Janet Drummond

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1. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1748, Balquhidder, 331/10 101, entry for Janet, child of Duncan Drummond and Katharine McGrigar in Immervouline (register image read)

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   Transcript and reading notes

   Old Parish Registers of Balquhidder, births and baptisms, volume 10, page 101 (331/10 101). ScotlandsPeople: DRUMMOND, JANET, 1748. Transcribed from the register image.

   November 28th [1748]. Duncan Drummond and Katharine McGrigar in Immervouline had a child baptisd & called Janet.

   Further down the same page: January 20th [1749]. Duncan Drummond and Janet McLaren in Achtoomore had a child baptisd & called John. That is another couple, with a husband of the same name. The farm name in that entry is not certainly read.

2. Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Proclamations 1770, Balquhidder, 331/20 232, Duncan McAlpin and Janet McGrigor, both in this parish (register image read)

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   Old Parish Registers of Balquhidder, banns and marriages, volume 20, page 232 (331/20 232; the clerk’s page number is 110). ScotlandsPeople: MCALPIN, DUNCAN, 1770. Transcribed from the register image.

   [1770] 16. Decr 8th Contracted Duncan McAlpin and Janet McGrigor both in this parish.

   No residences, witnesses or dues are given.

   Entry 2 of 1771 on the same page: Janr 18th Contracted Alexr Graeme McGrigor printer in Glasgow and Janet Buchanan McGrigor in this parish.

3. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1771, Balquhidder, 331/10 206, entry for Mary, child of Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor in Innerlochlarichvoir (register image read)

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   Old Parish Registers of Balquhidder, births and baptisms, volume 10, page 206 (331/10 206). ScotlandsPeople: MCGRIGOR, MARY, 1771. Transcribed from the register image.

   [1771] Novr 6th. Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor in Innerlochlarichvoir had a Child baptized and called Mary.

4. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1776, Balquhidder, 331/10 234, entry for Catharine, child of Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor in Innerlochlarigmore (register image read)

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   Old Parish Registers of Balquhidder, births and baptisms, volume 10, page 234 (331/10 234). ScotlandsPeople: MCGRIGOR, CATHARINE, 1776. Transcribed from the register image.

   [1776] Novr 17th. Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor in Innerlochlarigmore had a Child baptized and called Catharine.

5. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1789, Balquhidder, 331/10 303, entry for Duncan, child of Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor in Innerlochlarichmore (register image read)

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   Old Parish Registers of Balquhidder, births and baptisms, volume 10, page 303 (331/10 303; the clerk’s page number is 144). ScotlandsPeople: MCGRIGOR, DUNCAN, 1789. Transcribed from the register image.

   [1789] Novr 6th. Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor in Innerlochlarichmore had a Child baptized and Called Duncan.

   The entry is squeezed in between the lines of the entry of 15 November for David Stewart and Janet McGrigor in Wester Auchtow, with 6th in the margin and the name Duncan written above the end of the line. The place name is cramped and is read as a form of Inverlochlarigmore, the farm named in the couple’s baptisms of 1771 and 1776.

6. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1774, Balquhidder, 331/10 220, entry of 16 May 1774 for Anna, child of Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor (index entry only; register image not read)

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7. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1780, Balquhidder, 331/10 253, entry of 6 January 1780 for Donald, child of Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor (index entry only; register image not read)

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8. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1784, Balquhidder, 331/10 281, entry of 31 August 1784 for Alexander, child of Duncan McGrigor and Janet McGrigor (register image read; the page is damaged and the entry is only partly legible, so the farm is not recoverable)

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9. Stirling Observer

   Stirling Observer (newspaper). Stirling; Saturday edition, The Stirling Saturday Observer. Pages read on Newspapers.com

   27 Aug 1881, p. 3, Rob Roy’s Sons, from Local Notes and Queries: Duncan of Cuilt, Kate Col’s death at Auchtoo in 1812 and their burial place (page read)

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   Transcript and reading notes

   The Stirling Saturday Observer, 27 August 1881, page 3, “Rob Roy’s Sons (From ‘Local Notes and Queries’ in the Stirling Observer)”. Transcribed from the downloaded page. Only the opening and the passage about Duncan and Kate Col are given.

   “In a letter given in the Observer of 26th August last year, it appears to be fully made out that Rob Roy, at his death in 1734, left four sons only, namely, Col, or Colin, James, Ronald, and Robert. It had been customary to add a fifth name, Duncan, to the list of sons, but strict inquiry into the family history has resulted in settling the point that Duncan was not a son of the renowned Highland chieftain. Duncan was concerned with the young MacGregors in the abduction of Jane Kay from Edinbelly in 1750, and for this offence he was tried at Edinburgh in 1753, and was acquitted at the bar. In his trial Duncan was described as Duncan MacGregor, alias Drummond, in Strathyre, Perthshire, no reference being made to him as a son of Rob Roy. Duncan was, however, related to Rob Roy’s family, he having married, it is understood, in 1748 or close upon that year, Catherine, or Kate Col, as she was called through life, the only daughter of Colin MacGregor, Rob Roy’s eldest son.”

