Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

FAMILY OF AUCHMAR. 187
to Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter to the laird of
Inchmachan, (or as I find him sometimes design-
ed, of Eglismachan,) this family having become
extinct in the reign of king Charles II. any little
remains of that interest fell into Hamilton of Ait-
kenhead, as nearest heir to Hamilton of Inchma-
chan. Of this marriage betwixt Auchmar and
Inchmachan's daughter, three sons and two daugh-
ters came to maturity. The eldest of the sons
was Patrick, the second George, and the third
Mr. William. Margaret the eldest daughter was
married to Cunninghame of Blairwhoish ; the se-
cond to James Colchoun, merchant in Glasgow.
Patrick the eldest son succeeded to his father
William in the lands of Auchmar and Straithyre.
He married Helen Buchanan, heiress of Ibert,
daughter to Mr. Thomas Buchanan of Ibert,
nephew to the great Mr. George Buchanan, which
Thomas became lord privy seal, by resignation of
that office in his favour by Mr. George his un-
cle. Mr. Thomas's wife was a daughter of John,
laird of Buchanan. Patrick above-mentioned died
within a few years of his marriage, his children
having not long survived him ; so that his interest
devolved to George his second brother, as is evi-
dent by precept of Clare Constat, and charter
thereupon, in his favour, by John, laird of Buch-
anan, of the lands of Auchmar, dated in the year
1606
This George, in his eldest brother's lifetime,
married Janet Stewart, daughter to Andrew Stew-
art, who had a beneficial tack (esteemed in these