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made in 1789. The same merchant changed Newton-Stewart into 

 Newton-Douglas, but that name reverted. John, his son, married 

 Mary, daughter of Sir John Heron of Penninghame. His grand- 

 son, James, obtained Orchardton, Rerwick, 1788. Sarah 

 Douglas, a descendant, died 1874, aged 88, and her nephew, 

 Robinson, succeeded. Hence the name, W. Douglas-Robinson- 

 Donglas, present proprietor. 



There are four small proprietors, Douglas, in Dairy, one tenant 

 in Urr, and another in Dairy. The surname Douglas occurs very 

 sparsely through the rest of the County. 



M'DOWALLS. 



The Scoto-Irish family of the M'Dowalls were the original 

 Lords of Galloway. In the reign of David I. the lordship was 

 held by Fergus, a promoter of religion, to whom the Monastries 

 of Tongland, Whithorn, and Soulseat, the Priory of St. Mary's 

 Isle, and the Abbey of Dundrennan owe their origin. His son, 

 Uchtred, founded the beautiful Abbey of Lincluden. Uchtred's 

 son, Roland, succeeded him ; and Roland's eldest son, Alan, was 

 the last and best of the Galloway lords. By his marriage with 

 Margaret, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, and niece of 

 William the Lion, his position in Scotland was second only to 

 that of the king. He was made Chancellor of Scotland by 

 Alexander II. Alan's second wife bore him the famous Devor- 

 gilla, whose name is still kept in grateful memory by association 

 with the bridge she built and the Abbey she founded. 



There are two M'Dowalls proprietors in Rerwick. Girstin- 

 wood in Rerwick was bought by M'Dowall from Cairns of 

 Dundrennan. 



John M'Dowall of Slagnaw, Kelton, acquired possession 1781. 

 He is a descendant of the Wigtownshire M'Dowalls, and the 

 true representative of the old historical M'Doualls or 

 M'Dowalls already referred to as being lords of Galloway. 

 M'Dowall is not now a common name in the Stewartry. There 

 used to be M'Doualls possessors of eighteen different estates, as 

 well as M'Dougall of Corruchtrie and Dildawn, and M'Dougall 

 of Borgue. M'Dougal and M'Douall are supposed to be the 

 same. 



M'Lellans. 



When the aforesaid Patrick M'Lellan was tutor of Bombie, 

 parish of Kirkcudbright, there were then in Galloway twelve or 



