FARQUHARSON, John in Belnaglack ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Cause of his death was natural exhaustion from old age.⁹

   Other names for John were FARQUCHARSON, John,⁶ FARQUEHARSON, John ^{1 6} and FARQUHERSON, John.^{2 6}

   User ID: M73.

  General Notes:

1
"FARQUHARSON
JOHN
ALEXR. FARQUHARSON/
M
31/08/1771
200/
10 140
Glenbucket"

2
"FARQUEHARSON
JOHN
ALEXR. FARQUEHARSON/JANET RITCHIE FR28 (FR28)
M
01/08/1771
200/ 10 22
Glenbucket"

from Births and Baptisms

1
Old Parish Registers
Glenbucket parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"Baptisms in the year 1771
Farqon
Aug^t 31^{st (the 3 is faint and slightly hidden)}
Alexr Farquharson in Belnaglack had a son baptized called John before witnesses Jerom and John Richies both there"

2
"1771
Farqrson
August 1 Alexr Farquharson in Belnaglack and Janet Ritchie his spouse had a son baptised called John before witnesses"

When John Farquharson died in 1862, he was recorded in his death certificate as a farmer married to Isobel Brebber. His age at death was recorded as 91 years.

In the 1866 death certificate of his daughter Jannet, or Jessie Stephen, John was recorded as a farmer, and deceased. ^{3 6 9}

  Research Notes:

"EPITAPHS.

In the wall of the church, to the left of the pulpit, a neat bronze cenotaph, set in polished granite, has recently been erected.
It bears the Farquharson family motto and crest, and the following inscription -

FIDE ET FORTITUDINE.

This Cenotaph is placed here by John Farquharson of Whitecairns as a mark of filial devotion to the memory of his father, John Farquharson, born at Belnaglack, in this parish, and died there April 12, 1862, aged 91 years, and was buried under the Allargue Tablet on the south wall of Strathdon Church, and of his mother, Isobel Breber, who died at Cove, near Aberdeen, December 12, 1889, aged 90 years, and was buried in Nigg Cemetery. Also of his grandfather and grandmother, Alexander Farquharson and Janet Ritchie, who died at Belnaglack, aged respectively 78 and 95 years, and were interred in the family burial ground within the former church of Strathdon.

The above Farquharsons are descendedfrom Findiay Farquharson, fifth son of Findiay Farquharson of Invercauld - better
known as 'Findla Mhor' - who fell at Pinkie in 1547. Prior to his father's death Findiay Farquharson acquired the lands of
Auchriachan and Cumdell, in Strathaven, and thereafter his third son, Robert Farquharson, got Aldinlairg -or Allargue - and
'Tolduchull,' in Strathdon. From him in lineal descent was William Farquharson 'of Toldquhill' in 1762. His eldest son was the above Alexander Farquharson, who married Janet Ritchie, eldest daughter of Jerome Ritchie. [Ritchie then occupied several holdings in the Strathdon district, and also Belnaglack, in Glenbucket, which he vacated in 1770 in favour of his daughter and her husband, Alexander Farquharson.] Their eldest son, John Farquharson, married Isobel Breber, eldest daughter of John Breber, farmer, Comerton, Strathdon, and the 'Banffshire Journal,' at his death, paid a high tribute to his character and unobtrusive disposition. It is there stated that

'In 1822 deceased became heir to a property in Jamaica belonging to his brother, Alexander, estimated at about £30,000. However, he allowed his cousin. Alexander Glennie of Maybank to obtain the property.. . . In May, 1859, deceased contested the succession to the Breda property. . . with Mr Farquharson of Allargue, and was believed by many old people in the district to have been the heir to that property.'

The eldest son, John Farquharson, J. P., who erected the above cenotaph, purchased, in 1897, the property of Whitecairns, Belhelvie, from Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of Newe.
It will be noted that the aggregate age of the four persons commemorated in the inscription was 354 years - three averaging
no less than 92 years."

from Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions (Glenbucket) ⁵

  Medical Notes:

No medical attendant was present before John's death.

John Farquharson, John's son, a farmer at Balnaglack [sic] and residing in Aberdeen, gave notice of his father's death before Willm. Reid, registrar, at Glenbucket on 16 April 1862. ⁹

John married Jean STRACHEN, daughter of James STRACHEN and Jean THOM, by 17 April 1798.¹ (Jean STRACHEN was baptised 24 January or 24 February 1771 in Glenbucket parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 6}.)

  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Registers
Glenbucket parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"1798
Farqharson
(April in earlier entry above)
17 John Farqueharson in Drumnagarrie and Jean Strachen his spouse had a Daur baptsed Margaret before witnesses" ¹

John next married Helen WILLIAM, daughter of James WILLIAM in Semeil, Strathdon parish and Elspet WARRACK, by 24 April 1820.¹ (Helen WILLIAM was baptised on 4 February 1788 in Strathdon parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{7 10}.)

  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Registers
Glenbucket parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"April 24^th 1820
Farqhson
John Farquharson in Belnaglack and Hellen William his wife had a Son baptized and named Alexander before witnesses"
¹

John next married Margaret MURDOCH. (Margaret MURDOCH was born about 1800.)

  Marriage Notes:

No documented marriage has been found.

In their daughter Anne's 1822 baptism Margaret Murdoch is recorded as the mother of the child, but not as the spouse of John Farquharson. ¹

John next married Isobel BREBBER, daughter of John BREBER and Unknown, on 12 May 1824 in Glenbucket parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.² (Isobel BREBBER was born about 1799 ⁵ and died on 12 December 1889 in Cove, near Aberdeen, Scotland ^{3 5}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"FARQUHERSON
JOHN
ISOBEL BREBBER/FR568 (FR568)
12/05/1824
200/ 30 85
Glenbucket"

from Index of Marriages ²