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Families covered: Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy, Dalmahoy of Ravelrige (Revelrig)

                               
Henry de Dalmahoy (a 1296)
1. Adam de Dalmahoy (a 1304) presumed father of ...
  A. Richard de Dalmahoy (a temp Robert II who r. 1371-1390) presumed father of ...
  i. Thomas de Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1408) presumed father of ...
  a. Sir Alexander de Dalmahoy (a 1435) presumed father of ...
(1) Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy
  (A) Robert Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1455)
  m. Janet Robertson (of the family of Strowan)
  (i) Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1475)
  (a) Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1526)
  m. Mariote Murray
  ((1)) William Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1556)
  m1. (mcrt 1536) Janet Cleland (dau of James Cleland of Cleland)
  ((A)) Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy - continued below
  m1. Agnes Hamiton (dau of Sir James Hamilton of Fynant)
  m2. Agnes Heriot (dau of _ Heriot of Trabroun)
  ((B)) William Dalmahoy presumed of this marriage
  m2. Helen Monypenny (of the family of Pitmilly)
  ((2)) Sir John Dalmahoy in Leith (a 1526)
  (B) John Dalmahoy of Libberton (a 1453)

 

 

Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1598) - continued above
m1. Agnes Hamiton (dau of Sir James Hamilton of Fynant)
1. Sir John Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy (a 1625)
  m. Barbara Lindsay (dau of Sir Bernard Lindsay)
  Falconer notes that Douglas identifies Bernard as brother of the Earl of Crawford but that this "certainly seems to be incorrect".
A. Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy the first mentioned by BEB1841 & TCB
  m. Marian Nisbet (dau of James Nisbet of Restalrig (not Dean) by Marian, dau of Sir John Arnot of Cockburnspath)
  i. Sir John Dalmahoy 'of that ilk' of Dalmahoy, 1st Bart (bpt 20.01.1637)
  m1. Lilias Elphinstone (dau of ?? Elphinstone (Elphingstone) of Quarrel)
a. Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy, 2nd Bart (d before 14.02.1741)
  m. Alice Paterson (d before 1741, dau of John Paterson, Archbishop of Glasgow, by Margaret, dau of Henry Wemyss of Conland or Contine by Isabel, dau of Sir John Kirkaldy of Grange)
  (1) Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy & Blackness, 3rd Bart (d 29.10.1773 or 09.11.1773)
  m. (before 05.03.1751) Elizabeth Cornwall (d 26.03.1763, dau of Walter Cornwall of Bonhard)
  (A) Sir Alexander Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy & Carriden, 4th Bart (d unm 04.01.1800)
  (2) William Dalmahoy
(A) Alexander Dalmahoy of London and/or Walthamstow (d 10.10.1781, chemist)
  m. Elizabeth Board (d 13.07.1788, dau of John Board of Lindfield)
  (i) Sir John Hay/Hyde Dalmahoy, 5th Bart (b c1768, dsp 10.10.1800) not mentioned by BEB1841
  (ii) Anne Margaret Elizabeth Dalmahoy (d 1784)
  m. (18.04.1782) Rev. Thomas Pinnock of Ippollets
(a) daughter
  m. Thomas Rider of Boughton Hall (dsp)
  (iii) Frances Ayliffe Dalmahoy (dsp)
  m. Alexander Macleod of Muiravonside House
  (iv) Sarah Hay Paterson Dalmahoy (d 07.6.1826)
  m. Thomas Wyatt of Horsted-Keynes (b 1764-5, d 22.04.1754)
  (a)+ issue - George (vicar of Chalk, had issue), Elizabeth Frances (a 1867)
(3) Margaret Dalmahoy
  m. Alexander Campbell of Kinpont
  b. Robert Dalmahoy
  c. (Margaret) Dalmahoy
  m. (James) Watson of Sauchton (Saughton)
  m2. ??
d. (Philadelphia) Dalmahoy
  m. (Robert) Sinclair of Shallow (sb Scalloway)
  e. daughter
  Falconer shows that the youngest (unnamed) daughter married a Bruce of Dunbrae. This was possibly the Alicia who married ...
  m. Robert Bruce of Sumburgh (d 1764)
