. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. ere married, viz., Mrs. John Allan, Mrs. AlexanderGalloway, and Mrs. David Stevenson. Mrs. John Allan had a large family—four sons and six daughters. Francis W. Allan, merchant in Glasgow and awell-known Volunteer officer, is her second son. WESTER CARBETH, OR GARVEL, OR GARCHILL. Wester Carbeth, or Garvel, or Garchill = Caerchoill— the fort of the wood,is a three and four penny land. It is part of the original undivided two merkland of Carbeth, being about the half of the fourth part thereof feued
. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. ere married, viz., Mrs. John Allan, Mrs. AlexanderGalloway, and Mrs. David Stevenson. Mrs. John Allan had a large family—four sons and six daughters. Francis W. Allan, merchant in Glasgow and awell-known Volunteer officer, is her second son. WESTER CARBETH, OR GARVEL, OR GARCHILL. Wester Carbeth, or Garvel, or Garchill = Caerchoill— the fort of the wood,is a three and four penny land. It is part of the original undivided two merkland of Carbeth, being about the half of the fourth part thereof feued to JohnMIndoe. the tenant upon it in 1631. This John MIndoe, or one of his im-mediate successors, sold half of his fourth to a family of Ronalds, and part of itis now in Carbeth Guthrie,^ and part belongs to the Duke of Montrose, thesuperior of the whole. The half which John MIndoe did not sell, and which gotthe name of Garvel or Wester Carbeth, remained with his descendants, a-succes-sion of Johns, the last of whom married Isabella Freeland, daughter of Archibald ^ See Carbeth THE BARONY OF MUGDOCK. 47 Freeland in Broadgate, Strathblane; and on his death, without children, in 1863,in terms of his settlement, it passed to his brother-in-law, James Freeland, hiswife being life-rented in it. Garvel extends to about 44 acres, and contains init a small portion of the lands of Sunnybank, part of Auchengillan,i which JohnGuthrie excambed with John MIndoe, father of the last laird, in 1817 forparts of his lands.^ The last John MIndoe sold a small strip of ground,about an acre and a half, to the late George Wilson of Aucheneden when hewas making his new avenue in 1855 ; and in 1863 about half an acre more wassold to Aucheneden. There has been no change on the lands of Garvelsince. CRAIGALLIAN. The lands of Craigallian and Ballochalary, which is the correct name of whatis usually called The Boards, and about one fourth of the lands of Carbeth,make up the present estate of
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