Old family; or, The Setons of Scotland and America

236 AN OLD FAMILY. [a.D.
and Alexander, both of which occur pretty often even after
that date. The marriage of John, Lord Seton, with Lady
Janet Dunbar, daughter of George, Earl of March, " one of
the most powerful nobles of his time," introduced the name
of George into the family. It has been a favorite ever since.
Charles, James, IVilliam, Henry, and Robert are also frequently
met with in the family records. The more common female
Christian names have been Alargaret, Mary, Catharine, Jean,
and Elizabeth. I regret to sav that it is only in our Ameri-
can branch that a number of odiously un-Setonlilce names are
to be found.
Seto?is in Siveden.
The name of Seton has been known in Sweden since the
early part of the seventeenth century. A Colonel Seton
served with credit under Gustavus Adolphus. The present
Setons of Preston and Ekolsund descend from Alexander, sec-
ond son of Sir Walter Seton, first Baronet of Abercorn.
Setons in Italy.
There was a noble family, extinct at the beginning of this
century, which had been settled in the Duchy of Milan for
over three centuries, and claimed to descend from a certain
Domiiiits Franciscus de Sitonis, ex Antiqnis Nobihbus Regni Scotiae,
who flourished before 1485, as in the proofs of nobility sub-
mitted in 1703 by Dominus Johannes de Sitonis.
It is stated that this branch of the family settled in Italy in
1450, in the persons of three soldiers and gentlemen, bearing
the Christian names of John, James, and Adam. The arms
that were borne by these " Sitoni di Scotia " are not the Seton
arms ; and the learned Italian genealogist, my friend Crolla-
lanza, editor of the Annaario delta Nobilta, is disinclined to