[75] “The family of Grierson is descended from Gilbert, the second son of Malcolm, Laird of M‘Gregor, who died in 1374. His son obtained a charter from the Douglas family of the lands and barony of Lagg, in Nithsdale, and Little Dalton, in Annandale; since which his descendants have continued in Nithsdale, and married into the best families in that part of the country, namely those of Lord Maxwell, the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn, the Charterises of Amisfield, the Fergusons of Craigdarroch, and of the Duke of Queensberry.”—Grose’s Antiquities of Scotland.
[Transcriber’s Note—the following changes have been made to this text.
Frontispiece: SUBSEQUANTLY to SUBSEQUENTLY—“AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY”.
Page vi: Balderston to Balderstone—“(Caleb Balderstone)”.
Page 6: stiil to still—“still continue to be”.
Page 17: dittograph “during during” corrected—“during the sermon”.
Page 31: boronet to baronet—“baronet of Orchardston”.
Page 56: imimmediately to immediately—“it was immediately opened”.
Page 58: Here to Her—“Her propensities”.