Person:Alexander Barton (2)

Alexander BARTON married Sarah DAVESON (1791-1856), youngest daughter of John DEVISON or DAVESON of Sandwich, Kent. John Deveson was a stonemason in Sandwich (Universal British Directory 1790). Alexander died 1864. In his will at Scottish Archives he is named as Alexander BARTON of Kirkhill and Ballaird, Knight of Hanover. In 1861 Alexander (b. 1787 Glasgow) was at Kirkhill Castle, Colmonell (census). From “Decennial indexes to the services of heirs in Scotland 1700-1859”: Reg. 22sep1790. Alexander Barton, son of B. Barton, comm. clerk, Glasgow, to his uncle Fergus Paterson of Baillaird, heir gen. His army career spanned 40 years in the 12th Light Dragoons, which in 1817 became the 12th Lancers. He was in most Peninsula battles under Wellington including Waterloo. At Salamanca, Vitoria, Waterloo and 33 minor affairs he commanded a squadron of his regiment. In 1811 he was a lieutenant and was reprimanded for consorting with an „unsuitable woman“. He was a captain in 1815 when his squadron suffered casualties in a Commonade during the battle of Waterloo. He received the silver medal afterwards (Derby Museum Archive). On Wellington’s recommendation he was promoted to brevel Major in jan 1819. In jan 1827 he led (as a major) 4 troops of the 12th a part of a British contingent sent to suppress a revolution in Portugal; they returned in mar 1828. In 1837 he became a Lt. Col. He came into possession of Ballaird and Altikane, near Colmonell, Ayrshire in 1811, lands which presumably had been the property of his mother‘s family (family letters). He bought other land in the Colmonell area, built Kirkhill House next to Kirkhill castle in 1842 and resided there. He apparently kept his horse from Waterloo which was a welcome guest at his Waterloo anniversary dinners (N. George).

From History of the County of Ayr : with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire (1847-1852) by J. Paterson http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft

Page 308, Parish of Colmonell.

COLONEL BARTON OF KIRKHILL AND BALLAIRD.

The Kirkhill, or Glebeland, of Colmonell was acquired, shortly after the Reformation, by Gilbert Kennedy, third son of Alexander Kennedy of Bargany, ancestor of T. F. Kennedy of Dunure whose genealogy will fall to be given elsewhere. It remained in his possession until 1843, when the property was purchased by Lieut.-Colonel Barton of Ballaird, who also purchased Clachanton about the same time. It was in the possession of Fergus Paterson in 1667. This appears from a receipt granted by him in that year to the Laird of Bennane for twenty -three rix dollars, which he was to forward to Cathcart of Carleton, then in Edinburgh. Benjamin, the son of this Fergus Paterson of Ballaird, succeeded him in the inheritance of Ballaird, Altikane, Boghouse, and Glentig, properties which still remain with the family. Ballaird belonged to the Grahames of Knockdolian in 1606. In 1618, Mr Gilbert Ross, heir of Oliver Ross of Ballaird, was retoured in the twenty shilling land of Ballaird. He seems to have disposed of it immediately afterwards: for, in the testament of Dame Elizabeth M'Gill, Lady Culzean, who died in 1621, Alexander Kennedy of Balvaird [Ballaird] is mentioned as a debtor. (This gentleman died in 1631.) From his latter-will it appears that he was married to Isobel Kennedy, whom he appointed executrix to his daughter, Jonet. Thomas Kennedy of Balvaird, no doubt his son, was cautioner. The property must have, soon after this, been acquired by the ancestor of Benjamin Paterson, merchant in London. In 1764, Fergus Paterson, second son of Benjamin Paterson of Ballaird, had sasine of the twenty shilling land of Ballaird, twenty shilling land of Altikane, lands of Boghouse (alias Lochmageachan), and Glentig, on an extract of disposition granted by the said Benjamin Paterson, dated December 27, 1758. It was to one of this family the Patersons of Ballaird that the old ditty of " Paterson's filly gaes foremost " has reference. The Covenanters of Carrick were on their way to Bothwell Brig, and the ballad describes the leading parties as they passed along the old and narrow bridge of Ayr. LIEUT. COLONEL BARTON, the present proprietor of Kirkhill and Ballaird, is the lineal representative of Booth de Barton, who came to England with William the Conqueror, and settled in Lancashire. Having taken part in the civil war, on the royal side, during the reign of Charles I. , the family of De Barton lost their possessions, and passed into Yorkshire and Scotland. Colonel Barton has in his possession a silver flagon, which belonged to his ancestor, Booth de Barton. Benjamin Barton, Colonel Barton's father, was Commissary Clerk of Glasgow. He married, Jane, only daughter and heiress of Benjamin Paterson of Ballaird, through whom the Colonel inherits the property. Lieut. -Colonel Barton served nearly forty years in the 12th Lancers, and distinguished himself in various engagements. He was present at nearly all the battles in the Peninsula, under Wellington, and fought in the last great struggle at Waterloo. He had the command of a squadron of his regiment in three general engagements Salamanca, Vittoria, and Waterloo and thirty-three minor affairs in the Peninsula. On the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, he was promoted to the rank of brevet Major, in January, 1819, for distinguished service in the field during the Peninsular war and at Waterloo. He rose to the rank of Lieut -Colonel in 1837. He is also a Knight of Hanover. Lieut. -Colonel Barton married Sarah, youngest daughter of John Devison of Sandwich, Kent, but has no issue. Arms On a Shield, three Boars'Heads, couped. Crest Boar's Head, couped. Motto That of a Knight of Hanover.

Kirkhill House: http://bulgar12.tripod.com/family/index.album/kirkhill?i=13&s=1 http://bulgar12.tripod.com/family/index.album/kirkhill-house-1905?i=12&s=1

1.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008)
   Batch #: C119678, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 1041382, 0102913, Printout Call #: 6902909, D.
2.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008)
   Batch #: C119678, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 1041382, 0908248, Printout Call #: NONE, Date.
3.   various. Family letters (2).