Antiquity of the family of Dick

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fourth son of Sir William Dick, of Braid,
Baronet; but he w«s succeeded in his
whole estate by his only surviving child,
Janet Dick, heiress of Prestontield,
&c. who wus married to Sir William
Cunningham, of Capri ngton, Bart., b\
whom she had a numerous issue, of whom
were, 1. Sir John, who succeeded his
father in the estate of Caprington ; 2.
Sir William, who became his mother's
heir ;* and, 3. Sir Alexander, who car-
ried on the line of this family.
Sir Alexander Dick, (until then Doc-
tor Alexander Cunningham), succeeded
*' This Sir William Dick, second son of Janet Dick,
heiress of Prestoufield, succeeded to the estate and hon-
ours of his grandfather, Sir James, in virtue of the entail
and patent, and was the second Baronet of Prestonfield
He married Anne, daughter of Sir James Montgomery of
Royston, Bart., one of the Senators of the College of Jus-
tice, third son of George, first Earl of Cromarty. She died
in 1741 ; and he on the 14th of January, 1746, without
issue ; when his estate and honours, according to the
above destination and patent, devolved upou his immedi-
ate youngest brother, Sir Alexander, who was the third
Baronet, as iu the text.