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- Genealogy and notes taken from "History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigtown" by James Paterson, vol 1--Kyle, Edinburgh: 1863
Paterson goes on to give some evidence as to why he believes Killoch ought to have preceeded Cesnock in the entail. I will try to capsulize:
1. Lord Loudoun did not set aside his two granddaughters, the eldest of which became Baroness Loudoun and the second married Cesnock. In 1620 he executed two other deeds to Sir John CAMPBELL of Lawers, husband to his eldest daughter. Since he did not mean to exclude the granddaughters, it was only logical that he would mention the second daughter who married Cesnock next, especially since the closest male relative was distantly related.
2. The arms of old Cesnock are those of Argyle quartered with Loudoun, which Paterson says is proof that the origin was directly from Argyle. None of the Loudoun cadets carry the arms of Argyle and Loudoun quartered except Skerrington (see previous posts). Skerrington was originally from Argyle,but a cadet of Loudoun who married the heiress of the family.
3. Strongest Proof: "is in the service of Hugh CAMPBELL of Killoch, 'heir male to Hugh Lord LOUDOUN, the great-grand-nephew of his (Killoch's) great-grandfather, ' in the office of Baillie of Kylesmure, on the 9th January, 1634, only 21 years after the ential was make. He is here declared heir-male of the very executor of the entail in 1613."
Paterson from the above deduces that Killoch, and NOT Cesnock, was the nearest male relative to Baron Loudoun. He also states that Robertson (another author) was incorrect to ascribe the ancestry of Cesnock to George, second son of George CAMPBELL of Loudoun. The latter Paterson believes isthe origin of the Killoch family.
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