Adam Colquhoun, Laird of Colquhoun, merchant of Dumbarton

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• FamilySearch ID: LBKT-PX4
• Occupation: Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Merchant
• _UID: B17D9E006B5345A8842BE78C72413EFD87AD
• Residence: 1601, Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland; home was known as Rossdhu

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The Colquhouns were feuding with the MacFarlanes, the MacGregors, and the Buchanans. In order to settle the Buchanan feud, Alexander Colquhoun married the daughter of Sir George Buchanan of that Ilk, Helen Buchanan. That seems to have finally settled affairs betwixt the 2 clans. The marriage contract was signed on 25 Oct 1596.

Alexander Colquhoun died on 23 May 1617.

Alexander Colquhoun and his wife, Helen Buchanan had 6 sons and 5 daughters is parentage, from the 1844 book by Sir William Fraser, The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country:

Alexander Colquhoun and his wife, Helen Buchanan had 6 sons and 5 daughters (listed as males first, then females):
1.  John, who succeeded him and was created a baronet.
2.  Humphrey of Balvie, who inherited the Colquhoun estate at Balvie from his father.
3.  Alexander
4.  Walter, who with his brother, George, moved to Sweden and became cannon makers to King Adolphus Gustavus.
5.  Adam, who inherited the lands in Ireland
6.  George, who went to Sweden. See Walter.
7.  Jean, who married Allan, 5th Lord Cathcart in 1626. She remarried upon his death to Sir Duncan Campbell, Baronet, of Auchinbrecht. Her 3rd husband was Sir William Hamilton, Knight, and 3rd son of James, Earl of Abercorn.
8.  Nancy, who married a McAuley and moved to Ireland.
9.  Katharine, who married Sir John Mure of Auchindraine, Knight.
10. Helen
11. Mary

In 1616, Sir Alexander Colquhoun of Luss, was gifted land in Ireland from the King. He was given a portion of 1000 English acres, in the precinct of Portlough, Barony of Raphoe, County of Donegal, Ireland, which became known as the Manor of Corkagh.

His obligations as to the Irish lands were that 1) he would annually pay the King (after the 1st two years), ?5, 6 shillings, 8 cents; 2) make upon the land within 2 years a strong Court or Bawn; 3) have ready in his house at all times a convenient store of arms, with which to furnish a competent number of men for their defense; 4) Place, within 2 years, a competent number of English or inland Scots tenants upon his portion; 5) Be present, or place someone to be present, for 5 years upon the property; and 6) Enter a bond of ?200 for due performance of these conditions.

Alexander sent his daughter, Nancy, and her husband, John McAuselan (younger son of the Baron McAuselan), to live on the land and to develop it to the standards of the Crown.

In Alexander's first will, he gave the Irish inheritance of Corkagh Manor to Nancy and John McAuselan, but just before his death (in fact on 16 May 1617), Alexander changed his will to give over the land to his son, Adam, instead.

Alexander Colquhoun died on 23 May 1617.

Regardless of the disappointment on not inheriting Corkagh, Nancy and John continued living at the Manor and managing it for Adam Colquhoun (Nancy's brother). The new Laird of Luss, Nancy's brother, John... realizing what expenses Adam we have at Corkagh, agreed upon a sufficient provision for his brother Adam, to maintain the Estate.

Acting under a Royal Commission, Captain Nicholas Pynner made a visit to Corkagh in late 1618, and said this:

The Precinct of Portlough, appointed to Scottish undertakers, 1000 acres...the Laird of Luss hath 1000 acres called Corkagh. Upon this land there is a Bawne of clay and stone, 60 feet square, 10 feet high with 2 flankers and a poor house within it, which is thatched. I find planted and estated upon this land: 2 Freeholders, one having 300 acres, one having 100 acres; 3 Lessees, one having 330 acres, one having 300 acres, one having 195 acres; 5 Cottagers. Each of these have a house and garden plot. Total: 10 families, who with their undertenants are able to make 26 men, wherof 5 of the best have taken the Oath of Supremacy.

About 1621, Adam Colquhoun married Christian Lindsay, probably in Dunbartonshire, where they both lived. (I found a reference to Adam Colquhoun "who married a daughter of Lindsay of Bonhill"...Bonhill is a town in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria. This makes total sense!). Other references refer to Christian as being from Bonniel, which is obviously a corruption of Bonhill. 

They had at least 2 children, Robert (born about 1622) and Helen (born about 1625). There may have been other children but they did not survive infancy.

Christian Lindsay died about 1629 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire. Adam was a merchant there.

Shortly after 1629, at the death of Adam Colquhoun's wife, Christian Lindsay, he took his 2 children to Ireland for his sister, Nancy, to raise and look after.

In 1630, Adam Colquhoun signed over his Irish Land Grant to his son, Robert Colquhoun.  In 1641, young Robert married his cousin, Katherine McAuselan, daughter of his aunt and uncle Nancy and John McAuselan.

Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls (1630): Letters of Patent and Denizen, to Robert Colquhoun and grant to Him, his Heirs & Assigns, for ever, as an Undertaker of the Province of Ulster, of the small proportion of Corkagh, in the Precinct of Portlough, Barony of Raphoe, County of Donegal, containing 1000 acres, in Free & Common Soccage; The lands are created into a Manor, to be called the Manor of Corkagh.

Thus did Robert Colquhoun come to stand in the place of his grandfather, Sir Alexander, Laird of Luss, as an undertaker of the Province of Ulster, in the year of 1630.

