THE BUCHANANS OF BLAIRLUSK.
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I. John Buchanan, of Gartincaber, the first son of the second marriage of
Thomas Buchanan, 3rd Laird of Carbeth, and third in direct descent from Sir
Walter Buchanan, 13th Laird of Buchanan (who lived about 1443), was born in
1545 and acquired the lands of Gartincaber. He had two sons, (1) George of
Gartincaber and (2) William.
II. George Buchanan, of Gartincaber, married Elizabeth Leckie, and had four
sons, the eldest, John, to whom his father gave the lands of Blairluisk or
Blairlusk.
III. John Buchanan, of Blairlusk, had two sons, (1) George of Blairlusk and
(2) William.
IV. George Buchanan, of Blairlusk, was born in 1648, suceeded his father in
1662, and having sold his estate of Blairlusk to his brother, William,
went to Ireland. He settled at Deroran in the County of Tyrone, in 1674,
and married in 1675, Elizabeth Mayne, and had four sons: (1) John of Tyrone,
ancestor of James Buchanan, H. B. M. Consul at New York from 1816 to 1843;
(2) William of Tyrone, from whom the Buchanans of Meadville, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A., are said to be descended; (3) George of Munster, from whom the
Buchanans of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., are said to be descended; and (4)
Thomas of Ramelton in Donegal, said to be the ancestor of James Buchanan,
who became President of the United States.
V. John Buchanan, of Tyrone, who was born about 1676; married, in 1703,
Catherine Black, and had a son John, and others.
VI. John Buchanan, of Donaghanie, near Omagh, was born in 1704; married
first, in 1735, Jane Nixon, and by her (who died in 1736) had one son, (1)
John of Omagh; secondly, in 1738, Mary Orr, and had issue, besides a
daughter, (2) William, of Deroran, (3) Andrew, and (4) Patrick.
VII. John Buchanan, of Omagh, was born in 1736. He married, first, Jane
Long, who died without issue; and, secondly, in 1770, Sarah, daughter of
James Sproule, of Granan, near Dromore, Co.Tyrone, and sister of Oliver
Sproule, Esq., M.D. He was a Commissioner to value the glebe house upon a
death. He died at Omagh, on the 13th October, 1820, aged 84 years. His
wife died there on the 30th April, 1822, in her 71st year. They were buried
in Donaghanie Church Yard, near Omagh. They had issue:
(I) James Buchanan, H. B. M. Consul at New York, of whom
hereafter.
(II) Jane, married to James Robinson, brewer, of Londonderry, and
subsequently of Niagra, Canada, and had issue, among others, Sarah Jane,
married in 1832 to James Jay, of Litley Court, Herefordshire, and a
Magistrate for the City of Hereford, and Helena, married to Surgeon Waters
of Birr, Ireland.
(III) John Buchanan of Lisnamallard, Co.Tyrone, born in 1779, and died at
Omagh on the 12th January, 1842. He acquired the estate of Lisnamallard in
1828. He married, in April, 1820, Mary Jane, daughter of James Blacker, a
Sheriff's Peer and Police Magistrate of Dublin, and had issue:
(1) John Blacker, Acting Clerk of the Peace for the County of
Tyrone and Agent of the Earl of Charlemont, d.s.p. 1862:
(2) Jane Elizabeth;
(3) Sarah, d.s.p.;
(4) James, d.s.p.;
(5) George, of Keston Tower, Kent, born in 1827, M.I.C.E.; married,
in 1860, Gertrude, daughter of George Armitage, D.L. Yorks, and died, s.p.
7th June, 1897;
(6) Elizabeth, d.s.p.;
(7) William, d.s.p.;
(8) Mansergh George, d.s.p.;
(9) Alexander Carlisle, of Riverdale, Omagh, and late of Morden,
Manitoba, Canada, born in 1834; married, in 1863, Anna Sophia, daughter of
D. Wilson, and died leaving issue:
(1) George Alexander, of Morden, married Nora Clutterbuck of
Bath, and has issue.
(2) John, who volunteered for active service in South Africa and
served in the Strathcona Horse.
(1) Mabel, married to Richard Heckels, and has issue.
(2) Jane Gertrude, married to Arnold Bowen, and has issue.
(3) Florence, married to Gustavus Piggott, and has issue.
(4) Bertha Violet, married to Charles H. Edwards, and has issue.
(10) Colonel Lewis Mansergh Buchanan, C.B., F.R.G.S., F.R. Met.
