James Waddell in Balquhatstone

JAMES WADDELL IN BALQUHATSTONE

James Waddell has been identified as the father of George Waddell of Balquhatstone.OrnaVerum: The Balquhatstone Connection of the First Line He has also been identified as the first member of the Waddell family to own land at Balquhatstone but the evidence which is presently availbe suggests otherwise. It is possible that James Waddell was one of the kindly tenants who occupied Balquatstone prior to it being set in feu to George Waddell, John Salmond, and Alexander Arthur, but evidence for this is presently unavailable.

The Lands of Balquhatstone

George Waddell purchased one third of the lands of Balquhatstone from Alexander Livingstone of Terentera on 3 November 1536. The other two thirds was purchased by John Salmond and his wife Jonete Weddell, and by Alexander Arthur and his wife Jonete Weddell. All three men appear to have been the kindly tenants who occupied this land in the period immediately before it was set in feu to them. The fact that three different members of the Waddell family had a proprietorial interest in this land suggest that the family may have been well established there before 3 November 1536. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1546-1580, charters numbered 909 and 910 on p. 203

Note

The following notice suggests that James Waddell was the first member of his family to own land at Balquhatstone but evidence is wanting and this cannot presently be confirmed: An important branch (of the Waddell family), probably the senior, settled in the lands of Balquhatstone in Slamannan, Stirlingshire between 1470 and 1536, the first charter to the Waddells of Balquhatstone was granted by King James V to George Weddell and his wife Jonet [sic] Russell in November 1536 and recorded in the Register of the Great Seal 'although it has been suggested that the lands had been granted previously to James the father of George by King James IV before 1513. OrnaVerum: Historical Sources for the Waddell family tree as drawn up by Alexander Wingate Waddell, 1987

Genealogical Accounts

1. OrnaVerum: The Balquhatstone Connection of the First Line
2. Stirnet: Waddell 01 (Subscription necessary)