BRAND, Alexander of Baberton and Redhall (Castlebrand), Merchant Tailor and Burgess in Edinburgh
- Baptised: 18 June 1611, Leith South parish, Midlothian, Scotland
- Marriage (1): BINNIE, Sara on 6 May 1641 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2
- Died: 1691
- Buried: 1691, Balenton Tomb, Greyfriars cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Another name for Alexander was BRAND, Alexander Tailor.1 2 3
User ID: I91
General Notes:
"BRAND
ALEXANDER
JOHNNE BRAND/ISSOBELL GRAY FR161 (FR161)
M
18/06/1611
692 / 2
10 / 153
Leith South"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
Leith South parish Midlothian
Baptisms
"Juny . 1611
Johnne Brand and Issobell Gray had ane man child borne. 13. bap. 18. called Alexander Wit Alexr Aikenhead (?) Alexander Alinstonne William Nicolstonne Johnne Holburne"
"Baberton House was apparently built on the site of a former tower house, but little is known of its earlier history. In 1622 a charter was granted to Sir James Murray, Master of the King's Work, and to his spouse Catherine Weir, who began to build what became the present house. Alexander Brand acquired the property around 1660, and it was subsequently sold again by his grandson, some forty years later, in June 1699, to John Fairholm for £18,338 Scots."
from The Old Edinburgh Club article 4
Alexander married Sara BINNIE, daughter of Thomas BINNIE Tailor and Margaret PHINNIE, on 6 May 1641 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Sara BINNIE was baptised on 11 April 1622 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and died in 1689.)
Marriage Notes:
"BRAND
ALEXANDER
SARA BINNIE/FR839 (FR839)
06/05/1641
685 / 1
430 / 235
Edinburgh"
from Index of Marriages
"Text: Brand, Alexander, tailor; Sara Binnie 06 May 1641
Book: A Register of Marriages performed by me. - R. F. (Marriage)
Collection: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700"
from ancestry.co.uk
"On 6 May 1641 he (Alexander Brand) married Sarah Binning (or Binnie) a well connected lady, and on 24 November 1641 became burgess and guildsman by right of his wife, a daughter of Thomas Bynnie (sic), tailor.8 Their first daughter, Jean, was baptised in June 1642, and there followed two more daughters, Sarah and Margaret, before the eldest son (and later heir) James Brand, was born in 1647. The couple produced some thirteen other children"
from The Old Edinburgh Club article 1 2
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