John Hunter of Long Calderwood

JOHN HUNTER OF LONG CALDERWOOD

John Hunter of Calderfield (1729) John Hunter, portioner of Long Calderwood (1721 X 1745)

The Ancestry of the Hunters of Long Calderwood

It has been suggested that the ancestor of Hunter of Long Calderwood was Francis Hunter, son of Patrick Hunter of Hunterston, although evidence of relationship is not available. James Paterson said this in his history of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton: "Francis, from whom it is supposed that the Hunters of Long Calderwood were descended, and of which family was the eminent physician, Dr. Wm. Hunter, who was the son of John Hunter of Long Calderwood, by Agnes Paul, his wife, daughter of Mr Paul, sometime Treasurer of Glasgow, who was born 23d May, 1718, at Easter Kilbride, in Lanarkshire". Ayr and Wigton: 352 Clan Hunter promotes the same proposition: "Francis, from whom it is supposed that the Hunters of Long Calderwood were descended", Hunters of Scotland: Part 3

With regard to the ancestry pf the Hunters of Long Calderwood and the suggestions made by James Paterson, Andrew A. Hunter, the author of Hunter of Abbotshill and Barjag (1905), had this to say: "Inquiries made by myself of the late Col. Hunter-Weston proved that no record of this supposed descent exists at Hunterston, although his father-in-law, the late Mr. Robert Hunter of Hunterston, in the year 1865 went fully into the whole matter, with the assistance of legal and genealogical experts, and also with the help of the late Dr. William Hunter, of the Coldstream Guards, a direct descendant of Archibald Hunter, uncle of the celebrated brothers, to try to ascertain any information as to the connection of the two families; but none was forthcoming. Hunters of Scotland

Merchant in Glasgow and at the Kirkton of Kilbride; Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

John Hunter of Long Calderwood, here treated, was enrolled as a burgess of Glasgow on 25 September 1729. He was admitted in right of his marriage to Agnes Paul, daughter to John Paul, maltman in Glasgow, burgess and guild brother. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750: 398

Marriage

John Hunter, here treated, married Agnes Paul. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750: 398 The marriage was booked on 30 December 1707, at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Marriages, 1687-1729, reference OPR/644/1/24]

Children

1. John Hunter
2. Elizabeth Hunter
3. Andrew Hunter
4. Janet Hunter
5. James Hunter
6. Agnes Hunter
7. Doctor William Hunter of Long Calderwood, MD., FRS.
8. Dorothea Hunter
9. Isobell Hunter
10. John Hunter, FRS

Evidence from the Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark

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4 January 1721 X 25 June 1729: John Hunter, portioner of Long Calderwood. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/615]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, portioner of Long Calderwood. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/27]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, portioner of Long Calderwood. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/39]

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2 June 1699 X 5 July 1709. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XI/36]

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2 June 1699 X 5 July 1709. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride .[National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/X/I283]

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2 June 1699 X 5 July 1709. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XI/414]

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26 July 1709 X 31 July 1719. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XII/24]

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26 July 1709 X 31 July 1719. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XII/318]

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26 July 1709 X 31 July 1719. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XII/415]

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26 July 1709 X 31 July 1719. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XII/509]

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26 July 1709 X 31 July 1719. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XII/510 (bis)]

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14 August 1719 X 23 December 1720. John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/41]

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1 July 1766 X 29 June 1769: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/212]

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1 July 1766 X 29 June 1769: John Hunter, merchant, Kirkton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/186]

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1 July 1766 X 29 June 1769: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/299]

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1 July 1766 X 29 June 1769: John Hunter, portioner of Longcalderwood [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIII/615]

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1 July 1766 X 29 July 1769: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIIII/619]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/2]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, portioner of Longcalderwood. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/39]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, portioner of Longcalderwood. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/27]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/148]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/170]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, merchant, Kirton of Kilbride. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/269]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, merchant, Glasgow. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/308]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/351]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter of Calderfield. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/388]

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2 July 1729 X 8 February 1745: John Hunter, merchant, Glasgow. [National Records of Scotland, Particular Register if Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/XIV/458]

Genealogy

1. Humphrys genealogy: John Hunter of Long Calderwood
2. Hunters of Scotland Blog