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BINNIE, Thomas Tailor
(About 1590-)
PHINNIE, Margaret
(About 1600-)
BINNIE, Sara
(1622-1689)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BRAND, Alexander of Baberton and Redhall (Castlebrand), Merchant Tailor and Burgess in Edinburgh

BINNIE, Sara 1 2 3

  • Baptised: 11 April 1622, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Marriage (1): BRAND, Alexander of Baberton and Redhall (Castlebrand), Merchant Tailor and Burgess in Edinburgh on 6 May 1641 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 1689

   Another name for Sara was BINNING, Sarah 'Lady Baberton'.

   User ID: I92

  General Notes:

"BINNIE
SARA
THOMAS BINNIE/MARGARET PHINNIE FR606 (FR606)
F
11/04/1622
685 / 1
30 / 13
Edinburgh"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Edinburgh parish Midlothian
Baptisms

"11 Aprilie 1622

Thomas Binnie. Tailer. Margaret Phinnie. a daughter. N Sara w. James Rae. Thomas Phinnie. James Binnie" 4


Sara married Alexander BRAND of Baberton and Redhall (Castlebrand), Merchant Tailor and Burgess in Edinburgh, son of Sir John BRAND of Baberton and Issobell GRAY, on 6 May 1641 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Alexander BRAND of Baberton and Redhall (Castlebrand), Merchant Tailor and Burgess in Edinburgh was baptised on 18 June 1611 in Leith South parish, Midlothian, Scotland, died in 1691 and was buried in 1691 in Balenton Tomb, Greyfriars cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland.)


  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

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 ancestry.co.uk, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh parish Midlothian Baptisms.

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