Janet Cathcart

JANET CATHCART

Jonet Cathcart is the daughter of John Cathcart of Carleton and his wife Helen Wallace.The Cathcarts of Carleton and Killochan: 138

Marriage

Janet Cathcart married the Reverend Mr, William Wallace, Minister of the Gospel at Failford. The Cathcarts of Carleton and Killochan: 138

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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2 February 1586: Letter of reversion by William Wallace, Minister of Failford, and Janet Cathcart, his spouse, to Robert, Master of Boyd, for the redemption of the £5 land of Holmes of Kilmarnock. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/409

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14 March 1598: Letters under the signet charging the son of the late Robert, Master of Boyd, and his curators to register a contract made between the late Master of Boyd and William Wallace, minister of Failford and Janet Cathcart his wife concerning infeftment of latter, in conjunct infeftment, in the lands of Holmis of Kilmarnock. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton, reference GD3/2/15/9

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23 August 1623: Contract of marriage between William Wallace, now of Failford and his mother Jonet Cathcart, widow of William Wallace of Failford on one part and Sir Thomas Boyd of Bollishaw and Agnes Boyd, his daughter, on the other part. At Kilmarnock. National Records of Scotland, Sir William Wallace of Craigie: Legal Documents, reference RH15/112/2/3

Genealogy

1. The Cathcarts of Carleton and Killochan. By Sir James Fergusson, Bart., Keepr of the Records of Scotland
2. History of the County of Ayr with a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire by James Paterson, Vol. I. (John Dick, Ayr, MDCCCXLVII), pp. 304-05 for Cathcart of Carleton
3. Stirnet: Cathcart 03
4. The Book of Wallace by the Reverend Charles Rodgers, DD., LL.D. (Grampian Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCLXXXIX), 305 pp., see pp. 138-45 for Wallace of Auchans and Dundonald