Whittet: A Family Record 1657–1900

Family Descent.

First Generation.—James Weittit, Kintillo, probable date of birth 1635.

Second Generation.—Andrew Witit, born 1674.

Third Generation.—James Weetit, born 1700.

Fourth Generation.—Lawrence Wyttet, born 1727.

Fifth Generation.—William Weetit, born 1769.

Sixth Generation.—James Whittet, born 1792.

Seventh Generation.—Robert Whittet, born 1829.

Eighth Generation.—James Whittet, born 1861.

Ninth Generation.—Robert McLean Whittet, born 1890.

Contents.

Introduction

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

Fourth Generation

Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation

Seventh Generation

Eighth Generation

Ninth Generation

Appendix

Introduction.

It is a common saying that “every Scotsman has a pedigree,” the rightful inference from which is that he esteems the memory of his father, and loves to recall them, in deed or story. It is not necessary that these be illustrious in the estimation of others; it is enough to know the channel whence one’s life and being was derived to make it interesting; and so it becomes a most natural inquiry, “Who were our fathers?” Though we are conscious that among our past generations were none who have left their mark on the roll of fame, yet we have the assurance that each was a living energy in the great world’s work, and that in their humble spheres there has been left behind a sense of duty performed—how faithfully will remain to us and to our children after us as an incentive towards higher honorable effort, and towards interest in such records are contained in the following pages. A much respected member of the family evidently had this thought in mind when, in her endeavor to train her “ain bairns” to walk in the right paths, she told them that “nane o’ the name were ever heard o’ behind a jail door!” and it was surely a good lesson she meant to convey, that however lowly the lot to which Providence has been pleased to assign us, yet it is in ever the way of righteousness which is the path of honor.

No doubt it is because of the humble sphere occupied by our progenitors that the record is so scant, going no farther back than 1657. From that time backward no reliable trace has been preserved, though from thence to the present the record is fairly full, as the parish records begin then to be better kept and afford sufficient proofs to corroborate the floating traditions in the family. The name being comparatively rare, and, with a few straggling exceptions in more recent years, confined to a small district of country, it would have afforded much satisfaction had the material been extant to have enabled us to have gone back a few more generations, in which case the common ancestry would have been discovered, and the source from whence came those others who also bear the name would now be known; but we regret to say that is not now a possibility.

Of the name there are several forms, although the persons bearing it are known to belong to the same branch of the family. Each seems to have spelt it without other regard than to his own ideas of phonetic requirement, which the several parish records vary quite as much, perhaps because of the inability of the session clerks of that day to apprehend a form of letters that would satisfy the sound as pronounced in the idiom of the various parishes where applicants for registration resided.

It is somewhat curious to note that in several of the most ancient record both in Dundee and Perth, the name is spelt in the form in which it has become almost universally the custom to write it, thus, “Whittet,” though during the last century it is found in the records spelt in many various ways; thus we have it as “Quhittitt,” “Witet,” “Weetet,” “Weetite,” “Witite,” “Wytet.”

The earliest mention of the name we have been able to find is in an old document in the archives of the Glover Incorporation of Dundee, dated January 12, 1516, where a William Quhittit is one of several witnesses whose named are appended to the paper.

This old document is of much interest, not only as affording an early occurrence of the name, but also because of the subject matter to which it related. It confers authority on the Glover trade to protect their craft from unskillful persons who might invade their town, and shows the nature of the restrains exercised over trade in the olden times. It is found in a volume entitled The Burgh Laws of Dundee, by A. J. Warden, pp. 406-’7, and given here as a thing of curiosity in these days of freedom, and showing that he who bore our name in that day is found in good company, being among the worthies entrusted with the management of civic affairs in the long ago.

“The copie of ane of o^r letters, inclosit in o^r common kist, grantit to ws be y^e Provost and Baillieis of ye^s bur^t y^e twelf day of Janar, ane thousand fyve hundredth and saxtene yeiris, and confirmed be his Majestie, and his maist noble progenitoris in favor of y^e skinner craft of y^e bur^t of Dundie.   .   .   .   .   .

.   .   .   And be prenties bundin for y^e yieris at vse in witin y^e said bur^t. Becaus yair is vagabondis and vyeris lowse men cumes furtt of vyeris places of borrowis vnperfytlie learnit or teicheit y^e craft, and skaithis bayt mercheandmen and ws breathren of y^e said craft vnjuslie be yair meanes. The qlke’s contributiouns and dewties’s to be liftit and raisit. And y^e saidis poyntis and articles perpetualy to be confirmit to y^e effect foirsaid be y^e said Dekyn and craft. We bind and obleiss ws and o^r successoris, be y^e fayt and trewth of o^r bodies, and yat upon y^e straitest style and forme of obligatious maid or vseit wtin scotland; and sall for ws and o^r successoris perpetualy lift, raise, and fortifie y^e lifting, and raising, of y^e samyn. In witness of y^e qlk thing we, Provest, ballieis, counsall, and commitie of y^e said bur^t of Dundie hes grantit y^e comon seall of y^e said bur^t to be appendit to yir Letteris. In tokens of o^r consent and assent to y^e foirsaid poyntis and articles, at Dundie y^e twelf day of Junuar, y^e yeir of God ane thousand fyve hundreth and sextene yeir, Befoir yir witnesses, Alexander Ogilvy, Alexander Lovell, George Rollok, WILLIAM QUHITTIT, robert Sereis, elder, John Air, James Kinloche, William ——, David Gardyn, David Carnigie, Malcome fentoun, robert barry, and Jack Scrymgeour, and John the Hay of y^e counsall, and robert Sereis, younger, comon clerk and notar publict w^t vyeris dyverse.”

The name occurs again in another document, also in possession of the Glover Incorporation of Dundee, which we take from the same volume, and is as follows:

“Mortification for y^e use of y^e Poor and godly Wives.—28^th March 1634.—The qlk day Alex. boytur, Skinner, hes of his frie liberalitie and mowett be y^e Spiritt of God y^r to Donitt and mortifiyet to y^e use of y^e pure of Skinner craft of y^e bur^t of Dundie, ane hunder markis money of Scotland. The annual rest y^r off to be bestowed to y^e use of y^e pure of y^e said craft, and to all godlie wyffis, as y^e haill brethren y^r off sall think expedient. In presence of W^m Rodget, Deacon for y^e tyme. W^m Stenson, Patrick Burt, W^m QUHITTIT, and others.”

From the History of Dundee by McLaren (1874) we extract the following, found in the ancient rent rolls of the burgh:

“1565—Item furth of ane other myln pertaining to y^e Laird of Fyntrie, occeepiet be Thomas Quhittet, lyened on Dichtie, to y^e Choristaris yerlie Threttie ss. iiid.; and furth of the same myln to y^e Rev’d Chaiplanrie, teirlie, twenty-sex ss. viij.d.”

In 1612 there was a John Whittet, a merchant in Dundee, and from the same records we find a John Whittet was convenor of the Glover Incorporation from 1713 to 1728, with the exceptions of three intervals of about a year each; and John Whittet, Jr., convenor of the Baker Incorporation in 1814.

In the troublous times of the rebellion of 1745 a William Whittet, merchant, is found bailing out his friend from jail who had been arrested for drinking to the health of Prince Charlie!

In the records of the city of Perth we find that a Robert Whittet was a maltman there in 1725, and that in this year he and his wife, May Bell, had a daughter registered, named Agnes, and two others, Susanna and Jean, were registered as born in 1726 and 1728. We find also that a John Whittet was trades bailie in the city magistracy in 1775, and again mentioned as in office in 1787 and 1791.

The following items are found in the register of the Parish of Rhynd, Perthshire:

• July 21, 1727, Thomas Weetet and Elizabeth Allan were proclaimed for marriage.
• May 18, 1765, James Alexander, in Craighead, and Jean Weetet in Elcho, gave a half crown for behoof of the poor for proclamation.
• February 17, 1769, George Weetet, in Grange of Elcho, and Isabel Norwell, in Frostyfaulds, belonging to Grange, were married upon the 17th day of March, 1769.
• November 22, 1790, William Wittite and Margaret Low, both in this parish, after having been regularly proclaimed, in order to marriage, according to church rule, were married November 22, 1790.

A more recent examination of the records of the parishes to the north of the city of Perth has revealed a goof many instances of the name occurring. In Coupar Angus there was a Patrick Whittet born November 6, 1684, and William Whittet and Jane Sprunt were married July 6, 1685, and five births of children are recorded by them, the last a daughter named Jean, May 7, 1710. A James Whittet was tenant of “Coldward” and he and his spouse, Margaret Brown, record the birth of a daughter, named Margaret, June 14, 1752.

The parishes of Cargill, Collace, Kinclaven, and St. Martins each give instances, and during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries they are somewhat numerous—indeed, “too numerous to mention.” As an odd circumstance, however, we find recorded that John and James Whittet, both of the Parish of Collace, had daughters, both named Jean and baptized on the same day—February 24, 1751.

The records of the parish of Abernyte were also examined from 1726 to recent times, and several instances of the name found, both as to births, marriages and deaths. It is found also that members of the family had strayed in a few instances into the kingdom of Fife and into Kinross-shire; but there they are not numerous, while in parishes more to the eastward, or in Forfarshire, except in the city of Dundee, there were no instances of the name found. In Dundee, however, there were many discovered, both of ancient and recent date, but of the older instances we could not find a place for them in our roll, though the names of several of our seventh and eighth generations will be found resident there.

We should not omit to mention that the highest gift in possession of the city was conferred on one of the name, when James Peter Whittet was chosen to the office of Lord Provost of the city of Perth, in 1890, nor that his term of office was a most important and successful one. We regret that the missing link between our branch of the family and his has been irretrievably lost.

Of the derivation of the name there is little to form a clue. A “Smith,” a “Taylor,” a “Soutar” or a “Wright” may readily find a reason for their family cognomen in the occupation of some early wights who labored for the common good, and whose title to other names was forgotten in the usefulness of their craft to their neighbors. So also a “Jackson” is easily thought of as the son of Jack; and a “Wilson” as the son of Will; a “Hardie” may have shown such physical endurance as to be noted in public service; but to the name of “Whittet” neither occupation nor personal characteristic give more than a far-fetched clew to its origin, so far we have ever learned. At the same time we have to confess that no philologist has yet appeared among its members who has undertaken the investigation, nor has it so far been of sufficient interest to excite in any one a desire to discover or apply a meaning to it. One has been propounded, however, by whether it is founded only on such verity as tradition affords, or is but a fanciful suggestion of some waggish clansman, it is not important to say; but the story may as well be given, if for no better reason than the amusement in it. It has been the practice from time immemorial for the lieges of the city of Perth to bleach their clothes on the “Inches,” depending on the natural process of sunning and frequent watering to bring them to a whiteness satisfactory to the fastidious taste of Scottish matrons, i. e., that they should rival the driven snow! Perth was the royal resident in olden times, and the castle stood in the immediate neighborhood, as we know that from its “gilten bower,” the king was a spectator of the battle of the North Inch, which Sir Walter Scott has made famous in the Fair Maid of Perth. It was only just that the royal household should make the same use of the Inch for the beautifying of the royal linen, and thus it became the duty of one of our progenitors to see that it was duly cared for and watered—in short, in Scottish phrase, to “Weet-it!” If there are any who hesitate to accept this as the derivation of our family cognomen, we will have to lay on them the onus of finding a better, and until then we may be satisfied with knowing that it is in the same line—and quite as good—as that of the Smith and the Soutar.

It has been suggested that the name is a corruption of “Whitehead,” from which several forms are supposed to be derived, as Withered, Withers, Whiterod, etc. This may be so, but we do not wish to confess to corruption in any form, so we would turn to another source from which the name may have come, and one which we think more likely to be correct than either of the foregoing. It is of record that there were families bearing the name living at the Weets of Baiglie, and that their name as recorded is spelled Weetet, as did our own immediate ancestor (William, v.). In olden times it was quite as frequent to name one from his dwelling-place, as from his occupation, or some peculiarity in his personal character, and thus we have the names Abernethy, Glasgow, Worcester, etc., and so out progenitors may have become known, and may themselves have accepted the cognomen of Weetet, because of their place of residence being the Weets.

Though the village of the Weets o’ Baiglie has altogether disappeared, not even a foundation being visible to indicate that it was once the scene of busy life, yet the name is familiarly used in the neighborhood to designate the sport, and it is well known in the annals—or rather the traditions— of Scottish history. It was situated on the road leading from Edinburgh to the north, high on the hill, as the road passes over beyond Glen Farg, and was a place of difficult ascent and descent in travel. Several years ago the road was made to detour through the Glen and round by the level ground about a mile to the east, and since that time the road has been little used, and the dwelling places contiguous to it have ceased to invite the traveller, or the villager to make there his abode. When the top of the hill is reached at “The Weets” a magnificent view is obtained of the valley of the Tay, and the story goes that when the Roman cohorts reached this point their invasion they were struck with such admiration as brought forth the exclamation, “Behold the Tiber! Behold the field of Mars!” When the grandeur of the scene is remembered the story will not be doubted by Scotchmen, though it may raise the question, which was also raised in the mind of the author of Waverly, whether the Tiber is worthy of the comparison! He has given his opinion in the lines which we have quoted in the biographical note attached to the record of William, v., to which the reader is referred.

As to locality, investigation has not been able to find any of the name in the larger towns of the north, south, or west of Scotland, but through inconsiderable anywhere, it is mostly in the city of Perth, and the parishes in the immediate neighborhood they now, and seem always to have had, their habitation. There are several branches bearing the name, but though all seem confined to the same small radius of country—that included in the district surrounding the city of Perth—the uniting point or main stem has been lost in the remote past, so that it is not now possible to reach the common ancestor. The following list related only to one branch, beginning about 1630-’35 with James Wettit, of Kintillo, who recorded the birth of six children—four sons and two daughters—between the years 1660 and 1674, in the session books of the parish of Dunbarney. From thence not much doubt exists, for the records and the information within the knowledge of the older members of the family have been able to supply a pretty accurate line of descent, and this it has been our endeavor to portray in the following pages.

