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- THOMAS BUCHANAN, who succeeded as third Laird of Carbeth, in 1555. He had by his second wife, Janet, a daughter of the then Laird of Buchanan:
JOHN BUCHANAN, of Gartincaber, eldest son, who was a half-brother of Thomas, fourth Laird of Carbeth, and a brother of William Buchanan, of Blairnborn, whose grandson, Archibald Buchanan, settled in Virginia.
source: Browning, Charles Henry. Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to the Legitimate Issue of Kings, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Porter and Coates, 1891.
- Lineage – This family is descended in the direct male line from the Buchanans, Lairds of Carbeth, and thence from the ancient family of Buchanan of that ilk.
THOMAS BUCHANAN, of Carbeth (who was grandson of Thomas, 3rd son of Sir Walter de Buchanan, 13th Laird of Buchanan) m. 2ndly his cousin, dau. of Buchanan of that ilk, and had issue,
JOHN BUCHANAN, of Gartincaber, parish of Buchanan co. Stirling. B. 1545, m. and had issue,
GEORGE BUCHANAN, of Gartincaber, b. 1578; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Leckie, of Dishcour, and had issue,
1. JOHN, of whom presently.
2. George (descendants in America)
3. Thomas, of Gartincaber.
source: Bernard Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 9th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1899.
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