John Graham of Duchray

John Graham of Duchray (Highland Hector, Tetrarch of Aberfoyle), Scottish landowner and soldier, was born in Scotland around 1600 and died around 1700. He married Marion Graham of Rednock, and had a son, Thomas Graham of Duchray (younger).Marion Graham, of Rednock, was the daughter of John Graham of Rednock, and was likely the brother of James Graham of Rednock.

In 1622, with the consent of Katharine Stewart, John Graham 'Fiar of Duchray', son of William Graham of Duchray, gave the lands of Duchray to Thomas Graham in Inchrie, and to his heir, John Graham. It is unknown whether this Thomas Graham of Inchrie was John Graham's father, but it is known that John Graham was his heir, and it should be noted that Crawfurd's lineage was only brought up in The Scots Peerage to disprove certain errors.

'In 1622, he, with consent of Katherine Stewart, his wife, sold Duchray to Thomas Graham in Inchrie, apparently his uncle, and John, his son'

On September 9, 1646, John Graham of Duchray gave those parts of Scotland, which would be described as part of the lands of Rednoch [Rednock] called Over and Nether Unschenoches [Unschennochs] to Patrick Monteith [Menteith] of Arnebeg [Arnbeg] and Janet Grahame, his spouse and their son James Monteith [Menteith]. On June 3, 1651, John Graham of Duchray gave those parts of Scotland, which would be described as part of the lands of Rednoch [Rednock] called Gramestoune [Grahamston - Grahamstown] to James Graham of Glenny (Mony Vracky).

On 28 July 1651, John Graham of Duchray was ordered (along with Walter Graham of Glenny) by King Charles the II to assist William Graham of Gartmore and Patrick Monteith of Arnbeg to apprehend fugitives and runaways. This order contained clauses dealing with the protection of John Graham of Duchray, exempting him from 'all peril and danger they can incur or sustain through their not coming forth as heritours, not withstanding any Acts of Statutes maid in the contrary."

In 1654, John Graham of Duchray was a commander in the forces led by William Cunningham, Earl of Glencarin in Glencairn's Rising. The first forces to join Glencairn, forty footmen bought by the Laird of Duchrie.‡ were believed by Louisa Graeme to be the original Forty-Twa/Black Watch however fn.1 p.554 of her 1903 book Or & Sable wrongly cited p.148 of Glencairn's Expedition as forty two footmen. His castle Duchray was burnt by the party of Cromwell's army led by George Monck, 1st Duke of Albermarle before his men, with the aid of others, repelled the attack by the invaders, and the stone structure of the Castle Duchray remained intact. A little westward of the Pass of Aberfoyle, one of Duchray's followers shot one of the English invaders from the opposite side of the river, who fell near a clump of trees which was called Bad an t' Shassonich, or, the Englishman's Clump. In 1655, John Graham of Duchray was the last to sign an agreement with George Monck regarding the peace of the region. John of Duchray is said also to be the author of the account of the Earl of Glencairn's Expedition, which has been reprinted in various sources by Sir Walter Scott.

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