JOHN THOMSON OF CHARLETON (FIFE, SCOTLAND)
John Thomson of Charleton was granted arms by the Court of the Lord Lyon in 1740. He married Margaret Paterson, daughter of John Paterson of Prestonhall and Grizel St. Clair, in 1744. They had one child.
ARMS: Argent, a stag's head cabossed Proper, attired with ten tynes Gules, on a chief engrailed of the last, three mascles Or. CREST: A stag's head erased Proper. MOTTO: Honestie is the best policy
DESCENT OF ARMS:
John and Margaret had one child - Grizel Maria Thomson of Charleton. Grizel as the only child of John Thomson of Charleton inherited the arms.
Grizel Thomson of Charleton married Colonel John Anstruther in Dec 1774. They had one son John Anstruther-Thomson. The Thomson arms were quartered as follows:
ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent (silver), a stag's head cabossed Proper (natural color), attired with ten tynes Gules (red), on a chief engrailed of the last (i.e., red), three mascles Or (gold) for THOMSON; 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), three piles Sable (black), for ANSTRUTHER.
The arms may yet be in use by the Anstruther-Thomson family of which there are existing heirs. However it appears that the family may have dropped THOMSON from the name and reverted to Anstruther.
Allan Thomson