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- (Chief) (Sir) William Grierson, 2nd Baronet of Lag, (1st son) born c1677, Rockall [sic], Annary, Scotland. (Sir) William Grierson died in 1760, d.s.p.; having married to (Dame) Anne Musgrave, born July 4th, 1676, Washington, Durham County, England, was christened on July 4th, 1676, Washington, Durham County, England; marriage date was September 1st, 1720 in Aspartria, Cumberland, England. She was the (3rd) daughter of (Sir) Richard Musgrave, 2nd Baronet, of Hayton & Dorothy James. She died "At Rockhall, December 17th, 1749" (Scots' Magazine). He was captured & taken prisoner with his younger brother, Gilbert, at the 1st Jacobite Rebellion (The London Gazette, November 26th, 1715).] Dumfries Court Commissary Wills - 28[th] January 1761 - William Grierson of Lagg (sic) - testament testamentar - he is the eldest son of the deceased Sir Robert Grierson of Lagg (sic) - died 1760 - his sole executor is Robert Cutler, merchant in Dumfries - there are [five] 5 pages of his possessions, furniture, etc. - 19[th] February 1765 - this merely confirms the above. (Sir) William Grierson, left at least two (2) illigitimate children that I know of, by two different women.
William was released from Newgate Prison on the 18th of July, 1717, only to be immediately taken up by the officers of St. Andrew's, Holborn 'to give security' for getting a wench with child, while in prison.' (source - The House of Commons, 1690-1715, by David Hayton). One of William Grierson's brothers trained as a lawyer, while another attended for 2 years, the Scots' College at Douai, France. William Grierson dictated letters because "he was no hand with the pen." William Grierson was an Episcopalian & a Jacobite sympathizer. In 1713, (Sir) Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet turned over the family estates in return for a life rent, with a provision that property might still be sold to pay off debts. William Grierson's marriage which had taken place on September 1st, 1720, (His marriage contract with Anne Musgrave is dated 8-12 August, 1720) was apparently influenced by financial considerations. Although his wife brought a 'good fortune' she was already in her mid-forties and unable to provide him with any children to inherit the estate. The tendancy of the family to fight shy of any overt connexion with the Jacobite cause had been signalled many years earlier by his brother, John Grierson, who expressed concern that any agitation on his part to alleviate the sufferings of the exiles in Holland might bring 'reproach upon the family.' Willliam Grierson died in 1760, succeeded by his nephew, Robert Grierson, to baronetcy, but not the estates, who had previously been removed from the series of heirs after a dispute with (Sir) William Grierson & the elder (Sir) Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet. (Chief) (Sir) William Grierson, 2nd Baronet of Lag''', died without legitimate heir, (d. 1760), s.p., was captured with his younger brother, Gilbert at the 1st Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 (The London Gazette ~ Whitehall, November 28th, 1715 ~ A List of the Prisoners taken at Preston.) - (Chief) (Sir) Robert Grierson (Laird of Lag) & his wife, (Lady) Henrietta Douglas, had at least, issue six, viz.: (continued through seven & eight, counting 2 illigetimate children for Robert known).
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