   “Duncan was out with the clans for Prince Charles, and after the failure of that enterprise he suffered many hardships, but he escaped with his life, though it was more than a year before he was allowed to consider himself a free man again. Duncan bore the character of a most respectable man in after life, and was well known as tenant of the farm of Cuilt, a plot of land near the present Lochearnhead railway station. It is understood that Duncan died in 179[0], and was buried in Balquhidder churchyard. His widow, Kate Col, left Cuilt after her husband’s death, and resided at Auchtu, where she died in 1812, having survived Duncan 22 years. She was 88 years of age, having been born in 1724. Kate Col, was laid beside her husband’s remains in Balquhidder. A stranger would find no stone marking out their resting-place in the churchyard, but yet there is a memorial of the spot where they were laid. About the middle of the ground, upon the south side, there is a gravestone, with an inscription now difficult to read, but with care the letters will be found to form these words: This stone was erected by Duncan MacGregor in Cuilt, in memory of his son Alexander MacGregor, who died Decr 1773, aged 16 years. Upon the authority of a grand-daughter, now living, it is here stated that this grave contains the remains of Duncan and Kate Col, though no inscription has been placed over them.”

   The last digit of the year of Duncan’s death is not clear on the downloaded page, and could be read as 0 or 9. Twenty-two years before 1812 is 1790, which is taken to be the intended year.

10. Stirling Observer

    Stirling Observer (newspaper). Stirling; Saturday edition, The Stirling Saturday Observer. Pages read on Newspapers.com

    25 Sep 1880, p. 3, Rob Roy, from Local Notes and Queries, signed N. A.: Duncan and Kate Col of Cuilt and their children, on the authority of their granddaughter (page read)

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    Transcript and reading notes

    The Stirling Saturday Observer, 25 September 1880, page 3, “Rob Roy (From ‘Local Notes and Queries’ in the Stirling Observer)”, signed N. A. Transcribed from the downloaded page. Only the passages about Rob Roy’s burial place, Duncan and Kate Col are given.

    On the grave: “The M’Farlanes seem to have been wholly unaware that Rob Roy was buried in the south-east quarter of the churchyard of Balquhidder.”

    On Duncan: “Of Duncan, the alleged son of Rob Roy, much less is, however, generally known. Though Duncan was not a son of Rob Roy, his connection with the sons has made his name very famous, and it is now proposed to add a few notes of him, authorised by his grand-daughter, still alive, with a view to reflecting some more truthful light upon the character and individuality of the man. A large body of the Macgregors followed the fortunes of Prince Charles in the rebellion of 1745, and Duncan was out with the clan, and was engaged in all the conflicts of that daring and disastrous enterprise. After Culloden he returned to the district of Balquhidder, and remained there for more than a year under hidings among the hills and glens, suffering many privations. ... At this period Duncan was in the prime of youthful manhood, and is understood to have resided at Strathyre. Duncan was married to Kate Col, as she was called, daughter of Colin, the eldest son of Rob Roy, but it is now an open question when the marriage took place, whether before or after 1750.”

    “Duncan was long confined in the jails of Perth and Edinburgh, and was not brought to trial till the month of January, 1753. The Court did not recognise him as a principal in the affair, and he was accordingly discharged from the bar. As formerly stated, Duncan, soon after his acquittal, returned to Balquhidder, and it is known that about this time he was living in the associations of married life with Kate Col, the daughter of Rob Roy’s eldest son Colin, and followed the calling of a hill farmer, having taken the lands of Cuilt, where the present Lochearnhead railway station stands, and where he died towards the close of the century. Duncan’s widow, Kate Col, survived her husband many years, and died so recently as 1812 at Auchtow, in Balquhidder, aged 88 years, having been born in 1724. Sir John MacGregor, of Lanrick Castle and Balquhidder, recognised her as a near relative, and was very kind to her in the decline of life. Duncan and Kate had eight children, four sons and four daughters. Two of the sons emigrated to America, one of whom was accidentally drowned there, the other two sons remained at home in the district. Three of the daughters were married, one to a farmer at Raploch near Stirling, another to a farmer in the carse of Blairdrummond, and the third was well married in the home district, and one daughter died young. The youngest member of the family was a son, John, who died in 1845, aged 80 years, having been born in 1765, being the youngest of eight children.”

    “There were eight children born of the marriage, the latest event taking place in 1765, and, according to the ordinary rates of succession in these cases, and making allowance for Duncan’s long imprisonment, inquiry goes back to 1748, and fixes the time of the marriage at or about this year, and the probability is that the marriage took place at that time.”

