John of Lumphard, afterwards of Mounie

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V. William Seton of Meldrum, served heir to his father Alexander in 1533, married (first) Janet, daughter of James Gordon of Lesmoir, and by her had three sons Alexander of Meldrum, John of Lumphard, afterwards of Mounie, and William of Slatie. By his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Innes of Leuchars, he had two sons George Seton of Barra and James Seton of Pitmedden. William Seton of Meldrum died in 1571.

SETON OF MOUNIE. FIEST LINE. Pp. 141-231. I. John Seton of Lumphard, son of William Seton, fifth of Meldrum, and nephew of Alexander Seton, Vicar of Bethelnie, Chancellor of the Diocese of Aberdeen, got the separate farms of the lands of Mounie, which had been held partly by his father and partly by his uncle, under Episcopal Charter of 1556, united under a Great Seal Charter in 1575. He married a daughter of John Panton of Pitmedden, and dying about 1596, left a son, II. William Seton of Mounie ; who was served heir in 1597 ; and, in 1598, was admitted an honorary burgess of Aberdeen, at the request of Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie. He married Helen, daughter and heiress of Udny of that Ilk ; and in 1623, under the designation of William Seton of Udny, he sold Mounie to John Urquhart of Craigfintray and Elizabeth Seton, his wife. Their son, Patrick Urquhart, disponed Mounie in 1C36-7 to Mr. Robert Farquhar, whose heirs lost the lands by bankruptcy in 1702 ; when they became temporarily the property of Alexander Hay of Arnbath, and were re-purchased, in 1714, by George Seton, ancestor of the present Setons of. Mounie. William Seton had two sons William Seton of Meanie and Alexander Seton of Kinloch, which last died in 1672.