'Wishart2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
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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