John Duff (1689 - abt. 1751)

Born 1689 in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Gordon — married 12 Oct 1718 in Parish of Cullen, Banff, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1751 at about age 62 in Scotland [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sally Douglas [send private message]

Biography

John Duff was born in Scotland.

John Duff has Scottish Ancestors.

John Duff was born in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland in 1689. He was the son of Patrick Duff and Anne Innes.^[1]

John Duff passed away in 1751. ^[2]

This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?

Sources

1. ↑ DUFF,JOHN,PATRICK DUFF/ANNA INNES,M,24/01/1689,156/10 37,Grange
2. ↑ Replace this citation if there is another source.

• Information on John Duff's marriage to Margaret Gordon was presumably originally taken, directly or indirectly, from "The Book of the Duffs" by Henrietta and Alexander (Alister) Tayler, printed privately by T & A Constable in Edinburgh 1914, and made available (partially) online by the Internet Archive "Wayback Machine" in 2009. The Taylers based themselves on family sources and original baptismal records. Information of the marriage has again been agreed to a photocopy taken from a Register of Proclamations of Banns of Marriages for the Parish of Cullen in the County of Banff ("Extract of entries in an Lld Parochial Register"). The date of the original reegister entry is given as 12 October 1718 (though the completed page includes entries covering various dates in October and November 1718). The photocopy is given under the Seal of the General Register Office in Edinburgh on 14 August 2000. A selective entry from the text reads:

* "September 25th...
John Duff, merchant in Elgin contracted marriage with Miss(?) Margaret Gordon, lawful daughter to William Gordon of Forskan were proclaimed both here & in the Church of Elgin three sett(?) times & married October 12th".

* As a consequence both of the uneven quality of the copy and the transcriber's unfamiliarity with abbreviations and of the style of the nandwriting, it has been necessary, in places, to draw certain inferences in respect of what was actually written,

See also:

Scotlands People

Acknowledgements

First-hand information as remembered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Thursday, June 19, 2014.