was bapti ed Dec ,

1 6 8 8 . , at Carm ylie

3 . 1 7 3 6 O ch terl on e Oct , , Joh n y, junior, of M on trose , married An n

ht erl on e O ch terl on e G u n d . O c y , daughter of John y of y 1 3 1 7 7 2 O ch terl on e M arch , , Ann , widow of John y, merchan t, of

G u n d . M on trose , was served heir of her father, John of y A n n O ch terl on e z J ohn and y of Montrose h ad Patrick , bapti ed 2 4 1 1 7 4 1 z . 1 7 3 . M arch , , and An n , bapti ed J an , , in M ontrose John O ch terl on ey of G u yn d was served heir general to his grand

O ch terl on e s 5 1 7 8 1 . father, J ohn y in M ontro e , merchant , on April , John O u ch terl on ey of G u yn d was served as heir special to his

O c h terl on e G u n d 3 0 . 1 7 7 6 . father, John y of y , who died J an ,

O c h terl on e G u n d 2 9 . Margaret , a sister of John y of y ( who died Nov ,

1 843 4 1 844 . , un married ) , was served as his heir M arch , She m arried m di 1 849 Bal a es . J ames Pierson of On her death in her son , J ames

- firs t G u n d . Alexander Pierson , becam e the twen ty laird of y H e m ar z G ried Eli abeth Townsend , daugh ter of J ames Murray ran t , twelfth _ ’ G l en moriston . . 9 . 1 87 3 be laird of On M r Pierson s death , Aug , , he

h u n d 1. . ch ter qu eat ed G y to go on the death of his widow to C O T H . O

s . loney , of the M ontrose branch of the family , who now hold it

R SE Y T O N L T H E W EST E U FA M I Y .

1 5 25 Se ton In we find the earliest men tion of y , in connection with O ch terl on O ch terl one the y family of Kelly, when William y of Nether E idie r Kell y and his wife , g Thomson , and Hen y , son of William O c h terl on e Se tou n r y, are parties to an interest in lands in y and thi lage . R i st r o tlz e A bb in the mill of Kirkton , belonging to the abbey ( eg e f ey , p . I n 1 5 2 6 William and his son Henry h ave rights in land s of Neuton h raw A bb R is and P an l at y and C de in the paris h of A byrril oth . ( ey eg

ter . , p The first m ay be iden tified in the present farm of East

. s 1 89 3 b . Ki rkton , in St Vigeans pari h , occupied in y John H ay , farmer Neuton probably in cluded the modern farm of Newton held in 1 89 3

. P an l ath ie is G Y by J ames Addison Scott held by eorge oung, and

Cru die by J ohn R ennie . 5 R s 3 0 . 1 6 0 I n a etour of I nque t, Oct , , taken at the fron t gate of b h terl on e the monastery of A r roath , the name of William O c y of

Setou n . L ai n C/z ar ters N o. appears with other names ( g ,

2 0 . 1 6 0 3 . : J an , , J ames V ratified two charters one of these a feudal 3 1 1 58 6 L r o ch arter dated April , , where J ohn , o d H amilton , ommen A berbroth oc k O ch terl on e dator of Abbey, holds William y and Bar R Se tou n A berbroth ock bara ait, h is wife , in the lands of y in ; t he

2 6 . 1 6 0 1 s other, Dec , , when Joh n , M arqui of H amilton , holds J ames ch terl on e O ch terl on e s O y, son of the said William y, and I abell Peirson , “ ” O c h terl on e w rak et . wife of said J ames y, with lie wair de lie Houp R ist r o G r at S al L III ( eg e f e e , X ,

i h 2 1 H al eru d ou s 0 . 6 0 3 . Apud , J an , — — R E X & c . ratific av it 1 cart am , cum consensu [ ] feudi mmil n mm n d atariu m ir r h firme per J o . dom de H a tou co e de A b b ot ok et s con ven tu m f act am A u c h terl on ie e t eju dem quondam Willelmo , R e u s — dimedietate terraru m Barbare ait j spouse , de occidentali de Se tou n decimis arbal ibu s s e arari s ol eban t y , cum g que nunquam p , in — ir r h . r r di ti baron ia et regal itate de A b b ot ok vic Fo fa e ; T E N E N D . c s

