History of the Fife Pitcairns

52 THE FIFE PITCAIRNS.
"In 1537, I2tn Jan., Sir Oliver Sinclair got by charter
under the Great Seal the lands and barony of Pitcairns." 1
Pitcairns here mentioned is not the " Pitcairn estate" in
Fife, but that in Perthshire, although " Pitcairns " in Strath-
earn had belonged to the family from a very early date.
In Aug. 1564 Queen Mary confirmed a charter, granted
by " Sir David Petcarne and other stallarie of the choir and
Cathedral of Glasgow, to Mr Michel Chesholme, of their
lands of Kyndally and others in the territory of Glasgow." 2
David Pitcarne, twelfth laird of Pitcarne and of the
barony of Forthar - Ramsay, died ante 10th May 1569,
when his will was proved in Edinburgh. He had three
sons — (1) Henry ; (2) Robert ; (3) John — and five daughters :
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Isabel, Barbara, and Alison. His
widow, Elizabeth Dury, married John Lindsay of Kirk-
forthar after Pitcarne's death.
Henry, his eldest son, married Christian, second daughter
of Andrew Seton of Parbroath. Henry died before his
father David, and left only two daughters, Janet and Agnes.
Janet married Robert Balfour of Dovan. Her will was
made 19th Dec. 1589. There was some litigation after
Janet Balfour's death, particulars of which, also of the
transfer of the Dovan lands, have been communicated to
me by Mr Charles Balfour of Newton Don. 3
1 Douglas's Baronage of Scotland, 1537, 1546.
2 Reg. Mag. Sig., lib. xxxii. No. 574.
3 See chap. vi.