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Families covered: Weir (Were) of Blackwood, Weir of Craighead, Weir of Powneill
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| It is interesting to speculate about the matter but, other than the similiarity of name, we have no reason to suggest that the following family was connected to the de Vere family of the Earls of Oxford. | |||||||||||||||
| Baltred de Vere (a 1165, in Scotland) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Walter de Vere (a c1190) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Ralph de Vere (a 1214) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas de Vere (a 1266) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard de Were (a 1294) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas de Were of Blackwood, Lanarkshire (a 1316, d temp David II who r. 1329-71) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? Were (a 1389) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Rotaldus Were of Blackwood (d temp James II who r. 1437-1460) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Were of Blackwood | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Ralph Were or Weir of Blackwood not mentioned by Commoners, possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sp) Mary Somerville (dau of William Somerville, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Robert Were or Veyr of Blackwood (a 1478) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Weir of Blackwood - continued below | -- |
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| m. Aegidia Somerville (dau of John Somerville, 3rd Lord) | -- |
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| 2. | David de Vere | ||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Weir of Blackwood (a 1542) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (c10.1483) Aegidia Somerville (dau of John Somerville, 3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Weir of Blackwood (a 1531, d 1595) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eupham Hamilton | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Weir, younger of Blackwood (dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| James is no not mentioned by Commoners, nor by the D'Alton work identified below, but was possibly of this generation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Marion Ramsay (dau of George Ramsay of Dalhousie, m2. William Bannatyne of Corehouse) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | George Weir of Blackwood (d c1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Vere (dau of William Vere or Weir of Stanebyres) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mariotte Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m1. James Bannatyne (dsp after 09.04.1642, Major, brother of John of Corehouse) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Lowrie @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Barbara Johnston | |||||||||||||||
| C. | William Weir, probably Sir William of Stanebyres (Stonebyres) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from 'History of Ireland from the Earliest Period to the Year 1245 ...and ... and Full Statistical and Historical Notices of the Barony of Boyle' by John D'ALton (1845) which identifies this William, 2nd son of James by Eupham Hamiton, as 'of Stanebyres'. However, he could not have been the Wiliam of Stanebyres who was father of his sister-in-law. We presume that he inherited Stanebyres from his uncle and was the Sir William 'of Stonebyres' who married Mary Carmichael though the dates indicate that she was probably not the mother of George. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Weir of Stanebyres | ||||||||||||||
| a. | James Weir of Stanebyres & Kirkfield (a 1675, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rachel Carmichael (dau of Walter, Master of Carmichael (son of 1st Lord)) wife of James, possibly mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Weir of Stanebyres (a 1710) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jean Weir | ||||||||||||||
| Possibly fitting here, being described as daughter of Wlliam 'of Blackwood', was this Jean. It is a presumption that, if she was indeed daughter of this William, she was of his 1st marriage but, as she was not described as daughter of Wlliam 'of Stanebyres', we presume that her father had not inherited Stanebyres by the time she married. | |||||||||||||||
| m. William or John Cuninghame of Bandalloch | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 31.01.1652) Mary Carmichael (dau of James Carmichael, 1st Lord, widow of Sir William Lockhart of Carstairs) | |||||||||||||||
| Probably of this generation, but not known of which marriage, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Katharine Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1667) Alexander Fergusson of Kilkerran | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Robert Weir of Craighead | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from the above-mentioned work by D'Alton. | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lindsay (sister of Sir David Lindsay) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alexander Weir of Craighead (d 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1614) Ann Dunbar (dau of Sir James Dunbar of Derrygonelly) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Alexander Weir (b c1632?, d 1689?, Captain, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Goodwin | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Weir (b 1676, d 1743) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Carleton (dau of Captain Christopher Carleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Alexander Weir of Managhin, co. Fermanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1745) Barbara Crozier (dau of John Crozier of Hagberadunbar) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Weir, Sheriff of co. Fermanagh (d 1816) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Rynd (dau of Thomas Rynd of Ballywhillin) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Weir had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Caroline (dau of John Uary? Charoley? of Belcamp) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Weir (dsp, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Barbara Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Johnson of Brookhill, co. Leitrim | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Weir (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - John, Jane, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| E. | John Weir of Powneill (dvp 1592) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from the above-mentioned work by D'Alton. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Weir of Powneill (d 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Walter Weir of Powneill | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Weir of Stanebyres not mentioned by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
| In his above-mentioned work, D'ALton identifies Margaret, wife of the above-mentioned George of Blackwood, as his 1st cousin. That would mean that her father must have been of this generation. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Margaret Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Weir of Blackwood (d c1646) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Isobel Weir possibly of this generation | -- |
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| m. James Hamilton, 3rd of Raploch | -- |
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| William Lowrie | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mariotte Weir (dau of George Weir of Blackwood) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Weir of Blackwood | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Cleland (dau of George Cleland of Gartness by Margaret Hamilton of Wishaw) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir George Weir, 1st Bart of Blackwood (d 02.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Jardine (dau of Sir John (sb Alexander?) of Applegarth by Margaret Douglas) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Weir, 2nd Bart of Blackwood (d 1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Rachel Hamilton (dau of Senator James Hamilton of Pencaitland by Catherine Denholm) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Catherine Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1733) Charles Hope of Craigie Hall (son of Charles, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, by Henrietta Johnson) | |||||||||||||||
| Their elder surviving son inherited Blackwood and assumed the name Vere-Hope, the Vere presumably being viewed as the original version of Weir. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Christian Anstruther (dau of Sir Philip Anstruther of Anstruther-field, m2. John, 6th Earl of Traquair) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir George Weir, 3rd Bart of Blackwood (d unm 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hamilton of Dalserf | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Catherine Weir (d 1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lockhart of Cleghorn | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Weir (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 21.04.1676) Helen Bruce (dau of Robert Bruce of Broom Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | William Weir | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stewart (dau of John Stewart of Ascog) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
Commoners (vol 3, Vere of Blackwood and Craigie Hall)
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