MOIR, Alexander of Scotstoune, Jacobite 1715 1Another name for Alexander was MOIR, Alexander of Scotstown.1 2 3 User ID: X497. General Notes: "December 15, 1712. Sa. Alexander Moir of Scotstown on the sun and shadow halfs of Kirktown of Spitthill produced the fifteenth day of December 1712 be John Gordon writer in Aberdein and registrat 10, 11, and 12 leafs. Patrick Sandilands, nottar." Noted events in his life were: 1. Served heir, 26 January 1695. Alexander married Mary CHALMERS before 23 June 1721.1 (Mary CHALMERS was born about 1695.) Marriage Notes: "June 23, 1721. Sa. Mary Chalmers, spouse to Alexander Moir of Scotstoune in a rent on the sun or south side of Kirktoun of Spithill . . . And during the conjunct lifetyme of Jean Abernethie, spouse to James Moir of Stoniewood, and the said Mary Chalmers, after the said Alexr. Moir's decease in case they happen to survive him on Scotoun Thackhetherhill and Dubfoord with the pendicle yrof called silverburn and Caniecroft with their pertinents Lying within the parioch and shereffdome forsaid. Presented by John Maule writer in Aberdeen, - and registrate the 139 and 140 leaves. Wm. Hay, Nottar thereto." |
1 e-books, Moir Genealogy and Collateral Lines by Alexander L. Moir (1913): Aberdeen Sasine Register and Minute Book Moir References - Kindly Furnished by John George Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen.
2 e-books, Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 North East Scotland by Frances McDonnell (in paper Clearfield 1996).
3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
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