The Family
of the Seton's
of Meldrum
There are various records for the Seton's of Meldrum not only in Scotland, but
also in France and in Rome. The Scots College at Douai, for example, lists
records for "Baroni de Meldrum" stemming after the beginning of the 15th
century.
William Seton, 2nd Seton Laird of Mounie,
of the family of Meldrum, was Regius Professor of Jurisprudence at Angiers and was one of the greatest lawyers of his age. He was residing
at Rome when Dempster wrote his History (c. 1627). William was also
mentioned by Francisque-Michel, in his writing, "Les
Ecossais en France", (ii. 295) as "le docteur William Seton", one of the most learned men of his time - a
distinguished "jurisconsulte", and, in the opinion of his contemporaries, "le flambeau de l'epoque". William
also wrote a volume on the life of Chancellor Alexander Seton entitled the Life of Chancellor Seton, which Dempster
refers to in his History. He mentions it as by, "Gulielmus Setonius,
J.C.., Alexandri consanguineus, et olim familiaris",
which was intended to be published by William and not fulfilled.
John Seton, of Lumphart, Broomhill
(also called "Breemie" near Dunecht) and
1st of Mounie in Aberdeenshire was the second son of William Seton, 5th Seton Laird of
Meldrum by his wife Janet Gordon of Lesmoir in
Aberdeenshire. John Seton held the two former lands confirmed by a Charter under the Great Seal in 1575, and retained
the lands of Mounie under a Charter dated 1597. John married Marjory Panton (Patton?) of
Pitmedden and had a son, William Seton of Mounie and later of Udny.
William Seton of Mounie married the heiress Helen Udny of Udny and thereby sold
Mounie to John Urquhart of Craigfintry and his wife, Elizabeth Seton of Meldrum,
and became William Seton of Udny. By his first wife Helen Udny, he had two sons, William Seton of Menie
and Alexander Seton of Kinloch (d. 1672), by his second wife, Marjory Innes of
Cotts, he had three son's: James, David and Thomas.
John Seton,
called "of Menie", and later "of Auquorthies": Chamberlain to the
Earl of Dunfermline, his portrait is at Mounie Castle in
Aberdeenshire. He was also mentioned in the funeral of
Chancellor Seton in 1622, as then being of Menie, "John Seaton of
Menies Chamberland of Fyvie". By 1638, he is settled at
Aquhorthies, where the Skene family papers record him having sent
wood to aid his cousin, wife of the Laird of Tibertis.
He is remembered in the family papers of the Skene's of Rubislaw
as:
"Letter from John Seton to Laird of
Tibertis (Tipperty) sending wood to aid cure for the gravel for
his cousin John Skene's wife, dated at Auchquhorty, 17 June 1638".
He received Lumphart and Broomhill from his father.
Alexander Seton of
Mounie, of the family of Meldrum married Isabel Leslie of Balquain in the late 1400’s
or early 1500’s. She was the daughter of William Leslie of Balquain who
succeded in 1496 and who’s wife was Elizabeth Ogilvie of Boyne (dau. of Sir
Walter Ogilvie of Boyne). Alexander Seton was Chancellor of
Aberdeen and Vicar of Bethelme.
William Seton
(Seaton) of Udny and Menie (Menies/Meanies)
of the Seton's of Meldrum family line, is
mentioned in the
funeral account of
Alexander Seton, Chancellor of Scotland and 1st Earl
of Dunfermline, in 1622. It is mentioned in the funeral account of
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline and Chancellor of Scotland, that William Seton of Oudnie (Udny) and
the, "Good Men of Mounie" carried the arms of the House of Hamilton of Sorn in the procession, 19th July, 1622 (Memoirs
of Chancellor Seton, by George Seton, Rep. of Cariston, 1882). This William Seton was
son of John Seton of Lumphart Broomhill and 1st of Mounie. The only other reference that
I have been able to find is in Land Ownership Records for Belhelvie.
In 1629, William
Seton bought the lands and barony of Menies, Aberdeenshire, from George Gordon.
