Ninian Dunbar
of Grangehill,
Scotland
late 1500 to late 1600
Born: late 1500 and died late 1600.
Son of: Mark
Dunbar and Isabella Dunbar (nee Falconer).
Brother of:
not known.
Ninian married:
Marion Dunbar (nee Ogilvy) and then Christian Dunbar (nee Dunbar).
Ninian and Marion
had issue:
1. Sir Robert Dunbar.
2. David Dunbar (1630ish
to 1691) who married Margery
Seaton.
Ninian
and Christian had issue:
1. William Dunbar.
2. John Dunbar.1
Ninian Dunbar: An Overview
We know about Ninian from the book "Records of the Heath Family", by George Heath 1907. The entry is as follows:
Ninian Dunbar of Grangehill, who, upon his father's resignation, got
a charter of the lands and barony of Grangehill (from the Earl of
Dunfermline the superior) as son and apparent heir of his father
Mark, dated 20 October 1616.
He also, upon his father's resignation, obtained anther charter under
the great seal "Niniano Dunbar de Grangehill et suae sponsae
piscationia aquae de Findhorn, &c.," dated 9th August, 1642.
This Ninian, in conjunction with his father, Mark Dunbar of Durris
(whom heir and representative Ninian was) , made sale in the year
1607 to Sir John Campbell of Calder, of the Durris properties, in the
country of Inverness, in order to pay off a purchase of certain
church lands in the parishes of Dyke and Moy, and in the county of
Murray, bought from one of the Lords of erection, viz., Alexander
Seaton, Lord Tyvie and Urquhart, and thereafter Earl of
Dunfermline. These lands were the barony of Farnen,
comprehending Grangehill, Grange Green, Boggs, Longley, Welehead and
Muirton, after which they purchased the lands of Kinlessack, and
certain salmon fishings on the Findhorn, and these were called the
Grangehill properties, after which aquisitions we hear no more of the
Durris family, whose line was carried forward in the family of Grangehill.
He married first (Marion) Ogilvy, daughter of Lord Banff, by whom he
had two sons.
1. Sir Robert, Kt., his heir for whose desendents see Dunbar Pedigree.
2. Mr David Dunbar of Kirkhill, who
married Marjory, daughter of Sir William Seaton of Pitmedden, and had issue.
He married secondly Christian, daughter of ____ Dunbar of
Bannagefield, by whom he had two sons.
1. William, of Kintesack and Kincorthie, afterwards Sir William
Dunbar of Durn, knighted by King Charles II.
2. John, designed of Wellhead, of whom there is no male succession.
I have also been sent the following information from Ms J H Forbes-Hood.
Like you I am descended from the Dunbars - many of them; and as you asked for any extra information on the families on your site I decided to email you with the names of the children of Ninian Dunbar of Grangehill, that I know.
Firstly his second wife was named on the parish register of Dyke (where the last child ELEN on the PR (Ellen or Helen) was baptised (date below) her mother is down as FINDUELL that is for FINDUELLA DUNBAR she is the daughter of Mr JOHN DUNBAR of Mefts (Meftis) a minister, and his wife who appears to have been MARION SUTHERLAND.
Now the children of NINIAN DUNBAR were as follows:
With his first wife MARION OGILVIE:
Sir ROBERT d 1659
DAVID d 14 February 1691
Then with his second wife FINDUELLA DUNBAR
FLORENCE b c1629/30 (possibly an anglified form of Finduella) *
JOHN b c 1631
AGNES b c 1633 (my ancestress who married PATRICK DUNBAR of Easterbin.)
ALEXANDER b 16 Jun 1635
JAMES b 5 Jul 1636
NINIAN b 1 Sep 1639
WILLIAM b 1640 date unknown (first baronet on Durn)
HELEN (ELEN) b 24 Jan 1641
* My ancestors Patrick and Agnes named my ancestress their first daughter Florence also and as it does not appear in the family earlier I am pretty certain it is
for Finduella.
Anyway I hope the above has been useful to you and want to take this chance to wish you well with your site and your family research.
Regards
"Gene" (Ms J H Forbes-Hood)
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