It should be mentioned that we are indebted to the painstaking efforts of our cousin William Whittet, of 39 Castle Street, Dundee, for most of the information obtained herein. He spent many days in the examination of the parish records, and also made many pilgrimages to places and persons from whom he had any expectation of finding light. While we will all be grateful to him for this interesting service, we feel assured that he will be gratified that he has been enabled to afford interesting information to so many who are of his own kith and kin.

Whittet: A Family Record

First Generation.

I. James Weittit, of Kintillo, parish of Dunbarney born —— 1635? Married Margaret Bu—— (the surname is undecipherable in the record), both of the Parish of Dunbarney, July 23, 1657.

Issue.

1. John, born January 8, 1660.
2. Margaret, born November 13, 1663.
3. James, born August 26, 1666.
4. Christian, born January 23, 1669.
5. Robert, born September 3, 1671.
6. Andrew, born August 15, 1674.

There was a John Weittit who registered the birth of a son, Hen (Henry?), on August 3, 1657. While the above is the farthest back record we have been able to trace with certainty, it is probable that his may have been the father, and the child whose birth is recorded a younger brother of James. It will be notices, as strengthening this idea, that James name his first-born boy John. It is well known to have been an almost unvarying rule in Scotland to name the first-born son after his grandfather, and the first-born daughter after her grandmother. This was done by way of honoring their parents, and was, on the part of the old folks, usually expected to be conferred as a right. If we may suppose that James conformed to this custom, though the John mentioned in the record may have been but a brother, yet we may conclude that his father’s name was John; but diligent search has failed to find it clearly as a matter of record, as we can do no more than advance the idea, considering it more satisfactory—since he must have had a father!—to think of him through a name of some kind, rather than to reckon him a nameless factor in our search after a progenitor.

Whate’er of merit may have been shown in him
  Whate’er of frailty, mild or rough,
We know not—care not—though the past, so dim,
  Has left not e’en his name—yet still enough
Whereon to build a record yet to come;
  For better ’tis to lay foundation than
T’ inherit what hath cost us naught, like some
  When cruel wealth effeminates the man.

Of the future of the children of James enumerated above the following particulars are gleaned from the records:

• John, the oldest son, was married to Jean Mailer, April 10, 1686, and had a daughter named Margaret, the date of whose birth is not given, but from its place in the record it was probably 1687-’88.
• Concerning Margaret, no record has been found.
• James records the birth of a daughter—dutifully named Margaret, after his mother—born January 14, 1700. Another, named Elizabeth, born May 18, 1701; a son, named George, born September 23, 1705; another named William, born November 30, 1707; and another named John, but with no date of birth.
• The child named Christian is recorded as having been baptized by William Pym, on March 7, 1669, and proclaimed in order to marriage to William Steward, October 16, 1698.
• Robert is recorded as “Talyoour of Kintillo,” and had a son born November 5, 1699, and a daughter, born July 26, 1702, named respectively James and Margaret, following the usual custom previously referred to. He had also another daughter named Christian, born March 27, 1709.

As to the younger son, Andrew, he became our family progenitor, and his record follows.

Second Generation.

II. Andrew Witit [son of James. i.] born Aug. 15, 1674. Married Janet Marshall, May 27, 1697, in Dron Parish. There is an entry in Dunbarney Parish records of their having also been proclaimed there in order to marriage on May 10, 1697, the explanation of which is that, as they had lived in different parishes, the law required that the banns of marriage should be proclaimed in both.

Issue.

1. William, born July 22, 1699.
2. James, born October 6, 1700.
3. Janet, born March 29, 1702.
4. John, born July 29, 1705.
5. Andrew, born December 7, 1708.

We have endeavored to trace the family of Andrew (ii.) in the record, but as some had removed their residence into the neighboring parishes it become a matter of much doubt, although, by associating the names and dates together, it is probable that the notes following are correct.

• William, the eldest son, removed to the Parish of Forgandenny, where he married Janet Reid, May 16, 1731.
• James, the second son, became our progenitor, and his record will be found following in order.
• Of Janet, no trace could be found.
• John married Jean Marshall in 1726, and all trace of them thereafter is lost.

Of Andrew, the youngest son, we cannot find the record of his marriage, but think he took up his residence at Kintillo, Parish of Dunbarney, where are two records, one of a daughter, named Elizabeth, born May 21, 1738, and the other, also a daughter, named Cecilia, born October, 1740.

Andrew, our progenitor, is recorded as living at Burnside of Dron, where is also recorded as living another Andrew Wetit—probably a cousin—to whom were born two daughters, one named Elizabeth, on October 16, 1692, and the other, Margaret, born August 19, 1694. There is also a record of a daughter, named Mary, being baptized on December 21, 1701, to which the named of James Kid and William Henderson are appended as witnesses.

The name Andrew seems to have been a favorable one about this time, so many instances of its occurrence being recorded. Once of this name, living in Dunbarney Parish, married Janet Livingstone, at Forgandenny, on January 25, 1675, to whom was born a son, named John, on December 20, 1679, and a daughter, named Janet, born March 7, 1696. He was probably a brother of James of Kintillo, and showed his filial affection by naming his son after his father, following the usual custom.

Yet another Andrew Wittit is recorded in Dron Parish books as having a daughter, named Helen Wytet, baptized at Ecclesiamagirdle, February 17, 1714.

And there is still another Andrew Wytet, who is recorded in the books of the Parish of Dron, as marrying Janet Laird, of Forgandenny, October 6, 1726.

Hugh Witiet, shepherd at Wester Moncrieff, recorded the birth of a son, whom he named John, March 21, 1714, and a daughter, named Elspit, born October 4, 1719.

Third Generation.

Cottage of Lawrence Weittet, (iv.) on Dron Hill.

III. James Weetit [son of Andrew, ii; son of James, i.]. born at Burnside of Dron, October 6, 1700.

James had not been without his sorrows in love. He and Mary Weetit (evidently a cousin) gave their named in for proclamation in order to marriage on January 12, 1723, and were proclaimed the following day, Sabbath, January 13th, for the first time; but the record says that the forms of proclamation were not completed, and, of course, the marriage was not consummated, and that by the order of the woman! Mary had rued in time! We find, however, that she afterwards married a Francies Crombie, and the proclamations were this time made, for the first time, on November 27th, and, as if to prevent her rueing a second time, the second and third proclamations were made on the same day, December 11, 1726. James was not long, however, in finding a more willing partner; but who she was, and at what time they marriage took place we have not been able to find the record; but the books testify to their having had issue as follows:

1. Laurence Weetit, born July 23, 1727.
2. Jean Weetit, born December 20, 1730.

He is mentioned in the record as of Easter Moncrieff. This is the mansion house of a branch of the ancient family of Moncrieff; but in what office he was employed we have no means of ascertaining, though in all probability his was the humble duty of caring for the gardens and policies.

Fourth Generation.

IV. Lawrence Wyttet [son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.] Born July 23, 1727. Marries, 1st, June 19, 1752, Helen Bell, of Dunbarney Parish; married, 2d, April 17, 1769, Janet Murray.

Issue.

1. James, born February 22, 1754.
2. Anne, b. February 15, 1756.
3. David, b. —— 1758.
4. Robert, b. February 23, 1766.
5. William, b. —— 1769.
6. Charles, b. —— 1771.

He was the shepherd on the Hill of Dron, one of the Ochill range—which skirts the southern side of Strathearn—about six miles south from Perth. The cottage where he lived, and in which he was probably married (since the marriage is registered in the books of the Parish of Dron) still stands, occupying a very beautiful site on the side of the hill, commanding a full view of the whole surrounding country hence excellently situated in respect of seeing well to his charge. The cottage contains only a “butt and a ben,” while nearby stands a byre with stalls for two cows with a considerable garden. Its roof was originally of thatch, though it has been replaced in recent times, before it became tenantless, with tiles. It is overshadowed by great old ash trees—so old that they verify what is said of it, that it has been the dwelling place of the shepherds on Dron Hill from time immemorial. On the neighboring hill, “Balmanno,” is the Rocking Stone of Dron, a relic of Druidic rites, and an object of curiosity as a remnant of a long-past age. At the foot of this hill stands the old castle of Balmanno, regarded as a very fine example of the Scottish castle of the times of feudal lordship, still retaining the fosse and other features of ancient defense, and of course haunted, having a ghostly tenant known as “Greensleeves.”

About a mile to the east once stood the village of the “Weets of Baiglie,” though the march of improvement has swept it entirely away. The old road from Edinburgh goes past it, and it is said that it was at this point where the invading Romans, turning the shoulder of the hill, came in sight of the vast valley of the Tay, and having the home feeling excited, exclaimed, “Ecce Tiber, ecce Campus Martinus!” (“Behold the Tiber! Behold the Field of Mars!”) The author of Historic Scenes in Perthshire writes, “The exclamation was a compliment to the Tiber rather than to the Tay, and we sympathize with Sir Walter Scott when he wrote—

“‘Behold the Tiber!’ the vain Roman cried,
Viewing the ample Tay from the Baiglie’s side;
But where’s the Scot that would the vaunt repay,
And hail the puny Tiber for the Tay?”

There was also a William Weetit in Weets of Baiglie, who had six children registered in the books of Dron Parish; Jean, born June 11, 1770; Cecilly, b. February 27, 1772; Janet, b. June 4, 1774; Mary, b. March 3, 1776; Isbell, b. August 9, 1779; May, b. August 24, 1781. Although there is no positive authority, it is a fairly inferrible that this William was another son of James, of Easter Moncrieff.

It will be noticed that Lawrence (iv.) names one of his boys, William—apparently complying with a custom common in Scotland, and already referred to in the record of James, i., of naming children after near relatives—and that in the family of William (v.) occur two daughters named respectively Mary and May; hence, and also from his residence in the same neighborhood, we may reasonably accept their being of the same stock.

Of the three children of Lawrence by his first wife, neither the records of Dron, nor of any of the neighboring parishes, supply any clew, none of their names being found registered as having been married, or as having perpetuated the name by births. The fourth child, Robert, is recorded as living at Kirk-Dron, and had recorded the births of three children, a son named James, born May 18, 1788; another son named Robert, born January 24, 1789; and a daughter, named Margaret, born July 26, 1792.

Fifth Generation.

Cottage of William Weetet, (v.) Crossgates, Dron.

V. William Weetet [son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.] Born —— 1769; married November 22, 1790, Margaret Low, daughter of Andrew Low, blacksmith, and his wife Mary Grimmon, Wester Rhynd. (Her birth is recorded in the Parish of Rhynd, as of July 12, 1773, and “baptized the following Sabbath, after divine service.”)

Issue.

1. Mary, born —— 1791.
2. James, born December 23, 1792.
3. Lawrence, born —— 1795 (?).
4. William, born —— 1797 (?).
5. Annie, born —— 1799 (?); died in infancy.
6. Andrew, born February 28, 1802.
7. John, born —— 1804 (?); died in infancy.
8. Charles, born June 27, 1807.
9. May, born —— 1809 (?).
10. David, born March 7, 1812.
11. Peter, born June 28, 1814; died in infancy.
12. Alexander, born Thursday, November 28, 1816.

There is no data which can be depended upon to inform us concerning his early life before marriage. From an inscription in his old Bible, referred to at the close of this sketch, he is spoken of in 1789 as of the Crossgates, which is in the Parish of Dron, where he passed the later years of his life; but in the registry of his marriage it is stated that both he and his wife were of the Parish of Rhynd, from which we infer that he must have been employed at that time in some capacity which required his residence there. The record is as follows:

“1790.—William Wittite and Margaret Low, both in this parish, after having been regularly proclaimed in order to marriage, according to church rule, were married, November 22, 1790.”

The record as to her birth is as follows:

“1773.—Margaret Low, daughter of Andrew Low and Mary Grimmon, in Uppertown of Wester Rhynd, was born January 12, 1773, and baptized in church on Sabbath following, by Mr. Taylor, after divine service.”

From the dates given it will be seen that they were a very young couple, the husband just attained to his majority, while the wife is but a little over seventeen. In after years, when her first-born daughter had grown to womanhood, the mother is said to have still retained her youthful appearance, and it was a current remark that there was little to distinguish between them!

An extract from the register of births and baptisms of the Parish at Rhynd, made in 1816, and now in the possession of his grandson (Robert, vii.), states that James, his second child and oldest son, was born at Balhepburn. As this place is a farm “town” in the Parish of Rhynd, we may assume that he was there employed simply as a ploughman or farm servant. How long he may have continued to reside in that neighborhood we have not been able to ascertain, nor have we found any record of the birth of the next three additions to his family. We find him afterwards the owner of one of the large flat boats or barges which bring sand for building purposes to the city of Perth, and as the rivers Tay and Earn, from which the sand is procured, bound the Parish of Rhynd on the east and south, it is probable that he early endeavored to improve his condition, and engaged in this new pursuit. He had removed to Perth before 1802, where we find recorded the birth of his son Andrew, who was his fifth child; and from this time to 1816, when we find the birth of his youngest son registered in Perth, there is no doubt as to his place of residence and occupation. Not long after this he removed to his native parish of Dron, renting a small farm and cottage at Crossgates, near to the old Castle of Balmanno. Here he remained, reared his large family, and saw all of them embarked on the voyage of life, until the weight of years enfeebled him for their burdens, and he retired to a small cottage near to the parish church of Dron, where both he and his better half continued until the close of “life’s fitful fever,” well stricken in years, reaching to nearly the venerable four score. They were bath laid to a peaceful rest in the old church-yard of Dron, near to the south wall.

