Adam Colquhoun

ADAM COLQUHOUN

Adam Colquhoun is the son of Alexander Colquhoun of Luss and his wife Helen Buchanan. The Chiefs of Colquhoun. Vol, I: p. 235 He is mentioned in his father's last will and testament dated 16-17 May 1617. His father died on 23 May 1617. Ibidem: p. 230

Family

Christian was the daughter of Lindsay of Bonneil and had two children. She married about 1621 and died before 1630. [1]

Husband: Adam Colquhoun. Adam is described as a Merchant of Dumbarton and the fifth son of Alexander XIV. [2] Adam was the father of two children, Robert XVI and a daughter, who married Thomas Buchanan, sixth of Carbeth.

Children

1. Robert Colquhoun (abt. 1622 - abt. 1666) Married his cousin Katherine McAuselan. “It was in the person of this Robert Colquhoun that our branch of the family found its way to Ireland"[2]
2. Helen Colquhoun. (Abt 1625 - ). Married Thomas Buchanan.

Research Notes

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Lady, Christian Lindsay

Birth: ABT 1603 Bonniel, , , Scotland

Death: ABT 1629 , Dumbarton, Scotland

Gender: Female

Family:

Marriage: ABT 1621 , Dumbarton, Scotland

Spouse: Colquhoun, Adam

Birth: ABT 1601 Dumbarton, , , Scotland

Death: DEC 1634 Dumbarton, , , Scotland

Gender: Male

Parents:

Father: Lus, Sir_Alexander_Colquhoun_XV_& XVII of

Mother: Buchanan, Margaret Helen

Children:

Colquhoun, Robert

Colquhoun, Helen

Adam (did not) live in Ireland on his fathers property. He inherited the property in 161 7 and in 1630 he transferred title to his son Robert. “He changed the spelling of name to Calhoun when he first went to Ireland.“ [No] “John C. Calhoun (U.S. Vice-President) of South Carolina's family line descends from Adam.“ [?]

Adam married Lady-Christian Lindsay in 1621

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 >
2. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/calhoun/1976/ - references Vol.1,pg. 13 of "Our Calhoun Family" Vol.1,Pg.13 Adam was the 5th of 11 children born to Sir Alexander Colquhoun 1573-1617, 15th Clan Chief of Colquhoun, 17th of Luss and Margaret Helen Buchanan.
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lindsay-295
   1. 1. Descent and Alliances of Croslegh, or Crossle, or Crossley of Scaitcliffe: and Coddington of Oldbridge; and Evans of Eyton Hall, by Charles Croslegh. Page 190. Hathitrust
   2. “The Chiefs of Colquoun and their country.” page 235 [https://archive.org/details/chiefsofcolquhou01fras/page/235/mode/1up?view=theater Archive.Org
   3. 5. Adam. In December 1634, Adam Colquhoun, brother to the Laird of Luss, was indebted to William Towart (Stewart) £42, 2s. George. He was matriculated a member of the University of Glasgow 1st March 1622. Page XXV. Archive.Org
4. Encyclopedia of British Writers, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. By Book Builders LLC. Page 242. Googlebooks Lady Christian Lindsay) (1603–1629) poet Lady Christian Lindsay was born in Bonniel, Scotland, the daughter of Robert and Christian Hamilton Lindsay, married Adam Colquhoun in 1621 and died in Dumberton, Scotland.
5. Miscellanea Scotica: Memoirs of the ancient alliance between France and ... page 236. GoogleBooks “Buchanan, THOMAS, sixth of that name. He married a daughter of Adam Colchoun, merchant in Dunbarton, said to be a son of Luss's, her mother being Lindsay of Bonneil's daughter. He had by her two sons, John his successor, and Walter.”