Stirlings of Keir

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Dame Mary Murray, his spouse. The tocher of Anna was ten thousand raerks
Scots. : Mistress Anna Hamilton, Lady Garden,' was living on 8th March
1731, but she died before 20th January 1735. By her he had four sons —
1. James, who died before 1701. His sisters, Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary,
were retoured heiresses of provision to him on 22nd May 1716. 1
2. John, who acquired Garden from his eldest brother Archibald in 1718.
3. James, who was an eminent mathematician. A short notice of him will
be found at the end of this account of the Garden Family.
4. Charles, who went to Kingston, Jamaica, and became a merchant there.
In the family he was commonly called ' The Merchant.' He died, unmar-
ried, after the year 1739. 2
These three sons, John, James, and Charles, had a bond of provision from
their father, dated 19th December 1701. 3
Archibald Stirling and Anna Hamilton had also five daughters —
1. Marion, who was baptized on 2nd August 1690. 4 2. Elizabeth. Her
father writes to her mother from London on 8th of July 1708, that he and
his fellow prisoners were to be sent to Edinburgh Castle — ' Let poor
' Lizie come in with you, for I would see her ther since I wanted her at
' parting.' She died young. 3. Margaret. She also died young, and was
buried in the Greyfriars' Churchyard, Edinburgh, on 27th October 1701. 5
Her sisters, Elizabeth, Ann, and Mary, were retoured heirs of provision to
her on 22nd May 1716.° 4. Anna, who died at Leadhills on 8th April 1747,
unmarried. 5. Mary, who died unmarried. 7 After possessing Garden for
forty-eight years, Archibald Stirling [III.] died on 19th August 1715, aged
sixty-four, and was succeeded by the only son of his first marriage,
IV. Archibald Stirling of Garden. He was born before 20th July 1679.
In April 1706, he went to Barbadoes as private tutor in the family of Judge
Walker, and in 1 709 became tutor in the family of Brigadier Thomas Alleyne,
1 Retour at Garden. daughters were all bora before 11th May 1692, as
3 Information from the late James Stirling of they are named in a bond of provision, in their
Garden when in his 84th year. favour, of that date.
3 Original at Garden. 5 Copy Funeral Letter, and Account of Funeral
4 Dunblane Parish Records. Marion must have Charges at Garden. 6 Retour at Garden,
died before 11th May 1092, as she is not named in " Information from the late James Stirling of
the bond of provision of that date; the other three Garden as before.