Robert Miller

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LZDN-NBM
• Name: Robert Millar
• _UID: 2C10102716BD4C4CA0F77A4042E8754C1A29
• Occupation: 1800, Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Painter
• Residence: 1806, Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
• Location: 1820, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Brock st., Block 2 North Side
• Land & Property: 9 Apr 1820, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Receipt #1930. Fee of Survey of Town Lot in Perth
• Land & Property: 18 Sep 1827, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; SW1/2 L23 C11 - 100 acres, sold to John Furzer Elliott
• Land & Property: 20 Nov 1830, Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; E1/4 L13 C1 from John Elliott, Esq.
• Land & Property: 3 May 1832, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; #1312, York, Review the patent fee for the NE 1/2 of Lot no. 2 on north side of Brock St., granted Aug 1820
• Land & Property: 10 Sep 1832, Sherbrooke North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; E1/4 L13 C1 - 50 acres, to Duncan McDougal
• Census: 1841, Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Scotland
• Occupation: 1841, Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Carter
• Land & Property: 11 Mar 1843, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; L11 C4 - 100 acres to James Gamble
• Land & Property: 1850 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; re William Miller property C1 Lot 15
• Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada Agr. Schedule Con 3 Lot 7
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; England, Wales & Scotland

Notes:

Little is known about Robert Miller other than he was born to William Miller and Elizabeth Gilmour in 1784.

Unless he accompanied his parents, as part of the group of seven who arrived in 1821, Robert did not independently qualify for assistance through one of the emigration societies. He would have been of an age to qualify for his own grant unless the plan was for him to assist William and Elizabeth who were in or approaching their sixties. If he was unmarried, this may have been the plan.

He does not appear in the 1820, 1822, 1834 or 1842 reports on the settlers in the Bathurst District. In the ?i?MS 482 Vol 1 Inspection Report Bathurst District Clergy Reserves 1828, ?/i? the report for Robert Miller, Dalhousie C1 L17, 200 acres, describes the soil as bad. Timbers - maple, hemlock, elm and basswood on the ridge, cedar and tamarack in swamp. Will purchase at 21? per acre. Nearest mill is eight miles. Is this 'Robert'? The location close to his parents suggests it might be.

He reappears, to obtain the crown patent on his parents property in Lanark Township 6 Mar 1851 and it is believed to be Robert, at the home of his brother Andrew Miller in Bathurst at the time of the 1852 census, identified as a widower, but he does not appear in the 1861 census. No burial site has been located.

The possibility of Robert being a military settler needs to be explored more fully. There is a possibility that he served in Ireland and or on the Continent. He may have followed the family to Canada after receiving a pension.


The possibility of Robert remaining in Scotland and possibly marrying there has been looked at, and a possible marriage to Agnes Kerr and resulting family identified, but more work will be required to prove or disprove this theory.

The possibility that Robert emigrated to another country is another possibility that has not yet been explored. South Africa, New Zealand and Australia would be good possibilities in addition to the United States.

(Research):?b??i?
?/b?Spouses? Maybe none!!!?/i?
Another possibility is Jean Young 28 Nov 1807
Agnes Kerr is floated as a possibility based on a ScotlandsPeople search of marriages listed in Old Parish Registers.?b??i?

?/b?MS 482 Vol 1 Inspection Report Bathurst District Clergy Reserves 1828?b??/i?
?/b?Dalhousie C1 L17 200 acres
Soil bad. Timbers - maple, hemlock, elm and basswood on the ridge, cedar and tamarack in swamp. Will purchase at 21? per acre. Nearest mill is eight miles.

?i?Residence 1852 Census ?/i?
Bathurst with brother Andrew Miller & Catherine Munro. Robert, age 66, b. Scotland, (1786) is listed as a widower. He came on the brig George Canning.

Other info for reference:
1841 Census locates a 'Robert' in Bathurst on C4 L11E. He arrived from England in 1814, Anglican, 1 born in England, 3 born in Canada.
a Robert Miller and Janet ....... married about 1830 and son Robert born in 1832, First Presbyterian Church, Perth.
note I have verified that it is NOT Robert Miller,1802, C1 L17 Bathurst Twp.

Birth:
Name:?tab?Robert Millar
Gender:?tab?Male
Christening Date:?tab?06 Dec 1784
Christening Place:?tab?DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
Birth Date:?tab?03 Dec 1784
Birthplace:?tab?
Death Date:?tab?
Name Note:?tab?
Race:?tab?
Father's Name:?tab?William Millar
Father's Birthplace:?tab?
Father's Age:?tab?
Mother's Name:?tab?Elizabeth Gilmour
Mother's Birthplace:?tab?
Mother's Age:?tab?
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:?tab?C11496-5
System Origin:?tab?Scotland-ODM
GS Film number:?tab?1041985
Reference ID:?tab?

Citing this Record:
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBK5-2H9 : 2 January 2015), William Millar in entry for Robert Millar, 03 Dec 1784; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,985.

Christened:
OPR ScotlandsPeople
MILLAR
ROBERT
WILLIAM MILLAR/ELIZABETH GILMOUR FR628 (FR628)
0
06/12/1784
496/
30 7
Dumbarton

Information on?i? LDS microfilm PG 239 (Dumbarton 1784-1819)?/i?:
William Miller and Elizabeth Gilmour, son Robert, b. 3 Nov 1784?b??i?
Scotlands Select Births on Ancestry indicate 3 Dec 1784

?/b?Robert Millar
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
?/i?Name:?tab?Robert Millar
Gender:?tab?Male
Christening Date: 06 Dec 1784
Christening Place: DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 03 Dec 1784
Father's Name: William Millar
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gilmour

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZDN-NBM

Land & Property:
#661, General Register Book C; Lanark South #27; 1831-1834; Instruments 661-1093; Film # C-27-77

Land & Property:
#844, Copy Book 165, Lanark North #26, North Sherbrooke Twp, Instruments Assorted #844 to 462, 1830-1847 on film C-26 64

Land & Property:
#1930 Receiver General's Office York, U.C. 3?sup?rd?/sup? May 1832 Robert Millar paid into this Office, the Fee of Survey on a Town Lot in Perth under regulation of 6 July 1804 pursuant to an order in Council of the 9 Apr 1820. Survey, 18 For the Receiver General B. Turguaud.


