Thurburns

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1. Par. 4. — Through his father, 2 hushandlands 70 acres.
2. Par. 6.— The Flatt, { hushandland 17| „
3. Par. 7. — The Kirklands, 2± hushandlands 87| ,,
4. Par. 11.— From Sir P. Scott, 2 hushandlands 70 „
o. Par. 9. — Formerly inherited by Alexander Thurhrand, 1 hushand-
land 35 „
6. Par. 8. — Stanieland, extent not known, rated at say 20 „
300 acres.
From the inventory of the title-deeds of Lord Haddington's
estate of Jerviswoode, it would seem that all the above lands,
with the exception of No. 4, have been bought by his lordship's
ancestors, and incorporated in his property.
With respect to the spelling of the family name, it need
hardly be said that the variations are exceedingly numerous.
Cosmo Innes states that the punctilio of orthography is of very
moderate date ; that in the sixteenth century, when writing
had become a common accomplishment, a man spelt his own
name six or seven different ways in a single letter. He further
notices that the surname of the Stirlings (of Keir) is found in
their family papers spelt in sixty-four different manners.
It would seem that Thurhrand and Thorhrand are the most
accepted terms of designation for the family in the early Latin
deeds, as well as the English registers.
In the tentli century it is Turebrand ; in 1228 it is Thur-
hrand ; in 1 604, Thorbrand ; 1618 and 1635, Thurhrand ; 1686,
Thornburne ; 1693, Thornburne ; 1708, Thorbrand; and in
1 763, Thurburn. In the parish register of births we find it in
1619, Thurbran ; 1654, Thurbrane and Thurnbarne ; 1664,
Thurburne; 1665, Thurbarn; 1666, Thurbarne. The Smailholm
parish papers from 1673 to 1710 were destroyed by fire, but we
find again in those of 1713 the name spelt Thurhrand. In 1715,
Mr. Thurbrand, of Green, is the denomination of the minister of
Kirknewton's father; and in 1700 and 1706, the following
entries are found of the same individual in a session record : —
" 1703 (17th October). John Thurbrand is appointed by the