John Tennant was farming at Laigh Corton , Alloway where his son Charles Tennant was born in 1768 ( d 1868 - great industrialist , made a fortune from the invention of bleaching powder) . He built the St Rollux chemical works by the canal outside Glasgow and later was a railway pioneer in Glasgow with his friend George Stephenson . The family later took their title from the farm of Glenconner ) . John Tennant ( ironic name for a factor ) was factor to Lady Glencairn of Ochiltree, and was a close friend of Robert Burns and Burns' father, witnessing at Burns' christening.
Margot Asquith ( nee Tennant, wife of the Prime Minister ) was a descendant .
Glenconner was at one time farmed with Lessnessock and Rottenrow , as part of the famous pedigree Ayrshire herd, under the Lessnessock prefix.
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
Glenconner
130 acres in 1769. 234 acres in 1851
1619 Ochiltree Estate
Ochiltree Estate - James Sloan (1734-1791)
1769-1810 Ochiltree Estate - John Tennant (1726-1810)
1841 - Charles Crichton
1851-1881 Dumfries House Estate - William Brown
1885 Dumfries House Estate - John Brown
1891-1919 Dumfries House Estate - Quintin Brown (1857-1940)
1919-1940 Quintin Brown (1857-1940)
1940-1966 John Brown (1903-1967)
1966-2010 Robert Logan Montgomerie
2010-2016 Gordon Lindsay (1971-2016)
2016-2020 Sue Lindsay
Census
1841 Charles Crichton 35 farmer. Jennet Robertson 25, Jane Robertson 20 and John Harper 15, servants.
1851 census William Brown 41 Farmer Of 234 Acres Employing 4 Labourers with 2 young Hetterick nieces
1861 census William Brown 49 farmer of 300 acres, niece Catherine Hetterick 25 and 2 other servants
1871 census William Brown 61 Farmer Of 230 Acres Emplying 2 Lab & A Boy with Catherine Hetterick and 2 female servants
1881 census William Brown 70 is farming 380 acres arable employing 3 men and 2 women.
His niece Catherine Hettrick 43 is his housekeeper with Janet Blythe 18 and Janet Brown 16 domestic servants.
William died in December 1881
1861 census William Brown 49 farmer of 300 acres, niece Catherine Hetterick 25 and 2 other servants
1871 census William Brown 61 Farmer Of 230 Acres Emplying 2 Lab & A Boy with Catherine Hetterick and 2 female servants
1881 census William Brown 70 is farming 380 acres arable employing 3 men and 2 women.
His niece Catherine Hettrick 43 is his housekeeper with Janet Blythe 18 and Janet Brown 16 domestic servants.
William died in December 1881
1891 Quintin Brown 32, and brother David 34 are farming Glenconner. They have dairymaid Janet McDade 21, and Susan Ross 17 as their general domestic.
The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald
In 1875, Quintin is reportedly living at Garleffan in the results of the horse competition in the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry Review and Races.
In 1884 Irvine Herald Private Quentin Brown is from Glenconner.
In 1884 Irvine Herald Private Quentin Brown is from Glenconner.
So unless there are two Quintin browns in the Yeomanry, our Quintin and brother David are the sons of John and Sarah (Sloan) Brown and were born at Barlosh.
1901 Quintin Brown 42 is farming with servants John Hunter 39, ploughman, Elizabeth Curragh 25, housekeeper and dairymaid, and Jemima Drair 18, general domestic.
Valuation Rolls
1865 tenant William Gilmour.
1875 prop. Marquis of Bute.
1885 tenant John Brown.
1905 tenant Quintin Brown.
1920 prop. Quintin Brown.
