Christian Boswell
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Christian Boswell (daughter of John (of Knockroon) Boswell and Christina Hamilton). Family/Spouse: Alexander r Walker, W.S.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John (of Knockroon) Boswell was born about 1741 (son of John Boswell and Margaret Ferguson); died in 1805. Notes:
"Young Knockroon"
John Boswell of Knockroon, Collector of Taxes in Ayr, succeeded his mother (Margaret (Ferguson) Boswell). He sold the property (Knockroon), on the failure of the bank of Douglas, Heron, & Co, to James Boswell of Auchinleck.
ohn Boswell had once owned the lands of Knockroon in the parish of Auchinleck which were later acquired by Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck, a kinsman .
John Boswell established himself as a Writer in Ayr and his signature appears throughout the land tax rolls for Ayrshire of 1759 and 1803 in the role of clerk to the Commissioners of Supply for Ayrshire.John + Christina Hamilton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Christina Hamilton (daughter of (of Everton) Hamilton). Children:
- Hamilton Boswell was born before 1819; died in 1824; was buried in Auld Kirkyard, AYR.
- Margaret Boswell
- 1. Christian Boswell
- Jacobina Boswell
- Charlotte Boswell
Generation: 3
4. John Boswell was born about 1700 in Craigston, Ayrshire, Scotland (son of David (of Craigston) Boswell); and died. Notes:
John, the second son of David Boswell, junior, married Margaret Ferguson, the heiress of Knockroon, his cousin. This marriage reunited the family estate of Knockroon to the Boswells which descended to John Ferguson, Margaret's father, who had married Elizabeth Boswell, then heiress of Knockroon. John Ferguson was the son of Alexander who sold Killerran to his cousin, the ?rst baronet.
(Research):The Boswell History Vol 2 Ch22 by J J Boswell 1906, unpublished manuscript held at Fondazione Sella in Biella, Italy, a copy is also held at Yale UniversityJohn + Margaret Ferguson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margaret Ferguson (daughter of John (of Underwood) Ferguson and Elizabeth Boswell). Notes:
An only child, she was heiress of Knockroon
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Married:
They were cousinsChildren:
- 2. John (of Knockroon) Boswell was born about 1741; died in 1805.
6. (of Everton) Hamilton Notes:
Everton - Overton?
Children:
Generation: 4
8. David (of Craigston) Boswell Children:
- 4. John Boswell was born about 1700 in Craigston, Ayrshire, Scotland; and died.
10. John (of Underwood) Ferguson was born about 1690; and died. Notes:
John Ferguson purchased Underwood, a small property adjoining Knockroon
John + Elizabeth Boswell. Elizabeth (daughter of William (of Knockroon) Boswell and Margaret Montgomerie) was born in 1695; died in 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Elizabeth Boswell was born in 1695 (daughter of William (of Knockroon) Boswell and Margaret Montgomerie); died in 1764. Notes:
"William Boswell, Esq. of Knockroon, m. Margaret, dau. of Montgomerie, of Brigend, by whom he had issue, William, his heir. Elizabeth, who s. her brother. Agnes. The only son, William Boswell, of Knockroon, who d. s. p., was s. by his sister, Elizabeth Boswell, m. John Fergusson, Esq., by whom she had one child, Margaret Fergusson, m. John Boswell, second son of David Boswell, of Craigstoun, and had, with five daus. one son
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