FRASER, William of Park, Factor to Lord Saltoun ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

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  General Notes:

"FRASER
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER FRASER/
M
18/05/1712
219/ 10 167
Lonmay"

from Births and Baptisms



Old Parish Registers
Lonmay parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"1712
May 18th.
Fraser
Alexander Fraser in Park had a Child baptized called William. W^m & Alex^r Rotsons (abb. Robertson) witnesses"



"Although not descended from Philorth on the father's side, the Frasers of Park became so closely connected with that family, that some notice of them is proper in these pages. William Fraser, factor to the Lord Saltoun of that day, purchased the small estate of Park, lying about five miles south of Fraserburgh, from John
Jaffray, at Craigellie, in 1766.
No trace of his origin remains, but from his posterity bearing the arms of Lovat, he probably was a member of some cadet family of that branch, who had come from the Highlands to seek his fortune."

from Frasers of Park



"John Gordon of Kinellar, referred to in the first inscription, was the fourth son of Sir James Gordon, fifth baronet of Lesmoir. His son-in-law, William Fraser, is believed to have been a cadet of the Lovat Frasers. Certain it is that he was for long factor to the Saltoun family, and that he acquired by purchase the small estate of Park, situated about six miles south of Fraserburgh."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions



"Fraser
William
2/7/1801
of Park
deed of settlement
Aberdeen Commissary Court
CC1/6/64"

"Fraser
William
19/10/1801
of Park
Eik
Aberdeen Commissary Court
CC1/6/64"

from Wills and Testaments ^{2 7 9 11 12}

William had a relationship with Anna Katharine GORDON, daughter of John GORDON of Kinnellar, Merchant in Aberdeen and Henrietta FRASER.^{1 2} (Anna Katharine GORDON was baptised on 5 December 1727 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland,^{1 7} died on 20 September 1795 ^{1 3} and was buried in 1795 in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Catherine, baptised December 4, 1727 (St. Paul's register). On the Kinellar vault she is called 'Catherine Ann'.She married William Fraser of Park, a small estate about six miles south of Fraserburgh, who was for long factor to the Saltoun family. The Kinellar vault bears the inscription : -
'Sacred to the memory of William Fraser of Park, Esquire, who resided 50 years in the adjoining mansion, highly respected, and died most sincerely regretted, on the 2nd day of December, 1800, in the 79th year of his age. Catherine Ann Gordon, his beloved wife, departed this life on the 20th day of September, 1795, aged 73. Her amiable, mild and gentle manner, her good sense, and sweetness of disposition, endeared her no less to her friends and acquaintances, than the spotless purity of her mind ; and the uniform practice of all her virtues which adorned private life attracted their admiration and esteem, and occasioned her loss to be greatly lamented. In grateful testimony of their united worth, and as a small tribute of pious respect for their beloved memory, this monument is erected by their surviving family, the 22nd day of December, 1801."
Notice that the date in this baptismal register (1727) does not correspond with the date on the tomb, which would make her born in 1722."

from Lesmoir

Note: William's age is not accurate either, not untypical for memorial inscriptions


He (William Fraser) married Catherine, daughter of John Gordon of Kinnellar, by his wife Henrietta Fraser, second daughter of William, eleventh Lord Saltoun (and sister of Eleanor Gordon, who was the wife of the fourteenth Lord), and by her had, at least, two sons and two daughters, between the latter of whom he left the estate of Park."

from Frasers of Park ^{1 2}