• General Notes

  Alias:<ALIA> Mungo /Hunter/
  REFN: 6297AN
  Alias:<ALIA> Mungo /Hunter/
  Died in the Battle of Pinkie.
  Mungo  Huntar (16th Laird) died for Mary at Pinkie in 1547.
  The 16th. Laird of Hunterston, Kentigern or Mungo Huntar, left 4 childr
  en (not 2 sons, as mentioned in said interesting and valuable book). O
  ne of the 2 younger ? and perhaps, according to certain documents, illegit
  imate ? son, was James, afterwards 1st. of Abbotshill. This is the link, n
  ow accepted and almost certain, in spite of the time (mid 1500), of the Hu
  nters of Abbotshill and the Hunters of Hunterston. James was the found
  er of the Abbotshill line and Daniela and myself are descendents, throu
  gh the Hunters of Doonholm cadet line, of Kentigern (or Mungo) Huntar, w
  ho died at the battle of Pinkie in 1547.
  Kentigern (Mungo) Huntar
  Married to Marion, daughter of James Hamilton, of Torrance, Co.Lanar
  k. He was present with 'our sovereign ladys army at Dumbarton on the 11
  th of July 1545, at the seige of the Castle.' Mungo died at the faith a
  nd peace of Queen Mary under her standard at the Battle of Pinkie 10
  th of September 1547. Mungo's brother-in-law, John Crawford, was killed wi
  th him. Mungo had two sons, Robert and John. Marion continued to live at H
  unterston for 48 years.

Details of Kentigern's family with Janet Hamilton