Anna Helena Scott

ANNA HELENA SCOTT

Her Testament

Anna Helena, widow of Archibald Edmonstone, Broad Island, County Antrim.
Index to the prerogative wills of Ireland, 1536-1810

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

6 October 1691: Lands of Ballewan. Extract tack for 19 years by Anna Helena Scot, relict of Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath and tutrix dative of Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath her son, to Archibald Edmonstone of Spittal and Archibald Edmonstone his son, of the toun and lands of Middle Ballewan in the barony of Duntreath, parish of Strathblane, sheriffdom of Stirling. Regality court books of Montrose, 1696 May 6. National Records of Scotland, Edmonstone of Broich, reference GD1/1067/43

Family

Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Anne Helena Scott is the daughter of Colonel Walter Scott.1 She married William Adair, son of Sir Robert Adair and Jane Edmonstone.1 He died 1661.

Child of Anne Helena Scott and William Adair:

1. Sir Robert Adair+1 b. 1659, d. 9 Feb 1745

From https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.adair/723.1.1.1.1.4/mb.ashx

31 May 1659 William Adair married Anna Helena Scott and he died 30 November 1661. Anna Helena Scott remarried Sir Bryce (Brice) Cochrane.

From “Genealogical account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath”. Author: Edmonstone, Archibald, Sir, 1795-1871. cn. Page 52. Archive.Org:

“Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath (died 1688) married Anna Helena Scott, daughter of Col. Walter Scott of Harwood, and widow of Sir William Adair of Kilshilt,

by whom he had four sons -

• first, Archibald
• second, Walter
• third, William - All of whom died young.
• fourth, Archibald (again), who succeeded him.

And five daughters -

• first, Elizabeth, married James Montgomery of Rosemount (note 3), by whom she had two sons: William and Hugh, and three daughters: Anna Helena, Elizabeth, and Martha. ...
• second, Jean
• third, Margaret
• fourth, Isobell, all died young
• fifth, Anna Helena, who married her own near connexion, Alexander Dalway of Bellihill in the County of Antrim, sometime member for the borough of Carrickfergus, by whom she had two sons, Robert and Archibald.

Notes

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/o/w/Lisa-Bowes-1/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1...

In AD1667 a minister, Mr. Forrester, went to Duntreath without Archibald’s knowledge and had a private lecture in the Gallery there, for which Edmonstone was imprisoned in the Tolbooth (the common prison) in Glasgow for 6 months.He denied any connection with the meeting and was spared the death penalty and fined 500 pounds.Finally he was released on a petition by the Lady Duntreath (mother of Sir Robert Adair II) to the Duke of York and the Lords of the Council.His life was saved and the fine was provided by his stepson, Sir Robert Adair II of Kinhilt, who had borrowed the 500 pounds.Later, following Archibald Edmonstone’s death in 1689, Sir Robert Adair II claimed repayment of the loan from the estate and guardians of Archibald Edmonstone’s son, the young Archibald, stepbrother of Sir Robert Adair II.

