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Families covered: Trotter of Catchelraw, Trotter in Edinburgh, Trotter of Mortonhall (Morton Hall)
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| Isabella Trotter, wife of William (son of the following Thomas), was described as "of the family of Prentannan, a near cousin" of William. This indicates that the following family was connected to the Trotters of Kettleshiel shown on Trotter01. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trotter of Foulshaw, Catchelraw, Kilnhill, etc. in Berwiskshire (d after 1405) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Trotter of Catchelraw (a 1450) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Trotter (of the family of Prentannan, "a near cousin") | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Trotter of Catchelraw | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1490) Jean Hepburn (of the family of Wauchton) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1886/1952 show that there were 28 years between the date Thomas & Jean married and the date their "son" Robert was born. We suspect that a generation has been missed out. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Trotter (dvp?) presumed intermediary generation | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Trotter of Catchelraw (b 1518) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Robert Sinclair of Longformacus) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Trotter of Catchelraw had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Trotter (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Trotter, 1st of Morton Hall or Mortonhall in Midlothian (b 1553, d 1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Macmath (dau of David Macmath of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Trotter, 2nd of Mortonhall (d 1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Morrison (dau of Henry Morrison, son of John of Saughtonhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Trotter, 3rd of Mortonhall (b c1639, d unm 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Trotter, 4th of Mortonhall (b c1643, d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marian Dalmahoy (dau of Sir Alexander Dalmahoy) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Trotter, 5th of Mortonhall (b c1667, d 1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1692) Elizabeth Wilkinson (dau of William Wilkinson of Tursdale) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Trotter, 6th of Mortonhall | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Thomas Trotter, 7th of Mortonhall | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1770) Joanna Porterfield (dau of Gabriel Porterfield of Hapland) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Trotter, 8th of Mortonhall (dsp 1804) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Henry Trotter, 9th of Mortonhall (dsp 1858) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Alexander Trotter (d 05.02.1825, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.05.1793) Margaret Katherine Fisher (d 04.05.1834, dau of Richard Fisher of Loretto) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Trotter (b 21.09.1793, d Waterloo 18.06.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Richard Trotter of Charter Hall (Berwickshire), 10th of Mortonhall (b 23.03.1797, d 1874) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1836) Mary Oswald (d 11.10.1851, dau of Gen. Sir John Oswald of Dunnikier by Charlotte, dau of Charles Murray-Aynesley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Margaret Richard Fisher Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1813) Lord Cunningham (Judge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Joanna Gordon Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.08.1838) Rv. John Morrell Mackenz\ie | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | 6 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Helen Trotter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Alexander Spottiswood (d 1675) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | ElizabethTrotter (d 28.03.1723) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Nicolson, 4th Bart of Nicolson and Lasswade (bur 29.01.1687) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Janet Trotter (bur 19.04.1717) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 22.11.1656) Alexander Bothwell of Glencorse, 'Lord Holyroodhouse' (bur 02.09.1727) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | ElizabethTrotter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1641) John Marjoribanks of Leuchie (b 1612) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | 4 sons and 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | George Trotter (WS) | ||||||||||||||
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| Commoners reports that the following family "is a branch of that of Morton Hall". It starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trotter of Edinburgh (a 1745) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1717) Mary Lorimer (dau of James Lorimer of Torryburn) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Trotter of Edinburgh (b 1724, bailie) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte Knox (dau of David Knox by Isabel, dau of Robert Hepburn of Beanston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Trotter of Ballindean (Perthshire), Lord Provost of Edinburgh (b 10.11.1772, d 16.08.1833, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1801) St. Clair Stuart Knox (dau of Robert Knox of London) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Thomas (d 1819, Major General), David (RN), John, William (d young), Robert (surgeon), Charles (d 11.07.1819, Colonel), 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - William of Edinburgh, John (minister of Ceres in Fife, later in London) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLG1886 (Trotter of Morton Hall), BLG1952 (Trotter of Mortonhall)
(2) For lower section : Commoners (vol IV, Trotter of Ballindean)
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