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THE   STIRLINGS  OF  CRAIGBARNET  97


self  from  pursuit  while  in  hiding  at  this  time,  in  the  plantations
of  Woodhead,  opposite  to  Craigbarnet,  dressed  as  an  old  woman
spinning.  (There  is  also  a  tradition  that  he  was  sometimes  hidden
in  a  secret  chamber  in  the  old  house  of  Glorat.)  He  was  cap-
tured and  confined  in  the  Castle  of  Dumbarton  in  May,  1746,
along  with  James  Stirling  of  Keir.
He  married  Catharine,  daughter  of  James  Monteith  of  Auld-
cathy.  He  was  not  reinvested  in  his  estates  until  1768,  when  he
was  quite  an  elderly  man.     He  died  after  Feb.  17,  1774.
Issue :

XX     1   John  Stirling,  who  succeeded.
