HUME, David of Godscroft 1User ID: N851. General Notes: "Godscroft's own personal history, so far as it is known, may be briefly stated. He was born in or about the year 1560, and appears to have been the third son of David Hume of Wedderburn, and his wife, Mariota Johnstone, daughter of Andrew Johnstone of Elphinstone. Godscroft inherited the blood of Douglas from his grandmother, Alison Douglas, the wife of David Hume of Wedderburn, his grandfather. She was a daughter of George, Master of Angus, eldest son of 'Bell the Cat.' " David married Barbara JOHNSTONE, daughter of James JOHNSTONE 5th of Elphinstone and Margaret RUTHVEN, by 28 September 1595(charter).1 (Barbara JOHNSTONE was born about 1562.) Marriage Notes: "The lands of Godscroft were held in feu from the collegiate church of Dunglas, and the provost of that church, with consent of the patron, Alexander, Lord Home, granted, on 2d April 1589, a charter of these and other lands, to Mr. John Home, brother to George Home of Wedderburn. Five years afterwards, in August 1594, Mr. John Home disponed to his brother David the lands of Godscroft and Luckiesmill, granting on the 28th of the following September a formal feudal charter of these lands to David Home and his spouse, Barbara Johnstone, daughter of James Johnstone of Elphinstone. Thenceforward David Hume was designated of Godscroft. The lands continued to be possessed by him till his death, in or about the year 1632." |