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By Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, “The Father of Genealogy”

 

The said Sir Thomas is,

By line,

By succession

From Adam the

143

153

From Noah the

134

144

From Esormon the

128

138

From Molin the

108

114

From Rodrigo the

100

104

From Alypos the

91

94

From Char the

76

79

From Astioremon the

68

71

From Lutork the

67

69

From Zeron the

32

33

From Vocompos the

30

31

 

This Genealogy was deduced

Anno Mundi

5598

Anno Esomonis

3789

Anno Molini

3184

Anno Rodrici

2943

Anno Alypou

2669

Anno Chari

2102

Anno Astioremonis

2011

Anno Lutorci

1986

Anno Christi

1651

Anno Zeronis

937

Anno Vocompotis

878

 

POSTILLA

 

In the great Chronicle of the house of Urquhart, the aforesaid Sir Thomas purposeth (by God’s assistance) to make mention of the illustrious families from thence descended, which as yet are in esteem in the countries of Germany, Bohemia, Italy, France, Spain, England, Scotland, Ireland, and several other nations of a warmer climate, adjacent to that famous territory of Greece, the lovely mother of this most-ancient and honourable Stem.

 

 

 

 

  

SUBDICTIS

 

By the chief of the Family, Sir Thomas Urquhart by name, the history of the lives of all these predecessors is already broached, he making account to finish it how soon the amicable influence of the state (in dependence whereupon his fortune is involved) will, by acquitting him of his parole (wherein to them he stands ingaged) be pleased to release him, and in giving him full enjoyment of his own, allow him the leisure to go about it, and other things of greater importance.

 

The history being continued from the Creation of the world, till this present time, will contain many specious Synchronisms, worthy of remark; and as it comprehendeth all the time that is past, so shall few actions of the moment, or persons of either sex, that have been illustrious for any commendable quality, escape the tract of that his pen, which treats of their contemporaneans.

 

TWENTY GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY TREE OF URQUHART OF CROMARTY

 

Twenty generations of Descent of Sir Thomas Urquhart from

 

1. Sir Adam, agnamed Ardito, m. Marjorie, daughter of Griffin, Prince of Wales, b. 1071.

2. Edward, m. Jane Caron or Scrimjour, b. 1102.

3. Richard Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1123, m. Anne.

4. Sir Philip Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1158, Knighted by King William the Lion, 1156 = Magdalene, dau. Of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus.

5. Robert Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1187 = Girsel, dau. of Keith Marshall.

6. George Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1215 = Mary, dau. of Crawford Lindsay.

7. James Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1244 = Sophia, dau. of Macduff, Earl of Fife.

8. David Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1272 = Eleanore, dau. of the House of Seaton.

9. Francis Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1299 = Rosalind, dau. of Gilbert Hay of Arrel (Erroll).

10. William Urquhart of Cromarty, called Gulielmus de Monte Alto = 1. Lilias, dau. of Hugh, Earl of Ross; 2. Violet, dau. of John Cumming, Earl of Buchan.

11. Adam Urquhart, Hereditary Sheriff of Cromarty = Brigida, dau. of Fleming of Cumbernauld, charter 1365.

12. John Urquhart of Cromarty = Agnes, dau. of Sir Alex. Ramsay of Dalhousie.

13. Sir William Urquhart of Cromarty, Remission by James II, 1457. = Susanna, dau. of Forbes of that Ilk. Brother: Thomas of Tarnaway (Burdsyards), Sister: Helen, m. Thomas Baird, 1363.

14. William, o.s.p., m. Mariot Rose of Kilravock. Brother: Alexander (2nd son) who succeeded served heir 1475 = Cartherine, dau. of Sir J. Ogilvie of Deskford.

15. Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, 1474-1557 = Helen Abernethy, dau. of Lord Saltoun. “Lineal” Brother: John in Sweden.

16. Alexander Urquhart of Cromarty d. before 1544 = Beatrix Innes, dau. of Innes of Auchintoul. Brother: Knight, Sir John Urquhart of Cromarty, in Devonshire.

17. Walter Urquhart of Cromarty (served heir 1564) d. 1606., m. 1. Elizabeth (1579), dau. of Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail, m. 2. Elizabeth Rose of Kilravock, she m. 2nd, Robert Munro of Foulis. Brother of Walter, John of Craigfintray (the Tutor of Cromarty), d. 1631.      

