JAFFRAY, Alexander of Kingswells, Provost of Aberdeen ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Alexander were JAFFRAY, Alexand,³ JOFFRAY, Alexander ³ and JOFFRAY, Alexr.³

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  General Notes:

"JOFFRAY
ALEXANDER
ALEXR. JOFFRAY/ ERSKENE FR535 (FR535)
M
21/06/1614
168/A 20 201
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms


"Alexander Jaffray, third of Kingswells, was the eldest son of Provost Alexander Jaffray, by his wife, Magdalen Erskine, and was born in Aberdeen in June, 1614. He is the only provost so far as known, who has left us a record of his life, and this he has fully done in an elaborate diary, printed with a memoir by John Barclay in 1833."

"Jaffray, however much he disagreed with his father on many things, was at one with him in supporting the Covenant, and from 1638 onwards he took a most prominent part in the counsels of that party."

from Aldermen and Provosts ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Taken prisoner: by Huntly's party, including Haddo, 1644, Aberdeen, Scotland. ²

2. Provost, 1649, of Aberdeen. ⁴

3. Provost, 1651, of Aberdeen. ⁴

Alexander married Jean DUN, daughter of Dr Patrick DUN of Ferryhill, Principal of Marischal College and Unknown, on 30 April 1632 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Jean DUN was born about 1614 and died in March 1644 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"On the 30th April, 1632, while yet scarcely eighteen years of age, Jaffray married Jean Dun, a daughter of Principal Patrick Dun, of Marischal College..."

from Aldermen and Provosts

"JAFFRAY
ALEXANDER
JEANE DUNE/FR4006 (FR4006)
30/04/1632
168/A
120 373
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages ^{1 2}

Alexander next married Sarah CANT, daughter of Reverend Mr Andrew CANT elder, Minister of St Nicholas parish Aberdeen and Margaret IRVINE, in May 1647 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹ (Sarah CANT was born about 1617.)

  Marriage Notes:

"JAFFRAY
ALEXANDER
SARA CANT/FR4037 (FR4037)
00/05/1647
168/A 120 431
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages

"In 1647, the Provost married for his second wife, Sarah, a daughter of the well-known divine, Andrew Cant, and by this marriage there were born eight children, nearly all of whom died in infancy."

from Aldermen and Provosts ^{1 2}