The eldest surviving son of James Dunlop of Garnkirk, and his wife, Lillias Campbell. He was born on 9 July 1697 [Newsletter of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society, No. 47 Autumn 1996, pp. 11-16 for the first part of Donald Whyte's scholarly account of the family of Dunlop of Garnkirk] and [Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society Newsletter, No 48 Spring 1997, pp. 4-11 for the second and concluding part of Donald Whyte's scholarly account of the family of Dunlop of Garnkirk].
James Dunlop of Garnkirk married Henrietta Maxwell Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910 Their request to have proclamation of marriage was booked at Cadder parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 9 June 1722 and they were married there on 22 June 1722. The marriage record reads as follows:
"June 9th (1722) James Dunlop of Garnkirk in this paroch and Hendoretta Maxwell daughter laull to George Maxwell of Southbar in the citie of Glasgow had their purpose of marriage three several times orderly proclaimed and no objection being made against the same they were married here upon the 22d day of June". [National Records of Scotland, Cadder Marriages, 1662-1744, reference OPR.626/1]
James Dunlop of Garnkirk and his wife Henrietta Maxwell had twelve children. [Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society Newsletter, No 48 Spring 1997, pp. 4-11 for the second and concluding part of Donald Whyte's scholarly account of the family of Dunlop of Garnkirk] Their names follow:
James Dunlop of Garnkirk Grissall Dunlop George Dunlop Henrietta Dunlop Lilias Buchanan Elizabeth Dunlop Jean Dunlop John Dunlop Robert Dunlop William Dunlop Thomas Dunlop Marion Dunlop
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