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MASTERTON PAPERS
1663 ’63. Sr Charles Arskine of Ava dyed.
’64. My father dyed 20 Jar; mr. Jo11 Craigingelt, minister
at Aloa, dyed martch.
’64. There was a great frost in the end of ’63, and con-
tinowed till 20 martch ’64, upon vch day ye ploughes went, and
others and I curled the same day. Patrick Lindsay, at wood-
syd, dyed at michalmess.
’65.
’66. Pentland Hill rebellion by ye whigs, and defeat by
general Dalzell and drummond w* ye Kings forces.
’67.
’68. The Countess of Mar, Jean Hay,1 dyed may, and hir
son, John, Earl of Mar, dyed in Agust;2 old John younger,
in Ferritown, dyd; Lady Clackm and hir dochter, m3 Helin,
dyed in may, and were hurried together.
’69. Alloway wood cut and sold for 8500 merks, 5 years
cutting ; ane excessive tide, 13 novr, made a great breach at
Ferineuk and ouer flowed . . . Coustons barn yaird.
1670. I built Jon Allans house and Jon Chrystes.
’71. I went to ye feritown rowme.
’72. Jon Napier, Lieut to ye kings troup, dyd at sea in ye
dutch war; old Kenet dyd Apr., young Kenet der.3
’73. Mr. Rot. vright, minister at clackm., dyed; my aunt
marjorie mrton dyd.
’74. Char., Earle of mar, married to E. panmures dochter4
in Apr., and gott 50,000 mrks of tocher.
Laird of Clack., Sr Harie bruce, dyed martch ,• Ja. Norie,
town clerk of Sterling, dyed.
Da. Bruce of Clackm. married to Tarbets eld dochter.5
A great frost ’73 and ’74.
’75. John, Lord Arskine, born ye 6 Jar.6
1 Lady Christian Hay, second daughter of Francis, Earl of Errol, wife of
John, third Earl of Mar.—Douglas’s and Foster’s Peerages.
2 John, fourth earl, died September.—Douglas’s Peerages.
3 Robert Bruce of Kennet and a son (?). See below (1691 and 1692) for
Robert’s son David and his son Henry.
4 The Lady Mary Maule, eldest daughter of George, second Earl of Panmure.
5 The Lady Margaret M'Kenzie, daughter of George, Earl of Cromartie.
6 Afterwards sixth Earl of Mar. See marriage of his parents above, 1674.

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