SHAND, George Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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  General Notes:

"SHAND
GEORGE
JAMES SHAND/BARBARA LEITH
M
27/09/1711
207/ 10 117
Kemnay"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Kemnay parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"27 Sep 1711

M^r Jas Shand, Minister, had a son with his wife Barbara Leith, baptised George. Witnesses George Leith of Overhall and M^r George Johnstone, Minister at Clunie, and Alex^r. Downie in Milntoun" ^{4 7}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Appointed: Provost, 1764 until 1765, of Aberdeen, Scotland. ⁵

2. Served as: Provost, 1770 until 1771, of Aberdeen, Scotland. ⁵

George married Jean MARR on 2 January 1744 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.^{1 2} (Jean MARR was born about 1715 and died on 30 September 1767 ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"SHAND
GEORGE
JANE MARR/
02/01/1744
168/A 130 303
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages





"George Shand, who was Provost of Aberdeen in 1764-65, and again in 1770-71, was one of the three children of Rev. James Shand, minister of Kintore. The Provost was twice married, first to Jean Marr, daughter of David Marr, merchant in Aberdeen, and, secondly, to Margaret Gordon ... "

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions ^{1 2}

George next married Margaret GORDON, daughter of John GORDON of Kinnellar, Merchant in Aberdeen and Henrietta FRASER, on 9 August 1769 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.^{2 3} (Margaret GORDON was baptised on 27 April 1725 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland, died on 30 April 1799 ^{1 3 8} and was buried in 1799 in Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 8}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"SHAND
GEORGE
MARGARET GORDON/
14/08/1769
168/A 130 523
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages




"Margaret (Gordon), married as his second wife, August 9, 1769 (St. Nicholas Church, Aberdeen, marriage register), George Shand, merchant and Provost of Aberdeen during the years 1764-5. His first wife had died September 30, 1767. Shand died October 17, 1792 (A. M. Munro's Aldermen of Aberdeen, p. 243). She died April 30, 1799, in the 79th year of her age, and is buried in the Kinellar vault at Fraserburgh where she is commemorated by a black marble tablet on the east wall."

from Lesmoir




"(3). Here are interred the remains of Mrs Margaret Gordon, spouse to the late George Shand, Esquire, Provost of Aberdeen, obit. 30th April, 1799, in the 79th (or 70th) year of her age."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions< ^{1 2 3}