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 132 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. JoHN^ KiNNEAR, of that ilk, sat in parlia- ment, 1560, and liis younger son, Henry, was abbot and commendator of Balmerino, and a lord of session ; his eldest son, John, by Christian, daughter of Robert Bethune, of Creich, .<t. him as commendator, but d. s.p. His younger brother, David, rector of Auchterhouse, d. 1632, leaving a son, John, who, in 1635, was served heir to his uncle in the manor and monastery of Balmerino. The intermarriages of the heads of the family were with Forret, of that ilk ; Wemyss, of Pittoncrieff ; Balfour, of Monquhany ; Drummond, Moncur, Ramsay, of Colluthie ; Lord Lindsay, of Byres ; Achmuty, of that ilk, &c. Datid Kinneir, of that ilk, registered arms, 1672, viz., sa., on a bend or, three martlets (" or Kinnerie birds ") vert. Crest — Two anchors in saltire ppr. Motto — I live in hope. An older bearing was three birds, displayed on a bend; and still earlier, a fess between three birds displayed. David d. soon after, and was .?. by his son, of the same name, after whose death there occurred, per- haps, the most remarkable succession of heiresses to be met with in any genealogy. Sophia Kinnear, m. Robert, afterwards Sir Robert Anstruther, of Balcaskie, bart., who assumed her name ; they had one child, Christian Kinneae, of Kinnear, who d. young, in 1687. Mart Kinnear, of Kinnear, her aunt, m. Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, afterwards Sir Kenneth, of Cromartie, bart., second son of George, Viscount Tarbat, and d. 1688, leaving one child, Anne Kinnear, of Kinnear, who d. young, and was s. by her aunt. Agnes Kinnear, of Kinneai-, who left a son, James Kinnear. of Kinnear, who d. 1700, and was s. by his sister, Cecilia Kinnear, of Kinnear, who m. David Bayne, M.D., who took the name of Kinnear, and d. October, 1721. Cecilia Kinnear, of Kinnear, her daugh- ter, m. 28th May, 1751, William Dous^las, of the Tilwhilly family, elder brother of the Bishop of Salisbury, and d. 9th April, 1782, leaving one child, Cecilia Maria DoroLAS Kinneie, of Kinneir, who m. John Macdonald, of Sanda, comptroller of customs, Bo'ness ; she sold the estate, 1795, to Charles Kinnear, of Kin- loch, her eldest son. Colonel Sir John Kinneir Macdonald, C.B., of Sanda, envoy to Persia, in. Amelia Harriet, daughter and co-heir of Lieutenant- General Sir Alexander Campbell, bart., of G-artsford, and d. s.p., 1830. His brother, Ven. William Kinneir Macdonald, archdeacon of Wilts and canon of Salisbury, was father of Ret. Douglas Kinneir Macdonald, of Sanda, vicar of West Alvington, oo. Devon, who m. Flora Q-eorgiana, daughter of Patrick Hadow, Esq., and d. 11th February, 1865. Their son, Douglas John Kinneir Macdonald, of Sanda, co. Argyll, resident at Salisbury, now represents the family ; he was b. 1839 ; m. 1866, Jane Martha M'Neill, daughter of John Alexander Mackay, Esq. of Blackcastle, Midlothian, and has issue. dSorUou of i^anaimo antr Ctimoji% r^ ORDON, DAVID WILLIAM, Esq. of Seaview, Nanaimo, and of Aspen V^ Grove, Comox, both in the province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, member of the Canadian House of Commons ; h. in the township of Camden, co. Kent, Ontario, 27th February, 1832 ; m. first, at Victoria, British Columbia, 3rd September, 1864, Emma Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Robb, Esq. of Comox, British Columbia, J. P., and by her (who d. 15th February, 1882, and was buried in the Old Cemetery, Nanaimo, B.C.) has had issue, I. Herschel, of Comox, I. 24th May, 1867. I. Laura Alma, h. 26th September, 1865. II. Amy, h. 20th April, 1869. III. Jessie, I. 11th Febraary, 1871 ; d. 12th May, 1873. IV. Isabella, h. 11th Febriiary, 1873 ; d. 21st of same month. V. Marion, h. 20th February, 1874. VI. Edith Montgomery, h. 12th June, 1876. vir. Margaret Helen, h. 11th February, 1880. He m. secondly, at Lunsiag, co. York, Ontario, 5th June, 1886, Katharine