In the old Bible that formerly belonged to him, now in the possession of Mr. Charles S. Whittet (vii.), Perth, is the following curious inscription, evidently written in a spirit of drollery by some genial friend from whom he had received it:

“Erected to the memory of William Wittet, Crossgates, bought and received this Book upon the 22nd day of November 1789 years, and he has got the loan of it till the 28th day of December, 2999; and further, he make his use of this book until that time is run out.

“2nd. And if I don’t call for it ’gin that time, he may keep it until it is called for. Signed by me, John Stewart.”

V. Charles Weetet [son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii,; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born —— 1771. Married Janet Glass. Died about 1847.

Of the birth or marriage of Charles the records do not certify; but the circumstances of his life and death are within the memory of living friends. He was also, like his brother William, a boatman, and he and his better half, being a couple with very careful and evident habits, unblessed with a family, they lived in an humble way, but comfortably, in the house at the southwest corner of South Street and Speygate, Perth, The writer of the present paragraph first saw the light and passed his childhood years in the first floor of the same house, and can remember his frequent visits to his warm-hearted grand-aunt on the floor above, and how liberally she used to treat him to biscuit and jelly. She died, though the incident of her death is forgotten; but the infatuation of the old man to take to himself a young wife is remembered, and also the fact that he had good cause to regret his choice, for she soon brought him into straits and poverty, and ultimately deserted him. He lived to a good old age, however, and his latter days were smoothed by the kind attentions of the widow of his nephew, James, and he was laid respectably to rest in the Greyfriars Cemetery, about 1847.

Sixth Generation.

James Whittet. (vi.)

VI. Mary Weetet [daughter of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.] Born —— 1791. Married William McDonald, shoemaker, Edinburgh. Died about 1856.

Issue.

1, William McDonald; 2, John; 3, Charles; 4, Donald.

Of many and her family little is known. Marrying and settling in Edinburgh in the days before the introduction of cheap postage or railroad communication, separation from the other members of her family gradually allowed them to drift apart. She is supposed to have died in Edinburgh about 1865. Her oldest son, William, learned the trade of a bookbinder, and with his brother John, enlisted in the army, and both are said to have died in India. The youngest son followed the trade of his father, a shoemaker, but has dropped from notice.

VI. James Whittet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Balhepburn, Parish of Rhynd, December 23, 1792. Married Elizabeth Jackson, of Carlisle, widow of James Robertson. (Died November, 1867, aged seventy.)

Issue.

1. Maria Frances Whittet, born July 14, 1822; baptized by the Rev. Forest Frew, of the “Relief” church, July 21, 1822; died April 4, 1845.
2. James, both June 11, 1825; baptized by the Rev. Forest Frew, June 12, 1825; died January 1, 1827.
3. William Jackson, born May 19, 1827; baptized by Rev. Forest Frew; died March 10, 1828.
4. Robert, born January 22, 1829; baptized by Rev. Forest Frew, January 25, 1829.
5. James Robertson, born July 1, 1831; died March 2, 1833.
6. Thomas, born January 25, 1834; baptized by Rev. Forest Frew February 2, 1834; died at Montreal, Canada, February 24, 1870.
7. Elizabeth, born November 18, 1838; baptized by Rev. William Lindsay December 9, 1838.

The record of the birth of James, in the sessional books of the Parish of Rhynd, agreeable to an extract therefrom in the possession of his son (Robert, vii.), is as follows:

“James, son of William Weetit and Margaret Low, in Balhepburn, was born in the twenty-third day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, and baptized the Sabbath following. Extracted from the register of Births and Baptisms of this Parish of Rhynd, the fifth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixteen years.

“Lawr. Adamson, Ses. Clk.”

From the fact that his father had removed his residence to the city of Perth before 1802, and that the birth of his youngest brother, Alexander, is recorded in the sessional books there in 1816, we know that his life from early youth was passed in the Fair City. At that time Perth was somewhat famous as a publishing centre, and the printing trade was of considerable importance. The Perthshire Courier was begun in 1809 by the Messrs. Morison, and in their printing office James was put to learn the trade which he followed as a life occupation. The printing office was then situated at 25 High Street, known as the Old Ship Close, and he was not a little proud when, many year after, he became the proprietor by purchase of the premises in which he had first learned his trade. His first essay in business, however, was in an attic of the house No. 4 South Street, where he lived on the first floor. His business soon developed into larger proportions, and he removed to St. John Street, to premises over the “Cross Keys Tavern,” which was at that time a great resort of the country carriers, and stood where now stands the shops immediately south of the Central Bank building. Here he became the first printer of the Perth Constitutional, a paper issued by the Conservative party in the heated controversy about the time of the Reform Bill, about 1835. This was not of long continuance, however, the projectors becoming their own printers. He shortly after became contractor for printing another venture in the newspaper way, this time in the interest of the Liberal, or Radical, party, the Perth Chronicle. He had meantime purchased the premises in 25 High Street, above referred to, and the newspaper was printed and issued by him from the same quarters where the Courier had first seen the light, and where he had his first introduction to the art of printing. The company again instituted their own printing plant, however, when he at once resigned the stock held by him in the venture, and thereafter continued to prosecute the business in commercial work, which he did very successfully until his death, which occurred on January 1, 1840, by accidental drowning, in the forty-seventh year of his age.

He, his widow (who died November, 1867, aged seventy), and four of their children rest in the Greyfriars burying-ground, in the City of Perth. This is hallowed ground, being the site of a religious house, the Greyfriars Monastery, founded in 1460, but destroyed in 1559 during the turbulent period of the Reformation, when, after a famous sermon by John Knox, delivered in St. John’s Church, the “rascall multitude,” as he described them, rose en masse and tore down the altars and the monasteries with which the city abounded. The Greyfriars Monastery was thoroughly swept away, and in 1580 the grounds were appropriated for a public burying-ground. The following is the entry in the kirk session register concerning it, “The Greyfriars Burying Ground extends to about three and a half acres, was set apart as a burying-ground on 20th December, 1580.” The oldest tombstone bears date 1580.

VI. Lawrence Weetet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born —— 1795.

A memorandum in his father’s Bible says,

“1822.—Sept. 2, Lawrence left our house, and went to Edinburgh; sailed from Leith Roads, in the ship Andromeda, of London; James Muddie, master, on the l4th, for New South Wales.” A newspaper clipping of that time, which has been preserved, says, “On Monday, the 14th inst., the ship Andromeda, of London, sailed from Leith Roads for New South Wales, with sixty-seven passengers, all of whom are very respectable people. The vessel has on board a full cargo of merchandise, and a great number of agricultural implements.”

He was never known to have written home to his friends. Inquiry has been made in the neighborhood he went to, by advertisement and otherwise, in the endeavor to discover any information concerning him, and it has been ascertained that he married, was at one time in Hobart Town, and, as far as can be learned, died at Longford, Van Dieman’s Land. No one of the name answered the advertisements, and it is not known whether he left any descendants. One who remembered him writes,

“He was one of the first blacksmiths to start business in Hobart, and the Governor gave him an allottment for shoeing his horses.”

VI. William Whittet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.] Born —— 1797. Married Margaret Stevens, of Blair Athole, Perthshire. Died 1846.

Issue.

1. Thomas Whittet, born Sept. 13, 1836.
2. Margaret, born March 10, 1839. Died at Lochee February 26, 1894.
3. William, born at Coupar Fife, September 23, 1841.
4. Barbara, born December 13, 1845.

William was a coach painter by trade, and his father’s house at Crossgates bore many evidences of his skill in heraldry painting. He afterwards removed to Dundee, where, in addition to his trade, he kept a tavern. After his death, which occurred in 1846, his widow and family removed to Blairgowrie, where the former died in 18—, and those of his family surviving still live.

VI. Andrew Whittet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Perth, February 28, 1802; baptized by the Rev. David Sangster, minister of the “Relief” congregation. Married Helen Gilmore, !1827. Died at Edinburgh, May 16, 1853.

Issue.

1. Janet Finlayson Whittet, born at Newbigging, Parish of Dron, May 25, 1828; died —— 18——.
2. Margaret, born at Newbigging, April 10, 1831; died August 20, 1893.
3. Mary, born at Newbigging, September 1, 1833; died at Broughty Ferry, November 22, 1890.
4. James, born ——; died in infancy.
5. Andrew, born ——; died in infancy.
6. William Brotherton, born —— 1835; died at Lochee December 4, 1894.
7. John, born ——; died in infancy.
8. Helen, born —— 1841; died at Edinburgh January 5, 1862.
9. Joan, born February 8, 1847.
10. Isabella, born —— 18——; died in infancy.
11. Susan, born January 7, 1851; died at Dunshalt, Fifeshire, August 26, 1900.

Andrew was a stonemason, or builder, and after following his occupation in the Parish of Dron, where his father had settled, he removed to the City of Edinburgh, where, with the able help of an energetic helpmeet, he raised a large family, giving to them an excellent education. He died May 16, 1853, and was buried in —— Cemetery, Edinburgh.

VI. Charles Whittet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Perth June 27, 1807, baptized by the Rev. Charles Cumming, minister of the Dissenting Congregation of Errol, July 20, 1807. Married Jean Fisher, of the Parish of Forgandenny. Died at Crossgates, Dron, February 6, 1858.

Issue.

1. Jane, born March 31, 1831.
2. Margaret, born February 13, 1834; died at Dundee, March 4, 1883.
3. Annie, born September 4, 1837.
4. William, born October 14, 1839.
5. Maria, born July 4, 1842; died November 28. 1874.
6. James, born March 3, 1845.
7. Charles, born May 25, 1848.

Charles learned the shoemaker trade, under the instruction of the husband of his oldest sister, Mary, in Edinburgh, and followed it in after life, at the Crossgates, in the Parish of Dron, occupying the house adjoining his father’s, where all his children were born, and where he died. He and his wife were devoted members of the Free Church of Scotland, leaving the Established Church at the time of the Disruption, and attaching their membership to the church at Bridge of Earn, three miles distant; and it was inclement weather indeed that prevented their presence in their wonted places in the sanctuary at the times of regular service. His wife, Jean Fisher, was a full cousin of the late Rev. William Arnott, D.D., the greatly esteemed minister and well-known writer. She died at Perth, —— 1876.

VI. May [daughter of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born —— 1809. Married Thomas Rodgie, of Pottiehill, Parish of Dron. Died January 2, 1862; buried at Kirkton of Craigend. (Thomas Rodgie died April 4, 1874.)

Issue.

1. Alexander Rodgie, born June 29, 1827; died at Perth, November 20, 1889.
2. William, born December 6, 1828; died in Australia, January 24, 1893.¹
3. Thomas, born August 24, 1830; died —— 1875.
4. David, born July 8, 1832; died May 3, 1873.
5. Margaret, born December 1, 1834; died June 2, 1864.
6. Andrew.
7. Barbara. Twins, born Sept. 2, 1840.

¹ The present address of Mrs. William Rodgie is 47 Durham street, Ballarat, Australia.

Thomas Rodgie, the husband of May, was the son of the farmer of Pottiehill. He was long employed as game keeper on the lands in the neighborhood belonging to Col. Belshes of Invermay. Their place of residence was at the village of Newbigging, where she died. Thomas died at the same place, April 4, 1874.

VI. David Whittet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born March 7, 1812; baptized March 29th, by the Rev. Forest Frew, minister of the “Relief” congregation. Married Elizabeth Stobie, of the Parish of Gask (died November 21, 1897, aged ninety-three). Died at Methven, —— 1852.

Issue.

1. William, born at Drummond, Gask, March 31, 1833; died at Oakland, California, January 21. 1887.
2. Charles Stobie, born at Keillor, parish of Fowlis Wester, February 2, 1835.
3. Betsy, born at Keillor, May 10, 1836; died at Dublin, —— 1877.
4. David, born at Keillor, Sept. 30, l838.
5. Alexander, born at Keillor April 25, 1840.
6. Amelia Buchan, born at Keillor, Sept. 23, 1842; died at Edinburgh, March 25, 1900.
7. Bella, born at Keillor, May 29, 1844; died 1846.
8. James, born at Keillor, August 4, 1846.

David learned the trade of a blacksmith with a family friend, Mr. Alexander Grieve, at Crossgates, Dron, and afterwards began business on his own account at Keillor, in the Parish of Fowlis Wester; from thence he removed to the village of Methven, where he died in 1852. His widow removed to Edinburgh, where she lived with her daughter (Amelia, vii.) till the time of her death, which occurred November 21, 1897, at the patriarchal age of ninety-three years and eight months. She expressed a wish to be laid to rest beside her beloved granddaughter (Lizzie, viii.), the daughter of her son (Charles, vii.), and her remains were accordingly brought to Perth, and laid in Wellshill Cemetery there. A friend has written of her as follows; and no doubt the portrayal of the beautiful character she has left behind, as well as the excellence of the verses, will make their insertion here welcome:

NINETY AN’ THREE.

Ninety an’ three! hoo the years hae flown by,
To Death’s darksome valley my footsteps draw nigh,
But, Lord, Thou’lt be wi’ me when death comes to me.
For Thou hast been wi’ me till ninety an’ three.

I’ve seen the best friends o’ my youth laid to sleep
Whaur the bonnie girse waves an’ the dark willows weep,
No ane o’ their forms noo around me I see,
But, Lord. Thou’rt still wi’ me at ninety an’ three.

Sair heart-sinkin’ sorrows at times I hae fund,
My dearest an’ nearest I’ve laid i’ the grund.
But, Lord, their dear souls are rejoicin’ wi’ Thee,
An’ this gies me comfort at ninety an’ three.