18. Henry, 2nd son, m. Elizabeth Ogilvie of Dunlungas, d. in father’s lifetime.

19. Walter, o.s.p. , Brother: Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, b. 1586, m. Christian Elphinstone.

20. Sir Thomas of Cromarty, o.s.p., 1660. Brother: Sir Alexander, o.s.p.m., 1667.

 

THE TRUE PEDIGREE AND LINEAL DESCENT OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE FAMILY OF URQUHART

 

(In the House of Cromarty, since the Creation of the World, until this present Year 1774.)

 

God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, who were from all eternity, did, in time, of nothing, create red earth; of red earth, framed Adam; and, of a rib out of the side of Adam, fashioned Eve. After which creation, plasmation, and formation, succeed the generations, as followeth.

 

An.Mundi.

Com. diff.

Series.

Ante Christ.

 

I

I

0

3948

ADAM married EVE.

 

He was surnamed the Protoplast; and on his wife Eve begot

 

SETH.

130

2

129

3819

 

SETH married SHIFKAH.

 

He was the father of the righteous, and such as called upon the name of God: and his wife Shifka was his own coennixed sister; on whom he begot

 

 

ENOS.

235

3

105

3714

 

ENOS married MAHLA;

 

And on her begot

 

CAINAN.

325

4

90

3624

 

CAINAN married BILHAH;

 

And on her begot

 

MAHALALEEL.

396

5

71

3553

 

MAHALALEEL married TINNAH;

 

And on her begot

 

JARED.

460

6

64

3489

 

JARED married AHOLIMAH;

 

And on her begot

 

ENOCH.

622

7

162

3327

 

ENOCH married ZILPAH.

 

This Enoch was translated alive into the heavens, and was the first that gave occasion to the Apotheosis of the Greeks. On Zilpah he begot

 

METHUSALAH.

687

8

65

3262

 

METHUSALAH married NOEMA.

 

He lived till he was full 969 years of age; and on Noema begot

 

LAMECH.

874

9

187

3075

 

LAMECH married ADA;

 

And on her begot

 

NOAH.

1056

10

182

2893

 

NOAH married TITEA.

 

In the hundredth year complete of Noah’s age, occurred the universal deluge. His wife Titea was the daughter of Tubal-Cain, the son of Jubal; on her he begot

 

JAPHET.

1557

11

501

2392

 

JAPHET married DEBORA.

 

To Japhet’s inheritance befel all the regions of Europe. On Debora he begot

 

JAVAN.

1700

12

143

2259

 

JAVAN married NEGINOTHI.

 

For his portion, being Japhet’s eldest son, he had all the territories of Greece. His wife Neginothi was the daughter of Arphaxad, the son of Sem, Japhet’s second brother, and the elder than Cham. After him, for many hundreds of years together, the Grecians were called Javanites. On Neginothi he begot

 

PENUEL.

1730

13

30

2219

 

PENUEL married HOTTIR.

 

This Penuel was a most intimate friend of Nimrod the mighty hunter, and builder of Babel. On his wife Hottir he begot

 

TYCHEROS.

1751

14

21

2198

 

TYCHEROS married ORPAH.

 

Of this Tycheros, Orpah, the daughter of Sabatius Saga, prince of the Armenians, made a choice to be her husband, because of his gallantry and good success in the wars. On Orpah he begot

 

PASITELES.

1778

15

27

2171

 

PASITELES married AXA.

 

This Axa was the daughter of Samothee king of the Gauls, on whom he begot

 

ESORMON.

1810

16

32

2139

 

ESORMON married NARFESIA.

 

He was Sovereign prince of Achaia. For his fortune in the wars, and affability in conversation, his subjects and familiars surnamed him OUROCHARTOS, that is to say, fortunate and well beloved. After which time, his posterity ever since hath acknowledged him the father of all that carry the name of URQUHART. He had for his arms, three Banners, three Ships, and three Ladies, in a field Or; with the picture of a young Lady above the waiste, holding in her right hand a brandished sword, and a branch of myrtle in the left, for his crest; and for supporters two Javanites, after the soldier habit of Achaia, with this motto in the scroll of his coat armour, Tauta e tria axiodeata, that is, These three are worthy to behold. Upon his wife Narfesia, who was sovereign of the Amazons, he begot

 

CRATYNTER.

1837 

17

27

2112

 

CRATYNTER.

 

He was likewise surnamed Eurochartos, as ever since have been all the male-race of Esormon. He was a victorious prince; yet all his issue male dying before himself, there succeeded to him in his inheritance his brother german

 

THRASYMEDES.

1841

18

4

2108

 

THRASYMEDES married GOSHENNI

 

On Goshenni he begot

 

EVIPPOS.

1873

19

32

2076

 

EVIPPOS married BRIAGETA.

 

On Briageta he begot

 

CLEOTINUS.

