Person:William Semple (53)

William Semple

• Semple, William Alexander. Genealogical History of the Family Semple: From 1214 to 1888. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1888), Pages 52, 53.^S1

266. 1. William Semple, historian, son of William Semple of Easter Kaimhill, was author of Semple's Continuation of Crawfurd's History of the Shire of Renfrew, 1710 to 1782. The work contains a genealogical history of the Royal House of Stewart, with a genealogical account of the illustrious House of Hanover from the time of their intermarriage with the Stewart family to 1710, also a genealogical history of the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Renfrew, and an exact survey of the county; together with the state of the public buildings, manufactures, different religions, etc., etc., collected from Public Records, Ancient Chartularies of the Monasteries of Paisley, Arbroath, Kelso, Dunfermine, Melross, Balmerinoch, Schoon, Dryburgh, Cambushkenneth, Aberdeen, and Murray; and from the best historians and private manuscripts, from the year 1084 to 1782. It also contains the coat of arms of each family in blazon.^S1

1.   Semple, William Alexander. Genealogical History of the Family Semple: From 1214 to 1888. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1888)
   Pages 52, 53.
2. ↑ Scotland. Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. (FamilySearch Record Search)
   KILBARCHAN,RENFREW,SCOTLAND [1].

   Name: William Semple
   Gender: Male
   Christening Date: 29 Apr 1747
   Christening Place: KILBARCHAN,RENFREW,SCOTLAND
   Father's Name: William Semple
   Mother's Name: Janet Blair Or Taylor

3.   Pedigree Resource File. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, c1999-)
   MMDZ-TZN [2].
4.   Hereditary Sempill Lords of Cartside, Easter Kaimhill, Boakshill, and Descendants..