John LAWSON of Cairnmuir, Netherurd etc. (d.1740) Also Laird Eadie 1705. John married Elizabeth, daughter of Bryce SEMPILL, seventh laird of Cathcart in Renfrewshire, the first laird being the second son of John, Lord SEMPILL, who fell at Flodden. This marriage was a runaway match, for the parents of Elizabeth had chosen another husband for her. But the lovers were steadfast, and waited for a suitable opportunity, and so one night, when on a visit to her grandfather, Sir Samuel BAILLIE, at Lamington House, she made her escape through the window and galloped off with young LAWSON, who was waiting with horses. The marriage was a happy one, and "Lady Cairnmuir" as she was called, had a family of three sons and two daughters, the sons succeeding in turn to the property. (A fourth son is mentioned in Douglas's Baronage of Scotland(1798), p. 586, viz., James, surgeon to General Horne's regiment.) History of Peeblesshire Pg 152 My note-- Sir Samuel BAILLIE was probably Elizabeth's great-grandfather.
