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LESLIE, Younger Son
(About 1560-)
LESLIE, William
(About 1580-)
DUNCAN, Unknown
(About 1590-)
LESLIE, George Provost of Aberdeen
(About 1615-1692)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WALKER, Christan

LESLIE, George Provost of Aberdeen 3 4 5

  • Born: About 1615
  • Marriage (1): WALKER, Christan on 15 July 1647 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: January 1692 6

   Another name for George was LESLIE, Georg.7

   User ID: L980.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Served as: Provost, 1687-1685, of Aberdeen, Scotland. 3 6


George married Christan WALKER, daughter of Unknown WALKER and Unknown, on 15 July 1647 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 2 (Christan WALKER was born about 1629.)


  Marriage Notes:

"LESLIE
GEORGE
CRISTEN WALKER/FR4038 (FR4038)
15/07/1647
168 / A 120 / 432
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages




"Provost Leslie married Christian Walker, a sister of Provost Alexander Walker (90), and had the following family : - Isobel (see Note below), baptised 2nd May, 1648, married to Cruickshank of Berriehill ; Marie, baptised 11th September, 1649, married Alexander Davidson of Newton (see Note below) ; Sarah, baptised 20th March, 1651, married Robert Cruickshank of Banchory, afterwards provost ; Patrick, baptised 28th June, 1652 ; John, baptised 2nd April, 1654, afterwards a member of Council and a magistrate, married probably Barbara Aedie ; Rachel, baptised 24th April, 1656 ; James, baptised 30th December, 1658, a merchant in Dantzic, most probably with his uncle John, and who in 1707 'mortified and doted' the sum of 2,400 merks for behoof of decayed burgesses of Guild, their widows and orphans ; George, baptised 18th June, 1661 ; Gilbert, baptised 1st November, 1664 ; and Alexander, baptised 29th June, 1667. Provost Leslie died in January, 1692, and was survived by his wife for several years."

from Aldermen and Provosts

Note:

The wife of Alexander Davidson was Isabella or Isobel.<
2 6

Sources


1 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Saint Nicholas parish Aberdeen Marriages.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen ed. John A. Henderson (1912).

4 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 3 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

5 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, St Nicholas parish Aberdeen Baptisms 1649.

6 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

7 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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