'Glendonwyn1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Glendonwyn (Glendonning, Glendinning, Glendining, Glendinen, Clendinen) of Glendonwyn, Glendonwyn (Glendonning, etc) of Parton

                               
Adam FitzHugh of Glendonwyn (d 20.07.1363)
m. Agnes de Towers (d 03.02.1326-7, dau of Sir John de Towers of Adwick-le-Street)
1. Adam de Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn
  m. (c1342) Margaret Douglas (b c1325, d by 07.1377, dau of Sir John Douglas of Lothian)
  A. Sir Adam de Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn (d before 26.04.1407)
  m. Margaret de Wauchope (dau of Alexander de Wauchope)
  i. John Glendonwyn (dvp Homildon Hill 1402)
  ii. Sir Simon Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn (b c1378, d 1437)
  m. (1406-7) Mary Douglas (dau of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Tourraine)
a. Sir Simon (William) Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn & Parton (a 1455)
  m1. (before 03.01.1436-7) Agnes Helborn/Hepburn
  m2. Elizabeth Lindsay (dau of Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford)
  Elizabeth is reported to be the mother of at least John. It is not certain that she was the mother of all of Simon's children.
  (1) John Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn & Parton (d c1510, 2nd son)
  m1. (c1460) Agnes Maxwell (dau of Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord of Carlaverock)
  (A) Bartholomew Glendonwyn (dvp)
  m. (before 12.07.1492) Margaret Gordon (a 1492, dau of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar)
(B) Simon Glendonwyn (dvp 1504)
  m2. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of William Sinclair, 2nd Lord)
  (C) Ninian Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn & Parton (d 1541)
  m1. Katharine Maxwell (dau of John Maxwell, 4th Lord of Carlaverock)
(i) John Glendonning (Glendonwyn) of Parton (b 1510 ,d 1560)
  m. (before 06.09.1531) Elizabeth Gordon (dau of Robert Gordon of Lochinvar)
  (a) Alexander Glendonning of Parton (d 1616)
  m1. (before 03.12.1564) Alison Gordon (d before 12.05.1569, dau of Alexander Gordon of Troquhain)
  ((1)) John Glendinning (dvp before 26.07.1595)
  m2. (c1584) Nicola Herries (dau of Robert Herries of Mabie)
  ((2)) Robert Glendining of Parton (b 1585) assumed to have had issue
  m. Margaret Maxwell (dau of William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles)
  ((3)) Simon Glendining (d young)
  ((4)) William Glendining (Glendeinen) (b before 1614)
  ((A)) William Glendining (Clendinen) of Quarterland (d 1764, 4th son) had issue
  m. Anne (Rosanne) Kirkpatrick (sister of Robert Kirkpatrick of Glenkiln)
William and his children moved from Scotland to Ireland. Some of those children emigrated to America.
  ((B))+ other issue - Andrew (bpt 05.04.1671), John (bpt 30.03.1673), Thomas (bpt 22.04.1677)
  (b)+ other issue - William, Simon
  m2. (before 05.12.1528) Janet Dunbar (dau of Sir John Dunbar of Mochrum)
  (D) Adam Glendonwyn
(E) Janet Glendonwyn or Glendinning
  m. Gilbert Grierson of Kirkbride
  (2) Margaret Glendonwyn --
  m. Robert Rutherford of Chatto (a 1484, d before 05.1495) --
  (3)+ other issue - Simon (d 01.05.1455), Alexander, Archibald, Matthew (d before 16.02.1492)
  m3. Marjory Johnstone
b. Janet Glendonwyn/Glendinning
  m. Gilbert Grierson, 1st of Lag (a 1410)
  c.+ other issue - John (a 1455), Bartholomew, Hawise
  iii.+ other issue - William (b 1379), Adam (b 1380), Matthew (d before 12.12.1465), Robert in Annandale
  B. Matthew de Glendonwyn, Bishop of Glasgow
  C. daughter
  m. _ de Mundaville
  D. daughter
  m. Thomas de Moffat
  E.+ other issue - Simon, Thomas

Main source(s): the Moore-Rankin-Clendenin section of the web site at http://home.swbell.net/tjgriffi/ which reports extracts from 'The House of Glendonwyn' by Gerald Talbot Clindening, 1942
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