THE
GARTSHORE FAMILY HAVE BEEN CREEPING AROUND SCOTLAND SINCE THE LATE 1100's.
THERE ARE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS THAT I HAVE NAMING THEM, SOME ARE IN THE FORM
OF SASINES, SOME LETTERS, AND SOME WILLS AND DEEDS. I ALSO HAVE A COPY OF
THE
GARTSHORE CHARTER DATING BACK TO THE TIME OF KING ALEXANDER THE II. ALL GARTSHORE'S
IN THE WORLD ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER, AND CAN EASILY BE TAKEN BACK TO
JOHN GARTSHORE OF BLAIRLIN ABOUT 1630. I HAVE DOCUMENTS FROM THIS JOHN TO
ALEXANDER
GARTSHORE OF GARTSHORE BORROWING MONEY AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY YOU
WILL SEE AT THAT TIME THE GARTSHORE'S OF GARTSHORE HAD NO JOHN IN THE FAMILY
SO
A LEAP OF FAITH WOULD SAY HE WAS BORROWING FROM AN UNCLE OR BROTHER THUS
TAKING OUR FAMILY BACK TO THE LATE 1100's. WHEN I FIRST STARTED RESEARCHING
THE FAMILY
I CAME ACROSS A BOOK BY THOMAS WATSON. THERE IS A SECTION ABOUT THE GARTSHORE
FAMILY BUT HARD TO WORK OUT WHO WAS WHO. IT TOOK ME MANY YEARS TO FIGURE
IT OUT.