George Buchanan of Blairlusk, later of Deroran

Ancestor of James Buchanan 15th US President

George Buchanan of Blairlusk, later of Deroran (son of John Buchanan of Blairlusk and Jean Livingstone)1 was born 1648 in Tyrone, Ireland/Blairlusk, Scotland.He married Elizabeth Mayne on 1675 in Deroran, Tyrone, Ireland.

Biography

George Buchanan, b. 1648, of Blairlusk [Dumbartonshire, Scotland] sold this estate to his brother William and moved (1674) to Deroran (County Tyrone) Northern Ireland, where he married (1675) Elizabeth Mayne and had four sons:

1. William Buchanan, b. 1677, Tyrone, Ireland, d. 1749, Deroran, Tyrone, Ireland.
2. John Buchanan, b. 1676, Ireland.
3. George Buchanan, b. 1678, Ireland.
4. Thomas Buchanan, b. 1680, Ireland.
5. Margaret, born in Ireland [1]

George Buchanan (ca. 1648), of the Blairlusk cadet, settled with his younger son John (ca. 1676) in Tyrone. It is from George, and his son Thomas, that many of the American families are descended, including James Buchanan, who served as 15th president of the United States. [2]

he was born in duron, tyrone, ireland. George Buchanan, of Blairlusk, was born in 1648, suceeded his father in 1662, and having sold his estate of Blairlusk to his brother, William, went to Ireland. He settled at Deroran in the County of Tyrone, in 1674, and married in 1675, Elizabeth Mayne, and had four sons: (1) John of Tyrone, ancestor of James Buchanan, H. B. M. Consul at New York from 1816 to 1843; (2) William of Tyrone, from whom the Buchanans of Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., are said to be descended; (3) George of Munster, from whom the Buchanans of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., are said to be descended; and (4) Thomas of Ramelton in Donegal, said to be the ancestor of James Buchanan, who became President of the United States.

Pedigree

https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/paQynWbaF2s

6. Walter Buchanan, 15th Laird of Buchanan = Isabella Graham
7. Patrick Buchanan, 16th Laird of Buchanan = Margaret Campbell
8. George Buchanan, 17th Laird of Buchanan = Margaret Edmonstone
9. Janet Buchanan = Thomas Buchanan, 3rd Laird of Carbeth
10. John Buchanan, 1st Laird of Gartincaber = _____
11. George Buchanan, 2nd Laird of Gartincaber = Elizabeth Leckie
12. John Buchanan, 1st Laird of Blairlusk = _____
13. George Buchanan, 2nd Laird of Blairlusk = Elizabeth Mayne
14. William Buchanan = Janet _____
15. Walter Buchanan = Mary Roney

References

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/o/l/Kyla-H-Hollis/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-...