John Clerk

• Navn	John Clerk
  Kjønn	Mann
  Event	1568	Killiehuntly, Badenoch, Scotland   [1]
  The Clerks of Penicuik are descended from John Clerk, of Kilhuntly, in Badenoch, Aberdeenshire, who attended himself to the party of Queen Mary, and had to leave that part of the country in 1568 during the troubles. His son, William Clerk, was a merchant in Montrose; he leaved in the reigns of Mary and James the Sixth, and died in 1620.’John Clerk, his son, was a man of great ability. He went to Paris in 1634, and having acquired a large fortune there in commerce, returned to Scotland in 1646, and bought the barony of Penicuik, and also land of Wright’s Hoses. He married Mary, daughter of William Gray of Pittendrum. This lady brought the nachlace of Nary Queen of the Scots into the family.
  Person ID	I41543	My Genealogy
  Sist endret	18 Aug 2022

  
  

  Barn	+ 1. William Clerk   d. 120
  Famile ID	F16691	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram
  Sist endret	20 Aug 2022

  
  

• Hendelseskart

  Event - The Clerks of Penicuik are descended from John Clerk, of Kilhuntly, in Badenoch, Aberdeenshire, who attended himself to the party of Queen Mary, and had to leave that part of the country in 1568 during the troubles. His son, William Clerk, was a merchant in Montrose; he leaved in the reigns of Mary and James the Sixth, and died in 1620.’John Clerk, his son, was a man of great ability. He went to Paris in 1634, and having acquired a large fortune there in commerce, returned to Scotland in 1646, and bought the barony of Penicuik, and also land of Wright’s Hoses. He married Mary, daughter of William Gray of Pittendrum. This lady brought the nachlace of Nary Queen of the Scots into the family. - 1568 - Killiehuntly, Badenoch, Scotland  = Link til Google Earth

  
  

• Kilder

  [S3181] Lewis Campbell, William Garnett, The Life of James Clerk Maxwell: With a Selection from His Correspondence and Occasional Writings and a Sketch of His Contributions to Science, (Cambridge University Press, 3. jun. 2010), 16.