1899

20

26

2053

 

CLEOTINUS married ANDRONIA.

 

This Andronia was the daughter of Egialeus ruler of the Sicyonians. On her he begot

 

LITOBOROS.

1930

21

31

2019

 

LITOBOROS married two wives,

 

PUSENA and EMPHANEOLA

 

Yet had he, besides these two ladies, several other, both wives and concubines, as the fashion was, over the whole world, even then, and for the space of above a thousand years thereafter: yet, in matter of the genealogy of this house, no other women are collaterally placed, but such as have been mothers of the chiefs thereof; or if there be any mentioned, it is only here and there, the most especial, without having regard to any of the rest.

 

Litoboros on Pusena begot

 

APODEMOS.

1961

22

31

1988

 

APODEMOS.

 

Although Apodemos was begot on Pusena the daughter of Aemathius prince of Macedonia; yet to him succeeded his half-brother Bathybulos, begotten on Emphaneola the daughter of Tyrus ruler of Thracia.

 

1962

23

1

1987

                                                                                                                                                                              

BATHYBULOS married BONARIA.

 

And on her begot

 

PHRENEDON.

1991

24

29

1958

 

PHRENEDON married PENINAH.

 

This Phrenedon was in the house of the Patriarch Abraham at the time of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. On Penina he begot

 

ZAMELES.

2023

25

32

1926

 

ZAMELES married ASYMBLETA;

 

And on her begot

 

CHORONOMOS.

2055

26

32

1894

 

CHORONOMOS married CARISSA.

 

He on Carissa, who was sister-in-law to Istavon, king of the Germans, begot

 

LEPTOLOGON.

2083

27

28

1866

 

LEPTOLOGON married CALAGAIS;

 

And on her begot

 

AGLAESTOS.

2144

28

31

1835

 

AGLAESTOS married THEOGLENA;

 

And on her begot

 

MEGALONUS.

2143

29

23

1806

 

MEGALONUS married PRIMILLA.

 

He having no children by his wife Primilla, there succeeded to him his uncle

 

EVEMEROS.

2120

30

6

1829

 

EVEMEROS married PAMMERISSA.

 

Here is to be remarked, that we are not to regard the difference betwixt the ages of Megalonus and Aglaestos, which is 29; nor yet that betwixt Megalonus and Evemeros, which is 23: but the difference only betwixt Evemeros and Aglaestos, because it retrogrades not the time, but continues in an even outright course upon the track thereof. This Evemeros was six years younger than his brother Aglaestos, and on his wife Pammerissa begot

 

CALLOPHRON.

2150

31

30

1799

 

CALLOPHRON married FLORIDULA;

 

And on her begot

 

ARTHMIOS.

2183

32

33

1766

 

ARTHMIOS married CHRYSOCOMIS;

 

And on her begot

 

HYPSEGORAS.

2207

33

24

1742

 

HYPSEGORAS married ARENOPAS.

 

On Arenopas, who was the daughter of Hercules Lybius, he begot

 

AUTARCES.

2234

34

27

1715

 

AUTARCES married THARSALIA.

 

On Tharsalia, who was the sister of Spartus that built Lacedemon, he begot

 

EVAGES.

2266

35

32

1683

 

EVAGES married MAIA;

 

And on her begot

 

ARTARBES.

2295

36

29

1654

 

ARTARBES married ROMA;

 

And on her begot

 

PAMPROSODOS.

2326

37

31

1623

 

PAMPROSODOS married TERMUTH.

 

On this Termuth, who was that daughter of Pharaoh Amenophis, which found Moses amongst the bulrushes, and brought him up as if he had been her own child, he begot

 

GETHON.

2355

38

29

1594

 

GETHON married VEGETA;

 

And on her begot

 

HOLOCLEROS.

2384

39

29

1565

 

HOLOCLEROS married CALLIMERIS.

 

On this Callimeris, who was the daughter of Siceleus the sovereign of those countries in Spain which are now called Galacia, Andaluzia, Murcia, and Granada, he begot

 

MOLIN.

2415

40 

31

1534

 

MOLIN married PANTHEA.

 

This is he that came with Gathelus from Egypt into Portugal, and of whom are descended the Clanmolinespick in Ireland. His wife Panthea was the daughter of Deucalion and Pirra, of whom Ovid maketh mention in the first of his metamorphoses. In that part of Afric, which, after his name, is till this hour called Molinea, by cunning and valour together, he killed, in one morning three lions, the heads whereof, when in a basket, presented to his lady Panthea, so terrified her, that (being quick with child) for putting her right hand to her left side, with this sudden exclamation (O Hercules, What is this!), the impression of three lions heads was found upon the left side of the child as soon as he was born. How Portugal was so called, after Gathelus; the Scots, after Scota, is clearly set down in the ample story of the house. Molin on Panthea begot

 

EPITIMON.

