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BURNET, George 3rd of Kemnay, Provost of Inverurie
(1714-) |
BURNET, George 3rd of Kemnay, Provost of Inverurie 2
User ID: K443. George married Helen BURNETT, daughter of Sir Alexander BURNETT younger of Leys, 4th Baronet and Helen BURNETT, about 1734.1 (Helen BURNETT was born about 1715, died on 21 September 1750 1 and was buried in 1750 in Kemnay Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1.) Marriage Notes: "George Burnett of Kemnay, Thomas's only son, married (1), at the age of 20, the daughter of his cousin and guardian, Sir Alexander Burnett of Leys, a lady whose worth and accomplishments were long remembered in the country, and have been celebrated in verse. The following lines describing her, after the fashion of the day, under a pseudonym of 'Peggy,' occur in a poem called 'Don,' said to have been originally written in 1655, but reprinted with addenda, and dedicated to Hugh Rose of (? Kilravock), by a Colonel Forbes, in 1742 : - George next married Janet DYCE, daughter of James DYCE of Disblair and Agnes BAXTER, on 25 October 1751.1 (Janet DYCE was baptised on 30 October 1720 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland,3 died on 16 July 1802 1 and was buried in 1802 in Kemnay Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1.) Marriage Notes: "He (George Burnet) married (2) (October 25, 1751), Janet, daughter of James Dyce of Disblair, who died 16th July, 1802, without issue." |
1 e-books, The Family of Burnett of Leys by George Burnett, ed. James Allardyce (1901).
2 e-books, Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch by John Davidson (1878).
3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
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