References

• BP1970 page 24.
• http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/cadets/Edmonstone_Family.htm
• https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/04/23-adair-of-ballymena-c... “William Adair (d. 1626), who purchased the estate in 1620... to Col. Sir Robert Adair (1659-1745); then to son, Capt. William Robert Adair (d. 1762); ...”
• https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.adair/723.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS relating to Ireland AD1660-1662. page 482. “30 December 1661. at Whitehall, London, England. The King to the (Master of the Wards) for Francis GODOLPHIN. Directing that he have wardship of Robert Adare (Adair), son and heir of the late William Adare of Ballymanagh (Ballymena), county Antrim, Ireland. P.1/4. State Papers, Domestic. Signet Office V. p.102.”
• https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.adair/723.1.1.1.1.4/mb.ashx cites
• Edmonstone of Broich GD1/1067/43 Scottish Archives. 6 Oct 1691 Lands of Ballewan. Extract tack for 19 years by Anna Helena Scot, relict (widow) of Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath and tutrix dative of Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath her son, to Archibald Edmonstone of Spittal and Archibald Edmonstone his son, of the toun and lands of Middle Ballewan in the barony of Duntreath, parish of Strathblane, sheriffdom of Stirling.
• Regality court books of Montrose, May 6 1696
• www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp and type : Bruce Cochrane ) HA12/A2/2/20 "Information for the Laird of Kinhilt concerning 2 bonds for money payable under contract of the Laird's father and mother, the latter now (???) married to Sir Bryce Cochrane. 1688" HA12/A2/1/48 "Declaration by Patrick Adair, Belfast, [this Patrick Adair?] concerning sum of 5,000 Scottish marks paid by Leues Stewart of Elderstown, Scotland, as part of the marriage portion of Anna Helena, wife of William Adair, now deceased (dc.1661 ?) to Sir Bruce (Bryce) Cochrane, at the request of Anna Helena Adair, for the use of her infant son, Robert Adair, and placed by Sir Bruce (Bryce) Cochrane in the hands of his brother, the Earl of Dundonald. 19 April 1688."
• 31 May 1659 William Adair married Anna Helena Scott and he died 30 November 1661. Anna Helena Scott remarried Sir Bryce (Brice) Cochrane.
• 5/20 19 April 1688 Declaration by PATRICK ADAIR, Belfast, Ireland, concerning a sum paid by LEUES STEWART, Elderstown, Scotland, as part of the marriage portion of ANNA HELENA SCOTT, wife of WILLIAM ADAIR, now deceased (d.1661), to SIR BRUCE (BRICE / BRYCE) COCHRANE, as the request of Anna Helena Adair (nee Scott), for the use of her infant son, Robert Adair, and placed by SIR BRUCE (BRICE / BRYCE) COCHRANE (whom she remarried) in the hands of his brother, the EARL OF DUNDONALD. (Were they known as BRICE ?)
• Would Colonel William Brice and his wife, Matilda MacLelland Cochran, of Duplin County, North Carolina, be connected to Sir Robert Adair's mother, Anna Helena nee Scott ? Did she marry Sir Bryce (Brice) Cochrane, bro. of Dundonald, after she married Mr. Edmonstone ?
• http://wiki.bcw-project.org/commonwealth/foot-regiments/sir-bryce-c... “Sir Bryce Cochrane was a Scot, previously serving the Covenanters in Glencairn’s regiment in Ulster, he betrayed Carrickfergus to Monck’s Parliamentarians. In 1650 he fought for Charles II and was captured at Musselburgh. He may have seen Dutch service as well. Cashiered in 1660, he went to Ireland.”
• “The Scotch-Irish: Or, The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland ...,” Volume 2. By Charles Augustus Hanna. Page 512. GoogleBooks
• T. P.'s Weekly, Volume 8. Page 610. GoogleBooks
• The Ancestry of Camilla Rosemary Shand Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner (1954-2010) link “ Archibald Edmonstone, of Duntreath, co. Sterling, d. 1689 m. 481 Anna Helena Scott”
• “Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, Quae in ...,” Volume 1. GoogleBooks May 8, 1673. Anna Helena Scott, heir of Walter Scott, son of Walter Scott de Hartwoodburn, brother. Heir of Francis Scott, brother. Heir of Elizabeth Scott, sister. Heir of Margaret Scott, sister.
• “Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage.” (1914) Page 68. GoogleBooks “Adair.”
• Sir Andrew Agnew, The Agnews of Lochnaw: A History of the Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1864), p. 617, digital images, GoogleBooks 10. William Adair, succeeded 1655, married, first, Jean, daughter of Sir William Cunningham of Cunninghamhead; married, second, Anne, daughter of Colonel Walter Scott; by her he had: 11. Sir Robert Adair of Kilhilt and Ballymena, a knight banneret, sold the baronies of Kilhilt and Drumore to the Earl of Stair; married, 1st, Penelope, daughter of Sir Robert Colvile; married, 2d, Martha—died August 1705; married, 3d, October 1705, Ann M'Aulay; married, 4th, Arabella Rickets; left by his third wife ...
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/LHK3-GN4
• Anna Helena Scott in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 Name: Anna Helena Scott Gender: Female Spouse: Archibald Edmonstone Child: Archibald Edmonstone Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
• Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, Volume 6. By David Dobson. Page 33-34. GoogleBooks
• Anna Helena Edmonstone in the Ireland, Index to the Prerogative Wills, 1536-1810 Name: Anna Helena Edmonstone Probate Year: 1710 Probate Place: Broan Island, County Antrim, Ireland Source Citation Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810; Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co.; Publisher Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Source Information Ancestry.com. Ireland, Index to the Prerogative Wills, 1536-1810 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. AncestryImage