Land & Property:
#927 - Copy Book 165, Lanark North #26, North Sherbrooke Twp, Instruments Assorted #844 to 462, 1830-1847 on film C-26 64

Land & Property:
#218, General Register Book H; Lanark South #27; 1843-1845; Instruments 1-355; Film # C-27-79

Land & Property:
Notice
Robert Miller
Township of Bathurst
30 Dec 1850
Wm H Lee
Clk

Notice
Is hereby given that Robert Miller of the township of Lanark, in the county of Lanark and Province of Canada, yoeman, will claim before the Commissioners appointed to ascertain the Heirs, Devisees or Assignees of the original Nominees of the Crown to Lands not under Patent, at their Sittings at Toronto, in the month of January next, the West half of Lot Number Fifteen in the First Concession of the said Township of Lanark, in the Count and Province aforesaid, as the eldest son and heir at law of William Miller in his lifetime, of the Township, County and Province aforesaid, yeoman, deceased, who was the original Nominee of the Crown
Dated this eighteenth day of
September A.D. 1850
Signed: Robert Miller

?i?Robert Miller, 40-3443 RG 40, 1850
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?/i?I certify that the annexed notice was put up in a conspicuous place in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew on the eighteenth day of September last and proceeded to put up from that twice to this day and that a list of the claim put up in my office specify all the particulars of the claim in the annexed notice among other claims was put up in a conspicuous part of the Court House of the said United Counties and was publicly read and proclaimed in Open Court a the General Quarter Sessions holden for the said United Counties on the nineteenth day of November lasat by the Crier of the Court immediately after the delivery of the Charge to the Grand Jury.
Perth twenty-fourth day of
December 1850

WRG Berford
Clerk of the Peace
United Cos Lanark and N Renfrew.
******************
Province of Canada
County of Lanark
Robert Miller of the Township of Lanark, in the County of Lanark and Province of Canada, Yeoman, maketh oath and saith that Williiam Miller formerly of the Town of Dumbarton, in the Parish of Cardross, in the shire of Dunbarton in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Scotland, Farmer, the father of this deponent, emigrated from lthe said town of Dumbarton in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and came to Canada in the ship "George Cannon" in the same yeaar, and was immediately after his arrival located by the Military Settling Department upon or for the west half of Lot Number fifteen in the first concession of the said township of Lanark as one of the body of people who emigrated from Scotland during the same year and were called "The Lanark Settlers". This deponent further saith that upon his coming to Canada in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine he learned from his Brother Andrew and the remaining members of his father's family that his said father and his family resided upon the said land from the time of his location until some time in the year 1824 when his said father died and the widow (the stepmother of this deponent) and the rest of the family continued to reside thereon for upwards of twelve years after his deatah, bu which time a clearance of about fourty acres had been made and a dwelling house and barn built theron. This Deponent further saith that he is the eldest Son and Heir at Law of the said William Miller , that upon his, this deponent's coming to Canada, his claim to
?i?(end of page)
?/i?the said lands as such eldest son and heir at Law of the said William Miller was readily and cheerfully acknowledged by all the members and relatives of his said father's family, and deponent was permitted to enter upon and take possession of lsaid land without the slightest opposition or objection being made by any of them or by any person or persons whomsoever, and which possession deponent has all along retained and nonretains.
This deponent further saith that he is now in actual, peaceable and undisturbed possession of the said land, that his claim to the same is just and well founded to the best of his this deponent's knowledge and belief, and that he this deponent is not awasre of any adverse claim by or on the behalf of any person or persons whomsoever, nor has deponent ever heard of any person or persons having, or even pretending to have, any Claim whatever to said land save only that of his said father who died intestate and without leavinda any will deponent has ever heard of.
Swarn before me at the town of Perth in the County of Lanar, this thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord 1850.
Jno. Deacon
A Commissioner for taking Affidavits
in the Queen's Bench for the County of Lanark
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Province of Canada
County of Lanark
Andrew Miller of the township of Bathurst, in the County of Lanark and Province of Canada, yeoman maketh oath and saith that he has read the foregoing affidavit of Robert Miller and knows that the statements made therein are all true in substance and in fact, save only the statement as to the personal knowledge of the said Rovert Miller as to his being aware or hearing of any adverse claim to the land mentioned, which statement deponent neverthe less verily believes to be true. That he this deponent is the fourth son of the William Miller mentioned in said affidavit of Robert Miller - that deponent left scotland with his said father when he emigrated there from in 1821 as stated in said affidavit - that his said father was upon arrival in Canada located upon the lot mentioned in said affidavit, took possession of same until his death in 1824, that the said Robert Miller is the eldest son and heir at law of his said father and is a full brother of this deponent, this deponent further saith that the claim of the said robert Miller as eldest son and heir at law of the said William Miller to the land mentioned in his affidavit is just and well founded to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief, and that deponent is not aware of any adverse claim by or on the behalf of any person or persons whomsoever. This deponent further saith that the said William Miller, his said father, died intestate and without making or leaving any will that deponent has ever heard of.
Sworn before me at the town of Perth
in the county of Lanar
this thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord 1850
Jno. Deacon
Commissioner for taking affidavits
in the Queen's Bench for the County
of Lanark
Signed Andrew Miller

Province of Canada
County of Lanark
Robert Boyle of the township of Lanark, in the county of Lanark and province of Canada, yoeman, maketh oath and saith that he ahs read the above affidavit of Robert Miller and verily believes the whole of the statements made therein to be true in substancss and fact, that he this deponent was and is well acquanted with the family of the late William Miller the father of said Robert Miller, deponent having married a daughter of said William Miller, the father of said Robert Miller - deponent having married a daughter of said William Miller in the year 1825 - that deponent has never heard of the said William Miller's having made or left any will, and verily believes he died intestate, that the said Robert Miller is now, and has been since he came from Scotland, in peaceable and undisturbed possession of the land mentioned in his said affidavidt, and that his claim to the same as eldest son and heir at law of the said William Miller is just and well founded to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief and that deponent is not aware of any adverse claim thereto by or on the behalf of any person or persons whomsoever.
Robert Boyle

Sworn before me at Perth in the County of Lanark this
30th day of October A.D. 1850
Jno. Deacon
Commissioner for the taking Affidavits
in the Queen's Bench - County of Lanark

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No 2
Certificate for the Heir and Devises Commission
Crown Land Department
Toronto 3 Jany 1851

I certify that the west half of lot number fifteen in the first concession of the township of Lanark was located by the Military Settling Department in the name of William Miller the location has been confirmed by Order in Council of 20th Sept 1849 but no Disinpttion for Patent has ?
for the Comm C Lands
? Spraggue
To the Hon MS? Commis.
unde the Heir & Division ?

