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ROSE, James 3rd of Larachmore, 1st of Insch, Minister of Strachan, then Aberdeen parish, Reverend Mr
(About 1560-Before 1635)
IRVINE, Margaret 'of Glassel'
(About 1570-)
SCROGIE, Alexander Minister of First Charge, St Machar's parish, Reverend Dr
(1565-1659)
ROSS, Jean
(About 1590-)
SCROGIE, William Bishop of Argyll, Right Reverend Mr
(About 1618-1675)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WIFE, First
2. SCOUGAL, Katherine

SCROGIE, William Bishop of Argyll, Right Reverend Mr 2 3

  • Born: About 1618 1
  • Marriage (1): WIFE, First 1
  • Marriage (2): SCOUGAL, Katherine on 1 December 1665 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 2
  • Died: 27 January 1675, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 1
  • Buried: 1675, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 1

   Cause of his death was fever.1

   Other names for William were SCROGGIE, William,4 SCROGIE, William Bishop Ardgyll 5 and SCROUGIE, William.5

   User ID: Y98

  General Notes:

"Scrogie
William
3 / 3 / 1675
Bishop of Argyle, parish of Dumbarton
TT
Glasgow Commissary Court
CC9/7/40"

from Wills and Testaments 3


William married First WIFE.1 (First WIFE was born about 1625 and was buried on 22 February 1653 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

" He (William Scrogie) marr. (1) a lady who was buried 22nd Feb. 1653"

from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 7) 1

William next married Katherine SCOUGAL, daughter of Right Reverend Mr Patrick SCOUGAL Bishop of Aberdeen and Jean WEMYSS, on 1 December 1665 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.2 (Katherine SCOUGAL was born about 1645.)


  Marriage Notes:

"SCUGALL
KATHAREN
WM. SCROGIE/
01/12/1665
168 / B
60 / 141
Old Machar"

from Index of Marriages




"William Scrogie, born about 1618, second son of Alex. S., D.D., min, of Old Machar ; M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 31st July 1638) ; ord. to Rathven 18th April 1649; was rector of King's College, 1663-6; promoted to Bishopric and consecrated 14th Jan. 1666 ; sat frequently in Parliament, and in that of 1670 entered a protest against an Act in favour of the Earl of Argyll ; died of fever at Dunbarton, 27th Jan. 1675, and was buried there. He marr. (1) a lady who was buried 22nd Feb. 1653 : (2) 30th Nov. 1665, Katherine (marr. (2) Patrick Forbes, Bishop of Caithness), eldest daugh. of Patrick Scougal, Bishop of Aberdeen, and had issue - Mary (marr. 10th July 1683, James Moir of Stoneywood) ; a daugh. (marr. James Chalmers, min. of Paisley Abbey). Publication - Mirabilia Dei, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1660). - [Craven's Records of Argyll and the Isles, 122-9; Gordon's Scots Affairs, iii., 227; Acts of Parl., vii., 548, App. 107 ; Monteith's Mort., 244 ; G. R. Hornings, 3rd April 1686.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 7) 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 7 Ross Sutherland Caithness etc (1928).

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 National Records of Scotland, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Legal records - Wills and testaments.

4 e-books, The Families of Moir and Byres by Andrew J. Mitchell Gill (1885).

5 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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