SHAW, Duncan Minister in Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Reverend Dr 1
- Born: 1727 1
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Jean on 10 January 1754 1
- Died: 23 June 1794 1
User ID: W920.
General Notes:
(at Rafford in 1753)
"DUNCAN SHAW, M.A. ; pres. by Alexander Brodie of Lethen before 16th Jan., and ord. 10th May 1753; D.D. (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1st Sept. 1774) ; trans, to Aberdeen 13th Nov. 1783."
(at St Nicholas parish North in 1783)
"DUNCAN SHAW, born 1727, son of Lachlan Shaw, min. of Elgin, the historian of Morayshire ; educated
at King s College, Aberdeen (M.A., 11th March 1747), and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 14th Nov. 1752; ord. to Rafford 10th May 1753; D.D.(Marischal College, 8th Sept. 1774); elected by the Town Council 9th April, trans, and adm. 13th Nov. 1783 ; elected Moderator of the General Assembly 18th May 1786; died 23rd June 1794. He marr. 10th Jan. 1754, Jean (died 6th Jan. 1795), daugh. of George Gordon, min. of Alves, and had issue Lachlan, born 30th Oct. 1754; George, born 13th Jan. 1756, died 23rd Sept. 1781 ; Agnes, born 16th Aug. 1757 (marr. Capt. John Grant of the Inverness-shire Militia); Anna, born 19th May 1760, died 26th July 1783; David, born 28th Aug. 1762, died 24th July 1782 ; Mary, born 7th Dec. 1764, died 29th March 1784 ; Jean, born 10th March 1770, died 19th Feb. 1798. Publications A Comparative Vieiv of the Several Methods of promoting Religious Instruction from the Earliest down to the Present Time, 2 vols. (London, 1776); The History of Gamaliel ; The History and Philosophy of Judaism (Edinburgh, 1787) ; The Centurion's Testimony to Christ's Divinity (Edinburgh, 1793). [Scot. Notes and Queries, iv., 65 ; Tombst.]"
from Fasti Ecclesiae 1
Duncan married Jean GORDON, daughter of Reverend Mr George GORDON Minister at Boharm, then of Alves Parish and Agnes BRODY, on 10 January 1754.1 (Jean GORDON was baptised on 21 November 1726 in Boharm parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2 and died on 6 January 1795 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (Duncan Shaw) marr. 10th Jan. 1754, Jean (died 6th Jan. 1795), daugh. of George Gordon, min. of Alves, and had issue ... "
from Fasti Ecclesiae 1
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