et r . con u n ct a in f eodat io n e et h eredibu s eos . Wil . Ba b in j , inter legi t

roc reat is defic ien tibus h eredibu s et ass i n at is di ct i . p , quibus , g Wil qui — bu u n u e mon as t . K n n ou ll et A birb ro sc q , de dicto de data apud y

1 2 m . mar hion em 1 et 3 0 . 58 6 : c art a c thok, Apr , [ ] per J o de H am

mil tou n c ommen d atariu m de A birbroth ok et ejusdem con ven tu m fact .

A U C H T E R L O N IE filio et d ic ti . et J A COBO heredi Wil , I SSA — L L P E IR SO U N e u s s d ictis rr & c . l ie BE E j pouse , de te is , cum

r ab air l ie u . n w et w de H o p ejusdem T E N E N D de dicto mo as t . de — — H ammil tou n 2 6 . 1 6 0 1 : U P data apud , Dec I NS ER , pro bono ser m n n m i i n r v itio dictoru . et ec on co os t o e e s ol u t a Wil J acobi , pro p p ,

r i a d i i et . f eu d ifirmam dimi i su p as cr pt ct s J ac . Is de novo in s t

T E N E N D . dictis b et Iss abelle con u n ct a in f eod ation e e t J aco o in j ,

h eredibu s rocreatis s . h eredibu s et inter eos legitime p , quibu def , as — i n i i t i . n 2 2 s at s d c u ibu scu u e z R E DD E N D . 0 b 6 g J ac q q ollas frumenti ,

. aven atic e 2 6 . ordei 6 s ol . 8 . u al ibet bol farine , bol ( vel den pro q

2 0 . et 6 . 8 . au men t ation is et 3 bolla ) , sol antique sol den nove g ; 3 1 0 sectas ad placita capit al ia apud C arn con an vel alibi ; et lib . in in troitu h eredu m sive ass ign atoru m ; ac perimpl en do cetera contenta — an ti u is in f eof ament is et ren tal ibu s es sen t z . n t in in q , si que TEST

al tis eartis & c . L /II ( X , 1 0

1 9 . 1 58 1 O u ch t erl on e Nov , , J ames y, as heir apparen t of Seatoun , was witness to a documen t signed by N icolas Wardlaw and h is wife ,

Patricia Wood . 1 3 1 59 9 c hterl on e Se ton J uly, , J ames O y of Wester y w as wi tness to “ G u l ielmo R H ail ren e redditu et R R e u s aitt de g , in vitali oberto aitt j ” fil io secu n do en ito s C on an s t he g , for the land of y in the barony of In v rk il l e e ou r. The parish of I nverkeilor is about five miles n ortheas t r of A broat h on the coas t . I n 1 59 8 were sold the lands of Bu rn es yde in barony of In v erkeil oan n i A u ch terl on e Bal mu rmu re Bal mirmer lou r, to J y of ( East farm mirm r B al e r . held by John Hulme, West by David Ogi lvie in Arbi lot) 2 8 1 59 9 The King confirmed a charter of this last , M ay, , of which h terl on e n s R ist r o G r at J ames O c y of Wester Seyto was a witne s . ( eg e f e S al XL I e , ,

