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MARR, Jean
(About 1715-1767)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SHAND, George Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen

MARR, Jean 1 3

  • Born: About 1715
  • Marriage (1): SHAND, George Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen on 2 January 1744 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 30 September 1767 4

   Another name for Jean was MARR, Jane.2

   User ID: B861.


Jean married George SHAND Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, son of Reverend Mr James SHAND Minister of Kintore parish and Barbara LEITH, on 2 January 1744 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 2 (George SHAND Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen was baptised on 27 September 1711 in Kemnay parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 6 and died on 14 October 1792 in Aberdeen, Scotland 1 3 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"SHAND
GEORGE
JANE MARR/
02/01/1744
168/A 130 303
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages





"George Shand, who was Provost of Aberdeen in 1764-65, and again in 1770-71, was one of the three children of Rev. James Shand, minister of Kintore. The Provost was twice married, first to Jean Marr, daughter of David Marr, merchant in Aberdeen, and, secondly, to Margaret Gordon ... "

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907) Fraserburgh parish.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

4 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Lesmoir by Douglas Wimberley.

5 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae by Hew Scott.

6 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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