Master James Dunlop of Garnkirk, Solicitor and Merchant in Glasgow

JAMES DUNLOP OF GARNKIRK

University Graduate; Solicitor in Glasgow; Member of the Faculty of Procurators of Glasgow; Merchant in Glasgow; Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

James Dunlop of Garnkirk, here treated, is the only son of John Dunlop of Garnkirk and his wife Bessie Dunlop. He was born before 10 December 1633, the date upon which his baptism was registered at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. His baptismal record reads as follows: "Mr Jon Dunlap and Bessy Dunlap ane l. sone James Godfthrs James Dunlap and James Stewart elder." [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Baptisms, 1662-1743, reference 626/1/3] Image of Baptismal Record

James Dunlop of Garnkirk, here treated, was served as heir to his deceased father on 28 September 1672. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam: 5574

Education

James Dunlop of Garnkirk, here treated, was a graduate of the University of Glasgow. Glasgow University Records. Volume I, p. xvi

Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

James Dunlop of Garnkirk was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of the burgh of Glasgow on 28 February 1670. He was admitted in right of him being the only son of his deceased father, Mr. John Dunlop of Garnkirk, merchant in Glasgow, burgess and guild brother of Glasgow. James R. Anderson, The Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750 (Printed for the Scottish Record Society by J. Skinner & Company Ltd., Edinburgh, 1925), page187

Death

James Dunlop of Garnkirk, here treated, is reported to have died in 1695. [Newsletter of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society, No. 47 Autumn 1996, p. 11] He certainly died before 1 September 1687, when his son James was served as his heir in the lands of Garnkirk and Casnockhill. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc. II

Marriage

James Dunlop of Garnkirk, here treated, married Elizabeth Roberton The marriage contract is dated 5 April 1654. [Newsletter of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society, No. 47 Autumn 1996, pp. 11-16 for the first part of Donald Whyte's scholarly account of the family of Dunlop of Garnkirk]

Children

1. James Dunlop, 3rd of Garnkirk
2. Bessie Dunlop
3. John Dunlop
4. Alexander Dunlop
5. William Dunlop, Merchant in Glasgow
6. Elizabeth Dunlop, primus
7. Jean Dunlop
8. Thomas Dunlop, Surgeon in Edinburgh
9. Elizabeth Dunlop
10. Archibald Dunlop
11. Robert Dunlop
12. Gabriel Dunlop
13. Margaret Dunlop

Evidence from the Records of Glasgow University

Anno 1648 et 1649. . . . . . In quinta classe. . . . . . Jacobus Dunlop filius Magistri Johannis de Garnkirk. Glasgow University Records. Volume I, p. xvi

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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22 November 1669: Renunciation by James Dunlop, now of Garnkirk, only son and heir to the late Mr John Dunlop of Garnkirk, to William, Earl of Kilmarnock, of an annual rent corresponding to the principal sum of 5,000 marks. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/854

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28 September 1672: JACOBUS DUNLOP, haeres Magistri Joannis Dunlop de Garnkirk, patris. xxxi. 108. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc., ii, Inquisitiones Gererales., entry number 5574

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1 September 1697: (435) Sep. 1. 1697. JACOBUS DUNLOPE hares Jacobi Dunlope de Garnkirk, patris, - in 4 libratis 6 solidatis 8 denariatis terris antiqui extentus terrarum de Garnkirk, cum parte molendini de Bedlay eisdem terris spectante: - E. 3l. 12s. 9d. etc. firmae. - 24 solidatis terrarum antiqui extentus de Casnockhill cum laqueo ejusdem: - E. 26s. 8d. etc. firmae: - omnibus infra parochiam de Calder et regalitatem de Glasgow. xlvi. 734. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc. II

Genealogy

1. Newsletter of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society, No. 47 Autumn 1996, pp. 11-16 for the first part of Donald Whyte's scholarly account of the family of Dunlop of Garnkirk
2. Newsletter of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society, No. 48 Spring 1997, pp. 9-1 for the second part of Donald Whyte's scholarly account of the family of Dunlop of Garnkirk
3. Stirnet: Dunlop 02
4. Dunlop Manor Houses

From the Genealogy Tab of the Clan Dunlop website

James DUNLOP, 2nd. of Garnkirk. Born in 1633, James died in February 1695; he was 62. On 5 April 1654, when James was 21, he married Elizabeth ROBERTSON [Note 1] of Bedlay, daughter of James ROBERTSON of Bedlay, Lord Bedlay & Isabel CAMPBELL of Loudoun, in Bedlay [Note 2], Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was born in about 1633. Elizabeth died in August 1695; she was 62. They had the following children: (1) James (1655-1719) (2) John (1657-1683) (3) William (1662-) (4) Alexander (1666-) (5) Thomas (1668-) (6) Archibald (1672-) (7) Jean (1665-) (8) Elizabeth (1670-) (9) Margaret (1676-)

Note: (1) It was Elizabeth Roberton (aka Elizabeth Robertoune) who married James Dunlop of Garnkitk. Her father was James Roberton of Bedlay. Robertson is a different surname.

[Note 2] Loudoun is in Ayrshire. It is not in Bedlay in Lanarkshire.