Agnes Clerk
1655 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Agnes Clerk was born on 10 Jun 1655 (daughter of John (of Penicuik) Clerk and Mary (of Pittendrum) Gray); and died.
2. John (of Penicuik) Clerk was born on 22 Dec 1611 (son of William Clerk); died in 1674. John married Mary (of Pittendrum) Gray on 10 Jun 1647. Mary (daughter of William (Sir) (Kt of Pittendrum) Gray and Geiles Smith) was born on 2 Apr 1630 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died after 1659. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary (of Pittendrum) Gray was born on 2 Apr 1630 in Edinburgh, Scotland (daughter of William (Sir) (Kt of Pittendrum) Gray and Geiles Smith); died after 1659. Children:
- Marie Clerk was born on 20 Apr 1648; and died.
- Sir John (1st Bt) Clerk was born on 8 Apr 1649; died in 1722.
- Elizabeth Clerk was born on 5 Apr 1653; and died.
- 1. Agnes Clerk was born on 10 Jun 1655; and died.
- William Clerk was born on 3 Sep 1658; and died.
- Isobel Clerk was born on 3 Sep 1658; and died.
- Janet Clerk was born on 12 Oct 1659; and died.
Generation: 3
4. William Clerk (son of John (of Kilhuntley & Fettercairn) Clerk); died in 1620. Notes:
He was a merchant-burgess at Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Children:
- 2. John (of Penicuik) Clerk was born on 22 Dec 1611; died in 1674.
6. William (Sir) (Kt of Pittendrum) Gray was born about 1596 (son of Thomas (of Brighouse) Gray); died about 1648. William married Geiles Smith on 29 Jun 1620 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Geiles (daughter of Robert Smith) was born about 1600; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Geiles Smith was born about 1600 (daughter of Robert Smith); and died. Children:
- William Master of Gray was born in 1621; died in 1660 in Killed In A Duel With Earl Of Southesk.
- Agnes (of Pittendrum) Gray was born on 5 Dec 1622 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died in 1699.
- Janet Gray was born on 28 Sep 1624 in Edinburgh, Scotland; and died.
- Elspet Gray was born on 20 Dec 1625 in Edinburgh, Scotland; and died.
- Robert Gray was born on 10 Nov 1626 in Edinburgh, Scotland; and died.
- John Gray was born on 28 Oct 1627 in Edinburgh, Scotland; and died.
- Margaret Gray was born on 29 Oct 1628; and died.
- 3. Mary (of Pittendrum) Gray was born on 2 Apr 1630 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died after 1659.
- Alexander Gray was born on 24 Mar 1631; and died.
- Barbara Gray was born on 24 May 1632; and died.
- Andrew Gray was born on 23 Aug 1633; and died.
- Jean Gray was born on 23 Mar 1635; and died.
- Geils Gray was born on 27 May 1636; and died.
- Isobel Gray was born on 27 Jul 1638; died in Oct 1676.
- Anna Gray was born on 21 Aug 1639; and died.
- David Gray was born on 24 Nov 1640; and died.
- Catherine Gray was born on 19 May 1642; and died.
- Helene Gray was born on 7 Sep 1643; and died.
- Son Gray and died.
Generation: 4
8. John (of Kilhuntley & Fettercairn) Clerk and died. Notes:
Held Kilhuntley in Badenoch under Earl Huntly; supported Mary Queen in opposition to Huntly, so moved to Fettercairn, Kincardine
IT is interesting to note that, two hundred years before
Emilia Belsches bought the estate of Fettercairn, an
ancestor of hers resided and brought up a family in the
village. His name was John Clerk, whom Sir John Clerk,
the first baronet of Penicuik, in the Memoirs of his Journals
(1676-1755), recently published, calls his grandfather's
grandfather. Sir John relates that his ancestors were
merchant burgesses in Montrose, that one of them, a John
Clerk, was one of the hostages of King David's ransom in
1357, that the Clerks were for many years chief magistrates
of Montrose. And coming down to the middle of the
sixteenth century, John Clerk had a feu of lands in
Badenoch from the Duke of Gordon ; and taking part with
Queen Mary against his superior, he had on that account
to flee the country. " He took shelter in a little town
called Fettercairn. Here he lived with his family many
years; how he traded I never could learn; but he lived
creditably, and was sufficiently able to breed up his son
William a merchant, and to provide him with a good stock."
This William Clerk had a son John, who, according to a
Kirk-Session Record now lost, was baptized on 22nd
December, 1611, by Alexander Forbes, minister of Fetter-
cairn and Bishop of Caithness. This son was bred a
merchant, went to France in 1634, and having settled in
Paris, made a fortune. Returning to Scotland in 1646
with ?10,000 he bought Penicuik, and married Mary,
daughter of Sir William Gray, ancestor of Lord Gray.
His eldest son was Sir John Clerk, created a baronet by
King Charles II.
(Research):It is suggested that John Clerk
born abt 1640 in Badenoch
Died 1575 as prisoner at Dragsholm castle, Denmark
Married abt 1568 with Wilmeke Valentinsdotter
chidren:
William Clerk died 1620
Valter Clerk
Johan Klerck died 1610 Malm?
Reinhold Klerck died 1628 Malm?
one son and two daughters unknownChildren:
- 4. William Clerk died in 1620.
12. Thomas (of Brighouse) Gray (son of Andrew Gray); and died. Children:
- 6. William (Sir) (Kt of Pittendrum) Gray was born about 1596; died about 1648.
14. Robert Smith and died. Children:
- 7. Geiles Smith was born about 1600; and died.
- John (Sir) Smith and died.