BYRES, Martha ^{1 2}

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Martha married Reverend Dr George MOIR M.A., M.D. of Peterhead, son of Reverend Mr Andrew MOIR Minister of Towie, Methlick, then Ellon parish and Jean FORBES, on 7 August 1766.¹ (Reverend Dr George MOIR M.A., M.D. of Peterhead was born on 5 April 1741 ¹, baptised on 6 April 1741 in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³ and died on 18 March 1818 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

(at Peterhead in 1763)

"George Moir, born 5th April 1741, son of Andrew M., min. of Ellon; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1755-9; licen. by Presb. of Ellon 26th April, pres. by George III. 6th May, and ord. 11th Aug. 1763; M.D. 9th Sept. 1765; died 18th March 1818. In the course of his ministry he occupied the pulpits of three parish churches in Peterhead, that of the old church in the churchyard, 1763-70, that of the new church built on the Little Links, 1770-1800, and afterwards that of the present church. He marr. 7th March 1766, Martha (died 17th Nov. 1816), third daugh. of Patrick Byres of Tonley, and had issue Andrew, born 9th June 1767, died in East Indies in 1783; Patrick, Commissioner of the Court of Requests at Calcutta, born 26th June 1769, died 5th Feb. 1810; James, physician, born 11th Nov. 1770; Robert, born 23rd March 1772, died 28th March 1782; Janet, born 5th Nov. 1773 (marr. (1) 4th June 1792, Christopher Norton of Pinkridge : (2) Captain John Davidson, Gothenburg); John, artist, born 19th June 1775, died 28th Feb. 1857; William, Commissioner of Court of Requests, Calcutta, born 12th June 1777; George, born 21st May 1779, died 9th Oct. 1786; Forbes, born 16th March 1781, died 24th Feb. 1782; Jean, born 24th Feb. 1783 (marr. William Donald, min. of this parish); Andrew Robert, born 10th July 1785. Publication Statistical Account of Peterhead (1777); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., xvi.). Family of Moir and Byres, 31; Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries, iii., 120.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