Laird George GRAHAM, 2nd Laird of Inchbrakie

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• Name: George Graeme ( Graham)
• TitleOfNobility: 1555, Inchbrakie, Perthshire, Scotland; Laird

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George Grahame, of Inchbraikie

The first and second Lairds of Inchbrakie were conspicuous by their early marriages, and very soon after his father's death we find George our second laird contemplating matrimony, or perhaps we should say, having it contemplated for him! Probably it was hastened to suit his mother the Lady Margaret Stewart, who was anxious to betake herself to her new home in Argyleshire; but it must remain an open question whether his marriage really occurred at the time the following Frank is dated, for he cannot have been much more than fourteen years of age.
King James V. gave a letter or Frank dated 1538 to Robert master of Montrose of the ward of the lands of "Strathie-bowie" (which had belonged to the deceased Patrick Graeme of Inchbrakie) on the marriage of George Graeme "sone and are of the said umquhile Patrick".
Such a grant shows that George was still a ward when the marriage was contemplated.

These lands of Strathiebowie and Nether Pernzie in the Stewartry of Strathearn became in this generation as in the previous one, the subject of a special retour; in 1555 (3 October) we find George retoured heir to his father Patrick in them, just as in 1516 that same Patrick the first baron, had been retoured heir to his father the Earl of Montrose. This pointedly corroborates the descent of the older Inchbrakies, though curiously enough (says Mr Riddle) it was never adduced at the noted service in 1770 when the Inchbrakie of that day was served heir male to Patrick first of Inchbrakie. It appears more probable that this retour of 1555 was made with regard to marriage settlements as it occurred so long after his succession and when he was not more than about twenty four years of age.
We also find another retour to our Laird at this date, of the lands of Crago ?
This paper is docketed Nota Andrew of Fawdouryd (?) gift of Maintenance of lands of Crago to George Graeme of Inchbrakie.

The tenour of this document is, that Andrew Ker son and Heir of the late Margaret Haliburton one of the ladies of Dirleton, assigns to his cousin George Graeme of Inchbrakie son to the late Patrick Graeme of Inchbrakie "brother to my said Mother" the power to uptake and intromit to his own use and profit all rents etc, of the farms and lands of Crago.

His letter will is made at Inchbrakie on the 1st November 1575, and runs as follows:
- "I George Graeme of Inchebreky being in my lege pousta, veseit be the hand of God with sair infirmitie of seiknes,
makis and dispones my latter will and Testament in presens of the Almyehtie God to qu home I rander my saule, perpetualie with him to regne in eternall fruitioun etc. etc.; and I desire you all that be heir present, to assist me in my prayer and making of my confession to the eternall God saying 'oure father' etc."
The will goes on to constitute his "wele beloved spouse in the Lord, Mairjorie Rollok tutour testamentrix, and onlie intramissatrix with my bairns thair leving, in soumes of money etc. etc, to be governet be hir in during her we do heid and thair minoritie; and als I constitute my honorabill and welbelovit freindis Johne Campbell of Laweris, George Rollok of Duncrub, Robert Graeme my bruther germane Archidene of Ross, and Maister Johne Stewart constable of the Castell of Striviling, Tutouris and curatoures to my foresaid spous and bairnis, and my chief John, Erle of Montroise, overman to my spous and bairnis."
In case of his wife's "default or inabilities" he constitutes the foresaid friends in her place, providing that nothing is done for the children except, with the advice and councel of "foresaid chief overman."
The witnesses to the will are Johne Grahame, son to the Laird of Garvock, two servants belonging to the Laird of Lawers and Andro Drummond (doubtless the man who would draw up the will), notair publick, "with utheris diverse."
The will is an index of the man's nature, still in the zenith and prime of his life, at 45 years of age. He not only has the usual religious preamble recorded, but it is a more earnest and complete one than is commonly used; and the request for the Lord's Prayer to be said with him at the close is a somewhat singular one, showing the reverent side of his character, while his expression of love to his wife, and warm confidence in his friends and relations show an affectionate nature, which must have shone through most actions of his life.
May we not picture the grouping of that solemn scene? The central figure of the man who though still almost young, was leaving all he loved, so humbly and so patiently, going forth to meet his Redeemer, his mind at rest as to his worldly affairs, his eyes fixed on his weeping wife, the solemn little knot of witnesses, and the grey light of the November day struggling through the deep embrasures of the castle walls, the bare branches of the beeches swaying fitfully in the wintry breeze.
A few days pass of suffering and weakness, more or less prolonged, and George Graeme's spirit had gone to its eternal home.
Thus his children will be cared for by John Campbell of Lawers (his half sister's husband), George Rollo (his brother-in-law), Robert Graeme the "Archidene," his brother; and John Stewart, Constable of Stirling Castle, his uncle (his mother's brother).
Strange that the chief witness to the will is John, second son of Graeme of Garvock, afterwards Graeme of Balgowan, the man who in a year or two will win the heart of George's widow Marion, and who will faithfully care for the children of his friend.

