REID, Lewis Minister of Strachan parish, Reverend Mr ¹

   Other names for Lewis were REID, Lodovick and REID, Lodwick.

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  General Notes:

(at Strachan in 1704)

"Lewis Reid, born Banchory-Ternan, baptised 28tb Dec. 1676 Son of Thomas R. (second son of Robert R, min. of Banchory-Ternan), and Jane Burnett, niece of Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys ; educated at Marischal College ; M.A. (3rd June 1697); called by the Presb. jure devoluto 9th Dec. 1703; ord. 21st March 1704; died 26th Nov. 1762.

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Educated: Marischal College, Aberdeen. ¹

2. Graduated, 3 June 1697. ¹

3. ordained, 21 March 1704. ¹

Lewis married Margaret GREGORY, daughter of David GREGORIE of Kinnairdy and Isabel GORDON, on 15 January 1705 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Margaret GREGORY was born about 1679 and died in 1732 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Lewis Reid .... marr. 1704
(1) Margaret (born 25th March 1673, died 1732), one of the twenty-nine children of David Gregory of Kinairdy [father of the Academic Gregories] by his second wife, Isobel Gordon, and had issue David, born 1705, died 1780; Thomas, Scottish philosopher, founder of the 'Common Sense'; School of Philosophy, min. of New Machar, born 26th April 1710; Isobel, died unmarr. 1770; Jane, 'after a mesalliance'; died about 1753"

from Fasti Ecclesiae

Note:

Margaret Gregory was a daughter of David Gregory by his first marriage; Mary Gregory was the child born on the date given. ¹

Lewis next married Janet FRASER, daughter of Alexander FRASER of Phopachy Invernessshire and Unknown, in August 1735.¹ (Janet FRASER was born about 1710 ¹ and died on 26 January 1798 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Lewis Reid .... marr..... (2) Aug.1735, Janet (died 26th Jan. 1798, aged 87), daugh. of Alexander Fraser of Phopachy, Inverness-shire, and had issue Margaret, born 8th Feb. 1738 (marr. Alexander Leslie, min. of Fordoun) ; Elizabeth, born 13th July 1740, died unmarr., at Edinburgh, 1772; Grace, born 8th Feb. 1742 (marr. John Rose, min. of Udny) ; Robert, born 18th Jan. 1748 ; Mary, born 26th June 1750, died unmarr., at Aberdeen, 1771. [Dugald Stewart s Life of Thomas Reid; Scots Mag., Ixv. ; Prof. Campbell Eraser's Thomas Reid 'Famous Scots Series';] ; The Academic Gregories [same series] ; Fergusson's Sons of the Mans 203-208; Dict. Nat. Biog."

from Fasti Ecclesiae: ¹