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Families covered: Wishart of Foxhall, Wishart of Pittarrow
Sir John Wishart of Pittarrow (d before 30.04.1607) | |||||||||||||||
m. Jean Douglas (dau of William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir John Wishart of Pittarrow, later in Fermanagh | ||||||||||||||
m. (c1582) _ Forrester (dau of Forrester of Carden) | |||||||||||||||
A. | son (W***) (dvp, unm) | ||||||||||||||
B. | Margaret Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. (mcrt 27.10.1595) Sir David Lindsay of Edzell and Glenesk (d 12.1646) | |||||||||||||||
2. | James Wishart of Pittarrow (dspm, sold Pittarrow about 1631) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Pickerton | |||||||||||||||
A. | Margaret Wishart probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Christopher Irvine of Edinburgh (b 1618, d 1693) | |||||||||||||||
3. | William Wishart in Edinburgh, later in Cornwall (a 1639) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Keith (dau of Alexander Keith of Phesdo) | |||||||||||||||
A. | John Wishart (d Edgehill 23.10.1642) | ||||||||||||||
4. | Alexander Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. Catherine Kerr (dau of Robert Kerr, minister of Linton) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Wishart (b c1625, d 02.1692, minister of Kenneil) | ||||||||||||||
m. Christian Burne (dau of Richard Burne of Middlehill family) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Sir George Wishart of Cliftonhall, 1st Bart (d 08.1722) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Anne Barclay (d 25.05.1708, dau of Michael Barclay of Collairney family) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Margaret Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. Daniel Stewart of Fettercairn (d 08.04.1708) | |||||||||||||||
The baronetcy passed to their son. | |||||||||||||||
m2. Fergusia McCubbin (from Galloway) | |||||||||||||||
b. | Fergusia Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. (15.03.1727) George Lockhart, 3rd of Carnwath (b 1700, d 1765) | |||||||||||||||
c. | Cordelia Wishart (dsps) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Sinclair of Rosslyn | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Sir James Wishart (dsp 05.1723, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
iii. | William Wishart (b c1660, d 11.06.1729, Principal of University of Edinburgh, Moderator of the General Assembly) | ||||||||||||||
m. Janet Murray (d 30.06.1744, dau of Major William Murray) | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Wishart (d 12.05.1753, Principal of University of Edinburgh, Moderator of the General Assembly) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (12.1724) Margaret Halliburton (d 27.02.1746, dau of Prof. Halliburton of St. Andrews) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Thomas Wishart of Foxhall (d 03.12.1799) | ||||||||||||||
m. (04.1768) Anne Balfour (dau of George Balfour WS) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | William Wishart of Foxhall (d unm 14.08.1805, Major) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | George Wishart (d unm before 1860) | ||||||||||||||
(C) | Patrick Wishart of Foxhall (WS) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Robertson (dau of Alexander Robertson of Prenderguest) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Philadelphia Anne Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. W.J. Gairdner (Major General) | |||||||||||||||
(ii)+ | other issue - William Thomas (dsp), James (d unm), Alexander (d unm), Hope Balfour, Jane, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
(D) | Archibald Wishart (dsp, WS) | ||||||||||||||
(E) | John Henry Wishart (surgeon in Edinburgh) | ||||||||||||||
m. Louisa Wilson (dau of Major _ Wilson) | |||||||||||||||
(i)+ | issue - William (dspm), James (dspm 1856), John (to Australia), 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Janet Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Maxwell in Dundee | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Margaret Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. James Macdowall in Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - son (d 01.1739), Anne (b c1727, d 1819) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (17.03.1747) Frances Deans (dau of James Deans of Woodhouselee) | |||||||||||||||
b. | George Wishart (b c1702, d 12.06.1785, Moderator of the General Assembly) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Campbell (dau of John Campbell of Orchard) | |||||||||||||||
(1)+ | "several daughters" | ||||||||||||||
5. | Elizabeth Wishart | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir William Forbes, 1st Bart of Monymusk (d before 22.07.1661) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Transcript obtained off the Internet (http://www.wishart.org/wishartsofpittarrow.html) of 'Genealogical History of the Wisharts of Pittarrow and Logie Wishart', prepared by David Wishart and printed by Wood & Son, Perth in 1914, with some support from TCB (volume IV)
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