George married Margery ROLLO on 29 Jan 1555 in Inchbrakie, Crieff, Perth, Scotland. Margery (daughter of Andrew ROLLO, 6th Of Duncrub and Marion BROWN, Of Manmure) was born in 1540 in Duncrub, Perth, Scotland; died on 24 Feb 1625 in Inchbrakie, Crieff, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in Auchterarder, , Perth and Kinross, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• TitleOfNobility: Scotland; Countess Oliphant of Gask
• Name: Lilias Graham
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Lillias married Sir Laurence (Of Gask) OLIPHANT in 1606. Laurence (son of Laurence OLIPHANT, Of Newton & Thrumster and Mary (Marjorie) ROLLO, Of Duncrub) was born in 1575 in Scotland; died on 22 Jul 1632 in Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lillias married William COLEVILLE in 1600 in Inchbrakie, Perthshire, Scotland. William was born in 1562 in Path of Condie, Perthshire, Scotland; died between 1601 and 1606 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: ; Laurence, the eldest son of Laurence and Lilias
• Occupation: Scotland, United Kingdom; 1st Earl of Gask
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pg 414, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883

Laurence, the eldest son of Laurence and Lilias
Oliphant, was established as second Laird of Gask in
August 1632. His Great Seal charter is dated 9th
March 1633. He married eighteen months after his
father's death Lilias, the eldest daughter of his cousin Patrick, sixth Lord Oliphant.

Laurence Oliphant was born about 1610 at Newton of Pitcains, Perthshire, Scotland to James and Marjorie Grahame Oliphant. He married Lilias Graham April 10, 1634 at Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland and their children were: Anna, Patrick, Lilias, Laurence, Andrew, Archibald, Charles, John, Andrew (again), David, Elizabeth and Charles (again). Laurence died July 20, 1679 at Scotland where he is presumed buried.

This was in the sources with hos son's sources



(from Oliphants of Gask)

The years of the married life of Laurence and Lilias
Oliphant were certainly not without troubles. Laurence
Oliphant himself seems to have been of a fairly peaceable
disposition ; but he certainly was involved in the feud
which caused the killing of Gilbert Gray in 1605. Patrick
Gray of Bandirran includes him in the discharge he
granted to Lord Oliphant in 1617. The William and
Laurence Oliphant, styled of Gask, who were implicated
in the murder of the boy Toscheach, of Monzievaird, in
1618, were uncles of the fifth lord not to be confused
with Laurence of Ross and Lamberkin, and his brother,
William of Orchardmill. The charter of the barony of Cask
was on the old lines of that historic charter granted
two hundred and seventy years before to "our beloved
and faithful Walter Olyfaunt and his spouse, Elizabeth,
our beloved sister." Lord Oliphant now gave a charter
of Gask with all its woods and fishings, and special
liberty of fishing in the water Earn for three days in
forbidden time,
"to be held of the King in blench ferm fee, for yearly
rendering, if asked, at the feast of the Nativity of John
the Baptist, of a chaplet of White Roses."

When Laurence and Lilias are established in the
House of Gask there rises about the records of them a
sense of reality. They were in middle life. Jean and
Margaret, their daughters, were still with them. All their
sons were grown up. The days of their historical importance
were past ; they were settling down to quieter times,
to the serene life of country people, at a time when rights
and property were beginning to be more respected. Now
were formed those staunch friendships with other old
families of Strathearn, the Hurrays, the Drummonds, the
Graemes, the Robertsons, which were to outlast many
generations. Doubtless, too, the Oliphants would be
intimate with their neighbours and kinsmen across the
Strath, six miles away the family of Montrose at Kincardine,
where the seven children would be of about the
same age as some of the Gask sons and daughters.

All the married life of Laurence and Lilias Oliphant
was passed in a time of peace ; Lilias alone was to see
the "Great Troubles."
Laurence Oliphant, the first Laird of Gask, died 22nd
July 1632. He had been possessor of Gask only five
years. The following is an extract of his will :

"I, Laurence Oliphant of Gask, being seik in bodie,
haill alwayis in spirit and of perfyt memorie . . .
recommend my saull to God Almightie and ordeins my
bodie to be bureit in the earth within the Kirk of Gask,
reverently."

He left a legacy to Lilias Drummond of Pitkellony his
"oy" in remembrance of his love. His executors are to
"cause bild above my buriell plaice ane sufficient and
cumlie yle (aisle) with ane loft above the same."

