CHEYNE, John Minister of Kinkell parish, Reverend Mr ²

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Education: Marischal College, Aberdeen.

• Graduation, 1616.

• Admitted: to ministry, 15 November 1628.

• Burgess, 1635, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• Demitted office, 1643, Kinkell.

John married Margaret JOHNSTON, daughter of John JOHNSTON of that Ilk and Katherine LUNDIE.¹ (Margaret JOHNSTON was born about 1603.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The daughters (of John Johnston and Katherine Lundie) were:

1st. Margaret, married to Parson Cheyne.

2d. Christian, married to John Forbes of Pitnacadell, in the shire of Aberdeen, a cadet of the family of Forbes of Tolquhoun, and had issue"

from Family of Johnston




(at Kinkell in 1628)

"John Cheyne, educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1616); adm. 15th Nov. 1628; burgess of Aberdeen in 1635; still min. 17th June 1643. He marr. (1) Margaret, daugh. of Sir John Johnston, Bart., of Caskieben : (2) Jean Irvine, and had issue Elizabeth (marr. James Strachan, min. of Oyne); Mary (marr., cont. 5th July 1670, John Udny of Culterallan and Newtyle); a daugh. (marr. Robert Taylor in Fintray, representative of the family of Taylor of Whitemires)."

from Fasti Ecclesiae ^{1 3}

John next married Jean IRVINE.¹ (Jean IRVINE was born about 1615.)

  Marriage Notes:

(at Kinkell in 1628)

"John Cheyne ... marr. (1) Margaret, daugh. of Sir John Johnston, Bart., of Caskieben : (2) Jean Irvine, and had issue"

from Fasti Ecclesiae




"There was a sasine in Aberdeenshire dated 23 June 1654 that included John Cheyne (2264), parson of Kinkell Parish and his wife, Jean Irving. No other Cheynes were mentioned."

from The Cheyne Family website ^{1 2}