REID, John of Barra, 1st Baronet, Sir
(About 1650-After 1722) |
REID, John of Barra, 1st Baronet, Sir 1 2 3User ID: D783. John married Marion ABERCROMBY, daughter of John ABERCROMBY of Glasshaugh, Advocate and Katherine GORDON, by 29 January 1685(charter).1 (Marion ABERCROMBY was born about 1657.) Marriage Notes: Sir John Reid, 1st Baronet of Barra, had a charter under the Great Seal for the lands of Barra on the 29 January 1685, confirming the liferent to himself and Marion Abercrombie, his wife, and the fee to his eldest son, Alexander, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever, and was created a Baronet on 30 November 1703." |
1 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 8 Reid of Barra.
2 e-books, Epitaphs and Inscriptions from Burial Grounds and Old Buildings by Andrew Jervise (1875).
3 e-books, Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 North East Scotland by Frances McDonnell (in paper Clearfield 1996).
4 Internet Site, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/reid-alexander-1750#biography.
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