Soc., of Edenfel and Lisnamallard, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, late Colonel
commanding the Fourth Battalion Enniskillen Fusiliers, born 31st December,
1836; joined Royal Tyrone Fusiliers Militia in 1855, and volunteered with 80
men to the Army in the Crimea in 1856; was gazetted to the 88th Connaught
Rangers, with which distinguished Regiment he served through the Indian
Mutiny, including the actions at Cawnpore under Major General Windham,
battle of Cawnpore, capture of Lucknow, operations in the Doab with the
Column under Colonel G.V.Maxwell, to whom he was Orderly Officer, and siege
and capture of Calpee, receiving medal and clasp; rejoined Royal Tyrone
Fusiliers in 1862, and commanded the Battalion from 1887 to 1897. He is the
author of "Last Winter in Spain," "Through the Himalayas and Chinese Tibet,"
and "The Climate of Ulster." He married first, in 1862, Eleanor Margaret,
daughter of William Whitla and Elizabeth Buchanan, and by her (who died in
1877) has issue:
(1) Lt. Colonel John Blacker Buchanan, R.A.M.C., born 26th April, 1863;
educated at Sherborne and Dublin University; served in the South African
War, 1899-1901, and took part in the relief of Ladysmith and was mentioned
in despatches: married 25th October, 1894, Mary Louisa, daughter of Rev. A.
A. Harland, Harefield, Middlesex, and has issue: (1) Dora Mary, died June,
1895: (2) Helen Margaret and (3) Evaleen Mary, twins; (4) Mary Elizabeth.
(2) Lewis Ernest, Major Fourth Battalion Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers, born
4th September, 1868; volunteered for active service in South Africa and
served in the South African War; married, 3rd December, 1903, Constance
Kate, daughter of Frederick S. Goulding, Brockley, Kent, and has issue:
(1) Joyce E. and (2) Audrey E.
(3) Mansergh George Reginald, born 7th September, 1870.
(4) Calvert James Strong, born 10th July, 1872; served through the
South African War with the Rhodesian Horse and was severely wounded.
(1) Ellen Elizabeth, married to William P. Grubb, of Bessbrook, and has
issue.
(2) Mary Jane Eleanor, maried to Effingham MacDowel, M.D., F.R.C.S.,
of Sligo, and has issue.
(3) Alice Lilian, married to Charles Hope, of Chatham House, Trowbridge
Kent, and has issue.
(4) Eleanora Agnes, married Sept.3, 1902, to Colonel MacKenzie
Churchill, late Military Secretary, Ceylon, and has issue.
Colonel Buchanan married, secondly, in 1878, Wilhelmina, daughter of
George A. Molony, R.M.
(IV) George Buchanan, born in 1782, sometime Hearth and Window Collector
at Belfast and Chief Distributor of Stamps for Co. Tyrone, died s.p. in
1869
(V) William Buchanan, born 14th July, 1785; married in June, 1814, Anne
Hazlett, daughter of George Hazlett, of Londonderry, who died in Ireland.
He went to Canada and settled at Yamaska, Lower Canada, where he had steam
mills: He became a Justice of the Peace for the District of Three Rivers,
and died at Montreal on the 16th August, 1834, leaving a daughter, Ann.
She was born in Londonderry on the 11th June, 1816, and was married at
Montreal on the 22nd August, 1834, to Henry McFarlane, of London,
afterwards of Rocky Hill, New Jersey (born in April, 1810, at Boston, and
died 11th March, 1887, at Rocky Hill). She died 11th November, 1886.
They had issue:
(1) Henry McFarlane, born 18th June, 1835; d.s.p. 24th October, 1858.
(2) William Buchanan McFarlane, born 3rd May, 1844.
(3) George Elliot McFarlane, born 6th November, 1848.
(1) Anne McFarlane, married Abram Voorhees, of Rocky Hill, N.J., and
left issue.
(2) Marie McFarlane, married Claude Chateaux, of Pau, France, and left
issue.
(3) Helen McFarlane, married Rev. Lewis Henry Lighthipe, of Orange, N.J.
and left issue.
(4) Laura Elizabeth McFarlane.
(5) Flora McFarlane.
(6) Alice Frances McFarlane.
(7) Catherine Estelle McFarlane.
(8) Mary McFarlane.
(VI) Alexander Carlisle Buchanan, born in 1786; went to Canada and became
His Majesty's Agent for Emigrants at Quebec. He wrote "Emigration
Practically Considered, with detailed Directions to Emigrants proceeding to
British North America," published in 8vo. in 1826. A second edition was
brought out in 1834. He returned to Ireland, and died s.p. at Omagh, on the
13th April, 1840;
and
(VII) Sarah Caroline, born in 1793, was married, first, on the 30th March,
1812, at Omagh, to Captain Joseph Orr, of the East Norfolk Regiment, who
resided at Salem, near Londonderry, Ireland (he died on the 6th May, 1826,
from the effects of a fall from a horse); secondly, at Cappagh, Tyrone, on
the 23rd September, 1829, to James Marks, of New Road, Fitzroy Square,
London, and died without issue on the 16th November, 1862, at Kingstown near
Dublin, Ireland.
