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John Macmillan JP - from Celtic Monthly magazine July 1891 (courtesy of Andrew McAdam)

Name:
John Macmillan
 Relationship to William Macmillan
Birth:
29 MAR 1833 Holm of Dalquairn, Dumfries and Galloway
Father:
Robert Macmillan
Mother:
Mary Goldie
Married:
Margaret Thompson Moffat 10 SEP 1861 Glencairn
Children:
Robert Macmillan
Born: 1 DEC 1862 Glencairn
Died: 14 JAN 1864 Glencrosh, Glencairn
Margaret Robina Macmillan
Born: 10 JAN 1864 Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Died: 21 OCT 1939 Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Robert Macmillan
Born: 22 JUN 1865 Glencrosh, Moniaive, Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Died: 5 DEC 1938 Woodlea, Moniaive
Thomas Moffat Macmillan
Born: 28 APR 1867 Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Died: 1 JAN 1944 Glencrosh, Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
John James Macmillan
Born: 27 JAN 1869 Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Died: 28 FEB 1954 Glencairn
David Jackson Macmillan
Born: 13 JAN 1873 Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Died: 27 SEP 1889 Glencrosh, Glencairn
Mary Goldie Macmillan
Born: 3 MAR 1875 Glencrosh, Glencairn At 1.30am
Died: 14 DEC 1939 Glencrosh, Glencairn, Dumfries, Scotland
Death:
10 DEC 1895 Glencrosh, Glencairn aged 62
Remarks:
He was the Laird of the Holm of Dalquairn & Glencrosh, and a JP.

Lineage (from Burke's Landed Gentry):
— Mr. John McMillan is the lineal descendant and representative of the ancient family of McMillan of Brockloch and Holm of Dalquhairn, in the parish of Carsphairn, co. Kirkcudbright. The lands of Brockloch were held originally by the tenure called "Manrent," but when King Robert the Bruce created the Chief of Brockloch Baron of Ken, he obtained a charter of all his lands, 'blanche' of
the Crown. The properties of Brockloch and Holm of Dalquhairn were united through a marriage in 1741, but on the death of John McMillan in 1852, Brockloch passed from the possession of the MacMillans, but Holm of Dalquhairn, which comprises Upper and Nether Holm and Clenoch, is still the property of the representative of the family.

John MacMillan, younger, of Holm married Margaret
Thompson, eldest daughter of Thomas Moffat, Esq., J.P., of
Ardnacloich, County of Dumfries, and had issue :—
Robert of Holm.
Thomas Moffat.
John James.
Margaret Robina.
Mary Goldie.
Source: Clan Macmillan by Somerled Macmillan

Clan MacMillan crest: Miseris succerere disco (I learn to succour the unfortunate)

"Glencrosh continued in the possession of the Gibsons until
about 1870, when the estate was sold to John M'Millan of
Holm, in whose family it continues."
"A Glencairn Ploughing Society has existed since 1869.
The Society was instituted, for the encouragement of ploughing,
at a meeting held in Dumfries on the 27th day of January, when
John M'Millan of Glencrosh was appointed President and Robert
W. Sloane Secretary."
pg 171, 'Glencairn, The Annals of an Inland Parish' by John Corrie, 1910

1871 census, Glencrosh, Glencairn:
John Mcmillan 38
Margaret Mcmillan 34
Margaret Mcmillan 7
Robert Mcmillan 5
Thomas Mcmillan 3
John James Mcmillan 2
Barbara Campbell 40
Agness Armstrong 17
Margaret Todd 26
Margaret Fergusson 26
Isabella Beattie 17
John Brown 27

1881 census, Glencrosh, Glencairn:
John McMillan 48
Margaret McMillan 45
Robert McMillan 15
John James McMillan 12
David Jackson McMillan 8
Mary Goldie McMillan 6
Jane Haining 28
Agnes Armstrong 27
Mary McAdam 19
Jane Armstrong 24
Archie McAdam 17

1891 census, Glencrosh:
John McMillan 58
Margaret T McMillan 55
Margaret R McMillan 27
Robert McMillan 25
Thomas McMillan 23
John J McMillan 22
Mary G McMillan 16
Christina K Malcolm 30
Isabella Hyslop 38
Elizabeth Lawson 20
Margaret Lauder 23
Martha Brown 14
John Andeson 20
Thomas Topping 19
David Hastings 17
James McAdam 14

Gravestone Inscription at Carsphairn Parish Church:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN McMILLAN
OF GLENCROSH & HOLM
WHO DIED 10TH DECEMBER 1895
AGED 82 YEARS
ALSO OF
MARGARET THOMPSON MOFFAT
HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT GLENCROSH 3RD MARCH 1900
AGED 65 YEARS

Picture via:
Celtic Monthly Magazine
https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=celticmonthlymag01mack

http://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/pageturner.cfm?id=75846265&mode=transcription

Ref:
Bernard Burke. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Volume 2)
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/bernard-burke/a-genealogical-and-heraldic-history-of-the-landed-gentry-of-great-britain--irel-kru/page-58-a-genealogical-and-heraldic-history-of-the-landed-gentry-of-great-britain--irel-kru.shtml
'Great Grandfather Macmillan of Glencrosh' written on back (Photo at Glencrosh)

Clan MacMillan crest: Misesris succerere disco (I learn to succour the unfortunate)

"Glencairn, The annals of an inland parish" by John Corrie, 1910
Inventory and valuation on death
Gravestone of John Macmillan and wife Margaret Thompson Moffat at Carsphairn Parish Church


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