'Fleming08'
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Families covered: Fleming of Barrochan
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First displayed: 01.05.20Last updated: 01.05.20Back to 'Can You Help ?'
| Craufurd reports that "The original ancestor of that name came from Flanders to Scotland very early, and assumed their Sirname and designation from their country. But the first mention I have found of the Fleemings of Barochan (sic) is in a charter granted by Malcolm Earl of Lennox, in the reign of King Alexander III" (who r. 1249-1286). It is possible but by not necessarily probable that they shared a common ancestor (within Scotland or England) with the Flemings of Cumbernauld (shown on Flening01) or those of Lancashire & Cumberland (shown on Fleming04) though, of course, they may have had common ancestors from earlier in Flanders. Crawfurd starts his pedigree with ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Fleeming (Fleming) of Barochan (Fleming of Barrochan) (a 1488, d Flodden 1513) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Marion Houstoun | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Fleming of Barrochan | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Fleming | ||||||||||||||
| Possibly Patrick, younger of Barrochan, who married Margaret Mure, dau of Mungo Mure of Rowallan. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Fleming | ||||||||||||||
| Crawfurd jumps from the above James to the below Patrick, identifying him as "fifth in a direct line". He also reports that "This family hath intermarried with the families of Semple, Houstoun, Bishoptoun, Rouallan, Robetland, Ladyland, &c." | |||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Fleming | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? Fleming | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Patrick Fleming of Barrochan (a 1710) | ||||||||||||||
| Robertson picks up the pedigree at this point. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Fleming of Barrochan (d c1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Durham | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Malcolm Fleming of Barrochan (a 1818, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1781) Elizabeth Ferguson (dau of William Ferguson of Dunholm) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Malcolm Fleming of Barrochan (a 1818, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Catherine, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Patrick (d young), William, Elizabeth (d unm), Mary (d unm), Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| The following come from cross-references from elsewhere in the database. | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Fleming daughter of Patrick of Barrochan, possibly married twice? | ||||||||||||||
| m1. James Houstoun of Craigton (brother of Sir Patrick who d 1605, son-in-law d 1622) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir David Cuningham, 4th of Robertland (d 1619, son married 1637) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Fleming daughter of Patrick Fleming of Barrochan (ie Barrochar) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Knox of Silvyland (son married c1601) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Fleming daughter of Alexander Fleming of Barrochan, possibly cousin rather than sister of the Margaret immediately above | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Cuninghame (a 1567) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Janet Fleming "of the family of Barrochar", possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Knox (a 1503) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Crawfurd (Renfrewshire, Robertson, p102 & p381) with input as reported above
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