JOHNSTONE, Barbara 1
User ID: N853. Barbara married David HUME of Godscroft, son of Sir David HUME 6th of Wedderburn and Mariota JOHNSTONE, by 28 September 1595(charter).1 (David HUME of Godscroft was born about 1560 1 and died in 1632 1.) 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." |