Madeline married the Edinburgh banker John Scott McHutchen at Crossburn on 13 November 1867. His parents are recorded as William McHutchen, a collector, and Catherine Scott. He died at 8 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh, on 13 October 1893; Madeline died there on 8 September 1912.

Their son Percy Scott McHutchen reported Madeline’s death and also appears as nephew in William Guthrie’s 1907 death entry. The Troon monument records Percy W. C. S. McHutchen of Robertloan House, Loans, as dying at Kilmarnock Infirmary on 20 December 1942, aged 68. These statements establish a surviving descendant of Madeline without requiring an assumption that every member of the family is already identified.

William became factor at Mount when the estate was held by Lord Oranmore and Browne. The connections to Alexander Guthrie of Mount and his daughter Christina are retained as research links, while the estate appointment itself is not treated as proof of a particular degree of kinship.

The Troon memorial records the parents and their children Agnes, William, Madeline Jane, Jubina McClure, Margaret Ann and Catharine Annandale. It gives Jubina’s death as 16 April 1920, agreeing with the statutory transcription, and Catharine’s as 9 March 1933 at Strathaven. The description of Catharine as the last member of the family refers to that sibling household, not to the extinction of Madeline’s descendants.

The OS Name Book describes Crossburn as a dwelling house with extensive offices on the Duke of Portland’s property, occupied by Mr. Guthrie. Scullochflat is described as laborers’ housing let by him. Struthers, formerly a farm steading, is associated with Crossburn, as is Limieside. The original spellings and map context should guide any modern place-name normalization.

The June 1844 Auchans advertisement names Robert at Crossburn, Robert Pettigrew at Polquhairn and Moody & McClure, writers in Glasgow. This is a letting notice, not William Guthrie’s death notice. It connects the households with management of the property following William’s death.

The Irvine Express of 20 February 1885 printed Robert’s request to retire from active association duties because of illness. His March 1887 obituaries describe a long agricultural career, involvement in the Ayrshire Agricultural Association and the October Show, and support for dairy improvement.

They also report that his father helped establish the Kilmarnock Farmers’ Club and knew Gilbert Burns of Mossgiel. That connection is retained as an attributed obituary statement. The corrupt dates in the legacy retirement-letter transcription are not reproduced as historical dates.

Robert’s original entry, Dundonald 590/10/246, manuscript page 120, states that he was born on the twenty-third and baptized on the twenty-eighth of June 1808. That directly resolves his birth date.

Catherine’s Duns baptism supports a birth in 1803, although her death was reported at age 76 in 1885. Robert’s own death age is recorded as 77, while the 1808 birth makes him 78. Several children’s later death ages also understate the ages implied by their early records. Those later ages should not replace the parish birth dates.

For the youngest daughter Agnes, the tree summary gives 6 May 1847 while the legacy baptism transcription says born on the sixth and baptized on 18 July. Without the original entry’s complete wording, the month remains unresolved. Her reported age of 33 at death in 1900 does not fit either 1847 reading.

Robert’s estate was confirmed on 5 October 1887; the identified record is SC6/46/19. The full testament or inventory may provide evidence for beneficiaries and property beyond the calendar summary.

The family monument is a separate memorial source for the deaths, particularly useful for Jubina’s 16 April 1920 date and Catharine’s 1933 death. It should be compared with statutory entries rather than treated as a substitute for the earlier baptism records.

The records below distinguish original entries, attributed transcriptions and later accounts. Linked repositories may require an account or subscription. A link is a locator, not a claim that every underlying image has been independently examined.

• Dundonald OPR 590/10/246, manuscript p. 120: Robert born 23 and baptized 28 June 1808; original directly reviewed.
• Duns OPR 735, p. 220/386: Katharine Hunter, born 1 and baptized 20 October 1803, parents William Hunter and Magdalene King.
• Dundonald marriage register 590, p. 60/461: 11 June 1837. Statutory deaths: Catherine 590/1/12 (1885), Robert 590/1/8 (1887).
• Dundonald children’s entries, 590, pp. 197, 212, 235, 268, 307 and 352 of 503.
• Madeline’s marriage 590/24 (1867); John Scott McHutchen death 685/1/975 (1893); Madeline death 685/1/434 (1912).
• Children’s deaths: Jubina 685/7/318 (1920); William 685/6/971 (1907); Margaret Ann 685/7/714 (1922); Agnes 587/17 (1900).
• OS Name Books, Ayrshire, OS1/3/25/95 (Struthers), /98 (Crossburn and associated housing), /112 (Limieside); Scottish Post Office Directories, Crossburn entries.
• Glasgow Herald, 28 June 1844 p. 3; Weekly Review, 23 November 1867 p. 20; Irvine Express, 20 February 1885 p. 8; Ayr Observer, 11 December 1885 p. 9 and 25 March 1887 p. 5; Aberdeen Evening Express, 25 March 1887 p. 2.
• Glasgow Herald, 2 February 1900 p. 1; Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette, 6 December 1907 p. 5. Troon family monument, Find a Grave 234751146.
• Robert’s confirmation, 5 October 1887, SC6/46/19.

Research links

• Guthrie Research Tree · Robert Guthrie · 1808–1887
• Alexander Guthrie of Mount
• Christina Guthrie of Mount, Lady Oranmore
• Scottish Post Office Directories · Crossburn reference
• Troon family monument · photograph
• Ordnance Survey Name Book · Crossburn · OS1/3/25/98
• Gilbert Burns of Mossgiel
• Curling · the “roaring game”
• Robert Guthrie · 1887 confirmation calendar
• Robert and Catherine · Troon memorial