'Boswell02'
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Families covered: Boswell of Auchinleck, Boswell of Balmuto, Boswell of Knockroon, Douglas-Boswell of Garrallan
| John Boswell, 3rd/4th of Auchinleck (d by 1600) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 21.08.1562) Christian Dalzell (dau of Robert Dalzell of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Boswell, 4th/5th of Auchinleck (d 1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marion Crawford (dau of ?? Crawford of Kerse) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | David Boswell, 5th/6th of Auchinleck (d 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Wallace (dau of Sir John Wallace of Cairnhill) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Marion Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 31.07.1643) Alan Cathcart, 6th Lord (b 1628, d 13.06.1709) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Isabel Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1651) John Shaw of Sornbeg | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gordon, younger of Earlston (b 1613, dvpsp 29.10.1645) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Margaret Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Blair of Adamtown | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Margaret Stewart (dau of Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | James Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Cunningham (dau of James Cunningham of Glengarnock) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | David Boswell, 6th/7th of Auchinleck (b 1640, a 1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1665) Anne Hamilton (d 1713, dau of James Hamilton, 1st of Dalzell) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Boswell, 7th/8th of Auchinleck (d 21.04.1748/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.03.1704) Elizabeth Bruce (dau of Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Alexander Boswell, 8th/9th of Auchinleck (b 01.04.1706, d 1782, Lord of Session as Lord Auchinleck) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Euphemia Erskine (d 11.01.1766, dau of Colonel John Erskine) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Boswell, 9th/10th of Auchinleck (b 29.10.1740, d 19.05.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.11.1769) Margaret Montgomerie (dau of James Montgomerie of Lainshaw) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Bart of Auchinleck (b 09.10.1755, d 27.03.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.11.1799) Griselle (or Grace) Cumming (dau of Thomas Cumming of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir James Boswell, 2nd Bart of Auchinleck (b 12.1806, d 04.11.1857) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1830) Jessie Jean Montgomerie-Cunningham (dau of Sir James Montgomerie-Cunningham of Corsehill) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Emily Harriet Boswell (d 24.01.1898, 3rd dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.06.1873) Richard Wogan Talbot, 5th Lord de Malahide (b 28.02.1846, d 04.03.1921) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue (d young?) - Julia, Emely | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Theresa Boswell mentioned by Paterson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir W.F. Elliot | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Margaret Emilie Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Col. Vassal | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Boswell (b 1780, d 01.01.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1799) William Boswell (nephew of Lord Auchinleck) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue (d unm) - James in London (b 1778, d unm 29.02.1822), Euphemia, Veronica | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Boswell mentioned by Paterson which does not mention Alexander's 2nd wife ... | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.11.1769) Elizabeth Boswell (dau of John Boswell, 11th of Balmuto) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Thomas David Boswell of Crawley Grange (d 1854) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jessie Marie Baker | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | 2 sons (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Bowell (b 12.07.1710, d 15.05.1780) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1742) Anne Cramond (dau of Robert Cramond) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Veronica Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Montgomery of Lainshaw | |||||||||||||||
| b. | John Boswell, 11th of Balmuto (WS) | ||||||||||||||
| John bought Boswell from his kinsman David, son of the 10th of Balmuto. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Henderson (dau of Claude Henderson of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Claude Boswell, later Irvine-Boswell, 12th of Balmuto, Sheriff of Fife & Kinross (d 22.07.1824, Senator as Lord Balmuto) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1783) Anne Irvine, 10th of Kingcausie (d 10.12.1841, dau of Thomas Irvine) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Boswell, later Irvine-Boswell, 13th of Balmuto, 11th of Kingcausie (b 28.12.1785, dsp 23.12.1860) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Christie (d 1875, dau of James Christie of Durie) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Eliza Boswell (d 31.03.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1822) Patrick Syme of Dollar (b 17.09.1774, d 25.07.1845, son of John by Eleanor Learmonth) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Thomas Irvine Boswell of Balmuto (b 12.1822) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1856) Susan Hardwick (dau of Benjamin Hardwick of Beckenham) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Irvine Syme (d 28.08.1909) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.08.1848) Archer Fortescue of Swanbister, later Irvine-Fortescue of Kingcausie (b 12.12.1819, d 07.02.1907) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue (d unm) - Mary (d 07.03.1789), Mary Anne (b 26.02.1798, d 12.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.11.1769) Sir Alexander Boswell, 8th of Auchinleck (b 01.04.1706, d 1782, Lord Auchinleck) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Jean Boswell (dsp c1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 10.11.1697) John Campbell of Horsecleugh (d 28.07.1725) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Margaret Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Campbell of Balquharie | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1708) George Campbell, 2nd of Treesbank | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Grizzel Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. James (Law), Archbishop of Glasgow (b c1560, d 12.11.1632) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Charles, John, 3 sons (to Sweden), other daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Boswell of Duncansmuir (Duncanziemuir) & Craigston (a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p241) which reports that John was succeeded by ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Mungo Boswell of Craigston (a 1645, 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | David Boswell of Craigston (a 1727) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | David Boswell of Craigston & Duncanziemuir (dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG1952 ('Douglas-Boswell of Garrallan and Auchinleck'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Fergusson, 5th of Knockroon (dau of John Fergusson by Elizabeth Boswell of Knockroon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Boswell of Knockroon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christina Hamilton (dau of _ Hamilton of Everton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Hamilton Douglas-Boswell (d 04.1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Douglas of Garrallan (d 02.1862) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p363+). | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Douglas-Boswell of Garrallan (dsp 1863) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1842) Christian Hamilton (dau of Capt. William Hamilton of Dowan) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Patrick Charles Douglas-Boswell of Garrallan (b 26.09.1815, d 1892) had issue (in New South Wales) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.06.1856) Annabella Alexandrina Campbell Innes (d 25.10.1914, dau of George Innes of Capita, NSW) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Christian Douglas-Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Dunlop of Clober | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Jessie (d young), Katherine, Jane, Margaret, Janet | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Robert Boswell | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes Stewart (dau of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord of Avandale (not Ochiltree)) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p241). | |||||||||||||||
| 4.. | William Boswell, 1st of Knockroon | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Boswell, 2nd of Knockroon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Montgomery of Brigend | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Boswell, 3rd of Knockroon (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Boswell, 4th of Knockroon | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fergusson | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Agnes Boswell | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Boswell formerly of Balmuto'), BLG1952 ('Boswell formerly of Auchinleck'), 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p238+) with input as reported above
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