ANDREW HERON AND HIS KINSFOLK. eA 
Bargally estate, a few words must be given about Andrew's 
wives and family. As told previously, he married as a yours 
man Mary Graham of Floriston. She died in 1706, and he 
‘finding an inconvenience in keeping house in a state of 
widowhood (!) married in April, 1708, Elizabeth Dunbar, 
the relict of John M‘Kie, his cousin german.’"4 M*‘Kerlie says 
' Margaret, relict of John M‘Kie of Larg.”2 In a certain 
legal document Andrew Heron speaks of ‘* Elizabeth Dun- 
bar, my spouse,’’ and *‘ E. ID.’’ are the initials on the tomb 
referred to above. M/‘Kerlie was wrong, for the lady was 
Elizabeth, daughter of John Dunbar of Machermore, and 
widow of John M‘Kie of Palgown. Her son by her first 
marriage was grandfather of James M‘Kie, who eventually 
purchased Bargally. 
By his first wife Andrew had seven children. The eldest, 
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Andrew, is described as ‘‘ inattentive and full of pleasure ”’ 
and very proficient in music.4 He quarrelled with his father 
over his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William 
Maxwell, first Baronet of Monreith, and died in Ireland from 
an accidental overdose of opium given in jest in 1730, aged 
46.4. The second son, William, died at Bargally in 1708, aged 
24. He is described as a ‘‘ considerable merchant in 
London,’’ which is improbable at his age. Patrick, the third 
son, obtained an Ensigney in Lord Mark Kerr’s regiment at 
Portsmouth,® and there he met and married Ann Vining,’ a 
daughter of John Vining, a rich merchant of that town. After 
living at Lymington for some years, he went to Canada as a 
Captain.’ I have in my possession many papers relating to 
him; perhaps, in these times of war, the most interesting are 
those which tell of his defence against the French of a block- 
house at Canceau in Nova Scotia, his capitulation in 1744, 
and his release in the following year.6 His wife having died, 
he married a second time, but she, when returning to England 
a widow, was drowned in a shipwreck.4| The date of his 
departure to Canada is unknown, but it was probably about 
1730, but before he left he had many sons and daughters, only 
two of whom need be mentioned as taking part in the history 
of the Bargally estate. His eldest son (born at Vicar’s Hill, 
Lymington, Hants, in 1713) was called after his grandfather, 
