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Thomas Donald
b.19 Jun 1744
d.1798
m. 28 Dec 1740
  1. Elizabeth Donald1741 -
  2. Janet Donald1743 -
  3. Thomas Donald1744 - 1798
  4. Alexander Donald1745 - 1808
m. 14 Aug 1773
  1. Martha Donald1774 - 1831
  2. James Donald1775 - 1831
  3. Colin Dunlop Donald1777 - 1859
  4. Thomas DonaldAbt 1784 - 1807
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Donald
Gender Male
Birth? 19 Jun 1744
Christening? 26 Jun 1744 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Marriage 14 Aug 1773 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotlandto Janet Dunlop
Death? 1798

Thomas Donald of Geilston was a Glasgow tobacco lord (Old country house of the old Glasgow gentry). The parents of C. D. Donald, Thomas Donald of Geilston and Jeany Dunlop, eldest daughter of Colin Dunlop of Carmyle were married 14 aug 1773 at Glasgow (“Glasgow past and present” by Robert Reid, pub. 1884). From “The Burgesses and guild brethren of Glasgow 1751-1846” (Scottish record society, 1935): reg. 8 sep 1780 - Thomas Donald of Geilston, merchant in Glasgow, as eldest son to dec. James Donald, merchant. There are few families now in existence in Glasgow who are more connected with the Glasgow of olden days than the Donalds. They are descended from James Donald of Geilston, elder brother of Provost Donald of Mountblow. James Donald was born in 1713; he married a daughter of Yuille of Darleith, by whom he had a son, Thomas, who succeeded him. One of his sisters was the ancestress of the family of the Geils of Geilston, and a daughter, Margaret, married in 1777 James Dennistoun of Colgrain, merchant in Glasgow, great-grandfather of James Wallis Dennistoun of Dennistoun. James Donald was a Virginia merchant in Glasgow, and a Bailie in 1749 and 1753. He died in 1760. Thomas Donald of Geilston succeeded his father, and like him was a "Tobacco Lord;" he married Janet, daughter of Provost Colin Dunlop of Carmyle and died in 1798 (“Old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry”). Portraits of James Donald of Geilston (1713.1760), brother of Robert Donald of Mountblow, spouse of - Yuille of Darleith, his son Thomas Donald of Geilston (1745-1798) were lent to Old Glasgow Exhibition 1894 by Colin Dunlop Donald (catalogue).

Information from K. Bryant Smith.

References
  1.   Old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry.
  2.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008)
    Batch #: C119447, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0102911, 0990751, Printout Call #: 6902909, D.
  3.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008)
    Batch #: C119447, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 1042934, Printout Call #: NONE, Dates: 1739 -.
  4.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).