Alexander or Allan DUFF

1697 - 1732  (~ 35 years)

• Name	Alexander or Allan DUFF
  Christened	29 Jan 1697	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A19D35146C46D811B6E9FE1265C03D356828
  Buried	23 Sep 1732	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I6322	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John DUFF,   b. Abt 1675,   d. 15 Mar 1713, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Mother	Agnes THOMESONE,   b. 20 Dec 1674, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Married	Bef 1691
  _UID	5003C2FF5F0269428543172DDE8D91DE0639
  Family ID	F2207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Unknown
  _UID	A29D35146C46D811B6E9FE1265C03D356938
  Children	1. James DUFF,   b. 6 Jan 1729, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 3 Mar 1774, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 45 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  First name(s) Alexander Father's last name Duff Last name Duff Father Occupation Indweller Birth year - Page 42 Baptism year 1697 Archive Ref OPR 685_1/13 Baptism date 29 Jan 1697 Year Range 1696-1700 Place Edinburgh Item 3 County Midlothian Country Scotland Mother's first name(s) Agnes Mother's last name Thomson Father's first name(s) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burial First name(s) Alexander Country - Last name Duff Page 341 Occupation Armour Archive reference OPR 685_1/89 Birth year - Year Range 1719-1733 Death year - Item 2 Burial year 1732 Record set Scotland, Parish Deaths & Burials 1564-2017 Burial date 23 Sep 1732 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Place Edinburgh Subcategory Parish Burials County Midlothian First name(s) Alexander Country - Last name Duff Page 58 Occupation Armour Archive reference OPR 685_1/90 Birth year - Year Range 1728-1736 Death year - Item 3 Burial year 1733 Record set Scotland, Parish Deaths & Burials 1564-2017 Burial date 23 Aug 1733 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Place Edinburgh Subcategory Parish Burials County Midlothian Collections from Great Britain, Scotland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Alexander Duff was an armourer in Edinburgh, the information having been taken from the Burgess entry of his son, James Duff, clock and watchmaker. This Alexander had married a woman by the name of Agnes, or Anne, Tait, widow of John Cowan, an armourer and burgess of N. E. parish of Edinburgh, on 23 October 1718. Aside from one child - Hugh chr. 10 October 1719 in Edinburgh parish, I have not found any other children of this marriage. Source for marriage: Book: Volume 5. The Register of Marriages. (Marriage) Collection: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1701-1750 Text: Tait (Taitt), Agnes; Alexander Duff, armourer 23 Oct 1718 Source: Book: Volume 5. The Register of Marriages. (Marriage) Collection: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1701-1750 Text: Duff Allan, armourer B., by r. of fr. John D., armourer, B. 22 Jul 1713 Source: Book: 1837. Collection: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild Brethren 1701-1760, (Abercromby-Hepburn) and (Stevenson-Yuill) This Alexander acted as master on at least one apprenticeship, vizt: 28 June 1721, apprenticeship of William Sword, son of the deceased William Sword, an armourer, to Alexander Duff, armourer, burgess. Source: Book: 1837. Collection: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Apprentices, 1701-1755 Additionally, there was a marriage of one of Alexander's servants, vizt: 19 May 1726, marriage of James Johnston, indweller, in Portsburgh to Janet Simpson, servant to Alexander Duff, armourer, in S. K. parish.