Old family; or, The Setons of Scotland and America

196 AN OLD FAMILY. [,\.D. 1 630
2. Andrew, witness to a royal charter dated at Edinburgh,
159H.
3. Robert, witness to a charter granted by his father, and
" dated at Parbroithe, 9th May 1 601."
4. William, mentioned in a charter " confirmed at Holy-
rood house, 2d December 1602."
5. David, mentioned in the Privy Seal Register in 1581.
He possessed the lands of Kinglass in November, 1633 ; mar-
ried Jane Kinninmonth, and had two children, David and
Jean. He was called Captain David Seton, and is last heard
of in 1646.
6. John, went from London to Virginia on August 7,
1635. Probably died without issue or moved to some
other part of the world, for he cannot be traced in the
Colonies.
1. Margaret, married Sir John Scrymgeour of Dudhope,
who was created a Viscount in 1641. Their grandson
became Earl of Dundee. Sir John Scrymgeour was made
Hereditary Standard Bearer of Scotland by Charles I., an
honor now held by the descendant of this marriage, Scrym-
geour- Wedderburn of Wedderburn and Birkhill. Of the
three daughters of Sir John Scrymgeour and Margaret Seton
of Parbroath —
A. Magdalen, the eldest, married Sir Alexander Irvine of
Drum. Their son refused the Earldom of Aberdeen, offered
by King Charles II.
B. Jean, married Sir Thomas Thompson of Duddingston,
who received a baronetcy (now extinct) in 1636.
C. Mary, married Sir James Haliburton.
2. Marv, married David Skene of Potterton, now repre-
sented bv Skene of Rabislaiv. The family of Skene is one of
antiquity in Aberdeenshire, where it always maintained the
rank of free barons, and takes its name from the castle of
Skene, which they owned in the thirteenth century. The