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MILNE, William Minister of Inverkeithny parish, Reverend Mr
(About 1695-1766)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BROWN, Jean
2. GORDON, Helen

MILNE, William Minister of Inverkeithny parish, Reverend Mr 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1695, Cairnie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (1): BROWN, Jean on 31 July 1722 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2
  • Marriage (2): GORDON, Helen on 4 September 1740 in Keith parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2 3
  • Died: 15 September 1766 1

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William married Jean BROWN on 31 July 1722 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.1 2 (Jean BROWN was born about 1701.)


  Marriage Notes:

"MILNE
WILLIAM
JEAN BROUN/FR1546 (FR1546)
31/07/1722
685/1 460 274
Edinburgh"

from Index of Marriages




(at Inverkeithney in 1721)

"William Milne, born Cairney about 1695, third son of John M., portioner of Urquhart, and Elspet Taylor; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1710); licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 28th Sept. 1720; called by the Presb. jure devoluto 4th Jan., and ord. 15th March 1721; died 15th Sept. 1766. He marr. (1) July 1722, Jean, daugh. of James Brown, merchant, Edinburgh : (2) 4th Sept. 1740, Helen (died 4th May 1778), daugh. of William Duff of Birkenburn, and had issue John, his successor in the parish; William, born 11th Jan. 1743; Jean, born 5th Aug. 1744, died 25th Oct. 1747. [Pirie's Parish of Cairnie, 127; Cramond's Family of Milne.]

from Fasti Ecclesiae 1 2

William next married Helen GORDON, daughter of William GORDON 6th of Birkenburn, Commissioner of Supply for Banffshire and Jean DUFF, on 4 September 1740 in Keith parish, Banffshire, Scotland.2 3 (Helen GORDON was born on 7 February 1706 in Keith parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3, baptised on 9 February 1706 in Keith parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3 4 and died on 4 May 1778 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"MILNE
WILLIAM
HELEN GORDON/
04/09/1740
159/40 88
Keith"

"MILNE
WILLIAM
HELEN GORDON/
24/08/1740
158/10 263
Inverkeithny"

from Index of Marriages




(at Inverkeithney in 1721)


"William Milne, born Cairney about 1695, third son of John M., portioner of Urquhart, and Elspet Taylor; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1710); licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 28th Sept. 1720; called by the Presb. jure devoluto 4th Jan., and ord. 15th March 1721; died 15th Sept. 1766. He marr. (1) July 1722, Jean, daugh. of James Brown, merchant, Edinburgh : (2) 4th Sept. 1740, Helen (died 4th May 1778), daugh. of William Duff of Birkenburn, and had issue John, his successor in the parish; William, born 11th Jan. 1743; Jean, born 5th Aug. 1744, died 25th Oct. 1747. [Pirie's Parish of Cairnie, 127; Cramond's Family of Milne.]

from Fasti Ecclesiae

Note: "
Helen (died 4th May 1778), daugh. of William Duff of Birkenburn" is an error. It should read William Gordon of Birkenburn. 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Birkenburn by Captain Douglas Wimberley.

4 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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