Fenwick Churchyard. Family He married (1) Janet Lindsay, around 1652, (2) Janet Millar around November 1666 and has issue before she died "in or after 1684". They had 6 children. In Poetry James Dodds, a minister from Dunbar wrote a poem called "Meeting Of General Dalziel And Captain John Paton Of Meadowhead, When the Latter was brought Prisoner to Edinburgh, August, 1684." The first two verses are: Hath his good sword her temper lost, Or her master now forsaken? Or why, such wars and dangers passed, Is he a captive taken? Nay, nay! his arm is powerful yet, His sword as keen as ever; But he is life-worn, and would fain That God should him deliver. The same that won his maiden scars At Lutzen, famed in story; And since, in every hard campaign, Hath shared the toil and glory. But chiefly to his native land His heart and sword were given; That she might keep her ancient rights And her covenant with heaven. ... Bibliography Howie's Scots Worthies Wodrow's Sufferings of the Church of Scotland Lauder of Fountainhall's Historical Notices in the Bannatyne Club References Citations Other sources Attribution 1684 deaths 17th-century Scottish people 17th-century Scottish military personnel Covenanters Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard