LUMSDEN, James 1
- Born: About 1693
- Marriage (1): STRACHAN, Isobell in 1714 1
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James married Isobell STRACHAN, daughter of John STRACHAN elder, Merchant in Aberdeen, 'sometime of Kincardine' and Margaret MOIR, in 1714.1 (Isobell STRACHAN was baptised on 16 December 1694 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland,2 died on 19 January 1724 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 1 and was buried on 20 January 1724 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"A cousin of Harry (Lumsden)'s - the youngest son of his uncle William - married in 1714 Isobel, the daughter of John Strachan, senior, a merchant in Aberdeen. The marriage contract is dated at Glenkindie, so I presume the lady was some near relation of Sir Patrick Strachan, but beyond that I know nothing about her. She had a portion of 2000 merks, which her husband assigned to David Lumsden of Cushnie, and so Harry, as David's heir, was drawn into the net. James Lumsden seems to have been a rolling stone, frequently abroad, and always leaving his wife destitute. On the 3rd January, 1724, one John Strachan writes from Leith to his namesake in Aberdeen :
'Sir, your daughter Mrs Lumsden is dying, and is giving over by the phisician ; her disease seems to be a decay, and I doo not think she can live many days. Her husband is in Holland and is to go from that to Ireland, so that when your daughter dies there is no fund for her interment. Would you give orders about it? You may do in this as you think proper, but I thought myself obliged to acquaint you of her dying condition and bad circumstances. I wish you and your family a happy new year, and am Sir, your affectionate cousin and humble servant.'
On receipt of intelligence so calculated to give a happy new year to himself and his family, old Strachan seems to have written consenting to bear the expense of his daughter's funeral, but urgently counselling frugality, for on the 20th January his correspondent writes again :
"I received yours, and this cometh to advise you that your daughter Mrs Lumsden died yesternight about six of the clock, and is to be interred this day at 4 in the afternoon. I shall be as frugal as possible, but all burials here of people that have any characters are expensive,but shall do the best 1 can. . . . Shall in a post or two send you account of thee charges.' " (The list of costs follows in the text)
from Families of Lumsden 1
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