But a’ are no gane, there are some wi’ me yet,
Whose kindness an’ love, Lord. Thou wilt not forget,
They tend me an’ cheer me, and doat upon me,
Sae life maun be sweet e’en at ninety an’ three.

I like to see beauty in every form—
I’ the glare o’ the sun an’ the gloom o’ the storm,
I’ the brightest o’ gems, an’ the fluoer o’ the lea—
They a’ help to cheer me at ninety an’ three.

But still, when the ca’ comes I winna be feard.
For it I am waitin’, for it I’m prepared,
I’ll lippen to Christ, an’ He’ll no forsake me.
For He’s been my Freend till I’m ninety an’ three.

I’ll welcome the summons that ca’s me awa’
To bide ’mang the hosts i’ the heavenly ha’;
An’ sune I maun hear it, ’twill sune come to me,
It canna be lang sin’ I’m ninety an’ three.
     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *
And now from her Lord the summons has come,
So sweetly and gently He carried her home;
She waited with patience all these long years to see
God’s goodness to her, though past ninety an’ three.

VI. Alexander Whittet [son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born November 28, 1816. Married Christina Clark (born August 2, 1817; died November 12, 1893). Died at Dundee, December 9, 1877.

Issue.

1. William, born March 21, 1843, at the Preens, Parish of Arngask.
2. John, born August 23, 1844.
3. Alexander, born December 24, 1845.
4. Ann, born August 10, 1846.
5. Margaret, born December 5, 1848.
6. Robert, born April 20, 1850.
7. David, born September 8, 1851.
8. Jane, born March 12, 1853.
9. Marjory, born May 3, 1855.
10. James, born March 9, 1857.
11. Catherine, born October 27, 1858; died in infancy.
12. Charles, born February 5, 1861.

The above Alexander was the youngest son of William, v., and, like his brother David, became a blacksmith, learning the trade under the instruction of their neighbor, Mr. Alexander Grieve. After a time he rented the smith’s shop at “The Preens,” in the Ochills, where he married Christina Clark, and where four of their older children were born. He removed from “The Preens” to Gateside in November, 1848; to Broadwell, near Abernethy, in 1853; to Abernethy in 1854; then to Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire, in 1865, and finally to the city of Dundee, where he died, Dec. 9, 1877. His good wife lived after him till November 12, 1893, when she died at the ripe age of seventy- six. She had been in frail health for some time, but with strong faith she looked to her departure being near, repeating frequently the lines—

Alexander Whittet and Wife. (vi.)

“I leave the world without a tear,
Save for the friends I hold so dear.”

They had twelve of a family, all but one of whom are still alive. They have had sixty-six grandchildren, forty-eight of whom are in the United States (twelve dead), and eighteen in Scotland (two dead).

Seventh Generation.

Three Generations.
(Robert vii.; James viii.; Robert McLean, ix.)

VII. Robert Whittet [son of James, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at 4 South Street, Perth, January 22, 1829. Married Jane Aitchison, fourth daughter of Thomas Aitchison, general agent, Inverness, at Cupar-Fife, June 16, 1854. Died August 25, 1908; buried in Richmond, Va., U.S.A..

Issue.

1. Maria Frances, born at 55 High Street, Perth, at 7:10 a. m., April 17, 1855.
2. Jeanie McLean, born at 25 High Street, Perth, at 8 a. m., July 12, 1857.
3. Elizabeth (Bessie), born at 25 High Street, Perth, 4:30 a. m., March 23, 1859; died, 5 a. m., January 6, 1863.
4. James, born at 30 High Street, Perth, 8 a. m., February 6, 1861.
5. Christina, born at 30 High Street, Perth, at 12:45 p. m., January 3, 1863.
6. Robert, born at 30 High Street, Perth, at 5 a. m., May 11, 1865.
7. Thomas, born at “The Beild,” Kinnoull, Perth, at 4:30 p. m., March 5, 1867.
8. Helen McLean, born at “The Beild,” Kinnoull, Perth, at 12:05 a. m., May 5, 1869. Died at Richmond, Va., July 5, 1900.
9. Henry Gordon, born at Williamsburg, Va., March 20, 1871.
10. Margaret Jackson (Daisy), born at 428 Ninth Street, Washington, D. C., 12:05 a. m., February 22, 1874.

Robert is now the oldest representative in the family descent (but without family inheritance!). His father (James, vi.) having died while he was quite young, he was early inducted into the world of labor. The years devoted to education were short, but they were passed under a thorough teacher at the Stewart School for the Sons of Burgesses, and they were afterwards sedulously improved by private study, In 1842, while little over thirteen years of age he was entered apprentice as a printer in the same premises where his father had learned his trade, and afterwards conducted business. He completed a term of seven years, and in 1849 obtained a situation in Aberdeen, where he remained two years, and in 1851, visited London. His sojourn there, however, was not permanent, and he returned to Scotland, and worked in Edinburgh until 1852, when, much against his desire, he was called back to Perth, to take up the business formerly conducted by his father, and where he had passed his early years. It had never ceased to be of pecuniary interest to his mother, and he dutifully laid aside other ideas which he had shaped for his course of life, and assumed the proprietorship of the printing office, and began business on his own account, in 1852. Here he continued until 1869, greatly enlarging his capacity for work, and was the first to introduce steam power for printing into the city. In 1866 he built a comfortable villa on the side of Kinnoull Hill, overlooking the city, which he named “The Beild,” and to which he removed his household, and where he lived until the above year 1869, when he took a fancy—an unfortunate step, as it afterwards proved—to emigrate to Virginia, where, after the close of the war of the Confederacy, large quantities of land were offered for little money; and the picture of rural life in the Sunny South seemed to offer an elegant ease after many years of fight with excessive business competition and close and arduous labor.

On October 15, 1869, he sailed from Glasgow, having, besides his own immediate family, agricultural servants and implements, with the view of beginning rural life in the New World. On reaching New York he was joined by his cousin (James, vii.; son of Charles, vi.), who had been brought up in agricultural pursuits, and had had several years’ experience in Canada, and they proceeded south to Williamsburg, in the State of Virginia. To this place several cousins of his wife, Alexander McLean, Esq., and sisters, had preceded him earlier in the same year, and were indeed the influence that drew him to this particular district. Here he purchased a plantation of four hundred acres, just east of the city boundary of Williamsburg. Only a little while before the place had been the scene of carnage, and showed the ravages of war in having neither fence nor house upon it. Here he built a house and suitable premises for the conduct of the farm, and soon had an apparently flourishing little colony. The result, however, proved disastrously unprofitable, and he found it necessary to give up his dream of rural occupation, and return to his old art of printing; and after an experience of considerable vicissitude and misfortune, at last found a haven in the city of Richmond, where, with his sons James (viii.) and Robert, Jr., (viii.) he may be found any day at the post of duty. They are publishers of Sabbath-school literature for the Presbyterian Church of the United States (Southern).

By way of pastime his tastes have run towards reading and literature rather than to outdoor sports, though he has been not by any means a recluse, but has also enjoyed these greatly in a quiet way. With the poets especially has he found much of his pleasures, and in the diction of flowing numbers has himself endeavored to express the sentiment of reflective hours, and written enough to have his name enrolled among those of Scotch extraction who, with similar tastes, have expressed their ideas in poetry. A notice of him and his work in this way will be found in a volume issued by John D. Ross, Esq., LL. D., entitled The Scottish American Poets. Robert’s volume was published in 1882, and is entitled The Brighter Side of Suffering, and Other Poems. Into this he wrought not only the fruit of his own poetic fancies, but also considerable personal history, his own trying reverses in fortune, as well as those of some others with whom he was associated, affording him plenty of material with which to embellish his theme. The volume is now out of print and scarce. He has just issued another volume, which is entitled Sonnets on Scripture Themes, and a Few Other Poems. Included among these “other poems” is one which had the honor of presentation to Her Majesty, and accompanied a loyal address by the British subjects resident in Virginia on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Jubilee in 1887.

A kind providence has now preserved his span of life beyond the three score years and ten, and though the grey hairs are many, yet is the portrait of the scriptural patriarch applicable, that “the eye is not dimmed nor his natural force abated.”

His present address is 102 East Marshall Street, Richmond, Va.

VII. Thomas Whittet [son of James, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Perth, January 25, 1834; baptized by the Rev. Forest Frew, Feb. 2, 1834. Married Margaret MacNaughton, Montreal, Canada, May 4, 1864. Died at Montreal, February 24, 1870.

Issue.

1. Alice Maria Frances, born at Hoboken, N. Y., June 8, 1865; died August 8, 1865.
2. Alexander Lawrence, born at Hoboken, N. Y., August 6, 1867.
3. James Jack, born at Montreal, Canada, Nov. 14, 1868; died March 22, 1869.

Thomas was placed as an apprentice to learn the bookbinding business in Perth, Scotland; but his employer dying before the completion of his period of service, he accompanied the foreman of the works, who began business in Dundee. His employer again died, and he went to Edinburgh, where he completed his term of apprenticeship in one of the best binderies of the metropolis, and became a very skillful workman in the higher branch of the trade—finishing. After working for a short time in Greenock and Belfast, he came to Perth as manager of the bookbinding department of the late Provost Thomas Richardson; but an opportunity of going to Canada under favorable prospects having presented itself, he accepted it, and removed to Montreal in 1860, where he married, May 4, 1864, Margaret, daughter of Mr. Alexander McNaughton, a native of his own city of Perth; after a time he removed to New York, where he remained only a short while, when he returned to Montreal, where he died on February 24, 1870, and lies buried in Mount Royal Cemetery. His widow is still resident in Montreal, at 497 St. Lawrence Street. Also their son (Alexander Lawrence, viii.) at 591 a Cadieux Street.

VII. Elizabeth [daughter of James, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born November 18, 1838; baptized by Rev. William Lindsay, of the East United Presbyterian Church. Married August 2, 1864, Henry Gordon, solicitor, Perth (died April 8, 1880).

Issue.

1. Maria Frances, born February 2, 1866.
2. Elizabeth, born May 26, 1868.
3. Charles Henry, born February 20, 1872.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon resided in Perth. He was engaged first as junior. and latterly as principal, of the legal department of Messrs. Condie & Son. He afterwards accepted a partnership in a law firm in Auchterarder; but receiving the appointment of agent of the Bank of Scotland at Pitlochrie, he removed to that charming spot in the Scottish highlands. Besides the management of the bank, he continued to practise his profession, in which he was fast rising to eminence, when he was suddenly cut off in the midst of high popular estimation. Their daughter (Maria Frances, viii.) is now superintendent of Arbroath Infirmary; their second daughter, Elizabeth (Lizzie), (viii.) is engaged in teaching, residing with her mother; and their son (Charles Henry, viii.) is now a solicitor in the city of Perth. Mrs. Gordon’s present address is Rosenheim, Glasgow Road, Perth.

VII. Thomas Whittet [son of William, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born September 12, 1836. Married Catherine Reid —— 18—.

Issue.

1. William, born —— 1863; died 1865.
2. Elizabeth (Lizzie), born —— 1866.
3. Margaret, born —— 1866.
4. Mary Ann Morris, born August 14, 1871.
5. Jessie Stevens, born September 18, 1873; died 1882.
6. Catherine, born November 15, 1875.
7. Thomas, born January 7, 1879.

Thomas is at present conducting a grocery business at High Street, Blairgowrie, Scotland.

VII. Margaret (Maggie) [daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Cupar Fife, March 10, 1839. Married to Robert Soutar (died 1886). Died at Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland, February 26, 1894.

Issue.

1. Isabella, born May 9, 1861.
2. William, born October — 1862; died ten months old.
3. Robert (1), born November — 1864; died thirteen months old.
4. David Soutar, born September — 1866.
5. Margaret, born August 5, 1868.
6. Robert (2), born June 25, 1870.
7. Bathea, born January 11, 1872.
8. Jane Ann, born November 25, 1874.
9. Barbara, born February 26, 1878.

VII. William [son of William, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Cupar Fife, Sept. 23, 1841. Married Helen Young, January 17, 1866.

Issue.

1. Ellen, born January 26, 1867.
2. David, born December 25, 1869; died at Glasgow, October 5, 1900.
3. William, born April 9, 1873.
4. Margaret Imrie, born June 11, 1874.
5. Catherine Elizabeth, born June 6, 1876.
6. George, born August 21, 1877.
7. Elizabeth, born March 17, 1880.
8. Thomas, born February 20, 1883.
9. Stuart Duncan, born April 14, 1885.
10. Edwin, born April 10, 1888.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VII. Barbara Whittet [daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born December 13, 1845. Married to David McLaren, of Blairgowrie.

Issue.

1. John, born November 13, 1868.
2. Margaret, born November, —, 1870.
3. Jessie, born March, 1873.

Present address, 50 George Street, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VII. Margaret Whittet [daughter of Andrew, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Newbigging, Parish of Dron, Perthshire, April 10, 1831. Married Francis Garden Pirie (born May 12, 1828), December 28, 1855. Died Aug. 20, 1893.

Issue.

1. Ellen (Nellie), born August 25, 1857.
2. Isabella Gray, born June 3, 1860.
3. Mary, born July 6, 1863.
4. Francis, born December, 1867.
5. William Whittet, born August 24, 1871.
6. Margaret, born —— 1875; died 1876.

Mr. and Mrs. Pirie were married at Edinburgh in 1856, at which time Mr. Pirie was employed as a printer. They afterwards removed to Glasgow, where he has remained, a compositor on the staff of the Glasgow Herald. The death of Mrs. Pirie occurred suddenly, while enjoying a summer vacation, on the 20th of August, 1893.