Census:
Thomas is on C3 L6, Andrew is on C2 L7, Peter is on C2 L8.

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Levenhaugh Street, Cardross, Burgh of Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Robert married Agnes Kerr on 13 Dec 1806 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Agnes (daughter of Robert Kerr and Margaret Caldwell) was born in 1786 in Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 Aug 1786 in Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; died between 1827 and 1841 in Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Event Description: Banns in Robert's church
MILLAR
ROBERT
AGNES KERR/
13/12/1806
494/
20 305
Cardross

1. William Miller was born in Mar 1807 in Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 29 Mar 1807 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 13 Mar 1871 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
2. Margaret Miller was born in 1808 in Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 Aug 1808 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
3. John Miller was born about Mar 1810 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 25 Mar 1810 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
4. Elisabeth Miller was born in Jan 1812 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Feb 1812 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
5. Agnes Miller was born in May 1814 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 May 1814 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
6. Ann Miller was born on 4 May 1814 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 8 May 1814 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died before 1820.
7. Mary Miller was born in Apr 1816 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 9 Apr 1816 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
8. Ann Miller was born on 29 Aug 1820 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Sep 1820 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
9. Frances Dixon Millar was born in 1823 in Cardross Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Jun 1823 in Cardross Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died in 1823 in Cardross Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
10. Frances Dixon Miller was born in 1823 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Jun 1823 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died in 1823 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
11. Francis Dixon Miller was born on 4 Jun 1824 in West Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Jul 1824 in Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died between 1881 and 1884 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
12. Francis Dixon Miller was born in 1826 in West Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
13. Robert Miller was born on 31 Dec 1826 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Jan 1827 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.

Robert married Matilda French on 5 Jun 1835 in Home District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
NameRobert Millar
GenderMale
Marriage Date05/06/1835
Marriage PlaceHome District Ontario Canada
SpouseMathan Franck

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L7KY-TZX
• Name: William Millear
• Name: William Miller
• Name: William Milliar
• Name: William Millier
• _UID: 8DF3DEB0564E40ECB10E4553D99AAF74CB7A
• Baptism: 25 Apr 1762, Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; son of William John Miller & Isobel Lindsay 1719
• Location: 15 Jul 1821, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Lanark Twp Con 1 Lot 15W
• Land & Property: 24 Dec 1822, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Return of Persons Located by the Military Settling Dept.
• Land & Property: 24 Oct 1829, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Location of Immigrants Indebted to His Majesty's Gov't
• Land & Property: 6 Dec 1834, C1 L15W, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Return of Settlers in the Lanark Settlement Bathurst District UC
• Land & Property: 1840, C1 L15W, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; 1840 Inspection of Bathurst District - Francis Allen
• Land & Property: 6 Mar 1851, C1 L15W, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Crown Patent to Robert Miller

Notes:

(Research):MILLAR
WILLIAM
JOHN MILLAR/JANET GIVEN FR341 (FR341)
M
02/05/1762
646
20 / 44
GOVAN

MILLER
WILLIAM
WILLIAM MILLER/JEAN FORREST FR140 (FR140)
M
02/05/1762
629
10 / 132
CARLUKE

MILLAR
WILLIAM
HUGH MILLAR/JEAN MAXWELL FR342 (FR342)
M
05/09/1762
646
20 / 47
GOVAN

MILLAR
WILLIAM
WILLIAM MILLAR/
M
26/12/1762
643
20 / 31
EAST KILBRIDE



In 1816, a George Miller sailed on the Fame and sttled in Drummond Twp Con 1 L22. Possible relative?


?b??i?
North Albion Society?/b??/i?
?i?John Miller ?/i?(8), Lanark Township, C2 L22. with wife, 2 m +12, 1 f +12, 1m -12, 2 f -12. (C. Bennett)
Ship ?b?Commerce Society?/b? of Greenock, Coverdale (Master), Greenock, 10 May 1821 to Quebec, 20 June 1820, 422 settlers; to G. Ross / in ballast (Lanark County Settlers)

?b??i?Rutherglen Union?/b??/i?
?i?James Miller?/i? (6 people) Lanark Township, C10 L15, with wife, 2 m -12, 2 f -12. (C. Bennett)
Ship ?b?Commerce Society?/b? of Greenock, Coverdale (Master), Greenock, 10 May 1821 to Quebec, 20 June 1820, 422 settlers; to G. Ross / in ballast (Lanark County Settlers)
------------------------------------

?i?
John Miller?/i? (4 people), Dalhousie, C3 L21, 3 children,
Bark ?b?George Canning?/b?, Potter (Master), Greenock, 14 April 1821 to Quebec, 2 June1821, 489 settlers, to Rogerson, Hunter & Co. / in ballast - goes to the Miramichi to load (Lanark County Settlers) ?b??i?Cambuslang Society ?/b?Carswell, Dobbie, Mason, Miller, Gourley, McIlquham, McMillan, McPhearson, Reid, Scott, Wilkie
?/i?

?i?William Gourley?/i? (5 people), Lanark Township, C8 L19, wife, 2 m -12, 1 f -12, possibly 2 daughters born in Canada. To USA about 1824 (canal) and returned to Canada to Elizabethtown (Brockville) Died c1830.
Elizabeth, his wife, married John Sproule in 1834 and they had two children.
Bark ?b?George Canning?/b?, Potter (Master), Greenock, 14 April 1821 to Quebec, 2 June1821, 489 settlers, to Rogerson, Hunter & Co. / in ballast - goes to the Miramichi to load (Lanark County Settlers) ?b??i?Cambuslang Society ?/b?Carswell, Dobbie, Mason, Miller, Gourley, McIlquham, McMillan, McPhearson, Reid, Scott, Wilkie
?/i?(son George m. Christine Hall (Francis Hall?) 1844, Mary Jane Johnston c1850, moved to Eganville district, Wilberforce twp, tanner & farmer, s. George harness maker, James & John , merchants & undertakers), )

