NISBET (NESBIT), William (c.1666-1724), of Dirleton, Haddington.

b. c. 1666, 1st s. of Alexander Nisbet of Craigentinny, nr. Edinburgh, by Katherine, da. of Walter Porterfield. educ. ?Edinburgh Univ. MA 1683. m. (1) 29 Mar. 1688 (with 10,000 merks), he aged 22, Jean, da. of Sir William Bennet of Grubbet, 1st Bt., sis. of William Bennet*, 2s. 1da. (d.v.p.) ?7 other ch. (4 d.v.p.); (2) 23 Apr. 1711, Jean, da. of Robert Bennet, dean of the faculty of advocates, 1s. (d.v.p.) 3da. suc. his relative Sir John Nisbet, Ld. Dirleton SCJ, April 1688. Hist. Scot. Parl. 543; Scot. Rec. Soc. xxvii. 520; xxxi. 43; xxxiv. 18; xxxv. 413; xxvi. 493; Edinburgh Graduates, 122; mss sold at Sothebys, 14 Dec. 1976, lot 20, marriage contr. 27 Mar. 1688; R. C. Nesbitt, Nisbet of that Ilk, 21–3, 25–43; Add. 36148, ff. 282–93.