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FALCONER, Archibald (possibly of Coltfield), ancestor of the Falconers of Phesdo
(About 1563-)
DUNBAR, Jeane
(About 1580-)
FALCONER, John of Tulloch and of Phesdo, Warden of the Mint
(About 1610-1682)
SPENSE, Agnes
(About 1625-)
FALCONER, James of Phesdo, Lord Phesdo, MP, Sir
(1648-1705)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. TRENT, Elizabeth

FALCONER, James of Phesdo, Lord Phesdo, MP, Sir 2 3 4

  • Born: 16 August 1648 5
  • Marriage (1): TRENT, Elizabeth 1 2
  • Died: 9 June 1705 6
  • Buried: 13 June 1705, Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland 5 7

   Other names for James were FALCONAR, James 8 and FALLCONER, James of Phesdie.7 9

   User ID: D317.

  General Notes:

"So why do I believe that Sir James Falconer of Phesdo, is the son of .... John Falconer of Tulloch & Phesdo, Warden of the Mint?

a) The Register of the Privy Council, S3 V7, p44 says: 'The Lords understanding that the Lairds of Leyes, Halgreen, Balmaine and Glenbervie are deceased, and that John Falconer of Phaesdo is an old infirm man, they nominate and appoint in their stead as justices commissioners of excise and justices of peace in Kincardineshire the present Lairds of Leyes, Halgreen, Balmain and Glenbervy in place of their fathers deceased and Mr James Falconer now of Phaesdo in place of his father.' (1681)

b) '(61) Unsigned copy discharge by Charles, earl of Lauderdale, and Richard, Lord Maitland, generals of the Mint, of all claims against Sir John Falconar [Falconer], late master, Mr James Falconar, son and heir to deceased John Falconar, late warden, and the rest of the late officers of the Mint, (1684).' "

from email (3/3/23)




"FALLCONER
JAMES
-----
M
13/06/1705
685 / 1 840 / 133
EDINBURGH"

from Deaths and Burials 7 10


James married Elizabeth TRENT.1 2 (Elizabeth TRENT was baptised on 7 January 1655 in Leith South parish, Midlothian, Scotland 8 and died before 28 August 1749 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Another thing noted in passing while going through the Arbuthnot Inventory:

Entry #1368 says that the Mrs Margaret Falconer who married John Arbuthnot of Fordoun was the daughter of Sir James Falconer of Phesdo (which you have) and Dame Elizabeth Trent (which you don't)."

from email 8/9/22




"TRENT
ELIZABETH
28 / 8 / 1749
DAME, RELICT OF SIR JAMES FALCONAR OF PHESDO, ONE OF THE SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE; PARISH [. . . .], KINCARDINES.
TESTAMENT DATIVE AND INVENTORY
ST ANDREWS COMMISSARY COURT
CC20/4/20"

"TRENT
ELIZABETH
14 / 8 / 1754
DAME, RELICT OF SIR JAMES FALCONER OF PHESDO, ONE OF THE SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE
EIK
ST ANDREWS COMMISSARY COURT
CC20/4/21"


from Wills and Testaments 1 2 6

Sources


1 e-mail, M. Wade 8 September 2022 citing Arbuthnott inventory.

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

3 Internet Site, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/falconer-john-1674-1764 Falconer, John (1674-1764), of Phesdo, Kincardine.

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

5 e-books, Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland vol. 1 by Charles Rogers (1871).

6 e-books, An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice, from Its Institution in MDXXXII by George Brunton and David Haig (1832).

7 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Deaths and Burials.

8 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

9 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh parish Edinburgh Midlothian Deaths and Burials.

10 e-mail, M.Wade 3 March 2023.

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