ii. William Dalmahoy of Ravelrige (Ravelridge or Revelrig)
  m. Helen Martine
  a. William Dalmahoy of Ravelrige (d 1704)
  m. Mary Fraser (dau of William, 2nd Lord Salton, by Margaret, dau of James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's)
(1) John Dalmahoy of Ravelrige (bpt 05.01.1687)
  (2) William Dalmahoy of Ravelrige
  (3) Jean Dalmahoy (bpt 19.04.1688) probably the Jean who married ...
  m. Sir Robert Home, 2nd Bart of Renton (d before 03.1733)
  There seems to be some confusion (in the Home records) between this Jean and the wife of Robert's uncle Patrick.
(4)+ other issue - James (bpt 27.04.1682), dvp?), Archibald (bpt 18.09.1689), Helen (bpt 29.04.1684), Lillias (bpt 17.12.1685)
  b. Jean Dalmahoy probably of this generation
  m. Sir Patrick Home, 1st Bart of Lumsden (b c1650, d 02.1723)
  iii. Marian Dalmahoy
  m. Henry Trotter of Morton Hall (b c1644, d 1685)
  iv. (Agnes) Dalmahoy (bpt 01.09.1648)
m. (Sir Archibald) Stewart of Blackhall
  v. daughter
  m. Alexander Swinton (d 08.1700, Senator, 'Lord Mersington')
  B. John Dalmahoy (a 1664)
  m. Rachael Wilbraham (dau of Thomas Wilbraham of Nantwich by Rachael, heiress of Joshua Clive of Huxley)
  i. Thomas Dalmahoy (d 21.09.1689)
  ii. Barbara Dalmahoy
  archive.org's copy of the book names the eldest daughter Barbara, and notes that she did marry but does not name the husband. Somebody had crossed out the name Barbara and inserted Anne, on that copy, but this appears to have been the Barbara who married ...
m. (21.02.1673) Sir John Forbes, 3rd Bart of Monymusk (d before 1713)
  iii. Helen Dalmahoy (a 12.1727, dsp)
  m. Arthur Innes (Captain)
iv. Mary Dalmahoy (b c1664, d 12.01.1754)
  m. John Falconer
  a. Thomas Falconer (b c1695, d unm 25.01.1730)
b. James Falconer 'of Chester' (d 08.11.1738, RN)
  m. (1734) Elizabeth Inge (dau of William Inge of Thorpe)
  (1) James Falconer (dspm, rector of Thorpe & Lullington, archdeacon of Derby) who married ...
m. (Mary) Hall (dau of Thomas Hall of Hermitage)
  (2) Elizabeth Falconer (d 06.1764)
  m. (1759) Thomas (not David) Pennant of Downing (b 1726, d 1798, antiquary & naturalist)
  c. William Falconer 'of Chester' (d 02.06.1764, recorder of Chester)
  m. (07.01.1731 (1736?)) Elizabeth Wilbraham (dau of Randle Wilbraham by Mary, dau of Sir Richard Brooke of Norton, Bart)
  (1) Mary Falconer
  m. (1754) James Mainwaring of Bromborough
(2)+ other issue - Thomas of Chester (dp), William, others (d young)
  C. Thomas Dalmahoy of Berksneip & Waterston (dsp 23/4.05.1682, Colonel, MP)
  m1. (05/6.1655) Elizabeth Maxwell (d 08.1659, dau of James Maxwell, Earl of Dirleton, widow of William, 2nd Duke of Hamilton)
  m2. (02.1680) Elizabeth Muschamp ('Lady Clarke')
  D. Robert Dalmahoy (a 1682, d before 10.02.1687, 6th son)
  i. Thomas Dalmahoy
  E. Barbara Dalmahoy
  m. (before 1642) Sir William Scot (Senator, 'Lord Clerkington')
  F. (Helen) Dalmahoy
  m. Sir Laurence Scot of Clerkington (son of Sir William by first wife)
  G. 'Lady Binnee'
  H.+ other issue - James (a 1666), William (a 1682)
m2. Agnes Heriot (dau of ?? Heriot of Trabroun)
2. Margaret Dalmahoy
  m. Robert Fairlie (son/heir of Alexander of Braid)
Probably of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is now known, was ...
3. Helen Dalmahoy
  m1. (mcrt 21.12.1605) John Hamilton, 5th of Haggs (d 11.1616)
  m2. Alexander Knox of Silvieland

Main source(s): 'The Family of Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy, Ratho, County of Edinburgh' by Thomas Falconer (1867) (found on archive.org with thanks to a contributor (DCS, 26.05.14) for bringing that to our attention) with a little support from BEB1841 ('Dalmahoy of that ilk', in Scotland section), TCB (vol 4, 'Dalmahoy of that ilk', p309)
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