And so the Irish land stayed in the joint Colquhoun-McAuselan family after all.
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Adam married Lady Christian Lindsay, of Bonneil about 1621. Lady (daughter of Mungo Lindsay, 10th Laird of Bonhill (eldest, last) and Marion McAulay) was born on 3 Feb 1602/03 in Bonhill, Vale of Leven, West Dunbarton, Scotland; died on 14 Jun 1629 in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LJVQ-8RY
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(Research):About 1621, Adam Colquhoun married Christian Lindsay, probably in Dunbartonshire, where they both lived. (I found a reference to Adam Colquhoun "who married a daughter of Lindsay of Bonhill"...Bonhill is a town in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria. This makes total sense!). Other references refer to Christian as being from Bonniel, which is obviously a corruption of Bonhill.

They had at least 2 children, Robert (born about 1622) and Helen (born about 1625). There may have been other children but they did not survive infancy.

Christian Lindsay died about 1629 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire. Adam was a merchant there.

Shortly after 1629, at the death of Adam Colquhoun's wife, Christian Lindsay, he took his 2 children to Ireland for his sister, Nancy, to raise and look after.

In 1630, Adam Colquhoun signed over his Irish Land Grant to his son, Robert Colquhoun. In 1641, young Robert married his cousin, Katherine McAuselan, daughter of his aunt and uncle Nancy and John McAuselan.

Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls (1630): Letters of Patent and Denizen, to Robert Colquhoun and grant to Him, his Heirs & Assigns, for ever, as an Undertaker of the Province of Ulster, of the small proportion of Corkagh, in the Precinct of Portlough, Barony of Raphoe, County of Donegal, containing 1000 acres, in Free & Common Soccage; The lands are created into a Manor, to be called the Manor of Corkagh.

Thus did Robert Colquhoun come to stand in the place of his grandfather, Sir Alexander, Laird of Luss, as an undertaker of the Province of Ulster, in the year of 1630.

And so the Irish land stayed in the joint Colquhoun-McAuselan family after all.
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Family/Spouse: Katherine McAuselan. Katherine was born on 29 Jan 1622/23 in Luss, Argyll and Bute (Dunbarton), Scotland; died on 14 Jan 1677/78 in Coakagh, Barony-Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland; was buried in County Donegal, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Buchanan Thomas. Buchanan was born in 1621 in Carbeth, Stirling, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Patrick married Jonet Fleming on 16 Dec 1617 in Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland. Jonet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christened:
COLQUHOUNE
ROBERT
PATRICK COLQUHOUNE/JONET FLEMING
M
25/07/1616
644/1
10 197
Glasgow

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• Name: Jean Calqhoun
• Name: Jean Calwhown
• _UID: 24E535D933404280A480150927C1F61B87FF

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Christened:
COLQUHOUN
JEAN
PATRICK COLQUHOUN/JONET FLEMING
F
18/12/1617
644/1
10 223
Glasgow

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5EAC55C39CDC4D508D6B8E694071B7DA6868

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Christened:
COLQUHOUN
JOHNE
PATRICK COLQUHOUN/JONAT FLEMING
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26/10/1620
644/1
10 347
Glasgow

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• _UID: 301683FAA94D4CA9A4C20C766C4D2CF06B2D

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Christened:
POLLOCK
WILLIAME
ARTHOUR POLLOCK/JEANE COLQUHOUNE
M
01/09/1651
644/1
40 245
Glasgow

Williame married Margaret Wallace on 1 Dec 1675 in Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1653 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Jan 1652/53 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 01609135CFC04815B82EE3B12C50ECAFA4C0

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Christened:
POLLOCK
JEAN
ARTHOUR POLLOCK/JEAN CALWHOWN
F
28/06/1653
644/1
40 311
Glasgow

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• _UID: 3A670F89FCFA4A3FB19C266148843917A8E3

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Christened:
POLLOCK
VMPHRA
ARTHOUR POLLOCK/JEAN CALWHOWN
M
24/04/1655
644/1
50 24
Glasgow

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• FamilySearch ID: 9QSV-QHV
• _UID: AA38B31E3A184CBD907002D35A9628BAB584

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Christened:
POLLOCK
JONET
ARTHOR POLLOCK/JONET COLWHOWN
F
17/07/1659
644/1
50 134
Glasgow

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Jonet married William Thomson on 21 Feb 1680/81 in Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland. William (son of Living) was born in 1656 in Hamilton Parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 22 Dec 1656 in Hamilton Parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: James Pollok
• _UID: F4F86B9F263F432F992ED4EF36727DAD29F9

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Christened:
POLLOK
JAMES
ARTHOUR POLLOK/JEAN CALQHUOUN
M
03/04/1662
644/1
50 217
Glasgow

James married Bessie Hamilton on 26 Jun 1694 in Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland. Bessie (daughter of Living) was born in 1664 in Hamilton Parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 24 Jan 1663/64 in Hamilton Parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John Pollok
• _UID: EAA81FE9A13E4F82967C502D4CBD009E80B7

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Christened:
POLLOK
JOHN
ARTHOUR POLLOK/JEAN CALQHOUN
M
21/02/1664
644/1
50 248
Glasgow

John married Margaret Paterson on 11 Jun 1689 in Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1670 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 15 Aug 1670 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Pollok
• Name: Elizat Pollock
• _UID: 100E1FA4ECE54EA7A280A92FC425DF70D9C8

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Christened:
POLLOK
ELIZABETH
ARTHOUR POLLOK/JEAN CALQHOUN
F
10/04/1666
644/1
50 289
Glasgow

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]