I. John Alston of Thinacre Milne m Jean Hamilton and had children

John

See below

Thomas (c.1620-c.1672)

Arthur

Marion

Ysabel

II. John Alston of Thinacre Milne had children

William

Died before his father

Thomas

See below

III. Thomas Alston of Thinacre Milne (1640-1672) m Jean Cockburn (daughter of the judge Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston) and had children:

John

See below

Thomas (1675-1690)

Acquired Mains of Eddlewood

James (1642-1715)

Merchant in Edinburgh. Know as James Alston of Natherley. Married Sara Wilson and from them were descended Alston of Elmdon Hall, Warwickshire and Alston Stewart of Urrard, Perth-shire.

Barbara

IV. John Alston of Thinacre Milne (1666-1698) had one son:

V. Thomas (1695-1762), who had one son:

VI. Thomas who died unmarried in the late eighteenth century

Alstons of Eddlewood

Thomas Alston acquired Mains of Eddlewood in 1657 and Burnknows of Eddlewood in 1672. He married Barbara Hamilton and had children:

James

Through his descendants the family of Alston of Mains of Eddlewood continued until the early nineteenth century

Dr Thomas (1647-c. 1703) Studied at Edinburgh and Caen); m Elizabeth Kirkaldy

Had nine children including Dr Charles Alston, who became Professor of Botany and Medicine in Edinburgh. A genus of plants Alstonia was named after him. Three other brothers were doctors: Thomas in Yarmouth; Robert in Ligorno, Italy; and John in the West Indies.

John

See below

Alstons of Overhall, Muirburn etc

I. John Alston (died before 1710) acquired Glassford Milne (=mill), Overhall and Netherfield. He married Janet Marshall and had two sons:

John

Andrew

II. John Alston married Isobel Hamilton and had three daughters and three sons. He acquired the lands of Muirburn. There are differing accounts of the names and marriages of the children but they included:

John of Overhall

George of Muirburn

James (1725-1778)

III. George Alston of Muirburn m Isabella Gibson and had children:

Isabella (1741-1825)

John (1743-1818)

James, although the second son, inherited the estate by family agreement

Son George emigrated to Australia and died 1847

George

Died unmarried in Carolina

IV. John Alston of Muirburn, merchant and banker. Emigrated to Maryland in 1759 at the age of 16 and returned to Scotland 1770, later becoming manager of the Thistle Bank. Married Patrick (sic) Craigie in 1772 and had five surviving children:

Anne Hay (1773-1811)

George (1775-1850)

Inherited Muirburn from his uncle, James. Prominent Glasgow merchant and Deputy-Lieutenant of the county.

Isabella (b. 1777)

Robert Douglas (1778-1846)

Later styled "of Achinraith", a property near Blantyre which he bought in 1831. Died unmarried.

John Thomas (b. 1780)

Merchant; Provost of Glasgow; settled in Liverpool in 1826

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