Sir Robert Colquhoun, Laird of Colquhoun

McAuselan, Katherine

Death: , Donegal, Ireland

Gender: Female

Parents:

Father: McAuselan, John

Mother: Colquhoun, Nancy

Family:

Spouse: Colquhoun, Robert

Birth: ABT 1622 Dumbarton, , , Scotland

Death: ABT 1688 , Donegal, Ireland

Gender: Male

Parents:

Father: Colquhoun, Adam

Mother: Lady, Christian Lindsay

Children:

Colquhoun, William Campbell

Colquhoun, Charles

Birth: ABT 1645 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death: ABT 1717 , Letterkenny, Ireland

Gender: Male

Colquhoun, Catherine

Birth: ABT 1647 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death: , Bellabea, Ireland

Gender: Female

Colquhoun, John

Birth: ABT 1650 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death: BEF 3 JUL 1712 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Gender: Male

Colquhoun, Helen

Birth: ABT 1651 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death: , Donegal, Ireland

Gender: Female

Colquhoun, Mary

Birth: ABT 1653 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death: , Donegal, Ireland

Gender: Female

Colquhoun, James

Birth: ABT 1655 Corkagh, Donegal, Ireland

Death: ABT 1700 , Donegal, Ireland

Gender: Male

Migration to the Ulster Plantation

From Descent and Alliances of Croslegh: Or Crossle, Or Crossley, of Scaitcliffe ... page 213. GoogleBooks

That the Laird of Luss should exchange the bonny banks of Loch Lomond for the wilds of Donegal was out of the question. He fulfilled the condition of residence by deputy. He sent his son-in-law, John Mac Auselan or Mac Causland, a younger son of the last Baron Mac Auselan who was then living in the parish of Luss, to Ireland, to live on the estate, and to manage it. He also made certain arrangements, the precise nature of which does not appear, concerning this newly acquired property. But whatever these arrangements may have been, he cancelled them by his last will, made 16th and 17th May, 1617, in which he declared:

“ His will is that notwithstanding quhatsumever provisioun is anent the Ireland landis, that Adame haif the same."

Alexander died 23rd May, 1617, and these lands in Ireland passed under this will to his fifth son Adam. By the will the eldest son John "was brought under various obligations with respect to his brothers and sisters, and Andrew, Bishop of Argyll, was constituted one of the principal overseers of Alexander's children, with power to settle various matters in regard to the provision which Sir John should make for them. By the advice of the Bishop, Sir John agreed upon a sufficient provision for his brother Adam.” 14

The ownership of one thousand acres beyond the sea could not tempt the merchant of Dumbarton to give up his apparently not very successful business,'5 in order to become a resident landlord in Ireland. Mac Causland continued in charge of the property, and what he did to fulfill the conditions under which the lands were held appears from the public records.

Acting under a Royal Commission, Captain Nicholas Pynnar made a “View and Survey between the ist day of December, 1618, and the 28th day of March, 1619 wherein are set forth, among other things, the names of the several British Undertakers with their Proportions and how they have performed their Buildings and Plantations of inhabitants.” The following is extracted from this Survey :

County of DONAGALL. The Precinct of Portlough, appointed to Scottish Undertakers. XC. 1000 acres. The Laird of Lusse hath one thousand Acres, called Corgagh. Upon this Proportion there is a Bawne of Clay and Stone sixty Feet square, ten Feet high, with two Flankers, and a poor House within it, which is thatched. ....

Adam's wife died about 1629, and shortly afterwards, following the example of his father, he instated his son Robert, then a child of tender years, as owner of the Irish lands, and sent him over to take possession, and to be brought up by his uncle and aunt. In the Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls 1630, is the following entry:

“ Letters Patent of Denization' to Robert Colquhoun, and Grant to him, his heirs and assigns, for ever, as an undertaker of the Province of Ulster, of the small proportion of Corkagh, in the precinct of Portlough, Barony of Raphoe, and County of Donegal, containing one thousand acres; to be held as of the Castle of Dublin, in free and common soccage. The lands are created into a Manor, to be called the Manor of Corkagh."

Thus did Robert Colquhoun come to stand in the place of his grandfather, Alexander, Laird of Luss, as an undertaker of the province of Ulster.

• 16 Cox, p. 51. 17 The effect of such grant was to make its recipient free of the yoke of servitude of the Scotch, Irish, or any other nation. By such grant an alien was made capable of holding and enjoying all the rights and privileges of an English subject, and he was called donaison, (denizen), because his legitimation proceeded ex donatione regis. See Calendar of Patent Rolls, James I., p. 84; and ERCK's Repertory, p. 23

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Robert Colquhoun, Laird of Colquhoun was born on Jan. 28, 1622 at Dumbarton Co. Scotland. His parents were Adam Colquhoun and Chrisitan Lindsay. His father, Adam was born on 5 December 1601, in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. His mother Chrsitan Lindsay was born in 1603, in Bonniel, Scotland.

Robert Colquhoun married Katherine McAuselan in 1641, at age 18 years of age.

Children:

• 1. William Campbell Colquhoun,
• 2. Charles Colquhoun
• 3. Catherine Colquhoun
• 4. John Colquhoun
• 5. Helen Colquhoun
• 6. Mary Louise Colquhoun

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John MacAuselan, father of Katharine MacAuselan

References

1. Crosley, Charles (1904). Descent and Alliances of Croslegh, or Crossle, or Crossley of Scaitcliffe: and Coddington of Oldbridge; and Evans of Eyton Hall, London: Priv. print., The De La More press. Page 189-190. < Hathitrust >
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   1. Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Colquhoun01 (Reliability: 3).
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209024974/robert-colquhoun Robert Colquhoun married Katherine McAuselan in 1641, at age 18 years of age
5. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 29 2021, 19:21:12 UTC
6. https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...
7. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 29 2021, 19:21:12 UTC