Genealogical memoirs of the Scottish House of Christie

38 GENEALOGICAL MEMOIES OF
third daughter, died in her fifteenth year; Margaret, fourth
daughter, married Samuel Jackson, M.D., Professor of the In-
stitutes of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, with-
out issue; Ann Caroline, the fifth daughter, died unmarried.
Thomas, eldest son of Captain Thomas Christie, born 23d
February 1805, a lieutenant in the 18th Madras Native
Infantry, died at Madras, unmarried, on the 23d September
1836. Edmund, the third and youngest son, born 6th May
1808, emigrated to South America. James Christie, the
second son, was born on the 8th June 1807. Having served
as an officer in the 31st Madras Light Infantry, he afterwards
accepted a commission as captain in the Stirlingshire Militia ;
he now resides in Edinburgh.
Captain James Christie married, first, 1833, Martha,
daughter and co-heiress of James Eeoch of Forthbank,
son of Hugh Eeoch of Forthbank, an eminent agricul-
turist (born 2d April 1817, died 26th March 1871);
and, second, 20th May 1872, Sarah Amelia, daughter of
Loraine M. Kerr of Field House, Lanarkshire, and widow
of John Douglas Philipps, Esq. By his first wife, Martha
Eeoch, he had six sons and two daughters. James Edmund,
the eldest son, was born on the 8th June 1834. In 1854
he became an ensign in the Stirlingshire Militia, and in
August 1855 was transferred to the 42d Eegiment. With
that regiment he served through the Indian campaign under
Lord Clyde, taking part in the actions at Cawnpore (6th
December 1857), Seriaghat, Kudygunge, and Shumsabad, the
siege and capture of Lucknow, the assault of the Martiniere
and Banks' Bungalow, the attack on the fort of Eooyah, the
action of Allygunge, and the capture of Bareilly. For some
years he was adjutant of his regiment. In August 1870 he