JAFFRAY, John of Dilspro, Provost of Aberdeen ²

   Other names for John were JAFFRAY, Johne ¹ and JOFFRAY, Jon.³

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  General Notes:

"JOFFRAY
JON
ALEXR. JOFFRAY/MAGDELENE DARSKIN FR547 (FR547)
M
28/09/1615
168/A 20 224
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms

"The Provost was laird of the estate of Dilspro, now known as Grandholm."

"There was issue by both marriages, but the majority of the children died in infancy, as shown by the accounts of the Master of Kirk Works, where the interment dues of no less than six children appear as having been paid for between March, 1654, and June, 1663...
The only children known to have survived their father were Thomas, who succeeded to Dilspro, died 19th September, 1698; and
Janet, baptised 4th October, 1642, who married Robert Skene, merchant, and afterwards treasurer of the burgh."

from Aldermen and Provosts ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Provost, 1657-1660, of Aberdeen. ²

John married Janet FORBES, daughter of William FORBES Burgess of Aberdeen and Unknown, on 22 January 1637 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Janet FORBES was born about 1615 and died on 14 March 1656 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Jaffray, like his distinguished brother, was twice married, his first spouse being Janet Forbes, a daughter of
William Forbes, burgess, by his wife Janet Hay, who died on the 14th March, 1656, some months before her husband's election to the provostship."

from Aldermen and Provosts

Note: There is a marriage in the parish register of a William Forbes and a Janet Hay in 1628, but it is too late for them to be the parents of this Janet Forbes, since she married John Jaffray in 1637. She may be the child of a William Forbes, burgess of Aberdeen, by a different wife.

"JAFFRAY
JOHNE
JANET FORBES/FR4016 (FR4016)
22/01/1637
168/A 120 393
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages ^{1 2}

John next married Margaret GORDON of the Abergeldie family, daughter of Thomas GORDONN and Unknown, on 2 November 1656 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Margaret GORDON of the Abergeldie family was born about 1635 and died on 11 October 1678 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"For his second wife Jaffray married Margaret Gordon, one of the Abergeldie family, who died on the 11th October, 1678."

from Aldermen and Provosts

"JAFFRAY
JOHNE
MARGARET GORDONE/FR4055 (FR4055)
02/11/1656
168/A 120 467
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages ^{1 2}