Mr. Pirie’s present address is 189 New City Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

VII. Mary Whittet [daughter of Andrew, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Newbigging, Parish of Dron, Perthshire, September 1, 1833. Married William Connell, builder, Dundee. Died at Broughty Ferry, Nov. 22, 1890. No issue.

VII. William Brotherton Whittet [son of Andrew, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born 1835. Married Eliza Hill, of Edinburgh, —— 18—. Died December 4, 1894.

Issue.

1. Margaret Ross Garson, born March 29, 1864.
2. Ella Scott Gilmour, born December 28, 1865.
3. Flora Elizabeth Hill, born December 24, 1869.
4. Wilhelmina Mary, born October 22, 1870.
5. Mary Connell, born October 20, 1873.

William Brotherton Whittet was a graduate of Edinburgh University, and gave his life to teaching, first in Merchiston Academy, Edinburgh, afterwards at Milnathort, and latterly was schoolmaster at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland. He continued at this place in the prosecution of his profession until his lengthened services entitled him to a retiring allowance, when he removed to Lochee, where he died, December 4, 1894. The papers of the day contained the following notice of him:

“Death of an Old Schoolmaster.—The death is announced at his residence at Lochee, on Monday, of Mr. W. B. Whittet, formerly headmaster of the Southern Public School, Broughty Ferry. When Mr. Whittet came to Broughty Ferry from Milnathort many years ago to take charge of the Southern School, it was in a very indifferent state. By diligence, perseverance, and the application of an efficient system of teaching he rapidly brought about a marked improvement, and put the school on a satisfactory basis, earning very favorable reports from the government inspector. Latterly, through ill-health, Mr. Whittet was obliged to give up teaching, and the board granted him a retiring allowance of fifty pounds per annum.”

The present address of Mrs. Whittet is Victoria Cottage, South Street, Lochee, near Dundee, Scotland.

VII. Joan [daughter of Andrew, vi.; son of William, v,; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born February 8, 1847. Married, December 27, 1878, Robert Dawson Robertson, M. A. (Aberdeen), schoolmaster, Rafford, Forres, Scotland.

Issue.

1. Nellie Scott Gilmour Whittet, born September 27, 1880.
2. Child still-born.
3. Mary Frances Connell, born May 21, 1883.
4. Dawson Cameron, born December 10, 1884.
5. Allina Annie Fraser, born August 29, 1886; died October 21, 1886.
6. John Cowan, born May 5, 1888; died January 29, 1889.

Present address, Clochcan, by Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

VII. Susan [daughter of Andrew, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born January 7, 1851. Married William Martin, House Factor, Dundee, December 28, 1881. Died at Dunshalt, Fifeshire, August 26, 1900.

Issue.

1. Nellie Gilmour, born January I5, 1883.
2. William Connell, born January 24, 1886.
3. Mary Whittet, born November 9, 1888.

Mr. Martin’s present address is Bonniebank House, Nelson Street, Dundee.

VII. Jane Whittet [daughter of Charles, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born March 31, 1831. Married David Small (died Dec. 7, 1892.)

Issue.

1. Maria, born December 25, 1857.
2. David, born June 26, 1859; died in infancy.
3. Charles, born June 10, 1860; died July 5, 1871.
4. Margaret, born November 20, 1862.
5. William, born May 11, 1866; died July 5, 1874.
6. Annie, born September 12, 1873; died January 13, 1877.

Present address, 36 Victoria Road, Dundee.

VII. Annie Whittet [daughter of Charles, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born September 4, 1837.

Present address, York Place, Perth, Scotland.

VII. William [son of Charles, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born October 14, 1839. Married Margaret Wemyss Reid, —— 18—. (Born Sept. 29, 1849.)

Issue.

1. Charles, born June 22, 1872.
2. Margaret, born June 28, 1875.
3. James, born Dec. 28, 1877. Drowned at Cape Horn October 1, 1898.
4. William, born December 17, 1879.
5. Andrew, born August 8, 1882.
6. Isabella, born March 23, 1885.
7. Alexander, born April 1, 1888.
8. Annie, born February 27, 1891.
9. John, born September 15, 1893.
10. Jane, born August 27, 1894.

Present address, Marine Engineer, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VII. Maria [daughter of Charles, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born July 4, 1842. Married James Stewart, builder, Perth, July 22, 1866. Died November 24, 1874.

Issue.

1. James Stewart, born September 19, 1861.
2. Jane, born May 27, 1869; died in infancy.
3. Charles, born May 6, 1870.
4. Frank, born September 28, 1872; died January 18, 1875.
5. Mary, born September 17, 1874.

Present address of James Stewart, builder, High Street, Perth.

VII. James Whittet [son of Charles, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born March 3, 1845, Married November 9, 1877, Jessie Kimmond (died 1883).

Issue.

1. Jessie, born August 14, 1878.
2. Jane, born November 11, 1880.

James began work in early life on a farm; he emigrated to Canada, where he was for several years, and left there to accompany his cousin (Robert, vii.) when he removed to Virginia, and proved an excellent manager. He afterwards returned to his native Scotland, and has been for many years in charge of the gardens at Murray’s Royal Asylum, Perth.

VII. Charles [son of Charles, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born May 25, 1848.

Issue.

1. Jane, born November 7, 1872; died 1878.
2. Charles, born April 29, 1874.
3. Isabella, born February 24, 1876.
4. Allan John, born January 30, 1878.
5. Francis William, born Sept. 23, 1879.
6. Thomas, born 1882; died 1882.
7. Frederick James, born Sept. 8, 1885.
8. Robert Stanley, born April 21. 1888.

Charles learned the trade of carpenter, and was employed in Perth. He emigrated to Canada, and his present address is Nelson, B. C., Canada.

VII. Alexander Rodgie [son of May, vi.; daughter of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born June 29, 1827. Married Anne Paton. Died at Perth, November 20, 1889.

Issue.

1. Thomas, born January 21, 1853; died at Dundee, 1878.
2. William, born February 22, 1854.
3. Amelia, born October 23, 1855.
4. Alexander, born June 2, 1857.
5. Margaret, born February 12, 1859.
6. Mary Ann, born November 6, 1860.
7. James, born March 8, 1862.
8. David, born November 24, 1863.
9. Margory Cowan, born September 25, 1865.
10. Child still-born.

Mrs. Rodgie’s present address, 6 Canal Street, Perth, Scotland.

VII. Margaret Rodgie [daughter of May, vi.; daughter of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born December 7, 1834. Married James Macfarlane, Balmanno, Parish of Dron, Perthshire. Died June 2, 1864.

Issue.

1. James, born —— 1862.
2. Thomas, born —— 1863.
3. Margory, born —— 1864.

VII. Alexander Rodgie [son of May, vi.; daughter of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born September 2, 1840. Married Isabella —— (died November 23, 1876); married, 2d, Margaret Lindsay, of Edinburgh.

Issue.

1. Charles, born March 22, 1871.
2. Thomas, born ——.
3. Margorie, born ——.
4. Robert, born ——.

Present address not known. Last heard of as a gardener in London.

VII. Barbara Rodgie [daughter of May, vi.; daughter of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born Sept. 2, 1840. Married Adam McLaggan. No issue.

Present address, Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

VII. William Whittet [son of David, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Drummond, Parish of Gask, Perthshire, March 31, 1833. Married Phillipa Tucker, at Toronto, Canada. Died at Oakland, California, January 21, 1887, and buried there. No issue.

The life of William (vii.) was somewhat chequered and wandering, as the following particulars, furnished by his brother (Charles S., vii.) will show: After sewing his apprenticeship as a gardener with Messrs. Dickson & Turnbull, of Perth, Scotland, he emigrated to the United States, and was employed with his uncle, Charles Stobie, florist, Baltimore, Md.; at this time he was little over sixteen years of age. He removed to Toronto, Canada, where he held a situation as gardener; but afterwards began business as a market gardener, hut not being so successful as to satisfy his expectations, he returned to the States, where he was employed as gardener to General Butler, Lowell, Mass. He afterwards went to Indiana, and was superintendent of the Agricultural College of that State. The directors of that institution spoke very highly of his services there, and said that the college had never been so well managed as while under him. He left Indiana, removing to some point in Tennessee, where he began business with two others as florists; but this was also given up, and he went to Chicago, Ill., and was employed in laying out the Central Park there. From Chicago he went to Oakland, Cal., where he was employed at Mountain View Cemetery until his death in l857.

Charles S. Whittet. (vii.)

VII. Charles Stobie Whittet [son of David, vi.; son of William. v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Keillor, Parish of Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, February 2, 1835. Married, 1st,Catherine Anderson Moir, at Perth, April 7, 1856 (died Sept. 12, 1864); married, 2d, Agnes Halley, November 20, 1866.

Issue.

1. Annie Brown, born at Toronto, January 16, 1857. Married William R. Black, of Binghamton, N. Y., U. S. A. Died at Corning, N. Y., U. S. A., January 19, 1899.
2. Elizabeth Stobie, born at Toronto, June 16, 1858. Died at Perth, Scotland, January 11, 1893.
3. Isabella Moir, born at Albany, N. Y., U. S. A., August 26, 1860. Died at Perth, July 25, 1863.
4. Jessie Gow, born at Perth, November 9, 1862. Married John Cameron, of Perth.
5. A son, born at Perth, not named, Sept. 11, 1864. Died Sept. 12, 1864.
6. Charles Stobie, born at Perth, December 29, 1867. Died at Glasgow, October 16, 1895.
7. Henry Frood, born at Perth, December 29, 1870.
8. Agnes, born October 11, l872.
9. Carrie Lauder, born October 29, 1874.
10. Robert, born December 8, 1876.
11. David James, born March 18, 1879.

The following sketch is autobiographic, was written at our request, and will be read with much interest:

“Mine has been a life of very varied experience. I became a carpenter, and finished my apprenticeship in 1853, married in 1856, and with my young wife emigrated to Canada. We went to Toronto, and I found employment there. My employer was a Scotchman—an elder in the church, too—and he failed in business, and I lost—I thought I was cheated—out of fifty dollars—all my years savings! I was left without a cent to welcome our first-born, and at the same time my wife was in poor health. However, in my extremity I met a great deal of kindness. Our landlord, and the merchants with whom we had been dealing, extended to us a generous credit; but after getting employment again, I paid up every indebtedness.

“Our second daughter was born in June, 1858, and at this time another misfortune overtook us, in the loss of all my tools in a fire, and I was laid up by an accident to my head. On recovery I left Canada and went to New York, and worked there for some time; but was afterwards engaged to go to Albany to work upon St. John’s Church, State Street, and I was afterwards with Messrs. Wheeler & Melick, implement makers.

“Our third daughter, Isabella, was born on August 26, 1860, and the following day another misfortune overtook us in the burning of our dwelling house. The nurse and myself carried my poor wife and baby out to the garden, and then I managed to save the lives of our two girls; but that was all, for everything we had was consumed. But again kind strangers came to our assistance, for when I endeavored to purchase goods to refurnish our home, on promise to pay in the future, the merchants generously let me have what I required, and kindly told me my face was a fair security!¹ And they were afterwards paid in full with a heart full of gratitude.

“In 1883 I visited America again, and endeavored to find those kind strangers, who had so befriended me in extremity, both in Toronto and Albany, to thank them over again. Some I found; but the changes of time had removed most of them, and I was denied what would have been a most gratifying pleasure.

“While in Albany I was a volunteer in the Tenth Regiment, and was one of the escort of President Lincoln on the occasion of his visit to Albany. My wife was alarmed lest our regiment should be sent to the front during the war of secession, and was most anxious to go home to the old country. I put her off for some time, but at last we agreed to toss up for a decision. I lost, and so had to yield, though reluctantly, and I put off the uniform the day we left. My captain sent his wagon to take our luggage to the steamer, and sent my wife two bottles of wine!

“We sailed from New York, but were chased by the Southern privateer Nashville, and were lucky in not being knocked to the bottom! We arrived in the Fair City, tired and poor, in 1862, and I obtained work with the late Mr. Robert Murray, joiner. While working thus I was chosen by my fellow-workmen to represent them at a conference of joiners to formulate rules for the Joiners’ Society of Scotland. We sat in convention for eight days.

“I had long wished to begin business on my own account, but having no capital, I did not see my way to make a start. At this time cousin Robert resolved to build a double villa for himself, and he urged me to undertake the carpenter work, and offered to advance the money, which would form a capital to enable me to carry on business. He did so, and I began on the 6th of March, 1866, Cousin Bob also used to assist me in making out estimates, and calculations for contracts, until he left me to shift for myself, by running off to America, in l869. Since that time I have carried through several important contracts to the satisfaction of every one, of which I may specify the Free West Church, the Savings Bank Building, St. Stephens Free Church, the J. Pullar & Son’s Works at Tulloch, Hotel at County Place; the Established Church at Forteviot, Mr. Guthrie’s mansion-house at West Ferry, Mr. Mathew’s mansion-house at Auchmague, and many others, besides having erected houses to the value of about eighteen thousand pounds sterling on my own account.

“In building the Free West Church I designed the scaffolding for the spire, and it attracted considerable attention. Sir Gilbert Scott, of London, sent a representative to see it, and the London papers described it, and said that ‘there had been nothing like it seen north of the Tweed!’ They might as truthfully have said south of it as well. The drawing which I made to guide my foreman in putting it up was shown to Mr. Honeyman, architect, Glasgow, and he requested me to let him have it, which I did. I afterwards heard that he took it to London, and laid it before the Society of Architects, and that it was hung on their walls. Several architects have asked me for photographs of it, and I have always complied with their request.

