Sir John Seton, second surviving son of Sir Alexander Seton, the Keeper of Berwick during the famed siege of the town by Englands King Edward, was founder of the Seton's of Parbroath.  He married the heiress Elizabeth Balfour, given to his father to bestow on his son by Scotland's King David II.  The Seton's of Parbroath were hereditary Keepers of Falkland Palace, Royal Comptrollers, Justiciar's and Sheriffs of Fife, and contributed endlessly to the Church and Clergy.