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John Smollett, Sr.
b.Abt 1460
d.Aft 1515
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Smollett, Sr. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1460 |
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| Marriage |
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to Katherine Brown |
| Death? |
Aft 1515 |
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John Smollett
- Irving, Joseph. The Book of Dumbartonshire: A History of the County Burghs, Parishes, and Lands, Memoirs of... (Dumbartonshire,: W. and A. K. Johnston, 1879), Vol. 2, Pages 175 to 208.
- FAMILY OF SMOLLETT OF BONHILLS1
- The modern history of Bonhill turning largely on the succession of the Smollett family, it will be useful at this point to present such genealogical details connected with this old Dumbarton family as can now be gleaned from authentic records. In the absence of positive information regarding the origin of the name Smollett, the etymologist may refer with some advantage to a letter printed in connection with our notice of the novelist, Dr. Tobias, wherein he seeks to trace it to the Norman Malet or Molet. Amongst the earliest of the name now possible to connect with Dumbartonshire, there would appear to have been –S1
- I. John Smollett, who is witness to a deed seizing John MacGregor in a tenement situate in the burgh of Dumbarton. He was bailie of that town, and married Katherine Brown. In 1512 he resigned a tenement in Dumbarton in favour of Thomas Udard; and in 1515, he made a further resignation of his lands of Dowerling in favour of a son, John. He seems to have occupied a prominent position in the burgh as a merchant and shipowner. References to him in these capacities will be found in the Books of the Lord Treasurer of Scotland. In 1504, he received 169 lib 12 sh for victualling the King’s ships in the Isles, from the 13th August to St. John’s Day, in Yule. He appears to have left—S1
- 1. John, designated as junior in 1487.S1
- 2. John, whose daughter, Katherine, wife of James Douglas, burgess in Dumbarton, was entered as heir of her grandfather, John Smollett, to certain properties in that burgh.S1
- 3. Walter, a Presbyter in 1495, and probably another son.S1
References
- Irving, Joseph. The Book of Dumbartonshire: A History of the County Burghs, Parishes, and Lands, Memoirs of... (Dumbartonshire,: W. and A. K. Johnston, 1879)
Vol. 2, Pages 175 to 208.
Family of Smollett of Bonhill
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