A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . earest heir of his grandfather in certainportions of the lands of Newton of Reres, in the sheriffdom of Fife, not-withstanding which the said Patrick pretends right to the foresaid Lords of Council accordingly remit the matter to the Steward orSheriff of Fife, or their deputes, for In the year 1634 Patrick Seton of Lathrisk was elected an elder forthe parish of Kettle ; and eleven years later (1645) he appears as a


A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . earest heir of his grandfather in certainportions of the lands of Newton of Reres, in the sheriffdom of Fife, not-withstanding which the said Patrick pretends right to the foresaid Lords of Council accordingly remit the matter to the Steward orSheriff of Fife, or their deputes, for In the year 1634 Patrick Seton of Lathrisk was elected an elder forthe parish of Kettle ; and eleven years later (1645) he appears as a witness to a The will of John Seton, fiar of Lath-risk, who married a daughter of SirMichael Balfour of Denmiln, is dated inthe year 1650, and there is sasine to himof the lands of On the 12th of October 1720 we findan entry in the Kettle Register relative tothe marriage of Alexander Williamson,late bailie in Kirkcaldy, to Mrs. AgnesSeton, lawful daughter of the laird ofLathrisk. 1. John Seton, third son of Sir Gilbert Seton of Parbroath,married, as already stated, Jonet, daughterand heiress of Lathrisk of that ilk, and wasfather of. 1 Register of Privy Seal, vol. xxiv. fol. 87. 2 Acts and Decreets, vol. xiv. fol. 328. 3 Ibid. vol. xv. fol. 149. 4 Acts and Decreets, vol. clxxi. fol. 124. 5 Kettle Parochial Register. 8 Register of Fife Sasines, vol. x. p. 338. JOHN SETON OF LATHRISK 3i7 2. John Seton of Lathrisk, who had a charter from King James iv., dated at Edinburgh nth April1495, in the lifetime of his parents, of thelands of Wester Lathrisk and name turns up in the public recordsduring the first half of the sixteenth cen-tury. By his wife, Janet Auchmouty, heappears to have had three sons and threedaughters :— 1. John, his successor. 2. Christopher, whose son Alexanderwas legitimated by royal rescript in 3. Gilbert, vicar of Strathmiglo in i55i- 4. Elizabeth, married to James Spensof Lathallan before 5. Janet, married about


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