John Stark, Burgess of Glasgow

JOHN STARK

Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

John Stark, here treated, is the second son of III John Stark of Killermont The name of his mother has not been identified. He is noticed on 4 May 1704, preparing to go 'forth of the Kingdom of Scotland.' NRS: RD2/93 fol. 585 cited in the Stark Family Y-DNA Project (Report 3) It seems too that he was that younger brother of the Laird of Killermont who was admitted as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 15 June 1704. Glasgow Burgesses: 258

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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4 May 1704: John Stark, second lawful son to John Stark of Killermont going forth of the kingdom of Scotland and appointing John Irving of Whithill as his factor. Registered 17 April 1707. Written 4 May 1704. [Register of Deeds for 1707: reference RD2/93 fol. 585 cited in Stark Family Y-DNA Project

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15 February 1733: John Stark, factor on Killermont vs Creditors on estate of Killermonth : Act and Factory on Killermount. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session: Carmichael & Elliot processes, Alexander Keith, extractor, reference CS165/1513

Note: The man named John Stark who is referred to in this document may not the same person as the man of the same name who was admitted as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 15 June 1704. However, the Stark family's connection with the Killermont Estate suggests that he could be.

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26 July 1733: Watson, of Muirhouse and others vs Factor on estate of Killermonth : Act in favour of. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session: Carmichael & Elliot processes, Alexander Keith, extractor, reference CS165/1663

Note: See Note above.

Evidence from the Burgess Records of Glasgow

15 June 1704: Stark, John, brother german to [ blank ] S. of Killermont, B. and G.B., gratis Glasgow Burgesses: 258

Printed Evidence

The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750. Edited by James R. Anderson (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1925), 571 pp. including indices