’ ’ ’ The testame t d atiu e and in u e tar of the guidis geir sow mes of moe y ’ l l m and dettis p tein g to vmq e barbara R ait relict of v mq e W A u ch ter ’ Vi i n loney of Wes t Seytou n w ithin the proc hin of St . g e and f ref dome of Forf ar the tyme of hir deceas quba decessit in the moneth of October l ie the yeir of G od J aj vc l xxxxv ii yeirs f ath m aid gevin v p be gil & l e bert A u ch terl on ey hir lau soune exe datiu e decn it to h is said v mq ’ moder be decreit of the c omis s’r of E dg r as the samy dec reit of the dait at E dg r the sixt day of M chc the yei r of G od J aj vc l xxxxviii yeirs at len t Sportis l l m I n the first the said v mq ° barbara rait relict of v mq e W ; A u ch ter ’ loney of West Setou n had the guidis geir sowmes of mo” and dettis ’ ’ of the aw aill pces eft following pten i g to hir as hir awin sper guidis — geir the tyme of h ir deceis f oirsaid v iz z I tem in u ten ceil l is ’ ’ Ii domic il is w & the abu il z eme t is orn ame ts of hir bodie estimat to iic ° mo Y.

’ ’ ° l i Inu e t ar 1 1 . dettis Su a of the Follows the awin to the deid .

l m . I tem ther wes awin to the said v mq e barbara rait relict of vmql e W ’ m A u ch terl on ey of West Seytou n be W A u ch terl on ey of Kellie resten ’ “ ’ Wm R of ane yeiris a nu el ren t the s ow me of x1 . I te be ait of H al ’ li s d r l i a u n ° l iiii grene I f me to his ob g ii xvi xiii . I tem be Alex N aiff in “ f of artie now in M eth ie l xxx . ’ l i c l xxx i i xii s iiiid Su a of the dett s awin to the deid iii v i . ’ ’ 1 d In u t ar w t detti vc s iiii Su a of the e the s lxxxvi xiii . i i N a diu s ou n . m “ Irof the quo t is co pon it for x . We M ris Jou P restou n we decn it th in till as olr d ecreit gevin t h r ’ l r ' v pon beiris conf me to the q k Irv pou n M . Johne R ait s ru ito to ’ my lord of E dz all is becu cau u n .

R R H al reen Barbara ait was of the ancien t family of ait of g , Kin R cardine, wh ich derived i ts n ame from the lands of ate in Perthshire . 1 3 9 0 - 1 40 6 R I n the reign of R obert I I I . ( ) ate of that ilk m arried the heiress of H algren e of the surn ame of Du ren d ; and in th e reign of 1 4 6 0—1 488 J ames 1 1 1 . ( ) there is a charter from t hat monarch of the 1 1

H al reen Dru man a er R H al reen an lands of g and g to David ait of g , ces tor of the sub s equen t lairds thereof .

2 2 . 1 6 3 1 O ch terl one r w as Oct , , Willi am y of Weste Seatoun served his heir of father, J ames of Wester Seatoun , of the lands of Seatoun . R ch terl one 1 2 Cathe rine amsay was wife of William O y of Seaton in 6 0 . 5 1 6 3 9 O c h terl on e M arch , , J ohn y was served heir of his father, O ch terl on e William y of Weste r Seatoun , of the lands of Seatoun .

In . R et. XI V. ( a , , From the fo regoing account of the family it is seen that for the early hi s tory of a Scotch family we are dependen t for genealogical r r inform ation on cha ters, g ants, confirmations and inquisitions of lands held by the fam ily , an d th at the heir apparent was served as h eir to his father, while also a testamen t dative served to bequeath things t hat could be given away to younger ch ildren and o the rs . A cen tury ago Sir I saac Heard in terested himself in acquirin g l n ’ formation regarding his wife s family connections, which included the

O ch terl on ey family of the Wester Seaton bran ch . To his labors we are therefore indebted for vital records not n ow obtainable, as the

s r . parish regi ters of Brechin , Arb oath , etc , are incomplete and too late to furnish t he dates he obtained from family records . are in From the family papers of the Wester Seaton bran ch , we of O ch terl one r rs formed th at t he wife Joh n y was M a garet Pea on , and

O ch t erl on e 1 . 1 6 7 1 z their son , J ames y, m arried Feb , , Eli abeth , daughter

