Patrick Houston (abt. 1665 - bef. 1699)

Born about 1665 in Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Isobella (Johnstoun) Houstoun — married 5 Dec 1689 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died before 14 Jul 1699 before about age 34 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Patrick was the second son of Patrick Houstoun, Knt. and Anne Hamilton, a daughter of John Hamilton, Knt. of Carriden and Bargany.^[1][2] The date and place of his birth are unknown and are estimated.

On 26 November 1679 he was apprenticed to George Mossman, a merchant in Edinburgh,^[3] and by 16 November 1686 he was admitted as a burgess and guildbrother of Dumbarton.^[2] Patrick Houstoun was admitted, in right of his wife Isobel, as burgess and guildbrother of Glasgow 22 August 1693.^[2][4]

Patrick served as an M.P. from Renfrewshire to the Scottish Parliament from 1698 until his death in July 1699.^[2]

Marriage and Family

He married Isobel Johnston, daughter and heiress of George Johnstoun of Glasgow, merchant, on 5 December 1689^[2] at Glasgow.^[5] They had two sons:

• George Houstoun, died before 1733^[6]
• Sir Patrick Houstoun, 5th Bt., born 1697;^[7] married 1740/1 Priscilla Dunbar;^[8] died 1762^[2][9]

Death

Patrick Houstoun was buried 14 July 1699 at the Glasgow High Church in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[10]

Research Notes

Richardson gives the date of their marriage only as "before August 1693," and Patrick's death as "shortly before 18 September 1699."^[2] These dates are superseded by primary parish records.

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. 2, p. 407, HOUSTON 18. Patrick Houston
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 3, p. 328 HOUSTON 21. Patrick Houston
3. ↑ Watson, Charles B. (ed.). Register of Edinburgh Apprentices 1666-1679. Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society (1929), p. 47 available online.
4. ↑ Anderson, James R. The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow 1573-1750. Edinburgh: Scottish Records Society (1925), p. 229 available online.
5. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTBQ-W6X : 11 February 2020), Patrick Houstoun, 1689.
6. ↑ Richardson. Royal Ancestry, vol. 3, p. 328 HOUSTON 22. Patrick Houston
7. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSV-LBG : 11 February 2020), Patrick Houstoun in entry for Patrick Houstoun, 1697.
8. ↑ Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont. Diary of Viscount Percival, afterwards first Earl of Egmont. London: HMSO (1920), vol. 3, p. 214 available online.
9. ↑ David Dobson, The Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. (1989). Online at Ancestry.com page 137: "#2824 Houstoun, Patrick, b. 1698, Paisley Renfrewshire, merchant edu. Glasgow Uni, res Glasgow, pts. Patrick Houstoun, sh. 1734, sett. Savannah Ga,, m. Priscilla Dunbar, d. 5 Feb 1762 Ga, bd Bonadventure, Ga pr1762 A.83. (PRO.CO5.670.101)".
10. ↑ Scotland, Glasgow and Lanarkshire Death and Burial Index. Patrick Houstone. County: Lanarkshire; Country: Scotland; Burial place: Glasgow High Church, Glasgow; Burial date: 14 Jul 1699; Notes: merchant; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish burials. Available here by subscription.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Cokayne, G.E. Complete Baronetage. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd. (1904), vol. 4, p. 269 available online.
• Johnston, Edith Duncan. The Houstouns of Georgia. Athens: University of Georgia Press (1950), pp. 3, 5 available online.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Porject by Thiessen-117 on 10 September 2020.

Patrick Houston also appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in badged Richardson-documented trails from Gateway Ancestor Patrick Houston to Magna Carta Surety Barons Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare and Robert de Vere. The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".