?b??i?Glasgow Canadian Society?/b?
James Miller?/i? (5 people) Dalhousie C6 L12, wife, son, 2 daughters. Moved to Plympton in the mid 1830s.
Bark ?b?George Canning?/b?, Potter (Master), Greenock, 14 April 1821 to Quebec, 2 June1821, 489 settlers, to Rogerson, Hunter & Co. / in ballast - goes to the Miramichi to load (Lanark County Settlers) ?b??i?Cambuslang Society ?/b?Carswell, Dobbie, Mason, Miller, Gourley, McIlquham, McMillan, McPhearson, Reid, Scott, Wilkie
?/i?
?i?William Miller?/i? (7 people) Lanark Township, C1 L15, wife, . Family lore suggests one child died enroute to Canada. It is believed this was Peter.
Bark ?b?George Canning?/b?, Potter (Master), Greenock, 14 April 1821 to Quebec, 2 June1821, 489 settlers, to Rogerson, Hunter & Co. / in ballast - goes to the Miramichi to load (Lanark County Settlers) ?b??i?Cambuslang Society ?/b?Carswell, Dobbie, Mason, Miller, Gourley, McIlquham, McMillan, McPhearson, Reid, Scott, Wilkie
?/i?
?i?Andrew Miller?/i? (1 person)
Settled with parents on Lanark C1 L15. Married Catherine Munro in 1825 and moved to Bathurst Twp soon after.
Bark ?b?George Canning?/b?, Potter (Master), Greenock, 14 April 1821 to Quebec, 2 June1821, 489 settlers, to Rogerson, Hunter & Co. / in ballast - goes to the Miramichi to load (Lanark County Settlers) ?b??i?Cambuslang Society ?/b?Carswell, Dobbie, Mason, Miller, Gourley, McIlquham, McMillan, McPhearson, Reid, Scott, Wilkie?/i?

Birth:
MILLER
WILLIAM
WILLIAM MILLER/ISOBEL LINDSAY FR177 (FR177)
M
25/04/1762
494/
10 163
Cardross

Christened:
Cardross, 25 August 1762 ?b?William?/b?, son to ?b?William Millar ?/b?and ?b?Isobel Lindsay?/b? living in north town was baptised.

ScotlandsPeople
MILLAR
WILLIAM
WILLIAM MILLAR/ISOBEL LINDSY FR364 (FR364)
M
25/04/1762
494/
20 12
Cardross


FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7KY-TZX

Land & Property:
Rankin report

Died:
See notes attached to families attempts to secure the patent for his property.

Also, see the Rankin Report, 1829, indicates listed those first borrowing in 1820 and 21 and who owed it in 1829. William Miller Sr.'s name would appear on the list of the original borrower and Widow Miller on the list of those in 1829 who owed the money.

William married Elizabeth Gilmour on 16 Aug 1783 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Allan Gilmour, II of South Walton (Walston) and Elisabeth Pollok) was born on 9 Dec 1766 in East Walton, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 14 Dec 1766 in Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1839 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L7KY-PY8
• Name: Elisabeth Gilmour
• Name: Elizabeth Gilmore
• _UID: 478C0962CA3B415EBE911D5B1BA87ED9C38A
• Residence: 16 Aug 1783, Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; At time of marriage
• Location-Witness: 15 Jul 1821, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Lanark Twp Con 1 Lot 15W
• Land & Property-Witness: 24 Dec 1822, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Return of Persons Located by the Military Settling Dept.
• Land & Property-Witness: 24 Oct 1829, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Location of Immigrants Indebted to His Majesty's Gov't
• Land & Property-Witness: 6 Dec 1834, C1 L15W, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Return of Settlers in the Lanark Settlement Bathurst District UC
• Land & Property-Witness: 1840, C1 L15W, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; 1840 Inspection of Bathurst District - Francis Allen

Notes:

Christened:
14/12/1766 GILMOUR, ELIZABETH (Old Parish Registers Births 571/ 10 10 Mearns) Page 10 of 127

GILMOUR
ELIZABETH
ALLAN GILMOUR/ELIZABETH POLLOCK FR15 (FR15)
F
14/12/1766
571/
10 10
Mearns

First name(s)?tab?Elizabeth
Last name?tab?Gilmour
Gender?tab?Female
Birth year?tab?1766
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1766
Baptism date?tab?14 Dec 1766
Baptism place?tab?MEARNS,RENFREW,SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?Allan
Father's last name?tab?Gilmour
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Elizabeth
Mother's last name?tab?Pollock
Place?tab?Mearns
County?tab?Renfrewshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl



FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7KY-PY8

Location-Witness:
Role: Witness


Land & Property-Witness:
Role: Witness


Land & Property-Witness:
Role: Witness
Rankin report

Land & Property-Witness:
Role: Witness


Land & Property-Witness:
Role: Witness


Died:
?b?Robert Mason Diaries?/b?
A Mrs. William Miller was recorded as died 13 December 1839 in the Robert Mason diaries - Elizabeth Gilmour.

Notes:

Married:
16/08/1783 GILMOUR, ELIZABETH (Old Parish Registers Marriages 496/ 40 158 Dumbarton) Page 158 of 302

MILLAR
WILLIAM
ELIZABETH GILMOUR/
16/08/1783
496/
40 158
Dumbarton

William Millar in this Parish & Elizabeth Gilmour in the Parish of Beith gave up their names for proclamation in order to marriage 16th August.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 99F9-P7T
• _UID: 483A8E6AEADF46609CD126E2BD920042EF86

Notes:

Christened:
MILLER
WILLIAM
JOHN MILLER/JANET MILLER
M
05/04/1719
494/
10 70
Cardross


FamilySearch ID:
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William married Isobell Lindsay on 14 Nov 1749 in Bonhill Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Isobell (daughter of Alexander Lindsay and Joanet McCallam) was born in 1719 in Bonhill Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 22 Feb 1718/19 in Bonhill Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L7KY-1NL
• Name: Isabel Lindsay
• Name: Isabel Lindsay
• Name: Isbel Lindsay
• Name: Isobel Lindsay
• Name: Isobel Lindsy
• _UID: BC857A183AE94592B0C4D29A457696DEDC48

Notes:

(Research):http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory768.html

One of the leading events in connection with this period was the meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at Glasgow in 1638, an assembly of the very highest national interest and importance, and which throughout its meetings exhibited a degree of independence and determination not exceeded by the Long Parliament of England in the most vigorous period of its existence. Externally, the Church of Scotland was at this period regulated by the Episcopal form of Government, but the mass of the people, and a great majority of the nobility and gentry, were devoutly attached to the Presbyterian principles that had been introduced among them by Knox and the early Reformers. The country tolerated Episcopacy, but neither acquiesced in it nor loved it. When the King, Charles I., therefore, in 1637, ordered a new service book to be used in the Scottish churches, and a report spread abroad that this book was tinctured by the mass, the people exclaimed that this was neither more nor less than an attempt to insinuate Popery amongst them under the shallow disguise of a Protestant ritual; and the long smothered dislike to 'prelacy' burst forth into a storm of opposition which eventually became destructive to the whole system, and fatal to the King. The attempt to introduce Laud's liturgy was followed by a closer and more hearty bond of union among the Scottish Presbyterians, who exerted themselves towards the calling together of a General Assembly to consider the state of the Church, and, the King's reluctant assent having been obtained, the Assembly was finally summoned to meet at Glasgow on 21 Nov. 1638. . .