G airden . M id st rath Birs . and heir of J ames , Esq , of in the parish of

M ids trath 1 8 9 3 r r . The m ains of held in by Alexander Ha per, fa mer s ch terl on e 3 A u 1 6 9 8 J ame O y h ad a grant , g , , of Wester Seaton , and ,

T ill if ros kie Birs . on the same day , of in the parish of r Wester Seaton , which had t hen been in the family for ove r a centu y, is r . s in the pa is h of St Vigeans i n Arbroath , and it is till identified in a

s . r is farm held by the Fran ci fam ily The p esent house a modern one , but the site of the old man s ion of the O ch terl on ey family can be identified .

s O c h terl on e 2 1 . 1 7 2 7 J ame y died before Feb , , and is buried at t he z : church of Birs . By his wife Eli abeth he h ad

A L E xA N DE R . 1 4 . 1 6 7 3 . i , b Feb , died young

8 1 67 4 . JOH N , b . April,

b . 4 1 6 7 9 . . iii . JAN E, July, m James I rvine and had one son , J ames

1 680 . iv . H ELEN , b .

1 5 . 1 68 1 . v . JAMES , b . Sept ,

2 2 . 1 6 83 . vi . PETER , b . N ov ,

. G . 1 684 . 1 7 1 5 . . vii MAR ARET, b m , J M elville ; buried at Birse

Y . 1 6 85 . viii . M ATT , b

. B . 1 6 8 7 . ix I SA EL , b

2 2 . 1 69 0 . Feb . 1 7 3 9 . x . DAV ID, b . J an , ; d ,

& B . 1 6 9 2 . xi . ELI A ETH , b

. . 1 6 9 3 . xii A NNA , b

X . 1 6 . 1 6 9 5 . xiii . ALE ANDER , b Sept , of whom later “ ” “ G Birse , formerly called Press, a word of aelic origin signify

r s . ing a wood or thicket, h as refe ence to the Forest of Bir e The 1 2

parish , about ten miles square, of upward of forty thousand acres , of which about four thousand are wood and plantation , is situ ated south of the Deeside railway from Aberdeen to Ballater, two an d one h alf miles from Aboyne station . I t is n oted for its wild scenery , and also h th e picturesque views on the Dee and Feu g waters . “ T ill f ros kie s y , one of the Six Town s of the Fore t of Birse, belongs

L z R Far u ars on . . P . . P . to t he aird of Fin ean ( obert q , Esq , M , J , Feu h whose mansion , an ancien t structure in the vale of the g , is buil t in the form of t hree sides of a square .

T il l f ros k ie . The farm of y is occupied by John H arper, farmer

O ch terl on e T ill if roskie 2 1 . 1 6 9 0 1 7 3 9 D avid y of , born J an , , died ,

Birs . and is buried at H e married M ary, daughter of Peter Forbes of

. 1 7 3 9 Balfour in the parish of Fettercairn , and s he died in Feb , , and was carried to the grave with her husband . The eight children of D avid and M ary ( Forbes ) O ch terl on ey were

1 . . . L PETER , who m M argaret , dau of Thomas Buchan , aird of

. 1 4 . 1 7 44 Auchmacoy , and h ad five children On J an , , Peter O ch terl on ey of T illif roskie was served as heir general to his

O ch terl on e T ill if roskie. 2 6 . 1 7 55 father, David y of Sept , , he T illif ros kie Bo head R was served as heir special , in , g , amma

Birs 1 3 9 . h agan in , to his father D avid , who died in 7 G ’ DA V ID , a captain in eneral M onkton s regiment of foot, who

u n m . . was , and d of wounds received at the Siege of &uebec,

1 754 . Aug . ,

(I. . 1 73 9 . JAM ES , a twin of D avid , in Feb ,

X . 25 ALE ANDER , a planter in the island of Dominica , where he d

M a 1 77 9 . . . G y, He m M ary An n , dau of J ohn ordon of Do

minica, an d had two daugh ters .

