ney , ▁a ▁local ▁la ird , ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁brick works ▁at ▁Link town . ▁The ▁vent ure ▁was ▁successful , ▁and ▁Adam ▁has ▁been ▁cred ited ▁with ▁introdu cing ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁Dutch ▁p ant iles ▁into ▁Scotland . ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁May ▁ 1 7 1 6 , ▁Adam ▁married ▁Robert son ' s ▁daughter ▁Mary , ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁moved ▁into ▁his ▁home , ▁Glad ney ▁House , ▁at ▁Abb ot sh all . ▁ ▁R ise ▁to ▁fame ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁how ▁William ▁Adam ▁became ▁a ▁successful ▁architect ▁from ▁these ▁beg inn ings , ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 7 2 1 ▁he ▁was ▁engaged ▁on ▁major ▁projects ▁at ▁Flo ors ▁Castle , ▁where ▁he ▁executed ▁a ▁design ▁by ▁Van b rug h , ▁and ▁design ing ▁extensions ▁to ▁Hop et oun ▁House . ▁John ▁G iff ord ▁links ▁Adam ' s ▁rise ▁with ▁the ▁ret irement ▁of ▁James ▁Smith , ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁architect ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁ 7 0 s ▁by ▁this ▁time . ▁Like ▁Smith , ▁Adam ▁was ▁a ▁trained ▁m ason , ▁had ▁social ▁connections ▁through ▁his ▁family , ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁financial ▁backing ▁of ▁successful ▁business ▁vent ures . ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 1 ▁that ▁Adam ▁became ▁a ▁Fre em ason ▁being ▁initi ated ▁in ▁The ▁L odge ▁of ▁Edinburgh ▁( M ary ' s ▁Chap el ), ▁No . 1 . ▁ ▁However , ▁unlike ▁the