The Assembly accordingly met on the day appointed, in the nave of the cathedral, which had been fitted up for the occasion, the 'vaults' or narrow galleries above being set apart for ladies and persons of humble degree, while one was reserved for young nobleman, not members of the house. The majority of the aristocracy of the country were present either in the capacity of officers of the crown, or as elders and assessors from the burghs-'Rothes, Wemyss, Balmerino, ?b?Lindsay**?/b?, Yester, Eglinton, Loudon, and many others, whose sole word was still law for large districts of Scotland.' From each of the four universities there were three representatives, and 'thair cam out of ilk presbitrie within the Kingdome to this assemblie, ane, tua, or thrie of ablest covenanting ministeris, with ane, tua, or thrie reulling elderis, who sould voice as they voiced. 'There were altogether present' 140 ministers, 2 professors, not ministers, and 98 ruling elders from presbyteries and burghs. Of these ruling elders, 17 were noblemen, 9 were knights, 25 were landed proprietors, and 47 were burgesses-all men of some consideration.' The great crowd, however, that had gathered to Glasgow consisted of the traius or 'following' of the nobles, which were made very large on the pretext that as there might be an inroad of Highland robbers, a strong guard of armed men was absolutely necessary. This immense crowd of retainers caused great confusion, pressure, and unseemly scenes, which have been caustically described by Robert Baillie, afterwards Principal of the University of Glasgow, who was a member of the Assembly. 'Our rascals,' says he, in his 'Letters and Journals,' without shame in great numbers make such din and clamour in the house of the true God, that if they 'minted' to use the like behaviour in my chamber, I would not be contented till they were down the stairs.

Within a few years after the rebellion, viz., in 1725, a riot broke out in the city, which was so painful and fatal in its consequences, that for half a century after its occurrence it called up to every son of St Mungo reminiscences of the most bitter and exciting kind. This disturbance was caused by the imposition of the ?b?first malt tax?/b?. As most of the people then drank beer, the new duty was by no means very popular; and in Glasgow, on 23 June, the day on which the operation of the tax began, the mob arose, obstructed the excisemen, and assumed such a threatening attitude, that on the evening of the next day Captain Bushell entered the town with two companies of Lord Deloraine's regiment of foot. This did not, however, prevent the mob from assailing the house of Daniel Campbell of Shawfield, who was then M. P. for the Glasgow district of burghs, and who had rendered himself particularly obnoxious in connection with the matter by his support of the tax. The house stood in the Trongate on the site of Glassford Street, and was by far the finest in the city, but the rioters completely dismantled it and destroyed the furniture. The magistrates, not dreading such acts of violence, had retired to a tavern to spend the evening, when about eleven o'clock p.m. tidings were brought them of the work of havoc and demolition then in progress, while at the same time a sergeant came from Bushell to inquire if he should beat to arms; but the provost, who appears to have been either a timid man or one averse to proceed to extremities, declined the proffered military aid. Next day the mob was still in a very excited state, and so annoyed Bushell's sentinels by throwing stones at them, that the captain ordered out all his men and formed a hollow square in the vicinity of the guardhouse, at the SW corner of Candleriggs. This movement was followed by another shower of stones directed against the soldiers, and Captain Bushell, without any authority from the civil power, ordered his men to fire, when two persons in the crowd were killed on the spot and others wounded. This so roused the inhabitants that, thirsting for vengeance, they assailed the town-house magazine, carried forth the arms, and rang the fire-bell to arouse the city. ?b?The provost- Miller*?/b?-being alarmed at the probable results of a further collision between the military and the people, requested Bushell to remove his soldiers, which he accordingly did in the direction of Dumbarton Castle. This did not, however, avert further catastrophe, for the mob, still excited and inflamed, followed on the line of retreat in great force, and by-and-by began to act upon the offensive, when the captain again ordered his men to fire, and several persons fell. In all there were nine persons killed and seventeen wounded in this unfortunate affair, and as usually happens in such cases it was not merely the assailants or rabble who suffered, but many respectable persons were shot down who happened to be in the crowd or its neighbourhood either accidentally or from motives of curiosity. The military reached the castle of Dumbarton in safety, with the exception of two of the soldiers who were captured by the mob, and only one of whom suffered any ill-treatment. Previous to the attack on his house Mr Campbell had removed with his family to his country-house at Woodhall, about 8 miles distant from the city, whither he had gone on 22 June. lt has been asserted that private threats or hints had reached him of the coming attack, and that, had he given this information in sufficient time to the magistrates, all the unhappy mischief might have been prevented. . .

* Provost of Glasgow 1723-25 - Charles Miller - a title similar to Mayor, the convenor of the Glasgow City Council today.
**for the burgh of St. Andrews, Patrick Lindsay, Esq., ruling elder (Glasgow)
from the Presbytery of Dalkeith, Mr. David Lindsay, (Edinburgh)

Christened:
LINDSAY
ISOBELL
ALEXANDER LINDSAY/JENAT LINDSAY
F
22/02/1719
493/
10 148
Bonhill

also

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:99F3-K5L : accessed 20 January 2020), entry for Isobell Lindsay, batch 7030027, sheet 83, serial 00364; citing FHL microfilm 538,646; submitter not specified.

also
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7Z6-897 : accessed 20 January 2020), entry for Isobel Lindsay, batch A04615-1; citing FHL microfilm 445,899; submitter not specified.
(Dumbarton) Publications, Issue 97, Volume 1 by Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, Scotland.
pg 24-25
A collegiate church, dedicated to St Patrick, was founded at Dumbarton, about 1450, by Isabella, Duches of Albany and countess of Lennox. She endowed it for a probost and six prebendaries, with the churches of ?b?Bonhill?/b?, Fintray, and Stathblane, and it had also part of the lands of Strathblane; ?b?Stuckroger?/b? and Forkinch in the parish of Luss; Balernic-beg in Cardros; Knockdouriebarber in Roseneath; and ladytown in ?b?Bonhill?/b?. The earls of Lennox were patrons. ... A single arch, supposed to be the remains of this church, is still seen, close to the town.



