William Mure of Glanderstoun

WILLIAM MURE OF GLANDERSTON

Biographical Summary

This laird of Glanderstone left two sons — William his successor, and James of Ballybregach in the county of Down, who was a captain in his uncle Clanboyes' regiment of horse in 1642. He also left six daughters, all of whom were married: Janet was the wife of the Rev. John Carstairs;....Ursula, married to William Ralston of that ilk ; Jean, to John Hamilton of Hallcraigs, nephew of Lord Clanboyes, and her first cousin ; Margaret, who married, first, the Rev. Zachariah Boyd, minister of the barony of Glasgow,... secondly, the Rev. James Durham, a little less celebrated minister of the same church ; Agnes married William Porterfield of Quarrelton ; Elizabeth married the Rev. Alex. Dunlop, her son by whom was William Dunlop, principal of the university of Glasgow... Family Papers I: pp. 25-6

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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22 August 1646: WILLIELMUS MURE de Glanderstoun, haeres Willelmi Mure de Glanderstoun, patris; - in 33 solidatis et 6 denariatis terrarum de Dumgraine in baronia et regalitate de Pasleto. E. 40s. 6d.etc. feudiferme. xviii. 320. [Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc., Volume II, Inquisitiones Speciales. Renfrew, inquisition number 125]

Genealogy

1. Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell. Part First MCCCCXCVI - MDCCCLIII. (Glasgow MDCCCLIV.), 317 pp.
2. Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell. Part Two. Vol. I. MCCCCXCVI - MDCCCLIII. (Glasgow MDCCCLIV.), 290 pp.
3. Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell. Part Two. Vol. II. MCCCCXCVI - MDCCCLIII. (Alexander Gardner, Paisley, M.DCCC.LXXXV.), 410 pp. including index
4. Our Ralston and Belden Family Histories:The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society Magazine, issue number 8 ,Autumn 1980
5. Stirnet: Mure 01
6. Stirnet: Mure 02
7. [https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/mure03.php Stirnet: Mure 03]]

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WILLIAM MURE OF GLANDERSTOUN

Genealogy

Stirnet: Mure 03