Sir William Scott, 9th of Balwearie

Sir William Scott, 9th of Balwearie

• Parents: Sir William Scott, 8th of Balwearie ( - Aft 1532) and Janet Lundy ( - Yes, date unknown)
• Spouse: Isabel Lindsay ( - Yes, date unknown)

Children:

• 1 Sir William Scott, of Balvey, 10th of Balwaerie ( - Aft 1548) m. Helen Lauder (dau of Sir William Lauder of Hatton) and father of Sir James Scott (fl. 1579–1606), and Thomas (1480?–1539)]
• 2 Andrew Scott, of Glendoick and Kirkstyle ( - Yes, date unknown)
• 3 Catherine Scott ( - Yes, date unknown)
• 4 By his wife, Janet Lundy, daughter of Thomas Lundy of Lundy, he had two sons, Sir William, father of Sir James Scott (fl. 1579–1606), and Thomas (1480?–1539).

Biography

John Woolf Jordan. Colonial families of Philadelphia (Volume 2) online. (page 69 of 114) link

Sir William Scott, of Balweary, son of Sir William, the Justice, was in his
father's lifetime put in possession of the lands and barony of Innertiel, and was long designated by that title. He got a charter under the Great Seal, upon his father's resignation, for the lands and barony of Glendoick, etc., in county Perth, and the lands of Strameglo. or Strathmiglo, county Fife, dated March 5, 1528, and another from King James V, under the Great Seal, dated May 7, 1535, for the lands of "Cairny, alias Wester Strameglp." etc. In the sketch of his father in the "Dictionary of National Biography," he is spoken of as the father of that Sir James Scott, of Balweary, (flourished 1579-1606) who was concerned in the intrigues of the Earls of Angus, Erroll and Huntley, of that time, and of the cele- brated Francis, Earl of Bothwell, but was really his great-grandfather, as here- after shown. Sir William married Isabel, daughter of Patrick, Fifth Lord Lind- say of the Byres, and had two sons and a daughter:

• Sir William, his heir, of whom presently ;
• Andrew, ancestor of the Scotts of Ancrum, of whom presently ;
• Catharine, wife of Lawrence Mercer, of Aldie.

Sir William was succeeded by his eldest son ....

Comments

Updated 12 Sept 2020

• Death date of 16 August 1606 removed
• Sir James Scott, 12th Baron of Balwearie was not a known son. Disconnected.

References

• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe... cites
• Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Scott02.
• ” THE SCOTTS OF BALWEARIE And Some American and Canadian Descendants“ COMPILED AND EDITED BY CAROL CLARK JOHNSON (1914 – 2001)PDF page 25
• http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_of_Scott House: Scott of Balwearie House cadet branches: Scott of Ancrum, Scott of Logie, Scott of Brotherton
• https://electricscotland.com/history/nation/scott.htm