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Notes:

Married:
MILLAR
WILLIAM
ISOBEL LINDSAY/
14/11/1749
493/
10 398
Bonhill

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: BCF63D9853C44769B523ACC83577E3B4DD3F
• Occupation: 1744 1793; Farmer and feuar*

Notes:

Christened:
GILMOUR
ALLAN
ALLAN GILMOUR/JANET STEWART FR91 (FR91)
M
18/03/1744
616/
10 159
Stewarton

Name?tab?Allan Gilmour
Gender?tab?Male
Christening?tab?Mar 18 1744
Stewarton, Ayr, Scotland
Residence?tab? Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Father?tab?Allan Gilmour
Mother?tab?Janet Stewart
Indexing Project (Batch) Number?tab?C11616-2
System Origin?tab?Scotland-VR
GS Film number?tab?1041470
Reference ID?tab?2:15H46F6

Occupation:
feu Play feu
HISTORICAL
*feu - a right to hold land for which the holder must pay in grain or money rather than in military service.
a right to use land in perpetuity for a fixed annual payment
the land so held or used
Origin of feu -Scottish for fee
to grant (land) on feu

Allan married Elisabeth Pollok on 7 Sep 1765 in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Elisabeth (daughter of John Pollok and Isobel Wilkie) was born on 7 Nov 1747 in Bothwell Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 8 Nov 1747 in Bothwell Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in Oct 1816 in Lanark Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried in Nov 1816 in Airdrie or New Monkland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K1J6-3QX
• _UID: F7A1FCE5D37E4B4DAF1F620FC9021C88100B

Notes:

Christened:
Name?tab?Elizabeth Pollok
Gender?tab?Female
Christening?tab?Nov 8 1747
Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
Father?tab?John Pollok
Mother?tab?Isobel Wilkie
Indexing Project (Batch) Number?tab?C11625-2
System Origin?tab?Scotland-ODM
GS Film number?tab?1042964, 0102887

POLLOK
ELIZABETH
JOHN POLLOK/ISOBEL WILKIE FR152 (FR152)
F
08/11/1747
625/
10 270
Bothwell

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K1J6-3QX

Buried:
GILMOUR
ELISABETH
-----
F
00/11/1816
651/
50 307
Airdrie or New Monkland

First name(s)?tab?Elisabeth
Last name?tab?Gilmour
Birth year?tab?-
Death year?tab?1816
Death date?tab?? ? 1816
Burial year?tab?1816
Burial date?tab?? Oct 1816
Burial place?tab?New Monkland
County?tab?Lanarkshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Notes?tab?-
Mortcloth price (? s d)?tab?00 04 00
Record set?tab?Scotland, Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index 1642-1855
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Burials
Collections from?tab?United Kingdom, Scotland

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: GHNF-LB5
• Residence: Stirling Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• _UID: FFE1AA0E7FBF4D02A6DEA6CDE9FDD47D5345

Notes:

Member of Northant Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers

(Research):MILLER
JOHN
ANN SMITH/
04/06/1710
282/
120 38
Dundee

Birth:
Name:?tab?John Miller
Gender:?tab?Male
Christening Date:?tab?26 Jan 1684
Christening Place:?tab?DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
Birth Date:?tab?24 Jan 1684
Birthplace:?tab?
Death Date:?tab?
Name Note:?tab?
Race:?tab?
Father's Name:?tab?Thomas Miller
Father's Birthplace:?tab?
Father's Age:?tab?
Mother's Name:?tab?Katharin Crum
Mother's Birthplace:?tab?
Mother's Age:?tab?
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:?tab?C11496-2
System Origin:?tab?Scotland-ODM
GS Film number:?tab?1041985
Reference ID:?tab?



Christened:
MILLER
JOHN
THOMAS MILLER/KATHARIN CRUM
M
26/01/1684
496/
10 117
Dumbarton


First name(s)?tab?John
Last name?tab?Miller
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1684
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1684
Baptism date?tab?26 Jan 1684
Baptism place?tab?DUMBARTON,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?Thomas
Father's last name?tab?Miller
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Katharin
Mother's last name?tab?Crum
Place?tab?Dumbarton
County?tab?Dunbartonshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl


FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHNF-LB5

John married Jonnet Millar on 20 May 1709 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Jonnet (daughter of Robert Millar and Margrat McIndoe, daughter of Walter Miller and Margaret Glendinen) was born in 1688 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 8 Dec 1688 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: G3J3-GDR
• Name: Jenet Miller
• _UID: C9A3363ADA4D47318512B1B958DF9EA8F953
• Residence-Occupant: 1682, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1682, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Notes:

Christened:
MILLAR
JONNET
ROBERT MILLAR/MARGRAT MCINDOE
F
08/12/1688
494/
10 11
Cardross

MILLER
JENET
WALTER MILLER/MARGARET GLENDINEN FR89 (FR89)
F
26/03/1682
789/
10 164
Hawick

Name?tab?Jenet Miller
Gender?tab?Female
Christening Place?tab?, HAWICK, ROXBURGH, SCOTLAND
Birth Date?tab?26 Mar 1682
Birthplace?tab?, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Father's Name?tab?Walter Miller
Mother's Name?tab?Margaret Glendinen

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3J3-GDR

Residence-Occupant:
Role: Occupant

Notes:

Married:
MILLAR
JOHN
JONNET MILLAR/FR255 (FR255)
06/06/1704
494/
10 239
Cardross

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 99J1-QTP
• _UID: 51CA3EF802824E57BF9D154043D23928A1C8

Notes:

Christened:
LINDSAY
ALEXANDER
JAMES LINDSAY/MARGRAT NCALESTER
M
22/08/1677
493/
10 7
Bonhill

First name(s)?tab?Alexander
Last name?tab?Lindsay
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1677
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1677
Baptism date?tab?22 Aug 1677
Baptism place?tab?BONHILL,DUNBARTON,SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?James
Father's last name?tab?Lindsay
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Margrat
Mother's last name?tab?Ncalester
Place?tab?Bonhill
County?tab?Dunbartonshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Name:?tab?Alexander Lindsay
Gender:?tab?Male
Baptism Date:?tab?22 Aug 1677
Baptism Place:?tab?Bonhill,Dunbarton,Scotland
Father:?tab?James Lindsay
Mother:?tab?Margrat Ncalester
FHL Film Number:?tab?1041982