He
married Margaret Graham and had a son John Seton of Udny,
born about 1630. He lost the lands of Menie in 1633, whereby his creditor,
Robert Graham of Morphie, was granted his lands. In 1696, James Seton
(Seaton) re-acquired the lands, though no further details are known.
James Seton of
Menie (Meanie):
James Seton, last of Seton Meanies / Menie had a sister, Margaret Seton,who married Thomas Fraser of Cairnbulg (born 1649 ?) as his second wife.
James died without issue in 1707 and the line's representation
passed to Robert Seton, son of Alexander Seton of Kinloch.
..A5 Thomas Fraser of
Cairnbulg, b probably 1649, m 1st (contract 23 June
1680) Margaret, elder dtr of Robert Forbes of Ludquhairn, Tutor of
Craigievar, and m 2nd Margaret Seton, sister of James Seton
of Meanie, and had by his 1st wife issue:
....b1. Margaret Fraser m (contract 2 December 1699) Sir
James Innes of Orton, Bt.
....b2. Jean Fraser
....b3. Sophia Fraser
....A6 James Fraser, d young, probably before 26 June 1676
....a2. Margaret Fraser m (contract 5 June 1679) Thomas
Gordon of Newark, MD
....a3. Elizabeth Fraser
Thomas Seton of
Manx, buried in Kirk Malew, Ilse of Man, 1743, Thos. Seton, son of John Seaton,
goldsmith, in Edinburgh, of the family of Meldrum, descended from the Setons, Earls of
Winton, in East Lothian, 10th February.
John Seaton of
Disblair - He is mentioned in the
record of the trial of the murder of William Mackintosh as a juror
appointed by the Gordon's, Earl of Huntly, along with William
Seton (Seaton) of Meldrum (and others), on August 2, 1550.
George Seton of
Schethin - c.1616 (witness)
Mentioned in the account of the funeral of Chancellor Seton in
1622, where he is noted along with his cousin, also George Seton as: "Mr. George Seaton of Barha, the Laird
of Schethim Seaton...". He is previously recorded in 1616, in this year an Obligation is recorded in the Sheriff Court
Books of Aberdeenshire on 20th May, 1616, by James Curour in Kinmunite as
principal, and Alexander Robertson, Minister at Aboyne, Alexander
Curour in Kinmunite, and George Gordon in Woodend of Birse,
Cautioners for 200 merks. The witnesses are George Seton of Schethin; William Dunn, Muirtown of Bourtie; Magnes Cadonheid,
son to Andrew Cadonheid in Cortanes of Drum; Andrew Murray,
on to homas Murray, Burgess, Aberdeen; and Andrew Clark,
Procurator.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sommers/3_decendents_of_drum.txt
Seaton's in Strichen:
William Cardnocht, on 17 Nov 1603, William being a minor,
curators were appointed to him, viz Mr. James Rosie, minister
Aberdeen, and Mr. Robert Paip, Advocate, Aberdeen, John the
minors brother being cautioner for the curators. There were
called in the curatory proceedings in the Aberdeen Sheriffs
Court the minors next of kin viz John his brother; Edward
Cardnocht servitor to Lady Balquhain; Patrick Smyth in
Fraserburgh; Alexander Cardnocht in Kirkton of Philorth; John
Urquhart of Culbo; George Seaton of Schethine;
Mr. Alexander Seaton of Boinakellie. Alexander Seaton in
Aberdeen and the two
curators appointed [Abd Shff’s rec 2/54]
Seaton Presbyterian
Ministers from Aberdeen who Emigrated to Ireland - This
congregation was sometimes called Hillsborough (Anahilt
Presbyterian, Co. Down). Rev. John McBroom settled here as
the first minister. He had been ordained in Portpatrick in
1656, deposed for non-conformity in 1662, and was installed here
in 1663. He died on 7th July 1682 as appears from
the tomb-stone still to be seen in Anahilt graveyard. It is
there stated that he was here twenty years. There were disputes
about the boundary of the congregation and that of Lisburn. In
those days people had to go to the meeting house of the district
and not to another at a greater distance, even if they greatly
preferred the distant minister. In 1697 ‘perambulators’
were appointed by the Synod of Ulster to settle this boundary
issue, but in 1698 the people of Blaris asked to be rejoined to
Lisburn, “finding by experience their annexation to
Hillsborough (as it was then called) to be extremely
inconvenient”. The next minister after Mr. McBroom, of
whom there is any account, was Mr. James Ramsey, son of Rev.
