Talk:George Heriot

The mysterious sons
The Register of Edinburgh Apprentices PDF mentions "Adam, son to George H., elder, goldsmith, with John Nasmyth, chirurgian 12 Oct. 1596", and "Michaell, son to George H., goldsmith, with John Carmichaell, tailor 2 Oct. 1593". George Heriot the elder didn't seem to have a son called Adam or one called Michael - could this have been the younger Heriot's two sons? It's very early for an apprenticeship, though...

Heriot's half-brother James is possibly here:


 * James, brother- german to George H., indweller in Langnydrie, with Archibald Cleghorn, cordiner 12 June 1605

No plausible Patrick, David, or Thomas are not listed. But none of these dates quite seem to match - if James was indeed apprenticed in 1605, he'd not have married until twenty years later, which seems very late. Shimgray | talk | 14:27, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Correcting Errors
I'm new to Wikipedia. This article on George Heriot contains numerous errors regarding his family, primarily because the cited resources, including encyclopedias, contain erroneous information... for example (1) Elizabeth Balderson was not his mother (2) he was not one of 10 children, but could have had as many as 39... I can identify 17. I see in Wikipedia policy that changes cannot be made unless it references a published document. These corrections have been documented in my book Beyond Trabroun: The Heriots of Scotland (1400-1700). These articles are supposed to be edited by impartial people. If I edit the article... and reference my book... I'm obviously biased. How do I go about correcting the errors? Heriot Researcher (talk) 19:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)