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99J1-QTP

Alexander married Joanet McCallam on 17 May 1712 in Bonhill Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Joanet (daughter of John McCallam and Agnes) was born on 25 Feb 1693/94 in Bonhill Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died about Mar 1726 in Bonhill Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: M7Z6-8SS
• Name: Jenat Lindsay
• Name: Joanat McCallam
• _UID: D7655C526E8E4F8295E354B3295FC6FD8115
• alt Death: 3 Feb 1759, Fenwick Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland

Notes:

(Research):Did Joanet have a brother John who marred Margrat Younger and named a baby Joanet, b Mar 1715

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M7Z6-8SS

Notes:

Married:
Event Description: found on My Heritage tree

Found on Ancestry: Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
Name:?tab?Alexander Lindsay
Gender:?tab?Male
Marriage Date:?tab?24 Nov 1713
Marriage Place:?tab?Govan,Lanark,Scotland
Spouse:?tab?Joanet Mccallam
FHL Film Number:?tab?1066592, 0990755

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Description

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Allan Gilmuir
• _UID: 50092377A5F94173A14FA77BC6BFD24AF845

Notes:

?b?James Gilmor?/b? (possibly the son of James Gilmour and Margaret Holms of Glasgow, b. 20 Aug 1667) married to Agnes Snodgrass (1673 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire) and ?b?Heugh (Hugh) Stewart?/b? and ?b?Janet Glen?/b? who married 29 October 1693 in Stewarton Parish. They gave birth to ?b?Allan Gilmour I?/b? (1706 Renfrew Parish) and ?b?Jennet Stewart?/b? (1702 Stewarton Parish), a couple who married in Stewarton, Ayrshire 1 April 1738 and my 6?sup?th?/sup? great grandparents.

?b?Allan Gilmour I (1706)

Scotland of the Time?/b?
Allan Gilmour was born during a time of turmoil in Scotland. The economy of Scotland had collapsed during the 1690s and the country had experienced a series of crop failures. People were dying of starvation. The Bank of Scotland was established, as part of the effort to stabilize the economy. A series of investments were identified by the investors, and it is estimated that a quarter of all Scottish wealth was lost as a result of the failed Darien project.

In 1703, the Scottish parliament past the 'Act of Security' challenging the traditional relationship with the English monarchy and demanding that Scotland be granted free trade with England and the colonies. When the demand was initially refused, Scotland threaten to stop raising taxes for the English government and to withdraw troops from France. This threat was effective. The Act receives Royal Assent in 1704. In 1705 the English parliament retaliated and introduced the Alien Act which was designed to protect English interests in Scotland. Under this Act the English parliament demanded that the Scots negotiate a full union with England. If an agreement was not reached, Scottish assets would be seized, and an embargo placed on Scottish exports flowing into England. In 1707 the Scottish parliament was dissolved, not to reconvene for 292 years.

Into this mix of events, James Stewart, the Pretender, appeared and the Jacobite conflict emerged. His followers launched a series of skirmishes in their attempt to place him, and later his successor, Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne of Scotland. After several defeats of British government forces, including at the Battle of Prestonpans, the struggle culminated in defeat for the Jacobite cause in the Battle of Culloden near Inverness in 1746. It is probable that both Allan Gilmour and his father James performed military duty during this time.

?b? Renfrewshire?/b?
Birth records indicate that Allan Gilmour I was born in Renfrew Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland to James Gilmor and Agnes Snodgrass. One sibling has been identified - John Gilmor (1708)
The poll books of 1695 indicate that in the country part of Renfrew parish there were 51 families. It is recorded that, "at that time, and long after it, a great part of the parish lay unimproved and unenclosed, merely in a state of nature".

Although after their lifetime, records of the parish in 1793 provide some insight into the communities of Allan and Jennet during their lifetime.

Allan Gilmour was born in Renfrew Parish, Renfrewshire. In the records, Renfrew parish is described as varying from three to four miles in length and breadth but having borders that were very irregular as a result of intersection with rivers and the Abbey parish of Paisley. The shire is split into two parts by the river Clyde, originally crossed by rowboat.

The town of Renfrew a royal burgh of Scotland, was passed into the hands of the Stewarts by a series of charters that confirmed its designated status through the centuries. Renfrew, located in Renfrew Parish, is three miles north of Paisley and five miles west of Glasgow. By 1793 the town is described as "half a mile in length, but in some places so narrow, that it is with great difficulty two carriages can pass each other. There are some small streets and lanes in it, besides the principal street". By 1793 there are some small manufactures emerging but at the beginning of the century it would be an agrarian community with possibly a cluster of trades people in the village.

Soil in the shire is described as sandy but productive alluvial deposit. The land tended to be low and prone to dampness and fog. During the early part of the 18?sup?th?/sup? century the Clyde river changed its course leaving the town, through which it formerly flowed, half a mile from the new waterway near the boundary between the counties of Lanark and Renfrew. Prior to this, "vessels of considerable burden were built close to the town", afterwards the town required canals to access navigable water.

By 1793 there are ten 'heritors' in the parish, and a great number of 'portioners', possessing what was called Burgher lands, holdings of the town. Three of the greater proprietors, either occasionally, or constantly reside in the parish. Unfortunately, they are not named. Some indication as to whom they might be may be deduced from landowners noted in 1845. "The principal heritors in the parish are the Incorporation of the burgh; Alexander Speirs, Esq. of Eldersly; Lord Douglas; W.M. Alexander, Esq. and others, proprietors of Walkingshaw; Miss Oswald of Scotstown; James Smith, Esq. of Jordanhill and Archibald Campbell, Esq. of Blythswood. It is interesting to note that some of these same people appear in a list of landowners in Stewarton Parish where Janet Stewart was born.

?b?Allan Gilmour and Janet Stewart?/b?
Allan Gilmour and Janet Stewart married in 1738 and appeared to have lived in Stewarton Parish for a time, and possibly for all their lives. No death records have yet been found. Allan was 32 and Janet 36 when they married, and it is not known if other children were born to them. Records have been found for three children Giles Gilmour (1739), Allan Gilmour II (1744-1793), and Margaret Gilmour (1748).

