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NICOLSON, David Clerk of Court
(About 1480-1543)
NICOLSON, James Writer (solicitor) and Burgess of Edinburgh
(About 1520-About 1580)
NICOLSON, John of Lasswade, advocate, Commissary of Edinburgh
(About 1555-1605)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HENDERSON, Elizabeth

NICOLSON, John of Lasswade, advocate, Commissary of Edinburgh 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1555
  • Marriage (1): HENDERSON, Elizabeth 1
  • Died: By 10 June 1605 4

   Another name for John was NICOLSOUN, Johnne of Lasswade, Commissary of Edinburgh.4

   User ID: A597.

  General Notes:

"Nicolsoun
Johnne
10/6/1605
of Lasswade, commissary of Edinburgh
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/40"

from Wills and Testaments 4


John married Elizabeth HENDERSON.1 (Elizabeth HENDERSON was born about 1560.)


  Marriage Notes:

"John Nicolson, advocate and commissary of Edinburgh, succeeded his father as clerk to the Collectorie of Thirds. He acquired the lands of Lasswade by Charter, from John Sinclair, of Dryden, dated 21st May 1591, to himself and Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Edward Henderson, his spouse."

from Fiona Sinclair website 1

Sources


1 Internet Site, http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/Grantsfamilies/Lochend.htm Nicolson of that Ilk, Lasswade and Lochend.

2 e-books, The Scottish Antiquary or Northern Notes & Queries Vol. 3, No. 12 (1889), pp. 145-148 at https://www.jstor.org/.

3 Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies (Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen, Scotland), Legal Practice and Legal Institutions in Seventeenth-century Aberdeen, as Witnessed in the Lives of Thomas Nicolson of Cockburnspath and his Associates by Adelyn L. M. Wilson.

4 GRO Scotland, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Legal records - Wills and testaments.

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