2446

41

31

1503

 

EPITIMON married GONIMA.

 

This Gonima was the sister of Hiber (after whom Ireland was called Hibernia) and daughter of Gathelus, begotten on Scota; in honour of whom Epitimon (she being his mother-in-law), after her name, called his second son Scotus; of whose progeny, shortly after, the surname Scot took its beginning, together with the arms which Molin by his valour had acquired on the coast of Afric, and which upon the left side of Epitimon, by nature, were imprinted from his mother’s womb, as hath already been sufficiently enough glanced at in the description of Molin. Then began the old arms of Urquhart, in the house of Esormon (viz. three Banners, three Ships, and three Ladies) to be exchanged into three Lions heads. Epitimon and Gonima begot

 

HYPOTYPHOS.

2474

42

28

1475

 

HYPOTYPHOS married GANYMENA;

 

And on her begot

 

MELOBOLON.

2503

43

29

1446

 

MELOBOLON.

 

His wife Actofa was the daughter of Chufan Rafchataim, whose male issue Melobolon surviving, there succeeded to him his cousin-german Propetes, who was begotten by Nepenthes, the brother of Hypotyphos, on the lady Thespesia.

 

2509

44

6

1440

 

PROPETES married HYPERMNESTRA.

 

This Hypermnestra was the choicest of Danaus’s fifty daughters; and on her Propetes begot

 

EUPLOCAMOS.

2539

45

30

1410

 

EUPLOCAMOS married HORATIA,

 

And on her begot

 

PHILOPHRON.

2657

46

28

1382

 

PHILOPHRON married PHILUMENA;

 

And on her begot

 

SYNGENES.

2598

47

31

1351

 

SYNGENES.

 

His wife Accorta bearing him no children, there succeeded to him his uncle

 

POLYPHRADES.

2581

48

 

1368

 

POLYPHRADES married NEOPIS.

 

This Neopis was the sister of Amphion ruler of Thebes, on whom Polyphrades begot

 

CAINOTOMOS.

2627

49

29

1322

 

CAINOTOMOS married THYMELICA.

 

Here is only set down the difference between the ages of Syngenes and Cainotomos, which is 29; and not that of Polyphrades to either of them, as hath been formerly observed in Aglaestos, Magalonus, and Evemeros; because Polyphrades, though posterior in succession, is elder in years; and therefore to regard his difference, would but intangle the progress of our chronological genealogy. This Cainotomos took to wife Thymelica the daughter Bacchus, in recompence of his having accompanied him in the conquest of the Indies. Cainotomos in his return from thence into Greece, passed through the territories of Israel, where being acquainted with Deborah the judge and prophetess, he received from her a very rich Jewel, which afterwards, by one of his succession, was presented to Pentasilea, that queen of the Amazons that assisted the Trojans against Agamemnon. On his wife Thymelica he begot

 

RODRIGO.

2656

50

29

1295

 

RODRIGO married EPHAMILLA.

 

This Rodrigo being invited by his kindred the Clanmolinespick into Ireland, bore rule in that country all the days of his life, with much applause and good success. Of him is descended the Clanrurie, of which name there were 26 rulers and kings of Ireland, before the days of Ferguse the first king of Scots in Scotland. On Ephamilla he begot

 

DICARCHES.

2685

51

29

1264

 

DICARCHES married PORRIMA.

 

His marriage with Porrima the sister of Carmenta, Evander’s mother, was made in his younger years, when he travelled from Iceland into Italy; and on her begot

 

EXAGASTOS.

2713

52

28

1236

 

EXAGASTOS married LAMPEDO;

 

And on her begot

 

DENAPON.

2750

53

37

1199

 

DENAPON married TELECLYTA;

 

And on her begot

 

ARTISTES.

2775

54

25

1174

 

And on her begot

 

THYMOLEON.

2806

55

31

1143

 

THYMOLEON married EROMENA;

 

And on her begot

 

EUSTOCHOS.

2834

56

28

1115

 

EUSTOCHOS married ZOCALLIS;

 

And on her begot

 

BIANOR.

2864

57

30

1085

 

BIANOR married LEPIDA;

 

And on her begot

 

THRYLLUMENOS.

2893

58

29

1056

 

THRYLLUMENOS.

 

His wife Metaceras was the daughter of Calcedo the Tyrian, that founded Carthage; but he having no sons by her, there succeeded to h