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Subj: Colonel Andrew Balfour
Date: 05/13/1999 12:34:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: csp8n@cms.mail.virginia.edu (Christine S. Patrick)
Reply-to: gwpapers@virginia.edu
To: AshAvenue@aol.com
CC: gwpapers@virginia.edu
A check of our letter catalogue and of the indexes for the published "Papers of George Washington: Presidential
Series"
did not produce any mention of Andrew Balfour or Elizabeth Dayton Balfour.
Sincerely,
Christine S.Patrick, Assistant Editor
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Hi Shirley
Many thanks
for your kind words, and I'm glad that you enjoyed the site. I have a lot more
work to do on it, but never seem to have the time!
I 'm not
quite sure where your Colonel's ancestors feature in terms of the
genealogical data that I possess. I have replicated below part of the
submission made by Captain William Balfour of Trenabie in his successful
attempt to have his family accepted as the senior line. The "Andrew
Balfour of Strather and Muqhanny" mentioned in your Gedcom I think may be
the Sir Andrew Balfour mention below at I. However, you will note that he
supposedly had no family, his estates passing to his younger brother Michael
Balfour of Garth (in Westray, Orkney) from whom I am descended.
I am also
intrigued by the name "Herschel Andrew Balfour" who you have in your
Gedcom as the son of Andrew. This is a very "un-scottish" christian
name for the family to have used - do you have any more data on this?
Kindest
regards
Bill
Cowsell
"Sir Michael Balfour of Munquhanny and Westray settled upon
Mariota Adamson his wife, half of the lands of Munquhanny reserving the
liferent of the Castle to his grandfather and a reasonable terce to the widow
of his father 10 May 1562. He acquired the Estate of Westray in Orkney from his
cousin Archibald Balfour of Westray 1 January 1588 and added largely by
purchases from the Earls of Orkney to his property there. He thereafter resided
mostly at Noltland Castle in that County. He served himself heir to his
grandfather 6 December 1592 and died 1603 leaving two sons and was succeeded by
the elder
I. Sir Andrew Balfour,
during his father's life "of Strathor" afterwards "of
Munquhanny" to whom on his marriage with Mary, daughter of Sir James
Melville of Halhill, his father, with consent of his mother, gave the Tenandry
of Westray 12 November 1590. He was knighted at the baptism of Prince Henry 30
August 1594. Being compelled by his creditors to part with the whole of his
ancient patrimony of Munquhanny and Strathor he died 1615, without issue and
was succeeded by his brother
II.
Michael Balfour of Garth who carried on the line of the
family"
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