History of the Carlile family

6 HISTORY OF THE CARLILE FAMILY.
In order, however, to trace the history of the Paisley Carliles,
which is the object of this book, we must now return to Adam
Carlyle, second son of William Carlyle of Torthorwald, and
younger brother of John, first Lord Carlyle of Carlyle. He died
before Nov., 1500, and was succeeded by his son, Adam, who
married Ellen Carruthers, of Mousewald, near Dumfries, and was
one of the executors of the will of his uncle (John, first Lord). He
had a charter, dated 1499, of lands at Bridekirk (between Annan and
Ecclefechan) and elsewhere. Alexander, son of Adam the younger,
had a charter of Bridekirk and Limekilns estates, in 1 543, from
Michael, fourth Lord Carlyle, and was succeeded in these estates by
his son Adam. This last-mentioned Adam had two sons ; the elder,
Alexander, married Sibill Carruthers, and died without male issue ;
the younger, Robert, or Herbert, of Bridekirk, was born in 1558,
and died in 1632. Robert, or Herbert, was a great hunting man,
and held the office of Master Huntsman to James VI. It is
recorded that he received the sum of ^100 (English) for taking
hounds from Scotland to the King in England. 1 Robert, or Her-
bert's, eldest son Adam married his first cousin Blanch, daughter
of Alexander and Sibill Carlyle. Adam and Blanch are believed to
have had three children, the eldest, William, of Bridekirk, whose
male line is now extinct, a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Adam, who
removed to Annan, became a baillie there, and died in 1685, aged
59. This Adam was the ancestor of the Paisley family, but before
dealing with his descendants we may pause to mention that the
male line of the second son of Robert, or Herbert, of Bridekirk,
named above (James of New Park), became extinct with the death
of the celebrated Rev. Dr. Alexander Carlyle (1722 — 1805). He
was author of the well-known Autobiography? and was Minister of
Inveresk, near Edinburgh. Sir Walter Scott said that he was com-
monly called "Jupiter" Carlyle, from having sat to Gavin Hamilton,
the painter, as a model for the god Jupiter. 3 This sitting, however,
is improbable, as it is not referred to in the Autobiography.
1 See Life of Lodowick Carliell, by Chas. H. Gray (of Kansas), 1905, p. 25.
2 3rd Ed., Edinburgh, Blackwood, i860. 3 Lockhart's Life of Scott, ed. 1900, vol. iii, p. 182.