John Roberton of Earnock

JOHN ROBERTON OF EARNOCK

John Roberton of Earnock is the son of John Roberton, Sheriff-Clerk of Lanark, and the grandson of Batholomew Roberton of Earnock. He was served heir to his deceased grandfather on 22 September 1643 [Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc. ii, number 213] and heir to his deceased father on 23 September 1643. [Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc. ii, number 2902]

John Roberton of Earnock is reported to have married married Bethia, daughter of Sir John Henderson, of Fordell, in Fifeshire, by whom he is said to have had a son named John, his heir, and a daughter named Christian, who married to Archibdald Roberton of Bedlay Earnock and its early proprietors: Roberton Genealogy This suggestion is confirmed by a sasine which belongs to the period 1660-63 [National Archives of Scotland, H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, 1660-63, reference RS42/1/117]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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22 September 1643: Joannes Robertoun, haeres Bartholomei Robertoun de Ernock, avi; - in terris de Allerstokis, et Logache, infra baronium de Kilbryde - A.E. 3l. 6s. 8d. N.E. 13l. 6s. 8d. vii. 228. [Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc. ii, number 213]

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23 September 1643: Joannes Robertoun, haeres Joannis Robertoun fili legitimi natu maximi quondam Bartholomei Robertoun de Ernok, patris. xvii. 229. [Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc. ii, number 2902]