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- Entry in IGI for Grissel Johnstone is the only likely one for a Grace Johnstone born to William Johnstone in the right period. No mother is given. Christening date is given as 1 December 1746. This has been verified by Imchad Research. Baptismal entry in OPR states ''Dec. 1st (1746) William Johnstone, Younger of Lockerbie, had a child born and baptised by the name of Grissel'.'Grissel' was almost always changed to 'Grace' by the late 1700s.29However, according to her death notice (30 March 1836), Grace was born circa 1843. She must have been christened at the age of three. 'Deaths: On Friday, the 25 inst., at Glen Stuart, Lady Douglas Johnstone (sic) of Lockerby, relict of the late Sir William Douglas of Kinmount, Bart., in her 93rd year'28 See Internet site for 'Lockerbie Manor' now a hotel said to have been the home of 'Dame Grace Douglas' and her husband, Sir William, but it was built in the early 1800's after he died.See also the Post Office Annual Directory for entries in 1827, 1828 and 1829 for Lady Grace Douglas, Heriot Row, No. 24, Edinburgh; also in Pigot's Directory for 1825-26. This may or may not be the same Lady Grace.30Lockerbie 'derives both its origins and its name from an ancient castle situated on a hill between two lakes, and which was the baronial residence of the family of Johnstone of Lochwood, ancestors of the present Marquess of Queensberry. The small hamlet that arose round the castle gradually increased under the liberal patronage of its proprietors, who granted lands for buildings upon long and favourable leases........Fairs for lambs and wool, which are largely resorted to by persons from many miles' distance are held at Lammas and Michaelmas............and so much has the business of late years increased, that the whole of that hill, the superiority of which was purchased from the corporation of Glasgow by Lady Douglas, of Lockerbie House, is now appropriated for that purpose.'31Notice in the Dumfries Weekly Journal of 10 August, 1802 says 'Lady Douglas of Kellhead intends to preserve the GAME on her estate of Lockerbie and all persons who shall shoot or hunt thereon without her written authority, shall be prosecuted in terms of the laws of the country.'32Grace was served heir to her father on 22 May 1783-recorded on 19 June 1783 (monthly no. 6. Referred to as Douglas-Grace, Dame (or Johnston).33Ian McClumpha of Imchad research found a book by Thomas Henderson entitled Lockerbie: A Narrative of Village Life in Days Gone By' published in 1937. It is dedicated 'To the memory of the family of Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie. Who, during successive generations, by their generosity and care for the welfare of others, did so much to alleviate the circumstances and brighten the lives of many who dwelt upon thier estates'. The book is 242 pages long and is a series of recollections of an old resident, brought out by the author, a Lockerbie solicitor. Grace and her sister, Susan, are both mentioned.
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