DUFF, John 'Provost Duff junior' of Elgin 1
- Born: 1719 1
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Janet 1
- Died: 1792 1
User ID: K771.
John married Janet GORDON, daughter of James GORDON Merchant in Dundee and Jane SMITH 'of Smithfield'.1 (Janet GORDON was born about 1730 and died in 1809 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"John (Duff), the eldest, married Janet (see Note below) Gordon, daughter of James Gordon, a merchant of Dundee of the Farskane family, and had five daughters and one son. His daughters were :
1. Anna, 1748-1776 ; married her second cousin, Patrick Duff, 'Tiger'
2. Helen born and died 1749.
3. Margaret, born 1750.
4. Helen, born 1751, died 1752, of smallpox.
5. Jean, bom 1753.
6. The son Robert was bom 1754.
John Duff (who was known as Provost Duff, junior, to distinguish him from John Duff, son of Patrick of Craigston, who settled in Elgin, and was Provost on two occasions), became a very important man in his native town. In 1747 he was elected delegate to go to Cullen to attend the election of the Member of Parliament. He was Dean of Guild 1750-1751, and 1756-1757, and stamp distributor and Convener of the county. He was elected Provost five times - 1771-1774, 1775-1778, 1779-1782, 1785-1788, and 1791-1792, the year of his death. Under his regime Elgin would seem to have been an extremely well-conducted town."
from Book of the Duffs 1
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