The Pitcairn family appear in Shetland towards the end of the sixteenth century, when MR. JAMES PITCAIRN was Vicar of Northmaven, to which he was presented by King James VI, on 10th June and 19th November 1578. On 2nd July 1589, he was pursued before the Privy Council at the instance of John Mowat of Hugoland, underfowde of Northmaven, for avaricious and indecent behaviour, but his accuser failing to appear and prosecute the charge, he was acquitted. In 1606, he was nominated Constant Moderator of the Presbytery, who were charged by the Privy Council to receive him as such, after twenty four hours' notice, under pain of rebellion. He died in March 1612, having married Ursula Sinclair, who survived him, and left issue:
To this family probably belonged:-
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