'Trotter02'
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Families covered: Trotter of Catchelraw, Trotter in Edinburgh, Trotter of Mortonhall (Morton Hall)
| Isabella Trotter, wife of William (son of the following Thomas), was described as "of the family of Prentannan, a near cousin" of William. This indicates that the following family was connected to the Trotters of Kettleshiel shown on Trotter01. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trotter of Foulshaw, Catchelraw, Kilnhill, etc. in Berwickshire (d after 1405) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Trotter of Catchelraw (a 1450) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Trotter (of the family of Prentannan, "a near cousin") | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Trotter of Catchelraw | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1490) Jean Hepburn (of the family of Wauchton) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1886/1952 show that there were 28 years between the date Thomas & Jean married and the date their "son" Robert was born. We suspect that a generation has been missed out. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Trotter (dvp?) presumed intermediary generation | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Trotter of Catchelraw (b 1518) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Robert Sinclair of Longformacus) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Trotter of Catchelraw had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Trotter (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Trotter, 1st of Morton Hall or Mortonhall in Midlothian (b 1553, d 1641) the first mentioned by 'NisbetPlates' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Macmath (dau of David Macmath of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Trotter, 2nd of Mortonhall (d 20.11.1650) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Morrison (dau of Henry Morrison of Edinburgh (bailie), son of John of Saughtonhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Trotter, 3rd of Mortonhall (bpt 20.06.1643, d unm 1665, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Trotter, 4th of Mortonhall (bpt 28.07.1644, d 11.1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marian Dalmahoy (dau of Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of that ilk, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Trotter, 5th of Mortonhall (bpt 28.07.1667, d 28.08.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1692) Elizabeth Wilkinson (dau of William Wilkinson of Thursdale) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Trotter, 6th of Mortonhall (b 03.04.1696, d unm 02.01.1763, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Trotter (b 14.06.1697) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Lewis (dau of John Lewis of Merchiston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Thomas Trotter, 7th of Mortonhall (b 11.08.1702, d 19.01.1792, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1770) Joanna Porterfield (dau of Gabriel Porterfield of Hapland) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Trotter, 8th of Mortonhall (dsp 08.02.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.08.1792) Dorothea Kennedy of Ronmano (d 25.05.1803) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Henry Trotter, 9th of Mortonhall (dsp 12.03.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Alexander Trotter (d 05.02.1825, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.05.1793) Margaret Katherine Fisher (d 04.05.1834, dau of Richard Fisher of Loretto) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Trotter (b 21.09.1793, d Waterloo 18.06.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Richard Trotter of Charter Hall (Berwickshire), 10th of Mortonhall (b 23.03.1797, d 27.12.1874) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1836) Mary Oswald (d 11.10.1851, dau of Gen. Sir John Oswald of Dunnikier by Charlotte, dau of Charles Murray-Aynesley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Margaret Richard Fisher Trotter (b c14792, d 19.12.1877) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.07.1813) John Cunningham (Judge as Lord Cunningham ) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Joanna Gordon Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.08.1838) Rev. John Morrell Mackenzie of Glasgow | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Elizabeth Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1765) William Douglas of Garvaldfoot (d 30.10.1771) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Joanna Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.03.1786) Sir William Dick of Prestonfield | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Johanna Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1775) Charles Gordon of Braid & Cluny (son of John by May Lindsay) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | Marion Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Macfarlane of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
| ((G))+ | other issue - Thomas (d 26.04.1837, WS), Gabriel (d 24.12.1790), James Cunningham (d 09.1789), Margaret, Jean (d 09.02.1821), Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Catherine Trotter (b 07.08.1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Duncan Campbell of Clunies | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Elizabeth Trotter (b 11.08.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Ross | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Jean Trotter (b 19.12.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cairns of Leith | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Marion Cairns | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hagart | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Christina Cairns | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Jamieson of Leith | |||||||||||||||
| ((7))+ | other issue - John (d infant?), Alexander (bpt 18.05.1698, a 1747), Elizabeth (b 30.07.1693, d young), Marion (bpt 10.08.1700), Marion (b 18.08.1703) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Alexander Trotter (bpt 19.11.1668, d unm 1697) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Margaret Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Archibald Ker (Treasurer of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Marion Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Oliphant (Bailie) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Katherine Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Rocheid of Craigleith | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Janet Trotter (bur 19.04.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 22.11.1656) Alexander Bothwell of Glencorse, 'Lord Holyroodhouse' (bur 02.09.1727) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Helen Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Alexander Spottiswood (d 1675) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Elizabeth Trotter (bpt 18.11.1649, d 28.03.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Nicolson of that ilk, 4th Bart (bur 29.01.1687) | |||||||||||||||
| (ix)+ | other issue - John (bpt 25.03.1628, d young), Christian, Elizabeth (bpt 31.05.1640, d infant), daughter (bpt 29.09.1645), Elizabeth (bpt 29.04.1647, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Janet Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Rocheid of Craigleith | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Marion Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ McKean (son of _ McKean of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Helen Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Aikenhead of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Elizabeth Trotter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1641) John Marjoribanks of Leuchie (b 1612) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - Robert, Edward of Darnchester (d unm), Nicol (goldsmith), Charles | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | George Trotter (WS) | ||||||||||||||
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| Commoners reports that the following family "is a branch of that of Morton Hall". It starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trotter of Edinburgh (a 1745) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1717) Mary Lorimer (dau of James Lorimer of Torryburn) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Trotter of Edinburgh (b 1724, bailie) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte Knox (dau of David Knox by Isabel, dau of Robert Hepburn of Beanston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Trotter of Ballindean (Perthshire), Lord Provost of Edinburgh (b 10.11.1772, d 16.08.1833, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1801) St. Clair Stuart Knox (dau of Robert Knox of London) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Thomas (d 1819, Major General), David (RN), John, William (d young), Robert (surgeon), Charles (d 11.07.1819, Colonel), 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - William of Edinburgh, John (minister of Ceres in Fife, later in London) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLG1886 ('Trotter of Morton Hall'), BLG1952 ('Trotter of Mortonhall'), 'NisbetPlates' ('Trotter of Mortonhall')
(2) For lower section : Commoners (vol IV, 'Trotter of Ballindean')
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