James Gartshore

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• Name	James Gartshore
  Born	1637	Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Scotland, United Kingdom   [1]
  Notes	The Reverend James GARTSHORE held the Gartshore Estate for several years. He was the minister at Cardross in Dumbartonshire. The liferent payable to the widow of his brother, Patrick, became an overwhelming burden. To relieve himself of this burden he assigned the Gartshore Estate to his brother, Alexander in return for payment of these obligations. The Reverend Doctor of Divinity, James GARTSHORE entered the church and obtained the parish of Anwoth 1n 1714. In 1721 he was translated to the parish of Kirkcudbright, which he retained until his death in 1760. He married the only daughter of the Reverend William MAXWELL, minister of Mimigaff, a sister to Colonel William MAXWELL of Cardoness. (Must be two different people.) From "Tranent and Seton, page 397: James GARTSHORE, M.A. (Glasgow 1651); minister of Penninghame 1661; transferred to Kilsyth 1666, transferred to Cardross 1673; D.D. (Glasgow); transferred ans adm. about July 1683; dem. 1689; died (date unknown). He married (1) 06 AUG 1691, Jean LOCKHART, widow of Gavin HAMILTON of Raploch: (2) o3 JUL 1696, Janet CHEYNE, widow of Walter McGILL, minister of Kilsyth. On 04 DEC 1694, when a member pf Presb. went to preach at Tranent, he found a "great disturbance and a rabble throwing stones at those assembled to hear him." The Pulpit was occupied by Bernard McKENZIE, and he had to conduct both diets of worship in the Kirkyard.- [Edin. Reg. (Marr.); M.S. Acc. of Min 1689.] In the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae James GARTSHORE is mentioned. Fasti paragraph on his son James, Minister of Carmichael, refers to him as "son of James GARTSHORE of that Ilk."
  Person ID	I4610	ONS
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	James Gartshore,   b. Abt 1598, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Family ID	F2971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christine Weir,   b. Abt 1637
  Married	1658	Gartshore, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. Marie Gartshore,   b. 17 Apr 1655, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F1004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1637 - Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Died - - Scotland, United Kingdom Married - 1658 - Gartshore, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Reference

  Andrew D. Kemp. "James Gartshore". KEMP(E) Surname one-name study worldwide - Family History (tree) and Genealogy. https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I4610&tree=adkemp (accessed January 19, 2022).

  
  

Sources

[S83] Geoffrey Williams - Morey Memories etc.