BUTLER, Patrick of Harperdean ¹

   Other names for Patrick were BUTLAR, Patrick and BUTLER, Patrik of Harperdean.²

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  General Notes:

"Butler
Patrik
18 / 2 / 1670
of Harperdean
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/74"

from Wills and Testaments ²

Patrick married Catherine CONGALTON, daughter of William CONGALTON of that Ilk and Margaret BRUCE 'of Kincavil'. (Catherine CONGALTON was born about 1630.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Harperdean at the present day (1913), a good-sized farmhouse, stands at a considerable elevation on the hill due north of Haddington, commanding extensive views over the town towards the distant heights beyond Gifford and Humbie. The Butlers had apparently not been possessed of Harperdean for long. John Butler and Isobel Swinton were on 14th April 1677, and their daughter Isobel was born in March 1678. John Butler was son of Patrick Butler of Harperdean (died January 1670) and Catherine Congalton, his wife, which Patrick was only son of John Butler of Harperdean (died December 1656) and Anna Herriot, his wife. There were about this time Butlers of Kirklands of Bolton, a few miles to the south of Haddington, and it seems probable that this Harperdean family was connected with them."

from Cockburn Family




"Katherine Congalton m. Patrick Butlar, son of John Butlar of Harperdean."

from The Red Book of Scotland