John Kelso, of Kelsoland^[1]

Abt 1640 - 1712  (~ 72 years)

• Name	John Kelso
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1640
  Death	1712  [2]
  Siblings	1 brother
  > 1. John Kelso, of Kelsoland           b. Abt 1640             d. 1712  (Age ~ 72 years) ▻ Mary Hamilton   2. William Kelso, of Dankeith           b. Abt 1645
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Kelso, of Halrig           b. Abt 1610
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Jean Osburn           b. Between 1599 and 1618
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1639
  Marriage Contract	12 Jul 1639  [2, 3]

  
  

  Wife	Mary Hamilton           b. Abt 1655
  Children	1. Capt. Robert Kelso           b. 29 Jun 1677             d. 1752 (Age 74 years)   2. Elizabeth Kelso           b. 15 Aug 1679   3. John Kelso           b. 25 Jun 1681, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   4. William Kelso           b. Between 1670 and 1713
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  John Kelso was the son of Robert Kelso of Halrig (probably in Ayrshire, Scotland) and Jean Osborn. His parents married in 1639, and John was most likely born around 1645, assuming he was aged c.30 when his son Robert was born. Given that he was of age in 1671 when he sold his family estates, he can't have been born after 1650. Career From History of the County of Ayr1: John Kelso of Kelsoland succeeded his father. He sold the old family estates, in 1671, to James Brisbane of Bishopton, who altered the name to Brisbane. Mr Kelso, who enjoyed, until his demise, the office of collector and sole surveyor of the Customs of Port-Glasgow, married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Archibald Hamilton, minister of Wigton, brother of James, first Viscount Claneboye, and son of the Rev. Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop [note that this is wrong: Archibald Hamilton was actually the nephew of James Viscount Claneboye and grandson of Hans Hamilton], and had: Robert, who was Captain of an Indiaman in the merchant service. He married Jane Oakley, widow of Captain Norris, RN. and dying in 1752, left a daughter, Mary, and a son, John, of whom hereafter as inneritor of Dankeith William The second son, William Kelso, WS [Writer of the Signet] acquired in 1693 the lands of Dankeith. Kelso of Kelsoland2 has the following additional or different information: John Kelso of Kelsoland succeded his father in the estate, and with the consent of his son John, sold the lands in 1671 to a relative, James Brisbane of Bishopton, who altered the name of the estate to "Brisbane", by which appelation from that time down to the present it is still known....He married Mary Jane, daughter of Rev. Archibald Hamilton, Minister of Wigton, brother of James, Viscount of Clandeboise, and descended of Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow. Family Life With Mary Hamilton, John Kelso had four children: Robert, b. 1677 who married Jane Oakley Elizabeth, b. 1679 John, b. 1681 William Footnotes [1] History of the County of Ayr, James Paterson, 1852, page 480 [2] Kelso of Kelsoland, Compiled by Clarence E Kelso & Wilber M Kelso

  
  

• Sources

  [S0103] John Burke Esq, Burke's Landed Gentry 1st Edition, (London (1835)), Kelso of Kelsoland; Volume 2, pages 534-536. [S0150] Ashworth Peter Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry 11th Edition, (1906), 1906, Kelso of Kelsoland, page 938. [S0152] James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr, (Edinburgh, 1852), Page 480.