'Cathcart03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Cathcart of Carleton, Cathcart of Genoch, Cathcart of Killochan, Cathcart of Knockdolian
Robert Cathcart of Killochan (dvp Flodden 09.09.1513) | |||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Cathcart (a 1538, dau/heir of Alan Cathcart of Carleton, m2. Hugh Campbell) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Robert Cathcart of Killochan & Carleton (d before 1560) | ||||||||||||||
A. | John Cathcart of Carleton (d 10.1612) | ||||||||||||||
m. Helen Wallace (d 1621) | |||||||||||||||
i. | John Cathcart of Carleton (d 04.1633) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Janet Chalmers (of Waterhead) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Rebecca Lockhart | |||||||||||||||
Unsure which wife was mother of which child. Paterson shows these generations differently. We are following BLG1952. | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Cathcart (dvp 11.1628) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Kennedy | |||||||||||||||
(1) | John Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. Annabella McDouall | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Sir Hew Cathcart, 1st Bart of Carleton (d 1723) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1695) Ann Broun (dau of Sir Patrick Broun, 1st Bart of Colstoun) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Sir John Cathcart, 2nd Bart of Carleton | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1717) Catherine Dundas (dau of Robert Dundas, judge as Lord Arniston) | |||||||||||||||
(i)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
m2. (1729) Elizabeth Kennedy (dau of Sir John Kennedy, 2nd Bart of Culzean) | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Sir John Cathcart, 3rd Bart of Carleton (dsp 1783) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1764) Margaret Hamilton (dau of Robert Hamilton of Bourtree Hill) | |||||||||||||||
(iv) | John Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
(v) | Hugh Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. Helen Wardrop | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Janet Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. Archibald Bogle of Gilmorehill | |||||||||||||||
(vi) | Sir Andrew Cathcart, 4th Bart of Carleton (b c1741, dsp 1828, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
(vii) | Elizabeth Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. John Cathcart of Greenock @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Grizel Cathcart probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. John Miller, younger of Glenlee (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Agnes Cathcart probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Eccles of Kildonan (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Andrew Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
(A) | John Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Andrew Cathcart (d 1743) | ||||||||||||||
(C) | Hew Cathcart (d 1744) | ||||||||||||||
(i) | John Cathcart of Greenock | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Cathcart (dau of Sir John Cathcart, 2nd Bart of Carleton) @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Hew Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. Caroline Heattie | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sir John Cathcart, 5th Bart of Carleton (b 18.02.1810, d 25.03.1878) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (05.07.1836) Hannah Eleanor Kennedy (d 08.05.1877, dau of Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis) | |||||||||||||||
((2))+ | other issue - George, Andrew, Caroline | ||||||||||||||
(b) | William Cathcart (d 1827) | ||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue - Hew, 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
ii. | James Cathcart of Barnell & Genoch (d c1637, 2nd/youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p306+). | |||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Cathcart | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Cathcart of Genoch | ||||||||||||||
m. (08.02.1632) Rosina Agnew (dau of Sir Peter Agnew of Lochnaw, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Cathcart of Genoch | ||||||||||||||
m. (29.12.1671) Janet Kennedy (dau of Quentin Kennedy of Drummellan) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Agnes Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. William Wilson (minister of Inch) | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Robert Cathcart of Genoch | ||||||||||||||
m. (01.07.1690) Margaret McCubbin (dau/heir of Fergus McCubbin of Knockdolian) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Cathcart of Genoch & Knockdolian (d 1779) | ||||||||||||||
m. (09.06.1719) Agnes Cochrane (dau of Alexander Cochrane of Craigmuir, son of Gavin (son of Alexander Blair) & nephew of 1st Earl of Dundoald) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Robert Cathcart of Genoch & Knockdolian (b 1721, d 1784) | ||||||||||||||
m. (12.05.1763) Marion Buchan (b 1739-40, d 10.08.1810, dau of John Buchan of Letham by Elizabeth Hepburn of Smeaton) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | John Cathcart of Genoch & Knockdolian (b 14.05.1768, d 05.10.1835) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.06.1795) Ann Gordon (d 27.03.1837, dau of Alexander Gordon of Rockville (Senator), son of William, Lord Aberdeen) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Robert Cathcart of Genoch & Knockdolian (b 03.1797, d unm 14.07.1840) | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | Alexander Cathcart of Knockdolian & Craigneel (b 06.03.1800, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
m. (13.07.1841) Margaret Murdoch (dau of James Murdoch) | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Ann Cathcart (b 04.1796) | ||||||||||||||
m. (11.1839) Samuel Berger of Homerton | |||||||||||||||
((4))+ | other issue - George (d 1811), Marion (b 1809, d 03.1824) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Robert Cathcart of Drum (b 22.06.1773, d 18.11.1812, WS) | ||||||||||||||
m. (16.10.1797) Ann Cadell (dau of John Cadell of Cockenzie) | |||||||||||||||
((1))+ | issue - Robert (b 1806-7, d 26.05.1834 in India), 7 daughters | ||||||||||||||
(c) | Elizabeth Cathcart (b 25.12.1766, d unm 03.01.1842) | ||||||||||||||
(B)+ | other issue - Fergus (to America), Jean (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Robert Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Kennedy | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Janet Cathcart possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. John Eccles of Kildonan (a 1618) | |||||||||||||||
iv.+ | other issue - Alan, Robert of Pinmore, William (of Glenduisk?) | ||||||||||||||
B. | Thomas Cathcart of Thomastoun | ||||||||||||||
C. | Alan Cathcart | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Cathcart-Walker-Heneage of Killochan') with a little support (and some contradiction) from 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p304+) and input as reported above
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