Early records of an old Glasgow family

34 THE EARLY RECORDS OF
Thomas Hill (4), last of Ibrox.
In his turn this James Hill and Janet Rowan, spouses, had
as their eldest son Thomas Hill, the last of Ibrox, the next entry
in the Inventory ' being " Extract Contract of Marriage betwixt
Thomas Hill, eldest lawfull sone to the said James Hill, then of
Ibrox, with the speciall advice and consent of his said father,
and Christian Hill, sister lawfull to John Hill, Portioner in West
end of Mickle Govan, dated 9th August, 1709," whereby the said
" James Hill dispones to the said Thomas Hill and Christian
Hill, affidat spouses, and the longest liver of them two, in con-
junct fee and liferent, and to the Bairns of the Marriage in fee,"
the said 25s. land of Ibrox, registered in the "Books of the
Regality of Glasgow," 26th October, 17 15.
Infeftment is expede on this Contract of Marriage in favour
of the "said Thomas Hill and Christian Hill, dated 24th August
and recorded in the Register of Sasines, the 1st September,
1709," and a Charter of Confirmation, in favour of the said
Thomas Hill, under the Great Seal, is subsequently obtained,
dated 26th July, 1723, 2 immediately following which appears in
the said Inventory :
" Disposition by the said Thomas Hill in favor of John
Picken, Merchant in Glasgow, of certain parts and portions of the
said 25s. land of Ibrox, therein particularly mentioned, dated 20th
December, 1723," 3 upon which and the supplementary Disposition
in 1725 * of other parts, amounting in whole to a 22s. land, John
Picken expedes infeftment in 1725, resigns the whole in the
hands of the Barons of Exchequer, and procures a Charter of
Resignation under the Great Seal, dated 12th February, 1735. 5
The absence of any consents to the above Disposition leads
strongly, if not conclusively, to the supposition that there were no
" Bairns of the Marriage " between Thomas Hill, last of Ibrox,
and Christian Hill, and that this Branch of the Family became
extinct.
1 Genealogical MSS. of Hills, etc., No. 37 ; also Hill, Mitnimenta. vol. I., Part I., No. 6/27 and
No. 8, "Item."
2 Genealogical MSS. of Hills, etc., No. 37; also Hill, Muniment a, vol. I., Part I., Nos. 6/28
and 29.
3 Hill, Mitnimenta, vol. I., Part I., No. 6/30.
4 Hill, Muniment a, vol. 1., Part I., No. 6/32.
a Hill, Munimenta, vol. I., Part I., No. 35.