'Renton1'
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Families covered: Renton of Billie, Renton of Lamberton, Renton of Mordington
| This page was first uploaded on 19.10.15 as a DRAFT with the following introduction: | |||||||||||||||
| "It is surprising how little this family has been documented to date. Thanks to CV for giving us all this great start. As is so often the case, research is not helped by spelling inconsistencies. The family name is variously shown as Renton, Rentoun, Reynton, Rainton, Rayntone, Ranetoune, etc. and possibly derived from the village of Renton in Dunbartonshire. It appears that an early line of the family were foresters at Coldingham Priory and that some of them took the name Forrester. For the family dealt with below, their main seats were at Billie (aka Billy, Bylle, etc.) and Lamberton (aka Lamerton, Lammerton, Lammertoun, Lamertoun, Lambertoun, etc.), both in Berwickshire." The draft identified its Main Sources as follows: "information kindly provided for us by a contributor (CV, 17.10.15) compiled from various sources and cross-references not least from within "Report on the manuscripts of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle" (1902) and from elsewhere in this database". |
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| Fortunately, we have found that Gordon MacGregor has produced a pedigree on this family. Data added from what we had in the draft page (other than those that come from cross-references from elsewhere in the database and are are identified as "possibly of this generation") are shown below in italics. | |||||||||||||||
| John de Renton | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John de Renton of Billie & Lamberton (a 1344) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mabel (dau/hei of Henry de Orchard of Lamberton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? de Renton presumed intermediary generation, father or grandfather of ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert de Renton of Lamberton (a 05.1407) the first mentioned by CV | ||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1407) - James, Thurbrand, John one of whom was probably father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? Renton presumed intermediary generation | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John de Renton of Billie & Lamberton (a 1433) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | David Renton of Billie (a 1433, 1472) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | David Renton of Billie & Lamberton - continued below | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lauder | -- | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas de Renton (a 1433) | ||||||||||||||
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| David Renton of Billie & Lamberton (a 1494, d by 18.10.1536) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 30.10.1506) Elizabeth Lauder (dau of Sir Robert Lauder of Edrington & The Bass by Isobella Hay) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | David Renton of Billie (d before 15.02.1567) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (by 27.04.1510) Janet Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c05.1513) Janet Hume (a 1536, possibly widow of _ Slycht) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Renton of Billie & Lamberton (d 1587) son of Janet Hume? | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katherine Lawsoun | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jean Cockburn (dau of Alexander Cockburn of that ilk by Helena Hepburn) | |||||||||||||||
| Not clear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | David Renton of Billie (d by 03.04.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1584) Margaret Collace (dau of John Collace of Balnamoon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Renton of Billie & Lamberton (d by 05.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 04.11.1615) Margaret Arnot (dau of William Arnot of Colbrandspath (Colbrandispeth)) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Renton, fiar of Lamberton (dsp by 25.05.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Renton of Lamberton (d before 12.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Home (sister of Colonel John Home of Prendergast) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Renton of Lamberton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1676) Cecilia Gibson | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Renton of Lamberton (bpt 03.02.1681, d 27.06.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Renton of Lamberton & Mordington (d 02.08.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.08.1739) Susanna Montgomerie (d 27.07.1754, dau of Alexander Seton Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Alexander Renton of Lamberton & Mordington (b c1752, d 27.03.1823, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.03.1785) Margaret Cairns (dau of Adam Cairns) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Susanna Renton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1811) Robert Camphell of Dalserf (d 1850-2, Lt. Colonel, son of Captain Robert by Jean Sinclair) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 ('Campbell-Renton of Mordington') shows that one of their sons inherited Lamberton & Mordington and assumed the name Campbell-Renton. | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Cecilia Renton probably the Cecilia who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Telfer-Smollett of Bonhill | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Eleonora Renton (d 08.08.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1770) Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe of Hoddam | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Susan Renton (d 21.09.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Murray of Clermont & Hillhead, 6th Bart (d 1771) | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | daughter possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mackenzie of Delvine (dsp 1778) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mark Renton (d 24.08.1777, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.10.1766) Mary Cheap (dau of George Cheap) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Anne Renton possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Robertson of Monkmylne (dsp 07.08.1738) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Jean Renton possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hay of Mordington (dsp 12.1752) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Jean Renton (bpt 02.02.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anna Renton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Udny of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anna (or Agnes) Renton (d 29.06.1651) | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. (c1610) Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (b c1580, d 04.04.1661) | -- | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Renton of Scheills (a 1580, 1583, 11.1594) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gibb (dau of George Gibb of Lumphoy) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Renton of Scheills (dsp before 14.10.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Renton, later of Scheill (a 1625) | ||||||||||||||
| iii/iv. | Jean Renton | ||||||||||||||
| The only daughter shown by MacGregor of one of the first 2 marriagse was Jean, shown as m. (mcrt 1574) William Cockburn (son of Alexander of that ilk). We keep to what is supported by cross-references from elsewhere in the database and show William's wife as Helen (just below) and show Jean as married to ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (c1622) William Arnott (son of William of Colbrandispeth, brother of John & James) | |||||||||||||||
| iv/iii. | Helen Renton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Cockburn 'of that ilk' of Cockburn | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Robert (a 1605), Alexander (a 1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (mcrt 29.05.1580) Alison Heriot (dau of James Heriot of Trabroun, widow of William Hoppringall (Pringle) of Torwoodlee) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | James Renton of Billie (d 1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 09.09.1630) Lilias Oliphant (dau of Sir James Oliphant of Newton, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Renton of Billie (a 1637, d 1687, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 1657) Jean Home (a 1693, dau of John Home of Manderstoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Renton of Billie (dsp by 07.1726, advocate | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Renton (d 19.12.1703, WS, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1697) Helen Douglas | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Renton (a 1726) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Jean Renton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.0.1736) John Crockat (minister at Dallas) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - David (a 1695), John (a 1674) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (a 1637) - Thomas, Anna, Lilias | ||||||||||||||
| vii. | Agnes Renton | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Pringle, fiar of Buckholme | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Susan Renton possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Haig, 15th of Bemersyde (d c158, m2. m3.) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Beatrix Renton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir William Sinlair of Herdmanston (d 02.1530) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (div 17.08.1536) William Crichton of Naughton & Drylaw | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (by 07.03.1538/9) Edward Sinclair of Dryden (m1. Margaret Ramsay m2. Janet Henryson) | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue (a 04.1510) - Archibald, Alexander, George | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'RedBookScot' (Gordon MacGregor, vol 14 (2025 edition), 'Renton of Billie', p324+)
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