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EDWARD JOHNSTOUN'S MARRIAGE 149
her made Bryce Blair obtain a legal prohibition in 1682, to prevent him from
disposing of any property till he
then Provost of Annan.
had paid his debts, although Galabank was
On Jan. 3, 1684, Edward Johnstoun, a writer at Dumfries, was married at
Ruthwell to Isobelle, daughter of Adam Carlile, formerly of Annan ;
and at the
same time he was admitted a burgher of Annan. He was an Episcopalian, but
probably foresaw a renewal of religious difficulties with the accession of James
VII. The marriage settlement is dated the same day, at Ruthwell. It
begins
" Be it known to all men by this present deed, Me Adam Carlile late
baillie of Annan, forasmuch as Edward Johnstoun, brother German to John
Johnstoun of Gallabank, is intending God willing to marry and his lawful
wife take Isobelle Carlile my lawful daughter for his spouse in contemplation
of which marriage I have already disponed to him a tenement of house and
yards with the pertinents lying in the burgh of Annan, marked and bounded as
is particularized in the said disposition of the date of their espousal, and there-
fore in confidence and contemplation of the same to be solemnized in God's
Holy Kirk I the said Adam Carlile bind and oblige me, my heirs, executors
and assignees to make payment to the said Edward Johnstoun and Isobelle
Carlile my daughter his affianced spouse, their heirs, executors or assignees of
a further sum of money," etc., this to be guaranteed by Adam's daughter, Agnes,
(the spouse of John Johnstoun, burgher of Dumfries), and by Adam's brothergerman,
John Carlile.
The deed was witnessed by Galabank, Robert Murray, James and John
Murray, James Wilson, and William Douglas, "schulemaister" {i.e., tutor) in
Annan. The bride was fifteen and her husband forty. There was a remote
relationship, and William Graham of Blaatwood, then Provost of Annan, a
relative of Edward's mother, was also married to a Carlile of Bridekirk.
Edward's Family Bible contains his name with "of" and an erasure, and
the date 1653, when he was but ten years old, and probably named after his
great-great-grandfather, Edward of Ryehill, who was dead about the time he
was born. Then follows: "John Johnstone, son of Edward Johnstone and
Isobelle Carlyle in Annan, baptized May 27, 1689; James Johnstone, son to
Edward Johnstone and Isobelle Carlyle in Annan, baptized Nov. 17, 1693."
Then Janet is inserted as "baptized Feb. 8, 1684-5," being the eldest of the
children, and the two younger daughters, Elizabeth and Marie, are omitted.
His grandson, James, adds a eulogistic paragraph about him, dated Worcester,
June 26, 1755, and calls attention to the many marked verses, showing how
carefully he read it.
In 1683 Galabank mortgaged his estates to his brother, who was to satisfy
the creditors, particularly William Graham of Blaatwood. For a debt of
£373. 9s - Graham received the first instalment of interest, £22, 7s., at once.
But the next year William Craik of Arbigland, Provost of Dumfries, whose
sister was the wife of Johnston of Clochrie, was the most pressing, and
obtained a Royal Warrant (James VII.) directing the Sheriff of Annandale