History of the Balfours
This is not complete, it is more of a compendium of info I have collected concering the Balfours, it isnt checked and some of it I know is wrong
The following trees are better printed out on A3 paper
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree1.html
Strathor and Mountwhanney, this is the oldest and as such most liable to correction, some confusion about Adam Balfour, more inportantly, the estate was sold but the part called Grange was kept and the line continued, this tree still needs to be done, but we can see in tree4 that the balfourrs of grange married into the Balfours of Forret, the line may contiue with brothers and ferry port on craig, may be a sourse og descedants. Work still needs to be done on this
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree2.htm
I'm not conviced that Alexander balfour of Mackerston is the same as the Alexander of Inchrye, the tree of Inchrye still needs to be done and I have some info concerning them, this house has a cadet branch of Pilrig, which is out with the scope of this research, but if someone sends me a tree, I will upload it to this site. Also, the point at with the Balfours of Kinloch ties in here needs clarified
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree3.html
The sire micheal Balfour, noted as the 7th, only ever styled himself as a Merchant of Kircaldy, which is probably where the confusion comes from, he was married to Anne Davidson of Woodmilne, and had one daughter Amelia. Sir John, the 8th Baronet died without issue in the West Indies and his brother Sir Patrick died in Bengal in 1793. there is a report from 1846 where another sir Patrick Balfour of Denmilne died in England so the line may have continued here. There is some confusion over where dr David Balfour, doctor in Kirkaldy, comes into this tree he had a son called Archibald, writer in Falkland, who married Barbara Arnot, and had two sons, david and charles in 1742, I know nothing more of them
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree4.html
Sir Andrew Balfour had many sons, at least 3 called andrew, which might indicate child mortality, but he was survived by James, Andrew and Micheal Balfour of North bank, who married Barbara Arnott of Woodmilne and had a sone called John, christened in Dunbog in 1702. The main line of the balfours of Grange, remenant of Mountwhanney goes extinct in the main line in this tree.
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree5.html
Fernie and Dunbog
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree6.html
Orkney Balfours
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree7.html
Doven, Lawlathen, Balbirnie
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree8.html
Not uploaded yet, but should contain Balfours of Bankton, and Darsie
http://www.denmylne.co.uk/history/tree9.html
Not uploaded yet, should show an overiew of the relationship of all of the trees
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