Nisbet of Greenholm

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Surname/tag: Nisbet

NISBET OF GREENHOLM NISBET OF GREENHOLM This line is believed to have begun in 1390 with Murdoch Nisbet claimed to be "a Younger son of the ancient family of Nisbet of Nisbet in the County of Berwick ". (proven to be wrong by Y-DNA)

• 1586 Recipical sureties by ALEXANDER NISBET of GREENHOLM and John Lockart of Glenn for taxation of GREENHOLM ALEXANDER NISBET 40s for the taxation of his 6 pound land of Greneholme and John Lockart for his 26s, 8d, for the taxation of his four pound land of Greneholme Register of The Privy Council by David Masson 1st series vol IV

YDNA

• Nisbet of Greenholm -last common ancestor shared with Nisbet of that Ilk-rough estimate ca. 3155 BC (3898 BC—2568 BC) so not a cadet branch of Nisbet of that Ilk, as claimed.
• Nisbet of Greenholm-shared ancient common paternal line ancestor rough estimate ca.1583 BC (2194 BC — 1054 BC) with some descendants of Gospatric - includes Earls of Dunbar also some Cockburn, Riddell & Preston branches
  • SNP ZP74 rough estimate ca. 1380 AD(1079 AD — 1604 AD)
    • Divides Greenholm line in 2 branches, those that have this mutation and those that don't. More testing is needed before we know more about those that don't, it is possible the split was before this branch came to Ayrshire.

PROPERTY

SCOTLAND 1514- Ayrshire Grenholme-40s Space:Property_Nisbet_of_Greenholm_Greenholm Auchinruglane-40s Sornhill-40s Space:Property_Nisbet_of_Greenholm_Sornhill Mylryg-40s Sorne-40s

NNs Ayrshire.

ARMS This line is believed to have begun in 1390 with Murdoch Nisbet claimed to be "a Younger son of the ancient family of Nisbet of Nisbet in the County of Berwick ". (proven to be wrong by Y-DNA) The Herald says in Cadency—" and Nisbet of Greenhorne carries his Chief's Coat, Nisbet of that Ilk, viz. : argent, three Boars Heads erazed, within a Bordur Sable, for a Brisure, his descent being instructed by evidents, since K. Robert the third's time." The motto is Vis fortibus arma.

David Nisbet of Greenholm arms

• • • Those that have SNP ZP74:
      • Nisbet of Greenholm oldest line Murdoch Nisbet younger line Hugh Nisbet
      • Nisbet of Carfin/Carphin Archibald Nisbet
      • Nisbet of Auchnairn John Nisbet
      • Alexander Nisbet "born at sea" Alexander Nisbet
      • Nisbet of Sumpter NC Robert Nesbitt
  • 2 later known splits of Nisbet of Greenholm
    • • SNP R-BY2644/ZP65 rough estimate ca. 1657 AD( 1352 AD — 1875 AD)
        • Nisbet of Greenholm younger line that descends from Nisbet of Braidley and Nisbet of Hag mutation.
        • known to be present in descendants of Robert Nisbet and Barbara Nisbet . At this time it is unknown if Robert ca 1650-1736 was the first to have this mutation, or if he inherited it.

• • • • R-BY16484 rough estimate ca 1590 AD (1286 AD — 1848 AD)
        • Nisbet of Carfin/Carphin
        • Nisbet of Ladytown
        • Nisbet of Feoch
        • Nisbet of Ballyhaise Ireland
        • Nisbet of Derrycairn Ireland

RELATED BRANCHES

Nisbets of Knevocklaw[[1]]

Nisbet of Carfin[[2]]

- NAS now NRS

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