In 1717, he had been pardoned by the British Government and returned to Glasgow, where his youngest daughter was born probably at Camlachie.
وفي عام1717، تم العفو عنه من قبل الحكومة البريطانية وعاد إلى غلاسكو، حيث ولدت ابنته الصغرى ربما في كملشى.