Margaret CLERK

CLERK, Margaret
(About 1655-After 1729)

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Spouses/Children:
1. AIKMAN, William of Cairnie, Advocate, Sheriff-Depute of Forfarshire, Mr

CLERK, Margaret ¹ ² ³ ⁴

Born: About 1655
Marriage (1): AIKMAN, William of Cairnie, Advocate, Sheriff-Depute of Forfarshire, Mr before 14 September 1675 ¹
Died: After 1729 ⁵

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Margaret married Mr William AIKMAN of Cairnie, Advocate, Sheriff-Depute of Forfarshire, son of John AIKMAN of Lordburn and Cairnie (St Vigeans parish) and Margaret HAMILTON, before 14 September 1675.¹ (Mr William AIKMAN of Cairnie, Advocate, Sheriff-Depute of Forfarshire was baptised on 19 June 1647 in Leith South parish, Midlothian, Scotland ³ ⁶ and died in 1699 ⁵.)

Marriage Notes:

No marriage has been found for this couple, but the baptisms narrative of their first child suggests they were married by then.

Old Parish Registers
Edinburgh parish Edinburgh
Baptisms

"14. Septembris 1675

M^r William Aikman Advocat. Margaret Clerk A.D.N. Margaret Witnesses M^r John Clerk of Pennycook. S^r William Hamilton of Prestoun. James Clerk merchant and Mr Thomas Aikman Writter NW" ¹

Sources

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

2 ed. Mungo Campbell with Anne Dulau, Allan Ramsay: Portraits of the Enlightenment (2013), II Family Resemblance: A Dialogue between Father and Son by Melanie Buntin and Rhona Brown.

4 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh parish Midlothian Baptisms 1682.

5 Internet Site, https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/08/60-robertson-aikman-of-ross-house.html Landed families of Britain and Ireland by Nicholas Kingsley.

6 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Leith South parish Midlothian Baptisms 1647.

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