The Herald and genealogist . MACKENZIE, OF CRAIGHALL. KOSS, OF KEIU, CLOSEBURN,ST. MUNGO, AND DALTON. 24 BIBLIOTHECA HERALDICA. The second Memoir of which the title is prefixed contains the genealogyof Ross, of Dalton, co. Dumfries. This is a younger branch of Ross, ofHalkhead, co. Renfrew, which became Barons of parliament in 1490, orthereabouts, and continued to sustain that dignity until 1754. Theyderive their descent from the same Yorkshire house from whence we havestill the English barony of Ros or de Roos; and bear the same charges ofwater-bougets; whilst the crest of a hawks head is all


The Herald and genealogist . MACKENZIE, OF CRAIGHALL. KOSS, OF KEIU, CLOSEBURN,ST. MUNGO, AND DALTON. 24 BIBLIOTHECA HERALDICA. The second Memoir of which the title is prefixed contains the genealogyof Ross, of Dalton, co. Dumfries. This is a younger branch of Ross, ofHalkhead, co. Renfrew, which became Barons of parliament in 1490, orthereabouts, and continued to sustain that dignity until 1754. Theyderive their descent from the same Yorkshire house from whence we havestill the English barony of Ros or de Roos; and bear the same charges ofwater-bougets; whilst the crest of a hawks head is allusive to their seatalready named. The junior line whose pedigree is here deduced were longof Rosshill, CO. Ayr, where Patrick Ross had royal licence to erect a castlein 1556. Mr. Coultharts mother was Helen the second daughter of JohnRoss, esq. of Keir, Closeburn, St. Mungo, and Dalton, all co. Dumfries, byMargaret, daughter of Alexander Gleudinning, esq. of the Isle of Dalton,in the same county. Arms. Gules, three water-bou


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