Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF CARBETH. 233
of the family of Drutnikill. That which admits
of the greatest difficulty in being resolved, and is
mostly objected, is a service of William, sixth laird
of Drumikill, which I perused among others of
the late Buchanan's evidents, by which the said.
William is served heir to Thomas Buchanan, of
Gartincaber, great grandfather to the said Wil-
liam. So that the first charter of Thomas of Car-
beth's ancestor being that of Gartincaber, it is pre-
sumed, he was ancestor of both the families. For
resolution of this, it is very evident, that all appen-
age, or tanistry lands, though always disponed
by charter to the second sons of families, did never
descend or accresce to their heirs, but did always,
upon decease of him to whom these were first dis-
poned, return again to the principal family, and
were by that after the same manner reserved
for, and disponed to, the next second son of the
same. This is so very demonstrable, by so many
instances, as to need no further confirmation. So
that Thomas of Carbeth, being second son to Sir
Walter, laird of Buchanan, obtained from his
eldest brother, Patrick, the lands of Gartincaber
during life, after whose death Patrick gave these
lands to another Thomas, his second son ; or, more
probably, Walter, Patrick's successor, disponed
these lands to the same Thomas his brother, being
ancestor of the family of Drumikill, as the tree of
Buchanan plainly asserts ; and by this means the
service in favour of William of Drumikill is very
right, whereas if he had been served to Carbeth's
ancestor by designation of Gartincaber, he would
be a degree further removed than Walter of Drumi-
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