BROWN, Elizabeth ^{1 3}

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  General Notes:

"BROWN
ELIZABETH
DAVID BROWN/
F
23/07/1688
572
10 / 4
Neilston"

from Births and Baptisms ³

Elizabeth married George FORDYCE of Broadford, merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, son of George FORDYCE in Haughs of Ashogle and Barbara THOMSON, on 5 June 1707 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (George FORDYCE of Broadford, merchant, Provost of Aberdeen was born in 1663 ¹ and died on 13 May 1733 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"BROWN
ELISABETH
GEORGE FORDYCE/
05/06/1707
644 / 1
240 / 131
Glasgow"

from Index of Marriages




"108. Brown (Elizabeth), daughter of the Rev. David Brown, minister of the Parish of Neilston, near Paisley, was born there 23rd July, 1688. Her father was translated to Glasgow in 1700. About the year 1707, when scarcely twenty years of age, she became the second wife of George Fordyce, merchant, and afterwards Provost of Aberdeen, a widower, two of whose daughters were already married. Her mother's name was Blackwell. She was nearly related to the Rev. Thomas Blackwell, who in 1700 had come from Paisley to Aberdeen as minister of St. Nicholas Church. It is not unHkely that his doing so, led to his young relation's marriage to Provost Fordyce. Her married life extended to twenty-seven years, and for as many more she was a widow, the wise and faithful guide of a large family. She died 30th May, 1760"

from Family Record ^{1 2}