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John Orkney

M, #7028, b. circa 1710, d. 1764
Pedigree
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
  • (Child) Birth*: John Orkney was born circa 1710.
  • (Deceased) Death*: He died in 1764.
  • (Witness) Memorial Inscription: He is commemorated on the headstone erected in 1753 at Montrose Parish Church, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads Table Stone; shield, (David) - - - - imo (John Orkney) - - - - also (Magdalene Orkney) (see Brechin Testaments: John Orkney shipmaster in Montrose, 1764; Jas Orkney shipmaster in Montrose, 1753; Jean (da, to deceased Jas Orkney whitefisher in Montrose & Isobel Nicol his spouse sis to deceased David Nicol late residenter Brechin), 1775; John Orkney shipmaster in Montrose, 1764.)1

Notes

  • Note for Web*: John Orkney may have been the John Orkney, shipmaster in Montrose noted as prisoner there in 1746.2

Citations

  1. [S23] Alison Mitchell ed. Monumental Inscriptions pre-1855 Angus Seacoast vol 2, Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, first ed (1981) 0 901061 22 0 Angus pre-1855 MI vol 2 Mitchell 1981 page 166.
  2. [S34] Jacobites of Angus 1689-1746, David Dobson [via Ancestry.co.uk Feb 2011].