Gilbert Ramsey of Bangor, who had previously supplied Maghera
and appears to have been ordained here shortly after the
Revolution of 1689. He was present at the Synod in June 1694 and
died on 24th February 1708. Then came Mr. Charles
Seaton (lic. Belfast) who was ordained here on 9th
December 1708. His father, Rev. P. Seaton of Dyce in
Scotland, had been forcibly deposed there and came over to
Ireland. The Rev. C. Seaton died in this charge on 27th
August 1737.
Alexander
Seaton of Cuttle-Craigs (Cuttlecraggs) on the Lumphart Estate, Lethenty, Daviot Parish, Aberdeenshire. He is mentioned in
Quaker writings in Ulster Ireland and Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He was born circa 1652,
at Cuttlecraigs, near Lumphart in Daviot parish, and died in 1723
in Hillsborough, Co. Down, Ireland. His father was John Seaton
of the family of Meldrum.
His four sons, Thomas, John, James and Andrew, went to Ireland first and
then later to
Pennsylvania and Virginia, as did his daughter Ruth. Thomas
remained in Ireland. John married
a Jane Edwards in Scotland and learned the Tailor trade, James was
engaged in Linen manufacturing in Drogheda, Ireland, and Andrew
kept a Public House in Ireland and became quite wealthy, although
he was shipwrecked off Sable Island off of the coast of Nova
Scotia and lost everything. Ruth
married James Miller of Armagh, Ireland on Feb. 10, 1734, his
second wife, in London Grove Pennsylvania. Alexander was an
eminent minister of Friends in Ireland, son of John Seaton, of the Seatons of Meldrum, was born about
1652, at Cuttle-Craggs, near Lethinty and Lumphart, in the Parish of Daviot,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and was brought up a scholar, studying for
some time in the college in the old town of Aberdeen. Here in
1675, he became convinced of the Quaker principles and was
frequently engaged at that time in their activities in Ulster.
Finally, from Glasgow,
in 1699, he removed to Ireland, making his residence at
Hillsborough, County Down. He died 1 Mo. 1723.--Rutty, Leadbeater,
Piety, Promoted.
The Society of Friends in Lisburn, Ireland.
Immigration of the Irish Quakers into
Pennsylvania
1682-1750 With Their
Early History in Ireland
New Garden Monthly Meeting
In Chester County. Established in 1718, from Newark or Kennett.
Received 9 Mo. 24, 1733, from Ballinderry Meeting, Ireland.
George Seton was parson of Belhelvie during the 15th
century. His Arms were in the wall of the Prebends House and noted in the
history of the Belhelvie Parish in Aberdeen.
Jean Seton
who married
Alexander Abercrombie of Fetterneir in 1670 succeeding Hector his
father and had a papal charter of Fetternear, was the daughter of John Seton of Newark
of the Seton's of St. Germains' line. They had 3 noted sons: Francis Abercromby, their eldest son, who
succeeded to Fetternear and married Anna, Baroness Sempill, (who
died in 1698) and was in 1685, created Lord Glasfoord for his own lifetime only.
He sold Fetternear to Patrick Leslie of Balquhain in 1690. His descendants by
Lady Sempill bear the title of Baron Sempill. Patrick
Abercromy , the 3rd son, was the author of "The Martial Atchievements of the Scotish Nation".
William Seton, Farmer in
Bonnyton, Udny Parish - His gravestone is noted only that his
wife was Margaret Christie Arthur, and that he died in 1894.
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