Sir John (of Pitarrow) Wishart

- 1607

• Name	John (of Pitarrow) Wishart
  Prefix	Sir
  Gender	Male
  Death	Before the 30th April 1607
  Person ID	I190345	First tree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	James (of Balseyth) Wishart   d. Bef 31 Oct 1576
  Family ID	F45040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F45033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Jean Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7th April 1603
  Children	1. John Wishart,   b. Abt 1604   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James Wishart,   b. Abt 1604   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Wishart,   b. Abt 1604   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Wishart,   b. Abt 1604   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Margaret Wishart,   b. Bef 1613   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  In 1592 Sir John Wishart of Pitarrow "subscribed the band anent religion at Aberdeen." He was in the same year appointed one of the Earl Marischal's deputies, to apprehend the Earl of Huntly and others, for the burning of Donibristle, and murder of the Earl of Murray. He married Jean, daughter of William Douglas, ninth Earl of Angus. A charter under the Great Seal, "Domino Joanni Wishart de Pittarro et Dominae Jeanæ Douglas ejus spousae baroniarum de Pittarro, Reidhall, etc.," is dated 7th April 1603. Of this marriage were born four sons, John, James, William, and Alexander, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Sir William Forbes, Bart. of Monymusk. Sir John Wishart died at an advanced age before the 30th April 1607. According to Sir John Scot he lived to "a good age in good reputation."