LAWDER, Charles

   Another name for Charles was LAUDER, Charles.

  General Notes:

Charles Lauder was recorded as a cautioner in 1757 when his daughter Janet married Richard Hames in Haddington. ³

  Research Notes:

'CAUTIONER' IN SCOTS MARRIAGE

In marriage narratives in Old Parish Registers, as is found here for this couple, 'caur' is an abbreviation for 'cautioner'.
According to Kathleen Cory in Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry this word means 'surety; sponsor (pronounced "kayshoner"-"kay" as in "day")'
The Scotsman newspaper also defines it thus:
'A person who is described in a Scottish legal document as a "cautioner" is someone who stood as surety or as a guarantor for the main named party, also sometimes referred to as the debtor. In this context the debt for which the cautioner stood as surety needn't be a financial one, but it could also be to guarantee the performance of an act, the delivery of goods, or for the performance of the duties of an office.'
Published Date: 09 September 2006

Charles married Margaret WOOD on 22 May 1730 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. (Margaret WOOD was born about 1705.)

  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Register
Haddington parish East Lothian
Marriages

"1730
22 May
Charles Lawder Margaret Wood both in this parish Caur. for the man Alexr. Lawder for the woman James Wood"


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