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Catherine (Preston) Nairn (bef. 1596 - aft. 1635)

Catherine "Lady Strathgurd" Nairn formerly Preston
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Died after after age 39 [location unknown]
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Biography

Catherine (Preston) Nairn is a member of Clan Preston.

Birth

Catherine Preston was probably born sometime before 1596, an estimate based on the birth of her first child in 1615. She was the daughter of Sir John Preston,1st Baronet of Airdrie [1] and Elizabeth Turnbull.[2] Her mother died in 1623, and her father re-married to Agnes, daughter of John Lundin and Margaret Duris.[2] Catherine's brother was Sir John Preston, 2nd Baronet of Airdrie.

Family History

The lands of Prestonhall originally formed part of the lands of Thomaston, and before 1614 belonged to the Turnbulls of Airdrie. By marriage with Elizabeth Turnbull, heiress of William Turnbull of Airdrie, these lands were acquired by Catherine's father, Sir John Preston of Pennycuik Bt, who was President of the Court of Session from1609-1616. [2] Either Sir John or his descendants built a mansion house on the lands, and the name changed to Prestonhall. [3]

Marriage

Catherine married Robert Nairn of Mukkarsy, 6th Baron Strathgurd although the exact date of their marriage is unknown.[1] Nairn was admitted advocate on 22 May 1605, and received Charters to lands which included Rogartoun, Blackhall and others, incorporated into the Barony of Strathgurd on 16 July 1621; and Easter Greenyards, County of Stirling ,18 July 1635 [1] [4]

Children:

Timeline

Catherine's life was spent against the backdrop of the turbulent first fifty years of the seventeenth century, a time of political and religious turmoil.[11] In the very early days of her life, thirteen months after Mary Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate and the death of Queen Elizabeth I on 24th March 1602, James VI succeeded to the English throne and became James VI and I [12] an event now known as the Union of the Crowns [13]This period saw the rise of Puritanism and Calvinism, which eventually led to the British Civil Wars . [14]

There is an unexplained gap of ten years between the birth of her daughter Catherine and her son Alexander. It is not known what Catherine's role in the years of crisis were but her family suffered great personal sacrifice, her eldest son Robert was taken prisoner along with other members of the Committee of Estates (a group appointed to govern Scotland when Parliament was not in session) [15] by General Monk at Alyth, County of Forfar, 28 May 1651, and was detained in the Tower of London until the Restoration.[1] Her son William was killed at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 [1] [16]

Death

Catherine's date of death is unknown, but estimated to be after 1635 when her daughter Elizabeth was born. This date is the last known sourced date of a child's birth, but it is not established that Elizabeth was the youngest of her children so Catherine actually may have died considerably later than this. Her husband Robert died February 1652 [1]

Research Notes

  • There is some speculation that there was a daughter named Margaret, possibly born in 1640. No Sources found.Graham-21867 04:52, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Some unsourced entries in family search indicate that Catherine's father re-married after Elizabeth Turnbull died and had several more children. No Sources found.Graham-21867 23:15, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
  • In unsourced Ancestral Files and unsourced family trees on Family Search Catherine's birth date is entered as 1598. No Sources found Graham-21867 04:41, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Because there are no Sources for her date of birth, no place of birth is able to be determined although unsourced family trees show her place of birth as Pencuik, Midlothian, Scotland Graham-21867 03:20, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Catherine appears in many unsourced family trees with a death date of 1640. As this date is the same as the supposed birth date of the daughter named Margaret, it could be concluded that Catherine may have died in childbirth. Graham-21867 12:16, 23 April 2022 (UTC) No credible sources found.
  • Catherine is named as "Margaret" daughter of John Preston on some sites. Not supported by sources Graham-21867 19:34, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
  • On some websites there is mention of a daughter named Isabel born 1625, may explain the gap in Births between 1620 and 1630 but no Sources found Graham-21867 03:43, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Paul, James Balfour, Sir, "The Scots Peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom; Edinburgh, D. Douglas, 1904-1914 , vol. 6, p. 392
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Baronetage, Creations by Charles I published in Exeter by William Pollard Ltd , 1902, vol. 2, page 346
  3. Leighton, John M , History of the County of Fife : from the earliest period to the present time, 1840, page 41 .
  4. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, Vol 5 page 142, 3 November 1582 (https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi05scot)
  5. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4J-MY2 : 16 September 2021),Catherine Preston in entry for Robert Nairn, 1615
  6. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1Y7-44P : 16 September 2021),Catherine Prestoun in entry for Johne Nairn, 1619
  7. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1TR-6TT : 16 September 2021), Catherine Prestoun in entry for Catherine Nairn, 1620
  8. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1YZ-NSD : 16 September 2021), Catherine Prestoun in entry for Alexander Nairn,1630
  9. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950",database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1YZYFR : 16 September 2021), Catherine Prestoun in entry for James Nairn, 1631
  10. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1Y9-PMD : 16 September 2021), Catherine Preston in entry for Elizabeth Nairn, 1635
  11. Fu Jen Catholic University : Introduction to The Seventeenth Century: Providers Marguerite Connor/Cecilia Liu (http://english.fju.edu.tw/lctd/asp/periods/4/british/introduction.htm)
  12. National Museums Scotland: Scottish History and Archaeology: James VI and I (https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/james-vi-and-i/)
  13. UK Parliament : Union of the Crowns (https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/act-of-union-1707/overview/union-of-the-crowns/ )
  14. Electric Scotland: Domestic Life in Scotland,1488-1688, Lecture VI - The Commonwealth and the Restoration (https://electricscotland.com/history/domestic/domesticlife6.htm)
  15. "BCW Project"CoE
  16. Historic UK , Castelow, Ellen, Battle of Worcester ,1651 (https://historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Worcester/)
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