. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . es Pitcairn, Portioner, Kintillo,who died, gth February 1868, aged 79. Catherine Stoddart, his Wife,died 15th July 1878, aged 84. Their Sons, John,Died at Malta, 3rd January 1849, aged 24. William,Perished at Sea, returning from New York, 1857, aged 30. James Alexander, Died at Sea, on voyage from Calcutta, 25th December 1859, aged 26. I have not traced who these Pitcairns were; but probablythey were descended from the Innernethy Pitcairns, asInnernethy is part of the Bridge of Earn. I think it very possible, also, that
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . es Pitcairn, Portioner, Kintillo,who died, gth February 1868, aged 79. Catherine Stoddart, his Wife,died 15th July 1878, aged 84. Their Sons, John,Died at Malta, 3rd January 1849, aged 24. William,Perished at Sea, returning from New York, 1857, aged 30. James Alexander, Died at Sea, on voyage from Calcutta, 25th December 1859, aged 26. I have not traced who these Pitcairns were; but probablythey were descended from the Innernethy Pitcairns, asInnernethy is part of the Bridge of Earn. I think it very possible, also, that the Innernethy Pit-cairns and the Perthshire Pitcairns were related, for thefirst John Pitcairn, Burgess of Perth, who married MargaretMair of Strathmiglo, 1731, and died in 1773, had Plenarefulget, the motto of the chief of the Pitcairns, on histombstone, and he married a lady of Strathmiglo, as didalso Andrew Pitcairn of Pitblae (the Innernethy Branch),who married a Miss Grizel Aison, also of is very little distance from Innernethy. BRANCH ARMS OF PITCAIRN OF PITLOUR. CHAPTER XXVI. THE PITCAIRNS OF PITLOUR. The coat of arms of the Pitcairns of Pitlour, mentionedin Nisbets Heraldry,1 is as follows:— For William Pitcarne of Pitlower, 1542, quarterly, 1st and 4thArgent, three lozenges, two and one Gules, for Pitcairn; 2nd and3rd Azure, a chevron between Crescents Argent. Crest, an anchorin pale Azure. Motto, Sperabo. 2nd and 3rd quarters, Azure, a chevron between Cres-cents, is the coat of arms of the Dury The estate of Pitlour is situated near the village ofStrathmiglo, and now includes part of the village itself. 1 Nisbets Scottish Heraldry, vol. i. p. 215. Pub. Edinburgh, 1722. 2 Elizabeth Dury married David Pitcairn of that Ilk. THE PITCAIRNS OF PITLOUR. 343 The village was formerly a portion of the Abbey lands ofBalmerino. After Lord Balmerinos attainder in 1745 thispart of the village was acquired by the estate of Pitlour,and now be
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