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From the foregoing extracts we obtain a correct genealogical
tree, as follows, without reference to any other sources of
information : —
James Thuxbrand and Katherine Darling his wife first appear on record
in 1618 and 1635. Paras. 1 and 2.
George Thurbrand, 1635.
Paras. 2 and 3.
John Thurbrand, 1635.
Para. 3.
Alexander, 1646.
Paras. 4 and 5.
George Thurbrand, 1658.
Paras. 4 and 5.
John, 1666.
Para. 5.
John Thurbrand, 1675. Married Elizabeth Wilson.
Paras. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Rev. John Thurbrand, of Kirknewton, 1708.
Paras. 10 and 11.
James Thurburn, of Keith, 1763.
Paras. 12 and 13.
It is difficult to find from the sasine registers when a pro-
perty is sold, if the name of the person to whom it is sold is not
known ; therefore the task of tracing the exact extent of the
lands once in possession of the several ancestors of the family
would be an exceedingly prolix one. With some degree of
certainty we can, however, give the approximate amount of land
held by John Thurbrand, the father of the minister of Kirk-
newton. Adopting the husbandland as an equivalent of twenty-
six acres Scotch or thirty -five acres English of arable land, we
find that John Thurbrand must have had during his life some-
thing like 300 English acres. Thus —