Christian Lockhart of Lee

Religious and political conflict intensified during the reign of Charles I, culminating in the National Covenant of 1638 and eventually the interconnected conflicts now called the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

By then Christian was raising children at Morton.

Her husband was drawn directly into the machinery of local government.

James Douglas of Morton served as a Commissioner of Supply for Dumfriesshire between 1643 and 1649.

Commissioners of Supply were landed men entrusted with implementing taxation and other governmental demands within their counties.