HALYBURTON (HALIBURTON), James (d. by 1755), of Pitcur, Kettins, Forfar.

o. s. of David Halyburton (d. 1689) of Pitcur by Agnes Wedderburn, prob. da. of Alexander Wedderburn of Tofts and Kingennie, Forfar. m. (1) by 1707, Catherine, da. of Sir John Hall, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Dunglass, Haddington, ld. provost of Edinburgh 1689–91, 1692–4, 1s. da.; ?(2) contr. 8 Dec. 1710, Mary, da. of George Drummond of Blair Drummond, Perth., s.p. suc. fa. on reversal of outlawry 1700. A. J. Warden, Angus, iv. 24; v. 27; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 23; SRO Indexes, lix. 146; iii. 378, 382; Sir W. Scott, Memorials of Haliburtons, 57; SRO, Abercairny mss GD24/1/201, marriage contr. 8 Dec. 1710.