John Clerk

1611 - 1674  (62 år)

• Navn	John Clerk
  Fødsel	22 Feb 1611	Montrose, Scotland
  Dåp	20 Des 1611	Fettercairn, Scotland
  John Clerk was babtised by Bishop of Caithness of Fettercairn 22d December 1611
  Kjønn	Mann
  Event	1646	Penicuik, Scotland
  The Clerks of Penicuik are descended from John Clerk, of Kilhuntly, in Badenoch, Aberdeenshire, who attended himself to the party of Queen Mary, and had to leave that part of the country in 1568 during the troubles. His son, William Clerk, was a merchant in Montrose; he leaved in the reigns of Mary and James the Sixth, and died in 1620. John Clerk, his son, was a man of great ability. He went to Paris in 1634, and having acquired a large fortune there in commerce, returned to Scotland in 1646, and bought the barony of Penicuik, and also land of Wright’s Hoses. He married Mary, daughter of William Gray of Pittendrum. This lady brought the nachlace of Nary Queen of the Scots into the family.
  Død	1674
  Person ID	I41545	My Genealogy
  Sist endret	21 Aug 2022

  
  

  Far	William Clerk   d. 120
  Famile ID	F16693	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram

  
  

  Familie	Mary Gray
  Famile ID	F16692	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram
  Sist endret	20 Aug 2022

  
  

• Hendelseskart

  Fødsel - 22 Feb 1611 - Montrose, Scotland Dåp - 20 Des 1611 - Fettercairn, Scotland Event - The Clerks of Penicuik are descended from John Clerk, of Kilhuntly, in Badenoch, Aberdeenshire, who attended himself to the party of Queen Mary, and had to leave that part of the country in 1568 during the troubles. His son, William Clerk, was a merchant in Montrose; he leaved in the reigns of Mary and James the Sixth, and died in 1620. John Clerk, his son, was a man of great ability. He went to Paris in 1634, and having acquired a large fortune there in commerce, returned to Scotland in 1646, and bought the barony of Penicuik, and also land of Wright’s Hoses. He married Mary, daughter of William Gray of Pittendrum. This lady brought the nachlace of Nary Queen of the Scots into the family. - 1646 - Penicuik, Scotland  = Link til Google Earth