'Dunbar08'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Dunbar of Derrygonelly, Dunbar of Knockshinnoch, Dunbar of Weathersta
[We have pulled together these 3 different families onto one page 'for our convenience'.]
| Sir John Dunbar of Dunbar in co. Fermanagh (a 1616) | |||||||||||||||
| Commoners, which reports that Sir John was originally of Scotland, identifies his wife as "Mary Katherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden, in whose army he bore a distinguished rank". However, GenEu ('House of Vasa') does not show a Mary Katherine as sister of King Gustaf II Adolf (a possible Mary d young, a possible Katherine married someone else). | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Dunbar of Derrygonelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Weldon | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Dunbar of Derrygonelly (only son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine, "Lady Hamilton" | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Katherine Dunbar (heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Montgomery of Derrygonelly (d before 14.06.1723) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Ann Dunbar possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1614) Alexander Weir of Craighead (d 1632) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | ?? Dunbar | ||||||||||||||
| Grandson of 'Sir John Dunbar, of Derrygonnelly", asumed to have been the above-mentioned Sr John, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Dunbar of Ballycarney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Wynne (dau of Owen Wynne of Lurganboy) | |||||||||||||||
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| Grant identifies the following James as "a second son of Dunbar of Grange". We hope to identify that connection in due course. | |||||||||||||||
| James Dunbar of Churchhill | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alexander Dunbar (b 1622-3, d 10.09.1708, minister of Inveravon then Delting) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Mouat | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Dunbar of Weathersta | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Marable or Margaret Mood of Ollaberry | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alexander Dunbar of Hardwell (bailie of Nesting) "is said to have married" ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hawick ("of the Scatsa family") | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Ludovic Dunbar in Cuppister & Scatsa | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Agnes Hendry | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.01.1762) Catherine Cogill | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Dunbar | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Henry of Foratwatt | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Barbara Spence (dau of George Spence of Midbrake) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Dunbar of Midbrake | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20/30.01.1745) Thomas Irvine | |||||||||||||||
| It appears that James (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Helen Mowat (dau of George Mowat (Mouat) of Hamnavoe) | |||||||||||||||
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| Paterson reports that this family was "a branch of the Dunbars of Cumnock; but at what period the family branched off from hte main stock is uncertain." | |||||||||||||||
| John Dunbar of Knockshinnoch (d 1551) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Patrick Dunbar of Knockshinnoch | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Dunbar of Knockshinnoch (d before 1611) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| i. | George Dunbar of Knockshinnoch (d 1628) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Dunbar of Knockshinnoch (a 1645) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Hugh Dunbar, last of Knockshinnoch (a 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - George, Sara, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Isobel Dunbar possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| Patrick Hamilton of Bordland (b before 1546, d 10.03.1593/4) | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue - William, John | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (first uploaded on a Temporary page on 14.10.09) : Commoners (vol 2, 'Archdale of Castle Archdale', p109)
(2) For middle section (first uploaded on a Temporary page on 20.05.15) : 'The County Families of the Zetland Islands' by Francis Grant, 1893 ('Dunbar of Weathersta', p67+)
(3) For lower section : 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p366+)
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