“In 1883 my health gave way, and in hope of recuperating, I made a visit to the United States and Canada. I returned somewhat improved; but soon after it entirely gave way, and I was compelled to reliquish business entirely in 1889. Since then my troubles have been many, but a relation of them would not be desirable. I have endeavored to live an independent life, and hope to do so to the end.”

¹Bravo!—that is so much to put to the audit of the family features.—Robert vii.

The present address of Charles S. Whittet is Balhousie Terrace, Perth, Scotland.

VII. Betsy Whittet [daughter of David, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born May 10, 1836. Married John Henderson, Perth. Died at Dublin, 1877.

Issue.

1. Amelia Frood, born ——.

VII. David Whittet [son of David, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Keillor, Parish of Fowlis Wester, Scotland, September 30, 1838. Married Leah Locker (born at Bramshall, Staffordshire, March 10, 1852) at Toronto, Canada, March 10, 1876.

Issue.

1. Emma Elizabeth, born May 4, 1877.

David in early life was employed in farming, and emigrated to Canada many years ago, where he married, and is now resident at 90 St. George Street, Toronto.

VII. Alexander Whittet [son of David, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at Keillor, Parish of Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, April 25, 1840. Married Isabella Proudfoot, of Perth, Scotland, at Lowell, January 24, 1867.

Issue.

1. William David, born at Tewksbury, Mass., April 2, 1868.
2. Isabella Elizabeth, born at Lowell, Mass., February 19, 1870.
3. Charles Alexander, born May 30, 1872, at Lowell.
4. Edith Agnes, born April 16, 1875, at Lowell.
5. Rufus Mason, born October 17, 1878, at Lowell.
6. Alice Bertha, born December 12, 1879; died September 23, 1880.

Present address, Florist, 31 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass., U. S. A.

VII. Amelia Buchan Whittet [daughter of David, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born September 23, 1842. Married Henry Frood, —— 18—. Died at Edinburgh, March 25, 1900. No issue.

Present address of Mr. Henry Frood, 4 Panmure Place, Edinburgh.

VII. James Whittet [son of David, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born August 4, 1846. Married Nellie Adams, of Alyth, Scotland, January 28, 1876, at Lowell, Mass.

Issue.

1. David William, born November 11, 1876, at Lowell.
2. Francis Stobie, born July 26, 1879, at Tewksbury, Mass.
3. Harry Hood, born December 16, 1883, at Tewksbury, Mass.
4. James Adam, born May 11, 1886, at Tewksbury, Mass.

Present address, Builder, 50 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

William Whittet. (vii.)

VII. William Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at “The Preens,” Parish of Arngask, Perthshire, March 21, 1843. Married Helen McLaren (born December 22, 1852), June 18, 1874.

Issue.

1. Alexander, born October 10, 1875.
2. Christina, born October 15, 1876; died September 21, 1883.
3. Jessie, born November 10, 1880.
4. Helen, born May 24, 1882.
5. Barbara, born April 18, 1884.
6. Alice, born May 21, 1886.
7. Margory, born October 7, 1888.
8. William, born April 18, 1890.
9. Margaret, born September 26, 1891.
10. Daisy, born November 1, 1894, at 36 Victoria Road, Dundee.

Present address, 39 Castle Street, Dundee; residence, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

William Whittet devoted his talents to mechanics, and now carries on business as a sewing machine maker at 39 Castle Street, Dundee. To him the family are indebted for the information contained in this record. He has made the subject for many years a matter of interest to himself, and has spent much time in the investigation of the records of births and deaths in the several parishes where it was expected information might be discovered, also of the great old tomes preserved in the Register House, Edinburgh, as well as interviewing those “oldest inhabitants” wherever they could be found, who might be the custodiers of information useful to his purpose. On the whole, he has been wonderfully successful, as this record we think proves. He has also, more than any of the others, kept himself in touch with the other members and offshoots, and we may well recognize that, without his indefatigable interest and investigation, the several branches must have drifted further and further apart, and lost all record of their origin, as other septs bearing the name have done in the farther back past, Let us extend to him our grateful thanks; and when we look on his portrait, and on the other picture of him and his big household, let us regard him as one of our kindred to whom we are under special obligations.

VII. John Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at “The Preens,” Parish of Arngask, Perthshire, August 22, 1844. Married Christina Campbell (born December 6, 1851), —— 18—.

Issue.

1. Alexandrina, born February 5, l872.
2. Christian Ann, born August 13, 1878.
3. Margory Jane, born December 5, 1879.
4. John Archibald, born March 6, 1885; died August 3, 1885.
5. William Gladstone, born May 28, 1891.

Present address, South Commercial Street, Washington, Washington Co., Kansas.

VII. Alexander Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at “The Preens,” Parish of Arngask, Perthshire, December 24, 1845. Married Anne Greig, December 6, 1869 (born at Dundee, August 7, 1844).

Issue.

1. Alexander, born September 4, 1872.
2. Mary Mason Cassells Greig, born January 27, 1876; died April — 1876.
3. James Greig, born February 5, 1879.

Present address, Foreman Pattern-maker, 99 Arbroath Road, Dundee.

VII. Ann Whittet [daughter of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born at “The Preens,” Parish of Amgask, Perthshire, August 10, 1846. Married Thomas Kirkland (born at Catrine, Scotland, November 7, 1848).

Issue.

1. Sarah M., born at Boston, Mass., July 4, 1872.
2. Thomas, born at Boston, Mass., September 25, 1873.
3. Alexander Whittet, born at Boston, December 25, 1875; died in infancy.
4. Christina, born at New York, March 11, 1877; died May 14, 1880.
5. Mabel Clark, born at New York, January 12, 1879; died October 8, 1895.
6. James Anderson, born at New York, July 3, 1881; died July 4, 1882.
7. Margaret May, born at New York September 11, 1882.
8. Whittet, born at New York March 15, 1889; died July 9, 1889.
9. Laurence Whittet, born at New York June 3, 1892.

Present address, 123 Third Street, Union Hill, New Jersey. Mr. Kirkland has recently purchased the “Clydesdale Stock Farm,” at Washington, Kansas, where he will engage in rearing and exporting high-class horses.

VII. Margaret [daughter of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born December 5, 1848. Married Duncan Menzies.

Issue.

1. Christina, born August 18, 1874; died October 1, 1896.
2. Margaret, born January 25, 1876.
3. Ina, born February 10, 1878.
4. Alexander, born May 19, 1880.
5. Robert, born July 9, 1882.
6. Grace, born December 23, 1884.
7. Mabel, born April 20, 1886.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington county, Kansas.

VII. Robert Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born April 20, 1850. Married Betsy Thompson (born in Dundee, November 21, 1857).

Issue.

1. Mary, born August 1, 1880; died July, 1882.
2. Alexander, born April 23, 1881.
3. Lavena, born September 1, 1882; died November 18, 1882.
4. Christina, born March 23, 1884.
5. James, born March 31, 1885.
6. Amenda, born April 21, 1888.
7. Susan, born August 21, 1890.
8. Bessie, born December 15, 1892.

Present address, Blacksmith, Haddam, Washington county, Kansas, U. S. A.

VII. David Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born September 8, 1851. Married Mary Partington, of Glasgow, October 28, 1875 (born February 19, 1854).

Issue.

1. Mary, born August 24, 1876.
2. Ina, born September 1, 1878.
3. Robertina, born March 25, 1880; died July 5, 1894.

Present address, 27 Wilton Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.

VII. Jane [daughter of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born March 12, 1853. Married, November 23, 1881, Peter Menzies (born at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, October 28, 1844).

Issue.

1. Duncan A., born September 23, 1882; died September 18, 1884.
2. Christina Ann, born June 30, 1884.
3. Margory W., born June 12, 1886.
4. Peter James, born April 18, 1888.
5. George Lowther, Triplets, born June 4,
6. Agnes Gardiner, 1890; died August
7. Still-born, 4, 1890.
8. John Allen, born August 5, 1892.
9. Albert Irvin, born May 1, 1894.
10. Lewis Abram, born January 23, 1896.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas.

VII. Marjory [daughter of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born May 3, 1855. Married, October 18, 1878, Alexander Seath, painter, of Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire (born January 23, 1855).

Issue.

1. Christina Clarke, born August 11, 1879.
2. James, born February 13, 1881.
3. Catherine Anderson, born May 25, 1882.
4. Azula, born December 25, 1883; died September 1, 1885.
5. Marjory, born October 12, 1885.
6. Alexander, born July l9, 1887; died May 27, 1888.
7. Lewis Fanning, born June 9, 1889.
8. Jessie Bisset, born February 19, 1891; died April 18, 1892.
9. Gertrude Madeline, born December 3, 1892.

Present address, 102 West Ninety-ninth Street, New York.

VII. James Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born March 9, 1857. Married Mary McDaniel, of Illinois (born March 18, 1865).

Issue.

1. James, born December 26, 1884.
2. Ada, born February 22, 1887.
3. Christina, born March 12, 1889.

James (vii.) obituary in the Dallas Morning News, December 12, 1911.

Present address, Blacksmith, Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas.

VII. Charles Whittet [son of Alexander, vi.; son of William, v.; son of Lawrence, iv.; son of James, iii.; son of Andrew, ii.; son of James, i.]. Born February 5, 1861. Married Lizzie Crichton, of Dundee (born January 8, 1864).

Issue.

1. Alexander, born September 25, 1887.
2. Mary, born January 21, 1889.
3. Elizabeth, born May 6, 1892.
4. Christian, born December 27, 1894.
5. Charles, born January 28, 1900.

Present address, Plumber, 27 Lyon Street, Dundee.

Family of Robert Whittet. (vii.)

Eighth Generation.

In the generations following, the ancestors for two removes only—parent and grandparent—are given. Seeing that all have the same derivation, all that is necessary is to add the older ones to find the complete ancestry, thus: James, vi.; William, v.; Lawrence, iv.; James, iii.; Andrew, ii.; James, i.

VIII. Maria Frances [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.]. Born at 55 High Street, Perth, April 17, 1855, 7:10 a. m. Married Evan Fraser, banker, Pitlochrie, at Perth, March 15, 1882 (died at Quilmes, Argentine Republic, June 20, 1890).

Issue.

1. Jeanie Aitchison, born December 13, 1882.
2. Margaret McIntosh (Reata), born October 4, 1884.

Present address, 102 Marshall Street, East, Richmond, Va.

VIII. Jeanie McLean [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.]. Born at 25 High Street, Perth, July 12, 1857, 8 a. m. Married Henry W. Wood, at Richmond, Va., December 11, 1884.

Issue.

1. Robert Ward Wood, born September 29, 1885.
2. Harry Ryrie Wood, born September 5, 1889.
3. Gordon Fraser Wood, born October 25, 1893.

Mr. Harry W. Wood is a member of the firm of T. W. Wood & Sorts, seedsmen, of Richmond, Va. Present address, 23 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va.

VIII. James Whittet [son of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at 30 High Street, Perth, February 6, 1861, 8 a. m. Married Clara, daughter of Robert McLean, Esq., secretary to the Underwriters’ Association, Toronto, Canada, September 12, 1888.

Issue.

1. Robert McLean, born July 5, 1890.
2. Bessie Grant, born December 23, 1894.

James is associated with his father (Robert, vii.) and brother (Robert, viii.) in the printing and publishing business of Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond, Va. He is the lineal representative of the family in the direct line. Present address, 21 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va.

VIII. Christina [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at 30 High Street, Perth Scotland, January 3, 1863. Married Harry Ryrie, of Toronto, Canada, at Richmond, Va., January 16, 1889.

Issue.

1. ——, still-born, November 3, 1890.
2. Helen, born November 4, 1891.
3. Evan, born February 15, 1894.
4. Jeanie,
5. Bob. Twins, born January 7, 1896. Jeanie died Jan. 8, 1896; Bob died August 16, 1897.
6. Margaret, born May 7, 1899.

Mr. Harry Ryrie is one of the firm of Ryrie Brothers, jewellers, Toronto, Canada. Their present address is, 164 Isabella Street, Toronto, Canada.

VIII. Robert Whittet [son of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, vi.]. Born at 30 High Street, Perth, May 11, 1865, 5 a. m. Married Marjorie, daughter of Lachlan McLean, Esq., V. S., Brooklyn, N. Y., November 15, 1891.

Issue.

1. Ethel Aitchison, born September 2, 1894.
2. Mary Keith, born May 20, 1897.
3. Robert, born February 20, 1899.

Robert is associated with his father (Robert, vii.) and his brother (James, viii.) in the Firm of Whittet & Shepperson, printers and publishers, Richmond, Va. He was chosen an alderman of the city of Richmond, 1898, and re-elected, 1900. Present address, 1203 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Va.

VIII. Thomas Whittet [son of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at “The Beild,” Kinnoull, Perth, March 5, 1867, 4:30 p. m.

Thomas Whittet is a member of the firm, and associated with his brother-in-law, Harry W. Wood, in the seed business of T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. He is also a past-master in Masonry, in which he has had conferred upon him the thirty-second degree. Present address, 102 Marshall Street, East, Richmond, Va.

VIII. Helen McLean (Nellie) [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at “The Beild,” Kinnoull, Perth, May 5, 1869, 12:05 a. m. Married Charles Frank Wood, September 15, 1891. Died at Richmond, Va., July 5, 1900, and buried in Hollywood Cemetery. No issue.

Mr. C. F. Wood’s address is Brook and Jefferson Streets, Louisville, Ky.

VIII. Harry Gordon Whittet [son of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at Williamsburg, Va., March 20, 1871, 8:30 p. m. Married Susie W Poindexter, at Richmond, Va., June 13, 1899.

Issue.

1. Thomas Poindexter, born June 5, 1900; died June 22, 1900.

Harry is First Lieutenant of the Richmond Howitzers.

Present address, 12 North Beech Street, Richmond, Va.

