'Hunter02'
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Families covered: Hunter of Abbotshill, Hunter of Ayr, Hunter of Barjarg, Hunter-Blair of Dunskey, Hunter of Thurston
| James Hunter of Abbotshill (a 1569) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Neil | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Hunter of Abbotshill (a 1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Campbell (dau of _ Campbell of Craigdow) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Hunter of Abbotshill (d 1617) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | James Hunter of Abbotshill, Provost of Ayr | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Campbell | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Hunter had issue ("descendants became extinct") | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Hunter of Abbotshill (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Adam (dau of Alexander Adam of Glentaig) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Adam Hunter of Abbotshill | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Marion Blair (dau of Thomas (sb Alexander?) Blair of Balthyock) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Hunter of Abbotshill (b 05.08.1672, d 01.11.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1694) Janet Fergusson (dau of John Fergusson of Craigdarroch family by Janet Cochran) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Andrew Hunter of Abbotshill (b 1695, d 1770,WS, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Maxwell (dau of Col. William Maxwell of Cardoness) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Andrew Hunter, last of Abbotshill, later of Barjarg in Dumfriesshire (b 1744, d 21.04.1809, professor) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1779) Mainie Schaw Napier (d 09.10.1806, dau of William Napier, 7th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Francis Hunter, later Hunter-Arundell of Barjarg (d 22.04.1827, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.11.1813) Jane St. Aubyn (dau of Francis St. Aubyn of Collin Mixton by Jane Arundell of Talverne family) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Hunter (Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Caroline Mitchelson (dau of Hepburn Mitchelson of Middleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Grizel or Grace Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.1808) George Lockhart-Ross (b 25.10.1775, d 17.03.1861) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - Andrew (d infant), Mainie Anne Charlotte (d young), Henrietta Hope | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Hunter ancestor of Hunters of Doonholm | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Janet Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Aiken | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Grizel Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Maxwell (Colonel, brother of Sir David of Cardoness) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Henrietta Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Copland (of family of Collieston) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue including Agnes, Nichola | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Hunter of Mainholm & Millquarter (b 11.08.1702, d 1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Cunninghame (dau of William Cunninghame of Brownhill by Anne Hamilton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Hunter (b 02.08.1739, d unm 1792, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir James Hunter, later Hunter-Blair of Dunskey, 1st Bart (b 21.02.1741, d 01.07.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1770) Jane Blair (d 02.02.1817, dau of John Blair of Dunskey by Anne Kennedy) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Hunter-Blair, 2nd Bart of Dunskey (b 19.02.1773, d unm 24.05.1800) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Bart of Dunskey (b 03.10.1778, d 26.12.1857) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.07.1813) Dorothea Hay-Mackenzie (d 22.05.1820, dau of Edward Hay Mackenzie of Newhall and Cromartie by Maria Murray-Mackenzie) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (05/15.01.1825) Elizabeth Hay (d 03.08.1859, dau of Sir John Hay, Bart of Hayston, by Mary Elizabeth Forbes) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | James Hunter-Blair of Dunskey and Robertland (d unm 24.06.1822, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Forbes Hunter-Blair of Dunskey and Robertland (d unm 02.1833, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| (e) | Thomas Hunter-Blair of Dunskey and Robertland (dsp 31.08.1849, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1820) Eliza Norris (d 28.08.1858, dau of J. Norris) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Anne Hunter-Blair (d 1854/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1791) William Mure of Caldwell (d 09.02.1831) | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Clementina Hunter-Blair (d 19.06.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1808) John Francis Birch (General) | |||||||||||||||
| (h)+ | other issue - Robert (d unm 04.1799,captain), Archibald (d 1798), Henry Dundas (d 1799), 2 others (d infant), Jane (d unm 1831), Jemima (d 22.12.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Agnes Hunter (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Hunter of Thurston | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Janet Hunter (d 1746) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1726) James Hunter, Provost of Ayr (d 1784) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | 3 sons (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Janet Wallace (dau of _ Wallace of Mainholm & Woodhead) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Robert Hunter of Dogland, Provost of Ayr | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1657) Agnes Paterson (dau of John Paterson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Hunter (b 1665, d 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1688) Agnes Smith (d 1702, dau of James Smith of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Hunter, Provost of Ayr (b 1698, d 1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1726) Janet Hunter (d 1746, dau of James Hunter of Abbottshill & Park) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Hunter of Ayr (b 1727, banker) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1750) Sarah Ballantine (d 1806, dau of Patrick Ballantine of Ayr) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Patrick Hunter (captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1795) Jean Rollo (b 29.09.1768, d 10.1838, dau of James Rollo, 7th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | (William) Hugh Hunter (5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eliza Veitch (dau of Henry Veitch of Elliock) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sarah Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Charles (MD, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - James of Auchterarder, Patrick, John, William, Roger Rollo, Mary (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Ann Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Wood of Ayr | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Grace Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Charles (MD) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Marian Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Mair | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue (d young or unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Robert Hunter of Thurston | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1746) Margaret Robertson (d 1776, dau of James Roberston of Calcutta) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Jane or Janet Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Michael Riddel | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Henry Irwing | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sarah Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. W. Robertson of Ladykirk | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Robert, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabella Ord (dau of Robert Ord, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | James Hunter of Thurston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jennings (dau of Ross Jennings) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | James William Hunter of Thurston | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Robert Francis, Richard, John Alexander, Isabella, Sarah Elizabeth, Margaretta Eleanor | ||||||||||||||
| (f) | Richard Hunter (youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Walker | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Eleanor Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Sandilands of Barnyhill | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Isabella Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dugald Campbell of Ballinaby or Ballinabby | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Agnes Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1808) Archibald Graham Campbell of Shirvan | |||||||||||||||
| (j)+ | other issue - John, Andrew | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Andrew Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Stewart Cunninghame (dau of Rev. Robert Cunninghame of Bowerhouses) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | John Hunter (b 1746, to Virginia) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Broadwater (dau of Col. _ Broadwater) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Ann Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cundell in Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - James of Virginia, Robert of Virginia, George Washington, John | ||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Mary, Sarah, Jean Isabella | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Barbara Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Fullarton of Craighall | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | 5 sons and 4 daughters (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1886 (Hunter-Arundell of Barjarg), BP1934 (Hunter Blair), 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p203+)
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