Laurence married Lilias OLIPHANT on 19 Feb 1634 in Findo-Gask, Perth, Scotland. Lilias (daughter of Patrick OLIPHANT, 6th Lord and Elizabeth Isabel CHEYNE, of Esslemont) was born on 22 Nov 1620 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 22 Nov 1620 in Errol, Perth, Scotland; died in Jan 1669 in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Laurence,"in 1659, had the estate settled on him by his father, and was styled Younger of Gask. He m. in 1661, Anne, daughter of Sir George Preston, of Valleyfield" . [ notes: He died 1672, before his father, so he never held the Gask title. His wife remarried to James HAY. His son William became "of Gask" after Laurence SR died, but William died w/o issue in 1704 and the title reverted to his cousin James, a son of Patrick.Main sources: BLG1886 (Oliphant of Gask), BLG1952 (Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair), BLG1886 (Oliphant of Condie), BLG1886 (Oliphant of Rossie Hill), BLG1952 (Oliphant, formerly of Condie) http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/oo/oliphant3.htm

Laurence married Anne PRESTON in 1661. Anne (daughter of Sir George PRESTON) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Info 6 See Burke's Landed Gentry (1937, 1952?, plus ?) under "Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair" http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/oo/oliphant3.htm

Patrick married Margaret MURRAY before May 1657. Margaret (daughter of Rev John MURRAY, Of Trinity Gask) was born about 1637 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SON WILLIAM bio. "A few months later [after the first William arrived in NJ from Scotland], another William [Davison] sailed from the port of Leith, Scotland and arrived in NJ late in 1685. He came as an importation of Dr. John Gordon of Montros, Scotland. It appears that the compiler of the Davison genealogy [i.e., Arthur Henry Davison] refers to this Davison as the one who m. Margaret Oliphant. She was either the sister or dau. of William Oliphant, who came from Scot. in 1685 with the George Scott refugees. He located land adjoining William Davison. Wm Oliphant mortgaged his land and soon died. Margaret and her sis. Janet, wife of Samuel Layton [Laton} were his heirs. The place of burial of William Oliphant and Margaret Oliphant is unknown." per Eleanor Snyder Herndon, 1321 West Platinum, Butte MT 59701-2125. bio. John's only son William, never married. William purchased land in Monmouth Co NJ as early as 1690, in Manalapan Twp, near Tennent NJ. He was dead by 12/12/16//, when title to his land was confirmed to his sisters, Margaret Davison, wife of William Davison and to Janet Layton, wife of Samuel Layton. per Kevin Fleming. Christening: 30 Jul 1643 St. Monance, FIFE, Scot DUNCAN NOT A SON!!! According to several documents including: Eleanor SnyderHerndon, 1321 West Platinum, Butte MT 59701-2125. bio. John's only son William, never married. William purchasedland in Monmouth Co NJ as early as 1690, in Manalapan Twp, near TennentNJ.

John married Janet GILCHRIST on 15 Feb 1662 in Kiconquhar. Janet (daughter of Unk GILCHRIST) was born on 1 Jun 1642 in Pencaitland, Lothian, Scotland; died in Unknown in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Anna DRUMMOND. Anna was born about 1651 in Scotland; died in 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Passed lands to cousin - Patrick Oliphant email from Evylene A. Canup, 15 Dec 2001; Descendants of Walter Oliphant ; The first Oliphant I have a record of who came to the Colonies was William Oliphant who was a passenger on the "Henry & Francis" in 1685. It is generally believed that he was Duncan's brother. The "Henry & Francis" was a prison ship from Scotland. Our Colonial ancestor, Duncan Oliphant who was born 1682 in Perthshire, Scotland, the son of David Oliphant. Duncan came to New York around 1695 and married in 1705 Mary Garrison; who was born 1686 in Scotland, the daughter of Lambert Garrison. They worshiped at the Old Dutch Church on Staten Island and the church records show that some of their children were baptized at this church. In the Census of Staten Island, New York, 1706, Stilwell's Vol. I list, Duncan Oliphant named as age 24 years. He was constable for the North Precinct, Richmond County, Staten Island, New York in 1709. Duncan moved his family in 1721-24 to East Amwell, New Jersey, where he had purchased a large tract of land in Hopewell Township, Burlington County, New Jersey (now Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey) where he was chosen Freeholder of Amwell Township. Until 1725 the Anglicans had heard services in their own houses. Then on January 22, 1725 William Lummox granted eleven acres of land to John Knowles and Duncan Oliphant in trust for an Anglican Church. Organized under Crown Charter as St. Andrew's the first church on this site was built. Today nothing remains of the original St. Andrew's but a fragment of the graveyard which may be seen next to the Old Yorke Inn in the village of Ringoes. It is said that Duncan Oliphant was buried in this graveyard.

David married Janet BARTON on 15 Feb 1663 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland. Janet (daughter of George Graham BARTON and Marjorie GRAEME) was born in 1655 in Brochellhirst, Scotland; died in 1685 in Tennent, Monmouth, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]