    On the burial ground: “One note more may be added in conclusion, relating to the burying-place of Rob Roy’s family in the churchyard of Balquhidder. The resting-place has been enclosed within a stone wall on three sides, the remains of the wall being still visible among the grass. The enclosure contains eight tombstones, in two divisions of four each, forming a square space. Three of the stones are quite intelligible, but the other five stones are perfect blanks, being turned upside down.”

    The Balquhidder register has nine baptisms to Duncan Drummond and Katharine McGrigar from 1748 to 1767, not eight children ending in 1765.

11. Genealogy of the Clan Gregor

    Peter Lawrie. Glen Discovery, glendiscovery.com (online, cited by page)

    Page 70, Descendants of Duncan in Drumlich, Balquhidder: Duncan McGregor alias McAlpine born 1740 Easter Drumlich, married 1770 Janet McGregor; six children 1771 to 1789; note 12 on three possible Janets, born 1748 Innervullin, 1746 Rhinnacraig and 1747 Wester Drumlich (page read 11 Sep 2026)

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12. Genealogy of the Clan Gregor

    Peter Lawrie. Glen Discovery, glendiscovery.com (online, cited by page)

    Page 96, Descendants of Kate daughter of Coll: Kate married about 1748 Duncan, possibly the Duncan McPharrie born 7 Nov 1725; Janet born 28 Nov 1748 Immervoulin, married Duncan (MacAlpin) 1770; notes on Old Cuilt, who married the daughter of Coll, and on Steven Robertson’s DNA proposal (page read 11 Sep 2026)

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13. Stirling Observer

    Stirling Observer (newspaper). Stirling; Saturday edition, The Stirling Saturday Observer. Pages read on Newspapers.com

    28 Aug 1880, p. 4, letter to the editor, Rob Roy’s Sons, signed N. A.: Coll, his children John and Kate Col, his gravestone of 1770, and Duncan of Strathyre (page read)

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    Transcript and reading notes

    The Stirling Saturday Observer, 28 August 1880, page 4, Letter to the Editor, “Rob Roy’s Sons”, signed N. A. Transcribed from the downloaded page. Only the passages about Coll, his children, and Duncan McGregor of Strathyre are given.

    “Col or Colin was a quiet-living respectable man, and being the eldest son, his occupation was to look after the affairs of his aged father in his declining years. Col died a young man in 1735, the same year his father, who died 28th December, 1734, was buried, and the remains of both were laid in the Churchyard of Balquhidder. Col left two children, a son and a daughter, respectively named John and Kate, or Kate Col, as she was commonly called in the district. When John grew up he sought fortune abroad as a soldier in the German Wars, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant, and was known as Lieutenant John M’Gregor. He returned to Balquhidder, and in 1770 he erected a handsome memorial stone in the churchyard to the memory of his father. The inscription upon the stone tells that ‘This stone is erected by Lieut. John Macgregor, 1770.’ Below this inscription, the Macgregor armorial bearings are elaborately displayed, with the legends, ‘E’en Do and Spare Not,’ and underneath follows the words ‘Heir lyes interred the corps of Col Macgregor, who died in the year 1735, aged 31 years.’ Lieut. John Macgregor was never married. It may be noticed that the finger-ring of Lieut. Macgregor is still preserved carefully, and bears his initials. Col’s daughter Kate lived to a great age, and was married, but of her it will be proper to treat hereafter.”

    On Duncan: “In his trial Duncan is described as ‘Duncan M’Gregor, alias Drummond, in Strathyre, in the parish of [...], and Shire of Perth, and now prisoner in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh.’” And later: “It so happens that a grand-daughter of Duncan’s still survives, and is a very worthy person, and to her are due the following statements relating to the grandfather. Duncan, as mentioned in the trial, belonged to Strathyre, and was in no way directly connected with Rob Roy’s family, although he was on very friendly terms with the young M’Gregors. It was this intimacy that led him to take part in the abduction of Jean Kay, and this affair was the cause of much loss and suffering to him for years afterwards. He was long imprisoned in Perth as well as in Edinburgh, and when he regained his liberty he was to be considered very much as a broken man. But his cup of bitterness seems to have been drained off with his trial at Edinburgh. He returned to Balquhidder, and afterwards married Kate Col, the daughter of Rob Roy’s eldest son, and subsequently followed the calling of a farmer, and was considered on the whole a prosperous man. In his later years he occupied the lands where the present Railway Station stands at Lochearnhead. Kate survived her husband many years.”

    The letter argues that Rob Roy left four sons, Col or Colin, James, Ronald and Robert, and that Duncan was not a son. The editor’s note after it agrees, from The Trials of Rob Roy’s Sons (Edinburgh, 1818). The letter first appeared in the Thursday Observer of 26 August 1880, according to the article of 27 August 1881.