Background
Acheson was the son of Captain Patrick Acheson and Martha Drummond.
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Archibald Archibald Acheson of Glencairn
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On March 31, 1620, "Archibald Acheson, a Scotchman", was knighted at Theobalds by King James 1st, and in 1621 he was appointed Master in Chancery of Ireland. Sometime before October 25, 1626 he was appointed a Lord of Session of Scotland as "Lord Glencairn". On October 21, 1627 he was appointed by King Charles 1st, Royal Secretary of State of Scotland.
On January 1, 1628, he was made a Baronet of Nova Scotia.
Ireland
In 1610 numerous land grants were made in the county of Armagh, precinct of Fewes. One is of 2000 acres to Sir James Douglas, Knight, of Spott, Haddingtonshire, subsequently sold the next year to Henry Acheson, who afterwards sold it to Sir Archibald Acheson.
A further 1000 acres originally granted to Henry was also sold on to Sir Archibald Acheson in 1628. Acheson does not ever appear to have resided in Ireland, however, and his position in the Court of Chancery there appears titular.
His judicial duties were all in Scotland.
Certainly Sir Archibald"s second son, George, resided in Ireland. Family
Acheson wed Agnes Vernor at some point before 1610, fathering an eldest son, Patrick Acheson, 2nd Baronet (c1611-1638). Sir John Scot (1754) states that this son died after his first year of marriage, to an English heiress, without issue.
They had at least three known children.
Jean was still living on April 3, 1663 as "relict of Sir Lewes Lauder of Over Gogar". He may have had another daughter by one of his marriages, Isabella Acheson of Gosford, who married Hector Og Maclean (1583–1623).
If she was the daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson she would be born no earlier than 1610 the year Archibald married. This is the error in the standard genealogy.
