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MASTERTON PAPERS
1699 My cosen Agnes don dyd at Sterling, 11 oct.; Tho. Horn at
parkn. dyd 16 oct.; James Burn dyd 25 oct.; My Lady
Tarbet1 dyd in ye north oct.; James Scobie, officer in Clack,
dyd 28 oct.; Vm Henderson, ordinarly called-Catel mercat in
Clackm., dyd 4 novr; Ro1 Reid, ordinarly called Gentle Ro*
in Clackm., dyd 5 novr; Jo. dickees wyfe in Carshill, dyd 10
novr; old Jon Hog at Clackm. water mil, dyd 11 novr; old
James Henderson, tenant in west Cambus, dyd 12 novr; John
Nucoll, mr of a bark, was drouned at Alloway shoar ye 14
novr; Ms. Edmonstone dyd 15 novr; Humphrey Calhoun of
Balhertie dyd at Queensferry ye 14 novr; marjorie Cussing,
Andro Henderson his-wyfe dyd 24 novr; Jean Vallace, Vm
Stein relict, dyd 5 der; Androw Henderson, officer at Clackm.,
dyd 17 der; My Lord Kennedy2 dyd at Edr 19 dec1; My cousen
Christian Anderson, Ch. Row wyfe, dyd at Edr, 26th der. Bear
12lib, oatm 10lib 13s8. 4d.
1700. Laird Tullibodys3 young dochter dyd 2 Jar; doctor
Birsban dyd at Glasgow, 9 Jar; John Couston dyed at Lin-
miln, 16 Jar.
A great fire in Edr brunt all the meal mercat, parliat close,
neir to the cross, on Saturday night, 3 febr., till Sundays night.4
The old smiths wyfe at Kennet dyd 13 febr; My Lady
Crawfurd,5 my Lady Lothian, my Lady Rugland,6 my Lady
Elcho,7 all dyd febr; James Dempterston his wyfe Jenet Black
1 Anne, daughter of Sir James Sinclair of Mey, Bart., and wife of George
Mackenzie, first Viscount Tarbat.
2 John, Lord Kennedy, served heir to his father John. Service dated 1st April
i?01* 3 See above, 29th June 1699, etc.
4 Chambers’s Domestic Annals; Grant’s Old and New Edinburgh.
5 The Lady Harriet Seton, only daughter of Charles, Earl of Dunfermline,
relict of William, fifth Earl of Wigton, and wife of William, sixteenth Earl of
Crawford (Douglas, p. 389); or Emilia, second daughter of James, Lord Down,
and wife of John, seventeenth Earl of Crawford, who died 1712, she predeceas*
ing him some years.
6 Rugland. The Lady Anne Kennedy, only daughter of John, seventh Earl
of Cassilis, and wife of John Hamilton, first Earl of Ruglen, Viscount of Riccar-
ton, Lord Hillhouse.
7 Lady Anne Douglas, eldest daughter of William, first Duke of Queensberry,
and wife of David, Lord Elcho, afterwards Earl of Wemyss. Douglas states
that, in consequence of her clothes taking fire while she was engaged in secret
prayer, 17th February 1700, the Countess of Wemyss (?) was so severely scorched
that she expired on the 23d of the same month.
MASTERTON PAPERS
1699 My cosen Agnes don dyd at Sterling, 11 oct.; Tho. Horn at
parkn. dyd 16 oct.; James Burn dyd 25 oct.; My Lady
Tarbet1 dyd in ye north oct.; James Scobie, officer in Clack,
dyd 28 oct.; Vm Henderson, ordinarly called-Catel mercat in
Clackm., dyd 4 novr; Ro1 Reid, ordinarly called Gentle Ro*
in Clackm., dyd 5 novr; Jo. dickees wyfe in Carshill, dyd 10
novr; old Jon Hog at Clackm. water mil, dyd 11 novr; old
James Henderson, tenant in west Cambus, dyd 12 novr; John
Nucoll, mr of a bark, was drouned at Alloway shoar ye 14
novr; Ms. Edmonstone dyd 15 novr; Humphrey Calhoun of
Balhertie dyd at Queensferry ye 14 novr; marjorie Cussing,
Andro Henderson his-wyfe dyd 24 novr; Jean Vallace, Vm
Stein relict, dyd 5 der; Androw Henderson, officer at Clackm.,
dyd 17 der; My Lord Kennedy2 dyd at Edr 19 dec1; My cousen
Christian Anderson, Ch. Row wyfe, dyd at Edr, 26th der. Bear
12lib, oatm 10lib 13s8. 4d.
1700. Laird Tullibodys3 young dochter dyd 2 Jar; doctor
Birsban dyd at Glasgow, 9 Jar; John Couston dyed at Lin-
miln, 16 Jar.
A great fire in Edr brunt all the meal mercat, parliat close,
neir to the cross, on Saturday night, 3 febr., till Sundays night.4
The old smiths wyfe at Kennet dyd 13 febr; My Lady
Crawfurd,5 my Lady Lothian, my Lady Rugland,6 my Lady
Elcho,7 all dyd febr; James Dempterston his wyfe Jenet Black
1 Anne, daughter of Sir James Sinclair of Mey, Bart., and wife of George
Mackenzie, first Viscount Tarbat.
2 John, Lord Kennedy, served heir to his father John. Service dated 1st April
i?01* 3 See above, 29th June 1699, etc.
4 Chambers’s Domestic Annals; Grant’s Old and New Edinburgh.
5 The Lady Harriet Seton, only daughter of Charles, Earl of Dunfermline,
relict of William, fifth Earl of Wigton, and wife of William, sixteenth Earl of
Crawford (Douglas, p. 389); or Emilia, second daughter of James, Lord Down,
and wife of John, seventeenth Earl of Crawford, who died 1712, she predeceas*
ing him some years.
6 Rugland. The Lady Anne Kennedy, only daughter of John, seventh Earl
of Cassilis, and wife of John Hamilton, first Earl of Ruglen, Viscount of Riccar-
ton, Lord Hillhouse.
7 Lady Anne Douglas, eldest daughter of William, first Duke of Queensberry,
and wife of David, Lord Elcho, afterwards Earl of Wemyss. Douglas states
that, in consequence of her clothes taking fire while she was engaged in secret
prayer, 17th February 1700, the Countess of Wemyss (?) was so severely scorched
that she expired on the 23d of the same month.
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