CLERK, John of Penicuik, Merchant
(1611-1674) |
CLERK, John of Penicuik, Merchant 2 3 4
Other names for John were CLARK, Johnne,6 CLERK, Johne 6 and CLERK, Johnne.1 User ID: V76. General Notes: "This William (Clerk) continued a Merchant in that Town (Montrose) so long as he lived, and bred up his son John Clerk, my Grandfather, in the same occupation. He gave him afterwards a stock and sent him to Paris, where he continued many years, and gained, for those days, a considerable fortune, for he return'd to Scotland in the year 1646 possessed with at least ten thousand lib. ster. Noted events in his life were: 1. Purchase of lands, 1654, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. 3 7 John married Marie GRAY, daughter of Sir William GRAY of Pittendrum and Geillis SMYTH, on 10 June 1647 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Marie GRAY was baptised on 2 April 1630 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 6 and died before 27 February 1668 2.) Marriage Notes: "CLERK |
1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).
3 e-books, Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik: Baronet, Baron of the Exchequer, Extracted by Himself from His Own Journals, 1676-1755 by Sir John Clerk.
4 National Records of Scotland, GD18 Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian 1373-1966 GD18/1868.
5 Internet Site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clerk_of_Pennycuik.
6 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
7 Internet Site, https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy.
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