(Research):?b?Barr Barony?/b?
Feu off Barr, Allan Gilmour...value of rent 3; next to William Orr....value of rent 29 6

Christened:
GILMOR
ALLAN
JAMES GILMOR/AGNES SNODGRASS FR71 (FR71)
M
20/10/1706
575/
10 63
Renfrew

Name:?tab?Allan Gilmor
Gender:?tab?Male
Baptism Date:?tab?20 Oct 1706
Baptism Place:?tab?, Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland
Father:?tab?James Gilmor
Mother:?tab?Agnes Snodgrass
FHL Film Number:?tab?1041326

Allan married Jennet Stewart on 1 Apr 1738 in Stewarton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. Jennet (daughter of Hugh Stewart and Jonet Glen) was born in 1702 in Stewarton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 5 Feb 1701/02 in Stewarton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Janet Stewart
• _UID: 87580B59B8B44848BEC568B558CD576CC798

Notes:

?b?James Gilmor?/b? (possibly the son of James Gilmour and Margaret Holms of Glasgow, b. 20 Aug 1667) married to Agnes Snodgrass (1673 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire) and ?b?Heugh (Hugh) Stewart?/b? and ?b?Janet Glen?/b? who married 29 October 1693 in Stewarton Parish. They gave birth to ?b?Allan Gilmour I?/b? (1706 Renfrew Parish) and ?b?Jennet Stewart?/b? (1702 Stewarton Parish), a couple who married in Stewarton, Ayrshire 1 April 1738 and my 6?sup?th?/sup? great grandparents.
?b?Jennet or Janet Stewart (1702-)?/b?
Janet Stewart, born in Stewarton Ayrshire, was a daughter of Hugh Stewart and Janet Glen who were married in Stewarton Parish 29 Nov 1693. Her siblings were Hugh (1694), William (1697), John (1704), and Margaret (1707).

?b?Stewarton Parish?/b?
Stewarton parish is named for the recipient of a royal charter granting lands to James, High Steward, in 1283. Janet's lineage has not been defined, but the number of Stewart families in the shire in later years suggest that the Stewart presence was retained in this area for many generations. Although long gone, it is reported that in 1793 the remains of their houses could still be seen near the town. In Janet's time, the area was known as the district of Cunningham, a major landowner and leader in the community.

Janet's home, in Stewarton Parish, was not far from Glasgow (18 miles) and other growing centres of Kilmarnock (6 miles north), Irvine (8 miles north-east) and Paisley (15 miles). Roads were maintained and daily postal services provided. The parish, about four miles in breadth and ten miles in length, was bound by the parishes of Neilston and Mearns in Renfrewshire and Fenwick in Ayrshire. The land is relatively flat sloping gently upwards towards the moor land behind.
The primary focus of the population was agrarian, and soil and animal husbandry resulted in excellent crops and significant numbers of farm animals. The 'Ayrshire' cattle were large milking cows that came to be raised throughout the lowlands and later around the world.

The parish also had an ancient and respected history of bonnet making, described in 1793 as producing "French or Quebec caps" for over 100 years. By 1845 it is reported that the industry provided "almost the whole regimental and naval bonnets and caps ? as well as those worn by the people in the country at large."

The life of Janet Stewart would have been set in the same context as her husbands.
?i?The economy of Scotland had collapsed during the 1690s and after the Bank of Scotland was established, it is estimated that a quarter of all Scottish wealth was lost as a result of the failed Darien project. In 1703, the Scottish parliament past the 'Act of Security' challenging the bond to English monarchs unless Scotland was accorded free trade with England and the colonies. Initially refused, Scotland threaten to stop raising taxes for the English government and to withdraw troops from France. This is effective as the Act receives Royal Assent in 1704. In 1705 the English parliament retaliates and introduces the Alien Act designed to protect English interests in Scotland. The Scots must negotiate a full union with England or have Scottish assets seized and an embargo on Scottish exports flowing to England. In 1707 the Scottish parliament is dissolved, not to reconvene for 292 years.

Into this mix of events, James Stewart, the Pretender, appears and the Jacobite conflict emerges, and his followers launch a series of skirmishes in their attempt to place him, and later his successor, Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne of Scotland. After several government defeats including the Battle of Prestonpans, the struggle culminates defeat for the Jacobite cause in the Battle of Culloden near Inverness in 1746.

?/i?In 1845 it is interesting to note the following names, among the 83 landowners listed - all of which will reappear in later generations of Janet's descendants:
W. Pollock, Esq. M.D., of Barnahill, non-resident,
Allan Pollock of Blacklaw, non-resident,
John Stewart, Esq. of Gabrochhill, non-resident,
James, John and Robert Lindsay of Auchintiber, and
James Gilmour of Clerkland.

?b?Allan Gilmour and Janet Stewart?/b?
Allan Gilmour and Janet Stewart married in 1738 and appeared to have lived in Stewarton Parish for a time, and possibly for all their lives. No death records have yet been found. Allan was 32 and Janet 36 when they married, and it is not known if other children were born to them. Records have been found for three children Giles Gilmour (1739), Allan Gilmour II (1744-1793), and Margaret Gilmour (1748).

Christened:
Name:?tab?Janet Stewart
Gender:?tab?Female
Baptism Date:?tab?5 Feb 1702
Baptism Place:?tab?, Stewarton, Ayr, Scotland
Father:?tab?Hugh Stewart
Mother:?tab?Janet Glen
FHL Film Number:?tab?1041470
Reference ID:?tab?2:15H38XH

Notes:

Married:
Name:?tab?Jennet Stewart
Gender:?tab?Female
Marriage Date:?tab?1 Apr 1738
Marriage Place:?tab?Stewarton,Ayr,Scotland
Spouse:?tab?Allan Gilmuir
FHL Film Number:?tab?1041470

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: EFF717C0BA504441B8D0A122411859C10A23

Notes:

(Research):POLLOCK
JOHN
ISOBEL EDMISTON/
21/12/1732
644/1
250 29
Glasgow

Christened:
POLLOCK
JOHN
JAMES POLLOCK/MARGARET MEISON FR32 (FR32)
M
29/08/1700
625/
10 121
Bothwell

John married Isobel Wilkie on 21 Dec 1732 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Isobel (daughter of John Wilkie and Janet Hamilton) was born on 20 May 1717 in Bothwell Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 2 Jun 1717 in Bothwell Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Isoabell Wilkie
• _UID: 649475433F7643FEB70C13129AFD2AFB4AD1

Notes:

Christened:
Name:?tab?Isoabell Wilkie
Gender:?tab?Female
Birth Date:?tab?20 May 1717
Baptism Date:?tab?2 Jun 1717
Baptism Place:?tab?, Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
Father:?tab?John Wilkie
Mother:?tab?Janet Hamilton
FHL Film Number:?tab?1042964
Reference ID:?tab?2:15J99XL