Person:John McCall (16)

Isobella SMITH was b. 29jan1784 and chr 7feb1784 at Glasgow (Latter Day Saints submission). Isabella married John MCCALL of Ibrox Hill (4jul1778, Breahead, Lanarks.-18oct1833 Ibroxhill), son of James McCall and Sarah Reid (A. Duncan, rootsweb). Isabella Smith of Jordanhill was b. 1784. John (4jul1778) of Ibrox Hill, died without issue 18oct1833, marr Isabella, eldest dau of Archibald Smith of Jordan Hill; Isabella d. 8feb1871, aged abt 86 ("Memoirs of my ancestors", Hardy Bertram McCall). Braehead was in Govan.

John’s brother, Thomas (b. 1765) had daughters Elizabeth, who married Archibald Smith (b. 1798), and Helen, who married Colin Robert Dunlop in 1841.

Trust disposition of John McCall, mercht, res in Glasgow, spouse of Isabella Smith, reg 1834; inventory of John McCall of “Knox”, Glasgow mercht, reg 1834 (scotlandspeople). Trust Disposition of Mrs. Isabella McCall or Smith, res at Ibroxhill, Govan, widow of John McCall, esq., Glasgow mercht, reg 1871 (scotlandspeople). John bought Ibrox hse, renamed it Ibroxhill; his widow Isabella res there until her death in 1871; the house was owned by John McCall's nephews, McCalls of Daldowie (Old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry). In 1875 the executors of late James McCall owned house, gdn, offices, land and minerals of Ibroxhill, Crosshill, Govan, Lanarks. (Valuation Roll).

Joannis McCall (No. 5108, matriculated 1790) filius natu tertius Jacobi Mercatoris in Com de Lanark nati; b. 4jul1778, of Ibroxhill, founder of the firm of John McCall and Co., died without issue (Matriculation albums, Glasgow University).