Margaret Elizabeth Grierson, born 1739 ; died Jan. 3, 1803, dau. of 4th Baronet
Mr. Gilbert Grierson, 4th Baronet, & his wife, Elizabeth Maitland had at least, issue three, viz.:
(1) (Sir) Robert Grierson, 5th Baronet, born 1733,
(2) Mr. Charles Grierson, Senior, who died on May 22nd, 1827 - At Rock Hall - only surviving brother of (Sir) Robert Grierson, of Lagg, Baronet. (Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, number 128, vol. 22, p. 265, year July, 1827),
(3) Richard Grierson, born after 1740 ; died before 1827, unmarried,
(4) Anne Grierson, married S. Stewart,
(5) ("The Elect Lady") (Miss) Margaret Elizabeth Grierson, (2nd daughter) born 1739, Dalkeith, near Edinburgh, Scotland ; died January 3rd, 1803, married the (Reverend) Erasmus Middleton, born 1739 ; died April 25th, 1805, with issue two daughters, un-named.
(6) Jane Grierson, married Hugh Maxwell, of DalSwinton,
(7) Harriet Grierson, married John Symons, M.D., of Dumfries, Scotland,
(8) "Henry Pelham" (Grierson or Maitland), "baptised Old Musselburgh Episcopal, dated September 24th, 1755, son of Mr. Gilbert Grierson, of Dalkeith".