& B In . s ELI A ETH , who Franci D ouglas of Aberdeen and Abbo ts mil n R Bl ac k L s . I nch , son of obert Douglas of , ogie Cold tone “ is He was an auth or, of whom a sketch given in Eminen t

” ' b . Scotsmen , y I rvine

R G Sir obert Douglas of lenbervie, the author of t he earliest pub l is h ed Scotch Peerage and Baronage , and a kinsman and contemporary ’ R Bl ackmil n s on of obert of , states the latter s descent from J ohn , of G r b Sir Archibald Douglas of lenbervie, a g andson of Archi ald , fifth “ w . Earl of Angus , commonly kno n as Bell the Cat Of the loss

of two son s of t his Earl of Angus at the b attle of Flodden , Hume, the “ s : historian of the house of Dougla , says There was also slain at G s G l en berve this b attle eorge , M a ter of Angus , and Sir William of y, ” w ith some two hundred G entlemen of the N ame of Douglas . Fran ci s z O ch terl on e R and Eli abeth ( y ) Douglas h ad one son , obert, a merchan t at “ St . Domingo , and five d augh ters , one of w hom , Bethia, married Hugh,

son of J ohn Cochrane , Baillie of Paisley . Hugh and Bethia ( Doug

las ) Cochrane were the grandparents of the late Alexander Cochrane,

r G ov . fo merly in business with th e late Thomas Talbot , at Billerica, 1 859 M ass . , an d founder, in , of the Coch rane Chemical Works at

Sout h M alden , now Everett, M ass .

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1 65 . . in 7 , at St Vin cen t H is will , m ade at the time of his marriage , 7 1 7 6 6 “ K a was probated M arch, , and left eve rything to his wife ” trin ; but his debts made his estate insolven t, an d it was not till 1 1 z 7 9 t hat a sum was reali ed to close up the estate , by a dividen d of six and a half pence on the pound to h is creditors .

H is widow wen t to England , where she m arried se cond, Sir Isaac L G G Heard of ondon , Norroy and arter King of Arms, and entlem an of t he R ed R od to the Order of the Bath .

s 1 0 . 1 7 40 . Sir I aac Heard , born Dec , , at Ottery St M ary, Devon 2 9 1 8 2 2 ffi shire , did not die till April, . During his o cial career as

G arter King of Arms he proclaimed the titles , etc . , at the funerals of six generations of the House of Brunswick . He proclaimed G eorge

3 1 . 1 82 0 . I V . as King, at Carlton H ouse, J an , 1 7 58 L The son D avid , born , was a scholar at the atin School in

1 7 6 5 . Boston w hen his father died , in At the age of eighteen he 1 77 8 wen t to I ndia as a cadet , and in received an appointmen t as

1 7 8 1 7 l s t R . Ensign . I n he was &uarterm aster to the egiment of Foo t 1 80 0 L - 1 803 He attained the ran k of M aj or in , ieuten an t Colonel in ,

- and Colonel in 1 8 1 2 . H is commission as M aj o r G eneral bears the 1 1 1 1 8 4 . 1 8 7 date of June , In he received the th anks of bot h Houses of Parliamen t , and after nearly fifty years of uninterrupted military in duty , th rough impaired heal th he was forced to resign , wit h the ten tion of returning to England , but w hile at Meerut , for a change of

- - 1 5 1 8 2 5 . G air, died July , He was Deputy Adjutant eneral at the

Battle of Delhi, after wh ich he w as sent as En voy to the Court of N e au l e e S hah Alum . For h is conduct in the p s war he was created a 7 1 8 1 6 K night Commander of the Bath , and M arch , , was m ade a i baronet . After h s death t here was erected in Calcutta a monumen t i in to him which is one of the notable sights of th at city . T hese d s t c tions were the occasion of researches in the family history by Sir

