William Dick (bef. 1639 - bef. 1694)

Born before 30 Nov 1639 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 29 May 1694 at about age 54 in The Grange, Newington, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

William, an only son, was baptised on the 30 November 1639 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of William Dick of The Grange.^[1][2]

William was married twice^[3][4]:

1. to Elizabeth, a daughter of Sir John Leslie of Newton, one of the Senators of the College of Justice and a younger son of Andrew, 4th Earl of Rothes. She died young leaving her husband two daughters, Anne and Janet.^[5]
2. to Charles, daughter of Robert Leslie of Kinclaven, third son of Patrick, Lord Lindores. She was cousin to his first wife, and bore him another three daughters, and a son and heir, William.

His wife Elizabeth was buried at Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh on the 24 November 1674.^[6]

This William Dick inherited his mother's estate and was served heir to it on 9th April 1679.^[7]

Upon the death of his father he succeeded as the proprietor of The Grange^[4].

Children
By Elizabeth:

• Ann
• Janet^[4]

By Charles:

• Catherine - b. 17 June 1677^[8]
• William - b. 1 June 1678^[9]
• Elizabeth - b. 10 June 1782^[10]
• Margaret - b. 24 May 1683^[11]

William's son, another William, was served his heir on 29th May 1694.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013..
2. ↑ See screenshot of birth record from Ancestry.com in "Images" tab.
3. ↑ Stewart-Smith, 1898, p.66
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Antiquity of the Family of Dick Extracted from Playfairs British Antiquity, Illustrative of the Origin and Progress of the Rank, Honours and Personal Merit of the Nobility of the United Kingdom. 1826. p. 6-8.[1]
5. ↑ Macfarlane, Walter, Genealogical Collections made in 1750-1751, edited by James T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh University Press for the Scottish History Society, 1900, vol.ii, p.81.
6. ↑ FreeReg.org.uk (https://freereg.org.uk). Burial: Leslie/Dick.Burial information at Free Reg
7. ↑ Stewart-Smith, 1898, p.68.
8. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQCW-MYN : 11 February 2020), William Dick in entry for Catherine Dick, 1677.
9. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F316-PQD : 11 February 2020), William Dick in entry for William Dick, 1678.
10. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F318-R82 : 11 February 2020), William Dick in entry for Elizabeth Dick, 1682.
11. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F318-RYK : 11 February 2020), William Dick in entry for Margaret Dick, 1683.
12. ↑ No. 2482, Retours of Services of Heirs 1544-1699, vols. 1 - 3, on CDRom available from the Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh (see website).

• Stewart-Smith, J., The Grange of St. Giles, Constable & Co., Edinburgh, 1898.
• Marriage and daughter - A Descent of Tony Blair From James V, King of Scots, The Genealogist Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall 2008): page 247-255. Davies, E.J.[2]

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to the late Sir William Arbuthnot for starting this profile.