Robert SKENE of Potterton, Merchant, Treasurer of Aberdeen Burgh

SKENE, David Burgess of Posen, then at Mylne of Potterton
(About 1565-1631)

UDNY, Daughter
(About 1575-)

SKENE, Thomas in Potterton, then of Overhill and Overtown, and in Milnden
(About 1598-)

LEASK, Sarah
(About 1605-)

SKENE, Robert of Potterton, Merchant, Treasurer of Aberdeen Burgh
(About 1621-)

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Spouses/Children:
1. JAFFRAY, Janet

SKENE, Robert of Potterton, Merchant, Treasurer of Aberdeen Burgh ² ³

Born: About 1621
Marriage (1): JAFFRAY, Janet on 21 July 1663 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ¹

Other names for Robert were SKEENE, Robert ⁴ and SKEINE, Robert.¹

User ID: X300.

General Notes:

"Robert Skene, born in Potterton, in 1621. He was ancestor of the Skenes of Rubislaw"

from Family of Skene ⁵

Research Notes:

POLLERTON

'Pollerton' and 'Potterton' are both used, apparently, as the name of an estate in the parish of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire. ⁶

Robert married Janet JAFFRAY, daughter of John JAFFRAY of Dilspro, Provost of Aberdeen and Janet FORBES, on 21 July 1663 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Janet JAFFRAY was baptised on 4 November 1642 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ⁴.)

Marriage Notes:

"JAFRAY
JANET
ROBERT SKEINE/FR4065 (FR4065)
21/07/1663
168/A 120 489
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages ¹

Sources

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

3 e-books, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain by John Burke.

5 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene ed. William Forbes Skene (1887).

6 Internet Site, https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871 Aberdeenshire volume 08 OS1/1/8/64.

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SKENE, Robert of Potterton, Merchant, Treasurer of Aberdeen Burgh ² ³