Easter Ogil meets Lands of Pitforthie

In summary, Patrick Lyon, the 1st Lord Glamis was succeeded by his son, Alexander, 2nd Lord Glamis who married Agnes Crichton but they were without issue. The title moves to the next son John, 3rd Lord Glamis whose line continues to the present royal family through King Charles' grandmother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. That line includes links to the Earl of Southesk, Kinnaird estate near Brechin.

I have quoted heavily from the sources to both copy the language of the day and also to maintain the “feeling” or “ambience” from within the documents. Respectfully, I remind the reader that a lower case f is read, in most cases, as an s. I make no claim that the sources are my own work, clearly they are not, but any errors or omissions within this summary are entirely mine.

Sources and References:

A. Lyon of Ogil; Walter F. Lyon; June 1870. Commonly referred to as Mr Lyon’s manuscript.

B. The Lyons of Cossins and Wester Ogil; 1901; Andrew Ross; Marchmont Herald.

The succession from William Lyon, 1st Laird of Ogil, is as follows:

William Lyon, 1st Laird of Ogil. He was the third son of Patrick Lord Glammifs (also spelled Glammuss)[1] and D. Isabell Ogilvy. He obtained the lands of Easter Ogil either by exchanging his lands in Pettinns, Balhalvies, or by purchasing them from his brother, John Lord Glammifs. Alexander, 2nd Lord Glamis, granted him a charter for Easter Ogill. Alexander married Agnes Crichton, daughter to William Lord Crichton. William’s litigation over Easter Ogill with John, 4th Lord Glamis, was resolved in his (William’s) favour on 26 June 1498. William was also known as William of Pettanys.

William Lyon, 2nd Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married [2] Falconer, daughter to Falconer of Halkerton. They had two sons: William, who succeeded him, and John.

William Lyon, 3rd Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married D. Arefkine, daughter to Sir Thomas Arelkine, Secretary of Scotland. They had three sons: James, Alexander, and John.

James Lyon, 4th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married Fenton, daughter to the Laird of Wester Ogil. They had six sons: James, Patrick (also known as hollie-bonnet), John (called "John ye Page"), another John (called "the Chamberlain" because he was the Chamberlain of Glamis), and two others whose names are not specified.

James Lyon, 5th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married Elizabeth Tyrie, daughter of the Laird of Drumkilboe. They had six sons: James, Patrick (of Muirtown), John (of Waterhaugh), Thomas ("Lumbo"), a fifth unknown son, and Andrew.

Authors Note: The sources contain some repetition and ambiguity in the children of the 4th and 5th Lairds of Ogil yet have different mothers.

James Lyon, 6th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married a daughter of Guthrie of that Ilk. They had two sons: James, who succeeded, and William of Baldoukie (who died without issue), and two daughters: Jean (also Janet/Jonet) and a second daughter who married a Sinclaire (a Fife gentleman who died issueless and penniless). Jean married firlt upon John Weemes of Pilforthy, to whom fhe had only two daughters, the oldeft of which married Ogilvy of Oldallan (in the parifli of Kingcaudrum) whofe grandchild ftill pofsefses thefe lands. The other daughter was married to Ogilvy brother to Ogilvy of Piel, married next upon James Guthrie fon to Guthrie of Kingenny (befide Ethiobeaton) which James purchafed from his ftep-daughters ye Weemfes of lands of Pitforthy - fhe bore to him five fons and three daughters.

Authors Note: When James Guthrie sold Kingennie to the Wedderburn family he would have had the necessary funds available to purchase Pitforthie. It is from this time forward that James Guthrie calls himself the Laird of Pitforthie eg James Guthrie of Pitforthie.

James Lyon, 7th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married Collace, daughter to Thomas Collace of Pitforkie. They had two sons: James and William.

James Lyon, 8th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and died unmarried at about twenty-one years of age.

William Lyon, 9th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his brother and married Ogilvy, daughter to Ogilvy of Glafwell and Kinnaltie. They had sons including William (now Laird), Master David (Writer to the Signet and Commifsar of Brechen), Master Patrick (Minifter of Kinghorne), Master George (Minifter of Tannadice), and John (Merchd in Stockholm, who was lost). They also had daughters Ifobel, Katherin, and Margaret.

William Lyon, 10th Laird of Ogil. He succeeded his father and married Clayhills, daughter of Clayhills of Innergourie. They had one son, William, and one daughter, Marjory (who died unmarried). He later married Colvill, but had no children with her.

William Lyon, 11th Laird of Ogil. The son of the 10th Laird, he was first married to Hunter, daughter of Hunter of Burnfyde, with whom he had only one daughter who died unmarried. He then married Sufan Carlisle in 1717, and had one son, William, and one daughter (who died as a child in Edinburgh). This William, the 11th Laird, died before his father, and the estate of Easter Ogil was sold and “passed into the hands of strangers”, ultimately being purchased by John Lyon of Balgillo. Moving away from Easter Ogil the 11th Lairds son, also William, "this present gentleman" was about 26 years old in 1744 and married Lady Kathren Bridges, daughter of the late Marquis of Carnarvon.

Footnotes:

1. The modern spelling of the estate is Glamis.

2. It is fairly common practice to omit the names of wives either their first name or their whole name in its entirety since the focus is on succession through the male line (primogeniture - the custom by which all of a family's property goes to the oldest son when the father dies (Cambrdige Dictionary)).

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