JAFFRAY, Alexander of Kingswells, Provost of Aberdeen ^{2 3}

   Other names for Alexander were JAFFRAY, Alexr,⁵ JOFFRAY, Alexander ¹ and JOFFRAY, Alexr.⁵

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  General Notes:

"JOFFRAY
ALEXANDER
ALEXR. JOFFRAY/CRISTEN BURNETT FR266 (FR266)
M
11/10/1584
168/A 10 504
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms




"...... we can hardly look for an impartial sketch of Jaffray, since he has told us that he was 'ane rigorouss Covenanter,' being among the first to subscribe the Covenant in 1638."

from Aldermen and Provosts ^{2 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Provost, 1635-1636, of Aberdeen. ⁶

2. Provost, 1638, of Aberdeen. ⁶

3. Provost, 1641, of Aberdeen. ⁶

Alexander married Magdalene ERSKINE, daughter of John ERSKINE of Pittodrie and Marjorie GORDON, on 23 November 1611 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.^{1 2} (Magdalene ERSKINE was born about 1590, died in September 1640 ² and was buried in 1640 in Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"JOFFRAY
ALEXANDER
MAGDALEIN ERSKIN/FR3957 (FR3957)
23/11/1611
168/A 120 292
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages

"Provost Jaffray was baptised on 11th October, 1584, and married, in 1611, Magdalen Erskine, a daughter of the laird of Pittodrie, by whom he had fifteen of a family, prominent among whom were his eldest sons Alexander and John, both afterwards occupants of the civic chair."

from Aldermen and Provosts ^{1 2}