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Subject: [RHEA-L] Kinlock Line
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:30:02 EST

This is for those of us who are connected to this line through the Campbell's.
The Kinloch Line).
The name of Kinloch, according to Burke's Peerage, is derived from a
territory in Fifeshire and the family had possessions in that county as far
back as the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Its chief was raised to the
baronetage by James II. of England as Kinloch of Kinloch, but the title
expired upon the failure of male descendants. From the parent stock branches,
at what period is not ascertained, the Kinlochs of Gilmerton, the first of
whom on record is: (I) Francis Kinloch, Esquire, of Gilmerton, who died in
1685 and was succeeded by his only son. (II) Alexander Kinloch, Esquire, who
was created a baronet of Nova Scotia, September 16, 1686. He married Magdalen
M'Math and had a numerous family. Sir Alexander, who was last lord-provost of
the city of Edinburgh, died about the year 1696 and was succeeded by his
eldest son. (III) Sir Alexander (2) Kinloch, son of Sir Alexander (1)
Kinloch, married Mary, second daughter of General David Leslie, first Lord
Newark (so celebrated as a commander in the seventeenth century) first by his
surprise at the defeat of the great Marquess of Montrose at Philipsbaugh and
subsequently by his exertions against and for the royal cause during the
civil wars, by whom he had a son and two daughters, and was succeeded by the
former at his decease. (IV) Sir Francis (2) Kinloch, son of Sir Alexander (2)
Kinloch, married Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir James Rochead, baronet, of
Inverleith, by whom he had three sons and three daughters; James, his heir;
David, fifth baronet; Alexander, who succeeded to the estate of his maternal
grandfather and took the name and arms of Rochead; Mary, married J. Hamilton,
Esquire; Magdalen, married J. Wilkie, of Foulde; Janet, married Charles
Brown. of Coulstorm, one of the senators of the College of Justice. Sir
Francis Kinloch dying March 2, 1747, was succeeded by his eldest son. (V) Sir
James Kinloch, son of Sir Francis (2) Kinloch, died March 24, 1778, leaving
the title and estates to his brother. (V) Sir David Kinloch, brother of Sir
James Kinloch, married, January 16, 1746, Harriet, daughter of Sir Archibald
Cockburn and granddaughter maternally of John, first Earl of Breadalbane, by
whom he had five sons and three daughters: Francis, his heir; Archibald,
succeeded his brother; David, Captain of Eighth Regiment, died unmarried,
1790; Alexander, succeeded as eighth baronet; John, died unmarried; Mary,
married, 1775, Sir John Ash; Janet; Harriet, married, 1781, Sir Foster
Cunliffe, baronet, Acton park. Sir David died in 1795 and was succeeded by
his eldest son. (VI) Sir Francis (3) Kinloch, son of Sir David Kinloch,
survived his father but a few weeks, having been slain by a maniac when the
title devolved upon his brother. (VI) Sir Archibald Kinloch, brother of Sir
Francis Kinloch, died unmarried in 1800 and was succeeded by his brother.
(VI) Sir Alexander (3) Kinloch, brother of Sir Archibald Kinloch, who died
February, 1813, married, in 1801, Isabella, daughter and co-heir of John
Stowe, Esquire, of Newton, county Lincoln, by whom he had David, who
succeeded him in the title, born September 1, 1805, ninth baronet, married
Eleanor Hyndford, daughter of Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, baronet; Harriet,
married, in 1833, Lord Thomas Hay, youngest son of the late Marquess of
Tweeddale. The Kinloch coat-of-arms is described: Azure a boar's head,
erased, between three mascles or. Crest: An eagle rising proper. Motto;
Altius Tendo. Seat: Gilmerton near Haddington. In America some of the
descendants spell the name Kinlock. There is a numerous branch of the family
in Virginia. (I) The ancestor of the Kinloch family, who was Alexander
Kinloch, married Mary Stark. They had six children, five born in Scotland,
the sixth in Montreal, Canada. 1. George, deceased, born in Scotland, married
Hannah Buckingham, had four children, three dead. 2. William, resides in
Brooklyn, New York, at 283 Franklin avenue; married (first) Sarah Long by
whom had one child, Fred; married (second) Jennie Coon, one child, Dr. Robert
Kinloch, a graduate of Albany Medical College, physician of Brooklyn, New
York. 3. Charles, deceased, who married Catherine Boomhower, five children,
two dead, three living, who are: Dr. O. F. Kinloch, graduate of Albany
Medical College, physician at Troy, New York; Louis, an artist of Brooklyn,
New York; Charles. 4. Ellen, died early part of 1914; married Byron Bowles,
of Troy, deceased; had two children who live in Troy, Frank Bowles and Mrs.
Louis Tifft. 5. Mary, resides in Troy; married Frank Currier and had a large
family. 6. Alexander G., mentioned below. (II) Alexander G. Kinloch, son of
Alexander Kinloch, was horn in Montreal, Canada, April 8, 1836, died at Troy,
New York, December 23, 1911. He followed the trade of painter and decorator
in the city of Troy for a number of years, and at the age of forty engaged in
the insurance business, continuing along that line in Troy for the remainder
of his active career. He married, March 20, 1862, Mary Stone Reed, born in
Pittstown, New York, April 25, 1839, now (1914) living in Utica, New York.
Children, all born in Troy: 1. Harvey Stone, born December 27, 1863; married
(first) Stella Pierce, of Troy, deceased; married (second) Mrs. Annie Cramer,
widow of Frank Cramer; they reside in Syracuse, New York; he is a transfer
mail clerk at New York Central Station, Syracuse; member of the Knights
Templar. 2. Everett Stark, mentioned below, 3. Dr. Durand Reed, born February
24, 1868; graduate of Albany Medical College, class of 1895; a physician in
Utica; married Lena Maria Tarbell, of Utica; children: Florence, died in
infancy; Mary Stone, Durand Reed, Charles Howard. 4. Mary Jane, born November
30, 1869, died in childhood. 5. Dr. Raymond Alexander, born October 9, 1874;
graduate of University of Vermont, class of 1905; a physician in Springfield,
Massachusetts; married Margaret Alice Calbick, of Gananoque, Canada; child,
Jean Calbick. 6. Ferdinand L., born March 10, 1879, died in childhood. (III)
Dr. Everett Stark Kinloch, son of Alexander G. Kinloch, was born at Troy, New
York, July 6, 1866. He attended the public schools of that city, and entered
the Albany Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1895. Since his
graduation he has practiced medicine at Troy. He is a member of Troy Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Maccabees of the World, of Troy. He
attends the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Mary Frances Swartwout,
born in Troy, December 12, 1868, daughter of Walton and Abbie Swartwout,
where both are now living. Mr. Swartwout is a machinist by trade. Children of
Dr. Kinloch, all born in Troy: 1. Mabel Frances, born December 25, 1890;
married Dr. Ermin Morton Gardinier (see Gardinier IX). 2. Donald Harvey, born
March 14, 1892; student in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 3. Dorothy
May, born June 23, 1900. 4. Everett Stark Jr., born January 12, 1903.

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