MORISON, William (1663-1739), of Prestongrange, Haddington.

bap. 19 Apr. 1663, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Alexander Morison, MP [S], of Prestongrange by Jean, da. of Robert, 7th Lord Boyd [S]. m. (1) 1676, Janet (d. 1713), da. of John Rocheid of Craigleith, Edinburgh, 5s. (?4 d.v.p.) 3 da.; (2) bef. 1 May 1718, an illeg. da. of Sir John Germain, 1st Bt.*, s.p. suc. fa. 1683. Hist. Scot. Parl. 509–10; Nisbet’s Heraldic Plates ed. Ross and Grant, 135–6; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, v. 171; Services of Heirs (1 ser.) i. 1710–19, p. 19; Scot. Rec. Soc. iii. 197, 231; xxxi. 40; Post Boy, 3–5 Nov. 1709; Retours, Haddington, i. 352; Edinburgh, i. 1296; Peebles, ii. 190; SRO, David Fearn mss GD1/576/8, Joseph Blake to Andrew Hutchinson, 1 May 1718 (ex inf. Mrs J. Turnbull).