James Fleming of Boghall (abt. 1591 - 1623)

Born about 1591 in Boghall castle, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died Oct 1623 at about age 32 in Boghall castle, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

James Fleming of Boghall is a member of Clan Fleming.

James Fleming was born, c. 1590, the second son to John Fleming, Lord Fleming, Earl of Wigton, and his first wife, Lilias Graham, only daughter of John Graham, third Earl of Montrose.^[1]

In 1593, 10 April, he received, from his father, a charter of the lands of Boghall, Milltown, and Arretshole, thereafter being designed as "of Boghall".

He entered the University of Glasgow as a student in 1607.^[2]

He died in October 1623.^[3]

Family

He married, contract dated 7 November 1612, Janet Brisbane, daughter of John Brisbane of Bishopton, and had a number of children:^[4]

• John Fleming, served heir to his father 9 September 1646 in Boghall, became fatuous and unable to manage his affairs. His cousin, Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming, was served tutor to him on 24 May 1654. He, with consent of his tutor, disponed the lands of Boghall to Matthew Brisbane of Rosline on 22 August 1656. He died without children.

• James Fleming, who predeceased his brother before 24 May 1654, without children.

• Francis Fleming.

• Anna Fleming.

• Jean Fleming, all named in their father's testament.

References

1. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 8, page 547
2. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 8, page 547
3. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 8, page 547
4. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 8, page 547

Sources

• Source S-1 Balfour Paul. The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: Douglas, 1904. archive.org

Acknowledgements

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