VIII. Margaret (Daisy) [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at 428 Ninth Street, Washington, D. C., February 22, 1874, 12:05 p. m. Present address, 102 East Marshall Street, Richmond, Va.

VIII. Alexander Lawrence [son of Thomas, vii.; son of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at Montreal, Canada, August 6, 1867. Married at Montreal, Canada, on September 12, 1896, to Florence Gertrude Mason, eldest daughter of Henry Mason, Esq., proprietor and publisher of the Montreal Trade Bulletin.

Issue.

1. Lisle Mason Whittet, born Oct. 3, 1900.

He is employed as business manager of the Trade Bulletin, published at Montreal. Present address, 591 a Cadieux Street, Montreal Canada.

VIII. Maria Frances Gordon [daughter of Elizabeth, vii.; daughter of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born February 2, 1866.

Miss Gordon devoted herself to the study of music, but gave herself to the beneficent work of nurse in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and after efficient training has received the appointment of lady superintendent of the Infirmary for the Sick at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland.

VIII. Lizzie Gordon [daughter of Elizabeth, vii.; daughter of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born May 26, 1868.

Miss Lizzie has given her life to the profession of teaching, residing with her mother at Rosenheim, Glasgow Road, Perth.

VIII. Charles Henry Gordon [son of Elizabeth, vii.; daughter of James, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born at Auchterarder, Perthshire, February 20, 1872.

Charles Henry, after acquiring experience in a law office in Edinburgh, and completing his studies at the university of the Modern Athens, has begun the practice of the law in his native place. May the mantle of his father fall on him, and he will become a faithful guide to many a disputing litigant—“Blessed are the peace-makers!”

VIII. Elizabeth Whittet [daughter of Thomas, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born —— 1866. Married at Craignabrattan, West Ferry, Dundee, to John Steven, September 25. 1894.

Present address, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Margaret Whittet [daughter of Thomas, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born —— 1868. Married Allan Ogilvy, Joiner, September 22, 1899.

Present address, 11 Murraygate, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Mary Ann Morris Whittet [daughter of Thomas, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born August 14, 1871.

Present address, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Catherine Whittet [daughter of Thomas, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born November 15, 1875.

Present address, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Thomas Whittet [son of Thomas, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born January 7, 1879.

Present address, High Street, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Ellen Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born January 26, 1867.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. William Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born April 9, 1873. Married Ann Fyfe Duffus, of Dundee, July 1, 1896.

Issue.

1. Annie Leighton Whittet, born June 27, 1897.
2. William Whittet, born January 18, 1900.

Present address, Balmore Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Margaret Imrie Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born June 17, 1874.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Catherine Elizabeth Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born June 6, 1876.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. George Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born August 21, 1877.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Elizabeth Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born March 17, 1880.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Thomas Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born February 20, 1883.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Stuart Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born April 14, 1885.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Edwin Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born April 10, 1888.

Present address, 4 Park Terrace, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Isabella Soutar [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born May 9, 186l. Married Robert Bruce.

Present address, George Square, Coupar Angus, Scotland.

VIII. David Soutar (son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born September — 1866. Married Martha McFarlane, of Coupar Angus.

Issue.

1. Robert Soutar, born March 9, 1886.
2. Mabel Soutar, born March 16, 1888; died —— 1891.
3. Martha,
4. David. Twins, born Sept. — 1890. David died 1892.
5. Margaret, born —— 1893.

Present address, tailor and clothier, 209 Illinois Street, Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.

VIII. Margaret Soutar [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born August 5, 1868. Married David Whitton.

Issue.

1. Bella Whitton, born December 31, 1893.

Present address, 515 Thirtieth Street, Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.

VIII. Robert Soutar [son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born June 25, l870.

Present address, 114 Earlston Avenue, Garngad Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland.

VIII. Bathea Soutar [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born January 11, 1872.

Present address, George Square, Coupar Angus, Scotland.

VIII. Jane Ann Soutar [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born November 25, 1874.

Present address, 37 Benvie Road, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Barbara Soutar [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.; son of William, v.]. Born February 26, 1878.

Present address, 1 Rockwell Place, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. John McLaren [son of Barbara, vii.; daughter of William, vi.]. Born November 13, 1868.

Present address, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Margaret [daughter of Barbara, vii.; daughter of William, vi.]. Born November, 1870. Married —— Baxter, November, 1893.

Present address, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Jessie McLaren [daughter of Barbara, vii.; daughter of William. vi.]. Born March —— 1873.

Present address, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Ellen Pirie (Nellie) [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born August 25, 1857. Married June 9, 1899, to James Morrison, stationer, Glasgow.

Present address, 189 New City Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

VIII. Isabella Gray Pirie [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born June 3, 1860.

Present address, 189 New City Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

VIII. Mary Pirie [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born July 6, 1863.

Present address, 189 New City Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

VIII. Francis Pirie [son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born December — 1867.

Present address, 189 New City Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

VIII. William Whittet Pirie [son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born August 24, 1871. Married Mary Ann Livingstone, October 3, 1895.

Issue.

1. Francis Pirie, born Sept. 27, 1896.
2. Katherine Pirie, born June 20, 1899.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Margaret Ross Garson Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born March 29, 1864. Married J. C. S. Robertson, clerk, Lochee, Forfarshire.

Issue.

1. Bessie, born December 6, 1884.
2. Guild, born March 3, 1886.
3. Ella, born August 24, 1887; died November 25, 1895.
4. Freddy, May 15, 1889.

Present address, Victoria Cottage, South Road, Lochee, Scotland.

VIII. Ella Scott Gilmour [daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born December 28, 1865. Married George Page, June 15, 1894.

Issue.

1. George William Whittet, born July — 1895.

Present address, 1 Ashmount Road, Hornsey Lane, London, N.

VIII. Flora Elizabeth Hill Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born December 24, 1869. Married John Clark (born December 2, 1861), schoolmaster, Crossmichael, Galloway, Scotland.

Issue.

1. William Stanley, born October 24, 1894.

Present address, Crossmichael, Galloway, Scotland.

VIII. Wilhelmina Mary Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born October 22, 1870.

Present address, 12 Cathedral Square, Glasgow, Scotland.

VIII. Mary Connell Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born October 20, 1873. Married John Murray (born October 6, 1868), plumber, Downfield, February 24, 1897.

Issue.

1. William Whittet Murray, born May 1, 1898.

Present address, Downfield, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Nellie Scott Gilmour Whittet Robertson [daughter of Jean, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born September 27, 1880.

Present address, Clochcan, Achnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

VIII. Mary Frances Connell Robertson [daughter of Jean, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born May 21, 1883.

Present address, Clochcan, Achnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

VIII. Dawson Cameron Robertson [son of Jean, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born December 10, 1884.

Present address, Clochcan, Achnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

VIII. Nellie Gilmour Martin [daughter of Susan, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born January 15, 1883.

Present address, Bonniebank House, Nelson Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. William Connell Martin [son of Susan, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born January 24, 1886.

Present address, Bonniebank House, Nelson Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Mary Whittet Martin [daughter of Susan, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born November 9, 1888.

Present address, Bonniebank House, Nelson Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Maria Small [daughter of Jane, vii.; daughter of Charles, vi.]. Born December 25, 1857.

Present address, 36 Victoria Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Margaret Small [daughter of Jane, vii.; daughter of Charles, vi.]. Born November 20, 1862.

Present address, 36 Victoria Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Charles Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born June 22, 1872.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. Margaret Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born June 28, 1875.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. William Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born December 17, 1879.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. Andrew Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born August 8, 1882.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. Isabella Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born March 23, 1885.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. Alexander Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born April 1, 1888.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. Annie Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born February 27, 1891.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. John Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born September 15, 1893.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. Jane Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born August 27, 1894.

Present address, 39 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, Scotland.

VIII. James Stewart [son of Maria, vii.; daughter of Charles, vi.]. Born September 19, 1867.

Present address, Moncrieff, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. Charles Stewart [son of Maria. vii.; daughter of Charles, vi.]. Born May 6. 1870. Is with the Royal Engineers.

Present address, Malta.

VIII. Mary Stewart [daughter of Maria, vii.; daughter of Charles, vi.]. Born September 17, 1874. Married Thomas Milne Cruickshank, clothier, Perth, December 27, 1899.

VIII. Jessie Whittet [daughter of James, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born August I4, 1878.

Present address, Murray’s Royal Asylum Farm, Perth, Scotland.

VIII. Jane Whittet [daughter of James, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born November 17, 1880.

Present address, Murray’s Royal Asylum Farm, Perth, Scotland.

VIII. Charles Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born April 29, 1874.

Present whereabouts unknown.

VIII. Isabella Whittet [daughter of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born February 24, 1876. Married H. G. Neelands, of the city of Nelson, British Columbia.

Issue.

1. H. G. Neelands, born February 6, 1898.

VIII. Allan John Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born January 30, 1878.

Present address, Nelson, British Columbia.

VIII. Francis William Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born September 23, 1879.

Present address, Nelson, British Columbia.

VIII. Frederick James Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born September 8, 1885.

Present address, Nelson, British Columbia.

VIII. Robert Stanley Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born April 21, 1888.

Present address, Nelson, British Columbia.

VIII. William Rodgie [son of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born Feb. 22, 1854.

Present address, Macaulay Street, Arbury, New South Wales.

VIII. Amelia [daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born October 23, 1855. Married James Miller Barlas, October 20, 1879.

Issue.

1. James Miller Barlas, born September 6, 1880.
2. Elizabeth Miller, born March 1, 1882.
3. David Caird, born April 28, 1889.
4. Arthur, born June 2, 1892; died June 3, 1892.

Present address, 253 High Street, Perth.

VIII. Alexander Rodgie [son of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born June 2, 1857.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Margaret Rodgie [daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born Feb. 12, 1859.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Mary Ann [daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born November 6, 1860. Married David Cuthbert (born July 15, 1859), December 30, 1884.

Issue.

1. Ann Paten Cuthbert, born July 27, 1886.
2. Mary Marjorie Rodgie, born April 29, 1889.
3. David John, born December 11, 1890.

Present address, Dyer’s Finisher, 23 Unity Place, Perth, Scotland.

VIII. James Rodgie [son of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born March 8, 1862.

Present address, ——.

VIII. David Rodgie [son of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born November 24, 1863. Married Jane Ann Cook (born March 29, 1868), January 11, 1894.

Issue.

1. Christina Gentle, born July 11, 1897.
2. David Arthur, born December — 1899.

Present address, 39 Princes Street, Perth, Scotland.

VIII. Marjory Cowan [daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born September 25, 1865. Married Robert H. Meldrum, schoolmaster.

Issue.

1. Robert Sydney Meldrum, born April 14, 1893.
2. Annie Paton Meldrum, born May 6, 1894.
3. Kate Henderson Meldrum, born January 14, 1896.
4. Thomas Meldrum, born January 20, 1898.

Present address, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

VIII. James Rodgie [son of Margaret Rodgie, vii.; daughter of May, vi.]. Born —— l862.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Thomas Rodgie [son of Margaret Rodgie, vii.; daughter of May, vi.]. Born —— 1863.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Marjorie Rodgie [daughter of Margaret Rodgie, vii.; daughter of May, vi.]. Born —— 1864.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Charles Rodgie [son of Andrew Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born March 22, 1871.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Thomas Rodgie [son of Andrew Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born —— 18—.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Marjorie Rodgie [daughter of Andrew Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born —— 18—.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Robert Rodgie [son of Andrew Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born —— 18—.

Present address, ——.

VIII. Annie Brown Whittet [daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born January 16, 1857. Married William Black of Binghamton, New York. Died January 19, 1899.

Issue.

1. Charles Rose, born —— 1890.
2. Harry Wilford, born —— 1891.
3. Roy, born —— 1892.

Mr. Black’s present address is Box 109, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., U. S. A.

VIII. Jessie Gow Whittet [daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born November 9, 1862. Married December 4, 1886, John Cameron (died December 19, 1893, aged thirty-two years).

Issue.

1. Kate Moir, born February 4, 1887.
2. Donald Bain, born April 5, 1888.
3. James, born September 25, 1890.
4. Christian, born April 17, 1892.

Present address, 35 Canal Street, Perth.

VIII. Henry Frood Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born December 29, 1870. Married —— McFarlane, Sept. 17, 1900.

Harry graduated at the Law Classes in the University of Edinburgh, has qualified himself for the legal profession, and is at present employed in a law office in Edinburgh.

VIII. Agnes Whittet [daughter of Charles, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born October 11, 1872.

Present address, Balhousie Terrace, Perth, Scotland.

Vlll. Carrie Lauder Whittet [daughter of Charles, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born October 29, 1874.

Present address, Balhousie Terrace, Perth, Scotland.

VIII. Robert Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born December 8, 1876.

Robert has passed several years in a lawyer’s office with a view to preparing for the legal profession. Enfeebled health has stopped his studies at the Law Classes at Edinburgh University, and in search of renewed strength he has sailed for New Zealand. May he be blest in finding. Our prayers go after him.

VIII. David James Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born March 18, 1879.

David emigrated to America in 1896, going to Scranton, Pa., where he was employed in the drygoods business. He was a member at the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and accompanied that regiment to Puerto Rice during the Spanish-American war. At present writing he is in the Fifth Regiment, U. S. A., and stationed at Fort Sheridan, about twenty miles from Chicago, Ill.

VIII. Amelia Frood [daughter of Betsy, vii.; daughter of David, vi.]. Born ——.

Present address unknown.

VIII. Emma Elizabeth Whittet [daughter of David, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born May 4, 1877.

Present address, 90 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.

VIII. William David [son of Alexander, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Tewksbury, Mass., U. S. A., April 2, 1868. Married Clara Aulena Thissell, at Lowell, Mass., November 1, 1899.