Isaac Heard , h is stepfat her, w hich resulted in an account of the 1 5 fam ily back to about the year 6 0 . This accoun t was kindly placed at the disposal of t he writer by t he present baronet , and was confirmed and added to by his own researches . : z The arms granted were A ure, a lion rampant argent, holding in his paws a triden t erector, and charged on the shoulder with a key, the wards upward , of the field ; a ch ief embattled or, thereon two r r ban ne s in saltire, t he one of the M ah ratta states vert , insc ibed N e au l en Delhi , the other of the states of p ; the staves broken and circled by a wreath of laurel proper . 1 8 1 6 I n the patent , granted , the title did not descend , and was

- re 8 . 1 8 2 3 created Dec , , and the limitation was exten ded to C harles O ch terl on e R M etcalf y of Delhi, son of oderick Peregrine and Sarah

N ell e O ch terl on e . O c h terl on e . . E . ( y ) y Sir Ch arles Metcalf y, Bart , H ,

. . S. 2 1 . 1 83 9 I C , was served as heir of provision general , Oct , , to

- G en . O c h terl on e . 3 1 . M aj Sir David y, Bart Sir Ch arles m arried , Dec , 1 844 L w as , Sarah , daughter of William P . Tribe of iverpool , and suc ceeded O c h ter by his son , the presen t baronet, Sir David Ferguson loney, to w hom t he writer is indebted for courtesies and hospitality on man y occasions . 1 5

R O ch terl one oderick Peregrine y married Sarah , daughter of Col . N ell e r 1 80 J ohn y of the Bengal Enginee s, and had David William , b . 9 , m ( 1. M on t o erie . 1 83 4 young ; Charlotte Anne g , d ; and an on ly su rv iv

l on . 2 1 1 O cht er e . 8 1 7 . 1 1 A u ing son , Sir Ch arles M etcalf y, b Dec , , d g ,

1 8 9 1 3 1 . 1 8 44 , who m arried , Dec , , Sarah , daugh ter of William P . Tribe ,

. L . 1 6 . 1 89 6 . Esq , of iverpool She died Nov , They h ad

C . 1 847 3 G . 0 1 855 . CHARLES WAL OTT ORDON , b ; d April , 2 G U . 7 . 1 848 . DAV ID FER SON , b Oct ,

R K . 1 0 1 85 3 . 1 9 oss WI L I E, b June , ; d 00 .

. . 1 859 . A son and daughter ( twins ) , b an d d

2 0 M 1 8 6 . 2 G B UG . a 7 7 . 1 88 . I L ERT DO LAS, b y, d Dec ,

2 9 . 1 45 . 8 In . 8 . 1 8 6 8 L SARAH H ELEN , b Sept , Dec , , Sir J ames iston

Fou l is . 2 A M Y . 7 . 1 8 57 . C HAR LOTTE , b Dec ,

. 1 r 1 4 G G 86 . 9 1 883 . AN NI E EOR IANA, b M a ch , ; d April ,

U . 1 0 . 1 8 6 8 . 2 5 . 1 889 M ARV H NTER, b Sept , ; m Sept , , M aj o r J o hn

G ran t .

r O ch terl on e s 1 Sir D avid Fe guson y, t he pre en t baronet , married ,

. 1 87 3 . 1 848 rr G r . Sept , , Somerville , b , daughter of Ba on ahame , Esq , of M or h ie s p , Kincard ine , descended from one of the olde t cadets of t he s now ducal h ouse of Mon tro e, and had

C K & C . 7 1 87 4 . 1 2 1 87 5 . MA EN I E WAL OTT , b June, ; d M arch ,

W M O N T G O M E R IE . 2 8 . 1 8 8 0 . MATTH E , b Feb ,

C K & . 1 885 . 1 89 3 . DAV ID MA EN I E COTMAN , b d

BA R C L A V . SOM ERVI LLE , b

G G . SARAH O I LV I E RAHAM , b

R C . OSE WA L OTT, b

Y . M AR AM ELIA , b

C . CHARLES F RAN IS , b

MARG ARET JAN E H ERDMAN .

Sir David has a residence at Balerno , M idlothian , and a town house r in Edinbu gh . The arm s of the O ch terl on ey family u s ed in pas t cen tu rie s are O ch terl on e ei rea 1 6 8 2 those described in the account of John y, z r r r A ure , a l ion rampant a gen t , within a bo de gules e ntoure of eig ht s b buckles or . Above the shield a helmet m an tled gule and dou le z argent , and on the to rse for a crest an eagle displayed a ure with an escallop in her beak argent . The motto Deus mi hi adjutor . These arms were registered by John O ch terl on ey of G u yn d and two of his — 1 6 7 2 1 6 7 8 . kinsfolk in Then the Stewart quartering previousl y used ,

s z . namely , or a fe se chequy argen t and a ure, was dropped 1 77 9 L I n there was certified to , in the College of Arms , ondon z A ure , a lion rampan t argen t ch arged on the side with a key in pale of the field and holding in the dexter paw a triden t or . Crest , a swan rousant argent ducally crowned or, collared and chained of the

s s. last , charged on the breast wit h a ro e gule This was probably the work of Sir Isaac Heard . 1 6

The crest last given has been modified in recen t years, inasmuch as the breast is charged with a buckle gules instead of a rose, and the wings and body debruised by a bendlet sinister wavy az ure . The ” motto is Spe labor levis .

O ther bran ches of the family have flourished in Scotland , but the limits of this sketch preven t a detailed account of them .

Some of the family in clerical life should receive men tio n . ’ G O u ch terl on e . M . . eorge y, A , acquired his degree at St Andrew s ;

2 8 . 1 6 1 1 admitted to Carmyllie parish before Dec , , he continued till 3 1 6 1 6 April , , when he was accused of giving scandal by his m arriage . ’ O u c ht erl on e . M . . 1 6 4 3 J ohn y, A , of St Andrew s in , was admitted to 1 655 1 6 9 5 Aberlemno paris h before , and died in , aged about seventy

. L . 1 67 8 . two H e married M ary indsay, who died in J an ,

O u c h terl on e . M . H is brother, Alexander y, A , graduated at Aberdeen 1 6 6 1 1 6 6 7 in and was presen ted to Carmyllie parish in , and died before 2 1 68 3 - M ay, , aged about forty two years, leaving two sons and a

R . daughter, J ohn , obert and Jean O u ch terl one 28 1 6 9 9 H is son , J ohn y, was served his heir July, , and

1 6 1 6 9 3 . In . R et. L III of his brot her and sister M ay, ( a , X , m 1 6 9 0 H e became the assistan t of his un cle John at Aberle no about .

He was owner of Flemington , where he had a church . H e removed 1 7 2 6 - to Dundee in , became bishop of the N on juran t church at Edin burgh , and had the district of Brechin assigned to him , and died at

- 1 7 4 2 five. Dundee in M ay, , aged seven ty H is only son , Alexander, wen t to Philadelphia .

R h terl on e G u n d 2 7 . 1 66 2 obert O c y, born at y , Oct , , was admitted 20 1 685 G M ay, , to arvock, deposed for intruding at M ontrose during

1 7 1 5 9 . 1 750 rebellion , , lived retired and died at Montrose J an , , in

- eigh ty eighth year .

u h terl on e . M . . 1 6 43 David O c y, A , of St Andrews , first a school ’ 8 . 1 650 1 6 5 1 C L master, ordained Aug , ; in h aplain to ord Carnegie s

2 3 . 1 65 8 Fin h aven Fordou n regimen t ; translated Sept , , from to ,

- r 1 6 9 1 . whe e he died in , aged about sixty eigh t years H is wife , M ar

. 1 6 47 garet Carnegie, died in Sept , ; and a daughter Agnes m arried l l h J ames F arquh ar s on of Tu oc coy.

O u ch terl on e . M . Joh n y, A , formerly of Balmerino, was in truded to Fordou n 1 6 1 7 0 1 1 7 1 0 prior to April , , and died between M arch , , and

2 9 . 1 7 1 2 . J an ,

R O u ch terl on e G u n d 27 . 1 6 6 2 . obert y, born at y , Oct ,