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JAFFRAY, Alexander of Kingswells, Provost of Aberdeen
(1584-1645)
ERSKINE, Magdalene
(About 1590-1640)
CANT, Andrew elder, Minister of St Nicholas parish Aberdeen, Reverend Mr
(About 1584-1663)
IRVINE, Margaret
(About 1590-)
JAFFRAY, Alexander of Kingswells, Provost of Aberdeen, Quaker
(1614-1673)
CANT, Sarah
(About 1617-)
JAFFRAY, Andrew of Kingswells, Quaker
(1650-1726)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SKENE, Christian

JAFFRAY, Andrew of Kingswells, Quaker 1

  • Baptised: 11 August 1650, Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 2
  • Marriage (1): SKENE, Christian in 1673
  • Died: 1 February 1726

   Another name for Andrew was JAFFRAY, Androw.2

   User ID: X147

  General Notes:

"JAFFRAY
ANDROW
ALEXR. JAFFRAY/SARA CANT
M
11/08/1650
168/A 40 84
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms 2


Andrew married Christian SKENE, daughter of Mr Alexander SKENE of Newtyle, 'Bailie Skene', Treasurer in Aberdeen, Quaker and Lilias GILLESPIE Quaker, in 1673. (Christian SKENE was baptised on 1 October 1654 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Andrew Jaffray (1650- 1726), was born on 8 Aug. 1650. He became an eminent minister among the quakers, and died on 1 Feb. 1726. He married Christian, daughter of Alexander Skene of Skene, by whom he had four sons and six daughters. He published 'A Serious and Earnest Exhortation … to the … Inhabitants of Aberdeen,' &c. [1677]"

from Wikisource




"Cristen Skene, baptised 1st October, 1654; married, in 1673, Andrew Jaffray of Kingswells."

from Memorials of the Family of Skene

Sources


1 Internet Site, http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=408064 DSA Architect Biography Report.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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