He was for many years bookkeeper to an important meat firm in Lowell, Mass.; but is now associated with his father in business as a florist. He has been often elected to civic honors in the city of Lowell—the last being to that of alderman, 1899. His present address is, 21 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Isabella Elizabeth Whittet [daughter of Alexander, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Lowell, Mass., February 19, 1870.

Present address, 31 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Charles Alexander [son of Alexander, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Lowell, Mass., May 30, 1872. Married Lilian Lefevre, of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, at Lowell, Mass., June 14, 1899.

He was trained to the business of gardener and florist, under his father, and has been for several years elected by popular vote to the office of superintendent of public parks of the city of Lowell. His present address is 31 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Edith Agnes [daughter of Alexander, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Lowell, Mass., April 16, 1875.

Present address, 31 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Rufus Mason [son of Alexander, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Lowell, Mass., October 17, 1878.

Rufus is now a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. Present address, 31 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. David William Whittet [son of James, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Lowell, Mass., November 17, 1876.

Present address, 50 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Francis Stobie Whittet [son of James, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Tewksbury, Mass., July 26, 1879.

Present address, 50 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Harry Hood Whittet [son of James, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Tewksbury, Mass., December 16, 1883.

Present address, 50 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. James Adam Whittet [son of James, vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born at Tewksbury, Mass., May 11, 1886.

Present address, 50 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

VIII. Alexander Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born October 10, 1875.

Present address, 39 Castle Street, Dundee; House, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee.

VIII. Jessie Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born November 10, 1880.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

Family of William Whittet. (vii.)

VIII. Helen Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 24, 1882.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Barbara Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born April 18, 1884.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Alice Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 21, 1886.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Marjory Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born October 7, 1888.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. William Whittet [son of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born April 18, 1890.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Margaret Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born Sept. 26, 1891.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Daisy Whittet [daughter of William, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born Nov. 1, 1894.

Present address, Woodside, East Newport, by Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Alexander Whittet [son of Alexander, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born Sept. 4, 1872.

Present address, 99 Arbroath Road, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. James Greig Whittet [son of Alexander, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born February 5, 1879.

Present address, 99 Arbroath Road, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Alexandrina Whittet [daughter of John, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born February 5, 1872. Married Benjamin Totten, dentist, October 3, 1898.

Present address, Clifton, Washington county, Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Christian Ann Whittet [daughter of John, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 13, 1878.

Present address, South Commercial Street, Washington, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Marjory Jane Whittet [daughter of John, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born December 5, 1879.

Present address, South Commercial Street, Washington, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. William Gladstone Whittet [son of John, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 28, 1891.

Present address, South Commercial Street, Washington, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Sarah M. Kirkland [daughter of Ann, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born at Boston, Mass., July 4, 1872. Married Capt. Bertrand Fay, June 11, 1900.

Present address, 330 Hudson Avenue, Union Hill, New Jersey, U. S. A.

VIII. Thomas Kirkland [son of Ann, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born at Boston, Mass., September 25, 1873.

Present address, 123 Third Street, Union Hill, New Jersey, U. S. A.

VIII. Margaret May Kirkland [daughter of Ann, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born at New York, September 11, 1882.

Present address, 123 Third Street, Union Hill, New Jersey, U. S. A.

VIII. Laurence Whittet Kirkland [son of Ann, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born at New York, June 3. 1892.

Present address, 123 Third Street, Union Hill, New Jersey, U. S. A.

VIII. Christina Menzies [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 18, 1874. Died October 1, 1896.

VIII. Margaret Menzies [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born January 25, 1876.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Ina Menzies [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born February 10, 1878.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Alexander Menzies [son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 19, 1880.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Robert Menzies [son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander vi.]. Born July 9, 1882.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Grace Menzies [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born December 23, 1884.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Mabel Menzies [daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born April 20, 1886.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Alexander Whittet [son of Robert, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born April 23, 1881.

Present address, Haddam, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Christina Whittet [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born March 23, 1884.

Present address, Haddam, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. James Whittet [son of Robert, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born March 31, 1885.

Present address, Haddam, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Amenda Whittet [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born April 21, 1888.

Present address, Haddam, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Susan Whittet [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 21, 1890.

Present address, Haddam, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Bessie Whittet [daughter of Robert, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born December 15, 1892.

Present address, Haddam, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Mary Whittet [daughter of David, vii; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 24, 1876.

Present address, Wilton Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.

VIII. Ina Whittet [daughter of David, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born September 1, 1878.

Present address, 11 Park Avenue, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Christina Ann Menzies [daughter of Jane vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 30, 1884.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Marjory W. Menzies [daughter of Jane, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born June 12, 1886.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Peter James Menzies [son of Jane, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born April 18, 1888.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. John Allen Menzies [son of Jane. vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 5, 1892.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Albert Irvin Menzies [son of Jane, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 1, 1894.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Lewis Abram Menzies [son of Jane, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born January 23, 1896.

Present address, Morrowville, Washington Co., Kansas, U. S. A.

VIII. Christina Clark Seath [daughter of Marjory, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born August 11, 1879.

Present address, 102 West Ninety-ninth Street, New York.

VIII. James Seath [son of Marjory, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born February 13, 1881.

Present address, 102 West Ninety-ninth Street, New York.

VIII. Catherine Anderson Seath [daughter of Marjory, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 25, 1882.

Present address, 102 West Ninety-ninth Street, New York.

VIII. Marjory Seath [daughter of Marjory, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born October 12, 1885.

Present address, 102 West Ninety-ninth Street, New York.

VIII. Gertrude Madeline Seath [daughter of Marjory, vii.; daughter of Alexander, vi.]. Born December 3, 1892.

Present address, 102 West Ninety-ninth Street, New York.

VIII. James Whittet [son of James, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born December 26, 1884.

Present address, Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas, U. S. A.

VIII. Ada Whittet [daughter of James, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born February 22, 1887.

Present address, Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas.

VIII. Christina Whittet [daughter of James, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born March 12, 1889.

Present address, Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas.

VIII. Alexander Whittet [son of Charles, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born September 25, 1887.

Present address, 27 Lyon Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Mary Whittet [daughter of Charles, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born January 21, 1889.

Present address, 27 Lyon Street, Dundee, Scotland.

VIII. Elizabeth Whittet [daughter of Charles, vii.; son of Alexander, vi.]. Born May 6, 1892.

Present address, 27 Lyon Street, Dundee, Scotland.

Ninth Generation.

IX. Jeanie Aitchison Fraser [daughter of Maria Frances, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born December 13, 1882.

Present residence, 102 East Marshall Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Margaret McIntosh Fraser (Reata) [daughter of Maria Frances, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born October 4, 1884.

Present residence, 102 East Marshall Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Robert Ward Wood [son of Jeanie McLean, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born September 29, 1885.

Present residence, 23 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Harry Ryrie Wood [son of Jeanie McLean, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born September 5, 1889.

Present residence, 23 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Gordon Fraser Wood [son of Jeanie McLean, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born October 25, 1893.

Present residence, 23 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Robert McLean Whittet [son of James, viii.; son of Robert, vii.]. Born July 5, 1890.

Present residence, 21 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Bessie Grant Whittet [daughter of James, viii.; son of Robert, vii.]. Born December 23, 1894.

Present residence, 21 South Beech Street, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Helen Ryrie [daughter of Christina, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born November 4, 1891.

Present residence, 164 Isabella Street, Toronto, Canada.

IX. Evan Ryrie [son of Christina, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born Feb. 15, 1894.

Present residence, 164 Isabella Street, Toronto, Canada.

IX. Margaret Ryrie [daughter of Christina, viii.; daughter of Robert, vii.]. Born May 7, 1899.

Present residence, 164 Isabella Street, Toronto, Canada.

IX. Ethel Aitchison Whittet [daughter of Robert, viii.; son of Robert, vii.]. Born September 2, 1894.

Present residence, 1203 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Mary Keith Whittet [daughter of Robert, viii.; son of Robert, vii.]. Born May 20, 1897.

Present residence, 1203 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Robert Whittet [son of Robert, viii.; son of Robert, vii.]. Born February 20, 1899.

Present residence, 1203 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Va., U. S. A.

IX. Lisle Mason Whittet [son of Alexander Laurence, viii.; son of Thomas, vii.]. Born October 3, 1900.

Present residence, 591 a Cadieux Street, Montreal, Canada.

IX. Annie Leighton Whittet [daughter of William, viii.; son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.]. Born June 27, 1897.

Present residence, Balmore Street, Dundee, Scotland.

IX. William Whittet [son of William, viii.; son of William, vii.; son of William, vi.]. Born January 18, 1900.

Present residence, Balmore Street, Dundee, Scotland.

IX. Robert Soutar [son of David Soutar, viii.; son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.]. Born March 9, 1886.

IX. Martha Soutar [daughter of David Soutar, viii.; son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.]. Born September — 1890.

IX. Margaret Soutar [daughter of David Soutar, viii.; son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.]. Born —— 1893.

Present residence, 209 Illinois Street, Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.

IX. Bella Whitton [daughter of Margaret, viii.; daughter of Margaret, vii.; daughter of William, vi.]. Born December 31, 1893.

Present residence, 515 Thirtieth Street, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

IX. Francis Pirie [son of William, viii.; son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born September 27, 1896.

IX. Katherine Pirie [daughter of William, viii.; son of Margaret, vii.; daughter of Andrew, vi.]. Born June 20, 1899.

IX. Bessie Robertson [daughter of Margaret Ross Garson, viii.; daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born December 6, 1884.

Present address, Victoria Cottage, South Road, Lochee, Scotland.

IX. Guild Robertson [son of Margaret Ross Garson, viii.; daughter of William, vii; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born March 3, 1886.

IX. Freddy Robertson [son of Margaret Ross Garson, viii.; daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born May 15, 1889.

Present residence, Victoria Cottage, South Road, Dundee, Scotland.

IX. George William Whittet Page [son of Ella Scott Gilmour, viii.; daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born July — 1895.

Present residence, 1 Ashmount Road, Hornsey Lane, London, N.

IX. William Stanley Clark [son of Flora Elizabeth Hill, viii.; daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born October 24, 1894.

Present address, Crossmichael, Galloway, Scotland.

IX. William Whittet Murray [son of Mary Connell, viii.; daughter of William, vii.; son of Andrew, vi.]. Born May 7, 1898.

Present residence, Downfield, by Dundee, Scotland.

IX. H. G. Neelands [son of Isabella, viii.; daughter of Charles, vii.; son of Charles, vi.]. Born February 6, 1898.

Present residence, Nelson, British Columbia.

IX. James Miller Barlas [son of Amelia Rodgie, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born September 6, 1880.

Present residence, 253 High Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Elizabeth Miller Barlas [daughter of Amelia Rodgie, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born March 1, 1892.

Present residence, 253 High Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. David Caird Barlas [son of Amelia Rodgie, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born April 28, 1889.

Present residence, 253 High Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Ann Paton Cuthbert [daughter of Mary Ann, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born July 27, 1886.

Present address, 23 Unity Place, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Mary Marjorie Rodgie Cuthbert [daughter of Mary Ann. viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born April 29, 1889.

Present residence, 23 Unity Place, Perth, Scotland.

IX. David John Cuthbert [son of Mary Ann, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born December 11, 1890.

Present residence, 23 Unity Place, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Christina Gentle Rodgie [daughter of David Rodgie, viii.; son of Alexander, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born July 11, 1897.

Present residence, 39 Princes Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. David Arthur Rodgie [son of David Rodgie, viii.; son of Alexander, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born December — 1899.

Present residence, 39 Princes Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Robert Sydney Meldrum [son of Marjory Cowan, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born April 14, 1893.

Present residence, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

IX. Annie Paton Meldrum [daughter of Marjory Cowan, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born May 6, 1894.

Present residence, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

IX. Kate Henderson Meldrum [daughter of Marjory Cowan, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born January 14, 1896.

Present residence, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

IX. Thomas Meldrum [son of Marjory Cowan, viii.; daughter of Alexander Rodgie, vii.; son of May, vi.]. Born January 20, 1898.

Present residence, Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

IX. Charles Rose Black [son of Annie Brown, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born —— 1890.

Present address, Box 109 Wilkesbarre, Pa., U. S. A.

IX. Harry Wilford Black [son of Annie Brown, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born —— 1891.

Present address, Box 109, Wilkesbarre, Pa., U. S. A.

IX. Roy Black [son of Annie Brown, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born ‐— 1892.

Present address, Box 109, Wilkesbarre, Pa., U. S. A.

IX. Kate Moir Cameron [daughter of Jessie Gow, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born February 4, 1887.

Present address, 85 Canal Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Donald Bain Cameron [son of Jessie Gow, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born April 5, 1888.

Present address, 85 Canal Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. James Cameron [son of Jessie Gow, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born September 25, 1890.

Present address, 85 Canal Street, Perth, Scotland.

IX. Christian Cameron [daughter of Jessie Gow, viii.; daughter of Charles S., vii.; son of David, vi.]. Born April 17, 1892.

Present address, 85 Canal Street, Perth, Scotland.

Snoot was a Surveyor between 1939 and 1970 in US Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Appendix.

Since the first pages of this work were sent to press a further examination of the record has been made, and the opinion of experts obtained, to decipher, if possible, the writing, with a view to discover the name of the wife of our earliest ancestor, James Weittet, of Kintillo, which had to be left in black on page 21. The opinion arrived at is that her name was “Margaret Brewes.” Though this name is not now a common one, there are several instances of its occurrence in the older records. One of these will be found under the date 1677 in this Appendix, where “Robert Brewes” is a witness at the baptism of James’ youngest son, and our second ancestor, Andrew.

Memoranda Taken on Examination of the Records of the Various Parishes, Being Instances of the Occurrence of the Name of “Whittet” in Births and Marriages Recorded Therein: