BURNET, John of Elrick, Dean of Guild and Bailie of Aberdeen ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

"BURNET
JOHN
ANDREW BURNET/MARJORIE JOHNSTONE
M
14/02/1714
168/A 70 180
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms ²

John married Margaret STRACHAN 'of Balgall' on 16 February 1738 in Banchory Ternan parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ (Margaret STRACHAN 'of Balgall' was born about 1718.)

  Marriage Notes:

"STRACHAN
MARGARET
JOHN BURNET/
16/02/1738
252/ 10 275
Banchory Ternan"

from Index of Marriages




"John Burnett of Elrick. He was served heir general, 17 September, 1737, to his father, Andrew Burnett of Elrick. He married Margaret, daughter of Strachan of Balgall, afterwards wife of Sir Arthur Forbes, Bart, of Craigievar. In 1742, he was Dean of Guild, and in 1744, baillie of Aberdeen. He had issue .... Mr. John Burnett died in 1748. The Aberdeen Journal of the period thus records his death : -

'John Burnett of Elrick, late one of the baillies of the city, died November ----, 1748, aged 37.'

from Thanage of Ferrmartyn ^{1 4}